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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2009

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2009 season (officially known as "Torneo Clausura 2009"), started on January 31, 2009, and concluded on May 24, 2009.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
SeasonClausura 2009
ChampionsIsidro Metapán (3rd title)
RelegatedJuventud Independiente
CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10Isidro Metapán Firpo
Top goalscorerPanama Nicolás Muñoz (10)

A.D. Isidro Metapán the defending champions, won their third league title winning the previous season as well. A total of 10 teams contested the league.

The 10 teams of the Primera División each played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals.

A.D. Isidro Metapán gained entry into the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League winning the season as well as the previous one .[1]

Team information edit

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila   TBD   Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
Alianza   TBD   Carlos Jurado TBD TBD
Atlético Balboa   TBD   Carlos de Toro TBD TBD
Chalatenango   TBD   Carlos Meléndez TBD TBD
FAS   Reynaldo Valle   Roberto Gamarra TBD TBD
Firpo   TBD   Agustín Castillo TBD TBD
Juventud Independiente   TBD   Juan Ramón Sánchez TBD TBD
Isidro Metapán   TBD   Edwin Portillo TBD TBD
Nejapa F.C.   TBD   Nelson Ancheta TBD TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa   TBD   Víctor Coreas TBD TBD

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 10 5 3 27 14 +13 35 Qualify to semifinals
2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 8 5 5 25 15 +10 29
3 C.D. FAS 18 8 5 5 24 17 +7 29
4 Nejapa F.C. 18 7 8 3 21 17 +4 29
5 C.D. Águila 18 8 3 7 25 25 0 27
6 C.D. Chalatenango 18 6 7 5 21 22 −1 25
7 C.D. Vista Hermosa 18 6 3 9 23 28 −5 21
8 Alianza F.C. 18 4 7 7 14 17 −3 19
9 Atlético Balboa 18 3 8 7 18 23 −5 17
10 Juventud Independiente 18 3 3 12 11 31 −20 12
Source: [citation needed]

Playoffs edit

Semifinals Final
        
1 A.D. Isidro Metapán 5 1 6
4 Nejapa F.C. 0 0 0
1 A.D. Isidro Metapán 1
2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 0
3 C.D. FAS 0 2 2
2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo* 0 2 2

*Note: C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo qualified to the finals due to higher league position.

Final edit

[2]

Luis Ángel Firpo0–1Isidro Metapán
José Amaya   58'


 Clausura Champions 2009 
  Isidro Metapán
3rd title

Since Isidro Metapán already qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, Luis Ángel Firpo also qualified (originally Apertura 2008 runner-up Chalatenango qualified, but they failed to file the required participation agreement).

Aggregate table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 A.D. Isidro Metapán 35 18 12 5 60 35 +25 66
2 C.D. Águila 35 17 7 11 62 43 +19 58
3 C.D. FAS 35 15 11 9 49 38 +11 56
4 C.D. Chalatenango 35 13 14 8 45 44 +1 53
5 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 35 12 12 11 44 33 +11 48
6 C.D. Vista Hermosa 35 12 9 14 40 43 −3 45
7 Nejapa F.C. 35 9 13 13 36 47 −11 40
8 Atlético Balboa 35 7 16 12 40 49 −9 37
9 Alianza F.C. 35 7 12 16 31 42 −11 33 Relegation Playoff
10 Juventud Independiente 35 7 10 18 32 64 −32 31 Relegated to Segunda Division
Source: [citation needed]

Top scorers edit

Pos. Nat. Player Team Goals
1   Nicolás Muñoz C.D. Vista Hermosa 10
2   Anel Canales A.D. Isidro Metapán 9
3   Williams Reyes A.D. Isidro Metapán 9
4   Patricio Barroche C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 6
4   Alcides Bandera Atlético Balboa 6
4   Carlos Ayala C.D. Chalatenango 6

Attendance edit

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
16,647 Final 24 May 2009 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 0 – 1 Metapán Estadio Cuscatlán Sunday Afternoon
6,147 Round 18 10 May 2009 Alianza F.C. 2 – 0 Independiente Estadio Cuscatlán Sunday Afternoon
5,152 Semifinal - 2nd leg 16 May 2009 FAS 2 – 2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Estadio Oscar Quiteño Saturday Night
3,700 Round 13 15 April 2009 C.D. Vista Hermosa 3 – 1 Águila Estadio Correcaminos Wednesday Afternoon
3,408 Round 2 7 February 2009 Águila 1 – 0 Alianza Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Night
3,363 Round 8 4 May 2009 Alianza F.C. 1 – 1 C.D. FAS Estadio Cuscatlán Wednesday Night
3,338 Round 16 25 April 2009 C.D. Águila 3 – 2 C.D. FAS Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Afternoon
3,319 Round 1 31 January 2009 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 2 – 1 C.D. Águila Sergio Torres Stadium Saturday Night
3,223 Round 1 1 February 2009 Alianza F.C. 1 – 1 Chalatenango Estadio Cuscatlán Sunday Afternoon
3,186 Round 10 21 March 2009 Águila 2 – 0 Firpo Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Saturday Night

Managerial changes edit

During the season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Alianza   Carlos Jurado Sacked February 2009   Carlos Cantarero 17 February 2009 9th
Balboa   Carlos de Toro Sacked 21 February 2009   Luis Zapata 23 February 2009 9th
Vista Hermosa   Víctor Coreas Mutual consent 2 March 2009   Armando Palma 3 March 2009 9th
Águila   Pablo Centrone Sacked 19 April 2009   Eraldo Correia 23 April 2009 9th

List of foreign players in the league edit

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2009. The following players:

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

each club could have four players

C.D. Águila

Alianza F.C.

Atlético Balboa

C.D. FAS

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Nejapa F.C.

Juventud Independiente

Vista Hermosa

References edit

  1. ^ "Qualifying Format Unveiled for 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League". CONCACAF. 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Todo listo para la gran Final entre Firpo y Metapán". www.masconazo.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10.

External links edit

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