Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2010 explained

Season:	Apertura 2010
Relegated:	None in the Apertura
Biggest Home Win:	Alianza 5–0 Luís Ángel Firpo (October 3, 2010)
Biggest Away Win:	Once Municipal 0–3 Luís Ángel Firpo (Nov. 10, 2010)
Highest Scoring:	Isidro Metapán 4–3 Atlético Marte (August 14, 2010)
Total Goals:	234
Matches:	95
Nextseason:	Clausura 2011

The Apertura 2010 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2010) was the 25th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán, being the defending champions, kept the title as they won the final against Alianza on penalties. The season begun on July 31 and concluded on December 19, 2010. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part of the playoffs.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009–10 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2010–11 Segunda División

Team information

Last updated: June 30, 2010

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
Atlético Balboa	La Union	Estadio Marcelino Imbers	4,000
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	15,000
Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	8,000
Luís Ángel Firpo	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres	5,000
Once Municipal	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña	5,000
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Will Salgado	Eraldo Correia	Nike	Tigo, Mister Donut
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Miloš Miljanić	Lotto	Tigo, Sinai, Fiesta
Atlético Balboa	Pablo Robles	Roberto Gamarra	Aviva	Fila
Atlético Marte	Felix Guardado	Juan Ramón Paredes	Galaxia	Rosvill, Vive, Galaxia
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Jorge Abrego	Milán	American Airlines, Tigo, Pilsener
Isidro Metapán	Adan Salazar	Edwin Portillo	Milán	Bimbo, Tigo, Salazar
Luis Ángel Firpo	Jozsef Arguedas	Hugo Coria	Joma	Diana, Pilsener
Once Municipal	Andrés Rodríguez	Nelson Ancheta	Milán	La Geo
UES	Rufino Quesada	Edgar Henriquez	Galaxia	MK Medicamentos, ALBA Petroleos
Vista Hermosa	Francisco Benitez	Mario Martínez	Aviva	Tigo

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	Adolfo Menéndez	Removed from position	April 27, 2010	Alberto Rujana	July 1, 2010	7th (Clausura 2010)
Águila	Rubén Alonso	Sacked	May 25, 2010	Carlos Mijangos	June 4, 2010	2nd (Clausura 2010)
Atlético Balboa	Carlos Mijangos	Signed by Águila	June 3, 2010	Roberto Gamarra	June 3, 2010	5th (Clausura 2010)
UES	Miguel Ángel Díaz	Resigned	June 21, 2010	Rubén Alonso	June 23, 2010	1st (Clausura 2010)

During the regular season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Águila	Carlos Mijangos	Sacked	August 31, 2010	Eraldo Correia	September 1, 2010	5th (Apertura 2010)
Atlético Marte	Ramiro Cepeda	Resigned	September 15, 2010	Luis Guevara Mora (interim)	September 18, 2010	9th (Apertura 2010)
FAS	Alberto Rujana	Resigned	September 19, 2010	Jorge Abrego	September 20, 2010	10th (Apertura 2010)
Atlético Marte	Luis Guevara Mora	Resigned	October 25, 2010	Juan Ramón Paredes	October 25, 2010	10th (Apertura 2010)
UES	Rubén Alonso	Resigned	November 10, 2010		November 12, 2010	10th (Apertura 2010)

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final


Isidro Metapán:
GK	19	Fidel Mondragón
DF	23	Ricardo Alvarado
DF	2	Milton Molina
DF	5	Ernesto Aquino
DF	20	Omar Mejía
MF	14	Andrés Flores
MF	16	Óscar Jiménez
MF	10	Paolo Suárez
MF	7	Jorge Morán
FW	17	Léster Blanco
FW	9	Anel Canales
Substitutes:
DF	4	Carlos Carillo
MF	22	Emerson Umaña
FW	11	Elías Montes
Manager:
Edwin Portillo


Alianza:
GK	24	Rafael Fuentes
DF	5	Mauricio Quintanilla
DF	6	Marcelo Messias
DF	3	Edwin Martínez
DF	4	Carlos Arévalo
MF	20	Héctor Salazar
MF	13	Julio Martínez
MF	14	Herbert Sosa
MF	12
FW	17	Carlos Ayala
FW	22
Substitutes:
FW	10	Willer Souza
MF	12	Juan Lazo
Manager:
Miloš Miljanić

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Alexander Campos	Atlético Balboa	9
1	Rodolfo Zelaya	Alianza	9
3	Alcides Bandera	Atlético Marte	8
4	Anel Canales	Isidro Metapán	7
4	Patricio Barroche	Águila	7
6	Rafael Burgos	UES	6
	Ramiro Carballo	UES	6
	Emerson Umaña	Isidro Metapán	6
9	Harold Alas	UES	5
	Christian Bautista	Atlético Balboa	5
	Léster Blanco	Isidro Metapán	5
	Mauricio Deras	Once Municipal	5
	Javier Hernandez	Vista Hermosa	5
	Gilberto Murgas	FAS	5

Updated to games played on November 28, 2010.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2010. 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

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.

C.D. Águila

Alianza F.C.