Liga Pepsi
FIFA Region
CONCACAF
Season
2025-2026
Location
El Salvador
Abbreviation
SLV1

Summary

The Primera División de El Salvador (SLV1) (aka Liga Pepsi), is the top level of league-style football competition in El Salvador. The SLV1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2025-2026 Torneo Clausura, the SLV1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

If the same team wins both the 2025-2026 Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura, then the runner-up with the most 2025-2026 SLV1 Aggregate Table points from both torneos is awarded the 2nd 2026 CNCFCAC champions berth.

Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2025-2026 Torneo Apertura and 2025-2026 Torneo Clausura into the 2025-2026 SLV1 Aggregate Table.

Leagues Pyramid - El Salvador

Abbrev League # of Teams
SLV1 Liga Pepsi
(Primera División de El Salvador)		 12
SLV2 Segunda Divisón de Fúbol Salvadoreño 20
SLV3 Tercera Divisón de Fúbol Salvadoreño 23

Competition Structure

Season

# of Teams

Apertura - Regular
17 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
Apertura - Playoffs
3 Dec 2025 - 24 Dec 2025		Clausura - Regular
12 Jan 2026 - 10 May 2026
Clausura - Playoffs
13 May 2026 - 10 Jun 2026		 12: SLV1 (10), SLV2 (2)

Season Format

The 2025-2026 SLV1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. In each championship, each SLV1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 10 SLV1 teams for 20 league matches per team. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, then (2) goals scored.

Playoffs

At the end each torneo, the top 4 SLV1 teams in each group advance to the Home-Away highest aggregate score advances Quarterfinals. In this playoff, the 1st place teams plays the 4th place teams, the 2nd place teams plays the 3rd place teams. The four advancing teams play in a Home-Away highest aggregate score advances Semifinals. The two Semifinal winners advance to the Finals with the winner becoming the torneo champion.

Relegation

Upon completion of the 2025-2026 Torneo Clausura, the 2 SLV1 teams with the lowest number of 2025-2026 SLV1 Aggregate Table points have a 1 match playoff. The loser will be relegated to the SLV2. The SLV2 champion will play in the 2026-2027 SLV1 Torneo Apertura.


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Torneo Apertura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1CD Luis Ángel Firpo 118 -2-126-2291365 -1-01690953 -1-1101394
2CD FAS 127 -3-224-30141654 -0-112115673 -3-11219910
3Alianza FC 117 -3-124-2011963 -2-11196354 -1-0131156
4CD Cacahuatique 115 -3-318-1812661 -2-35610-454 -1-01312210
5AD Isidro Metapán 125 -3-418-1716163 -2-111118362 -1-3768-2
6CD Águila 114 -2-514-711-464 -0-21277050 -2-3204-4
7CD Platense Municipal 112 -7-213-1512361 -5-08107351 -2-25550
8CD Municipal Limeño 114 -1-613-1620-474 -0-3121212040 -1-3148-4
9CD Fuerte San Francisco 112 -4-510-617-1151 -2-25210-861 -2-3547-3
10Internacional Formando Atletas 111 -5-58-1016-661 -3-2678-150 -2-3238-5
11CD Hércules 112 -2-78-1227-1540 -1-31414-1072 -1-47813-5
12Zacatecoluca FC 112 -1-87-614-841 -0-3313-271 -1-54511-6
2026 CNCFCAC and Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals

Fixtures

Sun - 21 Sep 2025
 CD Cacahuatique   Zacatecoluca FCEstadio Municipal Chapeltique
 CD Platense Municipal   CD ÁguilaEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle
 CD Luis Ángel Firpo   CD Municipal LimeñoEstadio Sergio Torres Rivera
Wed - 24 Sep 2025
 CD Municipal Limeño   CD Platense MunicipalEstadio Dr Ramón Flores Berríos
 Zacatecoluca FC   CD Luis Ángel FirpoEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle
 CD FAS   CD HérculesEstadio Óscar Alberto Quiteño
 CD Águila   AD Isidro MetapánEstadio Juan Francisco Barraza
 Alianza FC   CD CacahuatiqueEstadio Cuscatlán
Sat - 27 Sep 2025
 CD FAS   CD Fuerte San FranciscoEstadio Óscar Alberto Quiteño
 AD Isidro Metapán   CD Municipal LimeñoEstadio Jorge El Calero Suárez
 CD Hércules   CD ÁguilaEstadio Cuscatlán
 CD Luis Ángel Firpo   Alianza FCEstadio Sergio Torres Rivera
 CD Platense Municipal   Zacatecoluca FCEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle
 CD Cacahuatique   Internacional Formando AtletasEstadio Municipal Chapeltique
Sat - 4 Oct 2025
 Alianza FC   CD Platense MunicipalEstadio Cuscatlán
 CD Águila   CD FASEstadio Juan Francisco Barraza
 Zacatecoluca FC   AD Isidro MetapánEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle

Results

Sat - 20 Sep 2025
 AD Isidro Metapán 23 CD FASEstadio Jorge El Calero Suárez
Fri - 19 Sep 2025
 CD Águila 12 Alianza FCEstadio Juan Francisco Barraza
Sun - 14 Sep 2025
 CD Platense Municipal 33 CD FASEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle
 CD Cacahuatique 21 CD Municipal LimeñoEstadio Municipal Chapeltique
 Alianza FC 10 CD Fuerte San FranciscoEstadio Cuscatlán
Sat - 13 Sep 2025
 CD Luis Ángel Firpo 10 CD ÁguilaEstadio Sergio Torres Rivera
 AD Isidro Metapán 31 CD HérculesEstadio Jorge El Calero Suárez
Thu - 11 Sep 2025
 CD Hércules 13 CD Platense MunicipalEstadio Cuscatlán
Sun - 7 Sep 2025
 CD FAS 23 CD Luis Ángel FirpoEstadio Óscar Alberto Quiteño
 CD Águila 03 CD CacahuatiqueEstadio Juan Francisco Barraza
 Zacatecoluca FC 01 Alianza FCEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle
Sat - 6 Sep 2025
 CD Municipal Limeño 10 Internacional Formando AtletasEstadio Dr Ramón Flores Berríos
Thu - 4 Sep 2025
Wed - 3 Sep 2025
 Alianza FC 31 CD Municipal LimeñoEstadio Cuscatlán
 CD Luis Ángel Firpo 20 CD HérculesEstadio Sergio Torres Rivera
 CD Platense Municipal 30 AD Isidro MetapánEstadio Antonio Toledo Valle
 CD Cacahuatique 00 CD FASEstadio Municipal Chapeltique