Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1998 explained

Season:Apertura 1998
Winners:Alianza (7th title)
Relegated:None
Continentalcup1:None
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:None
League Topscorer: Rodrigo Osorio (11)
Nextseason:Clausura 1999

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1998 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999") is one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Salvadoran football. The season started on August 28, 1998, and finished on December 27, 1998.

The season saw Alianza win its 7th league title after a 1-0 victory over C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the final.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted

Teams relegated

Notable death from middle of 1999 season and end of 1998 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1998 and end of 1998.

Table

Apertura 1998

Managerial changes

Before the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
FAS Nelson BrizuelaContract finished, went on to be Limeno coachJuly 1998July 1998
Sonsonate Cristo Farfan VelasquezContract finishedJuly 1998 Ricardo López TenorioJuly 1998
Municipal Limeno Antonio Carlos VieiraContract finished, Went on to be Aguila coachJuly 1998 Nelson BrizuelaJuly 1998
Aguila Lazaro BuchilionInterimship endedJuly 1998 Antonio Carlos VieiraJuly 1998
Dragon Saúl MolinaContract finishedJuly 1998 Moses Alberto Victor MaganaJuly 1998
Alianza Jose Mario FigueroaContract finishedJuly 1998 Rubén AlonsoJuly 1998
Santa Clara Rubén GuevaraContract finished1998 Eduardo Lara Moscote1998

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
AguilaSackedOctober 1998October 19987th
ADET Victor Manuel PachecoSackedOctober 1998 Luis Angel LeonOctober 19989th
TBDSacked1998 TBD199810th

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor
ADET Victor Manuel PachecoTBDTBD
Águila Antonio Carlos VieiraGarcisGigante express, Oralite
Alianza Óscar Rodríguez Ruben AlonsolanzeraTBD
Árabe Marte Mauricio Vargas Armando Contreras PalmaTBDBiggest, Pepsi
C.D. Dragon TBD Moses Alberto Victor MaganaTBDTBD
FAS TBD Oscar BenitezABA SportLG
Firpo TBD Julio EscobarGalaxiaPepsi, Tapachulteca
Municipal Limeño TBD Nelson BrizuelaAvivaEl Globo
Santa Clara TBD Eduardo Lara MoscoteTBDTBD
Sonsonate TBD Ricardo López TenorioTBDTBD

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

LA Firpo won 1-0 on aggregare----Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare

Final

Alianza
GK Luis Guevara Mora
DF
DF Mario Elias Guevara
DF Alexander Merino
DF Gerardo Galán
MF Hector Lopez
MF
MF Alejandro Curbelo
MF
FW
FW
Substitutes:
FW Argueta
MF Rodrigo Osorio
MF
Manager:
Rubén Alonso
Firpo:
GK
DF Carlos Hernández
DF Mauricio Do Santos
DF
DF Wilfredo Iraheta
MF Rene Oswaldo Duran
MF Abraham Monterrosa
MF
MF Guillermo García
FW
FW
Substitutes:
MF Alfredo Pérez
MF Carlos Castro
GK Carlos Rivera
Manager:
Julio Escobar

Top scorers

PosPlayerTeamGoals
1. Rodrigo OsorioAlianza F.C.11
2. Elias MontesAlianza F.C.8
3. Fredy Gonzales VichezFAS8
4. Jose Rene MartinezSonsonate F.C.8
5. Rudis CorralesMunicipal Limeno7
6. Celio RodriguezFirpo6
7. Santos CabreraMunicipal Limeno6
8. Julo Olviera AscueAtletico Marte6
9. Hector Aaron CanjuraADET5
10. Miguel MarianoFAS5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 1998. The following players:

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

ADET

C.D. Águila

Alianza F.C.

Arabe Marte

(player released mid season) (player Injured mid season) Injury replacement player

Dragon

C.D. FAS

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Municipal Limeno

Santa Clara

Sonsonate

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