Primera División Reserves (El Salvador)
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Primera División Reserves (El Salvador) (officially known as Torneo Reservas), is the reserve team
league for the top El Salvador
football
teams in the Primera División. The league is split into a Clausura and Apertura season.
The league in its current form started out in 2009, restarting the top level of reserve-team football which had been inactive since 2003.
Teams are not relegated from the Torneo Reservas League based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams. If a senior team is relegated from the Premier League, then the reserve team is relegated from the Premier Reserve League and replaced by the reserve team of the promoted team from the .
Reserve team
Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...
league for the top El Salvador
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
teams in the Primera División. The league is split into a Clausura and Apertura season.
The league in its current form started out in 2009, restarting the top level of reserve-team football which had been inactive since 2003.
Teams are not relegated from the Torneo Reservas League based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams. If a senior team is relegated from the Premier League, then the reserve team is relegated from the Premier Reserve League and replaced by the reserve team of the promoted team from the .
Champions
The list of all finals| Tournament | Winner | Score | Runner up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clausura 2009 | C.D. FAS (reserve) | 1-0 | Juventud Independiente (reserves) |
| Apertura 2009 | Alianza (Reserve) | 2-0 | FAS (reserve) |
| Clausura 2010 | Atletico Marte (Reserve) | 5-5 aet (5–4 pen Penalty shootout The shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots in that a single player takes one shot on goal... ) |
FAS (reserve) |
| Apertura 2010 | Alianza Reserve | 1-0 | Isidro Metapan (reserve) |
| Clausura 2011 | Alianza (reserve) | 1–0 | C.D. Aguila (reserve) |