The 2016–17 season (officially known as Liga de Plata and also as Torneo Luis Baltazar Ramírez) will be El Salvador's Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño The season will be split into two championships Apertura 2016 and Clausura 2017.
The champions of the Apertura and Clausura play the direct promotion playoff every year.
Teams promoted to 2016–17 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season Teams relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño - Apertura 2016 Teams relegated to Tercera División de Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016 Teams promoted from Tercera Division De Fútbol Profesional - Apertura 2016 New Teams or teams that purchased a spot in the Segunda division Teams that failed to register for the Apertura 2016 A total of 23 teams will contest the league, including sides from the 2015–16 Segunda División and 3 promoted from the Tercera Division.
However, all three teams will play a series of home and away games and only two will be relegated to the Tercera Division this season.
While Vendaval and Leones de Occidente were relegated.