Copa Presidente (El Salvador)


The Copa Presidente is the top knock-out football tournament in El Salvador. The first edition was played in 1999, resulting champion C.D. Águila of El Salvador. From 2000 to 2006, the competition was played two more times with Atlético Balboa and Once Municipal winning the cup. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 2006, was restored in 2016 The cup is currently sponsored by Claro and thus officially known as the Copa Claro.
The Cup tournament is played as a separate tournament from the league.

Format Change

In 2014, the tournament was briefly brought back played between Águila and FAS. However, the cup turned out to be a one-off event.

Re-launch

On June 16, 2016 it was announced that a new cup competition would be played during Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017. The tournament will involve 12 teams from the First Division, plus 10 of the Second Division and 10 of the Third Division for a total of 32 participants. The teams will be placed into 8 groups of 4. The 8 group winners, plus the 8 group runners-up, move on to the new round.
The cup will be called Copa Claro for sponsorship reason and the winner will receive 15,000 dollars.
In 2025, Yamil Bukele, the director of the National Institute of Sports of El Salvador, announced that the Copa Presidente would return the following year.

List of finals

Copa Presidente (1939–2013)

YearChampionScoreRunner-upGoalscorers for the ChampionGoalscorers for the runner upManager
1930–31CD 331–0Firpo
1931–32CD 330–0 Aguilas
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39Corsario del Puerto Libertard4–0El 44
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91Atletico Marte2–1LA Firpo

Copa Presidente / Independencia (2014)

YearChampionScoreRunner-upGoalscorers for the ChampionGoalscorers for the runner upManager
2014–15Águila2–0FAS

Copa Presidente (2026–present)

YearChampionScoreRunner-upManager
2026

List of Participants

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning years
Águila211999–2000, 2014–15
Santa Tecla22016–17, 2018–19
Once Municipal12006–07
Atlético Balboa12005–06
Atlético Marte11990–91
FAS-2
Luis Ángel Firpo2
Independiente Nacional 19051
Audaz1