Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2011

The Clausura 2011 season (officially known as Torneo Clausura 2011 or also known as the Copa Capri for sponsoring reasons) will be the 26th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador 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 early 2011 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.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
SeasonClausura 2011
ChampionsAlianza
10th title
RelegatedAtlético Balboa
2011–12 CONCACAF Champions LeagueAlianza
Matches played90
Goals scored224 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorerRodolfo Zelaya (13 Goals)
Biggest home winAlianza 5–0
UES
(Mar. 31, 2011)
Biggest away winAtlético Balboa 0–4
Águila
(Mar. 31, 2011)
Highest scoringAtlético Marte 5–2
Once Municipal
(Feb. 6, 2011)

Team information

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Last updated: December 29, 2010

Stadia and locations

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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Águila San Miguel Juan Francisco Barraza 10,000
Alianza San Salvador Estadio Cuscatlán 45,925
Atlético Balboa La Unión Estadio Marcelino Imbers 4,000
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
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

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila   Julio Sosa   Hugo Coria Mister Donuts, Volkswagen, Impressa Repuestos
Alianza   Lisandro Pohl   Roberto Gamarra Lotto Tigo, SINAI,
Atlético Balboa   Pablo Robles   Mario Martínez Anorye en Acacua
Atlético Marte   Felix Guardado   Juan Ramón Paredes Galaxia Rosvill, Vive, Canal 4
FAS   Victor Aleman   Agustín Castillo Milan American Airlines, Tigo, Pilsener
Isidro Metapán   Óscar Flores   Edwin Portillo Milán Bimbo, Tigo, arraz San Pedro, Holan
Luis Ángel Firpo   Enrique Escobar   Ramiro Cepeda Joma Pilsener, Volkswagen, Diana, Tigo
Once Municipal   Andrés Rodríguez   Nelson Ancheta Milan La Geo, Canal 4
UES   Rufino Quesada   Eraldo Correia Galaxia ALBA
Vista Hermosa   Francisco Benitez   Víctor Coreas Aviva None

Managerial changes

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Before the start of the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS   Jorge Abrego Removed from position TBA   Agustín Castillo tba 8th (Apertura 2010)
Águila   Eraldo Correia Sacked TBA   Hugo Coria TBA 4th (Apertura 2010)
Atlético Balboa   Roberto Gamarra Released December, 2010   José Mario Martínez December, 2010 5th (Apertura 2010)
Firpo   Hugo Coria Resigned TBA   Ramiro Cepeda TBA 3rd (Apertura 2010)
C.D. Vista Hermosa   José Mario Martínez Sacked 29 November 2010   Victor Coreas 27 December 2010 6th (Apertura 2010)

During the regular season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Once Municipal   Nelson Mauricio Ancheta Sacked February 6, 2011   Marcos Pineda (interim) February 8, 2011 10th (Clausura 2011)
UES   Edgar Henriquez Sacked March 7, 2011   Eraldo Correia March 8, 2011 8th (Clausura 2011)
Alianza F.C.   Miloš Miljanić Resigned March 7, 2011   Roberto Gamarra March 8, 2011 5th (Clausura 2011)
Once Municipal   Marcos Pineda Sacked March 16, 2011   Juan Andrés Sarulyte March 17, 2011 th (Clausura 2011)

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza 18 8 5 5 32 21 +11 29 Qualification for playoffs
2 FAS 18 7 8 3 29 24 +5 29
3 Isidro Metapán 18 9 2 7 26 24 +2 29
4 Luis Ángel Firpo 18 8 4 6 24 15 +9 28
5 Águila 18 7 6 5 27 21 +6 27
6 Atlético Marte 18 8 3 7 25 24 +1 27
7 Vista Hermosa 18 6 8 4 19 15 +4 26
8 UES 18 3 8 7 14 25 −11 17
9 Once Municipal 18 2 9 7 17 27 −10 15
10 Atlético Balboa 18 3 5 10 11 28 −17 14
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored

Results

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Home \ Away ÁGU ALI BAL ATM FAS FIR MET OMU UES VIS
Águila 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1
Alianza 4–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 5–0 4–1
Atlético Balboa 0–4 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2
Atlético Marte 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 5–2 1–0 0–1
C.D. FAS 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–1
Luis Ángel Firpo 2–1 3–0 4–0 4–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Isidro Metapán 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–4 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0
Once Municipal 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2
Vista Hermosa 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Semifinals Finals
        
1 FAS 2 2 4
4 Isidro Metapán 3 0 3
1 FAS 1
2 Alianza 2
2 Alianza 1 1 2
3 Luis Ángel Firpo 1 1 2

Semi-finals

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First leg

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Isidro Metapán3–2FAS
Moscoso   38' (o.g.)
Blanco   40'
Canales   85'
Report Bentos   4'
Reyes   79'

Alianza1–1Luis Ángel Firpo
Zelaya   84' Report Quintanilla   45'
Referee: Edenilson Ventura

Second leg

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Final

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Alianza2–1FAS
Zelaya   41' (pen.), 74' [1] Velásquez   85'
Attendance: 23,419
Referee: Marlon Alfonso Mejía
 Clausura 2011 champions 
Alianza F.C.
10th title

Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals
1   Rodolfo Zelaya Alianza F.C. 13
2     Nicolás Muñoz C.D. Águila 12
3   Alcides Bandera Atlético Marte 9
4   Juan Carlos Moscoso C.D. FAS 7
5   Alexander Campos Atlético Balboa 5
  Christian Bautista A.D. Isidro Metapán 5

Updated to games played on April 21, 2011.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

Aggregate table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Isidro Metapán (C) 36 19 6 11 60 51 +9 63 Qualification for 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round
2 Alianza (C) 36 17 11 8 57 34 +23 62
3 Luis Ángel Firpo 36 16 11 9 48 32 +16 59
4 Águila 36 16 10 10 48 40 +8 58
5 FAS 36 11 13 12 48 52 −4 46
6 Vista Hermosa 36 9 18 9 39 40 −1 45
7 Atlético Marte 36 12 8 16 47 52 −5 44
8 Atlético Balboa (R) 36 10 13 13 40 43 −3 43 Relegation to Segunda Division[a]
9 UES 36 6 15 15 37 52 −15 33
10 Once Municipal 36 5 14 17 30 52 −22 29
Source: El Gráfico
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Atlético Balboa were relegated due to failure to pay members of their organization and other problems which caused them to not play in their final two league matches of the season.[1] Once Municipal have claimed that this should spare them from relegation. On 13 June 2011, the league voted for Once Municipal to remain in the competition for next season.[2]

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2011. 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 this season 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.

References

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