Relegated "None" Dates 14 Jul 2012 – 16 Dec 2012 Goals scored 270 | Matches played 90 | |
Biggest away win UES 1-4 Isidro Metapán(August 29, 2012)Once Municipal 0-4 Águila(October 21, 2012)Independiente 1-4 Isidro Metapán(11 November 2012) Other Instances 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season | ||
The Apertura 2012 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2012 or also known as the Copa Capri for sponsoring reasons) was the 29th edition of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. C.D. Aguila headed into this tournament as the defending champions. The season began on 14 July 2012 and concluded in the end of the year. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part in the playoffs.
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Team information
A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including 9 sides from Apertura 2011 and Clausura 2012 and one promoted from the 2011–12 Segunda División.
Vista Hermosa were relegated to 2012–13 Segunda División the previous season.
The relegated team were replaced by 2011–12 Segunda División Playoffs promotion. Santa Tecla won the Clausura 2012 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs alone the Apertura 2011 champions side Titán. Santa Tecla won the playoffs by the score of 2-1.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2012.
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2012.
League table
Updated to games played on 25 November 2012.
Source: elgrafico.com soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 25 November 2012.
Source: elgrafico soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second leg
Isidro Metapán won 5-3 on aggregate.
1-1 on aggregate. Alianza advanced due it to better position on the table.
Scoring
Discipline
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2012. The following players:
- have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
- have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.