List of Salvadoran football champions

The Salvadoran Football Champion is the winner of the El Salvador National Football Championship (1926–1968) or the Liga Mayor (1969 to present) of football in El Salvador.

Currently, there are two champions each calendar year with one champion for the Apertura season and one for the Clausura season.

Short Tournament (1926–1946)

Three regional champions, faced each other in the national championship. Each team represented a different section of the country (West zone, Central zone, East zone).

Season Champion Runner-up
1926 Chinameca Nequepio
1927 Hércules Chinameca
1928 Hércules Excélsior F.C.
1929–30 Hércules Excélsior F.C.
1930–31[a] Hércules
1931–32[a] Hércules
1932–33[a] Hércules
1933–34[a] Hércules
1934–35[a] C.D. Maya
1935–36[a] C.D. Maya
1937 C.D. 33 C.D. Alacranes
1938 C.D. 33 C.D. Maya
1939[a] C.D. 33
1940[a] España F.C.
1941[a] Quequeisque
1942 Quequeisque Juventud Olímpica
1943 Quequeisque Ferrocarril
1944[a] Quequeisque
1945[a] Quequeisque
1946 Libertad Once Municipal

League System (1947–1997)

Season Champion Runner-Up
1947 Not held
1948-49 Once Municipal Libertad
1949–50 Not held
1950–51 C.D. Dragón C.D. FAS
1951–52 C.D. FAS Leones
1952–53 C.D. Dragón Juventud Olímpica
1953–54 C.D. FAS C.D. Dragón
1955 Atlético Marte C.D. Dragón
1955–56 Atlético Marte L.A. Firpo
1956–57 Atlético Marte Atlante
1957–58 C.D. FAS Once Municipal
1959 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
1960–61 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
1961–62 C.D. FAS C.D. Águila
1962 C.D. FAS Atlante
1963–64 C.D. Águila Juventud Olímpica
1964 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
1965–66 Alianza F.C. Once Municipal
1966–67 Alianza F.C. C.D. Águila
1967–68 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
1968–69 Atlético Marte C.D. FAS
1970 Atlético Marte C.D. FAS
1971 Juventud Olímpica Alianza F.C.
1972 C.D. Águila Juventud Olímpica
1973 Juventud Olímpica Alianza F.C.
1974–75 C.D. Platense Negocios Internacionales
1975–76 C.D. Águila Alianza F.C.
1976–77 C.D. Águila Once Municipal
1977–78 C.D. FAS Once Municipal
1978–79 C.D. FAS Alianza F.C.
1979–80 C.D Santiagueño C.D. Águila
1980–81 Atlético Marte C.D Santiagueño
1981 C.D. FAS Independiente Nacional 1906
1982 Atlético Marte Independiente Nacional 1906
1983 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
1984 C.D. FAS C.D. Águila
1985 Atlético Marte Alianza F.C.
1986–87 Alianza F.C. C.D. Águila
1987–88 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
1988–89 L.A. Firpo Cojutepeque F.C.
1989–90 Alianza F.C. L.A. Firpo
1990–91 L.A. Firpo C.D. Águila
1991–92 L.A. Firpo Alianza F.C.
1992–93 L.A. Firpo Alianza F.C.
1993–94 Alianza F.C. C.D. FAS
1994–95 C.D. FAS L.A. Firpo
1995–96 C.D. FAS L.A. Firpo
1996–97 Alianza F.C. L.A. Firpo
1997–98 L.A. Firpo C.D. FAS

Apertura/Clausura format (1999–present)

The winner of the shorter, Apertura tournament has been deemed the "Champion Cup" winner, and the league format Clausura tournament as "champions".

Clausura

Season Clausura Champion Clausura Runner-Up
1999 L.A. Firpo C.D. FAS
2000 L.A. Firpo ADET
2001 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
2002 C.D. FAS Alianza F.C.
2003 San Salvador F.C. L.A. Firpo
2004 Alianza F.C. C.D. FAS
2005 C.D. FAS L.A. Firpo
2006 C.D. Águila C.D. FAS
2007 A.D. Isidro Metapán L.A. Firpo
2008 L.A. Firpo C.D. FAS
2009 A.D. Isidro Metapán L.A. Firpo
2010 A.D. Isidro Metapán C.D. Águila
2011 Alianza F.C. C.D. FAS
2012 C.D. Águila A.D. Isidro Metapán
2013 L.A. Firpo C.D. FAS
2014 A.D. Isidro Metapán C.D. Dragon
2015 Santa Tecla F.C. A.D. Isidro Metapán
2015–16 C.D. Dragon C.D. Águila
2016–17 Santa Tecla F.C. Alianza F.C.
2017–18 Alianza F.C. Santa Tecla F.C.
2018–19 C.D. Águila Alianza F.C.
2019–20 Season Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[b]
2020–21 C.D. FAS Alianza F.C.
2021–22 Alianza F.C. C.D. Águila
2022–23 Season was cancelled due to the San Salvador crowd crush.[2]
2023–24 Alianza F.C. C.D. Municipal Limeño
2024–25 Alianza F.C. C.D. Municipal Limeño

Apertura

Season Apertura Cup Champion Apertura Runner-Up
1998 Alianza F.C. L.A. Firpo
1999 C.D. Águila C.D. Municipal Limeño
2000 C.D. Águila C.D. Municipal Limeño
2001 Alianza F.C. L.A. Firpo
2002 C.D. FAS San Salvador F.C.
2003 C.D. FAS C.D. Águila
2004 C.D. FAS C.D. Atlético Balboa
2005 C.D. Vista Hermosa A.D. Isidro Metapán
2006 Once Municipal C.D. FAS
2007 L.A. Firpo C.D. FAS
2008 A.D. Isidro Metapán C.D. Chalatenango
2009 C.D. FAS C.D. Águila
2010 A.D. Isidro Metapán Alianza F.C.
2011 A.D. Isidro Metapán Once Municipal
2012 A.D. Isidro Metapán Alianza F.C.
2013 A.D. Isidro Metapán C.D. FAS
2014 A.D. Isidro Metapán C.D. Águila
2015 Alianza F.C. C.D. FAS
2016–17 Santa Tecla F.C. Alianza F.C.
2017–18 Alianza F.C. Santa Tecla F.C.
2018–19 Santa Tecla F.C. Alianza F.C.
2019–20 Alianza F.C. C.D. FAS
2020–21 Alianza F.C. C.D. Águila
2021–22 Alianza F.C. C.D. Platense
2022–23 C.D. FAS Jocoro F.C.
2023–24 C.D. Águila Jocoro F.C.
2024–25 Once Deportivo C.D. FAS
2025–26

Performance by club

Teams in bold are currently participating in La Liga Mayor.

Team Champions Runners-up Winning Years
FAS 19 23 1951–52, 1953–54, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1962, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1981, 1984, 1994–95, 1995–96, Clausura 2002, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2009, Clausura 2021, Apertura 2022
Alianza 19 15 1965–66, 1966–67, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, Apertura 1998, Apertura 2001, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2019, Apertura 2020, Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022, Clausura 2024, 2025 Clausura
Águila 17 13 1959, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1964, 1967–68, 1972, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1983, 1987–88, Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2001, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2012, Clausura 2019, Apertura 2023
Luis Ángel Firpo 10 11 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1997–98, 1999 Clausura, 2000 Clausura, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2013
Isidro Metapán 10 3 Clausura 2007, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2011, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014, Apertura 2014
Atlético Marte 8 – 1955, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1969, 1970, 1980–81, 1982, 1985
Hércules[c] 7 – 1927, 1928, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34
Quequeisque 5 – 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
Santa Tecla 4 2 Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018
Dragón 3 3 1950–51, 1952–53, Clausura 2016
C.D. 33[c] 3 – 1937, 1938, 1939
Once Municipal[c] 2 6 1948–49, Apertura 2006
Juventud Olímpica 2 4 1971, 1973
Maya[c] 2 1 1934–35, 1935–36
Santiagueño[c] 1 1 1979–80
San Salvador[c] 1 1 Clausura 2003
Chinameca S.C. 1 1 1926
Libertad[c] 1 1 1946
Platense 1 1 1974–75
España[c] 1 – 1940
Vista Hermosa[c] 1 – Apertura 2005
Once Deportivo[c] 1 – Apertura 2024
C.D. Municipal Limeño
0
3
 -
Excélsior F.C.
0
2
 -
Atlante
0
2
 -
Independiente Nacional 1906
0
2
 -
Nequepio
0
1
 -
C.D. Alacranes
0
1
 -
Ferrocarril
0
1
 -
Leones
0
1
 -
Universidad
0
1
 -
Negocios Internacionales
0
1
 -
Cojutepeque F.C.
0
1
 -
ADET
0
1
 -
C.D. Atlético Balboa
0
1
 -
C.D. Chalatenango
0
1
 -

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k No national championship held during this season, only regional championships. These championships are now often considered national titles.
  2. ^ Once Deportivo were originally given the championship after leading the competition after 11 rounds, but the title was later retracted.[1]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Defunct team

References

  1. ^ "FESFUT ya no reconoce al Once Deportivo como campeón y congela el descenso y ascenso". elgrafico.com. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. ^ "FESFUT y Primera División declaran terminado el torneo Clausura 2023". elsalvador.com. 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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