Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008

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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
SeasonApertura 2008
ChampionsA.D. Isidro Metapán (2nd title)
CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10A.D. Isidro Metapán
Top goalscorerEl Salvador Carlos Ayala (11)

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 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.[1]

Promotion and relegation[]

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

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

Team information[]

Personnel and sponsoring[]

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila El Salvador Peru Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Alianza El Salvador Argentina Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
C.D. Atlético Balboa El Salvador TBD Uruguay Gustavo de Simone TBD TBD
C.D. Chalatenango El Salvador El Salvador Carlos Meléndez
FAS El Salvador Reynaldo Valle El Salvador Nelson Ancheta TBD TBD
Firpo El Salvador TBD El Salvador Miguel Obando TBD TBD
Juventud Independiente El Salvador El Salvador Jorge Abrego TBD TBD
Isidro Metapán El Salvador El Salvador Edwin Portillo TBD TBD
Nejapa F.C. El Salvador El Salvador Mauricio Cienfuegos TBD TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa El Salvador TBD El Salvador Víctor Coreas TBD TBD

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C.D. Águila 18 10 4 4 39 19 +20 34 Qualified to semifinals
2 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 8 7 3 32 21 +11 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
Source:[citation needed]

Semifinals 1st Leg[]

Metapán1–3FAS
Héctor Mejía Goal 86' Report Osvaldo Mendoza Goal 55', Goal 75'
Alejandro Bentos Goal 77'
Attendance: 2,549
Chalatenango3–0Águila
José Luis Osorio Goal 50' (pen.), Goal 78'
Fredy Vichéz Goal 92'		 Report
Attendance: 4,800

Semifinals 2nd Leg[]

Águila1–0Chalatenango
José de Souza Goal 79' Report
Attendance: 5,122
FAS1–3Metapán
Alfredo Pacheco Goal 65' Report Williams Reyes Goal 16'
José Amaya Goal 35'
Dagoberto Portillo Goal 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,463

Final[]

[2]

Chalatenango3–3 (a.e.t.)Metapán
Carlos Ayala Goal 48'
Léster Blanco Goal 62'
Amílcar Ramírez Goal 100'		 Dagoberto Portillo Goal 47' (pen.)
José Manuel Martínez Goal 65'
Dagoberto Portillo Goal 113' (pen.)
Penalties
Hermes Martínez Penalty missed
Amílcar Ramírez Penalty scored
Carlos Ayala Penalty scored
Fredy Vichéz Penalty missed
José Luis Osorio Penalty scored		 3–4 Penalty scored Dagoberto Portillo
Penalty scored Williams Reyes
Penalty missed Paolo Suárez
Penalty scored Alexander Escobar
Penalty scored Erick Prado
Attendance: 14,403

Champion[]

 Med 1.png 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
  • 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
  • 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
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
11 El Salvador Carlos Ayala Chalatenango 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
9 Brazil José Oliveira de Souza Águila 2 3 1 1 1 1
8 El Salvador César Larios FAS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 Honduras El Salvador Williams Reyes Metapán 1 1 1 1 2 2
8 Honduras Franklin Webster Balboa 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
7 Argentina Edgar Leguizamón Firpo 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 Honduras Pompilio Cacho Vista Hermosa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 El Salvador Rudis Corrales Águila 2 1 1 1
5 Paraguay Gabriel Garcete Metapán 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 Uruguay Alcides Bandera Balboa 1 1 1 1 1
5 Argentina El Salvador Emiliano Pedrozo Nejapa 1 1 1 1 1
5 Panama Nicolás Muñoz Alianza 1 1 1 1 1
5 El Salvador Alfredo Pacheco FAS 1 2 1 1
As of the end of the regular season

Fastest scorers[]

Scorer Time (seconds) Team Opponent
Argentina Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos 25 FAS Nejapa
El Salvador Mario Aguilar Posada 40 Metapán Firpo
El Salvador 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 El Salvador Juan Ramón Sánchez TBD June 2008 El Salvador Carlos Antonio Meléndez June 2008 Pre-season
Nejapa El Salvador Mauricio Cienfuegos Mutual consent 14 August 2008 El Salvador Emiliano Pedrozo August 2008 10th
Nejapa El Salvador Emiliano Pedrozo went back to being a player September 2008 Uruguay Daniel Uberti 5 September 2008 10th
Firpo Argentina Gerardo Reinoso Sacked 25 August 2008 El Salvador Óscar Benítez 2 September 2008 7th
Balboa Uruguay Gustavo de Simone Sacked 30 August 2008 Paraguay Roberto Gamarra 5 September 2008 10th
Alianza Argentina Pablo Centrone Sacked 14 September 2008 Uruguay Carlos Jurado 16 September 2008 5th
Firpo El Salvador Oscar Benítez Sacked 9 December 2008 Peru Agustín Castillo 23 December 2008 Post-season (6th)
Águila Peru Agustín Castillo Sacked 15 December 2008 Argentina Pablo Centrone 24 December 2008 Post-season (Semifinals)
FAS El Salvador Nelson Ancheta Sacked 27 December 2008 Paraguay Roberto Gamarra 1 January 2009 Post-season (Semifinals)
Nejapa Uruguay Daniel Uberti Sacked 29 December 2008 El Salvador Nelson Ancheta 29 December 2008 Post-season (10th)
Balboa Paraguay Roberto Gamarra Mutual consent 1 January 2009 Argentina Carlos de Toro 16 January 2009 Post-season (7th)
Juventud El Salvador Jorge Abrego Sacked December 2008 El Salvador Juan 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:

  1. have played at least one apetura game for the respective club.
  2. 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.

References[]

  1. ^ "Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League". CONCACAF. 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  2. ^ http://www.laprensa.hn/deportes/580135-97/metapan-el-nuevo-monarca

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