1975–76 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1975–76
ChampionsAguila (7th Title)
RelegatedMunicipal Limeno
1974-75
1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament began on 6 April 1975 and finished on 25 January 1976. Aguila secured the club first Primera División title after defeating Alianza F.C. in two series.

Team Information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ANTEL TBD Jorge Tupinambá TBD TBD TBD
Águila TBD Conrado Miranda TBD TBD TBD
Alianza TBD Ricardo Sepúlveda TBD Nil Nil
Atlético Marte TBD Julio Marcos Baldovino TBD TBD TBD
FAS TBD Mauricio Mora TBD Nil Nil
Luis Angel Firpo TBD Jorge Venegas TBD TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno TBD Juan Francisco Barraza TBD TBD TBD
Negocios Internacionales/Juventud Olímpica TBD Victor Manuel Ochoa TBD TBD TBD
Platense TBD Juan Quarterone TBD TBD TBD
Sonsonate TBD Carlos Campuzano Ramos TBD TBD TBD
Tapachulteca TBD Mauricio Rodriguez TBD TBD TBD
Universidad TBD Carlos Javier Mascaró TBD TBD TBD

Notable events

Notable death from January 1975 season and January 1976 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2022 and middle of 2023.

  • TBD (ex player_

Change of team

On 19 September 1975 Negocios Internacionales decided to sell their spot to a new ownership group which rebranded themselves back to Juventud Olímpica.

New stadium

The new national stadium Estadio Cuscatlán opened in July, 1975; however the stadium held its first division game on 19 October, 1975 with Platense defeating Juventud Olimpico 2-1, with Rafael Bucaro scored the first goal in the stadium. [1]

Managerial changes

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Sonsonate Carlos Campuzano Ramos Sacked 24 April 1974 Gregorio Bundio 25 April 1974
FAS Mauricio Mora Resigned 22 May 1975 Raul Miralles 23 May 1975
Municipal Limeno Juan Francisco Barraza Resigned 3 July 1975 Luis “Chispo” Santana July 1975
LA Firpo Jorge Venegas Sacked July 1975 Raúl Magaña 24 July 1975
ANTEL Jorge Tupinambá Sacked July 1975 TBD July 1975
Negocios Internacionels Victor Manuel Ochoa Sacked 1975 Luis Grill Prieto 1975
Juventud Olímpica Luis Grill Prieto Club sold their spot September 1975 Julio “Búho” Ruano, Gualberto “Pulpo” Fernández and René Toledo Castro September 1975
Alianza Ricardo Sepúlveda Sacked 22 September 1975 Mario Rey 23 September 1975
Juventud Olímpica Julio “Búho” Ruano, Gualberto “Pulpo” Fernández and René Toledo Castro Sacked October 1975 Jorge Tupinambá October 1975

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 C.D. Aguila 33 22 5 6 79 41 +38 49 Champion
2 C.D. FAS 33 18 7 8 55 38 +17 43
3 Alianza F.C. 33 18 5 10 53 32 +21 41
4 UES 33 17 6 10 53 40 +13 40
5 Platense 33 17 5 11 53 41 +12 39
6 Sonsonate 33 16 6 11 40 48 −8 38
7 Tapachulteca FC 33 13 5 15 39 49 −10 31
8 Firpo 33 12 5 16 43 51 −8 29
9 Atletico Marte 33 10 7 16 39 41 −2 27
10 ANTEL 33 9 7 17 37 49 −12 25
11 Juventud Olimpico 33 7 4 22 33 55 −22 18
12 Limeno 33 6 4 23 37 76 −39 16 Relegated to the Liga B
Updated to match(es) played on April 2023. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

Semifinals 1st leg

UES3-1Aguila
Mauricio Quintanilla 34' 69'
Julio Rolando Aguirre 89'
Luis Ramirez Zapata 84'

FAS2-1Alianza
David Cabrera 37'
Roberto Casadei 52'
Julio Cesar Cortez penalty 3'

Semifinals 2nd leg

Aguila5-1UES
Ismael “Cisco” Díaz 16' 63'
Joaquin Alonso Ventura 32'
Luis Ramírez Zapata 51'
Félix Pineda 54'
Herbert Hernández 60'

Alianza2-1FAS
Armando Cortez Sandoval 13' 28' Guillermo Bou Rodriguez 65'

3rd Place Match

FAS4-1UES
David Cabrera
Cesar Acevedo 3'
José Girón own goal 68'
Julio Sánchez 10'

Final

Alianza1-1Aguila
Moisés González 38' Hugo Otenssen 63'

Aguila3-1Alianza
Moisés González 1'
Ismael “Cisco” Díaz 17'
Félix Pineda 65'
Victor Manuel Valencia 24'


 1975-1976 
Aguila
7th title

Records

Team Records

  • Best home records: TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst home records: TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Best away records : TBD (00 points out of 33 points)
  • Worst away records : TBD (0 points out of 33 points)
  • Most goals scored: Aguila (79 goals)
  • Fewest goals scored: Juventud Olimpico (33 goals)
  • Fewest goals conceded : Alianza (32 goals)
  • Most goals conceded : Limeno (76 goals)

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. Luis Ramirez Zapata Aguila 23
2. David Cabrera FAS 21
3. Rafael Bucaro Platense 17
4. Juan Ramon Martinez Alianza 15
5. Oscar Guerrero Lotario Platense 12
6. Roberto Casadei FAS 12
7. Moises Gonzalez Aguila 11
8. Helio Rodriguez Aguila 10
9. Felix Pineda Aguila 10
10. Roberto Salala Alianza F.C. 10
11. Jose Luis Rugamas Atletico Marte 10
12. Elmer Rosas LA Firpo 10
13. Dimas Blanco Municipal Limeno 10

Scoring

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1975-76 Campeonato. 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


References

  1. ^ "El Salvador - List of Final Tables". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-06-05.