The 2025–26 season Liga de Plata, officially known as Copa Electrolit for sponsorship reasons, will be El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño. The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2025 and Clausura 2026. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.
Changes to the 2025–26 seasons
Teams promoted to 2025–26 Primera División de El Salvador Zacatecoluca F.C.
Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2025 Nil
Teams relegated to Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2025 Nil
Teams promoted from Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2025 CD Talleres Jr. (Apertura 2024/Clausura 2025 Champion) CD Neo Pipil (Clausura 2025 Champion/Playoff Winner) Sensunte Cabañas FC (Aggregate table best team not yet qualified) AD Juventud Independiente (Aggregate table second-best team not yet qualified) CD Pipil (Aggregate table third-best team not yet qualified)
New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division CD Aruba (Purchase spot from FC Los Laureles) CD Dragón (Purchase spot from Once Lobos) Atletico Balboa (Purchased spot from AD Brasilia)
Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2025 FC Los Laureles (Sold their spot to CD Aruba) Once Lobos (Sold their spot to CD Dragón) Brasilia (Sold their spot to Atlético Balboa) Titan Cangrejera FC Tiburones de Sonsonate
Notable events
ADET-Aruba Merger with CD INCA On December 5, 2025, it was announced on both teams' social media pages that ADET-Aruba and INCA would merge for the 2026 Clausura season and be known as INCA-ADET Aruba.
Notable death from Apertura 2025 season and 2026 Clausura season The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2025 and middle of 2026.
Rene Ubau (ex Neo Pipil player) Óscar Eduardo Amaya (ex Pipil coach) Rene Alexander Rodriguez Mendoza (ex Platense player) Juan Pastor Montiel (ex Dragon and Charito Juniors player) Tony Maravilla (ex Platense player)
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table Atletico Balboa Nil Contract Ended 2025 Carlos Romero July 2025 Return from Hiatus (2025 Clausura) Cruzeiro Ivan Ruiz Contract Ended June 2025 Alexi Guerra June 2025 2nd and Semi-finalist (2025 Clausura)
During the Apertura season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table TBD TBD Mutual Consent 2025 TBD 2025 th Centro Oriente (2025 Apertura) Talleres Jr Efraín Burgos Mutual consent August 2025 Ricardo Serrano August 2025 th Grupo A (2025 Apertura) ADET-Aruba Miguel Soriano Mutual Consent August 2025 Rubén da Silva August 2025 3rd Grupo A (2025 Apertura) Espartano Wilber Aguilar Sacked September 2025 Ennio Mendoza October 2025 th Grupo A (2025 Apertura)
Between the Apertura and Clausura season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table Fuerte Aguilares Rafael "lito" Mariona Mutual Consent December 2025 Jorge Abrego December 2025 1st and Quarterfinalist (2025 Apertura) Cruzeiro Alexi Guerra Contract Finished December 2025 Guillermo Rivera December 2025 1st and Semifinalist (2025 Apertura) Olímpico Litoral Ángel Piazzi Mutual consent December 2025 Totti Pocasangre December 2025 5th (2025 Apertura) Talleres Jr Ricardo Serrano Sacked January 5, 2026 Balmore Gomez January 2026 th (2025 Apertura) AD Destroyer Nil New club January 5, 2026 Efren Marceno January 12, 2026 New Club Dragon Marvin Benitez Sacked January, 2026 Oswaldo Franco January 2026 th (2025 Apertura) Pipil Ciro Romero Sacked January, 2026 Marvín Rosales January 2026 th (2025 Apertura)
During the Clausura season
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table TBD TBD Sacked March, 2026 TBD March, 2026 TBD Talleres Jr Balmore Gomez Sacked January __, 2026 Adonay Salinas January __, 2026 TBD Fuerte Aguilares Jorge Abrego Sacked February, 2026 Edgar Henríquez February, 2026 TBD Batanecos Roberto Antonio Hernández Sacked February, 2026 Miguel Soriano February, 2026 TBD
Apertura 2025 Current teams Personnel and sponsoring
TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainForeign PlayerKitmakerShirt Sponsors ADET-Aruba TBD Miguel Soriano Nicolas Pacheco Johni Moran SPORTFINE Centro Surille, Gespron, ww.desorden.ca Atletico Balboa TBD Carlos Romero Gabriel Alvarez Manuel Murillo Huriver AMSEB, Alcadia de La Union Sur Batanecos TBD Roberto Antonio Hernández Douglas Rivas Victor Hinestroza Galaxia Acodjar, Guiliane Construction, Electrolit Cruzeiro TBD Ivan Ruiz Tardelis Peña Tardelis Peña PS Sports Agua Inmaculada, Electrolit Dragon TBD Pablo Quiñones Luis Mendez Yerson Tobar Tony Sports Pollo Campestre, Cablesat, Diparvel, Electrolit Espartano Saul Alfaro Wilber Aguilar Balmore Mendez Bryan Obregon MACA MC Carpenters, Farmacia San Jose Fuerte Aguilares TBD Rafael Mariona Diego Rivera Bladimir Diaz Arjam Sports Grupo Jiran, Bloques de la pena, CFG clear freight group INCA TBD Héctor Salazar Raymundo Cortez TBD Asda Sport Asisa, Codeza de RL, Electrolit Juventud Independiente TBD Juan Ramon Sanchez Carlos Garcia José Medrano Nil DIGILIFE, BarRanko, Electrolit Neo Pipil TBD Manuel Lopez Jose Monterrosa Argenis Alba Tony Sports ED Martinez, Dental Infinity Olímpico Litoral Ignacio Juarez Ángel Piazzi Antonio Larios Luis Caicedo Galaxia Loma Larga, JMA complete restoration, Electrolit, INDES Pipil TBD Ciro Romero TBD Paulo Silva Diseño Sport Pollo Campestre, Century 21, Electrolit, Transportes Argueta Sensunte Cabañas TBD Hugo Delgado Santos Guzman Marlon Viafara Katty Sports CrediViajes, Liberty State, Concinita de MamaMila Talleres Jr TBD Efraín Burgos Cesar Chevez TBD Arjam Sports Plaza Don Yon, Gravablock, Electrolit, Marina
Regular seasons
Group A
Centro Occidente
Top scorers Pos Player Team Goals 1. Santos Guzman Sensunte Cabañas 12 2. Yerson Tobar Dragon 9 3. Bryan Alas INCA 8 4. Edgar Cruz Balboa 8 5. Rolando Molina Neo Pipil 7
Finals
Quarter-finals
1-1 on aggregate. Cruzeiro won 7–6 on penalties.
Batanecos won 4–2 on aggregate.
Atletico Balboa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Dragon won 3–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Atletico Balboa won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dragon won 6–0 on aggregate.
Final
Individual awards Hombre GOLBest Goalkeeper Award Santos Guzman Sensunte Cabañas TBD TBD
Clausura 2026 Current teams Personnel and sponsoring
TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptainForeign PlayerKitmakerShirt Sponsors AD Destroyer TBD Efrén Marenco TBD TBD TBD TBD Aruba-ADET Inca TBD Alcides Salazar TBD TBD TBD Gesproin, Codesa de R.L, Cafe Altura, Clinca Medica Familiar R & E, TE rental Balboa TBD Carlos Romero TBD Manuel Murillo Huriver Alcaldia de La Union Sur; CAMSEB; Batanecos Manrique Alfaro Roberto Antonio Hernández TBD Victor Hinestroza Galaxia Acodjar, Guiliane Construction, Cruzeiro TBD Guillermo Rivera Tardelis Peña Tardelis Peña PS Sports Electrolit; Agua Inmaculada.com Dragon TBD Oswaldo Franco TBD Yerson Tobar Tony Sports Pollo Campestre, Cablesat, Iparvel, Centro Pediatrico, Chicharonari Y Carricara Espartano TBD Ennio Mendoza Enrique Deleon TBD Maca Electrolit, JMC Carpenters, Farmacia San Jose Fuerte Aguilares TBD Jorge Abrego TBD Bladimir Diaz Arijam Sports Jiron, Transporte Marnita de la Cruz, Bloques de la Pena Juventud Independiente TBD Juan Ramon Sanchez TBD Cristian Caicedo TBD Digilife, RC Parada, Lelasa, Agrocentro de Opico, Sobreqosa Neo Pipil TBD Manuel López TBD Argenis Alba Arijam Sports Inversiones Crediahorro de RL; Dental Inanity, P de la Pena, ED Martinez Olímpico Litoral TBD Totti Pocasangre Juan Benitez Duban Andrade Galaxia Loma Larga, JMA Complete Restorations, Electrolit, INDES Pipil TBD Marvin Rosales TBD TBD Diseño Sport Pollo Campestre, TR, Century 21 Sensunte Cabañas TBD Hugo Delgado Santos Guzman TBD Katty Sports Liberty State Insurance, Credit Viaja, La Casona, Clinica Dental, Tu Familia, Cartagena Landscapiong, La concina de mama mila, Talleres Jr TBD Balmore Gomez Cesar Chevez TBD Arijam Sports Plaza Don Yon, Eletcrolit, Chalatenango Country Club, Gravablock,
Regular seasons
Group A
Grpup B
Top scorers Pos Player Team Goals 1. Nelson Paredes Neo Pipil 10 2. Santos Guzman Sensunte Cabañas 7 3. Yerson Tobar Dragon 7 4. Meyson Ascensio Olímpico Litoral 7 5. Bryan Paz INCA-Aruba 7
Finals
Conference quarter-finals
INCA-ADET-ARUBA won 5–1 on aggregate.
Atletico Balboa won 2–0 on aggregate.
Neo Pipil won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sensunte Cabañas won 4–3 on aggregate.
Conference semi-finals
1-1. Sensunte Cabañas won 4–3 on penalties.
INCA-ADET-ARUBA won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
Relegation Aggregate table The Aggregate table is the general ranking for the 2025–26 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura 2025 and Clausura 2026 tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine the relegation to the Tercera División de El Salvador.
Group A
Grpup B
Promotion Play-offs
1-1. INCA-Aruba won 4–2 on penalties
References
External links (Official Website)