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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional 1997–98

The 1997–98 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the 46th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. . The tournament began November 1997 and ended on May 31, 1998. Luis Angel Firpo won the championship game against FAS 2–0.

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1997–98
ChampionsLA Firpo (5th Title)
RelegatedEL Roble
← 1996-97

Notable events

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Change of name and ownership

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Atletico Marte changed to Atletico Arabe Marte in 1997.

New team

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Atlético Arabe Marte from Soyapango were promoted, however the club relocated from Soyapango and moved to Sonsonate and Played under Sonsonate.


Notable death from 1997 season and 1998 season

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The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1997 and middle of 1998.

Teams

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Team City Stadium Head coach Captain
Aguila San Miguel, San Miguel Department Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza   Juan Ramon Paredes   Waldir Guerra
Alianza San Salvador, San Salvador Department Estadio Cuscatlan   Jose Mario Figueroa  
Atletico Arabe Marte San Salvador, San Salvador Department Estadio Cuscutlan   Armando Contreras Palma  
Baygon-ADET San Salvador, San Salvador Department Estadio C. Sello de Oro   Victor Manuel Pacheco  
Dragon San Miguel, San Miguel Department Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza   German Barreto   Daniel Sagastizado
EL Roble Ilobasco, Cabañas Department Estadio Mauricio Vides   Didier Castro   Martin Pantajo
FAS Santa Ana, Santa Ana Department Estadio Oscar Quiteno   Nelson Brizuela   Jaime Murillo
Firpo Usulután, Usulután Department Estadio Sergio Torres   Julio Escobar   Leonel Carcamo
C.D. Municipal Limeno Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Department Estadio Ramon Flores Berrios   Antonio Carlos Vieira  
C.D. Sonsonate Sonsonate, Sonsonate Department Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos   Carlos Asdrúbal Padin  

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   Valdier Viera Sacked July 11, 1997   Nelson Brizuela October 1997
El Roble   Victor Manuel Pacheco Sacked October 1997   Didier Castro October 1997
Atletico Arabe Marte   Juan Quarterone Sacked 1997   Armando Contreras Palma 1997
ADET   Armando Contreras Palma Sacked 1997   Victor Manuel Pacheco 1997
Aguila   Mladen Stefanovic Sacked 1997   Juan Ramon Paredes 1997
Dragon   Gilberto Yearwood Sacked 1997   German Barreto 1997
Municipal Limeno   Alfredo Romero (Intermship) Intermship ended, moved to be assistant 1997   Antonio Carlos Vieira 1997
Alianza   Juan Carlos Masnik Contract finished November 1997   Jose Mario Figueroa November 1997

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   Juan Ramon Paredes Sacked January 1998   Milovan Doric January 1998
El Roble   Didier Castro Mutual Consent February 1998   Luis Landos February 1998 4th
Dragon   German Barreto Sacked February 1998   Domingo Ramos (’’Interim’’) February 1998 8th
Dragon   Domingo Ramos Interimship finished returned to be assistant manager March 1998   Saúl Molina March 1998 8th
Aguila   Milovan Doric Mutual Consent, Due to Family Reason April 1998   Lazaro Buchillon April 1998
El Roble   Luis Landos Sacked April 1998   Carlos Jurado April 1998 10th
Sonsonate   Carlos Asdrúbal Padin Sacked May 1998   Cristo Farfan Velasquez May 1998 9th
El Roble   Carlos Jurado Sacked May 1998   Jose Luis Siu May 1998 10th


Final Series

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Semi Final

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LA Firpo3-0Alianza
TBD  
TBD  
TBD  		 Nil
Estadio

LA Firpo won 3-0 on aggregare

FAS0-0Aguila
Nil Nil
Estadio

FAS won 2-0 on aggregare

Final

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Firpo2-0FAS
Abraham Monterrosa   8'
Raul Toro   65'		 [ ] Nil
Referee: Neftali Recinos



 1997–98 champion 
LA Firpo
5th title

Top scorers

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Pos Player Team Goals
1.   Alfredo ‘Chelito’ Pérez LA Firpo 15
2   Celio Rodriguez LA Firpo 12
3.   Raul Toro LA Firpo 12
4.   TBD TBD TBD
5.   TBD TBD TBD
6.   TBD TBD TBD
7.   TBD TBD TBD
8.   TBD TBD TBD
9.   TBD TBD TBD
10.   TBD TBD TBD

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in 1997-1998. The following players:

  1. have played at least one 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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