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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008

January 24, 2023

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008 season (officially known as "Torneo Apertura 2008"), started on August 2, 2008, and finished on December 21, 2008.

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo came into the tournament as defending champions, having won their eighth league title in the previous season. A total of 10 teams contested the league, 8 of which had already participated in the Clausura 2008 season, and two of which had been promoted from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

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.

The winner of the final series gained entry into the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.[1]

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 27, 2008.

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 27, 2008.

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C.D. Águila 18 10 4 4 39 19 +20 34 Qualified to semifinals
2 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 8 7 3 32 21 +11 31
3 C.D. FAS 18 8 6 4 27 22 +5 30
4 C.D. Chalatenango 18 7 7 4 25 24 +1 28
5 C.D. Vista Hermosa 18 7 6 5 20 16 +4 27
6 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 5 7 6 20 18 +2 22
7 C.D. Atlético Balboa 18 4 8 6 23 29 −6 20
8 Juventud Independiente 18 4 7 7 21 35 −14 19
9 Alianza F.C. 18 4 5 9 19 25 −6 17
10 Nejapa F.C. 18 2 5 11 16 34 −18 11
Source:[citation needed]

Semifinals 1st Leg

Metapán1–3FAS
Héctor Mejía   86' Report Osvaldo Mendoza   55',   75'
Alejandro Bentos   77'
Attendance: 2,549
Chalatenango3–0Águila
José Luis Osorio   50' (pen.),   78'
Fredy Vichéz   92'		 Report
Attendance: 4,800

Semifinals 2nd Leg

Attendance: 5,122
Attendance: 11,463

Final

[2]

Chalatenango3–3 (a.e.t.)Metapán
Carlos Ayala   48'
Léster Blanco   62'
Amílcar Ramírez   100'		 Dagoberto Portillo   47' (pen.)
José Manuel Martínez   65'
Dagoberto Portillo   113' (pen.)
Penalties
Hermes Martínez  
Amílcar Ramírez  
Carlos Ayala  
Fredy Vichéz  
José Luis Osorio  		 3–4   Dagoberto Portillo
  Williams Reyes
  Paolo Suárez
  Alexander Escobar
  Erick Prado
Attendance: 14,403

Champion

   Apertura 2008 Champion 
A.D. Isidro Metapán
2nd title

A.D. Isidro Metapán qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Season statistics

Scoring

Average home attendance

  • Highest average home attendance: 3,712 (Águila)
  • Lowest average home attendance: 667 (Nejapa)

Clean sheets

Overall

Home

Away

Top scorers

Total Player Team Goals per Round
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
11   Carlos Ayala Chalatenango 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
9   José Oliveira de Souza Águila 2 3 1 1 1 1
8   César Larios FAS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8     Williams Reyes Metapán 1 1 1 1 2 2
8   Franklin Webster Balboa 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
7   Edgar Leguizamón Firpo 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7   Pompilio Cacho Vista Hermosa 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
5   Rudis Corrales Águila 2 1 1 1
5   Gabriel Garcete Metapán 1 1 1 1 1 1
5   Alcides Bandera Balboa 1 1 1 1 1
5     Emiliano Pedrozo Nejapa 1 1 1 1 1
5   Nicolás Muñoz Alianza 1 1 1 1 1
5   Alfredo Pacheco FAS 1 2 1 1
As of the end of the regular season

Fastest scorers

Attendance

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
14,403 Final 21 December 2008 Chalatenango 3 – 3 Metapán Estadio Cuscatlán Sunday Afternoon
11,463 Semifinal - 2nd leg 13 December 2008 FAS 1 – 3 Metapán Estadio Oscar Quiteño Saturday Night
7,690 Round 2 6 August 2008 Águila 3 – 1 FAS Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Wednesday Night
6,997 Round 16 12 November 2008 FAS 1 – 0 Águila Estadio Oscar Quiteño Wednesday Night
6,156 Round 8 20 September 2008 Águila 1 – 0 Alianza Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Twilight
5,815 Round 15 15 November 2008 FAS 1 – 1 Metapán Estadio Oscar Quiteño Saturday Night
5,307 Round 2 6 August 2008 Alianza 3 – 1 Independiente Estadio Cuscatlán Wednesday Afternoon
5,122 Semifinal - 2nd leg 13 December 2008 Águila 1 – 0 Chalatenango Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Night
4,800 Semifinal - 1st leg 7 December 2008 Chalatenango 3 – 0 Águila Estadio José Gregorio Martínez Sunday Afternoon
4,722 Round 13 5 November 2008 Águila 3 – 2 Firpo Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Wednesday Night
4,510 Round 3 9 August 2008 Firpo 1 – 2 Alianza Estadio Sergio Torres Saturday Night

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Chalatenango   Juan Ramón Sánchez TBD June 2008   Carlos Antonio Meléndez June 2008 Pre-season
Nejapa   Mauricio Cienfuegos Mutual consent 14 August 2008   Emiliano Pedrozo August 2008 10th
Nejapa   Emiliano Pedrozo went back to being a player September 2008   Daniel Uberti 5 September 2008 10th
Firpo   Gerardo Reinoso Sacked 25 August 2008   Óscar Benítez 2 September 2008 7th
Balboa   Gustavo de Simone Sacked 30 August 2008   Roberto Gamarra 5 September 2008 10th
Alianza   Pablo Centrone Sacked 14 September 2008   Carlos Jurado 16 September 2008 5th
Firpo   Oscar Benítez Sacked 9 December 2008   Agustín Castillo 23 December 2008 Post-season (6th)
Águila   Agustín Castillo Sacked 15 December 2008   Pablo Centrone 24 December 2008 Post-season (Semifinals)
FAS   Nelson Ancheta Sacked 27 December 2008   Roberto Gamarra 1 January 2009 Post-season (Semifinals)
Nejapa   Daniel Uberti Sacked 29 December 2008   Nelson Ancheta 29 December 2008 Post-season (10th)
Balboa   Roberto Gamarra Mutual consent 1 January 2009   Carlos de Toro 16 January 2009 Post-season (7th)
Juventud   Jorge Abrego Sacked December 2008   Juan Ramón Sánchez December 2009 Post-season (8th)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2008. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apetura game for the respective club.
  2. 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.

References

  1. ^ . CONCACAF. 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  2. ^ ""Metapán el nuevo monarca"".

External links

January 24, 2023
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The Primera Division de Futbol Profesional Apertura 2008 season officially known as Torneo Apertura 2008 started on August 2 2008 and finished on December 21 2008 Primera Division de Futbol Profesional de El SalvadorSeasonApertura 2008ChampionsA D Isidro Metapan 2nd title CONCACAF Champions League 2009 10A D Isidro MetapanTop goalscorerCarlos Ayala 11 Clausura 2008Clausura 2009 C D Luis Angel Firpo came into the tournament as defending champions having won their eighth league title in the previous season A total of 10 teams contested the league 8 of which had already participated in the Clausura 2008 season and two of which had been promoted from the Segunda Division de Futbol Salvadoreno The 10 teams of the Primera Division each played 18 matches playing each team twice home and away The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals The winner of the final series gained entry into the 2009 10 CONCACAF Champions League 1 Contents 1 Promotion and relegation 2 Team information 2 1 Personnel and sponsoring 3 League standings 4 Semifinals 1st Leg 5 Semifinals 2nd Leg 6 Final 6 1 Champion 7 Season statistics 7 1 Scoring 7 2 Average home attendance 7 3 Clean sheets 7 4 Overall 7 5 Home 7 6 Away 8 Top scorers 8 1 Fastest scorers 9 Attendance 10 Managerial changes 11 List of foreign players in the league 12 References 13 External linksPromotion and relegation EditPromoted from Segunda Division de Futbol Salvadoreno as of June 27 2008 Champions C D Atletico Balboa Runner up won through playoff Juventud IndependienteRelegated to Segunda Division de Futbol Salvadoreno as of June 27 2008 Last place Once Municipal Second last lost through playoff San Salvador F C Team information EditPersonnel and sponsoring Edit Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsorAguila Agustin Castillo TBD TBDAlianza Pablo Centrone TBD TBDC D Atletico Balboa TBD Gustavo de Simone TBD TBDC D Chalatenango Carlos MelendezFAS Reynaldo Valle Nelson Ancheta TBD TBDFirpo TBD Miguel Obando TBD TBDJuventud Independiente Jorge Abrego TBD TBDIsidro Metapan Edwin Portillo TBD TBDNejapa F C Mauricio Cienfuegos TBD TBDC D Vista Hermosa TBD Victor Coreas TBD TBDLeague standings EditPos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 C D Aguila 18 10 4 4 39 19 20 34 Qualified to semifinals2 A D Isidro Metapan 18 8 7 3 32 21 11 313 C D FAS 18 8 6 4 27 22 5 304 C D Chalatenango 18 7 7 4 25 24 1 285 C D Vista Hermosa 18 7 6 5 20 16 4 276 C D Luis Angel Firpo 18 5 7 6 20 18 2 227 C D Atletico Balboa 18 4 8 6 23 29 6 208 Juventud Independiente 18 4 7 7 21 35 14 199 Alianza F C 18 4 5 9 19 25 6 1710 Nejapa F C 18 2 5 11 16 34 18 11Source citation needed Semifinals 1st Leg Edit2008 12 06Metapan1 3FASHector Mejia 86 Report Osvaldo Mendoza 55 75 Alejandro Bentos 77 Estadio Jorge Calero SuarezAttendance 2 549 2008 12 07Chalatenango3 0AguilaJose Luis Osorio 50 pen 78 Fredy Vichez 92 ReportEstadio Jose Gregorio MartinezAttendance 4 800Semifinals 2nd Leg Edit2008 12 13Aguila1 0ChalatenangoJose de Souza 79 ReportEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaAttendance 5 122 2008 12 13FAS1 3MetapanAlfredo Pacheco 65 Report Williams Reyes 16 Jose Amaya 35 Dagoberto Portillo 45 pen Estadio Oscar QuitenoAttendance 11 463Final Edit 2 2008 12 21Chalatenango3 3 a e t MetapanCarlos Ayala 48 Lester Blanco 62 Amilcar Ramirez 100 Dagoberto Portillo 47 pen Jose Manuel Martinez 65 Dagoberto Portillo 113 pen PenaltiesHermes Martinez Amilcar Ramirez Carlos Ayala Fredy Vichez Jose Luis Osorio 3 4 Dagoberto Portillo Williams Reyes Paolo Suarez Alexander Escobar Erick PradoEstadio CuscatlanAttendance 14 403 ChalatenangoGK Jassir DerasDF Cristian LopezDF Ramon MartinezDF Hermes MartinezDF Roberto GarciaMF Juan Carlos Serrano MF oscar NavarroMF Lester Blanco MF Manuel Luna FW Jose Luis OsorioFW Carlos AyalaSubstitutes FW Fredy Vichez MF Mario Deras MF Amilcar Ramirez Manager Carlos Antonio Melendez Isidro Metapan GK Dagoberto PortilloDF Ricardo AlvaradoDF Alexander EscobarDF Ernesto AquinoDF Ernesto Iraheta MF Mario AguilarMF Hector Mejia 70 MF Jose Amaya MF Paolo SuarezFW Williams ReyesFW Julio Martinez Substitutes FW Jose Manuel Martinez 71 MF Erick Dowson Prado DF Jorge Moran Manager Edwin Portillo Champion Edit Apertura 2008 Champion A D Isidro Metapan2nd titleA D Isidro Metapan qualified for 2009 10 CONCACAF Champions League Season statistics EditScoring Edit First goal of the season Nicolas Munoz for Alianza against Balboa 2 August 2008 Fastest goal in a match 25 seconds Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos for FAS against Nejapa 26 October 2008 Goal scored at the latest point in a match 90 9 minutes Jose Oliveira de Souza for Aguila against Independiente 23 August 2008 Widest winning margin 10 Aguila 10 0 Independiente 23 August 2008 Most goals in a match 10 Aguila 10 0 Independiente 23 August 2008 Balboa 3 7 Independiente 30 August 2008 First hat trick of the season Jose Oliveira de Souza for Aguila against Independiente 30 August 2008 First own goal of the season Luis Espindola for Nejapa against Balboa 29 October 2008 Most goals by one player in a single match 3 Jose Oliveira de Souza for Aguila against Independiente 30 August 2008 Most goals by one team in a match 10 Aguila 10 0 Independiente 23 August 2008 Most goals in one half by one team 6 Aguila 10 0 Independiente 23 August 2008 Most goals scored by losing team 3 Balboa 3 7 Independiente 30 August 2008 Average home attendance Edit Highest average home attendance 3 712 Aguila Lowest average home attendance 667 Nejapa Clean sheets Edit Most clean sheets Firpo 9 Fewest clean sheets Nejapa Alianza and Independiente 7 Overall Edit Most wins Aguila 10 Fewest wins Nejapa 2 Most draws Balboa 8 Fewest draws Aguila 4 Most losses Nejapa 11 Fewest losses Metapan 3 Most goals scored Aguila 39 Fewest goals scored Nejapa 16 Most goals conceded Independiente 35 Fewest goals conceded Vista Hermosa 16 Home Edit Most wins Aguila and Metapan 6 Fewest wins Independiente and Alianza 1 Most draws Independiente 5 Fewest draws Nejapa and Metapan 1 Most losses Alianza 4 Fewest losses Aguila Metapan FAS Chalatenango and Vista Hermosa 1 Most goals scored Metapan 24 Fewest goals scored Independiente 5 Most goals conceded Nejapa 20 Fewest goals conceded Aguila 6 Away Edit Most wins Aguila and FAS 4 Fewest wins Nejapa 0 Most draws Metapan and Balboa 5 Fewest draws Alianza 1 Most losses Alianza and Nejapa 5 Fewest losses Metapan 2 Most goals scored Aguila 17 Fewest goals scored Nejapa 6 Most goals conceded Independiente 25 Fewest goals conceded Metapan and Vista Hermosa 9 Top scorers EditTotal Player Team Goals per Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1811 Carlos Ayala Chalatenango 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 29 Jose Oliveira de Souza Aguila 2 3 1 1 1 18 Cesar Larios FAS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 Williams Reyes Metapan 1 1 1 1 2 28 Franklin Webster Balboa 1 1 1 2 1 1 17 Edgar Leguizamon Firpo 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 Pompilio Cacho Vista Hermosa 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 Rudis Corrales Aguila 2 1 1 15 Gabriel Garcete Metapan 1 1 1 1 1 15 Alcides Bandera Balboa 1 1 1 1 15 Emiliano Pedrozo Nejapa 1 1 1 1 15 Nicolas Munoz Alianza 1 1 1 1 15 Alfredo Pacheco FAS 1 2 1 1As of the end of the regular seasonFastest scorers Edit Scorer Time seconds Team Opponent Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos 25 FAS Nejapa Mario Aguilar Posada 40 Metapan Firpo Christian Castillo 42 Alianza AguilaAttendance EditAttendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day14 403 Final 21 December 2008 Chalatenango 3 3 Metapan Estadio Cuscatlan Sunday Afternoon11 463 Semifinal 2nd leg 13 December 2008 FAS 1 3 Metapan Estadio Oscar Quiteno Saturday Night7 690 Round 2 6 August 2008 Aguila 3 1 FAS Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Wednesday Night6 997 Round 16 12 November 2008 FAS 1 0 Aguila Estadio Oscar Quiteno Wednesday Night6 156 Round 8 20 September 2008 Aguila 1 0 Alianza Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Twilight5 815 Round 15 15 November 2008 FAS 1 1 Metapan Estadio Oscar Quiteno Saturday Night5 307 Round 2 6 August 2008 Alianza 3 1 Independiente Estadio Cuscatlan Wednesday Afternoon5 122 Semifinal 2nd leg 13 December 2008 Aguila 1 0 Chalatenango Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Night4 800 Semifinal 1st leg 7 December 2008 Chalatenango 3 0 Aguila Estadio Jose Gregorio Martinez Sunday Afternoon4 722 Round 13 5 November 2008 Aguila 3 2 Firpo Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Wednesday Night4 510 Round 3 9 August 2008 Firpo 1 2 Alianza Estadio Sergio Torres Saturday NightManagerial changes EditTeam Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in tableC D Chalatenango Juan Ramon Sanchez TBD June 2008 Carlos Antonio Melendez June 2008 Pre seasonNejapa Mauricio Cienfuegos Mutual consent 14 August 2008 Emiliano Pedrozo August 2008 10thNejapa Emiliano Pedrozo went back to being a player September 2008 Daniel Uberti 5 September 2008 10thFirpo Gerardo Reinoso Sacked 25 August 2008 oscar Benitez 2 September 2008 7thBalboa Gustavo de Simone Sacked 30 August 2008 Roberto Gamarra 5 September 2008 10thAlianza Pablo Centrone Sacked 14 September 2008 Carlos Jurado 16 September 2008 5thFirpo Oscar Benitez Sacked 9 December 2008 Agustin Castillo 23 December 2008 Post season 6th Aguila Agustin Castillo Sacked 15 December 2008 Pablo Centrone 24 December 2008 Post season Semifinals FAS Nelson Ancheta Sacked 27 December 2008 Roberto Gamarra 1 January 2009 Post season Semifinals Nejapa Daniel Uberti Sacked 29 December 2008 Nelson Ancheta 29 December 2008 Post season 10th Balboa Roberto Gamarra Mutual consent 1 January 2009 Carlos de Toro 16 January 2009 Post season 7th Juventud Jorge Abrego Sacked December 2008 Juan Ramon Sanchez December 2009 Post season 8th List of foreign players in the league EditThis is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2008 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 birthplaceA 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 Aguila Jose Oliveira Marcelo Messias Arturo Albarran Leandro FrancoAlianza F C Gustavo Mendes Francisco Portillo Juan Carlos Mosquera Nicolas MunozAtletico Balboa Alcides Bandera Franklin Webster Cristian Mosquera Santos NunezChalatenango Jose Luis Osorio Manuel Luna Hermes Martinez Roberto Chanampe Julio Manrique Ernesto PezoC D FAS Alejandro Bentos Osvaldo Mendoza Yusuf Sindeh Paulo Cesar Rodrigues player released mid season Injury replacement player Juventud Independiente Carlos Escalante Lucas Abraham Fabricio Da Silva Nick PimentelC D Luis Angel Firpo Patricio Barroche Edgar Leguizamon Leonardo Pekarnik Ramon AvilaNejapa FC Juan Carlos Reyes Luis Espindola Henry Josue MartinezA D Isidro Metapan Gabriel Garcete Ernesto Noel Aquino Paolo Suarez Williams ReyesVista Hermosa Pompilio Cacho Valerio Luis Torres Rodriguez Elder Jose Figueroa Jose Francisco RamirezReferences Edit Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008 09 CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF 14 May 2008 Archived from the original on 26 December 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2008 Metapan el nuevo monarca External links Edithttp www elgrafico com index php cat 4 amp std https web archive org web 20070820233416 http www laprensagrafica com futbol http www elsalvador com mwedh deportes dep seccion asp idCat 6429 amp opSM 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Primera Division de Futbol Profesional Apertura 2008 amp oldid 1105023996, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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