Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 1999

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Season	Clausura 1999
Champions	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (6th title)
Relegated	Sonsonate
Top goalscorer	Emiliano Pedrozo (12)
Biggest home win	Alianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
Biggest away win	Santa Clara 0-2 Águila (January 30, 1999)
Highest scoring	Alianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
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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

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

Personnel and sponsoring

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

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
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

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

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

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

May 15, 1999

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

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

May 16, 1999

Árabe Marte	0-2	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
None		Celio Rodriguez 20' Raul Toro

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca

Semifinals 2nd leg

May 22, 1999

C.D. FAS	1-0	C.D. Águila
Miguel “Gallo” Mariano 56'		None

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

FAS won 3-2 on aggregate

May 22, 1999

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	0-1	Árabe Marte
None		Rene Toledo 12'

Estadio Sergio Torres

LA Firpo won 2-1 on aggregate

Final

May 30, 1999

C.D. FAS	1-1	C.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

Estadio Cuscatlán


FAS
GK		Adolfo Menéndez
DF		Jorge Abrego
DF		William Osorio
DF		Oscar Martinez
DF		William Renderos Iraheta
MF		Ricardo Cuéllar
MF		Jorge Wagner
MF		Gilberto Murgas
MF		Nelson Nerio
FW		Miguel Gallo Mariano
FW		Marlon Medrano
Substitutes:
FW		Jaime Vladimir Cubías 54'
MF		Fredy González Víchez
MF		Ángel Luis Rodríguez
Manager:
Óscar Emigdio Benítez


Firpo:
GK		Misael Alfaro
DF		Guillermo García
DF		Carlos Castro Borja
DF		Mauricio Dos Santos
DF		Hector Canjura
DF		Juan "la Chura" Gámez
MF		Santos Cabrera
MF		Raul Toro
MF		Marcos Portillo
FW		Jorge Alemán
FW		Celio Rodríguez
Substitutes:
DF		Abraham Monterrosa
FW		René Durán
FW		Nildeson
Manager:
Julio Escobar

Champion

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

Top scorers

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

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 1999. 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

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