Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season	Apertura 2008
Champions	A.D. Isidro Metapán (2nd title)
CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Top goalscorer	Carlos Ayala (11)
	← Clausura 2008 Clausura 2009 →

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008 season (officially known as "Torneo Apertura 2008"), started on August 2, 2008, and finished on December 21, 2008.

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo came into the tournament as defending champions, having won their eighth league title in the previous season. A total of 10 teams contested the league, 8 of which had already participated in the Clausura 2008 season, and two of which had been promoted from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

The 10 teams of the Primera División each played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals.

The winner of the final series gained entry into the CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10.^[1]

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 27, 2008.

Champions: C.D. Atlético Balboa
Runner-up (won through playoff): Juventud Independiente

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 27, 2008.

Last place: Once Municipal
Second last (lost through playoff): San Salvador F.C.

Team Information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Agustin Castillo	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Pablo Centrone	TBD	TBD
C.D. Atlético Balboa	TBD	Gustavo de Simone	TBD	TBD
C.D. Chalatenango		Carlos Antonio Melendez
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Miguel Obando Aguilar	TBD	TBD
Juventud Independiente		Jorge Abrego	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapan		Edwin Portillo	TBD	TBD
Nejapa F.C.		Mauricio Cienfuegos	TBD	TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Victor Coreas	TBD	TBD

League standings

Place	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	+/-	Points
1.	C.D. Águila	18	10	4	4	39	19	+20	34
2.	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	8	7	3	32	21	+12	31
3.	C.D. FAS	18	8	6	4	27	22	+5	30
4.	C.D. Chalatenango	18	7	7	4	25	24	+1	28
5.	C.D. Vista Hermosa	18	7	6	5	20	16	+4	27
6.	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	5	7	6	20	18	+2	22
7.	C.D. Atlético Balboa	18	4	8	6	23	29	-6	20
8.	Juventud Independiente	18	4	7	7	21	35	-14	19
9.	Alianza F.C.	18	4	5	9	19	25	-6	17
10.	Nejapa F.C.	18	2	5	11	16	34	-18	11


	Qualified to finals

Semifinals 1st Leg

Metapán v FAS

2008-12-06

Metapán	1 – 3	FAS
Mejía 86'	Report	Mendoza 55' 75' Bentos 77'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
Attendance: 2,549

Chalatenango v Águila

2008-12-07

Chalatenango	3 – 0	Águila
Osorio 50' (pen.) 78' González 92'	Report

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez
Attendance: 4,800

Semifinals 2nd Leg

Águila v Chalatenango

2008-12-13

Águila	1 – 0	Chalatenango
José Oliveira de Souza 79'	Report

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza
Attendance: 5,122

FAS v Metapán

2008-12-13

FAS	1 – 3	Metapán
Alfredo Pacheco 65'	Report	Williams Reyes 16' Alexander Amaya del Cid 35' Dagoberto Portillo 45'

Estadio Oscar Quiteño
Attendance: 11,463

Final

Chalatenango v Metapán

2008-12-21

Chalatenango	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Metapán
Carlos Ayala 48' Mark Lester Blanco 63' Amílcar Ramírez 100'		Dagoberto Portillo 47' (pen.) José Manuel Martínez 65' Dagoberto Portillo 115' (pen.)
	Penalties
Martínez Ramírez Ayala Víchez Osorio	3 – 4	Portillo Reyes Suárez Escobar Prado

Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 14,403


Chalatenango
GK	25	Yassir Deras
DF	6	Cristian López
DF	5	Ramón Martínez
DF	3	Hermes Martínez Misal
DF	14	Roberto Garcia
MF	4	Juan Carlos Serrano	58'
MF	7	Oscar Navarro
MF	17	Lester Blanco
MF	8	Manuel Luna	77'
FW	20	José Luis Osorio
FW	11	Carlos Ayala
Substitutes:
FW	13	Fredy Vichez	58'
MF	19	Mario Deras	77'
Manager:
Carlos Antonio Meléndez


Isidro Metapán:
GK	17	Dagoberto Portillo
DF	23	Ricardo Alvarado
DF	19	Alexander Escobar
DF	5	Ernesto Noel Aquino
DF	16	Ernesto Iraheta	64'
MF	8	Mario Aguilar
MF	20	Héctor Mejía
MF	14	Álex Amaya del Cid	106'
MF	10	Paolo Suárez
FW	11	William Reyes
FW	13	Julio Enrique Martinez	106'
Substitutes:
FW	9	Manuel Martinez	64'
MF	6	Erick Dowson Prado	104'
DF	8	Jorge Morán	106'
Manager:
Edwin Portillo

Champion

Apertura 2008 Champion:
A.D. Isidro Metapán
2nd title

A.D. Isidro Metapán qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Nicolás Muñoz for Alianza against Balboa (2 August 2008)
Fastest goal in a match: 25 seconds – Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos for FAS against Nejapa (26 October 2008)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+9 minutes
- José Oliveira de Souza for Águila against Independiente (23 August 2008)
Widest winning margin: 10 – Águila 10–0 Independiente (23 August 2008)
Most goals in a match: 10
- Águila 10–0 Independiente (23 August 2008)
- Balboa 3-7 Independiente (30 August 2008)
First hat-trick of the season: José Oliveira de Souza for Águila against Independiente (30 August 2008)
First own goal of the season: Luis Espíndola for Nejapa against Balboa (29 October 2008)
Most goals by one player in a single match: 3
- José Oliveira de Souza for Águila against Independiente (30 August 2008)
Most goals by one team in a match: 10
- Águila 10–0 Independiente (23 August 2008)
Most goals in one half by one team: 6
- Águila 10–0 Independiente (23 August 2008)
Most goals scored by losing team: 3
- Balboa 3-7 Independiente (30 August 2008)

Average home attendance

Highest average home attendance: 3,712 (Águila)
Lowest average home attendance: 667 (Nejapa)

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets - Firpo (9)
Fewest clean sheets - Nejapa, Alianza and Independiente (7)

Overall

Most wins - Águila (10)
Fewest wins - Nejapa (2)
Most draws - Balboa (8)
Fewest draws - Águila (4)
Most losses - Nejapa (11)
Fewest losses - Metapán (3)
Most goals scored - Águila (39)
Fewest goals scored - Nejapa (16)
Most goals conceded - Independiente (35)
Fewest goals conceded - Vista Hermosa (16)

Home

Most wins - Águila and Metapán (6)
Fewest wins - Independiente and Alianza (1)
Most draws - Independiente (5)
Fewest draws - Nejapa and Metapán (1)
Most losses - Alianza (4)
Fewest losses - Águila, Metapán, FAS, Chalatenango and Vista Hermosa (1)
Most goals scored - Metapán (24)
Fewest goals scored - Independiente (5)
Most goals conceded - Nejapa (20)
Fewest goals conceded - Águila (6)

Away

Most wins - Águila and FAS (4)
Fewest wins - Nejapa (0)
Most draws - Metapán and Balboa (5)
Fewest draws - Alianza (1)
Most losses - Alianza and Nejapa (5)
Fewest losses - Metapán (2)
Most goals scored - Águila (17)
Fewest goals scored - Nejapa (6)
Most goals conceded - Independiente (25)
Fewest goals conceded - Metapán and Vista Hermosa (9)

Top scorers

Total	Player		Team	Goals per Round
Total	Player		Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
11		Carlos Ayala	Chalatenango	1			1		1			1	2	1		1			1	2
9		José Oliveira de Souza	Águila			2	3	1		1	1		1
8		Cesar Larios	FAS	1		1	1				1	1	1		1			1
8		Williams Reyes	Metapán	1	1		1				1					2				2
8		Franklin Webster	Balboa		1	1	1	2				1		1				1
7		Fernando Leguizamón	Firpo				1	1				1	1	1			1		1
7		Pompilio Cacho	Vista Hermosa	1			1	1	1		1			1		1
5		Rudis Corrales	Águila	2	1										1			1
5		Gabriel Garcete	Metapán		1	1				1		1			1	1
5		Alcides Bandera	Balboa	1					1			1				1				1
5		Emiliano Pedrozo	Nejapa											1		1	1	1	1
5		Nicolás Muñoz	Alianza	1			1	1					1				1
5		Alfredo Pacheco	FAS		1				2				1			1
As of the end of the regular season

Fastest scorers

Scorer	Time (seconds)	Team	Opponent
Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos	25	FAS	Nejapa
Mario Aguilar Posada	40	Metapán	Firpo
Christian Castillo	42	Alianza	Águila

Attendance

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
14,403	Final	21 December 2008	Chalatenango	3 – 3	Metapán	Estadio Cuscatlán	Sunday	Afternoon
11,463	Semifinal - 2nd leg	13 December 2008	FAS	1 – 3	Metapán	Estadio Oscar Quiteño	Saturday	Night
7,690	Round 2	6 August 2008	Águila	3 – 1	FAS	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	Wednesday	Night
6,997	Round 16	12 November 2008	FAS	1 – 0	Águila	Estadio Oscar Quiteño	Wednesday	Night
6,156	Round 8	20 September 2008	Águila	1 – 0	Alianza	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	Saturday	Twilight
5,815	Round 15	15 November 2008	FAS	1 – 1	Metapán	Estadio Oscar Quiteño	Saturday	Night
5,307	Round 2	6 August 2008	Alianza	3 – 1	Independiente	Estadio Cuscatlán	Wednesday	Afternoon
5,122	Semifinal - 2nd leg	13 December 2008	Águila	1 – 0	Chalatenango	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	Saturday	Night
4,800	Semifinal - 1st leg	7 December 2008	Chalatenango	3 – 0	Águila	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez	Sunday	Afternoon
4,722	Round 13	5 November 2008	Águila	3 – 2	Firpo	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	Wednesday	Night
4,510	Round 3	9 August 2008	Firpo	1 – 2	Alianza	Estadio Sergio Torres	Saturday	Night

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Chalatenango	Juan Ramon Sanchez	TBD	June 2008	Carlos Antonio Melendez	June 2008	Pre-season
Nejapa	Mauricio Cienfuegos	Mutual consent	14 August 2008	Emiliano Pedrozo	August 2008	10th
Nejapa	Emiliano Pedrozo	went back to being a player	September 2008	Daniel Uberti	5 September 2008	10th
Firpo	Gerardo Reinoso	Sacked	25 August 2008	Oscar Benitez	2 September 2008	7th
Balboa	Gustavo de Simone	Sacked	30 August 2008	Roberto Gamarra	5 September 2008	10th
Alianza	Pablo Centrone	Sacked	14 September 2008	Carlos Jurado	16 September 2008	5th
Firpo	Oscar Benítez	Sacked	9 December 2008	Agustín Castillo	23 December 2008	Post-season (6th)
Águila	Agustín Castillo	Sacked	15 December 2008	Pablo Centrone	24 December 2008	Post-season (Semifinals)
FAS	Nelson Ancheta	Sacked	27 December 2008	Roberto Gamarra	1 January 2009	Post-season (Semifinals)
Nejapa	Daniel Uberti	Sacked	29 December 2008	Nelson Ancheta	29 December 2008	Post-season (10th)
Balboa	Roberto Gamarra	Mutual consent	1 January 2009	Carlos De Toro	16 January 2009	Post-season (7th)
Juventud	Jorge Abrego	Sacked	December 2008	Ramón Sánchez	December 2009	Post-season (8th)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2008. The following players:

have played at least one apetura game for the respective club.
have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this season 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

Alianza F.C.

Atlético Balboa

Chalatenango

C.D. FAS

(player released mid season) 13px Injury replacement player

Juventud Independiente

Carlos Escalante
Lucas Abraham
Fabricio Da Silva

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Nejapa FC

Juan Carlos Reyes
Luis Espíndola
Henry Josué Martínez

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Vista Hermosa

References

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External links

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