Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2008
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
| season =
| dates = 9 February 2008 - 1 June 2008
| winners = C.D. Luis Angel Firpo (9th title)
| relegated = Once Municipal
| continentalcup1 = 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = A.D. Isidro Metapán
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|El Salvador}} Williams Reyes (14)
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| total goals =
| average goals =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| prevseason = Apertura 2007
| nextseason = Apertura 2008
}}
The Clausura 2008 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season was the 39th since its establishment in 1969.
It began on 9 February 2008 and ended with the final on 1 June 2008.
Reigning champions Luis Ángel Firpo defended their title beating FAS in the final.
Once Municipal were relegated to the second tier.
Team information
=Personnel and sponsoring=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
! Team ! Chairman ! Head Coach ! Kitmaker ! Shirt sponsor |
Águila
| {{flagicon|SLV}} | {{flagicon|Peru}} Agustin Castillo | TBD | TBD |
Alianza
| {{flagicon|SLV}} | {{flagicon|ARG}} Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD |
C.D. Chalatenango
| {{flagicon|SLV}} | {{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Vladan Vicevic | | |
FAS
| {{flagicon|SLV}} Reynaldo Valle | {{flagicon|SLV}} Nelson Mauricio Ancheta | TBD | TBD |
Firpo
| {{flagicon|SLV}} TBD | {{flagicon|ARG}} Gerardo Reinoso | TBD | TBD |
Isidro Metapan
| {{flagicon|SLV}} | {{flagicon|SLV}} Edwin Portillo | TBD | TBD |
Nejapa F.C.
| {{flagicon|SLV}} | {{flagicon|SLV}} Mauricio Cienfuegos | TBD | TBD |
Once Municipal
| {{flagicon|SLV}} TBD | {{flagicon|ARG}} Hugo Coria | TBD | TBD |
San Salvador F.C.
| {{flagicon|SLV}} Marco Flores | {{flagicon|SLV}} Oscar Emigdio Benitez | TBD | TBD |
C.D. Vista Hermosa
| {{flagicon|SLV}} TBD | {{flagicon|ARG}} Jorge Alberto Garcia | TBD | TBD |
Managerial changes
=Before the season=
class="wikitable" |
Team
! Outgoing manager ! Manner of departure ! Date of vacancy ! Replaced by ! Date of appointment ! Position in table |
---|
Nejapa F.C.
|{{flagicon|SLV}} Carlos Antonio Melendez | TBD | December 2007 |{{flagicon|SLV}} Mauricio Cienfuegos | December 2007 | |
Firpo
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Horacio Cordero | TBD | December 2007 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Gerardo Reinoso | December 2007 | |
Aguila
|{{flagicon|SLV}} Luis Ramirez Zapata | TBD | December 2007 |{{flagicon|PER}} Agustín Castillo | January 2008 | |
=During the season=
class="wikitable" |
Team
! Outgoing manager ! Manner of departure ! Date of vacancy ! Replaced by ! Date of appointment ! Position in table |
---|
C.D. Chalatenango
|{{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Vladan Vicevic | TBD | February 2008 |{{flagicon|SLV}} Juan Ramón Sánchez | February 2008 | |
C.D. Vista Hermosa
|{{flagicon|ARG}} Jorge García | TBD | February 2008 |{{flagicon|COL}} Henry Vanegas | March 2008 | |
Once Municipal
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Hugo Coria | TBD | March 2008 |{{flagicon|SLV}} Juan Ramón Paredes | March 2008 | |
San Salvador F.C.
|{{flagicon|SLV}} Óscar Benítez | TBD | March 2008 |{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén Alonso | March 2008 | |
Once Municipal
| {{flagicon|SLV}} Juan Ramon Paredes | TBD | April 2008 |{{flagicon|SLV}} Mario Elias Guevara | May 2008 | |
Standings
Last updated May 23, 2008
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|sortable_table=y
|team1=FIR|name_FIR=C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
|team2=MET|name_MET=A.D. Isidro Metapán
|team3=FAS|name_FAS=C.D. FAS
|team4=VIS|name_VIS=C.D. Vista Hermosa
|team5=CHA|name_CHA=C.D. Chalatenango
|team6=ALI|name_ALI=Alianza F.C.
|team7=ÁGU|name_ÁGU=C.D. Águila
|team8=NEJ|name_NEJ=Nejapa F.C.
|team9=11M|name_11M=Once Municipal
|team10=SNS|name_SNS=San Salvador F.C.
|win_FIR=8|draw_FIR=8|loss_FIR=2|gf_FIR=39|ga_FIR=27
|win_MET=8|draw_MET=8|loss_MET=2|gf_MET=29|ga_MET=15
|win_FAS=8|draw_FAS=6|loss_FAS=4|gf_FAS=26|ga_FAS=21
|win_VIS=8|draw_VIS=6|loss_VIS=4|gf_VIS=20|ga_VIS=15
|win_CHA=6|draw_CHA=7|loss_CHA=5|gf_CHA=29|ga_CHA=25
|win_ALI=5|draw_ALI=7|loss_ALI=6|gf_ALI=20|ga_ALI=18
|win_ÁGU=5|draw_ÁGU=6|loss_ÁGU=7|gf_ÁGU=25|ga_ÁGU=32
|win_NEJ=4|draw_NEJ=7|loss_NEJ=7|gf_NEJ=20|ga_NEJ=26
|win_11M=1|draw_11M=9|loss_11M=8|gf_11M=11|ga_11M=24
|win_SNS=2|draw_SNS=6|loss_SNS=10|gf_SNS=14|ga_SNS=30
|col_QSF=#ccffcc|text_QSF=
|result1=QSF|result2=QSF|result3=QSF|result4=QSF
|col_R=#ffcccc|text_R=
|result9=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
Aggregate table
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|sortable_table=y
|team1=MET|name_MET=A.D. Isidro Metapán
|team2=FAS|name_FAS=C.D. FAS
|team3=FIR|name_FIR=C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
|team4=CHA|name_CHA=C.D. Chalatenango
|team5=VIS|name_VIS=C.D. Vista Hermosa
|team6=ALI|name_ALI=Alianza F.C.
|team7=ÁGU|name_ÁGU=C.D. Águila
|team8=NEJ|name_NEJ=Nejapa F.C.
|team9=SNS|name_SNS=San Salvador F.C.
|team10=11M|name_11M=Once Municipal
|win_MET=16|draw_MET=13|loss_MET=7|gf_MET=70|ga_MET=51
|win_FAS=17|draw_FAS=9|loss_FAS=10|gf_FAS=53|ga_FAS=42
|win_FIR=15|draw_FIR=14|loss_FIR=7|gf_FIR=52|ga_FIR=32
|win_CHA=16|draw_CHA=11|loss_CHA=9|gf_CHA=58|ga_CHA=41
|win_VIS=16|draw_VIS=9|loss_VIS=11|gf_VIS=44|ga_VIS=40
|win_ALI=11|draw_ALI=13|loss_ALI=12|gf_ALI=46|ga_ALI=46
|win_ÁGU=12|draw_ÁGU=10|loss_ÁGU=14|gf_ÁGU=48|ga_ÁGU=52
|win_NEJ=9|draw_NEJ=14|loss_NEJ=13|gf_NEJ=51|ga_NEJ=60
|win_SNS=5|draw_SNS=12|loss_SNS=19|gf_SNS=34|ga_SNS=65
|win_11M=5|draw_11M=11|loss_11M=20|gf_11M=19|ga_11M=46
|col_RP=red2|text_RP=Relegation Playoff
|result9=RP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to Segunda Division
|result10=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
Semifinals 1st leg
{{football box
|date = 21 May 2008
|team1 = Vista Hermosa
|score = 1–0
|team2 = Luis Ángel Firpo
|goals1 = Pompilio Cacho {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno|}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 May 2008
|team1 = FAS
|score = 3–0
|team2 =Isidro Metapán
|goals1 = César Larios {{goal}} {{goal}}
Juan Carlos Moscoso {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Oscar Quiteño}}
Semifinals 2nd leg
{{football box
|date =25 May 2008
|team1 = Luis Ángel Firpo
|score = 3–0
|team2 = Vista Hermosa
|goals1 = Carlos Calderón {{goal}}
Patricio Barroche {{goal}}
Fernando Leguizamón {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Cuscatlán}}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 May 2008
|team1 = Isidro Metapán
|score = 2–0
|team2 = FAS
|goals1 = Álex Escobar {{goal}}
Paolo Suárez {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez}}
Final
{{football box
| date = 1 June 2008
| team1 = Luis Ángel Firpo
| score = 1–0
| team2 = FAS
| goals1 = Guillermo Morán {{goal|118|pen.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Estadio Cuscatlán
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{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|Firpo | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | {{flagicon|SLV}} Juan José Gómez | |||
DF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Carlos Monteagudo | {{suboff |
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Mauricio Quintanilla
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Manuel Salazar
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Jorge Elenilson Sánchez
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Rubén Quijada
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Eduardo Campos
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Pekarnik || || {{suboff|}}
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Emerson Veliz || || {{suboff|}}
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ARG}} Fernando Leguizamón
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ARG}} Patricio Barroche
|-
|colspan=3|Substitutes:
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Cristian Sánchez || ||{{subon|}}
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Guillermo Morán || || {{subon|}}
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Francisco Medrano|| || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=3|Manager:
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Gerardo Reinoso
|}
{{col-2}}
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=right
|colspan="4"|FAS: | ||||
width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
GK | {{flagicon|SLV}} Adolfo Menéndez | |||
DF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Ramon Flores | |||
DF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Dony Valle | |||
DF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Marvin González | |||
DF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Alfredo Pacheco | |||
DF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Oscar Jimenez | |||
MF | {{flagicon|SLV}} Cristian Álvarez | {{subon |
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Víctor Merino || || {{subon|}}
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Juan Carlos Moscoso
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|ARG}} Alejandro Bentos
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|SLV}} Cesar Larios
|-
|colspan=2|Substitutes:
|-
|DF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Emerson Umaña || || {{subon|}}
|-
|MF || || {{flagicon|SLV}} Odir Josue Flores || || {{subon|}}
|-
|FW || || {{flagicon|PAN}} Orlando Rodríguez || || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=3|Manager:
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|SLV}} Nelson Ancheta
|}
{{col-end}}
=Champion=
{{winners||Clausura 2007-08 champion|Luis Ángel Firpo|9th}}
Since Luis Ángel Firpo already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Isidro Metapán also qualified.
Top scorers
class="wikitable" |
align="center" | Pos
! align="center" | Player ! align="center" | Team ! align="center" | Goals |
---|
align="center" | 1.
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Williams Reyes | align="center" | A.D. Isidro Metapán | align="center" | 14 |
align="center" | 2.
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Patricio Barroche | align="center" | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | align="center" | 13 |
align="center" | 3.
| {{flagicon|URU}} Juan Carlos Reyes | align="center" | Nejapa F.C. | align="center" | 9 |
align="center" | 4.
| {{flagicon|SLV}} Rodolfo Zelaya | align="center" | C.D. Chalatenango | align="center" | 8 |
align="center" |
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Franklin Webster | align="center" | C.D. Chalatenango | align="center" | 8 |
align="center" | 5.
| {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Pompilio Cacho Valerio | align="center" | C.D. Vista Hermosa | align="center" | 7 |
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2008. 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.
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
C.D. Águila
- {{flagicon|Panama}} Nicolás Muñoz
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Fernando Zuleta
- {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} Fabio Ulloa
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Juan Camilo Mejía
Alianza F.C.
- {{flagicon|Mexico}} Arturo Albarrán
Chalatenango
- {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} Franklin Webster
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Alexander Lugo
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} John Jairo García
- {{flagicon|Peru}} Julio Manrique
- {{flagicon|Peru}} Ricardo Magallanes
C.D. FAS
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Alejandro Bentos
- {{flagicon|Panama}} Orlando Rodríguez
- {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} Yussuf Sindeh
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Jairo Hurtado
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Patricio Barroche
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Fernando Leguizamón
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Pekarnik
- {{flagicon|Chile}} Ramón Ávila
13px (player released mid season)
13px Injury replacement player
{{col-2}}
Nejapa FC
- {{flagicon|URU}} Juan Carlos Reyes
- {{flagicon|Mexico}} Jose Luis Osorio
- {{flagicon|URU}} Luis Espindola
- {{flagicon|Peru}} Hilario Suma
A.D. Isidro Metapán
- {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Paolo Suarez
- {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} Williams Reyes
- {{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Messias
- {{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Gabriel Garcete
Once Municipal
- {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} Ernesto Noel Aquino
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Dimas Braz
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Carlos Escalante
- {{flagicon|Ecuador|1900}} Moisés Cuero
- {{flagicon|Ecuador|1900}} Javier Angulo
- {{flagicon|Peru}} Harry Huayta
San Salvador F.C.
- {{flagicon|Panama}} Francisco Portillo
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Bernardo Jaramillo
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Cristian Mosquera
- {{flagicon|Argentina}} Lucas Abraham
Vista Hermosa
- {{flagicon|HON|1949}} Pompilio Cacho Valerio
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Luis Torres Rodriguez
- {{flagicon|Colombia}} Elder Figueroa
{{col-end}}
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080423080746/http://216.75.63.183/?cat=4
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/elsal08.html El Salvador 2007-08 - RSSSF]
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