List of Salvadoran football champions

The Salvadoran Football Champion is the winner of the El Salvador National Football Championship (1926–1968) or the Liga Mayor (1969 to present) of football in El Salvador.

Currently, there are two champions each calendar year with one champion for the Apertura season and one for the Clausura season.

Short Tournament (1926–1946)

Three regional champions, faced each other in the national championship. Each team represented a different section of the country (West zone, Central zone, East zone).

Season	Champion	Runner-Up
1926	Chinameca	Nequepio
1927	Hércules	Chinameca
1928	Hércules	Excélsior F.C.
1929-30	Hércules	Excélsior F.C.
1930-31^*	Hércules
1931-32^*	Hércules
1932-33^*	Hércules
1933-34^*	Hércules
1934-35^*	C.D. Maya
1935-36^*	C.D. Maya
1937	C.D. 33	C.D. Alacranes
1938	C.D. 33	C.D. Maya
1939^*	C.D. 33
1940^*	España F.C.
1941^*	Quequeisque
1942	Quequeisque	Juventud Olímpica
1943	Quequeisque	Ferrocarril
1944^*	Quequeisque
1945^*	Quequeisque
1946	Libertad	Once Municipal

^* - There was no national championship held during this year, only regional championships. These championships are now often considered national titles.

League System (1947–1997)

Season	Champion	Runner-Up
1947^**	No national championship was held during these years
1948-49	Once Municipal	Libertad
1949-50^**	No national championship was held during these years
1950-51	C.D. Dragón	C.D. FAS
1951-52	C.D. FAS	Leones
1952-53	C.D. Dragón	Juventud Olímpica
1953-54	C.D. FAS	C.D. Dragón
1955	Atlético Marte	C.D. Dragón
1955-56	Atlético Marte	L.A. Firpo
1956-57	Atlético Marte	Atlante
1957-58	C.D. FAS	Once Municipal
1959	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
1960-61	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
1961-62	C.D. FAS	C.D. Águila
1962	C.D. FAS	Atlante
1963-64	C.D. Águila	Juventud Olímpica
1964	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
1965-66	Alianza F.C.	Once Municipal
1966-67	Alianza F.C.	C.D. Águila
1967-68	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
1968-69	Atlético Marte	C.D. FAS
1970	Atlético Marte	C.D. FAS
1971	Juventud Olímpica	Alianza F.C.
1972	C.D. Águila	Juventud Olímpica
1973	Juventud Olímpica	Alianza F.C.
1974-75	C.D. Platense	Negocios Internacionales
1975-76	C.D. Águila	Alianza F.C.
1976-77	C.D. Águila	Once Municipal
1977-78	C.D. FAS	Once Municipal
1978-79	C.D. FAS	Alianza F.C.
1979-80	C.D Santiagueño	C.D. Águila
1980-81	Atlético Marte	C.D Santiagueño
1981	C.D. FAS	Independiente F.C.
1982	Atlético Marte	Independiente F.C.
1983	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
1984	C.D. FAS	C.D. Águila
1985	Atlético Marte	Alianza F.C.
1986-87	Alianza F.C.	C.D. Águila
1987-88	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
1988-89	L.A. Firpo	Cojutepeque F.C.
1989-90	Alianza F.C.	L.A. Firpo
1990-91	L.A. Firpo	C.D. Águila
1991-92	L.A. Firpo	Alianza F.C.
1992-93	L.A. Firpo	Alianza F.C.
1993-94	Alianza F.C.	C.D. FAS
1994-95	C.D. FAS	L.A. Firpo
1995-96	C.D. FAS	L.A. Firpo
1996-97	Alianza F.C.	L.A. Firpo
1997-98	L.A. Firpo	C.D. FAS

^** - No national championship was held during these years

Apertura/Clausura format (1999-present)

Season	Champion	Runner-Up
Apertura 1998 (*)	Alianza F.C.	L.A. Firpo
Clausura 1999	L.A. Firpo	C.D. FAS
Apertura 1999	C.D. Águila	C.D. Municipal Limeño
Clausura 2000	L.A. Firpo	ADET
Apertura 2000	C.D. Águila	C.D. Municipal Limeño
Clausura 2001	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
Apertura 2001	Alianza F.C.	L.A. Firpo
Clausura 2002	C.D. FAS	Alianza F.C.
Apertura 2002	C.D. FAS	San Salvador F.C.
Clausura 2003	San Salvador F.C.	L.A. Firpo
Apertura 2003	C.D. FAS	C.D. Águila
Clausura 2004	Alianza F.C.	C.D. FAS
Apertura 2004	C.D. FAS	C.D. Atlético Balboa
Clausura 2005	C.D. FAS	L.A. Firpo
Apertura 2005	C.D. Vista Hermosa	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Clausura 2006	C.D. Águila	C.D. FAS
Apertura 2006	Once Municipal	C.D. FAS
Clausura 2007	A.D. Isidro Metapán	L.A. Firpo
Apertura 2007	L.A. Firpo	C.D. FAS
Clausura 2008	L.A. Firpo	C.D. FAS
Apertura 2008	A.D. Isidro Metapán	C.D. Chalatenango
Clausura 2009	A.D. Isidro Metapán	L.A. Firpo
Apertura 2009	C.D. FAS	C.D. Águila
Clausura 2010	A.D. Isidro Metapán	C.D. Águila
Apertura 2010	A.D. Isidro Metapán	Alianza F.C.
Clausura 2011	Alianza F.C.	C.D. FAS
Apertura 2011	A.D. Isidro Metapán	Once Municipal
Clausura 2012	C.D. Águila	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Apertura 2012	A.D. Isidro Metapán	Alianza F.C.
Clausura 2013	L.A. Firpo	C.D. FAS
Apertura 2013	A.D. Isidro Metapán	C.D. FAS
Clausura 2014	A.D. Isidro Metapán	C.D. Dragon
Apertura 2014	A.D. Isidro Metapán	C.D. Águila
Clausura 2015	Santa Tecla F.C.	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Apertura 2015	Alianza F.C.	C.D. FAS
Clausura 2016	C.D. Dragon	C.D. Águila
Apertura 2016	Santa Tecla F.C.	Alianza F.C.
Clausura 2017	Santa Tecla F.C.	Alianza F.C.
Apertura 2017	Alianza F.C.	Santa Tecla F.C.
Clausura 2018	Alianza F.C.	Santa Tecla F.C.
Apertura 2018	Santa Tecla F.C.	Alianza F.C.
Clausura 2019	C.D. Águila	Alianza F.C.
Apertura 2019	Alianza F.C.	C.D. FAS
Clausura 2020
Apertura 2020	Alianza F.C.	C.D. Águila
Clausura 2021	C.D. FAS	Alianza F.C.
Apertura 2021	Alianza F.C.	C.D. Platense
Clausura 2022	Alianza F.C.	C.D. Águila
Apertura 2022	C.D. FAS	Jocoro F.C.
Clausura 2023
Apertura 2023	C.D. Águila	Jocoro F.C.
Clausura 2024	Alianza F.C.	C.D. Municipal Limeño
Apertura 2024
Clausura 2025

(*) The first winner of the shorter tournament has been deemed "Champion Cup", and the next, that of the Clausura 1999, as "champions". The First Division of El Salvador has not changed that status competition.

(^) Season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Once Deportivo were originally given the championship after leading the competition after 11 rounds, but the title was later retracted.^[1]

(+) Season was cancelled due to the San Salvador crowd crush. ^[2]

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
C.D. FAS	19	23	1951–1952, 1953–1954, 1957–1958, 1961–1962, 1962, 1977–1978, 1978–1979, 1981, 1984, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, Clausura 2002, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2003, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2005, Apertura 2009, Clausura 2021, Apertura 2022
Alianza F.C.	18	15	1965-66, 1966–67, 1986-87, 1989–90, 1993–1994, 1996–1997, Apertura 1998, Apertura 2001, Clausura 2004, Clausura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2017, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2019, Apertura 2020, Apertura 2021, Clausura 2022, Clausura 2024
C.D. Águila	17	13	1959, 1960–1961, 1963–1964, 1964, 1967–1968, 1972, 1975–1976, 1976–1977, 1983, 1987–1988, 1999 (Apertura), 2000 (Apertura), Clausura 2001, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2012, Clausura 2019, Apertura 2023
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	10	11	1988–1989, 1990–1991, 1991–1992, 1992–1993, 1997–1998, 1999 (Clausura), 2000 (Clausura), Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2013
A.D. Isidro Metapán	10	3	Clausura 2007, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2011, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014
Atlético Marte	8	0	1955, 1955–1956, 1956–57, 1968–1969, 1970, 1980–1981, 1982, 1985
Hércules	7	0	1927, 1928, 1929–1930, 1930–1931, 1931–1932, 1932–1933, 1933–1934
Quequeisque	5	0	1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
Santa Tecla F.C.	4	2	Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018
C.D. Dragón	3	3	1950–1951, 1952–1953, Clausura 2016
C.D. 33	3	0	1937, 1938, 1939
Once Municipal	2	5	1948–1949, Apertura 2006
Juventud Olímpica	2	4	1971, 1973
C.D. Maya	2	1	1934–1935, 1935–1936
Chinameca Sporting Club	1	1	1926
Libertad	1	1	1946
C.D. Santiagueño	1	1	1979–1980
San Salvador F.C.	1	1	Clausura 2003
España F.C.	1	0	1939–1940
C.D. Platense	1	0	1974–1975
C.D. Vista Hermosa	1	0	Apertura 2005
C.D. Municipal Limeño	0	3	-
Excélsior F.C.	0	2	-
Atlante	0	2	-
Independiente Nacional 1906	0	2	-
Nequepio	0	1	-
C.D. Alacranes	0	1	-
Ferrocarril	0	1	-
Leones	0	1	-
Universidad	0	1	-
Negocios Internacionales	0	1	-
Cojutepeque F.C.	0	1	-
ADET	0	1	-
C.D. Atlético Balboa	0	1	-
C.D. Chalatenango	0	1	-

References

^ "FESFUT ya no reconoce al Once Deportivo como campeón y congela el descenso y ascenso". elgrafico.com. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ "FESFUT y Primera División declaran terminado el torneo Clausura 2023". elsalvador.com. 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

[1] "FESFUT ya no reconoce al Once Deportivo como campeón y congela el descenso y ascenso". elgrafico.com. 29 April 2020. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[2] "FESFUT y Primera División declaran terminado el torneo Clausura 2023". elsalvador.com. 24 May 2023. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

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