1974–75 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1974–75
ChampionsPlatense (1st Title)
RelegatedSonsonate
← 1973

The 1974–75 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament began on 17 March 1974 and finished on 29 December 1974. Platense secured the club first Primera División title after defeating Negocios Internacionales in three-game series; they became the second club to win the first division in their very first appearance .

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila El Salvador TBD El Salvador Juan Francisco Barraza El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
Alianza El Salvador TBD Chile Néstor Valdez Moraga El Salvador Salvador Mariona Nil Nil
Atlético Marte El Salvador TBD El Salvador Isaías Choto El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
FAS El Salvador TBD El Salvador Max “Katan” Cubas & Mauricio Mora El Salvador TBD Nil Nil
Luis Angel Firpo El Salvador TBD Brazil Jorge Tupinambá El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno El Salvador TBD El Salvador Luis “Chispo” Santana El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
Negocios Internacionales El Salvador TBD Argentina Gregorio Bundio El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
Platense El Salvador TBD Argentina Juan Quarterone El Salvador Edgar Cabrera TBD TBD
Sonsonate El Salvador TBD El Salvador Mario “Tiorra” Castro El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
Universidad El Salvador TBD El Salvador Mauricio Pipo Rodriguez El Salvador TBD TBD TBD

Notable events

NEIN purchased spot of Juventud Olimpica

On 2 March, 1974 The directors of Juventud Olimpica sold their spot in the primera division to C.D. Negocios Internacionels

Notable death from January 1974 season and January 1975 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 2022 and middle of 2023.

  • Vidal Coreas Merino (Current Platense player, passed away due to car accident)

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Platense Brazil Jorge Tupinambá Mutual Consent January 1974 Argentina Juan Quarterone February 1974
LA Firpo El Salvador Luis ‘Chispo’ Santana Resigned February 1974 Brazil Jorge Tupinambá March 13, 1974

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Aguila El Salvador Juan Francisco Barraza Resigned 1974 Chile Hernán Carrasco Vivanco 1974
FAS El Salvador Max Katan Cubas Sacked 1974 Chile Carlos Javier Mascaró 1974
LA Firpo Brazil Jorge Tupinambá Sacked 1974 El Salvador Marcelo Estrada 1974
Sonsonate El Salvador Mario “Tiorra” Castro Sacked 1974 Brazil Jorge Tupinambá 1974
LA Firpo El Salvador Marcelo Estrada Sacked 1974 El Salvador Fermin Aguilar December 1974

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alianza F.C. 36 18 12 6 66 37 +29 48 Champion
2 C.D. Aguila 36 16 11 9 53 44 +9 43
3 Once Municipal 36 12 16 8 56 40 +16 40
4 Atletico Marte 36 15 10 11 62 49 +13 40
5 C.D. FAS 36 14 10 12 63 55 +8 38
6 UES 36 12 14 10 52 48 +4 38
7 Juventud Olimpico 36 11 12 13 43 47 −4 34
8 ADLER 36 12 7 17 55 58 −3 31
9 Sonsonate 26 10 0 16 51 66 −15 20
10 Atlante San Alejo 36 7 4 25 38 95 −57 18 Relegated to the Liga B
Updated to match(es) played on 2022. Source: (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

Semifinals 1st leg

Negocios Internacionales1-0Atletico Marte
Mario Hugo Méndez 73' Nil
Platense3-1FAS
Rafael Búcaro 8'
Jaime Castro 22'
Óscar Armando Payés 26'		 David Cabrera penalty

Semifinals 2nd leg

Atlético Marte1-0Negocios Internacionales
Sergio Méndez 33' Nil
Negocios Internacionales2-1Atlético Marte
Roberto Fernández 63' 104' Francisco Zaldaña 83'
FAS1-1Platense
Velásquez 43' Norberto Zafanella 37'

3rd place match

FAS0-0 (won by penalties)Atlético Marte
TBD 44' TBD 119'

Final

Platense2-0Negocios Internacionales
Rafael Búcaro 16' 25' Nil
Negocios Internacionales2-0Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca
Roberto Fernández 24' 83' Nil
Platense1-1Negocios Internacionales
Luis César Condomí 1' Luis Ernesto Tapia 26'
Penalties
Norberto Zafanella soccer ball with check mark
Luis César Condomí soccer ball with check mark
Jorge Búcaro soccer ball with check mark
Mauricio González soccer ball with red X
Rafael Búcaro soccer ball with check mark		 4-3 Mario Hugo Méndez soccer ball with check mark
Roberto Fernández soccer ball with check mark
Luis Ernesto Tapia soccer ball with check mark
Rey Cabrera soccer ball with red X
Jorge Navidad Linares soccer ball with red X


 1974-1975 
Platense
1st title

Records

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. El Salvador Sergio Méndez Atletico Marte 27
2. El Salvador David Cabrera FAS 20
3. El Salvador Oscar Guerrero (Lotario) Platense 14
4. Paraguay Nelson Brizuela Municipal Limeno 14
5. Argentina Guillermo Fischer Sonsonate 14
6. Brazil Helio Rodriguez Aguila 14
7. Brazil David Antonio Pinho Aguila 14
8. El Salvador Jose Edgardo Contreras Sonsonate 13
9. Argentina Tony Rojas UES 13
10. El Salvador Rafael Bucaro Platense 12

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: El Salvador Herbert Machón for Alianza against Platense, 27 minutes (March 17, 1974)
  • First goal by a foreign player: Argentina Tony Rojas for UES against Aguila, 66th minutes (March 20, 1974)
  • Fastest goal in a match: 1 Minutes
    • Argentina Luis César Condomí for Platense against Negocios Internacionales (December 22,1974)
  • Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 90+7 minutes
  • First penalty Kick of the season: El Salvador Jorge “Indio” Vásquez for Atletico Marte against FAS, th minutes (March 17, 1974)
  • Widest winning margin: 6 goals
    • Platense 5–0 Negocios Internacionales (November 17, 1974)
  • First hat-trick of the season: El Salvador Eduardo “Conejo” Valdez for FAS against Alianza (October 15, 1974)
  • First own goal of the season: El Salvador Salvador Mariona (Alianza) for FAS (July 31, 1974)
  • Most goals in a match: 7 goals
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 5 goals
    • Platense 5–0 Negocios Internacionales (November 17, 1974)
    • Negocios Internacionales 5-2 Sonsonate (October 27, 1974)
  • Most goals in one half by one team: 4 goals
    • Negocios Internacionales 4-0 (5-2) Sonsonate (1st half, October 27, 1974)
  • Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals
  • Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
  • Players that scored a hat-trick':

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1974-75 Campeonato. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
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