1981 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1981
ChampionsC.D. FAS (8th Title)
RelegatedNone
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The 1981 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season also known as the Copa Casino. At the end of the regular season, the top 4 teams took part in a Final series. FAS were named Champions after defeating Independiente 4–3 on penalties, after 1–1 draw.


Teams

Team City Stadium Head coach Captain
Atletico Marte TBD Estadio Cuscutlan El Salvador Armando Contreras Palma El Salvador Fredy Rivera
Aguila TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador Salvador Coreas
Alianza TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador Abilio Martinez
Chalatenango TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
FAS TBD Estadio El Salvador Ricardo Mena Laguán El Salvador David Cabrera
Firpo TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Independiente TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador Roberto Gonzalez Vega
Once Lobos TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Santiagueño TBD Estadio Chile Julio Escobar del Carmen El Salvador
UES TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador

Managerial changes

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS El Salvador Ricardo Mena Laguan Resigned 1981 El Salvador Juan Francisco Barraza 1981
Aguila El Salvador TBD Sacked 1981 El Salvador Saúl Molina 1981

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 C.D. FAS 26 17 5 4 36 13 +23 39 Qualified to finals.
2 Independiente 26 14 7 5 35 22 +13 35
3 Atlético Marte 26 10 10 6 42 34 +8 30
4 UES 26 10 9 7 41 31 +10 29
5 C.D. Chalatenango 26 8 11 7 33 36 −3 27
6 Alianza F.C. 26 7 11 8 24 27 −3 25
7 C.D. Santiagueño 26 6 9 11 24 32 −8 21
8 Once Lobos 26 5 10 11 25 40 −15 20
9 C.D. Águila 26 6 5 15 34 41 −7 17
10 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 26 6 5 15 26 44 −18 17
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/elsalhist.html

Playoffs

Semifinals 1st leg

Atletico Marte5-1FAS
TBD 20' 20'
TBD 27'
TBD 20'
TBD 27'		 TBD 20'
Independiente2-0UES
TBD 23'
TBD 26'		 Nil

Semifinals 2nd leg

FAS3-2Atlético Marte
TBD 44'
TBD 70'
TBD 70'		 TBD 119'
TBD 70'
UES2-1Independiente
TBD 10'
TBD 70'		 TBD 10'

Final

C.D. FAS1-1Independiente
David Cabrera 81' Jesus González
Penalties
David Cabrera soccer ball with check mark
Aldo Valenzuela soccer ball with check mark
Atilio Estrada soccer ball with red X
Carlos Humberto Vargas soccer ball with check mark
Manolo Álvarez soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 3 soccer ball with check mark Efrain Ji.González
soccer ball with check mark Quino Valencia
soccer ball with red X González Vega
soccer ball with check mark Henry Moreno
soccer ball with red X Jesús González
Estadio Cuscatlán

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. El Salvador David Arnoldo Cabrera C.D. FAS 20
2 El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
3. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
4. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
5. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
6. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
7. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
8. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
9. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
10. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1981 Seasons. 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