2025–26 Primera División de El Salvador
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 July 2025 – 20 December 2025 (Apertura), 18 January 2026 – 31 May 2026 (Clausura) |
| Champions | TBD (2025 Apertura) TBD (Clausura 2026) |
| Promoted | TBD |
| Relegated | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| CONCACAF Central American Cup | TBD |
| Top goalscorer |  TBD (00 goals Apertura 2025)  TBD (00 goals Clausura 2026) |
| Best goalkeeper | TBD (Apertura 2025) TBD (Clausura 2026) |
| Biggest home win | TBD 3-4 TBD |
| Biggest away win | TBD 3-4 TBD |
| Highest scoring | TBD 3-4 TBD |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2025. | |
The 2025–26 Primera División de El Salvador, also known as the Liga Pepsi, is the 27th season and 52nd and 53rc Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Hercules (Formerly Once Deportivo) and Alianza are the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura tournament respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 20 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top six teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs.
The champions of Apertura and Clausura will qualify for the CONCACAF Central American Cup, the third team to qualify is the team with better aggregate record. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup. Should the final of both tournaments features the same two teams, the semi-finalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Teams
Promotion and relegation
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2024–25 Primera División and 1 promoted from the 2024–25 Segunda División.
Zacatecoluca F.C. was promoted to the Primera División on May 17, 2025, after defeating Fuerte Aguilares for both the Apertura 2024 and Clausura 2025 titles.[1]
It was announced that due to league only having 11 teams, no teams would be relegated to the Segunda División .
Due to a mix of banning multi club ownership and poor attendance Once Deportivo de Ahuachapan announced they would be handing their spot in the primera division to a new club.
On May 9, 2025 It was announced that the historic club Hercules was would be taking over Once Deportivo spot in the Primera division in the Apertura 2025.[2]
On May 31, It was announced that Inter Formando un Atleta had purchased Dragon in the Primera Division in the Apertura 2025.[3]
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguila | Rigoberto Ortiz Ostorga
|
 Daniel Messina
|
Darwin Ceren
|
Umbro | Pollo Campestre, Claro, Pepsi, Abank, |
| Alianza | Gonzalo Sibrian
|
Ernesto Corti
|
Henry Romero
|
Umbro | Mister Donut, Claro, Pepsi, Indupalma, Gatorade, Cementos Progreso, ABANK, Ganaplay, Taqueritos |
| Cacahuatique | Juan Amaya
|
 Pablo Quiñones
|
Reinaldo Aparicio
|
Tony Sports | Pollo Campestre, Acacob, Flynet, AGM sport inc, GanaPlay, Ciudad Barrios, Electrolit |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Ismael Guzmán
|
Daniel Corti
|
Wilson Rugamas
|
Tony Sports | Torque Digital,Padilla, betpro, |
| FAS | José Sincuir
|
 Cristian Flores
|
Rudy Clavel
|
Umbro | Cementos Fortaleza, Volaris, VLRM Markets |
| Firpo | Ronny Hernández
|
 Marvin Solano Abarca
|
Lizandro Claros
|
Salguero | Cablesat, Arte Cerveza, Diagri, Roxy, Empresa Agricola Jesus Grande, Gana777, La Pirraya, Canal 4 |
| Hércules | Giancarlo Angelucci
|
Gabriel Alvarez
|
Cesar Flores
|
Macron | Pepsi, Mister Donut, Canal 4, Gatorade, Alcasa, Dale.sv |
| Inter FA | Martin Herrera
|
William Renderos
|
Rubén Marroquín
|
Maca | Betpro, Make, Electrolit, |
| Isidro Metapán | Alberto Rivera
|
Erick Prado
|
Milton Molina
|
Elite Sports | Holcim, Geniusbet, Bemisal, El Indio, Taller Polas |
| Limeño | Eduardo Chávez
|
Jose Romero
|
Fredy Espinoza
|
Tony Sports | Universidad Dr ANdres Bello, Genius Bet, CAMSEB,MonteCalvaro,Agua El Limon, san Rafael, |
| Platense | Carlos Burgos
|
 Agustin Castillo
|
Xavier Garcia
|
Tony Sports | Pollo Campestre, GanaPlay, Renosa, Tecnuveg, Ticketon, Sudagrip, Electrolit, Caja Credito Zacatecoluca |
| Zacatecoluca | Alfredo Deras
|
Nelson Ancheta
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Gerson Mayen
|
Galaxia | Comercial Deras, El Sabor Casero, Electrolit, Ury store, Analiza fisoterapa, Blue Bistro, Comercial Tobar, Betpro, Commercial Bliss, Creadisena, Transporte Palacios |
Notable events
Aguila announced to play in a different stadium
It was announced on July 15, 2025 that Aguila will be playing its game for Apertura 2025 season in the Estadio Cuscatlan, this is due for major renovation needed to be done to allow any sports to play. [4]
Notable death from Apertura 2025 season and 2026 Clausura season
The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2024 and middle of 2025.
- Juan Ramón Verón (ex Argentinian Alianza player) [5]
- Horacio Díaz Luco (ex Chilean Aguila player) [6]
- Francisco Israel Acevedo Orantes (ex Platense player)
- Erick Corrales (ex Costa Rican Nejapa player)
- René Andrés Ubau (ex Chalatenango player)
- Julio Cesar Cortes (ex Uruguayan Alianza player and Aguila coach) [7]
- Carlos Che Sanchez (ex Argentinian TBD player) [8]
- Carlos Prieto (ex Alianza, Sonsonate and Atletico Marte player)
- TBD (ex TBD player)
Managerial changes
Before the start of the season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firpo | Gabriel Álvarez [9]
|
Resigned | May 13, 2025 | Marvin Solano Abarca [10]
|
June 6, 2024 | 2nd and Quarter-Finalist (2025 Clausura) |
| FAS |  David Caneda [11]
|
Resigned, Return back to role as Sporting Manager | 18 May 2025 | Cristian Flores [12]
|
6 June, 2025 | 8th and Semi-Finalist (2025 Clausura) |
| Hercules | None' | New Club | None' | Gabriel Alvarez [13]
|
May 26, 2025 | None (2025 Clausura) |
| Zacatecoluca | Edgar Henriquez[14]
|
Mutual Consent | May 30, 2025 | Nelson Ancheta[15]
|
June 1, 2025 | None (Promoted) (2025 Clausura) |
| Fuerte San Francisco | Rolando Torres
|
Interimship finished | May 26, 2025 | Daniel Corti [16]
|
May 28, 2025 | 7th and Semi-finalist (2025 Clausura) |
| Cacahuatique | Victor Coreas
|
Mutual Consent | May 31, 2025 | Pablo Quiñones [17]
|
June 1, 2025 | None (2025 Clausura) |
| Platense | David Hernandez
|
Moved to become assistant coach | June 10, 2025 | Agustin Castillo [18]
|
June 10, 2025 | 9th and did not qualify (2025 Clausura) |
| Inter FA | None' | New Club | None | William Renderos
|
June 13, 2025 | None (2025 Clausura) |
During the Apertura season
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isidro Metapan | Erick Prado [19]
|
Sacked | August , 2025 | TBD
|
August , 2025 | 7th (2025 Apertura) |
| TBD | TBD []
|
Mutual Consent | 2025 | TBD
|
2025 | th (2025 Apertura) |
Apertura
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 16 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 16 | |
| 3 | Águila | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 | |
| 4 | Alianza | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | |
| 5 | Isidro Metapán | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | |
| 6 | Cacahuatique | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | |
| 7 | Fuerte San Francisco | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 6 | |
| 8 | Hércules | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 5 | |
| 9 | Platense | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
| 10 | Municipal Limeño | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 4 | |
| 11 | Inter | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 12 | Zacatecoluca | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Apertura 2025 Records
Records
- Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
- Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Styen Vasquez for LA Firpo against Municipal Limeno, 6 minutes (19 July, 2025)
- First goal by a foreign player:
Yan Maciel for FAS against Isidro Metapan, 43rd minutes (19 July, 2025) - Fastest goal in a match: 5 Minutes
- Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 98 minutes
- Luis Peralta goal for Playense against Municipal Limeno] (23 July, 2025)
- First penalty Kick of the season: Styen Vasquez for LA Firpo against Municipal Limeno, 6 minutes (19 July, 2025)
- Widest winning margin: 8 goals
- FAS 8-0 Fuerte San Francisco (July 27, 2025)
- First hat-trick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD (Month Day, 2025)
- First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (Month Day, 2025)
- Most goals in a match: 8 goals
- FAS 8-0 Fuerte San Francisco (July 27, 2025)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 8 goals
- FAS 8-0 Fuerte San Francisco (July 27, 2025)
- Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
- FAS 4-0 (8-0) Fuerte San Francisco (1st half, July 27, 2025)
- Most goals scored by losing team: 2 goals
- Hercules 2-5 Municipal Limeno (August 2, 2025)
Hercules 2-5 Alianza (August 16, 2025)
- Hercules 2-5 Municipal Limeno (August 2, 2025)
- Most goals by one player in a single match: 2 goals
- Rafael Tejeda for FAS against Fuerte San Francisco (July 27, 2025)
- Isaac Esquivel for Hercules against Municipal Limeno (August 2, 2025)
- Luis Tobar for Alianza against Hercules (August 16, 2025)
- Styven Vasquez for LA Firpo against Fuerte San Francisco (August 16, 2025)
- Players that scored a hat-trick':
Top Goalscorer (Apertura 2025)
| No. | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yan Maciel
|
FAS | 5 |
| 2 | Styven Vásquez
|
LA Firpo | 4 |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Argueta
|
Cacahuatique | 3 |
| 4 | Rafael Tejada
|
FAS | 3 |
| 5 | Jose Correa
|
Limeño | 3 |
| 6 | Jorge Cruz
|
FAS | 3 |
| 7 | Luis Tobar
|
Alianza | 3 |
| 8 | Elias Gumero
|
LA Firpo | 3 |
| 9 | Emerson Mauricio
|
Alianza | 2 |
| 10 | Juan Sanchez
|
Inter | 2 |
Playoff
Final
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| Clausura 2026 champions |
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| TBD th title |
Clausura
League table
Clausura 2026 Records
Records
- Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Worst away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
- Most goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals scored: TBD (00 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
- Most goals conceded : TBD (00 goals)
Scoring
- First goal of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD, 6 minutes (Month day, 2026)
- First goal by a foreign player: TBD for TBDagainst TBD, 6th minutes (Month day, 2026)
- Fastest goal in a match: 5 Minutes
- Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 94 minutes
- First penalty Kick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD, 43rd minutes (Month Day, 2026)
- Widest winning margin: 4 goals
- First hat-trick of the season: TBD for TBD against TBD (Month Day, 2026)
- First own goal of the season: TBD (TBD) for TBD (Month Day, 2026)
- Most goals in a match: 7 goals
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
- Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
- Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
- Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
- Players that scored a hat-trick':
Top Goalscorer (Clausura 2025)
| No. | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBD
|
TBD | 00 |
| 2 | TBD
|
TBD | 00 |
| 3 | TBD
|
TBD | 00 |
| 4 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 5 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 6 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 7 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 8 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 9 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 10 | TBD
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TBD | 00 |
| 10 | TBD
|
TBD | 00 |
Playoff
Final
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| Clausura 2026 champions |
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| TBD th title |
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in the 2025–26 season. The following players:
- Have played at least one game for the respective club.
- Have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced this season, that clubs can have four foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or a player is released and it is before the close of the season transfer window.
Águila
- Juan Franco Cacace
Sebastián Julio- Diego Gregori
Mauro Caballero
Alianza
- Carlos Salazar
- Julián Grueso
- Gael Sandoval
- Ányelo Rodríguez
Cachuatique
- Elías Umeres
- Alesson Ferreira
- Jorge Lara
- Diomer Hinestroza
FAS
- Yan Maciel
- Edgar Medrano
- Miguel Murrillo
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Diogo Figueiras
Firpo
- Lucas Matheus Dos Santos
- Wilber Arizala
Aricheell Hernández
Joshua Gallardo
Fuerte San Francisco
- Germán Aguila
- Cristian Belucci
- Wilker da Silva
Javier Cetre
Isidro Metapán
- Juan Mosquera
- Jhonatan Urrutia
- Wbeimar Zuniga
Jomal Williams
Municipal Limeno
- Leyvin Balanta
- José Erick Correa
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Clayvin Zúñiga- Paolo Martin Dantaz
Platense
- Yair Arboleda
- Nayan Andrés Bello
- Victor Landazuri
- Luis Arturo Peralta
Zacatecoluca
- Jonathan Santana
- William Palacios
- Luis Enrique Ibarra
- José Cabañas
- Sandro Melgarejo
(player released beginning the Apertura season, Never played a game)
(player released during the Apertura season)
(player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons)
(player released during the Clausura season)
(Injured and ruled out for the rest of the season)
(player naturalized for the Clausura season)
(player released beginning the Clausura season, Never played a game)
References
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- ^ "Pablo Quiñones es entrenador de Cacahuatique". ElGrafico. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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