2022–23 Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Season	2022-23
Champions	Apertura 2022: Fuerte San Francisco, Clausura 2023: Titán
Promoted	Fuerte San Francisco
Relegated	A.D. Masahuat and Gerardo Barrios
Matches played	56
Goals scored	129 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura 2022: Jonathan Nolasco (Destroyer) (18 goals) Clausura 2023: Yerson Tobar (Cacahuatique) (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura 2022: Once Lobos 8–0 AD Masahuat (20 October 2022) Clausura 2023: Cacahuatique 8–0 El Vencedor (3 April 2022) Clausura 2023:
Biggest away win	Apertura 2022: Gerardo Barrios 1-6 Ilopango FC (20 November 2022) Clausura 2023: AD Masahuat 2-6 Titan (1 May 2023)
Highest scoring	Apertura 2022: Dragon 7-3 C.D. Gerardo Barrios (26 September 2021) Clausura 2023: Inter Sivar 5-5 C.D. Rácing Jr (4 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Apertura 2022: 4 matches TBD
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura 2022: 7 matches TBD
Longest winless run	Apertura 2022: 7 matches TBD
Longest losing run	Apertura 2022: 4 matches TBD
Highest attendance	Apertura 2022: 3,465 TBD 3–0 TBD (1 August 2021)
Lowest attendance	Apertura 2022: 189 TBD vs TBD (19 August 2021)
Total attendance	Apertura 2022: TBD
Average attendance	Apertura 2022: TBD
← 2021–22 2023–24 → Stats are from the regular season only

The 2022–23 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez) was El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño. The season was split into two championships: Apertura 2022 and Clausura 2023. 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.

Teams promoted to 2022–23 Primera División de El Salvador

• Dragon

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2022

• Municipal Limeno.

Teams relegated to Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2022

• AD Santa Rosa
• El Vencedor

Teams promoted from Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2022

• A.D. Masahuat
• Club Deportivo Pipil

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

• Atletico Balboa (Purchased spot of Aspirante)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2022

• Aspirante (Sold spot to Atlético Balboa)

On the 20th of July, the Governmental National Sports Institute (INDES) in association with the Attorney general raided Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT) in relation to money laundering and fraudulent administration. INDES issued an administrative resolution ordering the dismissal of FESFUT directors and the creation of a Normalizing Commission.

As a result of this internal crisis, all three main divisions games from round 2 to 4 were suspended due to referees not showing up.

FIFA could suspend El Salvador if its state-led sports institute removes the heads of the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT) in favor of hand-picked officials, according to a letter shared by the federation online.

After a month and a half and with the imposition of a FIFA Regulation Committee in the FESFUT, plus the delivery of credentials by INDES, the second division obtained the green light to be able to resume their tournament, which was interrupted after a disputed date.

The Segunda Division announced on September 1, 2022 that the season would resume the Apertura 2022 tournament on September 17, 2022. The final would be played on 14 January.^[1]

It was announced by club president that due to high cost, minimal support and lack of sponsorship, the club would sell their spot in Segunda division. In January 2023 it was announced that Nuevo Cuscatlán FC had purchased the spot and would participate in 2023 Clausura season. The club was to move to Nuevo Cuscatlán and play at Estadio Municipal Florencia.

Ilopango FC, Marte Soyapango and Real Atlético Sonsonate failed to register for 2023 Clausura season as all three owed unpaid salaries to players, coaching staff and the league.

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Topiltzin	Sebastian Hernandez	Mutual agreement	2022	Ervin Loza	June 2022	th (2022 Clausura)
Real Atletico Sonsonate	TBD	Mutual agreement	2022	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	June 2022	th (2022 Clausura)
Ilopango FC	Fredy Santos	Mutual agreement	2022	Rudy Cedillos	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
Gerardo Barrios	Efrain Nunez	Mutual agreement	2022	Eraldo Correia	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
El Vencedor	Erasmo Lazo	Mutual agreement	2022	Juan Oficialdeg	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
C.D. Cacahuatique	Omar Sevilla	Mutual agreement	2022	Jorge Abrego	June 2022	th (2022 Clausura)
Corinto FC	Rolando Perez	Mutual agreement	2022	Victor Coreas	June 2022	th (2022 Clausura)
C.D. Titán	Jorge Abrego	Mutual agreement	2022	Juan Ramón Sánchez	June 2022	th (2022 Clausura)
Marte Soyapango	Mauricio Alfaro	Mutual agreement	2022	Ernesto Gochez	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
AD Destroyer	Rodolfo Gochez	Resigned due to contract dispute	2022	Miguel Soriano	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
C.D. Rácing Jr	Angel Orellana	Mutual agreement	2022	William Osorio	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
Atletico Balboa	Roberto Gamarra	Mutual agreement	2022	Omar Sevilla	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
AD Municipal	Edgar Batres	Mutual agreement	2022	Ennio Mendoza	2022	th (2022 Clausura)
San Pablo		Sacked	September 2022	Luis Saravia	September, 2022	8th Grupo Oriente (2023 Clausura)
Vendaval		Mutual agreement	2022	Jorge Molina	June 2022	th (2022 Clausura)

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
CD Masahuat	Ramon Sugar Aviles	Sacked	7 September 2022	Carlos Mauricio Rodriguez	10 September 2022	7th (2022 Apertura)
Vendaval	Jorge Molina	Resigned due to contract dispute	October 1, 2022	Francisco Hernandez	October 1, 2022	10th Grupo Occidente (2023 Clausura)
Limeno	German Rodriguez	Sacked	October 30, 2022	Saul Prudenció	October 1, 2022	8th Grupo Oriente (2023 Clausura)
Atletico Balboa	Omar Sevilla	Sacked	November 14, 2022	Luis Carlos Asprilla	November, 2022	2nd Grupo Oriente (2023 Clausura)

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Racing Jr	William Osorio	Sacked	November, 2022	Enzo Artiga	November 25, 2022	th (2023 Clausura)
Atletico Balboa	Luis Carlos Asprilla	Ended Interimship	December 12, 2022	Misael Alfaro	December 13, 2022	th (2023 Clausura)
Real Atletico Sonsonate	Nelson Ancheta	Contract finished	December 2022	TBD	2022	th (2023 Clausura)
Gerardo Barrios	Eraldo Coreira	Contract not renewed	December 2022	Omar Sevilla	December 2022	th (2023 Clausura)
Once Lobos	Enzo Enriquez	Mutual Consent	December 19, 2022	Nelson Ancheta	December 2022	th (2023 Clausura)
Municipal Limeno	Saul Prudenció	Mutual Consent	December 2022	Jose Romero	December 2022	th (2023 Clausura)
San Pablo Tacachico	Luis Saravia	Mutual Consent	December 2022	Jose Angel Reyes	January 2023	th (2023 Clausura)
Cacahuatique	Jorge Abrego	Mutual Consent	December 2022	Carlos Romero	January, 2023	th (2023 Clausura)
AD Inter Sivar	Juan Carlos Melgar	Resigned due to contract dispute	2022	Mario Villatoro	December 31, 2022	th (2023 Clausura)
Topiltzin	Ervin Loza	Sacked	December 2022	Geovany Trigueros	January 7, 2022	th (2023 Clausura)

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Corinto	Victor Coreas	Mutual Consent (became coach to Jocoro)	March 1, 2023	Amilcar Alfonso Guzman	March 3, 2023	th (2023 Clausura)
Gerardo Barrios	Omar Sevilla	Mutual Consent (became coach to Atletico Marte)	March 4, 2023	Luis Ramírez Zapata	March, 2023	th (2023 Clausura)
AD Destroyer	Miguel Soriano	Sacked	March 14, 2023	Cristian Lopez	March 18, 2023	th (2023 Clausura)
TBD	TBD	Resigned due to contract dispute	May 2019	TBD	July 2019	th (2023 Clausura)

Only 20 teams chose to participate in this season championship.

Team	City	Stadium	Head coach	Captain	Foreign players
Atletico Balboa	La Union	Estadio Marcelino Imbers	Omar Sevilla	Blas Lizama	Andres Vallecilla * Jackson de Oliveira *
Atletico Real Sonsonate	Sonsonate	Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	N/A	Daley Mena * TBD
AD Destroyer	Puerto de La Libertad	Cancha Chilama	Miguel Soriano	Michael Lopez *	Adrian Ararat * Brayan Obregón
Cacahuatique	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel	Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique	Jorge Abrego	Cristian Portillo *	Luis Aroleda Murillo * Yerson Javier Tobar *
Corinto FC	Corinto, Morazan	Estadio Municipal Corinto	Victor Coreas	N/A
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	Pablo Quinones	Daniel Marquez *	Stivens Maciel * Javier Lezcano *
CD Gerardo Barrios		Cancha Municipal de San Rafael Oriente	Eraldo Correia	N/A	Fary Mancilla Josielson Moraes
Ilopango FC	TBD	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez Apopa	Rudy Cedillos	N/A	Luis Felipe Ruiz Tapia * Bryan Zuluga
Inter San Salvador	Santa Tecla	Estadio las Delicias	TBD	N/A	Miguel Murillo *
Masahuat		Estadio Municipal Masahuat	Ramon Aviles	Geovany Ulloa	No foreign players
Municipal Juayua FC		Estadio Jose Milan Morales	Enio Mendoza	Eder Polanco	TBD TBD
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango	Cancha Jorgito Melendez	Ernesto Gochez	Erick Molina	Jose Medrano * Argenis Alba
Municipal Limeno	Santa Rosa	Estadio Flores Berrios	German Rodriguez	Felix Sanchez	Leandro Soares * Elix Coello *
Once Lobos	Santa Ana	Estadio 11 Lobos	Enzo Enriquez	N/A	Yefersson Palacios * Alvaro Moreno *
Pipil	Cacaopera, Morazon	Estadio Paul Fuentes	Oscar Amaya		Hector Lemos * Yeferson Palacios
Rácing Jr	Armenia, Sonsonate	Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia	William Osorio	Freddy Portillo	Joseilson Moraes * Brayan Obregón *
San Pablo Municipal		Cancha de Valle Mezas	Edgardo Batres		Ronaldinho Caicedo Solis *
Titan	Texistepeque, Santa Ana	Cancha de futbol CD Titan	Juan Ramon Sanchez	Rosemberg Cueva *	Manuel Murillo * Devier Chaverra *
C.D. Topiltzín	Jisquilisco	Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco	Ervin Loza	Ever Corto	William Guerrero Jose Miguel Medrano
Vendaval	Apopa	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez	Jorge Molina	Alan Gonzalez	Boris Polo Alvaro Moreno

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Destroyer	18	15	2	1	54	18	+36	47	Advance to Playoffs
2	Titan	18	13	3	2	50	27	+23	42
3	Inter Silver Sivar	18	11	3	4	41	19	+22	36
4	Municipal F.C.	18	9	3	6	29	18	+11	30
5	San Pablo Tacachico	18	9	2	7	29	23	+6	29
6	Once Lobos	18	6	2	10	28	39	−11	20
7	Real Atletico Sonsonate	18	4	6	8	26	37	−11	18
8	Rácing Jr	18	5	2	11	28	45	−17	17
9	Vendaval	16	3	0	13	17	38	−21	9
10	AD Masahuat	18	2	2	14	19	54	−35	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cacahuatique	18	12	3	3	29	15	+14	39	Advance to Playoffs
2	Balboa	18	9	6	3	24	14	+10	33
3	Fuerte San Francisco	18	8	6	4	20	19	+1	30
4	Marte Soyapango	18	8	5	5	25	17	+8	29
5	Ilopango FC	18	8	3	7	24	22	+2	27
6	Corinto FC	18	5	8	5	20	22	−2	23
7	Municipal Limeno	18	7	3	8	26	19	+7	24
8	CD Pipil	18	5	4	9	30	27	+3	19
9	Gerardo Barrios	18	3	2	13	14	47	−33	11
10	Topiltzin	18	3	4	11	20	30	−10	13

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonathan Nolasco	Real Destroyer	18
2	Diego Chaverra	Titan	15
3	R Caicedo	San Pablo	13
4	R Caicedo	San Pablo	12
5	Daley Mena	RA Sonsonate	12

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hector Lemos	Pipil	15
2	TBD	Fuerte San Francisco	12
3	TBD	Cachuatique	10
4	TBD	Marte Soyapango	10
5	TBD	Topiltzin	9

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Real Destroyer won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Titan won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Cacahuatique won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Fuerte San Francisco won 3–1 on aggregate.

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AD Destroyer won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Fuerte San Francisco won 4–3 on aggregate.

Apertura 2022 champions
Fuerte San Francisco 2nd title

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Johnathan Nolasco AD Destroyer	Josue Funes Cacahuatique

Only 17 teams registered for the 2023 Clausura. 3 clubs (Ilopango FC, Marte Soyapango and Real Atlético Sonsonate) failed to register due lack of payments. AD Juayua sold their spot to Atlético Nacional Cuscatleco.

Team	City	Stadium	Head coach	Captain	Foreign players
Atletico Balboa	La Union	Estadio Marcelino Imbers	Misael Alfaro *	Jefrey Cruz	Javier Lezcano * TBD *
AD Destroyer	Puerto de La Libertad	Cancha Chilama	Miguel Soriano		Jeison Estupian * Cristian Caicedo *
Cacahuatique	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel	Complejo Deportivo Chapeltique	Carlos Romero *	N/A	Jerson Torvar * Julian Grueso *
Corinto	Corinto, Morazan	Estadio Municipal Corinto	Victor Coreas *	N/A	Argenis Alba * Jose Medrano *
Fuerte San Francisco	San Francisco Gotera, Morazan	Estadio Correcaminos	Pablo Quinones *	N/A	Cristhian Stivens Maciel * Cristian Vaquero *
Gerardo Barrios	San Rafael Oriente, El Salvador.	Cancha Municipal de San Rafael Oriente	Omar Sevilla *	N/A	Fernando Cortez * Camilo Quinores Caicedo *
Inter San Salvador	Santa Tecla	Estadio las Delicias	Mario Villatoro *	Miguel Murillo *	Luis Alberto Perea * TBD *
Masahuat	Masahuat, Santa Ana department	Estadio Municipal Masahuat	Ramon Aviles	Geovany Ulloa	No foreign players
Atletico Nacional Cuscatleco - Juyua	Nuevo Cuscatlan	Estadio Municipal Florencia	Ernesto Gochez	TBD	TBD * TBD *
Municipal Limeno	Santa Rosa	Estadio Flores Berrios	Jose Romero *	Felix Sanchez	William Palacios * Brayan Díaz *
Once Lobos	Santa Ana	Estadio 11 Lobos	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta *	Luis Castro *	Gustavo Machado * David Quinonez *
Pipil	Cacaopera, Morazon	Estadio Paul Fuentes	Oscar Amaya		Duvan Mosquera * TBD *
Rácing Jr	Armenia, Sonsonate	Estadio 21 de Noviembre Armenia	Enzo Artiga *	Manuel Alvarado *	Brayan Obregon * Josielson Moraes *
San Pablo Municipal	San Pablo Tacachico, La Libertad	Cancha de Valle Mezas	Jose Angel Reyes	Amilcar Flores *	Ronaldinho Caicedo Solis * Fabricio Moreno *
Titan	Texistepeque, Santa Ana	Cancha de futbol CD Titan	Juan Ramón Sánchez *	Bryan Ortega	Devier Chaverra * Manuel Murillo *
C.D. Topiltzín	Jisquilisco	Estadio Topiltzin de Jiquilisco	Geovani Trigueros *	Ever Corto	Walter Gomez * Leider Palmera *
Vendaval	Apopa	Estadio Joaquin Gutierrez	Francisco Hernandez *	Alan Gonzalez	TBD * TBD *

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rácing Jr	16	6	7	3	23	21	+2	25	Advance to Playoffs
2	San Pablo Tacachico	16	6	7	3	25	18	+7	25
3	Titan	16	6	6	4	27	19	+8	24
4	AD Destroyer	16	7	3	6	30	24	+6	24
5	Municipal/Atletico Nacional	16	7	3	6	28	25	+3	24
6	Vendaval	16	4	6	6	22	25	−3	18
7	Inter Silver Sivar	16	3	9	4	20	25	−5	18
8	Once Lobos	16	4	6	6	19	24	−5	18
9	AD Masahuat	16	4	3	9	21	34	−13	15

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fuerte San Francisco	14	7	4	3	23	16	+7	25	Advance to Playoffs
2	Cacahuatique	14	8	1	5	20	14	+6	25
3	CD Pipil	14	6	5	3	23	17	+6	23
4	Balboa	14	6	4	4	20	14	+6	22
5	Municipal Limeno	14	4	5	5	19	18	+1	17
6	Gerardo Barrios	14	4	3	7	16	26	−10	15
7	Topiltzin	14	4	2	8	11	21	−10	14
8	Corinto FC	14	2	6	6	20	26	−6	12

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yerson Tobar	Cacahuatique	12
2	TBD	TBD	00
3	TBD	TBD	00
4	TBD	TBD	00
5	TBD	TBD	00

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	TBD	TBD	00
2	TBD	TBD	00
3	TBD	TBD	00
4	TBD	TBD	00
5	TBD	TBD	00

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1-1 on aggregate. Atletico Balboa won 6–5 on penalties.

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3-3 on aggregate. Pipil won 4–2 on penalties.

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AD Destroyer won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Titan won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Atletico Balboa won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Titan won 5–0 on aggregate.

Clausura 2023 champions
Titán 3rd title

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Yerson Tobar Cacahuatique	Ever Coto Cacahuatique

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