Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2004

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2004 season (officially "Torneo Clausura 2004") started on January 24, 2004.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
ChampionsAlianza F.C. ( title)
RelegatedArcense & Chalatenango
Top goalscorer TBD (12)

The season was composed of the following clubs:

Team information

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Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila     Hugo Coria TBD TBD
Alianza     Juan Mujica TBD TBD
Atletico Balboa   Noel Benítez   Oscar Emigdio Benitez TBD TBD
C.D. Arcense   TBD   Raul Donsati TBD TBD
Chalatenango   TBD   Raul Hector Cocherari TBD TBD
FAS   Reynaldo Valle   Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Firpo   TBD   Gustavo de Simone TBD TBD
Isidro Metapan   José Gumercindo Landaverde   Saul Lorenzo Rivero TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno   Gumercindo Ventura   Jorge Alberto Garcia Galaxia LG
San Salvador F.C.   Marco Flores   Daniel Uberti TBD TBD

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
Alianza F.C.   Marcelo Javier Zuleta Sacked December 2003   Juan Mujica 2004
Atletico Balboa   Jesus Fuentes TBD December 2003   Oscar Emigdio Benitez December 2003
San Salvador F.C.   Ruben Alonso TBD December 2003   Daniel Uberti 2004
C.D. Chalatenango   Juan Quarterone TBD December 2003   Raul Hector Cocherari December 2003
Isidro Metapan   Nelson Brizuela TBD December 2003   Saul Lorenzo Rivero Jan 2004

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
San Salvador F.C.   Daniel Urberti TBD Feb 2004   Milos Mijanic Feb 2004
C.D. Arcense   Raul Donsati TBD April 2004   Andres Novara April 2004
San Salvador F.C.   Milos Mijanic TBD April 2004   Ruben Alonso May 2004

Clausura 2004 standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 C.D. FAS 18 9 8 1 34 16 +18 35
2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 9 4 5 27 19 +8 31
3 Alianza F.C. 18 8 5 5 31 21 +10 29
4 C.D. Águila 18 8 4 6 27 30 −3 28
5 C.D. Atlético Balboa 18 8 2 8 32 27 +5 26
6 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 6 6 6 20 25 −5 24
7 C.D. Municipal Limeño 18 5 6 7 17 19 −2 21
8 Chalatenango[a] 18 4 9 5 20 23 −3 21 Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
9 Arcense 18 4 6 8 16 23 −7 18
10 San Salvador F.C.[a] 18 2 4 12 18 39 −21 10
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Chalatenango and San Salvador play off against 9th place, the losers play the second level runners-up in a promotion/relegation playoff

Play off

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Promotion/relegation playoff 1st leg

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Once Lobos2-2Chalatenango

Promotion/relegation playoff 2nd leg

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Chalatenango0-1Once Lobos

Chalatenango relegated and Once Lobos Promoted

Semifinals 1st leg

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C.D. Águila2-3C.D. FAS

Semifinals 2nd leg

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C.D. FAS1-0C.D. Águila

Final

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C.D. FAS1–1 pen (2–3)Alianza F.C.


  Clasura 2004 champions  
Alianza F.C.
9th title

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2004. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura 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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