Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1998

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season	Apertura 1998
Champions	Alianza F.C. (7th title)
Relegated	None
None	None
Top goalscorer	Rodrigo Osorio (11)
← 1997-1998 Clausura 1999 →

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1998 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999") started on August 28, 1998, and finished on December 27, 1998.

The season saw Alianza F.C. win its 7th league title after a 1-0 victory over C.D. Luis Angel Firpo in the final.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted

C.D. Sonsonate

Teams relegated

El Roble

Table

Apertura 1998 Firpo 33 puntos Alianza 32 puntos FAS 29 puntos Águila 29 puntos

Team Information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ADET			TBD	TBD
Águila		Miloš Miljanić	TBD	TBD
Alianza	Óscar Rodríguez	Ruben Alonso	TBD	TBD
Arabe Marte	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
C.D. Dragon	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
FAS	TBD	Óscar Benítez	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Julio Escobar	TBD	TBD
Municipal Limeno	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Santa Clara	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Sonsonate	TBD	Ricardo López Tenorio	TBD	TBD

Semifinals 1st Leg

C.D. Luis Angel Firpo v C.D. Aguila

1998

C.D. Luis Angel Firpo	1-0	C.D. Aguila
		None

C.D. FAS v Alianza F.C.

1998

C.D. FAS	0-1	Alianza F.C.
None

Semifinals 2nd Leg

C.D. Aguila v C.D. Luis Angel Firpo

1998

C.D. Aguila	0-0	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
None		None

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Alianza F.C. v C.D. FAS

1998

Alianza F.C.	3-1	C.D. FAS

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca

Final

Alianza F.C. v C.D. Luis Angel Firpo

December 27, 1998

Alianza F.C.	1-0	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo
Rodrigo Osorio 86'		None

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca


Alianza
GK		Luis Guevara Mora
DF		Óscar Navarro
DF		Mario Elias Guevara
DF		Alexander Merino
DF		Gerardo Galán
MF		Hector Lopez
MF		Milton Meléndez
MF		Alejandro Curbelo
MF		Adonai Martínez
FW		Elias Montes
FW		Elmer Acevedo
Substitutes:
FW		Argueta 54'
MF		Rodrigo Osorio
MF		Washington de la Cruz
Manager:
Rubén Alonso


Firpo:
GK	Alvaro Misael Alfaro
DF	Carlos Hernández
DF	Mauricio Do Santos
DF	Leonel Cárcamo
DF	Wilfredo Iraheta
MF	Rene Oswaldo Duran
MF	Abraham Monterrosa
MF	Raul Toro
MF	Guillermo García
FW	Arnoldo Coreas
FW	Celio Rodriguez
Substitutes:
DF	Pérez	}
FW	Castro
FW	Rivera
Manager:
Julio Escobar

Champion

Apertura 1998 Champion:
Alianza F.C.
7th title

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Rodrigo Osorio	Alianza F.C.	11
2.	Elias Montes	Alianza F.C.	8
3.	Fredy Gonzales Vichez	FAS	8
4.	Jose Rene Martinez	Sonsonate F.C.	8
5.	Rudis Corrales	Municipal Limeno	7
6.	Celio Rodriguez	Firpo	6
7.	Santos Cabrera	Municipal Limeno	6
8.	Julo Olviera Ascue	Atletico Marte	6
9.	Hector Aaron Canjura	ADET	5
10.	Miguel Angel Mariano	FAS	5

External links

http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/elsal99.html

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional of El Salvador

Clubs	Águila Alianza Atlético Marte Chalatenango Dragón FAS Firpo Isidro Metapán Pasaquina Santa Tecla Sonsonate UES

Year-long seasons	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946 1947 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1955 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1959 1960–61 1961–62 1962 1963–64 1964 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98

Apertura and Clausura seasons	1998–99 A C 1999–2000 A C 2000–01 A C 2001–02 A C 2002–03 A C 2003–04 A C 2004–05 A C 2005–06 A C 2006–07 A C 2007–08 A C 2008–09 A C 2009–10 A C 2010–11 A C 2011–12 A C 2012–13 A C 2013–14 A C 2014–15 A C 2015–16

Miscellaneous	Coaches Foreign players (Apertura 1998-Present) Foreign players (1926-1998) Top goalscorers Former Teams Records

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