Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2009

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The Apertura 2009 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2009) was the twenty-third tournament of the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format, and the 41st overall.

FAS won the tournament for the 17th time in history, defeating Águila in the final with a 3–2 victory in extra time.

Isidro Metapán were the defending champions, having won their 3rd title the previous season and being the back to back champions.

A total of 10 teams contested the league, with none getting relegated (relegation only occurs in Clausura tournaments). The season began on August 14, 2009 and concluded on December 20, 2009. The 10 teams of the Primera División played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals. Since Vista Hermosa and Isidro Metapán finished with the same points at the end of the regular season, a knockout playoff match was played to determine the last team to advance to the playoffs. Vista Hermosa clinched the final spot for the playoffs with a 1–0 victory over Isidro Metapán.

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

• Champions: Atlético Marte
• Municipal Limeño (bought the spot of Chalatenango).

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

• Last place: Juventud Independiente
• Chalatenango (sold their spot to Municipal Limeño).

Alianza

Atlético Balboa

Atlético Marte

C.D. Águila

C.D. FAS

Isidro Metapán

Luís Ángel Firpo

Municipal Limeño

Nejapa F.C.

Vista Hermosa

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Location of teams in Apertura 2009

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	TBD	Eraldo Correia	TBD	TBD
Alianza	TBD	Nelson Ancheta	TBD	TBD
Atlético Balboa	TBD	Eduardo Santana	TBD	TBD
Atlético Marte	TBD	Ramiro Cepeda	TBD	TBD
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Roberto Gamarra	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Agustín Castillo	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapán	TBD	Edwin Portillo	TBD	TBD
C.D. Municipal Limeño	TBD	Miguel Soriano	TBD	TBD
Nejapa F.C.	TBD	Gustavo de Simone	TBD	TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Armando Palma	TBD	TBD

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Atlético Balboa	Luis Zapata	End of contract	16 June 2009	Eduardo Santana	24 June 2009	9th (Clausura 2009)
Nejapa	Nelson Ancheta	End of contract	June 2009	Gustavo de Simone	1 August 2009	4th (Clausura 2009)
Municipal Limeño	Jorge García	End of contract	June 2009	Miguel Aguilar	June 2009	N/A

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Municipal Limeño	Miguel Aguilar	Sacked	31 August 2009	Víctor Coreas	1 September 2009	N/A
Atlético Balboa	Eduardo Santana	Resigned	1 September 2009	Jorge García	5 September 2009	N/A
Atlético Balboa	Jorge García	Resigned	15 September 2009	Luis Zapata	24 September 2009	N/A
Vista Hermosa	Armando Palma	Sacked	October 2009	Mario Martínez	13 October 2009	N/A
Alianza F.C.	Nelson Ancheta	Sacked	26 October 2009	Miguel Soriano	27 October 2009	N/A

5 December 2009

15:00 UTC-6

Vista Hermosa	1–2	FAS
Osael Romero 90+1'		Roberto Peña 39' Williams Reyes 84'

Estadio Correcaminos
San Francisco Gotera, Morazán

Referee: Joel Aguilar

6 December 2009

12:00 UTC-6

Firpo	0–2	Águila
		Darwin Bonilla 6' Nicholas Addlery 90+1'

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador, San Salvador

12 December 2009

19:30 UTC-6

Águila	1–0	Firpo
Nicholas Addlery 39'

Estadio Francisco Barraza
San Miguel, San Miguel

Referee: Edenilson V. Santos

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20 December 2009

15:00 UTC-6

FAS	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Águila
Josué Flores 1' Arturo Albarrán 95' (o.g.) Juan Carlos Moscoso 97'		Nicholas Addlery 64', 100'

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador, San Salvador

Referee: Joel Aguilar

FAS GK 1 Dagoberto Portillo DF 4 Ramón Flores DF 3 Marvin González DF 6 José Henríquez DF 15 Alfredo Pacheco  37' MF 23 Carlos Aparicio MF 24 Roberto Peña MF 8 Cristian Álvarez MF 20 Josué Flores  89' FW 9 Alejandro Bentos  23' FW 11 Williams Reyes Substitutes FW 16 Franklin Webster  23'  68' MF 19 Gustavo López  68' MF 13 Juan Carlos Moscoso  89' Manager Roberto Gamarra

Águila GK 1 Miguel Montes DF 5 Luis Hernández DF 4 Hermes Martínez DF 17 Isaac Zelaya  4'  46' DF 13 Deris Umanzor MF 16 Arturo Albarrán MF 6 Gilberto Murgas  34' MF 18 Juan Lazo  46' MF 11 Francisco Álvarez  82' FW 8 Rudis Corrales FW 9 Nicholas Addlery Substitutes DF 23 William Antonio Torres  104'  46' MF 3 William Torres Alegría  46' FW 7 Nelson Reyes  110'  82' Manager Eraldo Correia

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Williams Reyes	FAS	11
	Nicolás Muñoz	Vista Hermosa	11
3	José Oliveira	Municipal Limeño	9
4	Josué Flores	FAS	7
	Anel Canales	Isidro Metapán	7
	Leandro Franco	Firpo	7
	Carlos Ayala	Alianza	7
8	Domingo Álvarez	Vista Hermosa	6
	Rudis Corrales	Águila	6
	Manuel Martinez	Nejapa	6
Source: El Grafico

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

1. have played at least one apertura 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.

• First Division League Stats (in Spanish)