The 2018–19 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 2018 and Clausura 2019. 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 2018–19 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season

• Jocoro F.C.

Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2018

• C.D. Dragon

Teams relegated to Tercera Division de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2018

• UDET
• San Rafael Cedros

Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2018

• C.D. Liberal
• A.D. Santa Rosa Guachipilin

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

• UDET (originally relegated but bought the spot of La Asuncion for $12,000)
• Chalatenango (bought the spot of Atletico Comalapa for $TBD)

Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2018

• El Roble (Team de-registered due to financial trouble)
• La Asuncion (sold their spot to UDET)
• Atlético Comalapa (sold their spot to Chalatenango)

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
Atletico Apopa	Carlos Turcios	Marco Antonio Portillo	TBD	Milan	Nil
Atletico Marte	Hugo Carrillo	Gabriel Alvarez	Diego Hunter	Nil	Tony Sports, Sevisal
Aspirante	TBD	Oscar David Ramirez	TBD	Nil	Caja de Credito Jucuapa, Aqua Zen, Alcadia Municipal de Jucuapa
Brujos de Izalco	TBD	Ruben Alonso	Carlos Rodrigo Martinez Mejia	None	Alfonso Guevara, Gallo Pizza, Alcadia Municipal de Izalco
Chagüite	TBD	Carlos Asprilla	TBD	Innova Sport	Mariano Blanco, Pereiras, Apalipul, Construtora Benítez, Elmer Ramos
Chalatenango	TBD	Ricardo Serrano	TBD	TBD	TBD
Dragon	TBD	Rubén da Silva	TBD	Rush	Bufete, Credicampo, Sistema Fedicredito
El Vencedor	Raul Galo	Giovanni Trigueros	Alexis Maravilla	Innova Sport	Astroton, Tipografico Ceren, Roxy
Fuerte San Francisco	TBD	Marvin Javier Hernández	TBD	Innova Sport	Caja de Credito de San Francisco Gotera, Gotus, Las Perlitas, Electrolit, Prosergon, Alcadia Municipal Gotera
Independiente	TBD	Wilson Angulo	Erasmo Henriquez	PS	TBD
Ilopaneco	Adán Perdomo	Guillermo Rivera	TBD	Galaxia	Emilio Corea, Dandao, la Dinaca, Gold
Liberal	TBD	Omar Sevilla	David Hernández	TBD	Alcadia Municipal de Quelepa, Nevada, Hobby, Univo
Once Lobos	TBD	Cesar Acevedo	Carlos Portillo	None	Zona Franca 10 Chalchuapa, Alcadia Municipal de Chalchuapa, Fundecredito de R.L.
Platense	Carlos Rene Burgos Alvarado	Jorge Abrego	Edgar Valladares	Nil	Comercial Deras, Caja de Credito Zacatecoluca, Comite Los Angeles, Rosy Romero, D'Kche, central dental rivera Guidos
Rácing Jr	Douglas Ramirez	Fausto Omar Vásquez el Bocho	Luis García	TBD	Alcadia Municipal de Armenia, Caja de Credito Armenia
San Pablo Tacachico	Mario Alberto Castillo	Juan Ramón Sánchez	Ever Bladimir Avila	Galaxia	Pepe, Construction Lingo, Funerales Celesti
Santa Rosa Guachipilin	Carlos Enrique Calderon	Samuel Maldonaldo	Sergio Armando Mendez Arriola	Matute Sport	Omnivision Canal 29, Ferreteria Difersa
Topiltzin	Herbert Mauricio Zavala	Manuel Carranza Murillo	TBD	TBD	TBD
UDET	TBD	Miguel Aguilar Obando	Enrique Kikin Quintanilla	Kelme	Ginerra
Vendaval	Juan Paredes Marín	Pablo Quiñones	Cristian Gonzalez Grueso	Kelme	TBD

Topiltzin, Alacranes 33, Independiente FC and Dragon failed to register for Clausura 2019 season, due to outstanding debt owed to players and staff [1].

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died in end of 2018 and mid 2019.

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Pre-Apertura changes
Vendaval	Hector Jara	End of contract	May 2018	Edgar Henríquez	May 2018	Preseason
Topiltzin	Jorge Abrego	End of contract	May 2018	Manuel Carranza Murillo	July 2018	Preseason
Independiente	Ivan Ruiz	End of contract, went on to become assistant manager of Audaz	May 2018	Wilson Angulo	July 2018	Preseason
Once Lobos	Jorge Molina	End of contract	May 2018	Cesar Acevedo	May 2018	Preseason
Platense	Eraldo Correia	End of contract	May 2018	Jorge Abrego	May 2018	Preseason
Chagüite	Nelson Ancheta	End of contract, moved to become coach of Jocoro	June 2018	Carlos Asprilla	June 2018	Preseason
Brujos de Izalco	Juan Ramon Paredes	End of contract, moved to become coach of Sonsonate	June 2018	Ruben Alonso	June 2018	Preseason
Rácing Jr	Enzo Artiga	Sacked	June 2018	Fausto Omar el Bocho Vasquez	June 2018	Preseason
El Vencedor	Omar Sevilla	End of contract	June 2018	Giovanni Trigueros	June 2018	Preseason
Liberal		End of contract	June 2018	Omar Sevilla	June 2018	Preseason
Dragon	Abel Blanco	moved back to assistant manager	June 2018	Rubén da Silva	June 2018	Preseason
San Pablo Tacachico	Pablo Quiñones	End of contract	June 2018	Juan Ramon Sanchez	June 2018	Preseason
Aspirante	TBD	End of contract	June 2018	Oscar David Ramirez	July 2018	Preseason
Alacranes 33 Chalatenango	None	New club	June 2018	Ricardo Serrano	July 2018	Preseason
Vendaval	Edgar Henríquez	Left his contract	July 2018	Pablo Quiñones	July 2018	Preseason
Apertura changes
Aspirante	Oscar David Ramirez	Sacked	September 2018	José Mario Martínez	September 2018	Group B. 10th
Vendaval	Pablo Quiñones	Sacked	September 2018	Bairon Alvarez	September 2018	Group A, 8th
Ilopaneco	Guillermo Rivera	Sacked	September 2018	Salvador Vasquez	September 2018	Group A, 10th
Independiente	Wilson Angulo	Resigned	September 2018	Ivan Ruiz	September 2018	Group B, 5th
Chagüite	Luis Asprilla	Sacked	September 2018	Fidel Lazo	September 2018	Group B, 5th
Atletico Marte	Gabriel Alvarez	Sacked	September 2018	Ricardo Garcia	September 2018	Group B, 5th
C.D. Dragon	Rubén da Silva	Resigned	October 2018	Santos Rivera	October 2018	Group B, 5th
Chagüite	Fidel Lazo	Moved back to assistant manager	October 2018	Jorge Calles	October 2018	Group B, th
Liberal	Omar Sevilla	Resigned, became head coach of Municipal Limeno	October 2018	Ervin Loza	October 2018	Group B, th
Independiente	Ivan Ruiz	Resigned	November 2018	Orlando Hernandez Torres	November 2018	Group B, 5th
Pre-Clausura changes
A.D. Santa Rosa Guachipilin	Samuel Maldonado	End of contract, went on to become assistant manager of Metapan	December 2018	Carlos Martínez Che	December 2018	Preseason
Liberal	Ervin Loza	End of contract	December 2018	Salomón Quintanilla	December 2018	Preseason
Topiltzin	Manuel Carranza Murillo	End of contract	December 2018	Salomón Montoya	December 2018	Preseason
UDET	Miguel Aguilar Obando	End of contract	December 2018	Omar Sevilla	December 2018	Preseason
Chagüite	Jorge Calles	End of contract	December 2018	Victor Coreas	2019	Preseason
Vendaval	Bairon Alvarez	End of contract	2019	Jorge Calles	January 2019	Preseason
Clausura changes
Ilopaneco	Salvador Vasquez	Mutual agreement	February 2019	Victor Manuel Pacheco	2019	th
Liberal	Salomón Quintanilla	Mutual agreement	February 2019	Abel Blanco	February 2019	th
El Vencedor	Giovanni Trigueros	Mutual agreement	February, 2019	Miguel Aguilar Obando	February, 2019	th
Chagüite	Victor Coreas	Sacked	February, 2019	Nelson Ancheta	February, 2019	th
El Vencedor	Miguel Aguilar Obando	Contract was denied by Segunda division	March, 2019	Giovanni Trigueros	March, 2019	th
Rácing Jr	Fausto Omar el Bocho Vasquez	Sacked	March, 2019	Efren Marenco	March, 2019	th
Vendaval	Jorge Calles	Sacked	March, 2019	Osmin Orellana	March, 2019	th

Club	Foreign Player 1	Foreign Player 2
Atletico Apopa	Hector Valencia
Atletico Marte	Cristobal Post	Nicolás Claros
Aspirante	Andrés Vallecilla	Luis Felipe Ruis Tapias
Brujos de Izalco	Brian Gil	Cristian Gil
Chagüite	Benjamin Chamorro / Keiner Rentería	Jonathan Piñeiro
Chalatenango	Fredy Gonzales	Amaranto Sanchez
Dragon	Carlos Urrego	Erick Aziel Hernandez Berrios
El Vencedor	Jhon Machado	Diomer Hineztrosa
Fuerte San Francisco	Josielson Moraes Silva	Yohanny Mancilla Boya
Independiente	Nildeson Gonzales Junior Dos Santos	Igor Dos Santos
Ilopaneco	Christian Camilo Santanna	Eriko
Liberal	Gregory Costly
Once Lobos	Alexis Mosquera	Evandro dos Santos
Platense	Wilber Arizala	Wilian Guerrero
Rácing Jr	Jackson de Oliveira
San Pablo Tacachico	Roger Albeiro Rico	Juan Camilo Delgado
Santa Rosa Guachipilin	Nil	Nil
Topiltzin	TBD
UDET	TBD
Vendaval	Cristian Gonzalez Grueso

November 17, 2018 (2018-11-17)

Fuerte San Francisco	1-1	Brujos de Izalco
Josielson Moraes 12'		Cristian Gil Hurtado 39'

Estadio Correcaminos

November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)

3:00 pm

Brujos de Izalco	1-2	Fuerte San Francisco
Josielson Moraes Moisés Chicas	[ ]	TBD 54'

Estadio Salvador Mariona

Fuerte San Francisco won 3-2 on aggregate.

November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)

3:00 pm

San Pablo Tacachico	0-1	El Vencedor
Nil		John Machado 60'

Cancha Municipal Valle Meza

November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)

3:00 pm

El Vencedor	3-2	San Pablo Tacachico
Diomer Hinestroza 32' Elmer Araniva 73' Ronald Padilla 89'	[ ]	28' Jonathan Palma 65'

Estadio German Rivas Lozano

El Vencedor won 4-2 on aggregate.

November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)

3:00pm

Dragón	2-3	Rácing Jr
Derek Sánchez 40' Arsenio Rodríguez 75'		Aquiles Méndez 27' Jackson de Oliveira 47' Luis Najarro 58'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

November 24, 2018 (2018-11-24)

3:00 pm

Rácing Jr	4-2 (a.e.t.)	Dragón
Jorge Arévalo 37' David Gómez 96' 115' Elíseo Fernández 120'	[3]	Carlos Orrego 17' Arsenio Rodríguez 88'

Estadio “21 de Noviembre” de Armenia

Rácing Jr won 7-4 on aggregate.

November 18, 2018 (2018-11-18)

3:00 pm

Santa Rosa Guachipilin	3-2	Platense
Ricardo Ulloa 10' Óscar Ulloa 38' Salvador Salguero 63'		Edgar Valladares 75' José Amaya 87'

Estadio

November 25, 2018 (2018-11-25)

3:30 pm

Platense	3-1	Santa Rosa Guachipilin
William Guerrero 43' Rosemberg Cueva 62' Wilber Novoa 65'		TBD 11'

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle

Platense won 5-4 on aggregate.

December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02)

3:00pm

Fuerte San Francisco	1-2	El Vencedor
Josielson Moraes 85'	[4]	Diomer Hinestroza 27' 43'

Estadio Correcaminos, San Francisco Gotera

December 2, 2018 (2018-12-02)

3:00pm

Rácing Jr	2-1	Platense
Jackson de Oliveira 3' David Gómez 88'	[5]	Rosemberg Cueva 61'

Estadio 21 de Noviembre, Armenia, Sonsonate

December 9, 2018 (2018-12-09)

3:00pm

El Vencedor	2-0	Fuerte San Francisco
Jhon Machado 69' 72'	[6]	Nil

Estadio German Rivas, Usulután.

El Vencedor won 4-1 on aggregate.

December 9, 2018 (2018-12-09)

Platense	2-0	Rácing Jr
Edgar Valladares 11' William Guerrero 56'	[7]	Nil

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle, Zacatecoluca

Platense won 4-3 on aggregate.

16 December 2018

1:55

Platense	1-0	El Vencedor
Cristian Merino 38'		Nil

Estadio Antonio Toledo Valle

Referee: German Stanely Martinez

24 December 2018

3:00

El Vencedor	1-0	Platense
Jhon Machado 64'	[8]	Nil

Estadio German Lorenzo Rivas

Attendance: 2,000

1-1, El Vencedor won 4-2 on penalties.

Club	Foreign Player 1	Foreign Player 2
Atletico Apopa	Hector Valencia
Atletico Marte	Matías Coloca	Johalim Palacios
Aspirante	Daymer Cañate	Andres Vallecilla
Brujos de Izalco	Luis Palacios	Brian Gil
Chagüite	TBD
Chalatenango	De-Registered	De-Registered
Dragon	De-Registered	De-Registered
El Vencedor	Diomer Hineztrosa	Jhon Machado
Fuerte San Francisco	Gustavo Gómez Funes	Josielson Moraes Silva
Independiente	De-Registered	De-Registered
Ilopaneco	Christian Camilo Santanna
Liberal	Philipinho Pedorrinho	Igor Dos Santos Da Silva
Once Lobos	Alexis Mosquera	Alexander Tejada Molano
Platense	Wilber Arizala
Rácing Jr	TBD
San Pablo Tacachico	Juan Camilo Delgado
Santa Rosa Guachipilin	Yohalin Placios	Amaranto Sanchez Mosquera
Topiltzin	De-Registered	De-Registered
UDET	TBD
Vendaval	Camilo Rivas	Teodulo Bonilla / Victor Barrera

May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)

10:30 am

El Vencedor	4-0	Atletico Marte
Jhon Machado 35' Rusvel Saravia 57' 70' Arsenio Rodriguez 78'		None

Estadio German Rivas Lozano. Santa Elena

May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)

3:00 pm

Atletico Marte	1-2	El Vencedor
Luis Canales 54'	[ ]	Arsenio Rodríguez 76' Ever Rodriguez 82'

Estadio Cuscatlan

El Vencedor won 6-1 on aggregate.

May 4, 2019 (2019-05-04)

3:00 pm

Fuerte San Francisco	1-0	San Pablo
Elvis Claros 70'		Nil

Estadio Correcaminos

May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)

3:00 pm

San Pablo	6-3	Fuerte San Francisco
Camilo Delgado 2' 10' 97' Irvin Valdés 45' Isaí Aguilar Rodrigo Herrera 119'	[ ]	Bryan Zúniga Francisco Carballo

Estadio

San Pablo won 6-4 on aggregate.

May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)

3:00pm

Racing Jr	4-1 (results changed to 0-2 as Racing coach was not registered)	Aspirante
Eliseo Fernández 45' 62' 85' 90'		47'

Estadio

May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)

3:00 pm

Aspirante	2-1	Racing Jr
Andrés Vallecillas 54' Rommel Mejía 75'	[9]	Moisés Carranza 70'

Estadio

Aspirantes won 4-1 on aggregate.

May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)

3:00 pm

Brujos de Izalco	1-3	Platense
Bryan Gil 10'		Tony Maravilla 6' José Amaya 47' Mario Martínez. 77'

Estadio Salvador Mariona, de Izalco.

May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)

3:30 pm

Platense	4-0	Brujos de Izalco
Wilber Novoa 19' Edgar Valladares 22' William Guerrero 44' Nelson Alfaro 88'	[10]	None

Polideportivo de Tecoluca

Platense won 7-1 on aggregate.

May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)

3:00pm

El Vencedor	1-1	Platense
Alexis Maravilla 91'		Rosemberg Cuevas 33'

Estadio

May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26)

3:00pm

Platense	3-1	El Vencedor
Aristides Mendoza 7' Manuel Otero 70' Óscar Marroquín 86'	[11]	Jhon Machado 30'

Polideportivo de Tecoluca

Platense won 4-2 on aggregate.

May 20, 2019 (2019-05-20)

3:00pm

San Pablo	5-1	Aspirante
Rodrigo Herrera 7' Camilo Delgado 13' 48' Irvin Valdés 32' 40'	[12]	Rommel Mejía 92'

Estadio

May 26, 2019 (2019-05-26)

Aspirante	1-0	San Pablo
Romel Mejía 88'		None

Complejo

San Pablo won 5-2 on aggregate.

June 3, 2019

San Pablo	1-0	Platense
Ricardo Herrera 75'	[13]	Nil

Cancha Municipal Valle Meza

Attendance: 2,415

June 9, 2019

Platense	3-2	San Pablo
Edgar Valladares 47' 54' Levi Martínez 78'	[14]	Camilo Guardado 59' Irving Valdez 38'

Polideportivo Tecoluca, San Vicente

Attendance: 4,288

Referee: TBD

3-3, San Pablo won 4-1 on penalties.

Hombre GOL	Best Goalkeeper Award
Bryan Gil Brujos	German Martinez Platense

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