Tercera División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Country	El Salvador
Confederation	CONCACAF
Number of clubs	23
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Segunda División
Relegation to	La Asociación Departamental de Fútbol Aficionado
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Presidente
Current champions	Zacatecoluca (Clausura 2024) [1] Espartano (Clausura 2024) [2] (2024 Clausura)
Most championships	TBD ( titles each)
Website	www.elgrafico.com
Current: 2024 Apertura

The Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño, ^[1] commonly known as Tercera División, and officially known as Electrolit Tercera División for sponsorship reasons, is the men's third professional association football division of the Salvadoran football league system. Administered by Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 23 teams, with the top two teams plus the winner of a play-off promoted to Segunda division and replaced by the three lowest-placed teams in that division.

There are 24 clubs in Tercera Division divided into 4 groups of 10. They play in Apertura and Clausura. The clubs play every team in each group twice. The top four teams from each group, 16 teams in total, qualify for play-offs to determine the winner of the apertura and clausura title. The winners will be promoted to the Segunda División de El Salvador.

Similarly, the three clubs that finish at the bottom of Tercera Division are relegated to ADFA and are replaced by the top three clubs.

The following teams are competing in the 2024–25 Tercera División season.qq

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Academia BP	San Salvador department	Estadio Cancha Municipal La Florencia, Nueco Cuscatlan	5,000
Aruba	Curazao, Jayaque, La Libertad	Cancha Hacienda El Transito	5,000
Atlas	Santiago Nonualco, La Paz	Estadio Borja Castillo	10,000
Atlas	San Alejo, La Union	Cancha Municipal San Alejo	5,000
Atletico San Simon	San Simon, Morazan	Estadio Municipal San Simon	5,000
Atletico Verapaz	Verapaz, San Vincente	Estadio Verapaz	5,000
Audaz	Apastepeque, San Vicente	Estadio Municipal La Coyotera	5,000
Buenos Aires FC	Acajutla, Sonsonate Department	Cancha Cristobal Aleman Alas	5,000
Buenos Aires Morazan	Osicala, Morazán	Estadio Municipal de Osicala	10,000
Brasil	Carretera litoral , San Miguel Department	Estadio Municipal Quelapa/Estadio Municipal Carlos Moon, Chirilagua	5,000
El Roble-FORFUT	Ilobasco, Cabañas department	Estadio Municipal de Ilobasco	10,000
El Vencedor	Santa Elena, Usulután	Estadio Jose German Rivas Lozano	5,000
Escuela de Futbol de Pasaquina	Pasaquina, La Unión	Estadio Municipal de San Sebastian	5,000
Estrellas del Sur	Chirilagua, San Miguel Department	Estadio Municipal Carlos Moon	5,000
Independiente	San Vicente, San Vicente Department	Estadio Jiboa	10,000
Izalco	Izalco, Sonsonate Department	Estadio Salvador Mariona	5,000
Juventud Candelareno	Chalchuapa (Candelaria La Frontera), Santa Ana Department	TBD	5,000
Juventud Independiente	San Juan Opico, La Libertad	Complejo Deportivo de San Juan Opico	10,000
Marte Soyapango	Soyapango, San Salvador Department	Cancha Jorgito Melendez	5,000
Malacoff	Coatepeque, Santa Ana Department	Esatdio Municipal San Pedro Malacoff	5,000
Neo Pipil	San Juan Nonualco, La Paz	Cancha Neo Pipil	5,000
Pipil	Cacaopera, Morazán	Estadio Vicente Paul Fuentes	10,000
Puerto El Triunfo	Puerto El Triunfo, Usulután department	Cancha Municipal Mar Y Plata, Puerto El Triunfo	10,000
Sal Y Mar	Canton Los Jiotes, San Alejo, La Unión	Estadio Mcerlino Imbers	5,000
San Marcos	Jiquilisco, Usulután department	Cancha San Marcos, San Marcos Lempa	5,000
San Rafael Cedros	San Rafael Cedros, Cuscatlán department	Estadio Jose Mendoza	5,000
San Rafael Obrajuelo	San Rafael Obrajuelo, San Salvador department	Estadio Jose Borjas Castillo	5,000
Santa Clara	San Luis Talpa, La Paz	Cancha Deportivo Hacienda Santa Clara	5,000
Santiagueno	Santiago de la Frontera, Santa Ana department	Complejo Deportivo Santiago de la Frontera	5,000
Santos	Ciudad Arce, La Libertad	Cancha Santa Rosa	5,000
Santo Tomás	Tejutla, Chalatenango	Cancha Oscar Julian Regalado	5,000
Sensunte Cabañas	Sensuntepeque, Cabañas	PoliDeportivo de Sensutepeque	5,000
SESSA	Guadalupe, San Vicente	Cancha vista Al Volcan	10,000
Talleres Jr.	Tejutla, Chalatenango	Canch Jose Pio Romero Bosque	5,000
Tenancingo	Tenancingo, Cuscatlán department	Cancha 1 Santa Cruz Michapa	5,000
Vendaval Apopa	Apopa, San Salvador department	Estadio Joaquín Gutiérrez	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera, Morazán	Estadio Luis Amilcar Moreno	10,000

Name	Title	Ref.
Walter Carabantes López	President	[2]

Teams promoted to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

• Zacatecoluca [3]
• Brasilia
• Cangrejera F.C.
• A.D. Batanecos
• Olimpico Litoral
• AD Espartano

Teams relegated from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2024

• Vendaval
• Pipil

Teams relegated to ADFA- Apertura 2024

• Masahuat
• CD San Carlos (Anamorós)
• Atletico San Lorenzo

Teams promoted from ADFA - Apertura 2024

• Brasil F.C. (San Miguel)
• Puerte El Triunfo
• Santo Tomas
• Atlas FC
• Buenos Aires
• UD Santos
• AD SESSA
• CD El Roble (Reserves)

New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Tercera Division

• Independiente (Purchased spot of Estrella Roja)
• Academia BP (Purchased spot of ADEREL Lourdes)
• Aruba
• AD Izalco

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2024

• Nejapa FC
• ADEREL Lourdes (Sold spot to Academia BP)
• C.D. Los Andes (Sold spot to ACD Sal Y Mar)
• Estrella Roja (Sold spot to Independiente F.C.)
• Atletico Comalapa
• A.D. Torino
• Real Antiguo Cuscatlan
• EFI Mario Calvo
• Nuevo Concepion
• San Carlos
• Escuela de Nuevo Concepion

[4]

Team namec	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
C.D. Atletico Balboa	19	La Union, El Salvador	Gabriel Alvarez
Aruba	19	Talnique, La Libertad Department	Alexis Urbina (*)
Academia BP*	19	TBD, TBD	Pablo Leguizamo (*)
A.D. Izalco	19	TBD, TBD	Jose Alfredo Portillo (*)
Juventud Candelareno *	19	Candelareno, Santa Ana	TBD
Juventud Independiente	2021	San Juan Opico	Juan Ramón Sánchez (*)
San Salvador F.C.	2003	San Salvador, El Salvador	Saúl Lorenzo Rivero
Malacoff	19	Coatepeque , El Salvador	Salvatore Leon (*)
Buenos Aires F.C.	19	Metallo, Acajutla, Sonsonate Department	William Mendoza (*)
UD Santos	19	Ciudad Arce, La Libertad Department	Ricardo Mancia
Santiagueno F.C.	2022	Santa Ana , El Salvador	TBD

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Team name	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
Real San Esteban	19
C.D. San Cayetano	19
Fuerte San Isidro	19
Senunte Cabañas F.C.	19
Academia de Fútbol Hernán López	19
A.D. Dulce Nombre de María	19
Real Pajonal FC	19
Juved Cara Suecia	19
C.D. Nuevo San Sebastián	19
C.D. El Parásito	19
Armenia F.C.	19
A.D. Real Zaragoza F.C.	19
Cabañas F.C.	19
CD El Tercio	19
CD España	19
España Adese	19
Jalacatal F.C.	19
Cojutepeque F.C.	19
C.D. Universidad Gerado Barrios	19
Quequeisue F.C.	19
AFI Cabanes	19
Atletico Marte	19
AD Masahuat	19
C.D. Liberal Israel Rodríguez	19
Atletico Juvenil	19
Águila San Isidro	19
San Jose F.C.	19
CD Halcones Municipal	19
AD Apopa	19
Anamoris F.C.	19
Municipal llopaneco	19
Municipal Santa María	19
Brjuos Marie Calvon lzalco	19
Juventud 72 Cara Suecia	19
Leones de Occidente	19
Titan	19
Turin FESA F.C.	19
S.I.D. Municipal	19
C.D. El Cerron	19
C.D. Huracàn	19
C.D. California	19
CD Maracaná	19
A.D. Isidro Metapán (Resvers)	19
CD San Jerónimo	19
CD San Pablo	19
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (Thids)	19
Nejapa F.C.	19
C.D. San Jerónimo Nejapa	19
C.D. San Luis	19
Telecom F.C.	19
Atlètico San Nicolás	19
CD Vencedor Junior	19
Atletico Comalapa	19
C.D. Topiltzin	19
C.D. Chagüe	19
CD llopaneco	19
C.D. Liberal	19
Cd Barcelona (El Trmarino)	19
C.D.Villa San Carlos	19
Leones de Occidente	19
Colo-Coca FC	19
Chinameca S.C.	19
ADO F.C. San Luis La Hermana	19
A.D. Municipal	19
Los Toros Usulutan	19
Inter San Salvador	19
Santa Rosa Guachipilin	19
Talleres Jr	19	El Coylito, Tejutla, Chalatenango	Efrain Burgos
C.F. Santo Tomas	19	TBD,TBD	Alfredo Portillo
Vendaval	19	Apopa,TBD	Bairon Acevedo Amayes
CF Marte Soyapango	1976	Soyapango, San Salvador	TBD
C.D. San Rafael Cedros	19	TBD	Samuel Arias
Berin F.C.	19
Agave F.C.	19
Atletico Charrastique	19
Once López	19
ADO Municipal	19
Santa Rosa F.C.	18
C.D. Salvadoreño	19
ADI F.C.	19
San Salvador F.C.	19
El Roble-FORFUT	19	Ilobasco, Cabañas
Sensunte Cabañas F.C.	19	TBD	Omar Sevilla
AD SESSA	19	TBD, TBD	TBD
Tenancingo	19	Santa Cruz Michapa, Cuscatlán	Willie Rene Miranda
EF San Pablo Tacachico	19	La Libertad, El Salvador	Mario López

[6]

Team name	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
C.D. Guadalupano	2014	Guadalupe, El Salvador	Dyron Toledo
Real Destroyer	2015	La Libertad, El Salvador	Carlos Romero
Del Monte F.C.	2006	San Miguel,El Salvador	Jeison Estupiñan
Fundiaon Educo de El Salvador	2005	San Salvador, El Salvador	Felix Dueñas
ADET	2001
C.D. UDET	1994
C.D. Brasilia	1998
CDS Ciclo del Goifo	2012
CD Juventud Olimpica Metallo	2000
CD Tiburones	1999
C.D. UES	2010
C.D. Audaz	1948	TBD, TBD	Guillermo Rodriguez (*)
Atletico Verapaz	1938	Verapaz, San Vicente	Carlos Sanchez (*)
A.D. San Rafael Obrajuelo	1984	San Rafael Obrajuelo, La Paz	Ever Aguirre
C.D. Neo Pipil	1930	San Juan Nonualco	Manuel Lopez (*)
C.D. San Marcos de Jiquilisco	1914	TBD	TBD
A.D. Santa Clara	1918	TBD	Miguel Soriano (*)
Independiente	1912	TBD	Adonai Martínez (*)
Puerte El Triunfo	1980	TBD	TBD
C.D. Once Municipal	2004
Ast Municipal	1953
H-13 F.C.	1951	1953
F.C. Soyapango	1994
C.D. Platense	2021
C.D. Espìrito Santos	1998
C.D. El Remolino	1987
C.D. Maracaná San Rafael	2005
CD Universidad Centroamericana	1981
ANTEL F.C.	1975
Atletico San Alejo	1969
A.D. Atlante	1958
CD Telecomunicaciones	1961
C.D. La Asuncion	2002
Atlas	1975	TBD	TBD
C.D. Aparece	1994
Acajutla F.C.	1985	Acajutla, El Salvador	Demar Moran

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Team name	Founded	Hometown	Coaches
Joroco F.C.	2017	Tierra de Morazán	Kevin Guevara
C.D. Municipal Limeño (Resvers)	1990	Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión	Elvis Claros
Fuerte San Francisco (Resvers)	1992	San Francisco Gotera , El Salvador	Saùl Molina
Santa Tecla F.C.	2012	Santa Tecla, El Salvador	Carlos Alfredo
Atletico San Simon	1989	San Simon, Morazan	TBD
Escuela de Futbol de Pasaquina	1949	TBD	TBD
C.D. Atlas La Union *	1937	San Alejo, La Unión Department	Carlos Romero (*)
Sal Y Mar C.D.	1955	La Unión, La Unión Department	Francisco Roble (*)
El Vencedor	1921	Santa Elena, Usulután	Porfrio Aquiles
Pipil	1970	TBD	Ciro Romero
Brasil F.C.	1936	Quelepa, San Miguel	TBD
C.D. Estrellas del Sur	1954	Chirilagua, San Miguel.	TBD
C.D. Buenos Aires Morazon	1970	Osicala, Morazan	Victor Coreas
Vista Hermosa	2013	TBD, Morazan	Oscar Amaya
Adler San Nicolás	1979	Santa Ana, El Salvador	Omar Sevilla

As of July 2023

Club	Town or city	Current status (2022–23)	Level in pyramid
SID Municipal
Titan		Segunda division	2
Academia de Fútbol Hernán López
C.D. El Cerron
Turin FESA		ADFAS San Salvador	4
Huracán
AD Paraiso
San Jerónimo Nejapa		ADFAS San Salvador	4
Fuerte San Isidro (Lempa)
Sensunte Cabanas
A.D. Dulce Nombre de Maria
C.D. California
Cacahuatique		Segunda division	2
CD Espana
ADI F.C.
Jalacatal F.C.
Cojutepeque F.C.
Gerado Barrios		Segunda Division	2
Quequeisque
C.D. Maracana
AFI Cabanas
Mar y Plata
Masahuat
Juved Cara Sucia
Real Pajonal
Quezaltepeque
UES
A.D. Municipal
Real San Esteban
C.D.San Cayelzno
Nuevo San Sebastián
Brasilia		ADFAS Cuscatlan	4
Brujos Mario Calvo lzaco
Juventud 72 Cara Sucia
Leones de Occidente		Disbanded ()	N/A
Los Toros Usulutan		Disbanded (2016)	N/A
C.D. UDET		ADFAS San Miguel	4
San Jorge
Anamoros
ADO
Atletico Balboa		Hiatus (2023-TBD)	N/A
AD Espartano
La Asunción		Disbanded (2018)	N/A
ADET
AD Isidro Metapan C		Disbanded ()	N/A
Dragon		Primera Division	1
Platense		Primera Division	1
Fuerte San Francisco		Primera Division	1
Rácing Jr		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
Inter San Salvador		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
Corinto FC		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
AD Masahuat		Segunda division	2
Santa Rosa Guachipilín
Chaguite
Liberal
Jocoro		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
CD Ilopaneco
Atlético Morazán
Tehuacan		ADFAS San Vicente	4
Topiltzín		Hiatus (2023-TBD)	N/A
C.D. TACA		ADFAS Cuscatlan	4
Arcense
Atletico Juvenli
C.D. Liberal Ismael Rodriguez
Aguila San Isidro
CD Halcones Municipal
AD Apopa
Municipal Santa Maria
Atlético Comalapa		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
Municipal Ilopaneco
El Roble		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
Chalatenango		Hiatus (2023-TBD)	N/A
Club Deportivo La Palma		ADFAS Chalatenango	4
CD Vencedor Junior
CS Atlético San Nicolás (Tonacatepeque)
CD Villalta (La Union)
CD Magdalena (Chilanga)
CD Leones Fronterizos (Pasaquina)
Berlin FC
Agave FC (Moncagua)
Salvadoreño	Armenia, Sonsonate	ADFAS Sonsonate	4
CD San Pablo (San Pablo Tacachico)		Hiatus (2024-TBD)	N/A
CD Juventud Olimpica Metallo (Acajutla)
CD Hacienda Nueva (Lourdes)
CD Congoles (El Congo)
CD Cali Municipal (Caluxo)
España Adese
ADI F.C.
Independiente
El Tercio
Chinameca
Cabañas F.C .
A.D. Real Zaragoza
Armenia F.C.
Atletico Chaparrastique
Juventud Independiente		ADFA San Salvador	4
El Paraiso
Once Lopez
ADET
ADO Municipal
Cd Barcelona (El Tamarindo)
C.D. Villa San Carlos
Santa Rosa F.C.
Leones de Occidente
Colo Coca F.C.
Telecom F.C.
San Luis

Note: Any Teams that haven't competed in any division within the last five years will be labelled as Hiatus as clubs in El Salvador have a history of taking breaks from competiting and coming back into competition, anything longer than five years it will assumed the clubs have officially folded and will be labelled as Disbanded.

• [8] - Official website (in Spanish)
• 2012 Clausura final tables - El Gráfico (in Spanish)