Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1998

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
SeasonApertura 1998
ChampionsAlianza (7th title)
RelegatedNone
NoneNone
Top goalscorerEl Salvador Rodrigo Osorio (11)

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1998 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999") is one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Salvadoran football. The season started on August 28, 1998, and finished on December 27, 1998.

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

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted

Teams relegated

  • None

Notable death from middle of 1999 season and end of 1998 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1998 and end of 1998.

Table

Apertura 1998

  • Firpo 33 puntos
  • Alianza 32 puntos
  • FAS 29 puntos
  • Águila 29 puntos


Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS Paraguay Nelson Brizuela Contract finished, went on to be Limeno coach July 1998 El Salvador Oscar Benitez July 1998
Sonsonate El Salvador Cristo Farfan Velasquez Contract finished July 1998 El Salvador Ricardo López Tenorio July 1998
Municipal Limeno Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira Contract finished, Went on to be Aguila coach July 1998 Paraguay Nelson Brizuela July 1998
Aguila Cuba Lazaro Buchilion Interimship ended July 1998 Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira July 1998
Dragon El Salvador Saúl Molina Contract finished July 1998 El Salvador Moses Alberto Victor Magana July 1998
Alianza Uruguay Jose Mario Figueroa Contract finished July 1998 Uruguay Rubén Alonso July 1998
Santa Clara El Salvador Rubén Guevara Contract finished 1998 El Salvador Eduardo Lara Moscote 1998

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Aguila Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira Sacked October 1998 Serbia Miloš Miljanić October 1998 7th
ADET El Salvador Victor Manuel Pacheco Sacked October 1998 El Salvador Luis Angel Leon October 1998 9th
TBD Uruguay TBD Sacked 1998 El Salvador TBD 1998 10th

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ADET El Salvador El Salvador Victor Manuel Pacheco TBD TBD
Águila El Salvador Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira Garcis Gigante express, Oralite
Alianza El Salvador Óscar Rodríguez Uruguay Ruben Alonso lanzera TBD
Árabe Marte El Salvador Mauricio Vargas El Salvador Armando Contreras Palma TBD Biggest, Pepsi
C.D. Dragon El Salvador TBD El Salvador Moses Alberto Victor Magana TBD TBD
FAS El Salvador TBD El Salvador Oscar Benitez ABA Sport LG
Firpo El Salvador TBD Chile Julio Escobar Galaxia Pepsi, Tapachulteca
Municipal Limeño El Salvador TBD Paraguay Nelson Brizuela Aviva El Globo
Santa Clara El Salvador TBD El Salvador Eduardo Lara Moscote TBD TBD
Sonsonate El Salvador TBD El Salvador Ricardo López Tenorio TBD TBD

Semifinals 1st leg

LA Firpo1-0Águila
Nelson Quintanilla None
FAS1-0Alianza
Jaime Bladimir Cubias None

Semifinals 2nd leg

Águila0-0LA Firpo
None None

LA Firpo won 1-0 on aggregare

Alianza3-1FAS
Alexander Merino 49'
César Elmer Acevedo 57' 65'		 Ivan Nolasco 30'

Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare

Final

Alianza1-0C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Rodrigo Osorio 86' None


 Apertura 1998 champion 
Alianza F.C.
7th title

Top scorers

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

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 1998. 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