2018–19 Copa El Salvador

The Copa El Salvador 2018–19 is the sixth staging of the Copa El Salvador football tournament and the second straight edition played since being brought back since its hiatus.[1]

2018–19 Copa El Salvador

Country	El Salvador
Teams	32
Defending champions	Santa Tecla
Champions	Santa Tecla
Runners-up	Audaz
Matches played	61 games
Top goal scorer(s)	Bryan Paz Edwin Ruano Ezequiel Rivas Jhon Machado (4 goals each)
← 2016–17 2019–20 →

This tournament started on 13 November 2018.[2]

Participants

This tournament will feature all the clubs from the Salvadoran Primera División, 10 from the Segunda División, and 10 from the Tercera División.[3]

The following 32 teams qualified for the tournament. [4]

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best
Salvadoran Primera División (12 teams)
Aguila	4	2016–17	Champions (1999–00, 2014–15)
Alianza	4	2016–17	Semi-preliminary final (2005–06, 2016–17)
Audaz	1	2016–17	Group Stage (2016–17)
Chalatenango	4	2016–17	Round 3 (2005–06)
FAS	4	2016–17	Runners-up (2016–17)
Firpo	4	2016–17	Runners-up (1999–00)
Isidro Metapan	4	2016–17	Quarter Final (1999–00, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2016–17)
Jocoro	1	2016–17	Quarter Finals (2016–17)
Limeno	4	2016–17	Quarter Finals (2016–17)
Pasaquina	3	2016–17	Quarter Finals (2016–17)
Santa Tecla	2	2016–17	Champions (2016–17)
Sonsonate	1	2016–17	Group Stage (2016–17)
Segunda División (10 teams)
Brujos de Izalco	None	First Appearance	None
Independiente	3	2006–07	Quarterfinal (2006–07)
Rácing Jr	None	First Appearance	None
Once Lobos	3	2016–17	Round 5 (2005–06)
Santa Rosa	None	First Appearance	None
Vendaval	2	2016–17	Round 2 (2005–06)
Liberal	1	2005–06	Round 4 (2005–06)
Dragon	3	2016–17	Quarterfinal (2006–07)
El Vencedor	2	2005–06	Round 2 (2005–06)
Platense	2	2005–06	Round 4 (2005–06)
Tercera División (10 teams)
Juventud Independiente	3	2006–07	Semi-Finalist (2006–07)
SID Municipal	None	First Appearance	None
Turin FESA	1	2005–06	Round 3 (2005–06)
Juventud Cara Sucia	2	2016–17	Quarterfinal (2016–17)
Dulce Nombre Maria	None	First Appearance	None
ADEREL Lourdes	None	First Appearance	None
Jalacatal FC	None	First Appearance	None
Mar y Plata	1	1999–20	Round 1
Cacaguatique	None	First Appearance	None
UES	4	2016–17	Round 3 (2005–06)

Round of 32

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAS (1)	3–2	Brujos de Izalco (2)	2–2	1–0
Santa Tecla (1)	5–2	Juventud Independiente (3)	2–1	3–1
Alianza (1)	5–1	Independiente (1)	2–1	3–0 (Awarded)^[A]
Sonsonate (1)	6–2	SID Municipal (3)	1–2	5–0
Isidro Metapan (1)	4–3	Rácing Jr (2)	3–1	1–2
Chalatenango (1)	4–4 (3–4 p)	Turin FESA (3)	0–2	4–2
Once Lobos (2)	4–4 (4–3 p)	Juventud Cara Sucia(3)	2–3	2–1
Santa Rosa (2)	7–4	Dulce Nombre Maria (3)	4–3	3–1
Vendaval (2)	4–2	ADEREL Lourdes (3)	2–1	2–1
Audaz (1)	1–1 (5–4 p)	Platense (2)	0–0	1–1
Pasaquina (1)	2–4	Jalacatal FC (3)	1–2	1–2
Aguila (1)	7–2	Liberal (2)	4–2	3–0
Limeno (1)	2–4	Mar y Plata (3)	2–2	0–2 (Awarded)^[C]
Firpo (1)	3–1	Dragon (2)	0–1	3–0 (Awarded)^[B]
Jocoro (1)	3–1	Chacahuatique (3)	1–1	2–0
El Vencedor (2)	5–3	UES (3)	1–2	4–1

First leg

Dragon v Firpo

November 13, 2018	Dragon	1–0	Firpo	San Miguel, El Salvador
15:00	Jefrey Sandoval		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Jalacatal F.C. v Pasaquina

November 13, 2018	Jalacatal F.C.	2–1	Pasaquina	San Miguel, El Salvador
15:00	Manfredy Sosa Ernesto Hernández		Arquímedes Urrutia	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Quelapa

Juventud Cara Sucia v Once Lobos

November 13, 2018	Juventud Cara Sucia	3–2	Once Lobos	Ahuachapan
15:00	Henry Cortéz  25' Héctor Ayala  37'  44'		Michael López  9' Edwin Ruano  24'	Stadium: Cancha INDES Barrio el Cayario

Dulce Nombre de Maria v A.D. Santa Rosa Guachipilin

November 13, 2018	Dulce Nombre de Maria	3–4	A.D. Santa Rosa Guachipilin	Chalatenango
15:00	Juan Landaverde Bladimir Figueroa		Ricardo Ulloa Óscar Ulloa Iván Lemus	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Municipal

Racing jr v Isidro Metapan

November 13, 2018	Racing jr	1–3	Isidro Metapan	Armenia, Sonsonate
15:00	Aquiles Méndez  57'		Cristian Cisneros  61'  91' Walter Molina  51'	Stadium: Estadio 21 de Noviembre

Juventud Independiente v Santa Tecla

November 14, 2018	Juventud Independiente	1–2	Santa Tecla	La Libertad
15:00	Marcos Alemán		Edwin Portillo  (o.g.) Derby Carrillo	Stadium: Complejo Deportivo de San Juan Opico

Independiente F.C. v Alianza F.C.

November 14, 2018	Independiente F.C.	1–2	Alianza F.C.	San Vicente
15:00	Alfredo Hernández  40'		Ezequiel Rivas  49' Dario Ferreira  82'	Stadium: Estadio Jiboa

C.D. Chacahuatique v Jocoro F.C.

November 14, 2018	C.D. Chacahuatique	1–1	Jocoro F.C.	San Miguel
15:00	Wendel Amaya		Ronald Torres	Stadium: Cancha Chapeltique

Aderel Lourdes v Vendaval

November 14, 2018	Aderel Lourdes	1–2	Vendaval	La Libertad
15:00	Jaime Renderos		Kevin Barahona Luis Castillo	Stadium: Polideportivo Loudres Colon

Platense v Audaz

November 14, 2018	Platense	0–0	Audaz	Zacatecoluca
15:00	Nil		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Panoramico Antonio Toledo Valle

UES v El Vencedor

November 14, 2018	UES	2–1	El Vencedor	San Salvador
15:00	Sergio Calero		Jhon Machado  51'	Stadium: Estadio Heroes y Martires 30 de Julio

Turin F.C. v Chalatenango

November 15, 2018	Turin F.C.	2–0	Chalatenango	Guazapa, El Salvador
15:00	Aníbal Parada  37' Melvin Cartagena  80'		Nil	Stadium: Complejo Teofilo J Siman

SID Municipal v Sonsonate

November 15, 2018	SID Municipal	2–1	Sonsonate	Sonsonate
15:00			Luis Canales	Stadium: Cancha Municipal Ciriaco Guevara Ishuatan

Brujos Mario Calvo v FAS

November 15, 2018	Brujos Mario Calvo	2–2	FAS	Izalco, Sonsonate
15:00	Christian Gil Mosquera  8' Raúl Portillo		Wilbert Chachagua  34' Juan Carlos Moscoso  69'	Stadium: Estadio Salvador Mariona

Liberal v Aguila

November 15, 2018	Liberal	2–4	Aguila	San Miguel
15:00	Rommel Mejía  67'  70'		Joaquín Verges  13' Carlos Ortiz  14' Bryan Paz  49' Waldemar Acosta  65'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Quelapa

C.D. Mar y Plata v Limeno

November 15, 2018	C.D. Mar y Plata	2–2	Limeno	Puerto El Triunfo, Usulutan
15:00	Carlos Rinaldi  40' Melvin Hernández  69'		Francisco Valladares  37' Derwin Hernández  62'	Stadium: Cancha Mar y Plata

Second leg

Pasaquina v Jalacatal F.C.

January 15, 2019	Pasaquina	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Jalacatal F.C.	TBD
3:00pm	Christian Bautista		Manfredi Sosa Alexis Sánchez	Stadium: TBD

Jocoro F.C. v C.D. Chacahuatique

January 15, 2019	Jocoro F.C.	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	C.D. Chacahuatique	Morazán
3:15pm	Christian Maciel Edgar Cruz		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Correcaminos

Santa Tecla v Juventud Independiente

January 15, 2019	Santa Tecla	3–1 (2–5 agg.)	Juventud Independiente	Santa Tecla
7:00pm	Wilma Torres  13'  42' Gaston Colman  61'		Andres Flores Jaco  25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias

C.D. Sonsonate v SID Municipal

January 16 2019	C.D. Sonsonate	5–0 (6–2 agg.)	SID Municipal	Sonsonate
7:00pm	Armando Polo  50'  84' Marvin Durango  40' Mario Espinoza  53' Abdiel Macea  70'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos

Limeno v Mar y Plata

January 17, 2019	Limeno	2–1 (0–2) (Awarded)^[C] (2–4 agg.)	Mar y Plata	Santa Rosa de Lima, La Union
3:00pm	Mario Machado Kevin Oviedo		Luis Gámez	Stadium: Estadio Roman Flores Berrios

Chalatenango v Turin

January 17, 2019	Chalatenango	4–2 (4–4 agg.) (3–4 p)	Turin	Chalatenango
	Brayan Landaverde Miguel Lemus Joel Ortega		Kevin Menjivar Andres Gonzales	Stadium: Estadio José Gregorio Martínez

Firpo v Dragon

N/A	Firpo	3–0 (Awarded)^[B] (3–1 agg.)	Dragon	N/A
N/A	N/A		N/A	Stadium: N/A

Alianza F.C. v Independiente F.C.

N/A	Alianza F.C.	3–0 (Awarded)^[A] (5–1 agg.)	Independiente F.C.	N/A
N/A	N/A		N/A	Stadium: N/A Attendance: N/A Referee: N/A

Once Lobos v Juventud Cara Sucia

January 29, 2019	Once Lobos	2–1 (4–4 agg.) (4–3 p)	Juventud Cara Sucia	Chalchuapa, Santa Ana
3:00pm	Jorge Molina Milton Santana		Venilson Castro	Stadium: Estadio Chalchuapa

Santa Rosa Guachipilin v Dulce de Nombre Maria

January 30, 2019	Santa Rosa Guachipilin	3–1 (7–4 agg.)	Dulce de Nombre Maria	Santa Ana
3:00pm	TBD		TBD	Stadium: Estadio José Hernández

Isidro Metapan v Racing Jr

January 30, 2019	Isidro Metapan	1–2 (4–3 agg.)	Racing Jr	Metapán, Santa Ana
7:00 p.m	Marvin Molina  47'		Eliseo Fernandez  21' Ivan Suazo  82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez

Vendaval v Aderel Lourdes

January 30, 2019	Vendaval	2–1 (4–2 agg.)	Aderel Lourdes	Apopa
	Victor Barrera William Barrios		TBD  53'	Stadium: Cancha " Joaquin Gutierres"

El Vencedor v UES

January 30, 2019	El Vencedor	4–1 (5–3 agg.)	UES	Santa Elena, Usulután
	Rusvel Saravia Jhon Machado Javier Hernandez		Steven Cruz  46'	Stadium: Estadio German Rivas Lozano

FAS v Brujos del Izalco

January 31, 2019	FAS	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Brujos del Izalco	Achuapan
3:00pm	David Rugamas  42'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Simeón Magaña

Audaz v Platense

January 31, 2019	Audaz	1–1 (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	Platense	San Vicente
3:00pm	José Mayky Henríquez  35' (o.g.)		Édgar Valladares  61'	Stadium: Cancha Jiboa

Aguila v Liberal

February 4, 2019	Aguila	3–0 (7–2 agg.)	Liberal	San Miguel, El Salvador
3:00pm	Bryan Paz  29' Joaquin Verges  44' Ortíz  60'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Referee: Mirian León Serpas

Round of 16

The Round of 16 draw took place on February 1, 2019 . The first leg took place in the first week of February and the return leg the last week of February. Jalacatal FC, Mar y Plata and Turin FESA from Tercera División (third tier), are the lowest-ranked team still in the competition.

Qualified teams

Primera Division Metapan (1) FAS (1) Santa Tecla (1) Firpo (1) Jocoro (1) Alianza (1) Audaz (1) Sonsonate (1) Aguila (1)

Segunda/Tercera division El Vencedor (2) Once Lobos (2) Santa Rosa (2) Vendaval (2) Jalacatal FC (3) Mar y Plata (3) Turin FESA (3)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAS (1)	2–0	Sonsonate (1)	0–0	2–0
Metapan (1)	4–5	Once Lobos (2)	2–3	2–2
Santa Tecla (1)	1–0	Turin FESA (3)	0–0	1–0
Alianza (1)	12–2	Santa Rosa (2)	6–2	6–0
Mar y Plata (3)	0–0 (3–4 p)	Firpo (1)	0–0	0–0
Jalacatal FC (3)	1–4	Aguila (1)	1–3	0–1
El Vencedor (2)	1–1 (7–8 p)	Jocoro (1)	1–1	0–0
Vendaval (1)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Audaz (1)	0–1	1–0

First leg

Turin FESA v Santa Tecla

February 5, 2019	Turin FESA	0–0	Santa Tecla	Complejo Teofilo J. Siman
3:00pm	Nil		Nil

Once Lobos v Metapan

February 5, 2019	Once Lobos	3–2	Metapan	Estadio Once Lobos
3:00pm	Ronald Villalba  51' Edwin Ruano  66'  85'		Nicolas Fagundez  17' Giovanni Molina  91'

Sonsonate v FAS

February 5, 2019	Sonsonate	0–0	FAS	Sonsonate
7:00pm	Nil		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos

Santa Rosa v Alianza

February 6, 2019	Santa Rosa	2–6	Alianza	Santa Rosa Guachipilin
3:00 pm	Salvador Salguero  61' Yohalin Palacios  86'		Emerson Mauricio  39'  59' Bladimir Diaz  13' Marlon Cornelio  20' Henry Romero  57' José Ángel Peña  91'	Stadium: Complejo Municipal Santa Rosa Guachipilin

Mar y Plata v Firpo

February 6, 2019	Mar y Plata	0–0	Firpo	Puerto El Triunfo
3:00pm	Nil		Nil	Stadium: Cancha Mar y Plata

C.D. Vendaval v Audaz

February 6, 2019	C.D. Vendaval	0–1	Audaz	Apopa
3:00pm	Nil		Santos López	Stadium: Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez

El Vencedor v Jocoro

February 6, 2019	El Vencedor	1–1	Jocoro	Estadio Jose German Rivas
3:00pm	John Machado  27'		Víctor Lugo  30'

Jalacatal FC v Aguila

February 7, 2019	Jalacatal FC	1–3	Aguila	Quelapa, San Miguel
3:00pm	Andres Hernandez  8'		Bryan Paz  83' 91' Edwin Lazo  38'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Quelapa

Second leg

Santa Tecla v Turin

February 20, 2019	Santa Tecla	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Turin	Santa Tecla
16:30	Gerson Mayen  9'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias

Jocoro v El Vencedor

February 27, 2019	Jocoro	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (8–7 p)	El Vencedor	Morazán
	Nil		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Correcaminos

FAS v Sonsonate

March 6, 2019	FAS	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Sonsonate	Achuapan
15:00 pm	Alvaro Lopez  4' Oscar Rodas  86'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Arturo Simeon Magana

Aguila v Jalacatal

March 6, 2019	Aguila	1–0 (4–1 agg.)	Jalacatal	San Miguel
3:10pm	Fredy Espinoza  49'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Alianza v Santa Rosa

March 6, 2019	Alianza	6–0 (12–2 agg.)	Santa Rosa	San Salvador
	Herbert Sosa  18' Rudy Clavel  22' Portillo  29' Bladimir Diaz  68' Ezequiel Rivas  70' 90'		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlan

Isidro Metapan v Once Lobos

March 6, 2019	Isidro Metapan	2–2 (4–5 agg.)	Once Lobos	TBD
	Nicolas Munoz  22' Ricardinho		Ronald Villalta  44' Luis Figueroa  91'	Stadium: TBD

Firpo v Mar y Plata

March 6, 2019	Firpo	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (4–3 p)	Mar y Plata	Usulutan
7:00pm	Nil		Nil	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Torres

Audaz v Vendaval

March 6, 2019	Audaz	0–1 (1–1 agg.) (5–4 p)	Vendaval	TBD
	Nil		Luis Castillo  70'	Stadium: TBD

Quarter Final

The Quarter Final draw took place on March 8, 2019 . The first leg took place in the third week of March and the return leg the end of March. Once Lobos from Segunda División (second tier), are the lowest-ranked team still in the competition.

Qualified teams

Primera Division Santa Tecla FAS Jocoro Alianza Audaz Firpo Aguila Segunda Division Once Lobos Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg FAS (1) 1–2 Santa Tecla (1) 0–1 1–1 Alianza (1) 1–4 Once Lobos (2) 2–0 2–1 Jocoro (1) 2–2 (3–2 p) Aguila (1) 1–2 1–0 Firpo (1) 2–4 Audaz (1) 0–3 1–2 First leg Alianza v Once Lobos March 19, 2019 Alianza 2–0 Once Lobos San Salvador Ezequiel Rivas  4' Henry Romero  47' Nil Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlan FAS v Santa Tecla March 19, 2019 FAS 0–1 Santa Tecla Ahuachapan Nil Jairo Henriquez  28' Stadium: Estadio Arturo Simeon Magana Jocoro v Aguila March 20, 2019 Jocoro 1–2 Aguila Jocoro TBD  90' Ricardo Guevara  84' Andres Quejeda  88' Stadium: Complejo Tierra de Fuego Firpo v Audaz March 20, 2019 Firpo 0–3 Audaz Usulutan Nil Christian Sanchez  22'  43' Elvin Alvarado  60' Stadium: Estadio Sergio Torres Rivera Second leg Once Lobos v Alianza March 21, 2019 Once Lobos 1–2 (1–4 agg.) Alianza Chalchuapa, Santa Ana Edwin Ruano  37' Marlon Cornejo  45' Bladimir Diaz  78' Stadium: Estadio Once Lobos Santa Tecla v FAS March 21, 2019 Santa Tecla 1–1 (1–2 agg.) FAS Santa Tecla Gilberto Baires  18' Dustin Corea  78' Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Aguila v Jocoro March 22, 2019 Aguila 0–1 (2–2 agg.) (2–3 p) Jocoro San Miguel Nil Reinaldo Aparicio  74' Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Audaz v Firpo March 22, 2019 Audaz 1–2 (4–2 agg.) Firpo San Vicente Giovanni Zavaleta  29' (o.g.) Kevin Perlera  21' Alonso Umana  83' Stadium: Estadio Jiboa Semi Final The Semi Final draw took place on TBD, 2019 . The first leg took place in the second week of TBD and the return leg the TBD. Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Santa Tecla (1) 0–0 (3–1 p) Alianza(1) 0–0 0–0 Jocoro (1) 1–3 Audaz (1) 2–3 0–1 First leg Santa Tecla v Alianza March 25, 2019 Santa Tecla 0–0 Alianza Santa Tecla Nil Nil Stadium: Estadio Las Delicias Jocoro v Audaz March 26, 2019 Jocoro 1–2 Audaz Jocoro, Morazán Christian Maciel  64' Eduardo Rodríguez  17' Diego Ascencio  38' Stadium: Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego Second leg Audaz v Jocoro March 28, 2019 Audaz 1–0 (3–1 agg.) Jocoro San Vicente Tardelis Peña  89' Nil Stadium: Estadio Jiboa Alianza v Santa Tecla March 28, 2019 Alianza 0–0 (0–0 agg.) (1–3 p) Santa Tecla San Salvador Nil Nil Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlan Final 30 April 2019 (2019-04-30) 7:30 pm Santa Tecla 1-0 Audaz Geovani Avila  42' Nil Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González, San Salvador Referee: Francisco Quinteros Top goalscorers In bold, players that continue active in the competition. Rank Player Club Goals 1 Bryan Paz Aguila 4 2 Edwin Ruano Once Lobos 4 3 Ezequiel Rivas Alianza 4 4 Jhon Machado El Vencedor 4 16 Bladimir Diaz Alianza 3 5 Christian Sanchez Audaz 2 5 Cristian Cisneros Isidro Metapan 2 6 Hector Ayala Juventud Cara Sucia 2 7 Juan Landaverde Dulce Nombre de Maria 2 8 Sergio Calero UES 2 9 Armando Polo Sonsonate 2 10 Manfredi Sosa Jalacatal 2 11 Wilma Torres Santa Tecla 2 12 Rommel Mejía C.D. Liberal 2 13 Ricardo Ulloa Santa Rosa 2 14 Joaquin Verges Aguila 2 15 Emerson Mauricio Alianza 2 17 Ronald Villata Once Lobos 2 18 Luis Castillo Vendaval 2 Notes ^ FESFUT decided to award the match to Alianza F.C. against Independiente as a 3–0 forfeit win after Independiente failed to register to the Segunda Division[5] ^ FESFUT decided to award the match to Firpo against C.D. Dragon as a 3–0 forfeit win after Dragon failed to register to the Segunda Division[6] ^ Limeno originally won the match 2–1, However it was later found that Kevin Oviedo of Limeno had previously played for another club in the cup, FESFUT declared Mar y Plata 2–0[7] References https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Copa-El-Salvador-volvera-a-finales-de-octubre-20181016-0014.html https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Copa-El-Salvador-volvera-a-finales-de-octubre-20181016-0014.html https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Copa-El-Salvador-volvera-a-finales-de-octubre-20181016-0014.html https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/531803/listas-las-llaves-para-primera-fase-de-copa-el-salvador/ "Comunicato uffIciale N.11 dell'1 agosto 2016" (PDF) (in Italian). Lega Serie A. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016. "¿Cómo se beneficiaría Firpo en Copa El Salvador si Dragón es descendido?" (Website) (in Spanish). Edh Deportes. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018. "Limeño fue eliminado de la Copa El Salvador en el escritorio" (Website) (in Spanish). Edh Deportes. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.