2019–20 Primera División de El Salvador
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Jocoro Nelson Ancheta Sacked August 2019 Oscar Eduardo Alvarez ( Interim ) August 2019 11th ( Apertura 2019 )
Santa Tecla Rodolfo Gochez Sacked August 2019 Leonel Carcamo ( Interim ) August 2019 10th ( Apertura 2019 )
Jocoro Oscar Eduardo Alvarez Interimship over September 2019 Marvin Benitez September 2019 12th ( Apertura 2019 )
FAS Erick Dowson Prado Sacked September 2019 Guillermo Rivera September 2019 9th ( Apertura 2019 )
Santa Tecla Leonel Carcamo interimship finished September 2019 Marco Sanchez September 2019 10th ( Apertura 2019 )
Independiente FC Juan Cortez Diéguez Sacked September 2019 Omar Sevilla October 2019 11th ( Apertura 2019 )
Aguila Carlos Romero Sacked October 2019 Santos Noel Riviera ( Interim ) October 2019 10th ( Apertura 2019 )
Aguila Santos Noel Riviera Interimship finished October 2019 Daniel Messina October 2019 10th ( Apertura 2019 )
Limeno William Renderos Iraheta Resigned due to personal reason November 2019 Manuel Carranza Murrillo ( Interim ) November 2019 3rd ( Apertura 2019 )
Managerial changes -- During the Apertura season
The 2019-20 Primera División de El Salvador (also known as the Liga Pepsi) is the 21st season and 41st and 42nd Primera División tournament, El Salvador's top football division, since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Santa Tecla and TBD are the defending champions of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively. The league will consist of 12 teams. There will be two seasons conducted under identical rules, with each team playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 22 games per tournament. At the end of each half-season tournament, the top six teams in that tournament's regular season standings will take part in the playoffs. The champions of Apertura or Clausura with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League. The other champion, and the runner-up with the better aggregate record will qualify for the 2020 CONCACAF League. Should the same team win both tournaments, both runners-up will qualify for CONCACAF League. Should the final of both tournaments features the same 2 teams, the semifinalist with the better aggregate record will qualify for CONCACAF League.