Tercera División de El Salvador

Tercera División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
Founded	1970
Country	El Salvador
Confederation	CONCACAF
Number of clubs	40
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Segunda División
Relegation to	La Asociación Departamental de Fútbol Aficionado
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Presidente
Current champions	Centro Oriente CD Neo Pipil ; Centro Occidente CD Talleres Jr. ; (2025 Clausura)
Most championships	TBD; ( titles each)
Website	www.elgrafico.com
	Current: 2025 Clausura

The Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño,^[1] commonly known as Tercera División, and officially known as Electrolit Tercera División for sponsorship reasons, is the men's third professional association football division of the Salvadoran football league system. Administered by Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 40 teams, with the top two teams plus the winner of a play-off promoted to Segunda division and replaced by the three lowest-placed teams in that division.

Structure

There are 40 clubs in Tercera Division divided into 4 groups of 10. They play in Apertura and Clausura. The clubs play every team in each group twice. The top four teams from each group, 16 teams in total, qualify for play-offs to determine the winner of the apertura and clausura title. The winners will be promoted to the Segunda División de El Salvador.

Similarly, the four clubs that finish at the bottom of Tercera Division are relegated to ADFA and are replaced by the top four clubs.

Third Division Of Football Season 2024 Clubs

The following teams are competing in the 2025–26 Tercera División season.qq

Tercera División de El Salvador is located in El Salvador

A.D. Destroyer

Academia BP

Aruba

Atlas

Atletico San Simon

Atletico Verapaz

Audaz

Buenos Aires F.C.

Buenos Aires Morazan

Estrellas del Sur

Independiente

Izalco

Neo Pipil

Sal Y Mar

San Marcos

San Rafael Cedros

San Rafael Obrajuelo

Santa Clara

Santiagueno

Santos

Santo Tomás

Sensunte Cabañas

SESSA

Talleres Jr.

Tenancingo

Vendaval

Vista Hermosa

Location of teams in 2024–2025 Tercera División de El Salvador

All participants for the 2025/26 season

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Academia BP	Nuevo Cuscatlán, La Libertad	Estadio Cancha Municipal La Florencia	5,000
Ancla de Oro	TBD	Estadio	TBD
Atletico Belén	TBD	Estadio	TBD
Atletico San Simon	San Simon, Morazán	Estadio Municipal San Simón	5,000
Atletico Verapaz	Verapaz, San Vicente	Estadio Verapaz	5,000
Audaz	Apastepeque, San Vicente	Estadio Municipal La Coyotera	5,000
Buenos Aires FC	Acajutla, Sonsonate	Cancha Cristobal Aleman Alas	1,000
CD Buenos Aires	Osicala, Morazán	Estadio Municipal de Osicala	10,000
Brasil FC	Quelapa, San Miguel	Estadio Municipal de Quelapa	5,000
Brasilia F.C.	TBD	Estadio	1,000
El Roble	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Estadio Municipal de Ilobasco	10,000
El Vencedor	Santa Elena, Usulután	Estadio Jose German Rivas Lozano	5,000
Estrellas del Sur	Chirilagua, San Miguel	Estadio Municipal Carlos Moon	5,000
FORFUT	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Estadio Municipal de Ilobasco	10,000
Izalco	Izalco, Sonsonate	Estadio Salvador Mariona	5,000
Juventud Candelareño	Candelaria de La Frontera, Santa Ana	Estadio Municipal de Candeleria	5,000
La Hachaudura	TBD	Estadio	000
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango, San Salvador	Cancha Jorgito Melendez	5,000
Municipal	TBD	Estadio	000
Nacional de Las Magaritas	TBD	Estadio	000
Nonualco	TBD	Estadio	000
Once Municipal	TBD	Estadio	000
Racing	TBD	Estadio	000
Real Sociedad	TBD	Estadio	000
Sal Y Mar	Canton Los Jiotes, San Alejo, La Unión	Estadio Marcerlino Imbers	0000
San Marcos	Jiquilisco, Usulután	Cancha San Marcos Lempa	0000
San Rafael Obrajuelo	San Rafael Obrajuelo, La Paz	Estadio José Borjas Castillo	0000
Santo Tomás	Tejutla, Chalatenango	Cancha Óscar Julián Regalado	0000
Santos	Ciudad Arce, La Libertad	Cancha Santa Rosa	5,000
SESSA	Guadalupe, San Vicente	Cancha Vista al Volcán	10,000
Sonics International Club	TBD	Estadio	1,000
Tenancingo	Tenancingo, Cuscatlán	Cancha Santa Cruz Michapa	5,000
Vendaval	Apopa, San Salvador	Estadio Joaquín Gutiérrez	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera, Morazán	Estadio Luis Amilcar Moreno	10,000

Current directors of the third Division

Management

Name	Title	Ref.
Walter Carabantes López	President	^[2]

Past champions in Tercera División de Fútbol Salvadoreño Trophy

1970–71 : CD Titán
1971–72 : CD Dragón
1972–73 : CD El Roble
1973–74 : A.D.O.
1974–75 : ADTE
1975–76 : CD Chaguite
1976–77 : A.F.I.
1977–78 : ADTE
1978–79 : A.F.I.
1979–80 : ADET
1980–81 : A.F.I.
1981–82 : CD Los Andes
1982–83 : CD Platense
1983–84 : ADTE
1984–85 : CD Tehuacán
1985–86 : ADET
1986–87 : AD Municipal
1987–88 : CD TACA
1988–89 : CD L.A. Firpo
1989–90 : CD Atlético Marte
1990–91 : CD Barcelona
1991–92 : CD Malacoff
1992–93 : ADTE
1993–94 : CD El Roble
1994–95 : A.F.I.
1995–96 : A.D.O.
1996–97 : Atlético Morazán
1997–98 : A.F.I.
1998–99 : CD Tehuacán
1999–2000 : CD Huracán
2000–01 : CD El Roble
2001–02 : CD L.Á. Firpo
2002–03 : A.D.O.
2003–04 : ADTE
2004–05 : Halcones
2005–06 : CD Curazao / Liberal I.R.
2006–07 : Tehuacán
2007–08 : Titán
2008–09 : Centro Occidente Brasilia (Apertura 2008, Promotion) / Espartano (Clausura 2009); Centro Oriente Liberal I.R. (Apertura 2008, Promotion) / Pasaquina (Clausura 2009)
2009–10 : Centro Occidente Turin-FESA (Apertura 2009) and (Clausura 2010); Centro Oriente Municipal Santa María (Apertura 2009) / Pasaquina FC (Clausura 2010, Promotion)
2010–11 : Centro Occidente Isidro Metapán C (Apertura 2010, Promotion) / Juventud Alegre (Clausura 2011); Centro Oriente San Sebastian (Apertura 2010) / C.D. La Asunción (Clausura 2011, Promotion)
2011–12 : Centro Occidente Atlético Comalapa (Apertura 2011) / Turín FC (Clausura 2012, Promotion); Centro Oriente C.D. Espíritu Santo (Apertura 2011, Promotion)
2012–13 : Centro Occidente CD Racing Jr. (Apertura 2012) / Chalatenango (Clausura 2013, Promotion); Centro Oriente Huracán FC (Apertura 2012) / Topiltzín (Clausura 2013, Promotion)
2013–14 : Centro Occidente Atlético Comalapa (Apertura 2013) and (Clausura 2014); Centro Oriente Fuerte San Francisco (Apertura 2013) / Audaz (Clausura 2014, Promotion)

2014–15 : Centro Occidente Turin-FESA (Apertura 2014) and (Clausura 2015); Centro Oriente Fuerte San Francisco (Apertura 2014) and (Clausura 2015)
2015–16 : Centro Occidente C.D. Rácing Jr. (Apertura 2015) / Turin-FESA (Clausura 2016); Centro Oriente UDET (Apertura 2015) / Jocoro (Clausura 2016, Promotion)
2016–17 : Centro Occidente EF Guazapa (Apertura 2016) / Municipal Ilopaneco (Clausura 2017, Promotion); Centro Oriente UDET (Apertura 2016) / Chagüite (Clausura 2017)
2017–18 : Centro Occidente AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín (Apertura 2017, Promotion) / Turin-FESA (Clausura 2018); Centro Oriente Liberal (Apertura 2017, Promotion) / Ciclon del Golfo (Clausura 2018)
2018–19 : Centro Occidente Turin-FESA (Apertura 2018) / Real Pajonal (Clausura 2019); Centro Oriente Cacahuatique (Apertura 2018) / Gerardo Barrios (Clausura 2019)
2019–20 : Centro Occidente (Apertura 2019) / Clausura 2020); Centro Oriente (Apertura 2019) / (Clausura 2020)
2020–21 : Centro Occidente (Apertura 2020) / Clausura 2021); Centro Oriente (Apertura 2020) / (Clausura 2021)
2021–22 : Centro Occidente Fuerte Aguilares (Apertura 2021) /Masahuat (Clausura 2022); Centro Oriente Audaz (Apertura 2021) / Pipil (Clausura 2022)
2022–23 : Centro Occidente Los Laureles (Apertura 2022) and (Clausura 2023); Centro Oriente Santiagueño (Apertura 2022) / Cruzeiro (Clausura 2023)
2023–24 : Centro Occidente Brasilia (Apertura 2023) / AD Espartano (Clausura 2024); Centro Oriente Zacatecoluca FC (Apertura 2023) and (Clausura 2024)
2024–25 : Centro Occidente CD Talleres Jr. (Apertura 2024) and (Clausura 2025); Centro Oriente AD Santa Clara (Apertura 2024) / CD Neo Pipil (Clausura 2025, Promotion);
2025–26 : Centro Occidente TBD (Apertura 2025) / TBD (Clausura 2026); Centro Oriente TBD (Apertura 2025) / TBD (Clausura 2026)

2025–26 teams

Changes from the previous season

Teams promoted to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Teams relegated to ADFA- Apertura 2025 - failed to register for the Clausura 2025

A.D. Santa Clara (Apertura 2024 Centro Occidente Champion) [1]
Atlas F.C.
CD San Rafael Cedros
Independiente FC
Escuela futbol de Pasaquina

Teams promoted from ADFA - Apertura 2025

New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Tercera Division

Sonics International Club (Purchased spot of CD Aruba)
Once Municipal (Purchased spot of CD Malacoff)
Los Laureles F.C.
A.D. Municipal
Brasilia F.C.
Ancla de Oro F.C. (Purchased spot of CD Atlas)
Real Sociedad de Morazon (Purchased spot of Tiburones FC)
La Hachadura F.C.

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2025

Malacoff (Sold their spot to CD Once Municipal)
Aruba (Sold their spot to Sonics International Club)
Atlas (Sold their spot to Ancla de Oro FC)
Tiburones (Sold their spot to (CD Real Sociedad)
Santiagueno FC
A.D. Puerto El Triunfo

Teams that failed to register for the Clausura 2026

TBD

Zona Centro Occidente

Group A

[2]

Team namec	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
A.D. Municipal	1963	Juayua, Sonsonate Department	Ricardo Antonio Lopez (*)
Buenos Aires	19	Acajutla, Sonsonate Department	Ricardo Navarro (*)
Izalco	19	Izalco, Sonsonate Department	Jose Alfredo Portillo (*)
Juventud Candelareño *	1983	Candelaria de La Frontera, Santa Ana Department	TBD
La Hachaudura	2021	La Hachadura, Sonsonate Department	Rafael Rizo (*)
Once Municipal	1945	Ahuachapán, Ahuachapán Department	Henry Rojas (*)
Santos	19	Ciudad Arce, La Libertad	Eduardo Preza (*)
Sonics International Club	2019	Sonsonate, Sonsonate Department	Enio Mendoza (*)

Group B

[3]

Team name	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
Academia BP*	19	Nuevo Cuscatlán, La Libertad	Justino Umana (*)
Atletico Belén	1988	Soyapango, San Salvador Department	TBD
Brasilia F.C.	19	Suchitoto, Cuscatlán	TBD
Marte Soyapango	2023	Soyapango, San Salvador Department	Lazaro Gutierez (*)
Nacional de Las Magaritas	1988	Soyapango, San Salvador Department	Osmaro Santos (*)
Santo Tomas	19	Tejutla, Chalatenango	Fabricio Trejo (*)
Vendaval	1927	Apopa, San Salvador	David Omar Sevilla (*)
AD Tenancingo	19	Tenancingo, Cuscatlán	Willie Rene Miranda

Zona Centro Oriente

Grupo A

[4]

Nombre del equipo	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
Audaz	1948	Apastepeque, San Vicente	Omar Vasquez (*)
Atlético Verapaz	1938	Verapaz, San Vicente	Amancio Matías Mendoza (*)
El Roble	1989	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Jorge Abrego (*)
El Vencedor	1921	Santa Elena, Usulután	Giovanni Trigueros (*)
FORFUT	2016	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Alex Pineda ()/ Alonzo Aguilar ()
Nonualco	19	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Marlo Gómez (*)
San Marcos	1960	San Marcos Lempa, Jiquilisco, Usulután	Sebastian Hernández (*)
San Rafael Obrajuelo	1984	San Rafael Obrajuelo, La Paz	Ever Aguirre
SESSA	19	Guadalupe, San Vicente	Julio Zamora (*)

Group B

[5]

Team name	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
Ancla de Oro	1963	Canton Huisquil, Conchagua, La Unión Department	Osmin Argueta (*)
Atletico San Simon	1989	San Simón, Morazán	TBD
Brasil	1936	Quelepa, San Miguel	Roberto Mata (*)
Buenos Aires	1970	Osicala, Morazán	Victor Coreas
Estrellas del Sur	1954	Chirilagua, San Miguel.	Luis Carlos Asprilla (*)
Racing	19	Gualuca, San Miguel	Ervin Loza (*)
Real Sociedad de Morazán	1981	Sociedad, Morazán	Marvin Blanco (*)
Sal Y Mar	1955	Cantón Los Jiotes, San Alejo, La Unión	Gorge Chara (*)
Vista Hermosa	2013	San Francisco Gotera, Morazán	Eliseo Salamanca (*)

Clubs who have competed in the Tecera Division, but not currently

As of June 2025

Club	Town or city	Last appearance in the Tercera Division	Current status (2024–25)	Level in pyramid
ADEREL Lourdes	Lourdes, Colón, La Libertad	Clausura 2024
A.D.E.T.	Talnique, La Libertad		Segunda División (merged with CD Aruba)	2
ADI F.C.	Intipucá, La Unión
ADO
ADO Municipal	San Luis La Herradura, La Paz
A.F.I.	Ilobasco, Cabañas
Academia de Fútbol Hernán López	Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Sonsonate
Agave FC	Moncagua, San Miguel
Aguila San Isidro	Chinameca, San Miguel
CD Anamoros	Anamorós, La Unión
CD Apaneca	Apaneca, Ahuachapán
AD Apopa	Apopa, San Salvador
CD Arcense	Ciudad Arce, La Libertad
CD Armenia	Armenia, Sonsonate
CD Aspirantes	Jucuapa, Usulután
CD Atlas	La Unión
Atlas FC	Santiago Nonualco, La Paz	Apertura 2024
CD Atlético Balboa	La Unión		Segunda División	2
Atletico Chaparrastique	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel
CD Atlético Comalapa	Comalapa, Chalatenango		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
CD Atlético Juvenil	Jocoaitique, Morazán
Atlético Morazán
CS Atlético San Nicolás	Tonacatepeque, San Salvador
CD Barcelona	El Tamarindo
Berlín F.C.	Berlín, Usulután
CD Brasilia	Suchitoto, Cuscatlán		Hiatus (2025-Present)	N/A
CD Brujos	Izalco, Sonsonate
Cabañas F.C .	Tejutepeque, Cabañas
CD Cacahuatique	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel		Primera Division	1
C.D. California	California, Usulután
CD Cali Municipal	Caluco, Sonsonate
Cangrejera FC	Puerto de La Libertad
Cara Sucia FC	Cara Sucia, San Francisco Menéndez, Ahuachapán
CD Chaguite	Lolotiquillo, Morazán
CD Chalatenango	Chalatenango		Hiatus (2023-TBD)	N/A
Chinameca SC	Chinameca, San Miguel
CSD Ciclón del Golfo	La Unión
Coca-Cola F.C.
Cojutepeque F.C.	Cojutepeque, Cuscatlán
CD Congoles	El Congo, Santa Ana
Corinto FC	Corinto, Morazán		Hiatus (2024)	N/A
CD Cruzeiro	San Cayetano Istepeque, San Vicente
CD Divisadero	San Francisco Gotera, Morazán
CD Dragón	San Miguel		Primera División	1
A.D. Dulce Nombre de María	Dulce Nombre de María, Chalatenango
C.D. El Cerrón	El Cerrón, Santa Ana
El Paraíso	El Paraíso, Chalatenango
CD El Roble	Ilobasco, Cabañas		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
AD El Tercio	Jiquilisco, Usulután
España FC	San Buenaventura, Usulután
CD España Adese
AD Espartano	San Julián, Sonsonate		Segunda División	2
CD Estrella Roja	Santiago de María, Usulután	Clausura 2024
CD Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazán		Primera División	1
CD Fuerte San Isidro Lempa	La Libertad
CD Gerado Barrios	San Rafael Oriente, San Miguel		ADFAS San Miguel	4
CD Hacienda Nueva	Lourdes, Colón, La Libertad
CD Halcones Municipal
CD Huracán	Atiquizaya, Ahuachapán
CD Ilopaneco	Ilopango, San Salvador
Independiente FC	San Vicente	Apertura 2024
AD Inter Sivar	San Salvador	Clausura 2023	Hiatus (2024)	N/A
AD Isidro Metapán C	Metapán, Santa Ana		Disbanded (2013)	N/A
Jalacatal F.C.	Cantón Jalacatal, San Miguel
Jocoro FC	Jocoro, Morazán		Hiatus (2025-TBD)	N/A
Juventud 72 Cara Sucia	Cara Sucia, San Francisco Menéndez, Ahuachapán		Hiatus (2021-)	N/A
Juventud Independiente	San Juan Opico, La Libertad		ADFA San Salvador	4
CD Juventud Olimpica Metallo	Acajutla, Sonsonate
C. D. La Palma	La Palma, Chalatenango		ADFAS Chalatenango	4
CD La Asunción			Disbanded (2018)	N/A
CD Leones Fronterizos	Pasaquina, La Unión
AD Leones de Occidente			Disbanded (2016)	N/A
CD Liberal	Quelepa, San Miguel
C.D. Liberal Ismael Rodriguez	San Rafael Oriente, San Miguel
C.D. Los Andes	San Jorge, San Miguel	Clausura 2024
Los Toros FC	Usulután		Disbanded (2016)	N/A
CD Magdalena	Chilanga, Morazán
C.D. Maracaná	San Rafael Obrajuelo, La Paz
CD Mar y Plata	Puerto El Triunfo, Usulután
EFI Mario Calvo	Izalco, Sonsonate
AD Masahuat	Masahuat, Santa Ana		Hiatus (2024-Present)
A.D. Municipal	Juayua, Sonsonate
A.D. Municipal	Juayua, Sonsonate
Municipal Ilopaneco	Ilopango, San Salvador
Municipal Santa María	Santa María, Usulután
Nejapa FC	Nejapa, San Salvador
CD Nueva Concepción	Nueva Concepción, Chalatenango
EF Nueva Concepción	Nueva Concepción, Chalatenango	Clausura 2024
CD Nuevo San Sebastián	San Sebastián Salitrillo, Santa Ana
CD Once Lobos	Chalchuapa, Santa Ana
AD Paraíso	El Paraíso, Chalatenango
Escuela de Futbol de Pasaquina	Pasaquina, La Unión	Apertura 2024
CD Platense	Zacatecoluca, La Paz		Primera División	1
Quequeisque F.C.	Santa Tecla, La Libertad
C.D. Quezaltepeque	Quezaltepeque, La Libertad		Hiatus (2022-Present)
CD Rácing Jr	Armenia, Sonsonate		Hiatus (2024)	N/A
Real Antiguo Cuscatlán	Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad
Real Pajonal	San Antonio Pajonal, Santa Ana
CD Real San Esteban	San Esteban Catarina, San Vicente
A.D. Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza, La Libertad
CD Salvadoreño	Armenia, Sonsonate		ADFAS Sonsonate	4
CD San Carlos Los Turcios	El Paisnal, San Salvador	Clausura 2024
C.D. San Cayetano
San Jerónimo Nejapa	Nejapa, San Salvador		ADFAS San Salvador	4
San Jorge
CD San Luis	San Luis Talpa, La Paz
CD San Pablo Municipal	San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
C.D. San Rafael Cedros	San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlán	Apertura 2024
A.D. Santa Clara [6]	San Luis Talpa, La Paz	Apertura 2024
Santa Rosa F.C.
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín	Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana
Sensunte Cabañas	Sensuntepeque, Cabañas
SID Municipal	Santa Isabel Ishuatán, Sonsonate
C.D. TACA	San Bartolomé Perulapía, Cuscatlán		ADFAS Cuscatlán	4
CD Tehuacán	Tecoluca, San Vicente		ADFAS San Vicente	4
Telecom F.C.
CD Titán	Texistepeque, Santa Ana		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
CD Topiltzín	Jiquilisco, Usulután		Hiatus (2023-TBD)	N/A
A.D. Torino	Turín, Ahuachapán	Clausura 2024
Turín-FESA FC	San Luis Talpa, La Paz		ADFAS San Salvador	4
C.D. UDET	El Tránsito, San Miguel		ADFAS San Miguel	4
CD UES	San Salvador		Hiatus (2021-Present)	N/A
CD Vencedor Junior
C.D. Villa San Carlos
CD Villalta	La Unión

Note: Any Teams that haven't competed in any division within the last five years will be labelled as Hiatus as clubs in El Salvador have a history of taking breaks from competing and coming back into competition; if longer than five years it will assumed the clubs have officially folded and will be labelled as Disbanded.

References

^ "La liga de bronce inició con irregularidades". El Gráfico.
^ "Acuerdo-de-Bases-de-Competencias-Tercera-Division" (PDF). Fesfut (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-16.

External links

[7] Archived 2018-08-24 at the Wayback Machine - Official website (in Spanish)
2012 Clausura final tables - El Gráfico (in Spanish)

[1] "La liga de bronce inició con irregularidades". El Gráfico.

[Current_ptresident-2] "Acuerdo-de-Bases-de-Competencias-Tercera-Division" (PDF). Fesfut (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-16.

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