The Segunda División de El Salvador (Second Division of El Salvador) is the second tier of football in El Salvador governed by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol (FESFUT). Teams contest to promote to the Primera División.

The winning sides of the annual Apertura and Clausura contest each other, the winner directly promotes to Primera División.

The losing side of the match contest the last place team of Primera División to trigger promotion and relegation should the Primera División team lose to the Segunda División side.

History

The Salvadoran Football Federation decided to improve the quality and competitiveness of football.

Segunda División, also called Liga B, was created in 1950 divided into two groups to contest within each group. The top sides of each group then contested in order that the winner directly promotes to Primera División.

Category of Ascent was made of 12 teams, four teams in each zone: central, western and eastern.[]

The founding 12 teams in Segunda División were ANTEL, Atlético Marte, Marte Soyapango, Caterpillar de San Salvador, Picapiedra del Plan de la Laguna, Antiguo Cuscatlán, Dragón, Once Municipal, Molino F. C, Ahuachapán and Puertas de Santa Ana y San Rafael.

The inaugural President of the Segunda División was Dr Mauro Alfredo Bernal Silva.

The number of teams increased up to twelve teams per zone (36 teams altogether). In 1986 the Legislative Assembly[] emitted a decree in the Reforms to the Law of Football and the Category of Ascent that Segunda División would be limited to only 24 teams split into two groups.

In 2007, Segunda División adopted an Apertura and Clausura format.

足球联赛“萨尔瓦多乙级联赛”(Divisão de Elite do Futebol),是萨尔瓦多足球联赛(Campeonato Nacional de Futebol)中的第二级别联赛,仅次于萨尔瓦多甲级联赛。该联赛由萨尔瓦多足球协会(Federação Salvadoreira de Futebol)负责管理。

该联赛成立于1978年,旨在为萨尔瓦多足球培养更多的人才,并为甲级联赛提供优秀的球员。联赛分为两个赛区,每个赛区共有10支球队,采取双循环赛制比赛,每场比赛计算主客场成绩,最后按照积分、净胜球和进球数排名次。

在“萨尔瓦多乙级联赛”中表现优秀的球队有机会晋级到甲级联赛,或者通过附加赛获得参加解放者杯等南美俱乐部赛事的资格。因此,这个联赛对于萨尔瓦多足球的发展起到了非常重要的作用。