Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2008

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (El Salvador First Division) Clausura 2008 is an El Salvador football tournament - one of two tournaments held in one year. It begins February 9, 2008 and it will run until May 18. C.D. Águila and San Salvador F.C. will inaugurate the season. Reigning champions Luis Ángel Firpo will try to defend their title and after eighteen rounds and the calculation of the aggregate table Once Municipal were relegated to the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
ChampionsC.D. Luis Angel Firpo (9th title)
RelegatedOnce Municipal
CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09A.D. Isidro Metapán
Top goalscorer Williams Reyes (14)

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila Agustin Castillo TBD TBD
Alianza Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
C.D. Chalatenango Vladan Vicevic
FAS Reynaldo Valle Nelson Mauricio Ancheta TBD TBD
Firpo TBD Gerardo Reinoso TBD TBD
Isidro Metapan Edwin Portillo TBD TBD
Nejapa F.C. Mauricio Cienfuegos TBD TBD
Once Municipal TBD Hugo Coria TBD TBD
San Salvador F.C. Marco Flores Oscar Emigdio Benitez TBD TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa TBD Jorge Alberto Garcia TBD TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Nejapa F.C. Carlos Antonio Melendez TBD December 2007 Mauricio Cienfuegos December 2007
Firpo Horacio Cordero TBD December 2007 Gerardo Reinoso December 2007
Aguila Luis Ramirez Zapata TBD December 2007 Agustín Castillo January 2008

During the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Chalatenango Vladan Vicevic TBD February 2008 Juan Ramón Sánchez February 2008
C.D. Vista Hermosa Jorge García TBD February 2008 Henry Vanegas March 2008
Once Municipal Hugo Coria TBD March 2008 Juan Ramón Paredes March 2008
San Salvador F.C. Óscar Benítez TBD March 2008 Rubén Alonso March 2008
Once Municipal Juan Ramon Paredes TBD April 2008 Mario Elias Guevara May 2008

Clausura 2008 standings

Last updated May 23, 2008

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 8 8 2 39 27 +12 32
2 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 8 8 2 29 15 +14 32
3 C.D. FAS 18 8 6 4 26 21 +5 30
4 C.D. Vista Hermosa 18 8 6 4 20 15 +5 30
5 C.D. Chalatenango 18 6 7 5 29 25 +4 25
6 Alianza F.C. 18 5 7 6 20 18 +2 22
7 C.D. Águila 18 5 6 7 25 32 −7 21
8 Nejapa F.C. 18 4 7 7 20 26 −6 19
9 Once Municipal 18 1 9 8 11 24 −13 12
10 San Salvador F.C. 18 2 6 10 14 30 −16 12
Source:

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 A.D. Isidro Metapán 36 16 13 7 70 51 +19 61
2 C.D. FAS 36 17 9 10 53 42 +11 60
3 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 36 15 14 7 52 32 +20 59
4 C.D. Chalatenango 36 16 11 9 58 41 +17 59
5 C.D. Vista Hermosa 36 16 9 11 44 40 +4 57
6 Alianza F.C. 36 11 13 12 46 46 0 46
7 C.D. Águila 36 12 10 14 48 52 −4 46
8 Nejapa F.C. 36 9 14 13 51 60 −9 41
9 San Salvador F.C. 36 5 12 19 34 65 −31 27 Relegation Playoff
10 Once Municipal 36 5 11 20 19 46 −27 26 Relegated to Segunda Division
Source:

Semifinals 1st leg
Vista Hermosa1–0Luis Ángel Firpo
Pompilio Cacho
FAS3–0Isidro Metapán
César Larios
Juan Carlos Moscoso

Semifinals 2nd leg
Luis Ángel Firpo3–0Vista Hermosa
Carlos Calderón
Patricio Barroche
Fernando Leguizamón
Isidro Metapán2–0FAS
Álex Escobar
Paolo Suárez

Final
Luis Ángel Firpo1–0 (AET)FAS
Guillermo Morán  118' (pen.)

Champion
 Clausura 2007-08 Champion 
Luis Ángel Firpo
9th title

Since C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, A.D. Isidro Metapán also qualified.

Top scorers
Pos Player Team Goals
1. Williams Reyes A.D. Isidro Metapán 14
2. Patricio Barroche C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 13
3. Juan Carlos Reyes Nejapa F.C. 9
4. Rodolfo Zelaya C.D. Chalatenango 8
Franklin Webster C.D. Chalatenango 8
5. Pompilio Cacho Valerio C.D. Vista Hermosa 7

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 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.

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