Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008

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.

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 goalscorer Carlos Ayala (11)

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.

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

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 Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Alianza Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
C.D. Atlético Balboa TBD Gustavo de Simone TBD TBD
C.D. Chalatenango Carlos Meléndez
FAS Reynaldo Valle Nelson Ancheta TBD TBD
Firpo TBD Miguel Obando TBD TBD
Juventud Independiente Jorge Abrego TBD TBD
Isidro Metapán Edwin Portillo TBD TBD
Nejapa F.C. Mauricio Cienfuegos TBD TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa TBD 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:

Semifinals 1st Leg
Metapán1–3FAS
Héctor Mejía  86' Report Osvaldo Mendoza  55',  75'
Alejandro Bentos  77'
Attendance: 2,549
Chalatenango3–0Águila
José Luis Osorio  50' (pen.),  78'
Fredy Vichéz  92'		 Report
Attendance: 4,800

Semifinals 2nd Leg
Águila1–0Chalatenango
José de Souza  79' Report
Attendance: 5,122
FAS1–3Metapán
Alfredo Pacheco  65' Report Williams Reyes  16'
José Amaya  35'
Dagoberto Portillo  45' (pen.)
Estadio Oscar Quiteño
Attendance: 11,463

Final

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

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
  • 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

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 101112131415161718
11Carlos AyalaChalatenango111121112
9José Oliveira de SouzaÁguila231111
8César LariosFAS11111111
8 Williams ReyesMetapán111122
8Franklin WebsterBalboa1112111
7Edgar LeguizamónFirpo1111111
7Pompilio CachoVista Hermosa1111111
5Rudis CorralesÁguila2111
5Gabriel GarceteMetapán111111
5Alcides BanderaBalboa11111
5 Emiliano PedrozoNejapa11111
5Nicolás MuñozAlianza11111
5Alfredo PachecoFAS1211
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
AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
14,403Final21 December 2008Chalatenango3 – 3MetapánEstadio CuscatlánSundayAfternoon
11,463Semifinal - 2nd leg13 December 2008FAS1 – 3MetapánEstadio Oscar QuiteñoSaturdayNight
7,690Round 26 August 2008Águila3 – 1FASEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaWednesdayNight
6,997Round 1612 November 2008FAS1 – 0ÁguilaEstadio Oscar QuiteñoWednesdayNight
6,156Round 820 September 2008Águila1 – 0AlianzaEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaSaturdayTwilight
5,815Round 1515 November 2008FAS1 – 1MetapánEstadio Oscar QuiteñoSaturdayNight
5,307Round 26 August 2008Alianza3 – 1IndependienteEstadio CuscatlánWednesdayAfternoon
5,122Semifinal - 2nd leg13 December 2008Águila1 – 0ChalatenangoEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaSaturdayNight
4,800Semifinal - 1st leg7 December 2008Chalatenango3 – 0ÁguilaEstadio José Gregorio MartínezSundayAfternoon
4,722Round 135 November 2008Águila3 – 2FirpoEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaWednesdayNight
4,510Round 39 August 2008Firpo1 – 2AlianzaEstadio Sergio TorresSaturdayNight

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Chalatenango Juan Ramón Sánchez TBD June 2008 Carlos Antonio Meléndez 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 Óscar Benítez 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 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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