Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008


The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2008 season, started on August 2, 2008, and finished on December 21, 2008.
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo came into the tournament as defending champions, having won their eighth league title in the previous season. A total of 10 teams contested the league, 8 of which had already participated in the Clausura 2008 season, and two of which had been promoted from the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.
The 10 teams of the Primera División each played 18 matches, playing each team twice. The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals.
The winner of the final series gained entry into the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 27, 2008.
Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of June 27, 2008.

Personnel and sponsoring

League standings

Semifinals 1st Leg

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Semifinals 2nd Leg

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Final

Champion

A.D. Isidro Metapán qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Season statistics

Scoring

Fastest scorers

Attendance

AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
14,403Final21 December 2008Chalatenango3 – 3MetapánEstadio CuscatlánSundayAfternoon
11,463Semifinal - 2nd leg13 December 2008FAS1 – 3MetapánEstadio Oscar QuiteñoSaturdayNight
7,690Round 26 August 2008Águila3 – 1FASEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaWednesdayNight
6,997Round 1612 November 2008FAS1 – 0ÁguilaEstadio Oscar QuiteñoWednesdayNight
6,156Round 820 September 2008Águila1 – 0AlianzaEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaSaturdayTwilight
5,815Round 1515 November 2008FAS1 – 1MetapánEstadio Oscar QuiteñoSaturdayNight
5,307Round 26 August 2008Alianza3 – 1IndependienteEstadio CuscatlánWednesdayAfternoon
5,122Semifinal - 2nd leg13 December 2008Águila1 – 0ChalatenangoEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaSaturdayNight
4,800Semifinal - 1st leg7 December 2008Chalatenango3 – 0ÁguilaEstadio José Gregorio MartínezSundayAfternoon
4,722Round 135 November 2008Águila3 – 2FirpoEstadio Juan Francisco BarrazaWednesdayNight
4,510Round 39 August 2008Firpo1 – 2AlianzaEstadio Sergio TorresSaturdayNight

Managerial changes

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2008. The following players:
  1. have played at least one apetura game for the respective club.
  2. 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
Alianza F.C.
Atlético Balboa
Chalatenango
C.D. FAS
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Injury replacement player
Juventud Independiente
  • Carlos Escalante
  • Lucas Abraham
  • Fabricio Da Silva
  • Nick ´Pimentel
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Nejapa FC
A.D. Isidro Metapán
Vista Hermosa'''