Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 1999

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Clausura 1999
Champions	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (6th title)
Relegated	Sonsonate
Top goalscorer	Emiliano Pedrozo (12)
Biggest home win	Alianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
Biggest away win	Santa Clara 0-2 Águila (January 30, 1999)
Highest scoring	Alianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
	← Apertura 1998 Apertura 1999 →

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 1999 season (officially "Copa Clima Clausura 1999") started on January 10, 1999, and finished on May 30, 1999

The season saw C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo win its 6th league title after a 5-4 penalty victory over FAS in the final after the game was ted at 1-1.

Team information[]

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ADET		Luis Ángel León	TBD	TBD
Águila		Carlos Vieira	TBD	TBD
Alianza	Óscar Rodríguez	Reno Renucci	TBD	TBD
Árabe Marte	TBD	José Luis Rugamas	TBD	TBD
Dragón	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
FAS	TBD	Óscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	LG
Firpo	TBD	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	Pepsi
Municipal Limeño	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Santa Clara	TBD	Manuel Mejía	TBD	TBD
Sonsonate	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Managerial changes[]

During the season[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
ADET	Luis Angel León	Resigned	1999	Juan Quarterone	1999
Firpo	Nelson Brizuela	Sacked	March 28, 1999	Julio Escobar	1999
Atletico Marte	José Luis Rugamas	Sacked	1999	Juan Ramón Paredes	1999
Santa Clara	Manuel Mejía	Sacked	1999		1999

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	C.D. FAS	18	9	6	3	28	16	+12	33	Qualified to finals
2	Árabe Marte	18	8	7	3	30	23	+7	31
3	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	8	6	4	25	18	+7	30
4	Águila	18	7	6	5	18	13	+5	27
5	Limeño	18	5	8	5	27	27	0	23
6	Alianza	18	4	10	4	24	20	+4	22
7	Dragón	18	3	10	5	16	20	−4	19
8	ADET	18	5	4	9	22	28	−6	19
9	C.D. Santa Clara	18	5	4	9	21	35	−14	19
10	Sonsonate	18	3	5	10	24	35	−11	14	Relegated to Segunda Division

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Home \ Away	ADET	ÁGU	ALI	ATM	DRA	FAS	FIR	LIM	SAN	SON
ADET		0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–1
Águila	1–0		0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0
Alianza	2–1	0–2		3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	7–0	0–0
Árabe Marte	1–0	2–0	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–3	3–3
Dragón	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–1		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1
C.D. FAS	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–1		1–0	3–1	2–2	3–1
Luis Ángel Firpo	4–2	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1		2–1	4–0	2–0
Municipal Limeño	4–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–2	1–3		2–0	2–2
Santa Clara	1–4	0–2	0–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–2		0–1
Sonsonate	2–3	1–0	1–2	2–4	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals 1st Leg[]

May 15, 1999

C.D. Águila	2-2	C.D. FAS
Jorge Abrego own goal 12' Waldir Guerra 68'		Miguel "Gallo" Mariano 9' & 50'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

May 16, 1999

Árabe Marte	0-2	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
None		12' 12'

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca

Semifinals 2nd Leg[]

May 22, 1999

C.D. FAS	1-0	C.D. Águila
Miguel “Gallo” Mariano 56'		None

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

May 22, 2000

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	0-1	Árabe Marte
None		Rene Toledo 12'

Estadio Juan Torres

Final[]

May 30, 1999

C.D. FAS	1-1	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Jorge Wagner 54' (pen.)		Mauricio Dos Santos 12'
Penalties
Bladimir Cubías Iraheta Ricardo Cuéllar Jorge Wagner Fredy Gonzalez	4-5	Misael Alfaro Castro Borja Celio Rodríguez Nildenson De Mello Raul Toro

Estadio Cuscatlán


FAS
GK		Adolfo Menéndez
DF		Jorge Abrego
DF		William Osorio
DF		Oscar Martinez
DF		William Renderos Iraheta
MF		Ricardo Cuéllar
MF		Jorge Wagner
MF		Gilberto Murgas
MF		Nelson Nerio
FW		Miguel Gallo Mariano
FW		Marlon Medrano
Substitutes:
FW		Jaime Vladimir Cubías 54'
MF		Fredy González Víchez
MF		Ángel Luis Rodríguez
Manager:
Óscar Emigdio Benítez


Firpo:
GK		Misael Alfaro
DF		Guillermo García
DF		Carlos Castro Borja
DF		Mauricio Dos Santos
DF		Hector Canjura
DF		Juan "la Chura" Gámez
MF		Santos Cabrera
MF		Raul Toro
MF		Marcos Portillo
FW		Jorge Alemán
FW		Celio Rodríguez
Substitutes:
DF		Abraham Monterrosa
FW		René Durán
FW		Nildeson
Manager:
Julio Escobar

Champion[]

Clausura 1999 Champion
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 6th title

Top scorers[]

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Emiliano Pedrozo	C.D. Santa Clara	12
2.	Miguel Mariano	C.D. FAS	10

List of foreign players in the league[]

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 1999. 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

ADET

C.D. Águila

Marcio Sampaio
Agnaldo de Oliveira

Alianza F.C.

Alejandro Curbelo

Arabe Marte

Dragon

C.D. FAS

Miguel Mariano
Jorge Wagner

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Celio Rodríguez
Mauricio Dos Santos
Raul Toro
Nildeson

Municipal Limeno

Santa Clara

Emiliano Pedrozo

Sonsonate

Player released mid season

Player injured mid season

Injury replacement player

External links[]

http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/elsal99.html

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