Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1999

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador

Champions	C.D. Águila (th title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	Waldir Guerra (10)
← Clausura 1999 Clausura 2000 →

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1999 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 2000") started on August 28, 1999, and finished on December 26, 1999.

The season saw Águila win its 12th league title after a 1-0 victory over C.D. Municipal Limeño in the final.

Key note

After round 8 of this season,

reverted to their historic name of Atlético Marte.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from

as of 1999.

• Champions:
  C.D. Juventud Olimpica Metalio

Relegated to

as of 1999.

• Last place: C.D. Sonsonate

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ADET		Juan Quarterone	TBD	TBD
Águila		Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Reno Renucci	TBD	TBD
Árabe Marte	TBD	José Luis Rugamas	TBD	TBD
C.D. Dragón	TBD	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	TBD
FAS	TBD	Juan Carlos Masnik	TBD	TBD
C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio	TBD	Walter Cifuentes	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Julio Escobar	TBD	TBD
Municipal Limeño	TBD	Oscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	TBD
Santa Clara	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Managerial changes

Before the start of the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
FAS	Óscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	1999	Juan Carlos Masnik	1999	2nd (Clausura 1999)
Águila	Antonio Carlos Vieira	Sacked	TBA	Hugo Coria	TBA	4th (Clausura 1999)
C.D. Dragón	TBD	TBD	1999	Nelson Brizuela	1999	7th (Clausura 1999)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio	Walter Cifuentes	Sacked	1999	Genaro Sermeño	1999
FAS	Juan Carlos Masnik	Resigned	1999	Rubén Guevara	1999
Alianza		Resigned	1999	Hernán Carrasco	1999
Atletico Marte		Resigned	1999	Juan Ramón Paredes	1999

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	C.D. Municipal Limeño	18	10	5	3	23	12	+11	35	Qualified to finals
2	C.D. Águila	18	9	6	3	32	12	+20	33
3	C.D. FAS	18	9	3	6	29	14	+15	30
4	Alianza F.C.	18	8	6	4	19	11	+8	30
5	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	7	5	6	21	16	+5	26
6	ADET	18	6	6	6	20	19	+1	24
7	C.D. Dragón	18	5	6	7	18	20	−2	21
8	C.D. Santa Clara	18	6	2	10	18	29	−11	20
9	Atlético Marte	18	3	8	7	17	25	−8	17
10	C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio	18	2	3	13	8	47	−39	9	Relegated to Segunda División

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

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Final

Apertura 2000 champion
C.D. Águila 11th title

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Waldir Guerra	Águila	10
2.	Rodrigo Osorio	Alianza F.C.	9
3.	Magdonio Corrales	C.D. Municipal Limeño	8
4.	Celio Rodriguez	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	7
5.	Juan Carlos Panameño	ADET	7

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 1999. 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

External links

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