2021–22 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

The 2021–22 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 2021 and Clausura 2022. 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
Season2021-22
ChampionsApertura: Municipal FC , Clausura: Dragon
PromotedTBD
RelegatedEl Vencedor and AD Santa Rosa
Matches played56
Goals scored129 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura 2021:
Raul Quijada
(15 goals)
Clausura 2022:
Jhony Moran
(17 goals)
Biggest home winApertura 2021:
San Pablo Municipal 7–0 Once Lobos
(1 August 2021)
Clausura 2022:
Cacahuatique 8–0 El Vencedor
(3 April 2022)
Biggest away winApertura 2021:
TBD 0–3 TBD
(19 August 2021)
Highest scoringApertura 2021:
Dragon 7-3 C.D. Gerardo Barrios
(26 September 2021)
Longest winning runApertura 2021:
4 matches
TBD
Longest unbeaten runApertura 2021:
7 matches
TBD
Longest winless runApertura 2021:
7 matches
TBD
Longest losing runApertura 2021:
4 matches
TBD
Highest attendanceApertura 2021:
3,465
TBD 3–0 TBD
(1 August 2021)
Lowest attendanceApertura 2021:
189
TBD vs TBD
(19 August 2021)
Total attendanceApertura 2021:
TBD
Average attendanceApertura 2021:
TBD
Stats are from the regular season only

Changes to the 2021–22 seasons

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Teams promoted to 2021–22 Primera División de El Salvador

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2021

  • Atlético Sonsonate (Originally C.D. Sonsonate were relegated, however the club disbanded due to non payments).

Teams relegated to Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2021

  • None

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2021

  • Inter San Salvador
  • Corinto FC [1]

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

  • Ilopango FC (Purchased spot of C.D. Liberal)
  • Atletico Sonsonate (Purchased spot of Ilopaneco)
  • Once Lobos (Returned after a hiatus)
  • Racing Jnr (Returned after a hiatus)
  • Topiltzin (Returned after a hiatus)
  • Gerardo Barrios (Returned after a hiatus)
  • El Vencedor (Returned after a hiatus)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2021

Notable events

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Change of name and ownership

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On July 11, 2021 after gaining promotion to the segunda división the team Inter Salvador Silvar changed ownership and the club was relocated to Santa Tecla, the club rebranded itself as Inter Tecla.

New team

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After the Apertura 2021 season, Real Atletico Sonsonate sold their spot to Fenix F.C. who were previously playing in ADFAS Sonsonate, equivalent to the fourth division.[2]

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position
in table
Pre-Apertura changes
CD Vendaval   Angel Hernandez Resigned May 2021   Luis Landos June 2021 Preseason
El Vencedor   None On hiatus 2021   Ricardo Funes June 2021 Preseason
Fuerte San Francisco   Omar Sevilla Mutual Consent June 2021   Marvin Garcia June 2021 Preseason
Cacahuatique   Efrain Solano Mutual Consent 2021   Omar Sevilla June 2021 Preseason
Once Lobos   None On hiatus 2021   Carlos Che Martinez June 2021 Preseason
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín   TBD Mutual Consent 2021   petro Portillo June 2021 Preseason
Atletico Sonsonate   None New club 2021   Angel Orellana July 2021 Preseason
AD Destroyer   Juan Ramon Paredes Mutual Consent June 2021   Jorge Abrego June 2021 Preseason
Marte Soyapango   Edson Flores Resigned July 2021   Mauricio Alfaro July 2021 Preseason
CD Vendaval   Luis Landos Resigned July 2021   Ramirez Moisa July 2021 Preseason
Inter Tecla   William Renderos Iraheta Mutual Consent July 2021   Juan Ramón Sánchez July 2021 Preseason
Aspirante   Carlos Che Martinez Mutual Consent June 2021   Samael Virgil August 2021 Preseason
Apertura changes
El Vencedor   Ricardo Funes Mutual Consent August 2021   Ruben Alonso August 2021 Group th
C.D. Dragon   Jose Mario Martinez Sacked September 9, 2021   Oswaldo Franco (Interim) September 2021 Group Centro Oriente 9th
CD Vendaval   Ramirez Moisa Sacked September 11, 2021   Jorge Calles September 15, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín   Sacked September, 2021   Marvin Linares September, 2021 Group Centro, th
Fuerte San Francisco   Marvin García Sacked September 21, 2021   Luis Ramírez Zapata September 22, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th
Topiltzin   Geovanni Trigueros Resigned to be Municipal Limeño September 11, 2021   Sebastian Hernandez September 15, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th
CD Gerardo Barrios   Ervin Soza Sacked September 30, 2021   Miguel Aguilar Obando September 30, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th
Inter Sivar   Juan Ramon Sanchez Sacked November, 2021   Juan Carlos Melgar “Interim” November, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 10th
AD Destroyer   Jorge Abrego Sacked November 17, 2021   Juan Ramon Paredes November 18, 2021 Group Centro Occidente, 1st
Pre-Clausura changes
Fuerte San Francisco   Marvin Garcia End of contract November 24, 2021   Pablo Quinonez December 2021 Preseason
Aspirante   Samuel Vigil End of contract 2022   Geovanni Trigueros December 2021 Preseason
C.D. Titan   Edgar Batres End of contract 11 December 2022   Jorge Abrego 2022 Preseason
CD Gerardo Barrios   Miguel Aguilar Obando End of contract December 2021   Sergio Ivan Munoz December 15, 2021 Preseason
Atletico Sonsonate   Angel Orellana End of contract December 14, 2021   William Lopez 2022 Preseason
Rácing Jr   Jaime Medina End of contract December 2021   Angel Orellana 29 December 2021 Preseason
C.D. Dragon   Oswaldo Franco End of interimship, returns to being assistant coach December 2021   Marvin Benitez January 2022 Preseason
Municipal FC   Ennio Mendoza Mutual Consent January 2022   Marvin Zepeda January 2022 Preseason
CD Gerardo Barrios   Sergio Ivan Munoz End of contract January 2022   Eraldo Correira January, 2022 Preseason
Clausura changes
CD Gerardo Barrios   Eraldo Correira Mutual Consent February 2022   Efrain Nunez February 17, 2022 1st
Municipal FC   Marvin Zepeda Sacked February 2022   Edgar Batres February 2022 1st
El Vencedor   Ruben Alonso Mutual Consent February 2022   Erasmo Lazo El Raton February 2022 1st
Once Lobos   Carlos Che Martinez Sacked March 2022   Enzo Henriquez March 2022 8th
Aspirante   Geovanni Trigueros Mutual consent, Moved to be assistant coach LA Firpo April 2022   Carlos Che Martinez April 2022 1st

Apertura

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Teams

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Only 20 teams chose to participate in this season Competition

Team City Stadium Head coach Captain Foreign Players
Atletico Sonsonate Sonsonate Estadio Municipal de Quelapa   Angel Orellana *   N/A   Gregory Costly
  Ronald Benavides
Aspirante Jucuapa Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa   Samael Vigil   Williams Reyes   Jefferson Viveros
AD Destroyer Puerto de La Libertad Cancha Chilama   Jorge Abrego *   Rosemberg Cueva   Mayer Gil
  Brayan Obregón
Cacahuatique Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique   Omar Sevilla *   N/A   Luis Aroleda Murillo
  Luis Palacios *
Corinto FC Corinto, Morazan Estadio Municipal Corinto   Rolando Perez   N/A
Dragón San Miguel Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes   Jose Mario Martínez   Geovany Ulloa   Maxi Morales
El Vencedor Estadio   Ricardo Funes   Javier Hernandez   Diomer Hinestroza
Fuerte San Francisco San Francisco Gotera, Morazan Estadio Joe Amilcar Moreno   Marvin Garcia   N/A
CD Gerardo Barrios Cancha Municipal de San Rafael Oriente   Ervin Soza   N/A   Fary Mancilla
  Josielson Moraes
Ilopango FC TBD Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa   Fredy Santos   N/A   Camilo Gomez
  Bryan Zuluga
Inter San Salvador Santa Tecla Estadio las Delicias   Juan Ramón Sánchez   N/A   Daley Mena
Municipal FC Estadio Jose Milan Morales   Enio Mendoza   Eder Polanco   Hector Lemus
  Carlos Salazar
Marte Soyapango Soyapango Cancha Jorgito Melendez   Mauricio Alfaro   Erick Molina   Jhony Moran Chan
  Argenis Alba
Once Lobos Santa Ana Estadio   Carlos Che Martinez *   N/A   Juan Camilo Delgado
  Duban Andrade
Rácing Jr Armenia Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia   Jaime Medina *   Freddy Portillo   Jadyr Da Sliva Santos
San Pablo Municipal San Pabo Tacahico Cancha Municipal Valle Meza   Rafael Mariona *   Felix Sanchez   Bryan Obregon
  Jeison Quinones
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana Estadio Jose Hernandez   Alfredo Portillo *   Denis Monterrosa   Juna Chann
  Yeferson Palacios
Titan Texistepeque, Santa Ana Estadio Titan   Edgar Batres *   Bryan Ortega   Roger Guerrero
  Jonathan Cerrutti *
C.D. Topiltzín Jisquilisco Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco   Geovani Trigueros   Ever Corto   William Guerrero
  Jose Miguel Medrano
Vendaval Apopa Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez   Ramirez Moisa   Alan Gonzalez   Boris Polo
  Alvaro Moreno

Regular seasons

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Group Centro Occidente

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Destroyer 18 11 4 3 40 26 +14 37 Advance to Playoffs
2 San Pablo Tacachico 18 7 7 4 34 29 +5 28
3 Municipal F.C. 18 7 6 5 40 30 +10 27
4 Inter Silvar 18 7 6 5 32 35 −3 27
5 Titan 18 6 7 5 34 27 +7 25
6 Racing Jnr 18 6 7 5 27 27 0 25
7 Real Atletico Sonsonate 18 6 5 7 30 35 −5 23
8 Vendaval 18 6 2 10 35 40 −5 20
9 A.D. Santa Rosa 18 4 4 10 36 46 −10 16
10 Once Lobos 18 2 8 8 24 37 −13 14
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Centro-Oriente

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cacahuatique 18 11 5 2 39 22 +17 38 Advance to Playoffs
2 Marte Soyapango 18 8 6 4 25 20 +5 30
3 Corinto 18 7 8 3 28 18 +10 29
4 Topiltzin 18 7 6 5 25 22 +3 27
5 Aspirante 18 7 5 6 25 19 +6 26
6 Dragon 18 6 3 9 30 32 −2 21
7 Fuerte San Francisco 18 5 6 7 18 21 −3 21
8 Ilopango 18 5 4 9 22 27 −5 19
9 El Vencedor 18 4 5 9 22 37 −15 17
10 Gerardo Barrios 18 3 6 9 28 44 −16 15
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

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Grupo A

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Raul Quijada AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín 15
2   Carlos Salazar Municipal 12
3   Eduardo Aldair Merino Vendaval 13
4   Reynaldo Carpio AD Destroyer 10
5   Eder Polanco Municipal 9

Grupo B

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Levi Martinez Ilopago 13
2   Javier Ferman Dragon 12
3   Rusvel Saravia Gerardo 12
4   Gerson Sanchez Marte Soyapango 10
5   Elias Gumero Topiltzin 9

Finals

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Quarter finals

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First leg

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Inter Sivar0-0A.D. Destroyer
nil nil
Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla
Referee: Francisco Ernesto Calderon

Corinto FC1-1Marte Soyapango
Pedro Escobar   Argenis Alba  
Estadio Gilberto Sorto
Referee: Miriam Patricia Leon

C.D. Topiltzin0-1Cacahuatique
nil Cristian Portillo  
Estadio Topiltzin
Referee: Sandra Lilian Benitez

Municipal FC2-0San Pablo Municipal
Carlos Salazar  
Hector Lemus  
nil
Estadio Jose Morales
Referee: Franklin Niguel Granados

Second leg

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A.D. Destroyer1-1Inter Sivar
Cristian Martínez   30' Julio Borjas   23'

Inter Sivar tied 3–3 on Aggregate, won 4-3 penalties.


San Pablo Municipal1-1Municipal FC
Brayan Erazo   Carlos Salazar  

Municipal FC won 3–1 on Aggregate


Cacahuatique2-0C.D. Topiltzin
Argueta Camililo   (pen.)
Axel Lopez   68'
‘’’Nil‘’’
Estadio Sergio Torrez, Usulutan

Cacahuatique won 3–0 on Aggregate.


Marte Soyapango2-1Corinto FC
Francisco Valladares  
Juan Carlos Argueta  
Francisco Valladares  

Marte Soyapango won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Semi finals

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First leg

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Inter Sivar2-3Municipal FC
Saul Cabrera   33'
Jairo Martinez   41'
David Gomez   18'   28'
Hector Lemus   48'
Estadio, Santa Tecla

Marte Soyapango0-0Cacahuatique
nil nil
Estadio Espana, Soyapango, San Salvador

Second leg

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Municipal FC2-1Inter Sivar
Hector Lemus   78'   93' TBD   23'
Estadio Municipal de Juayua "Jose Milan Morales", Sonsonate

Municipal FC won 5–3 on Aggregate.


Cacahuatique1-0Marte Soyapango
Argueta Camilio   15' Nil
Centro Ecologico El Amaton, Ciduad Barrios, San Migiel

Cacahuatique won 1–0 on Aggregate

Grand final

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Municipal FC4-2Cacahuatique
David Gomes   3'
Carlos Salazar   15'   38'
Hector Lemus   94'
[2] Jose Luis Rodriguez   7'
Enrique Rivas   44'
Estadio Antonio Valle, Zacatecoluca, La Paz


 Apertura 2021 champions 
Municipal FC
1st title

Individual awards

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Hombre GOL Best Goalkeeper Award
  Raul Quijada
A.D. Santa Rosa
  Daniel Guiterrez
Aspirante

Clausura

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Teams

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Only 20 teams chose to Participate in this season Competition

Team City Stadium Head coach Captain Foreign Players
C.D. Aspirante Jucuapa Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa   Geovanni Trigueros *     Yoan Ballesteros *
  Diomer Hinestroza *
AD Destroyer Puerto de La Libertad Cancha Chilama   Rodolfo Gochez *   Rosemberg Cueva   Cristian Caicedo
  Matias Coloca *
Cacahuatique Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique   Omar Sevilla *   Cristian Portillo *   Luis Aroleda Murillo *
  Luis Palacios *
Corinto FC Corinto, Morazan Estadio Municipal Corinto   Rolando Perez   N/A   Dandy Choles El Tigre *
Dragón San Miguel Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes   Marvin Benitez *   Geovany Ulloa   Manuel Murillo *
  Kevin Moreno *
El Vencedor Estadio   Ricardo Funes   Javier Hernandez   Gregory Costly
Fenix FC/ Real Atletico Sonsonate Sonsonate Estadio Municipal de Quelapa   William Lopez *   N/A   Wilson Palacios Hurtado *
  Ronald Benavides*
Fuerte San Francisco San Francisco Gotera, Morazan Estadio Joe Amilcar Moreno   Pablo Quinonez *   N/A   Steven Riasco *
  Cristian Maciel *
CD Gerardo Barrios Cancha Municipal de San Rafael Oriente   Eraldo Correira *   N/A   Fary Mancilla
  Jose Marcos Quinonez
Ilopango FC TBD Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa   Fredy Santos *   N/A   Camilo Gomez
  Bryan Zuluga
Inter San Salvador Santa Tecla Estadio las Delicias   Juan Carlos Melgar *   N/A  
Municipal FC Estadio Jose Milan Morales   Marvin Zepeda *   Eder Polanco   Hector Lenus *
  TBD
Marte Soyapango Soyapango Cancha Jorgito Melendez   Mauricio Alfaro   Erick Molina   Jhony Moran Chan
  Argenis Alba
Once Lobos Santa Ana Estadio   Carlos Che Martinez *   N/A   Luciano Ezequiel Soria *
  Facundo Julian Carrizo *
Rácing Jr Aremnia Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia   Angel Orellana *   Freddy Portillo   TBD
  Josielson Moraes *
San Pablo Municipal San Pabo Tacahico Cancha Municipal Valle Meza   Rafael Mariona *   Felix Sanchez   Bryan Obregon
 
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana Estadio Jose Hernandez   Marvin Linares *   Denis Monterrosa   Juna Chann
  Yeferson Palacios
Titan Texistepeque, Santa Ana Estadio Titan   Jorge Abrego *     Neimer Miranda *
  Jhony Moran *
C.D. Topiltzín Jisquilisco Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco   Sebastian Hernandez   Ever Corto   William Guerrero
  Jose Miguel Medrano
Vendaval Apopa Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez   Jorge Calles *   Alan Gonzalez   Boris Polo
  Alvaro Moreno
  Teodulo Bonilla *

Regular seasons

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real Destroyer 20 9 6 5 40 31 +9 33 Advance to Playoffs
2 Inter Silver Sivar 18 8 7 3 37 28 +9 31
3 San Pablo Tacachico 18 9 3 6 33 25 +8 30
4 Rácing Jr 18 8 5 5 27 20 +7 29
5 Titan 18 7 3 8 30 27 +3 24
6 Municipal F.C. 18 6 6 6 31 29 +2 24
7 Real Atletico Sonsonate 18 6 6 6 26 29 −3 24
8 Vendaval 18 5 5 8 27 32 −5 20
9 Once Lobos 18 4 7 7 25 29 −4 19
10 A.D. Santa Rosa 18 3 2 13 19 45 −26 11
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dragon 18 12 5 1 0 0 0 41 Advance to Playoffs
2 Cacahuatique 18 11 3 4 41 15 +26 36
3 Fuerte San Francisco 18 9 8 1 25 11 +14 35
4 Marte Soyapango 18 9 6 3 30 15 +15 33
5 Aspirante 18 8 3 7 22 19 +3 27
6 Topiltzin 18 4 7 7 23 26 −3 19
7 Gerardo Barrios 18 5 4 9 16 38 −22 19
8 Ilopango FC 18 2 11 5 19 24 −5 17
9 Corinto FC 18 3 3 12 10 26 −16 12
10 El Vencedor 18 1 2 15 20 55 −35 5
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

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Grupo A

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Jhony Moran Titan 17
2   Aquiles Mendez Racing Jr 11
3   Reynaldo Carpio Real Destroyer 10
4   Hector Lemus Municipal FC 10
5   Yefersson Palacios A.D. Santa Rosa 10

Grupo B

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Javier Ferman Dragon 13
2   Alex Marquez Fuerte San Francisco 12
3   Luis Palacios Cachuatique 10
4   David Diaz Marte Soyapango 10
5   Elias Gumero Topiltzin 9

Finals

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Quarter finals

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First leg

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Racing Jr1-1A.D. Destroyer
Diego Martinez   Cristian Caicedo  
Estadio 21 de Noviembre,, Armenia, Sonsonate

San Pablo Municipal1-2Inter Sivar Silva
Juan Villeda   Saul Cabrera   13'
Jose Villavicencio  
Complejo Valle Meza, San Pablo Tacachico

Fuerte San Francisco0-1Cacahuatique
nil Kelvin Hernandez  
Estadio Correcaminos, San Francisco Gotera, Morazon

Marte Soyapango1-1C.D. Dragon
Carlos Zamora   93' Manuel Murillo   16''
Estadio Espana, Soyapango, San Salvador

Second leg

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A.D. Destroyer1-2Racing Jr
Reynaldo Carpio   Aquiles Mendez  
 
Cancha Chilama, Puerto de La Libertad

Racing Jr won 3–2 on Aggregate


Inter Sivar Silva2-1San Pablo Municipal
Cesar Orellana   10'
Harold Alas   80'
Raul Quijada   40'
Estadio Las Delicas, Santa Tecla

Inter San Salvador won 4–2 on Aggregate


Cacahuatique2-2Fuerte San Francisco
Cristian Portillo   40'
Iider Reyes   60'   (pen.)
Roberto Carlos Sol   16'
Alexander Marquez   28'
Cancha El Amaton, Ciudad Barrios

Cacahuatique won 3–2 on Aggregate.


C.D. Dragon1-0Marte Soyapango
Javier Ferman   37' Nil
Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

C.D. Dragon won 2–1 on Aggregate.

Semi finals

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First leg

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Racing Jnr1-1Inter Sivar
Aquiles Mendez   66' Harold Alas   75'
Estadio 21 de Noviembre, Armenia, Sonsonate

Cacahuatique0-3Dragon
Nil Kevin Mejia   14'
Romel Mejia   46'
Javier Ferman   63'
Centro Ecologico El Amaton, Ciduad Barrios, San Migiel

Second leg

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Inter Sivar2-0Racing Jnr
Jairo Martinez   11'
Harold Alas   23'
Nil

Inter SS won 3–1 on Aggregate.


Dragon3-4Cacahuatique
Javier Ferman   16'   80'
Rommel Mejia   44'
Jordy Bonilla   21'
Carlos Argueta   75'
Cristian Portillo   82'
Luis Arboleada   91'

Dragon won 6–4 on Aggregate

Grand final

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Inter San Salvador1-2Dragon
Kevin Mejia   77' [ ] Javier Ferman   16'
Henry Alvarez   59'
Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador
Referee: Walter Melara


 Clausura 2022 champions 
CD Dragon
4th title

Individual awards

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Hombre GOL Best Goalkeeper Award
  Johnny Moran
Titan
  Julian Chicas
Fuerte San Francisco

Aggregate table

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The Aggregate table is the general ranking for the 2021–22 season. This table is a sum of the Apertura 2021 and Clausura 2022 tournament standings. The aggregate table is used to determine the relegation to the Tercera divisions.

References

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  1. ^ "Inter San Salvador y Corinto ascienden a segunda división".
  2. ^ "sonsonate nuevo equipo segunda".
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