Salvadoran Primera División

The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, is the top professional football league in El Salvador. It was established in 1969 and in 2011 had 10 clubs. Initially the league was run as a year-long tournament, but since 1998 there are two tournaments each year, much like in many other football leagues in the Americas. The Apertura season runs from August to December, while the Clausura season runs from February to July.

Competition format

La Liga Mayor follows the usual double round-robin format. During the course of a given season (Apertura or Clausura), each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 18 games. Teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, with the top four clubs at the end of the season progressing through to the finals. If points are equal between two or more clubs, goal difference usually determines their placement. Although when it comes to qualifying for the finals, if the team in fourth and fifth spot are equal on points, then a Repechaje or Playoff is needed to determine which team gains entry into finals.

Primera división

Primera división (Spanish for First division) can refer to multiple top division football leagues:

  • in CONMEBOL (South America)
  • Argentine Primera División, Argentina
  • Chilean Primera División, Chile
  • Paraguayan Primera División, Paraguay
  • Peruvian Primera División, Peru
  • Uruguayan Primera División, Uruguay
  • Venezuelan Primera División, Venezuela
  • in CONCACAF (Central and North America)
  • Costa Rican Primera División, Costa Rica
  • Salvadoran Primera División, El Salvador
  • Mexican Primera División, Mexico
  • Nicaraguan Primera División, Nicaragua
  • in UEFA (Europe)
  • Uruguayan Primera División

    The Uruguayan Primera División [ˈliɣa pɾofesjoˈnal de pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon] (English: First Division Professional League) also known as the "Primera División Uruguaya" (local: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon uɾuˈɣwaʒa]) or "Primera División de Uruguay" ([pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon de uɾuˈɣwaj]) (English: Uruguayan First Division) is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF).

    The First Championship of Uruguayan Primera Division was held in 1900, being an amateur competition until 1932 when the league became professional. From 1900 to the 2014-15 season they were carried out 111 first division seasons.

    The Uruguayan Primera División, called "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is regarded as the 23rd most difficult football league in the 21st century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.

    History

    Format

    After 1994, the competition was divided in two stages, called the Opening Championship (Torneo Apertura) and Closing Championship (Torneo Clausura), with an end-of-season two-legged final match between the winners of these two tournaments.

    Campeonato Nacional (Chile)

    The Campeonato Nacional is the top tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ANFP and is ranked 25th in the IFFHS' Best Leagues of the World ranking as of 2014. In 2015, the league became known as the Campeonato Scotiabank for sponsorship reasons.

    Format

    Resembling the competition system in most Latin American countries (such as Argentina and Mexico), the Chilean First Division is currently played by 18 teams, which play two single-round tournaments per season, with the two tournaments known as Apertura and Clausura. Chile has used this format for most of the 21st century.

    From 2002 to 2012, except in 2010, a system similar to that used in Mexico was employed. The Apertura tournament was played in the first half of the calendar year (usually held between January and June), followed by the Clausura tournament (between July and December). For each Apertura and Clausura tournament, a single round-robin tournament, called the regular phase, was played first. Afterwards, a post-season play-off began, where the best eight teams in each single-round tournament eliminated each other in the knockout tournament format in two-leg aggregate score. In the 2010 season, only one championship was held due to the devastating earthquake that hit the country that February.

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