2016–17 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

The 2016–17 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 2016 and Clausura 2017. 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	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: Independiente , Clausura: Audaz
Relegated	Vendaval and Leones de Occidente
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Changes from the 2016-2017 seasons

Teams promoted to 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

• C.D. Municipal Limeño

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2016

• Atletico Marte

Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016

• Ciclón del Golfo

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016

• Turin FESA
• Jocoro F.C.
• Rácing Jr

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

• Brujos de Izalco (Quequeisque changed their name and location to Brujos de Izalco)
• EF San Pablo Tacachico (originally de-registered but bought the spot of Toros FC)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2016

• EF San Pablo Tacachico (Team de-registered due to breaking player rules)
• C.D. Brasilia (Team de-registered due to not paying their debts)
• C.D. UDET (they were given a spot from Brasilia who had failed to pay their debts, however since they had formally joined terceea division they were not allowed)
• Toros (sold their spot to San Pablo)

Team information

A total of 23 teams will contest the league, including sides from the 2015–16 Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division.

Zona Occidental Team Stadium Capacity Once Municipal Once Lobos Leones de Occidente Brujos de Izalco Rácing Jr EF San Pablo Tacachico Atl Apopa Turin FESA

Zona Central Team Stadium Capacity Atletico Comalapa Marte Soyapango Atletico Marte Vendaval San Rafael Cedros Audaz El Roble

Zona Oriental Team Stadium Capacity La Asuncion Fuerte San Francisco Jocoro Firpo Topiltzin Aspirante Platense Independiente

Teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain	Kit Sponsor	Primera Division Affiliate or Partnership
Atletico Apopa	Apopa	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez	5,000	Marcos Antonio Portillo
Atletico Marte	Ilopango	Estadio Azteca	2,000	Juan Carlos Carreño
Aspirante	Usulutan	Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa	3,000	Joaquin Perez
Audaz	Apastepeque, San Vicente	Estadio La Coyotera	2,000	Efrain Burgos
Brujos de Izalco	Izalco	Estadio Salvador Mariona		Jorge Calles		None	Smart Office Business Center
Comalapa	Chalatenango	Estadio Municipal de Comalapa		Pablo Quiñones		None
El Roble	Ilobasco	Estadio Mauricio Vides	4,000	Fausto Vasquez		KS
Firpo II	Usultutan	Sergio Torres Stadium	5,000	Carlos Mario Joya		TBD	Firpo
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000	Yahir Camero
Independiente	San Vicente	Estadio Vicentino	8,000	Nelson Ancheta			Caja de Credito San Vicente, Injiboa
Jocoro	Jocoro, Morazan	Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego		Edwin Garay
La Asuncion	Anamoros	Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes	5,000	Eraldo Correia	TBD		MAXH3,
Leones de Occidente	Metapan	Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez	8,000	Hector Jara
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango	Complejo Deportivo Espana	5,000	Ricardo Serrano
Once Lobos	Chalchuapa	Estadio Once Lobos	2,000	Ivan Ruiz
Once Municipal	Ahuachapan	Estadio Simeon Magana	5,000	Víctor Coreas
Platense	Zacatecoluca	Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle	10,000	Miguel Aguilar Obando
Rácing Jr	Armenia, Sonsonate	Estadio 21 de Noviembre		Carlos Romero
EF San Pablo Tacachico	San Pablo Tacachico	Cancha Municipal Valle Meza		Bairon Ernesto Garcia
San Rafael Cedros	San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlan	Estadio Anastacio Aquino		Victor Giron
Topiltzin	Usulutan	Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco	5,000	Sebastian Hernandez
Turin FESA	Santa Tecla	Estadio Las Delicias	10,000	Pablo Andrés Leguizamo
Vendaval	Apopa	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez	5,000	Carlos Orellana

  Affiliate

  Partnership

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura Changes
		Resigned	2016		2016	th
		Resigned	2016		2016	th
Apertura Changes
Audaz	Wilson Angulo	Resigned	September 2016	Jorge Abrego	September 2016	th
Independiente	Nelson Ancheta	Resigned to become coach of Dragon	September 2016	Willy Mirnda (interim)	September 2016	th
Fuerte San Francisco	Yahir Camero	Sacked	September 2016	Luis Dagoberto Sosa (interim)	September 2016	th
Leones de Occidente	Hector Jara	Resigned due to lack of payment	October 2016	Edwin Portillo	October 2016	th
Platense	Miguel Aguilar Obando	Resigned	September 2016	Ervin Loza (interim)	September 2016	th
Fuerte San Francisco	Luis Dagoberto Sosa	Interimship finished	October 2016	Omar Sevilla	October 2016	th
Platense	Ervin Loza	Interimship finished	October 2016	Salvador Velasquez Lovo	October 2016	th
Independiente	Willy Mirnda (interim)	Interimship finished	October 2016	Ruben Alonso	October 2016	th
		Resigned	2016		2016	th
Pre-Clausura Changes
FC San Rafael Cedros	Victor Giron	Resigned	2016	Juan Ramon Paredes	2016	th
C.D. Vendaval Apopa	Carlos Orellana	Resigned	2016	Francisco Hernandez	2016	th
Atletico Comalapa	Pablo Quiñones	Resigned	2016	Jorge Abrego	2016	th
Atletico Marte	Juan Carlos Carreño	Resigned	2016	Luis Guevara Mora	2016	th
Fuerte San Francisco	Omar Sevilla	Mutual Consent, Later went on to become coach of Pasaquina	2016	Luis Carlos Asprilla	2016	th
Once Municipal	Víctor Coreas	Resigned	2016	Juan Andrés Sarulyte	2016	th
Audaz	Jorge Abrego	Resigned	2016	German Perez	2016	th
		Resigned	2016		2016	th
		Resigned	2016		2016	th
Clausura Changes
Platense	Salvador Velasquez Lovo	Sacked	February 2017	Mario Martinez	February 2017	th
		Resigned	2016		2016	th
		Resigned	2016		2016	th

Apertura 2016

Group A

Results

Home \ Away	APO	BRU	LEO	OLB	OMU	RAC	SAN	TUR
Atlético Apopa		2–3	2–2	2–3	1–2	3–1	0–3	3–3
Brujos de Izalco	2–1		1–2	2–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	1–1
Leones de Occidente	1–2	2–2		0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0
Once Lobos	5–1	2–2	3–2		1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2
Once Municipal	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1		1–1	1–0	0–1
Rácing Jr	4–0	1–0	5–1	1–3	2–1		2–2	1–1
San Pablo	3–1	3–0	4–2	4–0	3–2	1–0		0–1
Turin	5–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B Results Home \ Away AUD COM ROB MAR SOY SRC VEN Audaz 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 Compala 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 El Roble 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 Marte 2–1 0–1 1–6 1–1 2–3 1–1 Marte Soyapango 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 San Rafael Cedros 3–4 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–3 2–1 Vendaval 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Group C Results Home \ Away ASP FIR FSF IND JOC ASU PLA TOP Aspirante 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 Firpo 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 Fuerte San Francisco 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 Independiente F.C. 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Jocoro 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 0–0 La Asunción 2–1 3–4 2–5 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 Platense 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–1 Topiltzín 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Final Series   Quarterfinals Semifinals Preminilaryfinals Finals                                                       El Roble de Ilobasco 0 2 2   Jocoro F.C. (s) 0 2 2     Jocoro F.C. 0 0 0     Turin 0 '1 1   FC San Rafael Cedros 4 3 7 Turin (s) 3 4 7     Turin 4 1 5     San Pablo FC 1 1 2   Topiltzín 0 1 1   Marte Soyapango 0 0 0     Topiltzín 0 0 0   San Pablo FC (s) 0 0 0   Firpo B 2 0 2 San Pablo FC 1 2 3     Turin 1 0 1   Independiente 2 1 3 Rácing Jr 0 0 0   Independiente 0 1 1     Once Lobos (s) 0 1 1   Independiente 3 0 3   Once Lobos 4 2 6 Compala 1 3 4     Independiente (s) 1 1 2   Once Lobos 1 1 2   7           10                                     2         15           Finals First leg 24 December 2016 Turin 1-2 Independiente Jonathan Aguilar  23' José Maldonado  52'  63' Estadio Las Delicias, Santa Tecla Second leg 31 December 2016 Independiente 1-0 Turin Farid Mancilla  60' None Estadio Jiboa, San Vicente Referee: TBD Independiente won 3-1 on aggregate.  Apertura 2016 Champions  Independiente ? title Individual awards Hombre GOL Best Goalkeeper Award Marvin Medrano San Rafael Cedros Luis Chamagua Soyapango Clausura 2017 Group A Results Home \ Away APO BRU LEO OLB OMU RAC SAN TUR Atlético Apopa Brujos de Izalco Leones de Occidente Once Lobos Once Municipal Rácing Jr San Pablo Turin Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Group B Results Home \ Away AUD COM ROB MAR SOY SRC VEN Audaz Compala El Roble Marte Marte Soyapango San Rafael Cedros Vendaval Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Group C Results Home \ Away ASP FIR FSF IND JOC ASU PLA TOP Aspirante Firpo Fuerte San Francisco Independiente F.C. Jocoro La Asunción Platense Topiltzín Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Final Series   Quarterfinals Semifinals Preminilaryfinals Finals                                                       Once Lobos 1 1 2   FC San Rafael Cedros 0 0 0     Once Lobos 1 3 4     Compala 0 3 3   C.D. La Asuncion 2 0 2 Compala 2 3 5     Once Lobos 0 2 2 (3)     C.D. Audaz 0 2 2 (4)   Audaz (s) 2 2 4   Fuerte San Francisco 2 2 4     Audaz (s) 1 0 1   Once Municipal 1 0 1   Once Municipal (s) 0 1 1 Jocoro F.C. 0 1 1     C.D. Audaz 1 3 4   Independiente 1 0 1 Independiente (s) 2 2 4   San Pablo FC 3 1 4     Independiente (s) 0 1 1   Turin 0 1 1   Marte Soyapango 1 1 2 Turin 1 2 3     Independiente (s) 1 1 2   Once Municipal 2 0 2   7           10                                     2         15           Finals First leg 28 May 2017 C.D. Audaz 1-1 Independiente Víctor Durán  33' José Pérez  90' La Coyotera, Second leg 4 May 2017 Independiente 0-3 Audaz None Santos Guzmán  31', Levy Martínez  66' and  76' Estadio Vicentino, San Vicente Referee: TBD Audaz won 4-1 on aggregate.  Clausura 2017 Champions  Audaz 1st title Individual awards Hombre GOL Best Goalkeeper Award Andrés Vallecilla Fuerte San Francisco Edwin Driotis Independiente 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. Platense finished top and survived relegation. While Vendaval and Leones de Occidente were relegated. Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PLA VEN LEO 1 Platense 4 3 1 0 12 4 +8 10 2–1 3–0 2 Vendaval 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4 N/A 3–3 3 Leones de Occidente 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0 0–4 1–4 Source: External links https://archive.is/20130807152309/http://www.futbolsv.com/category/segunda-division/ http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/category/nacional/segunda-division-nacional/ http://www.edhdeportes.com/futbol-nacional/segunda-division/