Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2001

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
ChampionsAlianza F.C. (8th title)
RelegatedNone
Top goalscorer TBD (12)

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2001 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2001"), started on August 26, 2001, and finished on December 23, 2001.

This season saw Alianza F.C. win its 8th league title after a 2-1 victory over C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the final.

This was the first season that saw promotion/relegation used on a once a year basis, rather than every six months as had been a custom in previous years. This meant that teams could now only be promoted/relegated once a year, after both the Apertura and Clausura seasons had ended. At which time, the teams promoted/relegated would be decided by comparing accumulated points on aggregate over both Apertura and Clausura seasons. At this point, the bottom team would automatically be relegated to the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, while the winner of that division would be brought up to take their spot.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of August 26, 2001.

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ADET El Salvador Argentina Juan Quarterone TBD TBD
Águila El Salvador Uruguay Saul Lorenzo Rivero TBD TBD
Alianza El Salvador Óscar Rodríguez El Salvador Juan Ramón Paredes TBD TBD
Atlético Marte El Salvador TBD Mexico Jorge Martinez TBD TBD
C.D. Dragon El Salvador TBD El Salvador Miguel Aguilar TBD TBD
FAS El Salvador Reynaldo Valle Peru Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Atletico Balboa El Salvador TBD El Salvador Oscar Benítez TBD TBD
Firpo El Salvador TBD Serbia Milos Miljanic TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno El Salvador TBD North Macedonia Kiril Dojcinovski TBD TBD
A.D. Isidro Metapán El Salvador José Gumercindo Landaverde El Salvador Edwin Portillo TBD TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS El Salvador Rubén Guevara Resigned June 2001 Peru Agustin Castillo June 2001
Alianza F.C. Uruguay Carlos Reyes TBD June 2001 El Salvador Juan Ramón Paredes June 2001
Municipal Limeno Chile Hernan Carrasco Sacked July 2001 North Macedonia Kiril Dojcinovski July 2001
Atletico Marte El Salvador Mauricio Pachin Gonzales TBD July 2001 Mexico Jorge Martinez July 2001

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Atletico Marte Mexico Jorge Martinez TBD September 2001 Paraguay Nelson Brizuela September 2001
Dragon El Salvador Miguel Aguilar TBD September 2001 Ecuador Alfredo Encalada September 2001
Atletico Marte Paraguay Nelson Brizuela TBD October 2001 El Salvador Mauricio Pachin Gonzales October 2001
Atletico Balboa El Salvador Óscar Emigdio Benítez TBD November 2001 El Salvador Saul Molina November 2001
Isidro Metapan El Salvador Edwin Portillo TBD October 2001 El Salvador Oscar "Lagarto" Ulloa Interim October 2001
Isidro Metapan El Salvador Oscar "Lagarto" Ulloa Interim TBD November 2001 El Salvador José Calazán Interim November 2001

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza F.C. 18 12 4 2 42 23 +19 40 Qualified to finals
2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 9 6 3 36 21 +15 33
3 C.D. Águila 18 9 5 4 49 26 +23 32
4 C.D. Municipal Limeño 18 8 6 4 28 21 +7 30
5 C.D. FAS 18 7 8 3 30 15 +15 29
6 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 7 5 6 29 27 +2 26
7 C.D. Atlético Balboa 18 5 3 10 19 32 −13 18
8 C.D. Dragón 18 4 3 11 18 34 −16 15
9 ADET 18 4 2 12 22 49 −27 14
10 Atlético Marte 18 1 6 11 16 41 −25 9
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals 1st leg

C.D. Águila2-2C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
C.D. Municipal Limeño2-2Alianza F.C.

Semifinals 2nd leg

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo1-1C.D. Águila
Alianza F.C.0-0C.D. Municipal Limeño

Final

Alianza F.C.2-1C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Sandoval 31'
Martínez 119'		 Montes 20'


 Apertura 2001 champion 
Alianza F.C.
8th title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2001. 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