Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 1999

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 1999 season (officially "Copa Clima Clausura 1999") started on January 10, 1999, and finished on May 30, 1999

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
SeasonClausura 1999
ChampionsC.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (6th title)
RelegatedSonsonate
Top goalscorerArgentina Emiliano Pedrozo (12)
Biggest home winAlianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
Biggest away winSanta Clara 0-2 Águila (January 30, 1999)
Highest scoringAlianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)

The season saw C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo win its 6th league title after a 5-4 penalty victory over FAS in the final after the game was ted at 1-1.

Team information

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Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ADET     Luis Ángel León Galaxia Nil Sponsor
Águila     Milos Miljanic Aviva Gigante Express
Alianza   Óscar Rodríguez   Ruben Alonso Lanzera Nil Sponsor
Atlético Marte   TBD   Armando Contreras Palma TBD Biggest, Pepsi
Dragón   TBD   Saul Molina TBD SINAI
FAS   TBD   Óscar Emigdio Benítez ABA Sport LG
Firpo   TBD   Julio Escobar Galaxia Pepsi, Tahulteca
Municipal Limeño   TBD   Nelson Brizuela Aviva El Globo
Santa Clara   TBD   Pedro Interiano TBD BFA
Sonsonate   TBD   Colin Moran Cea Galaxia TBD

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
Sonsonate   Ricardo López Tenorio Sacked December 1998   Colin Moran Cea January 1999
Dragon   Moses Magana Sacked December 1998   Saul Molina January 1999
Santa Clara   Eduardo Lara Moscote Sacked December 1998   Pedro Interiano January 1999

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal Limeno   Nelson Brizuela Resigned January 1999   Victor Manuel Pacheco January 1999
Dragon   Saul Molina Sacked February 1999   Domingo Ramos Moncada (Interim) February 1999 10th
ADET   Luis Angel León Resigned March 1999   Juan Quarterone March 1999 10th
Atletico Marte   Armando Contreras Palma Resigned March 1999   José Luis Rugamas March 1999 3rd
Dragon   Domingo Ramos Moncada Interimship finished March, 1999   Nelson Brizuela March 1999
Alianza   Ruben Alonso Resigned April 1999   Milton Melendez (Interim) April 1999
Aguila   Miloš Miljanić Resigned April 1999   Juan Ramón Paredes April 1999
Alianza   Milton Melendez (Interim) moved to becoming a player April 1999   Hernán Carrasco April 1999

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 C.D. FAS 18 9 6 3 28 16 +12 33 Qualified to finals
2 Árabe Marte 18 8 7 3 30 23 +7 31
3 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 8 6 4 25 18 +7 30
4 Águila 18 7 6 5 18 13 +5 27
5 Limeño 18 5 8 5 27 27 0 23
6 Alianza 18 4 10 4 24 20 +4 22
7 Dragón 18 3 10 5 16 20 −4 19
8 ADET 18 5 4 9 22 28 −6 19
9 C.D. Santa Clara 18 5 4 9 21 35 −14 19
10 Sonsonate 18 3 5 10 24 35 −11 14 Relegated to Segunda Division
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Home \ Away ADET ÁGU ALI ATM DRA FAS FIR LIM SAN SON
ADET 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–1
Águila 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–0
Alianza 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 7–0 0–0
Árabe Marte 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 3–3
Dragón 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1
C.D. FAS 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1
Luis Ángel Firpo 4–2 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0
Municipal Limeño 4–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 2–2
Santa Clara 1–4 0–2 0–0 2–3 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1
Sonsonate 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–4 2–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals 1st leg

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C.D. Águila2-2C.D. FAS
Jorge Abrego   o.g.' (12)
Waldir Guerra   68'
Miguel "Gallo" Mariano   9'   50'

Árabe Marte0-2C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
None Celio Rodriguez   20'
Raul Toro  

Semifinals 2nd leg

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C.D. FAS1-0C.D. Águila
Miguel “Gallo” Mariano   56' None

FAS won 3-2 on aggregate


C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo3-2Árabe Marte
  59'   78'   90' Rene Toledo  12'   87'

LA Firpo won 5-2 on aggregate

Final

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C.D. FAS1-1C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Jorge Wagner   54' (pen.) Mauricio Dos Santos   12'
Penalties
Bladimir Cubías  
Iraheta  
Ricardo Cuéllar  
Jorge Wagner  
Fredy Gonzalez  
4-5 Misael Alfaro  
Castro Borja  
Celio Rodríguez  
Nildenson De Mello  
Raul Toro  

Champion

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 Clausura 1999 champion 
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
6th title

Top scorers

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Pos Player Team Goals
1.   Emiliano Pedrozo Santa Clara 12
2.   Miguel Mariano FAS 10
3.   Celio Rodriguez LA Firpo 10
4.   Rene Toledo Atletico Marte 9
5.   Jose Canales Municipal Limeño 5
6.   Rudis Corrales Municipal Limeño 5
7.   Armando Arechiga Municipal Limeño 5
8.   Rodrigo Osorio Alianza 5
9.   Jose Rene Martinez Alianza 5
10.   Mario Pablo Quintanilla Atletico Marte 5

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 1999. 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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