Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2012

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador

Season	Clausura 2012
Champions	Águila (15th Title)
Relegated	Vista Hermosa
Champions League	Águila FAS
Matches played	90
Goals scored	254 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicolás Muñoz (12) Anel Canales (12)
Biggest home win	Once Municipal 5-0 FAS (January 25, 2012) Águila 5-0 Atlético Marte (March 3, 2012) Independiente 5-0 UES (April 4, 2012) Águila 5-0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
Biggest away win	Atlético Marte 0-4 Luis Ángel Firpo (January 8, 2012)
Highest scoring	Luis Ángel Firpo 4-4 Alianza (January 26, 2012)
Longest winning run	4 games by: Águila and Isidro Metapán
Longest unbeaten run	18 games by: Isidro Metapán
Longest winless run	7 games by: Alianza and UES
Longest losing run	4 games by: Vista Hermosa
← Apertura 2011 Apertura 2012 →

The Clausura 2012 season will be the 28th edition of El Salvador's Primera Division since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán will be heading into this tournament as the defending champions. The season will begin in January 8, 2012 and conclude in mid year. Like previous years, 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 by the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Stadia and locations

Alianza

Atlético Marte

C.D. Águila

C.D. FAS

Isidro Metapán

Juventud Independiente

Luís Ángel Firpo

Once Municipal

UES

Vista Hermosa

Location of teams in Apertura 2011/Clausura 2012

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	15,000
Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	8,000
Juventud Independiente	San Juan Opico	Complejo Municipal	5,000
Luís Ángel Firpo	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres	5,000
Once Municipal	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña	5,000
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Julio Sosa	Eraldo Correia	Galaxia	Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos, Soccerway
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Vladan Vićević	Lotto	Tigo, SINAI, Maseca, BIC
Atlético Marte	Felix Guardado	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Galaxia	Foskrol, La Curacao, UFG
FAS	David Lineras	Ricardo Mena Laguán	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	Pepsi, Farmacia San Lorenzo, Alba Petróleos
Isidro Metapán	Rafael Morataya	Edwin Portillo	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Bimbo, Tigo, Arroz San Pedro
Juventud Independiente	Romeo Barillas	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Milán (Jaguar Sportic)	Alcaldía Municipal de San Juan Opico, Ria, CP Portillo
Luis Ángel Firpo	Enrique Escobar	Nelson Ancheta	Joma	Pilsener, Volkswagen, Redes, Burger King
Once Municipal	Andrés Rodríguez	Juan Andrés Sarulite	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	LA GEO, Milan (Jaguar Sportic), Tropigas
UES	Rufino Quesada	Roberto Gamarra	Galaxia	Alba Petróleos
Vista Hermosa	Francisco Benitez	Carlos Romero	Milan (Jaguar Sportic)	MK Medicamentos, Cetron, Comercial René

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
Águila	Omar Sevilla	resigned to manage the reserves		Eraldo Correia		5th (Clausura 2011)
FAS	Willian Renderos Iraheta	Resigned		Ricardo Mena Laguán		2nd (Clausura 2011)
Vista Hermosa	Jose Rolando Perez	Moved to Aguila		Carlos Romero		10th (Clausura 2011)
UES	Jorge Abrego	replaced and moved to coaching reserves		Roberto Gamarra		9th (Clausura 2011)

During the regular season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alianza	Vladan Vićević	Resigned	January 19, 2012	Leonel Cárcamo	January 25, 2012	7th (Clausura 2012)
Atlético Marte	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Resigned	January 29, 2012	Jorge Alberto García	January 29, 2012	10th (Clausura 2012)
Águila	Eraldo Correia	Sacked	January 30, 2012	Victor Coreas	January 30, 2012	7th (Clausura 2012)
Vista	Carlos Romero	Sacked	February 5, 2012	José Efraín Núñez	February 6, 2012	9th (Clausura 2012)
Alianza	Leonel Cárcamo	Replaced and moved to assistant coach	February 6, 2012	Juan Ramón Paredes	February 6, 2012	7th (Clausura 2012)
FAS	Ricardo Mena Laguán	Sacked	February 9, 2012	Agustín Castillo	February 9, 2012	8th (Clausura 2012)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Isidro Metapán	18	10	8	0	34	15	+19	38	Qualification to playoffs 1
2	Águila (C)	18	9	2	7	28	18	+10	29
3	Luis Ángel Firpo	18	7	7	4	30	23	+7	28
4	Once Municipal	18	7	6	5	25	13	+12	27
5	FAS	18	6	9	3	24	23	+1	27
6	Juventud Independiente	18	6	7	5	31	24	+7	25
7	UES	18	5	4	9	24	36	−12	19
8	Atlético Marte	18	4	5	9	17	29	−12	17
9	Alianza	18	3	6	9	25	40	−15	15
10	Vista Hermosa	18	3	6	9	17	34	−17	15

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹FAS won the extra game by 3-0 against Once Municipal for the last place of the playoffs.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Isidro Metapán	2	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Águila	9	9	8	6	7	5	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2
Luis Ángel Firpo	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Once Municipal	4	6	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
FAS	6	7	6	7	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Juventud Independiente	8	4	5	8	5	6	6	7	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
UES	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	7
Atlético Marte	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	8	8	8
Alianza	7	5	7	4	6	7	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9
Vista Hermosa	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	9	10	10

Source: soccerway.com

	Leader
	Qualification to the playoffs
	Qualification to the playoffs
	Relegation to none

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	FAS	FIR	MET	JUV	OMU	UES	VIS
Águila		2–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	5–0
Alianza	1–3		1–0	2–2	3–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–2
Atlético Marte	0–2	2–3		0–1	0–4	0–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–1
FAS	2–0	3–0	1–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1
Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1	4–4	0–0	3–0		2–4	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Isidro Metapán	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1
Juventud Independiente	2–1	3–0	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–1		2–2	5–0	2–0
Once Municipal	1–0	2–1	0–0	5–0	0–0	0–0	2–1		4–1	3–0
UES	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–4	1–1	2–2	1–1		0–2
Vista Hermosa	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–2	0–3	1–2

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² This match previously scheduled for March 7, (v. UES) were postponed to March 13, (FAS v. UES) due to stadium problems.
³ This match previously scheduled for March 7, (v. Vista Hermosa) were postponed to March 28, (Metapán v. Vista Hermosa) due to 2011-12 Champions League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Isidro Metapán	0	3	3
	4	FAS	2	0	2
								1	Isidro Metapán	1
								2	Águila	2
	2	Águila	4	1	5
	3	L.A. Firpo	0	2	2

Semi-finals

First leg

FAS v Isidro Metapán

April 22, 2012 16:00 UTC-6

FAS	2–0	Isidro Metapán
Reyes  11' Ulloa  43'	Report

Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana Attendance: 12,053 Referee: Jaime Ahid Carpio

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Luis Ángel Firpo v Águila

April 22, 2012 15:00 UTC-6

Luis Ángel Firpo	0–4	Águila
	Report	Darwin Bonilla  8', 39' Osael Romero  70' Rolando Torres  86'

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador Referee: Marlon Mejía

Second leg

Isidro Metapán v FAS

April 28, 2012 19:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	3–0	FAS
Alfredo Pacheco  55' Christian Bautista  62' Edwin Sánchez  77'	Report

Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez, Metapán Attendance: 4,214 Referee: Joel Aguilar

Isidro Metapán won 3-2 on aggregate.

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Águila v Luis Ángel Firpo

April 28, 2012 19:00 UTC-6

Águila	1–2	Luis Ángel Firpo
Nicolas Muñoz  90'	Report	Ederson Buendía  36' Jaime Alas  80'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel Attendance: 6,065 Referee: Elmer Bonilla

Águila won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

Isidro Metapán v Águila

May 6, 2012 15:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	1–2	Águila
Ramón Sánchez  78'	Report	Osael Romero  38' (pen.) Nicolás Muñoz  70'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Attendance: 18,506 Referee: Joel Aguilar

Isidro Metapán: GK 1 Miguel Montes  37' DF 23 Ricardo Alvarado  54' DF 19 Alexander Escobar DF 2 Milton Molina DF 15 Alfredo Pacheco  26' MF 20 Omar Mejía MF 53 Marvin Monterrosa  54' MF 16 Ramón Sánchez  68' MF 12 Edwin Sánchez FW 17 Léster Blanco FW 9 Allan Kardeck  60'  67' Substitutes: FW 11 Christian Bautista  54' MF 6 Julio Martínez  54' FW 30 Leonardo Da Silva  67' Manager: Edwin Portillo

Águila: GK 22 Benji Villalobos  84' DF 23 Luis Anaya DF 6 Mardoqueo Henríquez DF 4 Glaúber da Silva  17' DF 13 Deris Umanzor MF 24 Darwin Bonilla  80' DF 3 Isaac Zelaya MF 8 Osael Romero MF 15 Ronald Torres FW 33 Irza Santos  42'  59' FW 19 Nicolás Muñoz Substitutes: DF 48 Henry Romero  17'  63' MF 7 Irving Flores  59' DF 2 Rolando Torres  80' Manager: Víctor Coreas

Clausura 2012 Champions

C.D. Águila

15th Title

Player statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Nicolás Muñoz	Águila	12
	Anel Canales	Luis Ángel Firpo	12
3	Juan Carlos Reyes	Juventud Independiente	10
4	Alexander Campos	Once Municipal	7
	Sean Fraser	Alianza	7
	Christian Bautista	Isidro Metapán	7
	César Larios	UES	7
	Álex Erazo	Juventud Independiente	7
	Marvin Monterrosa	Isidro Metapán	7
10	Osael Romero	Águila	6

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Bookings

Rank	Team			Total
1	Vista Hermosa	27	1	28
2	Luis Ángel Firpo	39	2	41
3	Juventud Independiente	40	4	44
4	Atlético Marte	42	4	46
5	Águila	44	6	50
6	Isidro Metapán	49	3	52
7	UES	49	6	55
8	Once Municipal	55	4	59
9	FAS	54	6	60
10	Alianza	56	10	76
	Total	455	46	501

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.

Goalkeepers

Goalkeeper	Goals	Matches	Average	Team
Miguel Montes	10	12	0.83	Isidro Metapán
Rafael Fuentes	11	12	0.92	Once Municipal
Benji Villalobos	15	15	1.00	Águila
Javier Gómez	19	16	1.19	Atlético Marte
Luis Contreras	22	18	1.22	FAS
Dagoberto Portillo	22	18	1.22	Luis Ángel Firpo
Wilber Ramírez	22	17	1.29	Juventud Independiente
Manuel González	26	15	1.73	UES
Aníbal Peña	34	18	1.89	Vista Hermosa
Yimmy Cuéllar	19	10	1.90	Alianza

Updated to games played on April 15, 2012.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Hat-tricks

Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Round
Marvin Monterrosa	3	15', 66', 90'	Isidro Metapán	3–1	Vista Hermosa	12th
Juan Carlos Reyes	3	7', 38', 74'	Juventud Independiente	5–0	UES	17th

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Coach Award	Best Goalkeeper Award	Fair Player Award	Rookie Player Award
Nicolas Muñoz Águila Anel Canales Luis Ángel Firpo	Edwin Portillo Isidro Metapán	Miguel Montes Isidro Metapán	César Larios UES	Otoniel Salinas Vista Hermosa

Season statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: José Otoniel Salinas for Vista Hermosa against FAS, 4 minutes (January 7, 2012)
• Fastest goal in a match:2 minutes - José Lemus for Atlético Marte against Alianza (March 4, 2012)
• Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+10 minutes Alexander Larin for Atlético Marte against FAS (January 21, 2012)
• First penalty Kick of the season: Anel Canales for Luis Ángel Firpo against Atlético Marte, 48 minutes (January 8, 2012)
• Widest winning margin: 5 Goals
  • Once Municipal 5–0 FAS (January 25, 2012)
  • Águila 5–0 Atlético Marte (March 8, 2012)
  • Juventud Independiente 5–0 UES (April 4, 2012)
  • Águila 5–0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
• First hat-trick of the season: Marvin Monterrosa for Isidro Metapán against Vista Hermosa (March 28, 2012)
• First own goal of the season: Carlos Arévalo (Alianza) for UES, 37 minutes (January 7, 2012)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Goals
  • Once Municipal 5–0 FAS (January 25, 2012)
  • Águila 5–0 Atlético Marte (March 8, 2012)
  • Juventud Independiente 5–0 UES (April 4, 2012)
  • Águila 5–0 Vista Hermosa (April 4, 2012)
• Most goals in one half by one team:
• Most goals scored by losing team: 3 Goals
  • UES 3–4 Luis Ángel Firpo (April 15, 2012)
• Most goals by one player in a single match: 3 Goals
  • Marvin Monterrosa for Isidro Metapán against Vista Hermosa (March 28, 2012)
  • Juan Carlos Reyes for Juventud Independiente against UES (April 4, 2012)

Discipline

• First yellow card of the season: Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 5 minutes (January 7, 2012)
• First red card of the season: Nelson Bonilla for Alianza against UES, 9 minutes (January 7, 2012)
• Card given at latest point in a game: Red José Enrique Rodríguez for Juventud Independiente, 90+3 minutes against UES (February 11, 2012)

Aggregate table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Isidro Metapán (C)	36	21	11	4	66	36	+30	74	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group stage 1
2	FAS	36	15	14	7	48	40	+8	59
3	Águila (C)	36	17	7	12	62	43	+19	58
4	Once Municipal	36	15	12	9	54	32	+22	57
5	Luis Ángel Firpo	36	15	12	9	61	50	+11	57
6	Juventud Independiente	36	11	9	16	49	54	−5	42
7	Atlético Marte	36	10	10	16	38	50	−12	40
8	Alianza	36	9	12	15	43	57	−14	39
9	UES	36	7	12	17	39	65	−26	33
10	Vista Hermosa (R)	36	4	13	19	28	59	−31	25	Relegation to Segunda División

Source: elgrafico.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Because Belize does not have a stadium which meets CONCACAF'S minimum standards for the Champions League, the spot normally reserved for Belize's club champion was reallocated to El Salvador, since it was the only Central American nation to send a team to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2012. 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

• Glauber Da Silva
• Rómulo
• TBA

Alianza F.C.

• Yaikel Pérez
• Sean Fraser
• Willer Souza

Atlético Marte

• James Owusu-Ansah
• Alcides Bandera
• Garrick Gordon

Juventud Independiente

• Juan Carlos Reyes
• Cristian Adolfo González
• Maximiliano Alexis Villega

C.D. FAS

• Alejandro Bentos
• Rodolfo Rodríguez (footballer)
• Marcio Teruel

(player released mid season)

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

• Anel Canales
• Luis Torres
• Ederson Buendía

A.D. Isidro Metapán

• Ernesto Aquino
• Allan Kardeck
• Leonardo Da Silva

Once Municipal

• Pablo Hütt
• Andres Medina
• Anthony Basile

UES

• John Castillo
• Gustavo Peña
• TBA

Vista Hermosa

• Bonel Ávila
• Juan Camilo Mejía
• Pompilio Cacho Valerio
• Hugo Sarmiento

External links

• El Grafico League Coverage (Spanish)
• elsalvadorfc.com (Spanish)
• culebritamacheteada.com