2017–18 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

The 2017–18 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez) will be El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño. The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2018. The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year. The winner of that series ascends to Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.

Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Season	2017–18
Champions	Apertura: Jocoro F.C., Clausura: Jocoro F.C.
Relegated	UDET and San Rafael Cedros
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Changes from the 2017-2018 seasons

Teams promoted to 2017–18 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

• Audaz

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2017

• UES

Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2017

• Leones de Occidente
• C.D. Vendaval

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016

• Ilopaneco
• Chagüite
• UDET

New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division

• El Vencedor (Purchased the spot of Luis Angel Firpo B)
• C.D. Vendaval (originally relegated but bought the spot of Marte Soyapango for $12,000)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2017

• UES(Team de-registered due to not filing the right paperwork in time)
• Turin FESA (Team de-registered due to not filing the right paperwork in time) [1]
• Firpo B (sold their spot to Vencedor)
• Marte Soyapango (sold their spot to Vendaval)

Further Changes

On January 17, 2018 Once Municipal was stripped of their footballing license due to unpaid fees to Segunda division and lack of payments to players and coaches.

Team information

A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including sides from the 2016–17 Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division. Once Municipal was removed following the apertura season due to failure to pay the Segunda division.

Grupo A
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Atl Apopa
Brujos de Izalco
Once Lobos
Ilopaneco
Rácing Jr
EF San Pablo Tacachico

Grupo B
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Atletico Comalapa
Atletico Marte
El Roble
Independiente
Platense
San Rafael Cedros	Estadio Anastacio Aquino
Vendaval

Grupo C
Team	Stadium	Capacity
Aspirante
Chaguite
El Vencedor	Estadio German Rivas Lozano
Fuerte San Francisco	Estadio Correcaminos
Jocoro	Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego
La Asuncion
Topiltzin
UDET

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain	Kit Sponsor	Primera Division Affiliate or Partnership
Atletico Apopa	Apopa, San Salvador	Estadio Municipal de Apopa	5,000	Marcos Antonio Portillo
Atletico Marte	Ilopango	Estadio Azteca	2,000	Gabriel Alvarez			Salguero
Aspirante	Jucuapa, Usulután	Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa	3,000	Eduardo Santana
C.D. Chagüite	Lolotiquillo, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	2,000	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta
Brujos de Izalco	Izalco	Estadio Salvador Mariona		Juan Ramon Paredes		Katty Sport	Smart Office Business Center
Comalapa	Chalatenango	Estadio Municipal de Comalapa		German Perez		Milan	Omnivision, Canal 22, Alcadia Municipal de Comalapa
El Roble	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Estadio Mauricio Vides	4,000	Fausto Omar Vasquez		Katty Sport	Trasporte Duras, Capillas Ismael Guzman
El Vencedor	Santa Elena, Usulután	Estadio German Rivas	5,000	Omar Sevilla		TBD
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000	Marvin Javier Hernández x
Independiente	San Vicente, San Vicente	Estadio Vicentino	8,000	Ivan Ruiz			Caja de Credito San Vicente, Injiboa
Jocoro	Jocoro, Morazan	Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego		Ruben Alonso
La Asuncion	Anamoros, La Union	Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes	5,000	Juan Francisco Najarro x	TBD		MAXH3,
Ilopaneco	Ilopango, San Salvador	Cancha del Estadio Azteca	8,000	Guillermo Rivera			Sil Va, La cancha loca, Transportes guara
Vendaval	Apopa, San Salvador	Estadio Joaquín Gutierrez	5,000	Hector Jara
Once Lobos	Chalchuapa, Santa Ana	Estadio Once Lobos	2,000	Jorge Molina			Zona Franco
Once Municipal	Ahuachapan, Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeon Magana	5,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Platense	Zacatecoluca, La Paz	Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle	10,000	Eraldo Correia
Rácing Jr	Armenia, Sonsonate	Estadio 21 de Noviembre		Wilber Aguilar x
EF San Pablo Tacachico	San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad	Cancha Municipal Valle Meza		Pablo Quiñones
San Rafael Cedros	San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlan	Estadio Anastacio Aquino
Topiltzin	Jiquilisco, Usulután	Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco	5,000	Jorge Abrego
UDET	El Tránsito, San Miguel	Estadio César Ángulo	5,000	Victor Fuentes

  Affiliate

  Partnership

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura Changes
Platense	Mario Martinez	Resigned	2017	Juan Ramon Paredes	2017	th
Atletico Marte	Luis Guevara Mora	Resigned	2016	Gabriel Alvarez	2016	th
Vendaval	Francisco Hernandez	Resigned	2016	Carlos Mauricio Sortelo	2016	th
San Pablo	Juan Ramon Paredes	Resigned	2016	Pablo Quiñones	2016	th
San Rafael Cedros	Bairon Ernesto Garcia	Resigned	2016	William Osorio	2016	th
Apertura Changes
Independiente	Ruben Alonso	Resigned to become coach of Sonsonate	August 2017	Edgar Henríquez	August 2017	th
C.D. Vendaval	Carlos Mauricio Sortelo	Sacked	August 2017	Hector Jara	August 2017	th
El Vencedor	TBD	Sacked	September 2017	Mario Martinez	September 2017	th
Platense	Juan Ramon Paredes	Sacked	September 2017	Afrodicio Valladares	September 2017	th
El Vencedor	Mario Martinez	Sacked	September 2017	Omar Sevilla	October 2017	th
San Rafael Cedros	William Osorio	Sacked	September 2017	German Rodriguez	September 2017	th
San Rafael Cedros	German Rodriguez	Resigned	September 2017	Samuel "El Burro" Arias	October 2017	th
Once Lobos	Cesar Acevedo	Resigned	September 2017	Jorge Molina	October 2017	th
C.D. Aspirante	Victor Giron	Sacked	September 2017	Eduardo Santana	October 2017	th
Chagüite	Ciro Emigdio Romero	Sacked	October 2017	Efrain Nunez	October 2017	th
Pre-Clausura Changes
Platense	Afrodicio Valladares	Resigned	2017	Omar Pimentel	2017	th
Once Municipal	Ivan Ruiz	Resigned	2017	Ernesto Iraheta	2017	th
Racing Jr	Wilber Aguilar	Resigned	2017	Enzo Artiga	2017	th
UDET	Miguel Aguilar Obando	Resigned	2017	Erazmo Lazo	2017	th
Atlético Comalapa	Jorge Abrego	Resigned	2017	German Perez	2017	th
Topiltzin	Sebastien Hernandez	Sacked	December 2017	Jorge Abrego	January 2018	th
Independiente	Edgar Henríquez	Resigned	December 2017	Ivan Ruiz	December 2017	th
Brujos de Izalco	Marcelo Escalante	Resigned	2017	Juan Ramon Paredes	2017	th
San Rafael Cedros	Samual Arias	Resigned	2017	Ángel Orellana	2017	th
Clausura Changes
El Roble	Victor Coreas	Resigned	Jan 2018	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Jan 2018	th
San Rafael Cedros	Ángel Orellana	Resigned to become head coach of Barillas	Jan 2018		Jan 2018	th
Chaguite	Efrain Nunez	Resigned	Feb 2018	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Feb 2018	th
Platense	Omar Pimentel	Resigned	March 2018	Eraldo Correia	March 2018	th
Jocoro FC	Carlos Romero	Resigned, to become Audaz	March 2018	Ruben Alonso	March 2018	th

Apertura

Final Series

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1A	EF San Pablo Municipal (s)	2	3	5
	4B	Atlético Marte	0	0	0
								1A	EF San Pablo Municipal (s)	2	1	3
								2B	Independiente FC	3	0	1 pen.
	Best Loser
	of First Round
															1A	EF San Pablo Municipal	1	0	1
															1B	CD El Roble (s)	0	2	2
	1B	CD El Roble (s)	2	2	4
	4C	CD La Asunción	0	1	1
								1B	CD El Roble (s)	1	3	4
								2A	CD Brujos Mario Calvo	1	1	2
	2A	CD Brujos Mario Calvo (s)	1	2	3
	3C	CD UDET	0	0	0
																						1B	CD El Roble (s)	1	2	3
																						1C	Jocoro FC	3	1	4
	1C	Jocoro FC (s)	1	2	3
	4A	CD Once Lobos	1	1	2
								1C	Jocoro FC (s)	1	2	3
								3B	CD Atlético Comalapa	0	0	0
	2° Best Loser
	of First Round
															1C	Jocoro FC (s)	2	5	7
															2C	CD Fuerte San Francisco	1	5	6
	2B	Independiente FC (s)	0	2	2
	3A	CD Once Municipal	4	1	5
								3A	CD Once Municipal (s)	0	1	7
								2C	CD Fuerte San Francisco	1	0	6 pen.
	2C	CD Fuerte San Francisco (s)	2	2	4
	3B	CD Atlético Comalapa	2	1	3

Semifinals

May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23)

San Pablo Municipal	1-0	El Roble
TBD 72'		None

May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)

El Roble	2-0	San Pablo Municipal
Cristian David 54' Aquiles Méndez 68'	[2]

Estadio Mauricio Vides, Ilobasco

El Roble won 2-1 on aggregate.

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May 23, 2017 (2017-05-23)

Fuerte San Francisco	1-2	Jocoro F.C.
TBD 13' TBD 33'		TBD 62'

Estadio Correcaminos, Morazan

May 30, 2017 (2017-05-30)

Jocoro F.C.	5-5	Fuerte San Francisco
Gregory Costly 15' 30' 43' David Hernández 27' Édgar Cruz 85'		Adolfo Miranda 16' 79' René Granados 42' Adilson Romero 65' Kevin Ventura 87'

Complejo deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazán

Jocoro won 7-6 on aggregate.

Finals

First leg

9 December 2017

Jocoro F.C.	3-1	El Roble
Yuvini Salamanca 2', Édgar Cruz 46', Christopher Galeas 78'	[3]	Neymer Miranda 39'

Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazán

Attendance: 1,242

Second leg

17 December 2017

El Roble	2-1	Jocoro F.C.
José Luis Amaya 76' Cristian Gil 86'	[4]	Christopher Galeas 2'

Estadio Mauricio Vides, Ilobasco

Referee: TBD

Jocoro FC won 4-3 on aggregate.

Apertura 2017 champions
Jocoro F.C. 1st title

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
César Larios San Pablo	Felipe Amaya Fuerte San Francisco

Clausura

Round of 16

April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)

C.D. Chagüite	0-1	Atlético Comalapa
None		Victor Fuentes 73'

Estadio Correcaminos

April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)

3:00 pm

Atlético Comalapa	1 -3	C.D. Chagüite
TBD 54'	[ ]	Andres Vallecillas 54', Carlos Reina 54', Emerson Gomes 54'

Estadio Municipal de Comalapa, Chalatenango

Chagüite won 3-2 on aggregate.

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March 31, 2018 (2018-03-31)

Independiente	0-1	Brujos de Izalco
None		José Chávez 82'

Estadio Vicente

April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)

3:00pm

Brujos de Izalco	1-2	Independiente
TBD 54'	[ ]	Hector Osorio 54' 54'

Esatdio Salvador Mariona, Izalco

2-2 draw on aggregate, Brujos de Izalco won 5-4 on penalties

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April 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)

San Pablo Municipal	2-2	C.D. Topiltzin
Óscar Acevedo 59' Ever Ávila 78'		TBD 72' Luis Orrego 92'

Cancha Municipal Valle Meza

April 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)

3:00 pm

C.D. Topiltzin	2-0	San Pablo Municipal
Denys Ordoñez 28' Guillermo Garcia 34'	[ ]	None

Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco

Topiltzin won 4-2 on aggregate.

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March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29)

3:00 pm

El Vencedor	2-1	Ilopaneco
Iván Machado 44' José Torres 55'		Ronald Padilla 69'

Estadio German Rivas Lozano

April 8, 2017 (2017-04-08)

10:30am

Ilopaneco	2-1	El Vencedor
Nelson Ascensio 57' Ostmaro Orellana 77'	[ ]	John Machado 43'

Estadio Azteca Ilopango, San Salvador

3-3 on aggregate. El Vencedor won 2-1 on penalties

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March 31, 2018 (2018-03-31)

3:00pm

El Roble	2-3	Jocoro F.C.
Neymar Miranda 24' Cristian Gil 45'		Gregorly Costly 19' Bryan Zuniga 42' David Hernández 72'

Estadio Mauricio Videz

April 7, 2018 (2018-04-07)

3:30 pm

Jocoro F.C.	2-1	El Roble
Yuvini Salamanca 56' Bryan Zuniga 54'	[ ]	Aquiles Mendez 10'

Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazan

Jocoro F.C. won 5-3 on aggregate.

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March 29, 2018 (2018-03-29)

Racing Jr	2-0	Atletico Marte
Diego Martinez 72' Jonathan Nolasco 72'		None

Estadio 21 de Noviembre

April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)

3:00pm

Atletico Marte	1-0	Racing Jr
Jairo Martinez 37'	[ ]	None

Estadio Cuscatlan

Racing Jnr won 2-1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

The best two loser teams in the round of 16 will advance to the quarter-finals, the teams were Ilopaneco and Independiente.

April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)

10:30 am

Ilopaneco	1-0	Brujos de Izalco
Guillermo Orellana 72'		None

Estadio Azteca, Ilopango

April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)

3:00 pm

Brujos de Izalco	2-0	Ilopaneco
Carlos Martinez 54' Bryan Gil 54'	[ ]	None

Estadio Salvador Mariona, Izalco

Brujos de Izalco won 2-1 on aggregate.

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April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)

3:00 pm

El Vencedor	1-1	C.D. Chagüite
Elías Cubero 21'		Kevin Marquez 72'

Estadio Jose German Rivas

April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)

3:00 pm

C.D. Chagüite	2-1	El Vencedor
Fidel Lazo 54' Gilfredo Gonzalez 54'	[ ]	54'

Estadio Correcaminos, San Francisco Gotera

Chagüite won 3-2 on aggregate.

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April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)

3:00pm

Independiente	1-0	C.D. Topiltzin
Andy Mendoza 47'		None

Estadio Vicentino

April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)

3:00 pm

C.D. Topiltzin	3-2	Independiente
Hugo Alejo 54' 54' Luis Orrego 54'	[ ]	Diego Palacios 54' Álex Arias 54'

Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco, Usulutan

3-3, Independiente won 6-5 on penalties.

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April 15, 2018 (2018-04-15)

3:00 pm

Racing Jr	0-2	Jocoro F.C.
None		Bryan Zúniga 72' Edgard Cruz 72'

Estadio 21 Noviembre

April 21, 2018 (2018-04-21)

3:30 pm

Jocoro F.C.	3-0	Racing Jr
Christopher Galeas 54' 54' Édgar Cruz 54'	[5]	None

Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego, Morazon

Jocoro F.C. won 5-0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

April 28, 2018 (2018-04-28)

3:00pm

C.D. Chagüite	1-0	Brujos de Izalco
Roberto Carlos Sol 33'		None

Estadio Correcaminos, San Francisco Gotera

May 6, 2018 (2018-05-06)

3:00pm

Brujos de Izalco	3-0	C.D. Chagüite
Bryan Gil 62' 82' 94'	[6]	None

Estadio Salvador Mariona de Izalco

Brujos de Izalco won 3-1 on aggregate.

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April 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)

3:00pm

Independiente	1-1	Jocoro F.C.
Alfredo Hernández 21'		Edgar Cruz 36'

Estadio Vicentino, San Vicente

May 5, 2018 (2018-05-05)

Jocoro F.C.	1-0	Independiente
Yuvini Salamanca 88'	[7]	None

Complejo Municipal Tierra de Fuego

Jocoro FC won 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

13 May 2018

Jocoro F.C.	3-1	Brujos de Izalco
Christopher Galeas 17' 65' Brayan Zúniga 39'	[8]	Christian Gil Mosquera 76'

Estadio “Tierra de fuego”
Morazan

Attendance: TBD

Second leg

19 May 2018

Brujos de Izalco	2-3	Jocoro F.C.
José Rivera 40' Bryan Gil 48'	[9]	David Hernandez 8' Gregorio Costly 82' Bryan Zúniga 86'

Estadio Salvador Mariona de Izalco

Referee: TBD

Jocoro won 6-3 on aggregate.

Clausura champions
Jocoro F.C. 2nd title

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Luis Canales (16 goals) Atletico Marte	TBD TBD

Relegation table

The three teams that finished last in their respective group would normally be relegated . However, all three teams will play a series of home and away games and only two will be relegated to the Tercera Division this season. Apopa finished top and survived relegation. While UDET and San Rafael Cedros were relegated.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		APO	UDET	SRC
Apopa	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7			1–1	N/A
UDET (R)	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	5		0–1		4–0
San Rafael Cedros (R)	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1		1–2	3–3

Source:
(R) Relegated

External links

• https://archive.today/20130807152309/http://www.futbolsv.com/category/segunda-division/
• http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/category/nacional/segunda-division-nacional/ Archived 2017-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.edhdeportes.com/futbol-nacional/segunda-division/