Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2010

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Apertura 2010
Champions	Isidro Metapán
Relegated	None in the Apertura
2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League	Isidro Metapán
Matches played	95
Goals scored	234 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	(9 goals) ; Alexander Campos ; Rodolfo Zelaya
Biggest home win	Alianza 5–0 ; Luís Ángel Firpo ; (October 3, 2010)
Biggest away win	Once Municipal 0–3 ; Luís Ángel Firpo ; (Nov. 10, 2010)
Highest scoring	Isidro Metapán 4–3 Atlético Marte ; (August 14, 2010)
	← Clausura 2010 Clausura 2011 →

The Apertura 2010 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2010) was the 25th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán, being the defending champions, kept the title as they won the final against Alianza on penalties. The season begun on July 31 and concluded on December 19, 2010. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part of the playoffs.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009–10 Segunda División

Teams relegated to 2010–11 Segunda División

Team information

Last updated: June 30, 2010

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in Apertura 2010

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Águila	San Miguel	Juan Francisco Barraza	10,000
Alianza	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
Atlético Balboa	La Union	Estadio Marcelino Imbers	4,000
Atlético Marte	San Salvador	Estadio Cuscatlán	45,925
FAS	Santa Ana	Estadio Óscar Quiteño	15,000
Isidro Metapán	Metapán	Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	8,000
Luís Ángel Firpo	Usulután	Estadio Sergio Torres	5,000
Once Municipal	Ahuachapán	Estadio Simeón Magaña	5,000
UES	San Salvador	Estadio Universitario UES	10,000
Vista Hermosa	San Francisco Gotera	Estadio Correcaminos	12,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila	Will Salgado	Eraldo Correia	Nike	Tigo, Mister Donut
Alianza	Lisandro Pohl	Miloš Miljanić	Lotto	Tigo, Sinai, Fiesta
Atlético Balboa	Pablo Robles	Roberto Gamarra	Aviva	Fila
Atlético Marte	Felix Guardado	Juan Ramón Paredes	Galaxia	Rosvill, Vive, Galaxia
FAS	Byron Rodriguez	Jorge Abrego	Milán	American Airlines, Tigo, Pilsener
Isidro Metapán	Adan Salazar	Edwin Portillo	Milán	Bimbo, Tigo, Salazar
Luis Ángel Firpo	Jozsef Arguedas	Hugo Coria	Joma	Diana, Pilsener
Once Municipal	Andrés Rodríguez	Nelson Ancheta	Milán	La Geo
UES	Rufino Quesada	Edgar Henriquez	Galaxia	MK Medicamentos, ALBA Petroleos
Vista Hermosa	Francisco Benitez	Mario Martínez	Aviva	Tigo

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
FAS	Adolfo Menéndez	Removed from position	April 27, 2010	Alberto Rujana	July 1, 2010	7th (Clausura 2010)
Águila	Rubén Alonso	Sacked	May 25, 2010	Carlos Mijangos	June 4, 2010	2nd (Clausura 2010)
Atlético Balboa	Carlos Mijangos	Signed by Águila	June 3, 2010	Roberto Gamarra	June 3, 2010	5th (Clausura 2010)
UES	Miguel Ángel Díaz	Resigned	June 21, 2010	Rubén Alonso	June 23, 2010	1st (Clausura 2010)

During the regular season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Águila	Carlos Mijangos	Sacked	August 31, 2010	Eraldo Correia	September 1, 2010	5th (Apertura 2010)
Atlético Marte	Ramiro Cepeda	Resigned	September 15, 2010	Luis Guevara Mora (interim)	September 18, 2010	9th (Apertura 2010)
FAS	Alberto Rujana	Resigned	September 19, 2010	Jorge Abrego	September 20, 2010	10th (Apertura 2010)
Atlético Marte	Luis Guevara Mora	Resigned	October 25, 2010	Juan Ramón Paredes	October 25, 2010	10th (Apertura 2010)
UES	Rubén Alonso	Resigned	November 10, 2010	Edgar Henriquez	November 12, 2010	10th (Apertura 2010)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Isidro Metapán (C)	18	10	4	4	34	27	+7	34	Qualification for playoffs
2	Alianza	18	9	6	3	26	13	+13	33
3	Luis Ángel Firpo	18	8	7	3	24	17	+7	31
4	Águila	18	9	4	5	22	19	+3	31
5	Atlético Balboa	18	7	8	3	21	16	+5	29
6	Vista Hermosa	18	3	9	6	20	25	−5	18
7	Atlético Marte	18	4	5	9	22	28	−6	17
8	FAS	18	4	5	9	19	28	−9	17
9	UES	18	3	7	8	23	27	−4	16
10	Once Municipal	18	3	5	10	16	27	−11	14

Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ÁGU	ALI	BAL	ATM	FAS	FIR	MET	OMU	UES	VIS
Águila		0–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Alianza	4–0		0–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0
Atlético Balboa	1–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–2
Atlético Marte	0–2	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	3–2
C.D. FAS	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–1		0–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0
Luis Ángel Firpo	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0		1–1	2–0	1–0	3–1
Isidro Metapán	3–0	3–0	4–2	4–3	2–0	2–2		1–2	2–1	2–1
Once Municipal	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–3	2–3		1–0	0–0
C.D. Universidad de El Salvador	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–2		3–3
Vista Hermosa	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on November 28, 2010. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals					Finals

1	Isidro Metapán	2	0	2

4	Águila	1	0	1
					1	Isidro Metapán (pen.)	0 (4)

					2	Alianza	0 (3)
2	Alianza (a)	1	1	2

3	Luis Ángel Firpo	2	0	2

Semi-finals

First leg

December 4, 2010

19:00 UTC-6

Águila	1–2	Isidro Metapán
Martin 58'		Héctor Mejía 55' Jilbert Álvarez 90+4' (o.g.)

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza
San Miguel, San Miguel

Referee: Fidel Mejía

December 5, 2010

15:15 UTC-6

Alianza	1–2	Luis Ángel Firpo
Willer 51' (pen.)		Quintanilla 4' Alas 21'

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador, San Salvador

Referee: Jaime Carpio

Second leg

December 11, 2010

18:00 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	0–0	Águila

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
Metapán, Santa Ana

Referee: Edenilson Ventura

December 12, 2010

14:30 UTC-6

Luis Ángel Firpo	0–1	Alianza
		Ayala 45'

Sergio Torres Stadium
Usulután, Usulután

Referee: Marlon Mejía

Final

December 19, 2010

15:15 UTC-6

Isidro Metapán	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Alianza

Penalties
Elías Montes Léster Blanco Jorge Morán Ricardo Alvarado Emerson Umaña	4–3	Willer Souza Julio Enrique Martínez Juan Lazo Christian Castillo Rodolfo Zelaya

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador, San Salvador

Referee: Joel Aguilar


Isidro Metapán:
GK	19	Fidel Mondragón
DF	23	Ricardo Alvarado
DF	2	Milton Molina
DF	5	Ernesto Aquino		85'
DF	20	Omar Mejía
MF	14	Andrés Flores	45'	112'
MF	16	Óscar Jiménez
MF	10	Paolo Suárez
MF	7	Jorge Morán	30'
FW	17	Léster Blanco
FW	9	Anel Canales		115'
Substitutes:
DF	4	Carlos Carillo		85'
MF	22	Emerson Umaña		112'
FW	11	Elías Montes		115'
Manager:
Edwin Portillo


Alianza:
GK	24	Rafael Fuentes
DF	5	Mauricio Quintanilla
DF	6	Marcelo Messias
DF	3	Edwin Martínez
DF	4	Carlos Arévalo 74'
MF	20	Héctor Salazar
MF	13	Julio Martínez
MF	14	Herbert Sosa	9'	83'
MF	12	Cristian Castillo 60'
FW	17	Carlos Ayala		67'
FW	22	Rodolfo Zelaya 66'
Substitutes:
FW	10	Willer Souza		67'
MF	12	Juan Lazo		83'
Manager:
Miloš Miljanić

Apertura 2010 champions
Isidro Metapán 5th title

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Alexander Campos	Atlético Balboa	9
1	Rodolfo Zelaya	Alianza	9
3	Alcides Bandera	Atlético Marte	8
4	Anel Canales	Isidro Metapán	7
4	Patricio Barroche	Águila	7
6	Rafael Burgos	UES	6
	Ramiro Carballo	UES	6
	Emerson Umaña	Isidro Metapán	6
9	Harold Alas	UES	5
	Christian Bautista	Atlético Balboa	5
	Léster Blanco	Isidro Metapán	5
	Mauricio Deras	Once Municipal	5
	Javier Hernandez	Vista Hermosa	5
	Gilberto Murgas	FAS	5

Updated to games played on November 28, 2010.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2010. 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