 Ramon Sanchez left the club for the first division club, Chalatenango.Ramon Sanchez's ten-year reign had come to an end.The board selected Jorge Ábrego to coach the team and despite losing automatic qualification to the first division, They won promotion from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño to Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador after beating San Salvador 4–2 in the play-off series which allowed Juventud to qualify to the first division for the first time in the club history.