Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2010 explained

Season:	Clausura 2010 -
League Topscorer:	José Oliveira de Souza (11)
Biggest Home Win:	Atlético Marte 6–0 Atlético Balboa (17 January 2010) Alianza 7–1 Isidro Metapán (21 March 2010)
Biggest Away Win:	Alacranes Del Norte 0–5 Vista Hermosa (7 April 2010)
Highest Scoring:	Alianza 7–1 Isidro Metapán (21 March 2010)
Total Goals:	226
Matches:	96
Nextseason:	Apertura 2010

The Clausura 2010 season (officially known as Torneo Clausura 2010) was the 24th edition of the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán won the tournament, claiming their fourth title in history. The season began on January 9, 2010 and concluded on May 23, 2010. FAS were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2009 and clinching the first of two salvadoran spots for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. Isidro Metapán clinched the other spot. 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.

Municipal Limeño was tied for penultimate club for the 2009–2010 season. They had a 1-game playoff to determine who the penultimate club would be. Limeño lost that match, designating it as the penultimate club of the 2009–2010 season, and thus, having to partake in a relegation playoff against the 2nd division runner-up. Limeño would lose this playoff and thus get relegated to the 2nd division for the 2010–2011 season.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Venue
Águila	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alacranes Del Norte	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez ^[1]	15,000
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
Vista Hermosa	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila
Alianza		Miloš Miljanić
Atlético Balboa		Carlos Mijangos
Atlético Marte		Ramiro Cepeda
FAS		Roberto Gamarra
Firpo		Hugo Coria
Isidro Metapán		Edwin Portillo
Municipal Limeño		Víctor Coreas
Nejapa F.C.		Gustavo de Simone
Vista Hermosa		Jorge García

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
Alianza	Miguel Soriano		November 2009		14 November 2009	8th (Apertura 2009)
Luis Ángel Firpo	Agustín Castillo	End of contract	December 2009		21 December 2009	3rd (Apertura 2009)
Atlético Balboa	Luis Ramírez Zapata	Contract ended after pay dispute	December 2009	Carlos Mijangos	22 December 2009	10th (Apertura 2009)
Águila	Eraldo Correia	Sacked	22 December 2009	Nelson Ancheta	28 December 2009	2nd (Apertura 2009)

Regular season

Team	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Municipal Limeño	Sacked	24 January 2010	Eraldo Correia	25 January 2010	9th (Clausura 2010)
Alacranes Del Norte	Sacked	25 January 2010	Carlos Meléndez	26 January 2010	10th (Clausura 2010)
Águila	Sacked	23 March 2010	Rubén Alonso	24 March 2010	2nd (Clausura 2010)
FAS	Resigned	7 April 2010	Adolfo Menéndez	8 April 2010	5th (Clausura 2010)

Playoffs

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final


Isidro Metapán:
GK	15
DF	5	Ernesto Aquino
DF	19
DF	23	Ricardo Alvarado
DF	20	Héctor Mejía
MF	16	Óscar Jiménez
MF	14	Andrés Flores
MF	21
MF	22
FW	24
FW	10
Substitutes:
DF	2
FW	12
DF	8
Manager:
Edwin Portillo


Águila:
GK	1	Miguel Montes
DF	4	Hermes Martínez
DF	17	Isaac Zelaya
DF	5
DF	23
MF	6
MF	20	Eliseo Salamanca
MF	42
MF	3
FW	8	Rudis Corrales
FW	7	Nelson Reyes
Substitutes:
DF	11
MF	12
MF	16
Manager:
Rubén Alonso

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	José Oliveira de Souza	Alianza	11
2	Leonardo Da Silva	Vista Hermosa	10
3	Alcides Bandera	Atlético Balboa	6
	John Castillo	Vista Hermosa	6
	José Luis Osorio	Atlético Marte	6
6	Dennis Alas	Luis Ángel Firpo	5
	Mario Benítez	Luis Ángel Firpo	5
	Rudis Corrales	Águila	5
	Roberto Maradiaga	Atlético Marte	5
	Emerson Umaña	Isidro Metapán	5
	Rodolfo Zelaya	Alianza	5

Updated to games played on April 25, 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 apetura 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