Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2013


The Apertura 2013 season is the 31st edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Firpo are the defending champions. The league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information

A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including nine sides from the Clausura 2013 and one promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División.
Once Municipal were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team were replaced by 2012–13 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Ciclon de Golfo won the Apertura 2012 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2013 champions side C.D. Dragon. Dragon won the playoffs by the score of 3–1.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2013.
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2012.
Twelve players were banned for life from playing football after they were found guilty for match fixing El Salvador international match fixtures. ten of those players played their football in El Salvador, which caused the clubs affected to replace them mid season.
The clubs affected from the match fixing scandals including Águila with four players banned for life, Firpo with three players banned for life and one player banned for 18 months Carlos Romeo Monteagudo, Alianza with two players banned for life, FAS with two players banned for life, Metapan with one player banned for life Alfredo Pacheco and one player banned for six month Eliseo Quintanilla, and Santa Tecla F.C. with one player banned for life Marvin González .

Stadia and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
ÁguilaSan MiguelJuan Francisco Barraza10,000
AlianzaSan SalvadorEstadio Jorge "Mágico" González32,000
Atlético MarteSan SalvadorEstadio Cuscatlán45,925
C.D. DragonSan MiguelJuan Francisco Barraza10,000
FASSanta AnaEstadio Óscar Quiteño15,000
Isidro MetapánMetapánEstadio Jorge Calero Suárez8,000
Juventud IndependienteSan Juan OpicoComplejo Municipal5,000
Luís Ángel FirpoUsulutánEstadio Sergio Torres5,000
Santa TeclaSanta TeclaEstadio Las Delicias10,000
UESSan SalvadorEstadio Universitario UES10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

During the season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

Top goalscorers

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. The following players:
  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.
C.D. Águila
Alianza F.C.
Atlético Marte
C.D. Dragón
Juventud Independiente
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C.D. FAS
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
A.D. Isidro Metapán
Santa Tecla F.C.
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