Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2013

The Apertura 2013 season is the 31st edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Firpo are the defending champions. The league will consist of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams at the end of the regular season will take part of the playoffs.

Team information
A total of 10 teams will contest the league, including nine sides from the Clausura 2013 and one promoted from the 2012–13 Segunda División.

Once Municipal were relegated to 2013–14 Segunda División the previous season.

The relegated team were replaced by 2012–13 Segunda División Playoffs promotion winner. Ciclon de Golfo won the Apertura 2012 title, this led to take part of the promotion playoffs along with the Clausura 2013 champions side C.D. Dragon. Dragon won the playoffs by the score of 3–1.

Promotion and relegation
Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2013. Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 6, 2012.
 * Champions: C.D. Dragón
 * Last Place: Once Municipal

Controversy
Twelve players were banned for life from playing football after they were found guilty for match fixing El Salvador international match fixtures. ten of those players played their football in El Salvador, which caused the clubs affected to replace them mid season. The clubs affected from the match fixing scandals including Águila with four players banned for life (Luis Anaya, Darwin Bonilla, José Henríquez, Reynaldo Hernández), Firpo with three players banned for life(Christian Castillo, Dagoberto Portillo, Dennis Alas) and one player banned for 18 months Carlos Romeo Monteagudo, Alianza with two players banned for life (Osael Romero, Miguel Montes), FAS with two players banned for life (Miguel Granadino, Ramón Flores), Metapan with one player banned for life Alfredo Pacheco and one player banned for six month Eliseo Quintanilla, and Santa Tecla F.C. with one player banned for life Marvin González.

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2013. The following players:
 * 1) have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
 * 2) have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

C.D. Águila
 * 🇨🇴 Óscar Morera Orange x.svg
 * 🇦🇷 Héctor Amarilla Orange x.svg
 * 🇺🇸 🇬🇭 Eddie Ababio
 * 🇵🇦 Sergio Thompson
 * 🇭🇳 Oscar Zepeda

Alianza F.C.
 * 🇩🇴 Jonathan Faña
 * 🇦🇷 Diego Passarelli
 * 🇯🇲 Sean Fraser

Atlético Marte
 * 🇺🇾 Mauro Aldave
 * 🇨🇴 Miller Lazarazo
 * 🇦🇷 Gonzalo Mazzia

C.D. Dragón
 * 🇨🇴 Jhony Rios
 * 🇨🇴 Jimmy Valoyes
 * 🇨🇴 Mario Sergio Angulo

Juventud Independiente
 * 🇨🇴 Kelvin Palacios Orange x.svg
 * 🇺🇾 Jesús Toscanini
 * 🇳🇬 Augustine Jibrin

(player released during the season)

C.D. FAS
 * 🇦🇷 Alejandro Bentos
 * 🇨🇴 Jefferson Viveros
 * 🇺🇾 Martín Morales Orange x.svg
 * 🇬🇹 Cristian Noriega

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
 * 🇵🇦 Anel Canales
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Martinez Abidel
 * 🇯🇲 Jeremie Lynch

A.D. Isidro Metapán
 * 🇭🇳 Ernesto Aquino
 * 🇵🇷 Héctor Ramos
 * 🇧🇷 Junio Pinto Catarin

Santa Tecla F.C.
 * 🇦🇷 Facundo Nicolás Simioli
 * 🇦🇷 Bruno Camilletti
 * 🇺🇾 Christian Vaquero

UES
 * 🇧🇷 Klayton da Silva
 * 🇨🇴 Cristian Gil Mosquera
 * 🇺🇾 Martín Mederos Orange x.svg