1974–75 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season	1974–75
Champions	Platense (1st Title)
Relegated	Sonsonate
	← 1973 1975–76 →

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	TBD	Juan Francisco Barraza	TBD	TBD	TBD
Alianza	TBD	Néstor Valdez Moraga	Salvador Mariona	Nil	Nil
Atlético Marte	TBD	Isaías Choto	TBD	TBD	TBD
FAS	TBD	Max “Katan” Cubas & Mauricio Mora	TBD	Nil	Nil
Luis Angel Firpo	TBD	Jorge Tupinambá	TBD	TBD	TBD
Municipal Limeno	TBD	Luis “Chispo” Santana	TBD	TBD	TBD
Negocios Internacionales	TBD	Gregorio Bundio	TBD	TBD	TBD
Platense	TBD	Juan Quarterone	Edgar Cabrera	TBD	TBD
Sonsonate	TBD	Mario “Tiorra” Castro	TBD	TBD	TBD
Universidad	TBD	Mauricio Pipo Rodriguez	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	Jorge Tupinambá	Mutual Consent	January 1974	Juan Quarterone	February 1974
LA Firpo	Luis ‘Chispo’ Santana	Resigned	February 1974	Jorge Tupinambá	March 13, 1974

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Aguila	Juan Francisco Barraza	Resigned	1974	Hernán Carrasco Vivanco	1974
FAS	Max Katan Cubas	Sacked	1974	Carlos Javier Mascaró	1974
LA Firpo	Jorge Tupinambá	Sacked	1974	Marcelo Estrada	1974
Sonsonate	Mario “Tiorra” Castro	Sacked	1974	Jorge Tupinambá	1974
LA Firpo	Marcelo Estrada	Sacked	1974	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: [1] (in Spanish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Playoffs

Semifinals 1st leg

December 11, 1974

Negocios Internacionales	1-0	Atletico Marte
Mario Hugo Méndez 73'		Nil

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

December 15, 1974

Platense	3-1	FAS
Rafael Búcaro 8' Jaime Castro 22' Óscar Armando Payés 26'		David Cabrera penalty

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

Semifinals 2nd leg

December 15, 1974

Atlético Marte	1-0	Negocios Internacionales
Sergio Méndez 33'		Nil

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

December 16, 1974

Negocios Internacionales	2-1	Atlético Marte
Roberto Fernández 63' 104'		Francisco Zaldaña 83'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

December 15, 1974

FAS	1-1	Platense
Velásquez 43'		Norberto Zafanella 37'

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

3rd place match

December 19, 1974

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

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

Final

December 19, 1974

Platense	2-0	Negocios Internacionales
Rafael Búcaro 16' 25'		Nil

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

December 22, 1974

Negocios Internacionales	2-0	Platense Municipal Zacatecoluca
Roberto Fernández 24' 83'		Nil

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

December 29, 1974

Platense	1-1	Negocios Internacionales
Luis César Condomí 1'		Luis Ernesto Tapia 26'
Penalties
Norberto Zafanella Luis César Condomí Jorge Búcaro Mauricio González Rafael Búcaro	4-3	Mario Hugo Méndez Roberto Fernández Luis Ernesto Tapia Rey Cabrera Jorge Navidad Linares

Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca

1974-1975
Platense 1st title

Records

Top scorers

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

Scoring

First goal of the season: Herbert Machón for Alianza against Platense, 27 minutes (March 17, 1974)
First goal by a foreign player: Tony Rojas for UES against Aguila, 66th minutes (March 20, 1974)
Fastest goal in a match: 1 Minutes
- Luis César Condomí for Platense against Negocios Internacionales (December 22,1974)
Goal scored at the latest goal in a match: 90+7 minutes
- Ismael “Cisco” Díaz goal for Aguila against Atletico Marte, (May 5, 1974)
First penalty Kick of the season: 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: Eduardo “Conejo” Valdez for FAS against Alianza (October 15, 1974)
First own goal of the season: Salvador Mariona (Alianza) for FAS (July 31, 1974)
Most goals in a match: 7 goals
- Aguila 3-4 Sonsonate (September 29, 1974)
- Negocios Internacionales 5-2 Sonsonate (October 27, 1974)
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
- Aguila 3-4 Sonsonate (September 29, 1974)
- LA Firpo 3–4 Sonsonate (November 3, 1974)
- Municipal Limeno 3–4 Aguila (November 3, 1974)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 4 goals
- Sergio Méndez for Atletico Marte against Municipal Limeno (October 27, 1974)
Players that scored a hat-trick':
- Eduardo “Conejo” Valdez for FAS against Alianza (October 15, 1974)
- Sergio Méndez for Atletico Marte against Municipal Limeno (October 27, 1974)

List of foreign players in the league

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

C.D. Águila