Season | 2015–16 |
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Champions |
Alianza (Apertura) Dragón (Clausura) |
Relegated | Atlético Marte |
Champions League |
Alianza Dragón |
Matches played | 145 (Apertura) |
Goals scored | 358 (2.47 per match) (Apertura) |
Biggest home win | Santa Tecla 8–0 Pasaquina (February 12, 2016) |
Biggest away win | FAS 0–5 Santa Tecla (November 22, 2015) |
Highest scoring |
Isidro Metapán 3–4 Alianza (August 9, 2015) Sonsonate 3–4 Alianza (September 26, 2015) Santa Tecla 5–2 Alianza (September 30, 2015) |
Longest winning run | 7 games by: FAS |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 games by: Dragón, FAS |
Longest winless run | 12 games by: Juventud Independiente, UES |
Longest losing run | 5 games by: UES |
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All statistics correct as of December 20, 2015.
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Leader and qualification to playoffs | |
Qualification to playoffs |
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Qualification to playoffs |
Relegation to Segunda División |
The 2015–16 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 18th season and 35th and 36th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán and Santa Tecla were the defending champions of the Apertura and Clausura, respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top 8 teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs. The champions of Apertura and Clausura will both qualify for the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. Should the same team win both tournaments, the runners-up with the best aggregate record will qualify for the Champions League.
A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from the Clausura 2014 and 3 promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda División.
The 2015 season features the addition of two extra sides from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño. These were decided based on how good the club infrastructure, fan base and lastly if they secured the 100,000 dollar Primera División license
C.D. Atlético Marte were relegated to 2015–16 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team was replaced by the 2014–15 Segunda División playoffs promotion winner. Real Destroyer won the Clausura 2015 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Apertura 2014 champions side C.D. Guadalupano. Real Destroyer won the playoffs by the score of 5–2.