2017–18 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Season	2017–18
Champions	Apertura: Jocoro F.C., Clausura: Jocoro F.C.
Relegated	UDET and San Rafael Cedros
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 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 2017 and Clausura 2018. 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.^[1]

Teams promoted to 2017–18 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

• Audaz

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2017

• UES

Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2017

• Leones de Occidente
• C.D. Vendaval

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016

• Ilopaneco
• Chagüite
• UDET

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

• El Vencedor (Purchased the spot of Luis Angel Firpo B)
• C.D. Vendaval (originally relegated but bought the spot of Marte Soyapango for $12,000)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2017

• UES(Team de-registered due to not filing the right paperwork in time)
• Turin FESA (Team de-registered due to not filing the right paperwork in time) [1]
• Firpo B (sold their spot to Vencedor)
• Marte Soyapango (sold their spot to Vendaval)

On January 17, 2018 Once Municipal was stripped of their footballing license due to unpaid fees to Segunda division and lack of payments to players and coaches.^[2]

A total of 22 teams will contest the league, including sides from the 2016–17 Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division. Once Municipal was removed following the apertura season due to failure to pay the Segunda division.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Manager	Captain	Kit Sponsor	Primera Division Affiliate or Partnership
Atletico Apopa	Apopa, San Salvador	Estadio Municipal de Apopa	5,000	Marcos Antonio Portillo
Atletico Marte	Ilopango	Estadio Azteca	2,000	Gabriel Alvarez			Salguero
Aspirante	Jucuapa, Usulután	Estadio Municipal de Jucuapa	3,000	Eduardo Santana
C.D. Chagüite	Lolotiquillo, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	2,000	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta
Brujos de Izalco	Izalco	Estadio Salvador Mariona		Juan Ramon Paredes		Katty Sport	Smart Office Business Center
Comalapa	Chalatenango	Estadio Municipal de Comalapa		German Perez		Milan	Omnivision, Canal 22, Alcadia Municipal de Comalapa
El Roble	Ilobasco, Cabañas	Estadio Mauricio Vides	4,000	Fausto Omar Vasquez		Katty Sport	Trasporte Duras, Capillas Ismael Guzman
El Vencedor	Santa Elena, Usulután	Estadio German Rivas	5,000	Omar Sevilla		TBD
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000	Marvin Javier Hernández x
Independiente	San Vicente, San Vicente	Estadio Vicentino	8,000	Ivan Ruiz			Caja de Credito San Vicente, Injiboa
Jocoro	Jocoro, Morazan	Complejo Deportivo Tierra de Fuego		Ruben Alonso
La Asuncion	Anamoros, La Union	Estadio Jose Eliseo Reyes	5,000	Juan Francisco Najarro x	TBD		MAXH3,
Ilopaneco	Ilopango, San Salvador	Cancha del Estadio Azteca	8,000	Guillermo Rivera			Sil Va, La cancha loca, Transportes guara
Vendaval	Apopa, San Salvador	Estadio Joaquín Gutierrez	5,000	Hector Jara
Once Lobos	Chalchuapa, Santa Ana	Estadio Once Lobos	2,000	Jorge Molina			Zona Franco
Once Municipal	Ahuachapan, Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeon Magana	5,000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Platense	Zacatecoluca, La Paz	Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle	10,000	Eraldo Correia
Rácing Jr	Armenia, Sonsonate	Estadio 21 de Noviembre		Wilber Aguilar x
EF San Pablo Tacachico	San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad	Cancha Municipal Valle Meza		Pablo Quiñones
San Rafael Cedros	San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlan	Estadio Anastacio Aquino
Topiltzin	Jiquilisco, Usulután	Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco	5,000	Jorge Abrego
UDET	El Tránsito, San Miguel	Estadio César Ángulo	5,000	Victor Fuentes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura Changes
Platense	Mario Martinez	Resigned	2017	Juan Ramon Paredes	2017	th
Atletico Marte	Luis Guevara Mora	Resigned	2016	Gabriel Alvarez	2016	th
Vendaval	Francisco Hernandez	Resigned	2016	Carlos Mauricio Sortelo	2016	th
San Pablo	Juan Ramon Paredes	Resigned	2016	Pablo Quiñones	2016	th
San Rafael Cedros	Bairon Ernesto Garcia	Resigned	2016	William Osorio	2016	th
Apertura Changes
Independiente	Ruben Alonso	Resigned to become coach of Sonsonate	August 2017	Edgar Henríquez	August 2017	th
C.D. Vendaval	Carlos Mauricio Sortelo	Sacked	August 2017	Hector Jara	August 2017	th
El Vencedor	TBD	Sacked	September 2017	Mario Martinez	September 2017	th
Platense	Juan Ramon Paredes	Sacked	September 2017	Afrodicio Valladares	September 2017	th
El Vencedor	Mario Martinez	Sacked	September 2017	Omar Sevilla	October 2017	th
San Rafael Cedros	William Osorio	Sacked	September 2017	German Rodriguez	September 2017	th
San Rafael Cedros	German Rodriguez	Resigned	September 2017	Samuel "El Burro" Arias	October 2017	th
Once Lobos	Cesar Acevedo	Resigned	September 2017	Jorge Molina	October 2017	th
C.D. Aspirante	Victor Giron	Sacked	September 2017	Eduardo Santana	October 2017	th
Chagüite	Ciro Emigdio Romero	Sacked	October 2017	Efrain Nunez	October 2017	th
Pre-Clausura Changes
Platense	Afrodicio Valladares	Resigned	2017	Omar Pimentel	2017	th
Once Municipal	Ivan Ruiz	Resigned	2017	Ernesto Iraheta	2017	th
Racing Jr	Wilber Aguilar	Resigned	2017	Enzo Artiga	2017	th
UDET	Miguel Aguilar Obando	Resigned	2017	Erazmo Lazo	2017	th
Atlético Comalapa	Jorge Abrego	Resigned	2017	German Perez	2017	th
Topiltzin	Sebastien Hernandez	Sacked	December 2017	Jorge Abrego	January 2018	th
Independiente	Edgar Henríquez	Resigned	December 2017	Ivan Ruiz	December 2017	th
Brujos de Izalco	Marcelo Escalante	Resigned	2017	Juan Ramon Paredes	2017	th
San Rafael Cedros	Samual Arias	Resigned	2017	Ángel Orellana	2017	th
Clausura Changes
El Roble	Victor Coreas	Resigned	Jan 2018	Fausto Omar Vásquez	Jan 2018	th
San Rafael Cedros	Ángel Orellana	Resigned to become head coach of Barillas	Jan 2018		Jan 2018	th
Chaguite	Efrain Nunez	Resigned	Feb 2018	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	Feb 2018	th
Platense	Omar Pimentel	Resigned	March 2018	Eraldo Correia	March 2018	th
Jocoro FC	Carlos Romero	Resigned, to become Audaz	March 2018	Ruben Alonso	March 2018	th

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1A	EF San Pablo Municipal (s)	2	3	5
	4B	Atlético Marte	0	0	0
								1A	EF San Pablo Municipal (s)	2	1	3
								2B	Independiente FC	3	0	1 pen.
	Best Loser
	of First Round
															1A	EF San Pablo Municipal	1	0	1
															1B	CD El Roble (s)	0	2	2
	1B	CD El Roble (s)	2	2	4
	4C	CD La Asunción	0	1	1
								1B	CD El Roble (s)	1	3	4
								2A	CD Brujos Mario Calvo	1	1	2
	2A	CD Brujos Mario Calvo (s)	1	2	3
	3C	CD UDET	0	0	0
																						1B	CD El Roble (s)	1	2	3
																						1C	Jocoro FC	3	1	4
	1C	Jocoro FC (s)	1	2	3
	4A	CD Once Lobos	1	1	2
								1C	Jocoro FC (s)	1	2	3
								3B	CD Atlético Comalapa	0	0	0
	2° Best Loser
	of First Round
															1C	Jocoro FC (s)	2	5	7
															2C	CD Fuerte San Francisco	1	5	6
	2B	Independiente FC (s)	0	2	2
	3A	CD Once Municipal	4	1	5
								3A	CD Once Municipal (s)	0	1	7
								2C	CD Fuerte San Francisco	1	0	6 pen.
	2C	CD Fuerte San Francisco (s)	2	2	4
	3B	CD Atlético Comalapa	2	1	3

El Roble won 2-1 on aggregate.

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Jocoro won 7-6 on aggregate.

Jocoro FC won 4-3 on aggregate.

Apertura 2017 champions
Jocoro F.C. 1st title

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
César Larios San Pablo	Felipe Amaya Fuerte San Francisco

Chagüite won 3-2 on aggregate.

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2-2 draw on aggregate, Brujos de Izalco won 5-4 on penalties

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Topiltzin won 4-2 on aggregate.

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3-3 on aggregate. El Vencedor won 2-1 on penalties

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Jocoro F.C. won 5-3 on aggregate.

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Racing Jnr won 2-1 on aggregate.

The best two loser teams in the round of 16 will advance to the quarter-finals, the teams were Ilopaneco and Independiente.

Brujos de Izalco won 2-1 on aggregate.

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Chagüite won 3-2 on aggregate.

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3-3, Independiente won 6-5 on penalties.

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Jocoro F.C. won 5-0 on aggregate.

Brujos de Izalco won 3-1 on aggregate.

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Jocoro FC won 2-1 on aggregate.

Jocoro won 6-3 on aggregate.

Clausura champions
Jocoro F.C. 2nd title

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Luis Canales (16 goals) Atletico Marte	TBD TBD

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. Apopa finished top and survived relegation. While UDET and San Rafael Cedros were relegated.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		APO	UDET	SRC
Apopa	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7			1–1	N/A
UDET (R)	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	5		0–1		4–0
San Rafael Cedros (R)	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1		1–2	3–3

• https://archive.today/20130807152309/http://www.futbolsv.com/category/segunda-division/
• http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/category/nacional/segunda-division-nacional/ Archived 2017-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.edhdeportes.com/futbol-nacional/segunda-division/