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)

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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

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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)

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Season | Champion | Runner-Up

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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)

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Season | Champion | Runner-Up

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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 | Once Deportivo | C.D. FAS
Clausura 2025 | Alianza F.C. | C.D. Municipal Limeño
Apertura 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.

(*) 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

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Club  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Winning Years

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C.D. FAS |

| 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. |

| 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, Clausura 2025
C.D. Águila |

| 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 |

| 1988–1989, 1990–1991, 1991–1992, 1992–1993, 1997–1998, 1999 (Clausura), 2000 (Clausura), Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008, Clausura 2013
A.D. Isidro Metapán |

| Clausura 2007, Apertura 2008, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2010, Apertura 2010, Apertura 2011, Apertura 2012, Apertura 2013, Clausura 2014
Atlético Marte |

| 1955, 1955–1956, 1956–57, 1968–1969, 1970, 1980–1981, 1982, 1985
Hércules |

| 1927, 1928, 1929–1930, 1930–1931, 1931–1932, 1932–1933, 1933–1934
Quequeisque |

| 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
Santa Tecla F.C. |

| Clausura 2015, Apertura 2016, Clausura 2017, Apertura 2018
C.D. Dragón |

| 1950–1951, 1952–1953, Clausura 2016
C.D. 33 |

| 1937, 1938, 1939
Once Municipal |

| 1948–1949, Apertura 2006
Juventud Olímpica |

| 1971, 1973
C.D. Maya |

| 1934–1935, 1935–1936
Chinameca Sporting Club |

| 1926
Libertad |

| 1946
C.D. Santiagueño |

| 1979–1980
San Salvador F.C. |

| Clausura 2003
España F.C. |

| 1939–1940
C.D. Platense |

| 1974–1975
C.D. Vista Hermosa |

| Apertura 2005
C.D. Municipal Limeño |

| \-
Excélsior F.C. |

| \-
Atlante |

| \-
Independiente Nacional 1906 |

| \-
Nequepio |

| \-
C.D. Alacranes |

| \-
Ferrocarril |

| \-
Leones |

| \-
Universidad |

| \-
Negocios Internacionales |

| \-
Cojutepeque F.C. |

| \-
ADET |

| \-
C.D. Atlético Balboa |

| \-
C.D. Chalatenango |

| \-

## See also

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* Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

## References

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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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