Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1998

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Season Apertura 1998
Champions Alianza (7th title)
Relegated None
None None
Top goalscorer Rodrigo Osorio (11)

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1998 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999") is one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Salvadoran football. The season started on August 28, 1998, and finished on December 27, 1998.

The season saw Alianza win its 7th league title after a 1-0 victory over C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the final.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted

Teams relegated

  • None

Notable death from middle of 1999 season and end of 1998 season

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

Table

Apertura 1998

  • Firpo 33 puntos
  • Alianza 32 puntos
  • FAS 29 puntos
  • Águila 29 puntos


Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS Nelson Brizuela Contract finished, went on to be Limeno coach July 1998 Oscar Benitez July 1998
Sonsonate Cristo Farfan Velasquez Contract finished July 1998 Ricardo López Tenorio July 1998
Municipal Limeno Antonio Carlos Vieira Contract finished, Went on to be Aguila coach July 1998 Nelson Brizuela July 1998
Aguila Lazaro Buchilion Interimship ended July 1998 Antonio Carlos Vieira July 1998
Dragon Saúl Molina Contract finished July 1998 Moses Alberto Victor Magana July 1998
Alianza Jose Mario Figueroa Contract finished July 1998 Ruben Alonso July 1998
Santa Clara Rubén Guevara Contract finished 1998 Eduardo Lara Moscote 1998

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Aguila Antonio Carlos Vieira Sacked October 1998 Miloš Miljanić October 1998 7th
ADET Victor Manuel Pacheco Sacked October 1998 Luis Angel Leon October 1998 9th
TBD TBD Sacked 1998 TBD 1998 10th

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ADET Victor Manuel Pacheco TBD TBD
Águila Antonio Carlos Vieira Garcis Gigante express, Oralite
Alianza Óscar Rodríguez Ruben Alonso lanzera TBD
Árabe Marte Mauricio Vargas Armando Contreras Palma TBD Biggest, Pepsi
C.D. Dragon TBD Moses Alberto Victor Magana TBD TBD
FAS TBD Oscar Benitez ABA Sport LG
Firpo TBD Julio Escobar Galaxia Pepsi, Tapachulteca
Municipal Limeño TBD Nelson Brizuela Aviva El Globo
Santa Clara TBD Eduardo Lara Moscote TBD TBD
Sonsonate TBD Ricardo López Tenorio TBD TBD

Semifinals 1st leg

LA Firpo 1-0 Águila
Nelson Quintanilla None
FAS 1-0 Alianza
Jaime Bladimir Cubias None

Semifinals 2nd leg

Águila 0-0 LA Firpo
None None

LA Firpo won 1-0 on aggregare

Alianza 3-1 FAS
Alexander Merino 49'
César Elmer Acevedo 57' 65' 		Ivan Nolasco 30'

Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare

Final

Alianza 1-0 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Rodrigo Osorio 86' None


 Apertura 1998 champion 
Alianza F.C.
7th title

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. Rodrigo Osorio Alianza F.C. 11
2. Elias Montes Alianza F.C. 8
3. Fredy Gonzales Vichez FAS 8
4. Jose Rene Martinez Sonsonate F.C. 8
5. Rudis Corrales Municipal Limeno 7
6. Celio Rodriguez Firpo 6
7. Santos Cabrera Municipal Limeno 6
8. Julo Olviera Ascue Atletico Marte 6
9. Hector Aaron Canjura ADET 5
10. Miguel Mariano FAS 5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 1998. 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