Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2009

The Apertura 2009 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2009) was the twenty-third tournament of the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. FAS won the tournament for the 17th time in history, defeating Águila in the finale with a 3–2 victory in extra time. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions, having won their 3rd title the previous season and being the back to back champions. A total of 10 teams contested the league, with none getting relegated (relegation only occurs on Clausuras). The season began on August 14, 2009 and concluded on December 20, 2009. The 10 teams of the Primera División played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals. Since Vista Hermosa and Isidro Metapán finished with the same points at the end of the regular season, a knockout playoff match was played to determine the last team to advance to the playoffs. Vista Hermosa clinched the final spot for the playoffs with a 1–0 victory over Isidro Metapán.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
SeasonApertura 2009
ChampionsFAS
RelegatedNone in the Apertura
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions LeagueFAS
Goals scored232
Top goalscorerWilliams Reyes
Nicolás Muñoz (11)
Biggest home winBalboa 5–0 Nejapa (15 November 2009)
Biggest away winNejapa 0–4 Alianza (15 September 2009)
Highest scoringBalboa 3–3 Municipal Limeño (30 August 2009)
Vista Hermosa 3–3 Isidro Metapán
(11 October 2009)
Nejapa 2–4 Municipal Limeño (28 October 2009)

Promotion and Relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

  • Champions: Atlético Marte
  • Municipal Limeño (bought the spot of Chalatenango).

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

  • Last place: Juventud Independiente
  • Chalatenango (sold their spot to Municipal Limeño).

Team information

Stadia and locations
Atlético Balboa
Atlético Marte
Luís Ángel Firpo
Municipal Limeño
Nejapa F.C.
Location of teams in Apertura 2009
Team Location Venue
Águila Juan Francisco Barraza 10,000
Alianza Estadio Cuscatlán 45,925
Atlético Balboa Estadio Marcelino Imbers 4,000
Atlético Marte Estadio Cuscatlán 45,925
FAS Estadio Óscar Quiteño 15,000
Isidro Metapán Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez 8,000
Luís Ángel Firpo Estadio Sergio Torres 5,000
Municipal Limeño Estadio Jose Ramon Flores 5,000
Nejapa Estadio José Gregorio Martínez [1] 15,000
Vista Hermosa Estadio Correcaminos 12,000

Team Information

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila TBD Eraldo Correia TBD TBD
Alianza TBD Nelson Ancheta TBD TBD
Atlético Balboa TBD Eduardo Santana TBD TBD
Atlético Marte TBD Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
FAS Reynaldo Valle Roberto Gamarra TBD TBD
Firpo TBD Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Isidro Metapán TBD Edwin Portillo TBD TBD
C.D. Municipal Limeño TBD Miguel Soriano TBD TBD
Nejapa F.C. TBD Gustavo de Simone TBD TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa TBD Armando Palma TBD TBD

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FAS 18 12 2 4 31 9 +22 38 Qualified to the Finals
2 Águila 18 9 7 2 22 9 +13 34
3 Luis Ángel Firpo 18 8 5 5 24 19 +5 29
4 Vista Hermosa 18 6 8 4 30 21 +9 26 Advanced to the play-off
5 Isidro Metapán 18 7 5 6 21 21 0 26
6 Atlético Marte 18 5 9 4 21 17 +4 24
7 Municipal Limeño 18 4 8 6 18 24 −6 20
8 Alianza 18 3 8 7 18 21 −3 17
9 Nejapa 18 3 5 10 16 39 −23 14
10 Atlético Balboa 18 2 5 11 19 40 −21 11
Source:

Results
Home \ Away AGU ALI BAL ATM FAS FIR MET MLI NEJ VIS
Águila 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1
Alianza 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1
Atlético Balboa 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–3 5–0 0–0
Atlético Marte 0–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1
FAS 0–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 2–0
Firpo 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1
Isidro Metapán 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–1
Municipal Limeño 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
Nejapa 0–3 0–4 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–4 1–3
Vista Hermosa 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–3 4–1 4–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Atlético Balboa Luis Zapata End of contract 16 June 2009 Eduardo Santana 24 June 2009 9th (Clausura 2009)
Nejapa Nelson Ancheta End of contract June 2009 Gustavo de Simone 1 August 2009 4th (Clausura 2009)
Municipal Limeño Jorge García End of contract June 2009 Miguel Aguilar June 2009 N/A

Regular Season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal Limeño Miguel Aguilar Sacked 31 August 2009 Víctor Coreas 1 September 2009 N/A
Atlético Balboa Eduardo Santana Resigned 1 September 2009 Jorge García 5 September 2009 N/A
Atlético Balboa Jorge García Resigned 15 September 2009 Luis Zapata 24 September 2009 N/A
Vista Hermosa Armando Palma Sacked October 2009 Mario Martínez 13 October 2009 N/A
Alianza F.C. Nelson Ancheta Sacked 26 October 2009 Miguel Soriano 27 October 2009 N/A

Playoffs
  Semifinals Final
                     
1 FAS 2 0 2  
4 Vista Hermosa 1 0 1  
    1 FAS 3
  2 Águila 2
2 Águila 2 1 3
3 Firpo 0 0 0  

Semi-finals

First leg
Vista Hermosa1–2FAS
Osael Romero  90+1' Roberto Peña  39'
Williams Reyes  84'
Referee: Joel Aguilar
Firpo0–2Águila
Darwin Bonilla  6'
Nicholas Addlery  90+1'

Second leg
FAS0–0Vista Hermosa
Referee: Elmer Bonilla
Águila1–0Firpo
Nicholas Addlery  39'
Referee: Edenilson V. Santos

Final

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FAS3–2 (a.e.t.)Águila
Josué Flores  1'
Arturo Albarrán  95' (o.g.)
Juan Carlos Moscoso  97'		 Nicholas Addlery  64',  100'
Referee: Joel Aguilar
FAS
GK1 Dagoberto Portillo
DF4 Ramón Flores
DF3 Marvin González
DF6 José Henríquez
DF15 Alfredo Pacheco 37'
MF23 Carlos Aparicio
MF24 Roberto Peña
MF8 Cristian Álvarez
MF20 Josué Flores 89'
FW9 Alejandro Bentos 23'
FW11 Williams Reyes
Substitutes
FW 16 Franklin Webster  23'  68'
MF 19 Gustavo López  68'
MF 13 Juan Carlos Moscoso  89'
Manager
Roberto Gamarra
Águila
GK1 Miguel Montes
DF5 Luis Hernández
DF4 Hermes Martínez
DF17 Isaac Zelaya 4' 46'
DF13 Deris Umanzor
MF16 Arturo Albarrán
MF6 Gilberto Murgas 34'
MF18 Juan Lazo 46'
MF11 Francisco Álvarez 82'
FW8 Rudis Corrales
FW9 Nicholas Addlery
Substitutes
DF 23 William Antonio Torres  104'  46'
MF 3 William Torres Alegría  46'
FW 7 Nelson Reyes  110'  82'
Manager
Eraldo Correia
 Apertura 2009 Champions 
FAS
17th title

Top-ten goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Williams Reyes FAS 11
Nicolás Muñoz Vista Hermosa 11
3 José Oliveira Municipal Limeño 9
4 Josué Flores FAS 7
Anel Canales Isidro Metapán 7
Leandro Franco Firpo 7
Carlos Ayala Alianza 7
8 Domingo Álvarez Vista Hermosa 6
Rudis Corrales Águila 6
Manuel Martinez Nejapa 6
Source: El Grafico

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2009. 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.

Notes
  1. Originally played their home games at the Polideportivo Victoria Gasteiz, but currently play all home games at the Estadio José Gregorio Martínez due to a stadium loan dispute.
  2. http://www.elsalvadornoticias.net/2009/12/21/fas-campeon-del-torneo-apertura-2009-sorprendio-al-aguila-en-tres-ocasiones-y-lo-vencio-3-2/
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