2020–21 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Season	2020–21
Champions	Apertura: Platense, Clausura: AD Destroyer
Relegated	TBD and TBD
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 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 2020 and Clausura 2021. 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.

Changes to the 2020–21 seasons

Due to the Pandemic, several teams opted out to participate this season, with only 14 teams available to compete

Teams promoted to 2020–21 Primera División de El Salvador

• No teams promoted

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2019

• No teams relegated

Teams relegated to Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2019

• No teams relegated

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2019

• No teams promoted

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

• El Vencedor (Traded their spot with Atletico Marte)
• A.D. Destroyer (Purchased spot of Brujos de Izalco)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2020

• Atletico Marte (bought the spot of El Vencedor in the Primera division.
• Brujos de Izalco (sold their spot to AD Destroyer)
• Once Lobos (Opted to no Participate due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
• Racing Junior (Opted to no Participate due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
• Topilzin (Opted to no Participate due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
• El Vencedor (Opted to no Participate due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
• Gerardo Barrios (Opted to no Participate due to COVID-19 Pandemic)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Sonsonate	TBD	Mutual Consent	2020	TBD	2020	Preseason
Apertura changes
C.D. Liberal	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Mutual Consent	October 2020	Esteban Melara	October 2020	Group th
C.D. Vendaval Apopa	Byron Alvarez	Sacked	November 2020	Luis Ernesto Moisa	November 2020	Th
C.D. Marte Soyapango	Rudy Cecilios	Sacked	November 2020	Edson Flores	November 2020	Th
Pre-Clausura changes
Aspirante	Jorge Calles	End of contract	January 2021	Carlos Martinez	January 2021	Preseason
C.D. Vendaval Apopa	Luis Ernesto Moisa	End of contract	January 2021	Alonzo Aguilar	January 2021	Preseason
Ilopaneco	Ricardo Garcia	End of contract	February 2021	Jorge Abrego	February 2021	Preseason
C.D. Dragon	Juan Carlos Marjano	End of contract	February 2021	Mártir Paredes	February 2021	Preseason
Clausura changes
C.D. Vendaval Apopa	Alonzo Aguilar	Sacked	March 2021	Angel Orellana	March 2021	1st
C.D. Cacahuatique	Marvin Hernandez	Mutual Consent	April 2021	Efrain Solano	April 2021	1st
Municipal FC	Ruben Alonso	Sacked	2021	Ennio Mendoza	2021	th
San Palo	Wilber Aguilar	Sacked	2021	Rafael Mariona	2021	th

Apertura

Teams

Only 14 teams chose to Participate in this season Competition

Team	City	Stadium	Head coach	Captain	Foreign Players
Aspirante	Jucuapa	Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa	Jorge Calles	N/A
AD Destroyer	Puerto de La Libertad	Cancha Chilama	Juan Ramon Paredes	N/A	Jefferson Viveros Edgar Medrano
Cacahuatique	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel	Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique	Marvin Hernandez	N/A	Fary Mancilla
Dragón	San Miguel	Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes	Juan Carlos Marjano	N/A
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Joe Amilcar Moreno	Omar Sevilla	N/A
Ilopaneco	TBD	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa	Ricardo Garcia	N/A	Camilo Gomez
Juayua (Municipal FC)	Nahuizalco, Sonsonate	Estadio Municipal Flor Blanco, Sonsonate	Ruben Alonso	N/A
Liberal	Quelapa, San Miguel	Estadio Municipal de Quelapa	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	N/A	Gregory Costly
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango	Cancha Jorgito Melendez	Rudy Cedillos	N/A	Jhony Moran Chan William Gurero
Platense	Zacatecoluca	Complejo Deportivo en Tecoluca/ EstadioTopilitzin de Jiquilisco	Guillermo Rivera	N/A	Juan Camilo Delgado
San Pablo Municipal	San Pabo Tacahico	Cancha Municipal Valle Meza	Wilber Aguilar	N/A	Bryan Obregon
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín	Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana	Estadio Jose Hernandez	Samuel Maldonado	N/A	Héctor Lemus
Titan	Texistepeque, Santa Ana	Estadio Titan	Edgar Batres	N/A	Breiner Ortiz
Vendaval	Apopa	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez	Byron Alvarez	N/A

Finals

Quarter-finals

First leg

January 4, 2021

Titan	2-3	A.D. Destroyer
Breiner Ortiz 66' 68' (pen.)		Reynaldo Carpio 23' Denis Garcia 68' TBD 68'

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January 4, 2021

Marte Soyapango	2-1	San Pablo Municipal
José Mauricio Rodríguez Douglas Moises Rivas		TBD 23'

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January 4, 2021

Aspirante	0-1	Platense
nil		Camilio Delgado 67' (pen.)

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January, 2021

Fuerte San Francisco	1-0	Cacahuatique
Carlos Trejo 68'		nil

Second leg

January 11, 2021

A.D. Destroyer	1-1	Titan
Cristian Martínez 30'		Julio Borjas 23'

A.D. Destroyer won 4-3 on Aggregate.

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January 11, 2021

San Pablo Municipal	2-1	Marte Soyapango
Oscar Alexander Ulloa 26' (pen.) Kevin Ernesto Belasquez 68'		Douglas Moises Ramirez 23'

Marte Soyapango tied 3-3 on Aggregate, won penalties

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January 11, 2021

Platense	0-0	Aspirante
‘’’Nil‘’’		‘’’Nil‘’’

Estadio Sergio Torrez, Usulutan

Platense won 1-0 on Aggregate.

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January, 2021

Cacahuatique	2-0	Fuerte San Francisco
Francisco Valladares Juan Carlos Argueta		‘’’Nil‘’’

Cacahuatique won 2-1 on Aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

January 17, 2021

3:00pm

Cacahuatique	1-2	Platense
Cristin Martínez 26'		Steve Alfaro 49' Juan Camilo Delgado 65'

Cancha Centro Ecológico, El Amaton

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January 17, 2021

Marte Soyapango	3-1	A.D. Destroyer
TBD 26' (pen.) TBD 68' TBD 68'		TBD 23'

Cancha Jorgito Meléndez

Second leg

January 25, 2021

Platense	1-1	Cacahuatique
José Antonio Maravilla 80'		Hugo Hernández 6'

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Attendance: 3,000

Platense won 3-2 on Aggregate.

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January 25, 2021

A.D. Destroyer	3-1	Marte Soyapango
Denis García Rosemberg Cuevas Jefferson Viveros		Johnathan Alexander Pineda

Cancha Chilama, Puerto de La Libertard

AD Destroyer tied 4-4 on aggregate, won on penalties.

Final

January 30, 2021

14:30pm

Platense	2-2	A.D. Destroyer
Wilber Arizala 15' Camilo Delgado 70'	[1]	Jonathan Nolasco 39' Jefferson Viveros 73'
Penalties
Camilo Delgado TBD Wilber Arizala Ruiz Aguilar Brayan Martinez	5-4	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

Platense won 5-4 on Penalties.

Apertura 2020 champions
Platense 3rd title

Individual awards

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Johnny Moran Marte Soyapango	Johnathan Valle Platense

Clausura

Teams

Only 14 teams chose to Participate in this season Competition

Team	City	Stadium	Head coach	Captain	Foreign Players
Aspirante	Jucuapa	Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa	Carlos Martinez	TBD	George Martin Ankamah José Bautista Balanta
AD Destroyer	Puerto de La Libertad	Cancha Chilama	Juan Ramon Paredes	N/A	Jefferson Viveros TBD
Cacahuatique	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel	Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique	Marvin Hernandez	N/A	Cristian Gómez Fernando Landazuri
Dragón	San Miguel	Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes	Mártir Paredes	N/A
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Joe Amilcar Moreno	Omar Sevilla	N/A
Ilopaneco	TBD	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa	Jorge Abrego	N/A	Camilo Gomez Sebastián Ortiz
Juayua (Municipal FC)	Nahuizalco, Sonsonate	Estadio Municipal Flor Blanco, Sonsonate	Ruben Alonso	N/A	Carlos Mario Palacios Héctor Lemus
Liberal	Quelapa, San Miguel	Estadio Municipal de Quelapa		N/A	Gregory Costly
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango	Cancha Jorgito Melendez	Rudy Cedillos	N/A	TBD William Gurero
Platense	Zacatecoluca	Complejo Deportivo en Tecoluca/ EstadioTopilitzin de Jiquilisco	Guillermo Rivera	N/A	Juan Camilo Delgado
San Pablo Municipal	San Pabo Tacahico	Cancha Municipal Valle Meza	Wilber Aguilar	N/A	Bryan Obregon
AD Santa Rosa Guachipilín	Santa Rosa Guachipilín, Santa Ana	Estadio Jose Hernandez	Samuel Maldonado	N/A
Titan	Texistepeque, Santa Ana	Estadio Titan	Edgar Batres	N/A	Breiner Ortiz José Medrano
Vendaval	Apopa	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez	Alonzo Aguilar	N/A

Regular-seasons

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Titan	12	7	1	4	21	16	+5	22	Advance to Playoffs
2	Real Destroyer	12	7	1	4	19	15	+4	22
3	Marte Soyapango	12	6	2	4	17	13	+4	20
4	San Pablo Tacachico	12	5	4	3	23	20	+3	19
5	Municipal F.C.	12	5	2	5	20	16	+4	17
6	A.D. Santa Rosa	12	4	0	8	16	23	−7	12
7	Vendaval	12	2	2	8	15	28	−13	8

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense	12	7	5	0	18	6	+12	26	Advance to Playoffs
2	Aspirante	12	5	4	3	14	13	+1	19
3	Fuerte San Francisco	12	4	5	3	13	11	+2	17
4	Liberal	12	5	2	5	20	19	+1	17
5	Cacahuatique	12	4	3	5	24	17	+7	15
6	Dragon	12	2	5	5	19	21	−2	11
7	Ilopaneco	12	2	2	8	8	29	−21	8

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Finals

Quarter-finals

First leg

May 15, 2021

15:00

Marte Soyapango	0-0	A.D. Destroyer
Nil		Nil

Cancha Jorgito Melendez, Soyapango

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May 16, 2021

15:00

San Pablo Municipal	3-0	Titan
Murillo David Escobar Francisco Posada		Nil

Cancha Municipal Valle Meza, San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad

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May 16, 2021

Fuerte San Francisco	1-1	Aspirante
TBD 67' (pen.)		TBD 67' (pen.)

Estadio Luis Amilcar Moreno, San Francisco Gotera, Morazan

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May 16, 2021

Liberal	1-2	Platense
TBD 68'		Luis Ascencio Camilo Delgado

Estadio Municipal de Quelapa, Quelapa, San Miguel

Second leg

May 23, 2021

15:00

A.D. Destroyer	3-1	Marte Soyapango
Jonathan Nolasco Jefferson Viveros Reynaldo Ivan Carpio		Eduardo Cruz

Cancha Jorgito Melendez, Soyapango

A.D. Destroyer won 3-1 on Aggregate.

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May 23, 2021

15:00

Titan	1-0	San Pablo Municipal
Herbert Morales		Nil

Cancha Municipal Valle Meza, San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad

San Pablo won 3-1 on Aggregate.

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May 23, 2021

Aspirante	1-1	Fuerte San Francisco
William Enrique Reyes 67' (pen.)		Rudy Batrez

Estadio Luis Amilcar Moreno, San Francisco Gotera, Morazan

2-2. Fuerte San Francisco won 7-6 on penalties.

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May 23, 2021

Platense	1-1	Liberal
Isai Aguilar		Manfredy Sosa

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca

Platense won 3-2 on Aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

May 30, 2021

3:00pm

Fuerte San Francisco	1-0	Platense
Alexander Marquez 91'		Nil

Cancha Centro Ecológico, El Amaton

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January 17, 2021

San Pablo Municipal	0-0	A.D. Destroyer
Nil		Nil

Second leg

June 8, 2021

Platense	2-0	Fuerte San Francisco
Juan Camilo Delgado Steve Alfaro		Nil

Platense won 2-1 on Aggregate.

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June 2021

A.D. Destroyer	3-1	San Pablo Municipal
Jonathan Nolasco Reynaldo Ivan Carpio		Johnathan Alexander Pineda

Cancha Chilama, Puerto de La Libertard

AD Destroyer tied 3-1 won on aggregate.

Final

June 13, 2021

14:30pm

Platense	3-3	A.D. Destroyer
Camilo Delgado Rafael Burgos Kelvin Hernandez	[ ]	Cristian Caicedo Michael Lopez
Penalties
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD	3-4	TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Estadio Cuscatlan, San Salvador

AD Destroyer won 5-4 on Penalties.

Clausura 2021 champions
A.D. Destroyer 2nd title

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