Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2005

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2005 season (officially "Torneo Clausura 2005") started on January 29, 2005.

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
ChampionsC.D. FAS (16th title)
RelegatedOnce Lobos & Municipal Limeno
Top goalscorerEl Salvador TBD (11)

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     Jorge Alberto Garcia TBD TBD
Alianza     Juan Ramon Paredes TBD TBD
Atletico Balboa   Noel Benítez   Juan Quarterone TBD TBD
FAS   Reynaldo Valle   Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Firpo   TBD   Saul Rivero TBD TBD
Isidro Metapan   José Gumercindo Landaverde   Edwin Portillo TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno   Gumercindo Ventura   Nelson Brizuela Galaxia LG
Once Lobos   TBD   Ruben Guevara TBD TBD
Once Municipal   TBD   Miguel Mansilla TBD TBD
San Salvador F.C.   Marco Flores   Hugo Coria 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
C.D. Aguila   Carlos Alberto de Toro TBD December 2004   Jorge Alberto Garcia Jan 2005
San Salvador F.C.   Saul Rivero TBD December 2004   Hugo Coria Jan 2005
Firpo   Gustavo de Simone TBD December 2004   Saul Rivero Jan 2005
Municipal Limeno   Raul Cocherai TBD December 2004   Nelson Brizuela Jan 2005
Once Lobos   Carlos Recinos TBD December 2004   Ruben Guevara Jan 2005
Once Municipal   Henry Rojas TBD December 2004   Miguel Mansilla Jan 2005

During the season

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Once Lobos   Ruben Guevara TBD March 2005   Roberto Gamarra March 2005
Atletico Balboa   Juan Quarterone TBD April 2005   Henry Vanegas April 2005
Firpo   Saul Rivero TBD April 2005   Leonel Carcamo April 2005
C.D. Aguila   Jorge Alberto Garcia TBD April 2005   Saul Molina April 2005

Clausura 2005 standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 C.D. FAS 18 10 5 3 30 19 +11 35
2 C.D. Municipal Limeño 18 8 6 4 25 19 +6 30[a] Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
3 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 8 5 5 29 21 +8 29
4 Alianza F.C. 18 7 7 4 25 17 +8 28
5 Once Municipal 18 8 3 7 19 24 −5 27
6 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 6 4 8 20 25 −5 22
7 C.D. Atlético Balboa 18 5 6 7 22 21 +1 21
8 C.D. Águila 18 5 5 8 24 27 −3 20
9 San Salvador F.C. 18 5 5 8 24 32 −8 20
10 Once Lobos 18 2 6 10 22 35 −13 12 Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ C.D. Municipal Limeño had a poor aggregate during both Clasura and Apertura and were forced to have a play-off.

C.D. Municipal Limeño played off against Colo-Colo losing the fixture and were eliminated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

Top scorers

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Pos. Nat. Player Team Goals
1   Martín García Alianza F.C. 11
2   Anel Canales Once Municipal 9
3   Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos C.D. FAS 9
4   Nestor Ayala Once Lobos 8
5   Manuel Martinez C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 8
6   Gabriel Garcette C.D. Municipal Limeño 7
7   Eric Prado A.D. Isidro Metapán 7
8   Juan Carlos Reyes C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 7

Semifinals 1st leg

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Alianza F.C.1-0C.D. FAS

Semifinals 2nd leg

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C.D. FAS4-1Alianza F.C.

Final

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C.D. FAS3–1C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
  • Gilberto Murgas   34'
  • Víctor Mafla   95'
  • Alejandro Bentos   100'
Adonai Martínez   82'


  Clasura 2005 champions 
C.D. FAS
16th title

List of foreign players in the league

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This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2005. 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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