Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2006

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Champions	Once Municipal (2nd title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	TBD
	← Clausura 2006 Clausura 2007 →

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2006 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2006") started on August 12, 2006 and concluded on December 17.

Apertura 2006 teams

Club	City	Stadium
C.D. Águila	San Miguel	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza
Alianza F.C.	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán
C.D. Chalatenango	Chalatenango	Estadio José Gregorio Martínez
C.D. FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Oscar Quiteño
C.D. L.A. Firpo	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres
Independiente Nacional 1906	San Vicente	Estadio Jiboa
A.D. Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
Once Municipal	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña
San Salvador F.C.	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán
C.D. Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera	Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Vladan Vicevic	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Miguel Mansilla	TBD	TBD
C.D. Chalatenango		Agustin Castillo
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Julio Asad	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Leonel Carcamo	TBD	TBD
Independiente Nacional 1906		Juan Ramon Paredes	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapan	José Gumercindo Landaverde	Ruben Alonso	TBD	TBD
Once Municipal	TBD	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	TBD
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Jose Mario Martinez	TBD	TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
FAS	Carlos de los Cobos	TBD	June 2006	Julio Asad	June 2006
San Salvador F.C.	Leonel Carcamo	TBD	June 2006	Hugo Coria	June 2006
Firpo	Milos Mijanic	TBD	June 2006	Leonel Carcamo	June 2006
Alianza F.C.	Oscar Emigdio Benitez	TBD	June 2006	Miguel Mansilla	June 2006
Once Municipal	Miguel Mansilla	TBD	June 2006	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	June 2006

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Independiente Nacional 1906	Juan Ramon Paredes	TBD	October 2006	Juan Quarterone	October 2006
Metapan	Ruben Alonso	TBD	October 2006	Edwin Portillo	October 2006
Alianza F.C.	Miguel Mansilla	TBD	October 2006	Nelson Brizuela	October 2006

Apertura 2006 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C.D. FAS	18	8	7	3	32	24	+8	31	Semifinal Berth
2	Once Municipal	18	7	8	3	17	12	+5	29
3	C.D. Águila	18	8	3	7	35	22	+13	27
4	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	6	8	4	25	21	+4	26	4th Place Playoff Game
5	Alianza F.C.	18	8	2	8	22	22	0	26	4th Place Playoff Game
6	San Salvador F.C.	18	7	3	8	23	25	−2	24
7	C.D. Chalatenango	18	6	5	7	17	20	−3	23
8	C.D. Vista Hermosa	18	5	7	6	24	26	−2	22
9	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	6	4	8	22	26	−4	22
10	Independiente Nacional 1906	18	4	3	11	13	32	−19	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4th place playoff

The fourth place match was played on November 30. The winner advances to the semifinals.

November 30, 2006

Alianza F.C.	3-1	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

15:00 - Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Bracket

Semifinals (agg)		Final

Alianza F.C.	2

C.D. FAS	4
		C.D. FAS	1

		Once Municipal	3
C.D. Águila	5

Once Municipal (a)	5

Semifinals

The team with the lower league position played home in the 1st leg. The 1st legs were played on December 2 and December 3. The 2nd legs were played on December 9 and December 10.

1st leg

December 2, 2006

C.D. Águila	4-1	Once Municipal

19:00 - Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

December 3, 2006

Alianza F.C.	2-1	C.D. FAS
Aparicio 78' Rodríguez 88'		Ayala 74'

15:00 - Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

2nd leg

December 9, 2006

Once Municipal	4-1	C.D. Águila

19:00 - Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza, San Miguel

December 10, 2006

C.D. FAS	3-0	Alianza F.C.

15:00 - Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Final

The final game was played on December 17.

December 17, 2006

Once Municipal	3-1	C.D. FAS


Once Municipal
GK	22	Adolfo Menéndez
DF	14	Libardo Carbajal
DF	20	Mario Elias Guevara
DF	3	Ernesto Noel Aquino 58'
DF	12	Aníbal Ávalos	99'
MF	17	Oscar Jiménez
MF	23	Nelson Nerio 74'	75'
MF	11	Mario Pablo Quintanilla
MF	10	William Antonio Torres
FW	8	Christian Javier Bautista 9'	61'
FW	7	Juan Carlos Reyes
Substitutes:
FW	21	Ovidio Guzmán 91'	61'
MF	5		75'
MF	9	James Owusu-Ansah	99'
Manager:
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta


FAS:
GK	1	Santos Rivera
DF	4	Ramon Flores	88'
DF	3	Marvin Gonzalez 95' 110'
DF	7	Rafael Tobar
DF	15	Alfredo Pacheco
MF	6	Carlos Menjívar	94'
MF	18	Gilberto Murgas 23'
MF	8	Cristian Álvarez
MF	13	Juan Carlos Moscoso 35'	46'
FW	23	Néstor Ayala 32'
FW	17	Alejandro Bentos
Substitutes:
MF	22	Emerson Umaña	46'
FW	28	César Larios	88'
DF	14	Victor Fuentes	94'
Manager:
Julio Asad

Apertura Champions 2006/07
Once Municipal 2nd title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2006. The following players:

have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this season that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

C.D. Águila