Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1999 explained

Winners:	C.D. Águila (th title)
Relegated:	None
League Topscorer:	Waldir Guerra (10)
Nextseason:	Clausura 2000

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1999 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 2000") started on August 28, 1999, and finished on December 26, 1999.

The season saw Águila win its 12th league title after a 1-0 victory over C.D. Municipal Limeño in the final.

Key note

After round 8 of this season, Árabe Marte reverted to their historic name of Atlético Marte.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of 1999.

Champions: C.D. Juventud Olimpica Metalio

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of 1999.

Last place: C.D. Sonsonate

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ADET		Juan Quarterone	TBD	TBD
Águila		Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Reno Renucci	TBD	TBD
Árabe Marte	TBD	José Luis Rugamas	TBD	TBD
C.D. Dragón	TBD	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	TBD
FAS	TBD	Juan Carlos Masnik	TBD	TBD
C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio	TBD	Walter Cifuentes	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Julio Escobar	TBD	TBD
Municipal Limeño	TBD	Oscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	TBD
Santa Clara	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

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
FAS	Óscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	June 1999	Juan Carlos Masnik	June 1999	2nd (Clausura 1999)
Águila	Juan Ramón Paredes	Sacked	June 1999	Hugo Coria	June 1999	4th (Clausura 1999)
Municipal Limeno	Victor Manuel Pacheco	TBD	July 1999	Juan Ramón Paredes	July 1999	7th (Clausura 1999)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio	Walter Cifuentes	Sacked	1999	Genaro Sermeño	1999
FAS	Juan Carlos Masnik	Resigned	1999	Rubén Guevara	1999
Alianza		Resigned	1999	Hernán Carrasco	1999
Atletico Marte		Resigned	1999	Juan Ramón Paredes	1999

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

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Final


Águila
GK		Raul Garcia
DF		Roberto Martínez
DF		Mario Mayén Meza
DF		Roberto Hernández
DF		Néstor Morales
MF		Ronald Cálix
MF
MF		Álex Amaya del Cid
MF
FW
FW		Héctor Baloyes
Substitutes:
FW		Kilmar Jiménez
MF		Ferrera
MF
Manager:
Hugo Coria


Municipal Limeño:
GK		Santos Rivera
DF		Manuel Carranza
DF		César Hernández
DF		Elmer Martínez
DF		Edwin González
DF		Oris Velásquez
MF		Rene Galan
MF		German Alexis Rodríguez
MF		Deris Umanzor
FW
FW
Substitutes:
FW		E Bonilla
FW		Roberto Ventura
Manager:
Óscar Emigdio Benítez

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Waldir Guerra	Águila	10
2.	Rodrigo Osorio	Alianza F.C.	9
3.	Magdonio Corrales	C.D. Municipal Limeño	8
4.	Celio Rodriguez	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	7
5.	Juan Carlos Panameño	ADET	7

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 apertura game for the respective club.
have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

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