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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1998

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.

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

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

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Teams promoted

Teams relegated

  • None

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

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

Table

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Apertura 1998

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


Managerial changes

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Before the season

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

During the season

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

Team information

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Personnel and sponsoring

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

Semifinals 1st leg

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

Semifinals 2nd leg

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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

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


 Apertura 1998 champion 
Alianza F.C.
7th title

Top scorers

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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 Mariano FAS 5

List of foreign players in the league

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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
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