Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2007

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador
Champions	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo (8th title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	Williams Reyes (11)
← Clausura 2007 Clausura 2008 →

The Apertura 2007 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the since its establishment. The first fixtures of the season were played on August 11, 2007, and the season will end on 2007. A.D. Isidro Metapán are the defending Premiership champions, having won their First Premiership title . The first goalscorer of the season was, who scored an against Once Municipal.

Team Promoted

Nejapa F.C.

Stadium

Stadium	Team	Capacity
Estadio Cuscatlán	San Salvador F.C.
Estadio Cuscatlán	Alianza F.C.
Estadio Nejapa	Nejapa F.C.
Estadio Sergio Torres	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Estadio Simeón Magaña	Once Municipal
Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	C.D. Águila
Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno	C.D. Vista Hermosa
Estadio José Gregorio Martínez	C.D. Chalatenango
Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Estadio Oscar Quiteño	C.D. FAS

Team Information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team

Chairman

Head Coach

Kitmaker

Shirt sponsor

Águila

Luis Ramirez Zapata

TBD

Tigo

Alianza

Pablo Centrone

TBD

Agua Cristal

C.D. Chalatenango

Vladan Vicevic

Pepsi, Tigo

FAS

Reynaldo Valle

Nelson Mauricio Ancheta

TBD

Pilsener, Tigo American Airlines

Firpo

TBD

Horacio Cordero

Galaxia

Boquitas Diana Pilsener

Isidro Metapan

Edwin Portillo

TBD

Tigo, Arroz San Pedro

Nejapa F.C.

Carlos Antonio Melendez

TBD

Tigo, Caja de Credito Quezaltepeque

Once Municipal

TBD

Abel Moralejo

TBD

Tigo La Geo

San Salvador F.C.

Marco Flores

Saul Rivero

TBD

Tigo

C.D. Vista Hermosa

TBD

Jorge Alberto Garcia

TBD

Tigo, Pollo Campestre

Managerial Changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Firpo	Hugo Coria	TBD	June 2007	Horacio Cordero	June 2007
FAS	Julio Asad	TBD	June 2007	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	June 2007
Chalatenango	Agustin Castillo	TBD	June 2007	Vladan Vicevic	July 2007
Alianza F.C.	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	June 2007	Pablo Centrone	July 2007
Once Municipal	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	June 2007	Abel Moralejo	August 2007

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Once Municipal	Abel Moralejo	TBD	October 2007	Hugo Coria	October 2007
San Salvador F.C.	Saul Rivero	TBD	October 2007	Henry Vanegas	October 2007

Apertura 2007 Standings

Last updated April 5, 2008

Place	Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded	+/-	Points
1.	C.D. Chalatenango	18	10	4	4	29	16	+13	34
2.	C.D. FAS	18	9	3	6	27	21	+6	30
3.	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	8	5	5	31	24	+7	29
4.	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	7	6	5	23	17	+6	27
5.	C.D. Vista Hermosa	18	8	3	7	24	25	-1	27
6.	C.D. Águila	18	7	4	7	23	20	+3	25
7.	Alianza F.C.	18	6	6	6	26	28	-2	24
8.	Nejapa F.C.	18	5	7	6	31	34	-3	22
9.	San Salvador F.C.	16	3	6	9	20	35	-15	15
10.	Once Municipal	18	4	2	12	8	22	-14	14

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away
11 August 2007	A.D. Isidro Metapán	1:0	Once Municipal
11 August 2007	C.D. Vista Hermosa	2:1	Nejapa F.C.
12 August 2007	C.D. Chalatenango	1:0	C.D. Águila
12 August 2007	C.D. FAS	1:1	San Salvador F.C.
12 August 2007	Alianza F.C.	2:1	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away
18 August 2007	C.D. Águila	1:0	C.D. Vista Hermosa
18 August 2007	Once Municipal	2:0	Alianza F.C.
19 August 2007	San Salvador F.C.	1:0	C.D. Chalatenango
19 August 2007	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	3:1	C.D. FAS
19 August 2007	Nejapa F.C.	4:1	A.D. Isidro Metapán

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away
25 August 2007	C.D. Vista Hermosa	3:2	San Salvador F.C.
25 August 2007	A.D. Isidro Metapán	2:0	C.D. Águila
26 August 2007	Once Municipal	2:1	Nejapa F.C.
26 August 2007	C.D. Chalatenango	2:0	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
26 August 2007	Alianza F.C.	1:1	C.D. FAS

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away
1 September 2007	San Salvador F.C.	2:2	A.D. Isidro Metapán
1 September 2007	C.D. Águila	2:0	Once Municipal
2 September 2007	C.D. FAS	0:1	C.D. Chalatenango
2 September 2007	Nejapa F.C.	2:2	Alianza F.C.
2 September 2007	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	2:0	C.D. Vista Hermosa

Semifinals 1st Leg

A.D. Isidro Metapán v C.D. FAS

2007

A.D. Isidro Metapán	0-0	C.D. FAS

Luis Ángel Firpo v C.D. Chalatenango

2007

Luis Ángel Firpo	2-0	C.D. Chalatenango

Estadio Sergio Torres

Semifinals 2nd Leg

C.D. FAS v A.D. Isidro Metapán

2007

C.D. FAS	1-1	A.D. Isidro Metapán

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

C.D. Chalatenango v Luis Ángel Firpo

2007

C.D. Chalatenango	1-0	Luis Ángel Firpo

Estadio José Gregorio Martínez

Final

Luis Ángel Firpo v C.D. FAS

December 17, 2007

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1 (aet) (5–3 pen.)	C.D. FAS
Patricio Barroche 41		Alfredo Pacheco 80

Estadio Cuscatlán


Firpo
GK		Juan José Gómez
DF		Emerson Veliz
DF		Mauricio Quintanilla
DF		Edwin Gonzalez
DF		Jorge Elenilson Sánchez
MF		Eduardo Campos 50'
MF		Guillermo Morán
MF		Francisco Medrano 89'
MF		Leonardo Pekarnik 29'
FW		Fernando Leguizamón
FW		Patricio Barroche
Substitutes:
FW		Carlos Monteagudo 54'
MF		Carlos Calderón
MF		Mario Costas
Manager:
Horacio Cordero


FAS:
GK		Adolfo Menéndez
DF		Mardoqueo Henríquez
DF		Marvin Gonzalez 48'
DF		William Roberto Figueroa
DF		Ramon Flores
DF		Óscar Jiménez
MF		Cristian Álvarez
MF		Víctor Merino
MF		Alfredo Pacheco
FW		Alejandro Bentos
FW		Orlando Rodríguez
Substitutes:
DF		Emerson Umaña 51'
FW		Víctor Fuentes
FW		César Larios
Manager:
Nelson Ancheta

Apetura Champions 2007
Luis Ángel Firpo 8th Title

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top scorers

Pos.	Player	Team	Goals
1	Williams Reyes	A.D. Isidro Metapán	11
2	Francisco Jovel Álvarez	Alianza F.C.	11
3	Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Águila	8
4	Rudis Corrales	C.D. Águila	6
4	Paolo Suárez	A.D. Isidro Metapán	6
5	Eduardo José Retana Castro	Alianza F.C.	5
5	Cristian Gil Mosquera	Vista Hermosa	5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2007. The following players:

have played at least one apetura game for the respective club.
have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

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.

C.D. Águila

Fabio Ulloa
Nicolás Muñoz
Glaucio lira

Alianza F.C.

Arturo Albarrán

Chalatenango

Anel Canales
Franklin Webster
Marcelo Messias
Juan Camilo Mejía

C.D. FAS

Temistocles Perez
Joel Solonilla
Sebastian Bini
Alejandro Bentos
Orlando Rodriguez

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Patricio Barroche
Fernando Leguizamón
Leonardo Pekarnik
Mario Alejandro Costas

(player released mid season) Injury replacement player

Nejapa FC

Juan Carlos Reyes
Roberto Chanampe
Jose Luis Osorio
Oscar Maturin

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Marcelo Messias
Johnny Avila
Paolo Suarez
Williams Reyes

Once Municipal

Francisco Portillo
Jairo Hurtado
Ernesto Noel Aquino
Libardo Barbajal
Pablo Troyano

San Salvador F.C.

Alexander Obregón
Andrés Medina

Vista Hermosa

José Eduardo Mendez
Cristian Mosquera
Elder Figueroa
Luis Torres Rodriguez

External links

http://www.laprensagrafica.com/futbol/

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