Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2008

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador

Champions	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo (9th title)
Relegated	Once Municipal
CONCACAF Champions League 2008–09	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Top goalscorer	Williams Reyes (14)
← Apertura 2007 Apertura 2008 →

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional (El Salvador First Division) Clausura 2008 is an El Salvador football tournament - one of two tournaments held in one year. It begins February 9, 2008 and it will run until May 18. C.D. Águila and San Salvador F.C. will inaugurate the season. Reigning champions Luis Ángel Firpo will try to defend their title and after eighteen rounds and the calculation of the aggregate table Once Municipal were relegated to the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño.

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Agustin Castillo	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Pablo Centrone	TBD	TBD
C.D. Chalatenango		Vladan Vicevic
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Gerardo Reinoso	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapan		Edwin Portillo	TBD	TBD
Nejapa F.C.		Mauricio Cienfuegos	TBD	TBD
Once Municipal	TBD	Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Oscar Emigdio Benitez	TBD	TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Jorge Alberto Garcia	TBD	TBD

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Nejapa F.C.	Carlos Antonio Melendez	TBD	December 2007	Mauricio Cienfuegos	December 2007
Firpo	Horacio Cordero	TBD	December 2007	Gerardo Reinoso	December 2007
Aguila	Luis Ramirez Zapata	TBD	December 2007	Agustín Castillo	January 2008

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Chalatenango	Vladan Vicevic	TBD	February 2008	Juan Ramón Sánchez	February 2008
C.D. Vista Hermosa	Jorge García	TBD	February 2008	Henry Vanegas	March 2008
Once Municipal	Hugo Coria	TBD	March 2008	Juan Ramón Paredes	March 2008
San Salvador F.C.	Óscar Benítez	TBD	March 2008	Rubén Alonso	March 2008
Once Municipal	Juan Ramon Paredes	TBD	April 2008	Mario Elias Guevara	May 2008

Last updated May 23, 2008

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	8	8	2	39	27	+12	32
2	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	8	8	2	29	15	+14	32
3	C.D. FAS	18	8	6	4	26	21	+5	30
4	C.D. Vista Hermosa	18	8	6	4	20	15	+5	30
5	C.D. Chalatenango	18	6	7	5	29	25	+4	25
6	Alianza F.C.	18	5	7	6	20	18	+2	22
7	C.D. Águila	18	5	6	7	25	32	−7	21
8	Nejapa F.C.	18	4	7	7	20	26	−6	19
9	Once Municipal	18	1	9	8	11	24	−13	12
10	San Salvador F.C.	18	2	6	10	14	30	−16	12

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	A.D. Isidro Metapán	36	16	13	7	70	51	+19	61
2	C.D. FAS	36	17	9	10	53	42	+11	60
3	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	36	15	14	7	52	32	+20	59
4	C.D. Chalatenango	36	16	11	9	58	41	+17	59
5	C.D. Vista Hermosa	36	16	9	11	44	40	+4	57
6	Alianza F.C.	36	11	13	12	46	46	0	46
7	C.D. Águila	36	12	10	14	48	52	−4	46
8	Nejapa F.C.	36	9	14	13	51	60	−9	41
9	San Salvador F.C.	36	5	12	19	34	65	−31	27	Relegation Playoff
10	Once Municipal	36	5	11	20	19	46	−27	26	Relegated to Segunda Division

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Clausura 2007-08 champion
Luis Ángel Firpo 9th title

Since C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, A.D. Isidro Metapán also qualified.

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Williams Reyes	A.D. Isidro Metapán	14
2.	Patricio Barroche	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	13
3.	Juan Carlos Reyes	Nejapa F.C.	9
4.	Rodolfo Zelaya	C.D. Chalatenango	8
	Franklin Webster	C.D. Chalatenango	8
5.	Pompilio Cacho Valerio	C.D. Vista Hermosa	7

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2008. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura 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.

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