In the main soccer leagues of Central Americathe system decline It is generally defined by a cumulative table which adds the points from the Apertura and Clausura tournaments of the same season, so in the coming weeks the Central American teams that could lose the category in the region.
The decline in Central America, as in the rest of the world, represents a great financial crisis for the teams that are relegated, because the clubs receive less money for television rights, sponsorships and ticket sales, considering that the team stops competing against the best sets of the highest category.
For fans, the impact of relegation is considered a tragic momentsince it becomes a mixture of anger and sadnesswhich often represents a humiliation or blow to the club’s pride, resulting in further loss of players star or coaches, who seek to remain in the top category.
Despite this, the decline remains a sports punishment to poor performance, which leads to forced restructuring of the club, both sporting and economic. For this reason, many teams that are relegated spend years without being able to go up, they settle into leagues with lower visibility or prestige, and lose their ambitions.
Who loses the category in Central America?
Guatemala
After the fall of Deportivo Achuapa On matchday 20, the decline in Guatemalan soccer is red hot, mainly because four teams They reach the last day, which will be played simultaneously next Sunday, April 26, with the possibility of losing the senior category: Mictlán, Malacateco, Guastatoya and Marquense.
Of these four, the one in the most comfortable is Marquense, which has 53 points. However, the other three are tied in it penultimate place with 50 units each, so the last date of Clausura 2026 will define the second relegated team, who will accompany the onions to the country’s First Division.
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El Salvador
With two days on the horizon, there are still six points in dispute that could define the only relegated from the Salvadoran First Division of Professional Soccer. However, the team Zacatecoluca is currently at the bottom of the classification with 28 units, three below the San Francisco Sports Clubwith 31.
Despite this, in El Salvador the relegation will be a matter of three teams, because the Hercules Sports Clubwith 32 points, still has a chance of going down to the Second Division. Therefore, the last dates of the Clausura 2026 tournament will determine the team that will lose the senior category and say goodbye to the Salvadoran elite.
Honduras
Because in the National Professional Soccer League of the First Division of Honduras only a team descends, the struggle In order not to lose the category, two days before the end of the Clausura 2026 tournament, it is four sets: Victoria Sports Club, Atlético Choloma, Genesis Club of the National Police and Juticalpa.
A victory or a draw for Juticalpa in their next match practically would save of descent, so the true battle will be among the last three: Génesis National Police, with 34 points; Atlético Choloma, with 31 units; and the CD Victoria, with 30so the bottom does not depend on himself to save himself from this disaster.
Costa Rica
With two days left until the Clausura 2026 tournament of the First Division in Costa Rica ends, the only descent is already practically defined, because the Guadalupe Soccer Club need a miracle to get out of the basement of the cumulative table, where sum 27 pointssix units below the AD San Carloswith 33.
To save itself, Guadalupe FC needs to defeat Saprissa (second place) and Carthaginian (fourth place), and hope that the San Carlos Sports Association loses its next two games. Therefore, the decline could be defined this Wednesday April 22 If the sports entity of the canton of Goicoechea It does not add three visit points.
