Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2007

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Champions	Luis Angel Firpo (8th title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	Williams Reyes (11)
	← Clausura 2007 Clausura 2008 →

The Apertura 2007 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the since its establishment. The season began on 11 August 2007, and the ended with the final on 16 December.

Isidro Metapán are the defending league champions, having won their First Premiership title.

Luis Angel Firpo beat FAS in the final on penalties and won their eighth title.

Nejapa FC were promoted from Segunda Division.^[1]

Stadiums

Stadium	Team
Estadio Cuscatlán	San Salvador F.C.
Estadio Cuscatlán	Alianza F.C.
Estadio Nejapa	Nejapa F.C.
Estadio Sergio Torres	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Estadio Simeón Magaña	Once Municipal
Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	C.D. Águila
Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno	C.D. Vista Hermosa
Estadio José Gregorio Martínez	C.D. Chalatenango
Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Estadio Oscar Quiteño	C.D. FAS

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Luis Ramirez Zapata	TBD	Tigo,Cerveza Brahva Nash
Alianza		Pablo Centrone	TBD	Agua Cristal
C.D. Chalatenango		Vladan Vicevic		Pepsi, Tigo
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	Pilsener, Tigo American Airlines
Firpo	TBD	Horacio Cordero	Galaxia	Boquitas Diana Pilsener
Isidro Metapan		Edwin Portillo	TBD	Tigo, Arroz San Pedro
Nejapa F.C.		Carlos Antonio Melendez	TBD	Tigo, Caja de Credito Quezaltepeque
Once Municipal	TBD	Abel Moralejo	TBD	Tigo La Geo,Pilsener
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Saul Rivero	TBD	Tigo,Farmacia San Nicolas Gatorade
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Jorge Alberto Garcia	TBD	Tigo, Pollo Campestre

Managerial Changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Firpo	Hugo Coria	TBD	June 2007	Horacio Cordero	June 2007
FAS	Julio Asad	TBD	June 2007	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	June 2007
Chalatenango	Agustin Castillo	TBD	June 2007	Vladan Vicevic	July 2007
Alianza F.C.	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	June 2007	Pablo Centrone	July 2007
Once Municipal	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	June 2007	Abel Moralejo	August 2007

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Once Municipal	Abel Moralejo	TBD	October 2007	Hugo Coria	October 2007
San Salvador F.C.	Saul Rivero	TBD	October 2007	Henry Vanegas	October 2007

Standings

Last updated April 5, 2008

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	C.D. Chalatenango	18	10	4	4	29	16	+13	34
2	C.D. FAS	18	9	3	6	27	21	+6	30
3	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	8	5	5	31	24	+7	29
4	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	7	6	5	23	17	+6	27
5	C.D. Vista Hermosa	18	8	3	7	24	25	−1	27
6	C.D. Águila	18	7	4	7	23	20	+3	25
7	Alianza F.C.	18	6	6	6	26	28	−2	24
8	Nejapa F.C.	18	5	7	6	31	34	−3	22
9	San Salvador F.C.	18	3	6	9	20	35	−15	15
10	Once Municipal	18	4	2	12	8	22	−14	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

1 December 2007

Isidro Metapán

0–0

FAS

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez

8 December 2007

FAS

1–1
(1–1 agg.)

Isidro Metapán

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

2 December 2007

Luis Ángel Firpo

2–0

Chalatenango

Estadio Sergio Torres

9 December 2007

Chalatenango

1–0
(1–2 agg.)

Luis Ángel Firpo

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez

Final

17 December 2007

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1 (a.e.t.)	C.D. FAS
Barroche 41'		Pacheco 80'
Penalties
	5–3

Estadio Cuscatlán


Firpo
GK		Juan José Gómez
DF		Emerson Veliz
DF		Mauricio Quintanilla
DF		Edwin Gonzalez
DF		Jorge Elenilson Sánchez
MF		Eduardo Campos 50'
MF		Guillermo Morán
MF		Francisco Medrano 89'
MF		Leonardo Pekarnik 29'
FW		Fernando Leguizamón
FW		Patricio Barroche
Substitutes:
FW		Carlos Monteagudo 54'
MF		Carlos Calderón
MF		Mario Costas
Manager:
Horacio Cordero


FAS:
GK		Adolfo Menéndez
DF		Mardoqueo Henríquez
DF		Marvin Gonzalez 48'
DF		William Roberto Figueroa
DF		Ramon Flores
DF		Óscar Jiménez
MF		Cristian Álvarez
MF		Víctor Merino
MF		Alfredo Pacheco
FW		Alejandro Bentos
FW		Orlando Rodríguez
Substitutes:
DF		Emerson Umaña 51'
FW		Víctor Fuentes
FW		César Larios
Manager:
Nelson Ancheta

Apertura Champions 2007
Luis Ángel Firpo 8th title

Luis Ángel Firpo qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Williams Reyes	A.D. Isidro Metapán	11
2	Francisco Jovel Álvarez	Alianza F.C.	11
3	Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Águila	8
4	Rudis Corrales	C.D. Águila	6
4	Paolo Suárez	A.D. Isidro Metapán	6
5	Eduardo José Retana Castro	Alianza F.C.	5
5	Cristian Gil Mosquera	Vista Hermosa	5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2007. 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