| Season | Clausura 2010 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Isidro Metapán |
| Relegated | Alacranes Del Norte |
| 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League | Isidro Metapán |
| Matches played | 96 |
| Goals scored | 226 (2.35 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | José Oliveira de Souza (11) |
| Biggest home win | Atlético Marte 6–0 Atlético Balboa (17 January 2010) Alianza 7–1 Isidro Metapán (21 March 2010) |
| Biggest away win | Alacranes Del Norte 0–5 Vista Hermosa (7 April 2010) |
| Highest scoring | Alianza 7–1 Isidro Metapán (21 March 2010) |
The Clausura 2010 season (officially known as Torneo Clausura 2010) was the 24th edition of the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán won the tournament, claiming their fourth title in history. The season began on January 9, 2010 and concluded on May 23, 2010. FAS were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2009 and clinching the first of two salvadoran spots for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. Isidro Metapán clinched the other spot. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part of the playoffs.
Municipal Limeño was tied for penultimate club for the 2009–2010 season. They had a 1-game playoff to determine who the penultimate club would be. Limeno lost that match, designating it as the penultimate club of the 2009–2010 season, and thus, having to partake in a relegation playoff against the 2nd division runner-up. Limeno would lose this playoff and thus get relegated to the 2nd division for the 2010–2011 season.
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| Team | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Águila | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alacranes Del Norte | Estadio José Gregorio Martínez [note 1] [1] | 15,000 |
| Alianza | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| Atlético Balboa | Estadio Marcelino Imbers | 4,000 |
| Atlético Marte | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| FAS | Estadio Óscar Quiteño | 15,000 |
| Isidro Metapán | Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez | 8,000 |
| Luís Ángel Firpo | Estadio Sergio Torres | 5,000 |
| Municipal Limeño | Estadio Jose Ramon Flores | 5,000 |
| Vista Hermosa | Estadio Correcaminos | 12,000 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza | Miguel Soriano | November 2009 | Miloš Miljanić | 14 November 2009 | 8th (Apertura 2009) | |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | Agustín Castillo | End of contract | December 2009 | Hugo Coria | 21 December 2009 | 3rd (Apertura 2009) |
| Atlético Balboa | Luis Ramírez Zapata | Contract ended after pay dispute | December 2009 | Carlos Mijangos | 22 December 2009 | 10th (Apertura 2009) |
| Águila | Eraldo Correia | Sacked | 22 December 2009 | Nelson Ancheta | 28 December 2009 | 2nd (Apertura 2009) |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Limeño | Víctor Coreas | Sacked | 24 January 2010 | Eraldo Correia | 25 January 2010 | 9th (Clausura 2010) |
| Alacranes Del Norte | Gustavo de Simone | Sacked | 25 January 2010 | Carlos Meléndez | 26 January 2010 | 10th (Clausura 2010) |
| Águila | Nelson Ancheta | Sacked | 23 March 2010 | Rubén Alonso | 24 March 2010 | 2nd (Clausura 2010) |
| FAS | Roberto Gamarra | Resigned | 7 April 2010 | Adolfo Menendez | 8 April 2010 | 5th (Clausura 2010) |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L. Á. Firpo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 35 | Qualification to the playoffs |
| 2 | Águila | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 31 | |
| 3 | Vista Hermosa | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 29 | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán (C) | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 28 | |
| 5 | Atlético Balboa | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 27 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 24 | |
| 7 | FAS | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 20 | |
| 8 | Municipal Limeño | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 18 | |
| 9 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 16 | |
| 10 | Alacranes del Norte (R) | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 5 | Relegation to the Segunda Division |
Updated to games played on May 23, 2010
Source: El Gráfico
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Home \ Away1 | ÁGU | ALA | ALI | BAL | ATM | FAS | FIR | MET | MLI | VIS |
| Águila | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Alacranes del Norte | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | |
| Alianza | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Atlético Balboa | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | |
| Atlético Marte | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| FAS | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| L. Á. Firpo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Isidro Metapán | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Municipal Limeño | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | |
| Vista Hermosa | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 |
Updated to games played on April 25, 2010
Source: El Gráfico (Spanish)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
| Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||
| 1 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 1 | Isidro Metapán | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Águila | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | Águila | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 3 | Vista Hermosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| May 1, 2010 15:00 UTC-6 |
Vista Hermosa | 0 – 1 | Águila | Estadio Correcaminos San Francisco Gotera, Morazán Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Jaime Carpio |
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| Martin 53' |
| May 1, 2010 19:00 UTC-6 |
Isidro Metapán | 2 – 2 | Luis Ángel Firpo | Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez Metapán, San Salvador Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Rubén Medrano |
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| Flores 24' Umaña 43' |
Leguizamón 17' Alas 51' |
| May 8, 2010 19:00 UTC-6 |
Águila | 0 – 0 | Vista Hermosa | Estadio Francisco Barraza San Miguel, San Miguel Referee: Edenilson Ventura |
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| May 9, 2010 15:00 UTC-6 |
Luis Ángel Firpo | 1 – 2 | Isidro Metapán | Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador, San Salvador |
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| Sánchez 70' | Flores 4' Montes 82' |
| May 23, 2010 15:00 UTC-6 |
Isidro Metapán | 3 – 1 | Águila | Estadio Cuscatlán San Salvador, San Salvador Referee: Joel Aguilar |
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| Blanco 22' 45+2' Suarez 90+6' |
Corrales 63' |
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| Clausura 2010 Champions |
Isidro Metapán |
| 4th Title |
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Oliveira de Souza | Alianza | 11 |
| 2 | Leonardo Da Silva | Vista Hermosa | 10 |
| 3 | Alcides Bandera | Atlético Balboa | 6 |
| Jhon Castillo | Vista Hermosa | 6 | |
| José Luis Osorio | Atlético Marte | 6 | |
| 6 | Dennis Alas | Luis Ángel Firpo | 5 |
| Mario Benítez | Luis Ángel Firpo | 5 | |
| Rudis Corrales | Águila | 5 | |
| José Garcia | Atlético Marte | 5 | |
| Emerson Umaña | Isidro Metapán | 5 | |
| Rodolfo Zelaya | Alianza | 5 |
Updated to games played on April 25, 2010.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Águila | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 | 18 | +28 | 65 | |
| 2 | L. Á. Firpo | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 64 | |
| 3 | FAS | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 58 | 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 56 | |
| 5 | Vista Hermosa | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 55 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 41 | |
| 7 | Atlético Marte | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 8 | Municipal Limeño | 36 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 38 | Relegation playoffs |
| 9 | Atlético Balboa | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 38 | |
| 10 | Alacranes del Norte (R) | 36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 76 | −49 | 19 | Relegation to the Segunda Division |
Updated to games played on April 25, 2010
Source: El Gráfico
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Note: Since Municipal Limeño and Atlético Balboa finished the same on aggregate points, both took part of a one leg playoff game to determined the 9th overall and see who would play in the relegation playoffs series. Atlético Balboa won the game 1–0, meaning they have secured a spot for next season in the first division. Meanwhile, Municipal Limeño will play the relegation playoff series against a second division team to determine who will play in the top division next season.
This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2010. The following players:
A new rule was introduced this season that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.
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C.D. Águila
Alianza F.C. Atlético Marte
Atlético Balboa
C.D. FAS (player released mid season) |
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo A.D. Isidro Metapán Nejapa F.C.
Municipal Limeño Vista Hermosa
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