Primera División Femenina de El Salvador

Primera División Femenina de El Salvador
Founded2010
CountryEl Salvador
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of clubs12
Current championsAlianza Woman
(2024 Clausura)
Most championshipsAlianza Woman (8 Titles)
Top goalscorerDamaris Quélez
(218 goals)
WebsiteFESFUT

The Primera División Femenina de El Salvador is the main women's football competition for in El Salvador. It was established in 2010.[1]

History

There previously were some women's tournaments held in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

A New Salvadoran League

Preparation

In September 2019, as part of the guidelines done by CONCACAF for clubs to be able to participate in the primera division, the formation of a women's division was needed. The new division was created by the Salvadoran Primera division, which will be run instead of FESFUT. The new season will begin in September 2019.[2]

Format

Clubs

A total of 12 teams contest the league in the current season

Team Home city Stadium
Alianza Woman TBD Complejo Deportivo de ANDA
Aguila Femenino TBD TBD
Dragon Femenino TBD TBD
FAS Femenino TBD Estadio
Fuerte San Francisco Femenino TBD Estadio
Isidro Metapan Femenino TBD TBD
Jocoro Femenino TBD TBD
LA Firpo Femenino TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno Femenil TBD TBD
Once Deportivo Femenino TBD TBD
Platense Femenino TBD Estadio
Santa Tecla Femenino TBD TBD

Former teams

Prior to league run by Primera division 2019

  • Independiente
  • El Vencedor
  • ADFA Cabañas
  • ADFA Ahuachapán
  • C.D. Opico
  • ADFA Santa Ana
  • ADFA Morazán
  • ADFA Sonsonate
  • Sensuntepeque
  • ADFA La Paz
  • ADFA San Vicente
  • AD Legend's
  • Club Sport Guazapa
  • Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de Soyapango
  • Escuela Municipal de Santa Tecla
  • Instituto Municipal de Deportes y Recreación (IMDER)
  • Selección de San Miguel

Following the league being run Primera division 2019

Managers

The current managers in the LigaFemenina (Apertura 2023) are:

Nat. Name Club
El Salvador José de la Paz Portillo (*) Águila Woman
El Salvador Cristian Zañas (*) Alianza Woman
El Salvador Manuel Acevedo (*) Dragon Woman
El Salvador Walter Montoya (*) FAS Woman
El Salvador TBD Firpo Woman
El Salvador Numan Asensio (*) Fuerte San Francisco Woman
El Salvador Lesly Ventura (*) Isidro Metapan Woman
El Salvador Alvaro Canizales (*) Jocoro Woman
El Salvador TBD Limeno Woman
El Salvador TBD Once Deportivo Woman
El Salvador Afrodicio Valladares (*) Platense Woman
El Salvador Rene David Lopez (*) Santa Tecla Woman

List of finals

Finals played so far:[3]

Year Champion Result Runners-up Champion Coach Runners-up Coach Top scorer
2010[4] Usulután 3–2 Sonsonate TBD TBD TBD (goals)
2016 Clausura Opico FC 4-1 Legends TBD TBD Brenda Ceren (20 goals) [5]
2016 Apertura[6] Legends 3-0 Ahuachapán TBD Ernesto Iraheta Stefany Vanessa Hernández Guandique (20 goals)
2017 Clausura Legends 3-1 Alianza TBD TBD TBD (goals)
2017 Apertura[7] Alianza Woman 4–2 AD leyendos TBD TBD Paola Calderón (goals) [1]
2018 Clausura[8] Alianza Woman 4–1 AD leyendos Herbert Avilés TBD Gabriella Pacheco and Maggie Segovia (23 goals)
2018 Apertura[9] Alianza Woman 3-1 IMDER Herbert Avilés TBD TBD (goals)
2019 Clausura [10] FAS 7-1 Municipal Limeño Ofni Bolaños TBD Alejandra Reyes (12 goals)
2019 Apertura[11] Alianza 4-2 FAS Debbie Gómez Ofni Bolaños Damaris Quélez Municipal Limeno Woman (34 goals) [2]
2020 Clausura None (Season Cancelled) None (Season Cancelled) TBD TBD TBD (goals)
2020 Apertura[12] ALianza Woman 3-1 FAS Luis ‘Kalimba’ Sosa Ofni Bolaños Paola Calderón (34 goals) FAS
2021 Clausura FAS 1-1 (pen 3-2) Alianza women Ofni Bolaños Luis ‘Kalimba’ Sosa Francisca del Carmen González (24 goals)
2021 Apertura Alianza women 3-2 (4-3) FAS Luis Sosa Ofni Bolaños Damaris Quélez (38 goals) FAS Woman
2022 Clausura FAS 2-2 (5-3) Alianza women Cristian Zañas Luis Sosa Damaris Quélez (14 goals) FAS Woman
2022 Apertura Santa Tecla F.C. 3-2 Alianza women René David López Edwin Deras Damaris Quélez (24 goals) Santa Tecla [3]
2023 Clausura None (Season Cancelled) (+) None TBD TBD Damaris Quélez (43 goals)
2023 Apertura Alianza Women 3-0 Aguila Edwin Deras José de la Paz Portillo Damaris Quélez (21 goals) Jocoro woman [4]
2024 Clausura [13] Alianza Women 2-0 Isidro Metapan Cristian Zañas Lesly Ventura Damaris Quélez (22 goals)
2024 Apertura [14] Alianza Woman 2-0 Limeno Women Cristian Zañas Douglas del Cid Vanesssa Reyes (22 goals)
2025 Clausura TBD 1-1 TBD TBD TBD TBD (goals)
2025 Apertura TBD 1-1 TBD TBD TBD TBD (goals)

Season cancelled, title not awarded (+)

Championship records

Italics indicates the team was relegated or departed and play in Amateur division

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Seasons
Alianza Womans
8
4
FAS
3
3
Legends F.C.
2
5
Santa Tecla B
1
0
Usulután
1
0
Opico FC
1
0
Municipal Limeno Femenil
0
1
Aguila Femenino
0
1
Isidro Metapan Femenino
0
1

References

  1. ^ "FESFUT launches league in El Salvador" (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ Zelada Uceda, Víctor (21 Sep 2019). "Inicia la liga mayor femenina con los 12 equipos de primera división". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ "El Salvador (Women) 2010/11". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Usulutan wins first championship". fesfut (in Spanish). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Legend's y Opico a batalla por el trono". Diario (in Spanish). elmundo.sv. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Legend's campeón de la liga femenina". fesfut (in Spanish). elmundo.sv. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Alianza Woman comienza la defensa del título". fesfut (in Spanish). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Alianza Woman es bicampeón del Fútbol Femenino". fesfut (in Spanish). ElSalvador.com. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Alianza Women es tricampeón de la Liga Femenina". fesfut (in Spanish). El Grafico.com. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  10. ^ "¡FAS campeón de la Liga Femenina de fútbol!". fesfut (in Spanish). elmundo.sv. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Alianza Woman golea a FAS y alza su cuarto título en la Liga Mayor Femenina". el gráfico (in Spanish). elgrafico.sv. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Alianza Women logra el bicampeonato". el gráfico (in Spanish). elgrafico.sv. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Alianza Women son bicampeonas en la Liga Femenina tras vencer a Metapán en la final". el gráfico (in Spanish). elgrafico.sv. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Alianza Women vence al Limeño y son tricampeonas de la liga femenina". el gráfico (in Spanish). elgrafico.sv. 22 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.