Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2009 explained

Season:Clausura 2009
Winners:Isidro Metapán (3rd title)
League Topscorer: Nicolás Muñoz (10)
Nextseason:Apertura 2009

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2009 season (officially known as "Torneo Clausura 2009"), started on January 31, 2009, and concluded on May 24, 2009.

A.D. Isidro Metapán the defending champions, won their third league title winning the previous season as well. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

The 10 teams of the Primera División each played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals.

A.D. Isidro Metapán gained entry into the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League winning the season as well as the previous one .[1]

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamChairmanHead CoachKitmakerShirt sponsor
Águila TBDTBDTBD
Alianza TBD Carlos JuradoTBDTBD
Atlético Balboa TBD Carlos de ToroTBDTBD
Chalatenango TBD Carlos MeléndezTBDTBD
FAS Reynaldo Valle Roberto GamarraTBDTBD
Firpo TBD Agustín CastilloTBDTBD
Juventud Independiente TBD Juan Ramón SánchezTBDTBD
Isidro Metapán TBD Edwin PortilloTBDTBD
Nejapa F.C. TBD Nelson AnchetaTBDTBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa TBD Víctor CoreasTBDTBD

League standings

Playoffs

Final

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Luis Ángel Firpo
GK 1 Juan José Gómez
DF 3 Víctor Turcios
DF 15 Manuel Salazar
DF 5 Edwin Martínez
DF 20 Emerson Véliz
MF 14 Jorge Sánchez
MF 23
MF 24 Dennis Alas
MF 4
FW 18
FW 11 Fernando Leguizamón
Substitutes:
MF 10
FW 7
FW 12
Manager:
Agustín Castillo
Isidro Metapán:
GK 17 Dagoberto Portillo
DF 18 William Figueroa
DF 13 Julio Martínez
DF 19 Alexander Escobar
DF 5 Ernesto Aquino
MF 16 Ernesto Iraheta
MF 14 José Amaya
MF 20 Héctor Mejía
MF 10
FW 9
FW 11
Substitutes:
MF 6
MF 12
Manager:
Edwin Portillo

Since Isidro Metapán already qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, Luis Ángel Firpo also qualified (originally Apertura 2008 runner-up Chalatenango qualified, but they failed to file the required participation agreement).

Top scorers

Pos. Nat. Player Team Goals
1 Nicolás Muñoz10
2 9
39
46
46
46

Attendance

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
16,647 Final 24 May 2009 0 – 1 Sunday Afternoon
6,147 Round 18 10 May 2009 2 – 0 Sunday Afternoon
5,152 Semifinal - 2nd leg 16 May 2009 2 – 2 Saturday Night
3,700 Round 13 15 April 2009 3 – 1 Wednesday Afternoon
3,408 Round 2 7 February 2009 1 – 0 Saturday Night
3,363 Round 8 4 May 2009 1 – 1 Estadio CuscatlánWednesday Night
3,338 Round 16 25 April 2009 3 – 2 Saturday Afternoon
3,319 Round 1 31 January 2009 2 – 1 Saturday Night
3,223 Round 1 1 February 2009 1 – 1 Sunday Afternoon
3,186 Round 10 21 March 2009 2 – 0 Saturday Night

Managerial changes

During the season

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in table
Alianza Carlos JuradoSackedFebruary 2009 Carlos Cantarero17 February 20099th
Balboa Carlos de ToroSacked21 February 2009 Luis Zapata23 February 20099th
Vista Hermosa Víctor CoreasMutual consent2 March 2009 Armando Palma3 March 20099th
Águila Pablo CentroneSacked19 April 2009 Eraldo Correia23 April 20099th

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2009. The following players:

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

each club could have four players

C.D. Águila

Alianza F.C.

Atlético Balboa

C.D. FAS

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Nejapa F.C.

Juventud Independiente

Vista Hermosa

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League . . 14 May 2008 . 14 May 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081226124256/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4171 . 26 December 2008 .
  2. Web site: Todo listo para la gran Final entre Firpo y Metapán . www.masconazo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170410134606/http://www.masconazo.com/sports/index.php/ar/podcast/item/4692-todo-listo-para-la-gran-final-entre-firpo-y-metap%C3%A1n . 2017-04-10.