C.D. Municipal Limeño

The club was founded on 11 September 1949 and started and continues to be based in the town of Santa Rosa de Lima in the department of La Union. The club began playing in the second division and spent almost twenty years there until in 1971 Municipal Limeño got promoted to the top flight at the expense of UCA.

First tenure in the first division (1972–1975)

Municipal Limeño campaign of the 1972 season was exceptional one for a newly promoted team with them coming in sixth place with sixteen points their team was led strongly by the Guatemalan Tomas Gambo, who scored five goals (the team leading goalscorer) and enabled the club to qualify to the semi-final group. However their experience was an unhappy one with the team losing all their games and bowing out of championship contention. Limeño 1973 and 1974 season were unhappy campaign with the team struggling and finishing in the relegation group, however both time the team managed to survive relegation at the expense of Excelsior and Sonsonate. But after several near relegation, Municipal Limeño finally were relegated in the 1975 season after only earning 16 points from 33 games. The club were forced to play a promotion-relegation battle against Once Municipal in which the team lost and were relegated to the second division along with Juventud Olímpico.

Second tenure in the first division (1993–2005)

It would not be until 1993, 18 years after getting relegated, that they would make a return to the first…

Overall seasons table in Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Last updated: 11 May 2022

Municipal Limeño have won Domestic league honours predominately in the lower leagues. The club's last El Salvador honour was in 2016 when they won the Segunda División in 2016.

Domestic honours

Primera Division of El Salvador and predecessors Runners-up (4): Apertura 1999, Apertura 2000, Clausura 2024, Clausura 2025 Segunda División Salvadorean and predecessors Champions: (5): 1971, 1992, 1993, Apertura 2015, Clausura 2016