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 Santa Clara
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.
Oscar Armando "tito" Diaz (ex Municipal Limeno and FAS player)
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 Rubén 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
Semifinals 2nd leg
LA Firpo won 1-0 on aggregare
Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare
Final
Alianza GK 1 Luis Guevara MoraDF 32 Óscar Navarro DF 5 Mario Elias GuevaraDF 22 Alexander MerinoDF 4 Gerardo Galán MF 15 Hector LopezMF 18 Milton Meléndez MF 14 Alejandro CurbeloMF 10 Adonai Martínez FW 9 Elias Montes FW 20 Elmer Acevedo Substitutes:FW Argueta MF Rodrigo Osorio MF Washington de la Cruz Manager: Rubén Alonso
Firpo: GK Misael Alfaro DF Carlos Hernández DF Mauricio Do Santos DF Leonel Cárcamo DF Wilfredo IrahetaMF Rene Oswaldo Duran MF Abraham MonterrosaMF Raul Toro MF Guillermo García FW Arnoldo Coreas FW Celio Rodriguez Substitutes:MF Alfredo Pérez MF Carlos Castro GK Carlos Rivera Manager: Julio Escobar
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: 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
ADET
C.D. Águila Marcelo Buyica Claudio de Barco Maximo Alafro
Alianza F.C. Alejandro Curbelo
Arabe Marte Giovany Castillo Julio Oliveira
(player released mid season) (player Injured mid season) Injury replacement player
Dragon Néstor Emilio Soria Delvani Quaresma Van Sebastian Roberto Bayley
C.D. FAS Noe Dos Santos Luis Ivan Nolasco Miguel Mariano
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Celio Rodríguez Mauricio Dos Santos Raul Toro
Municipal Limeno Moumban Karim Carlos Rodriguez German Perez
Santa Clara Emiliano Pedrozo
Sonsonate Ronaldo Luis Luis Dominguez
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