Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2006

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Once Municipal (2nd title)
RelegatedNone
Top goalscorerEl Salvador TBD

The

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Apertura 2006 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2006") started on August 12, 2006 and concluded on December 17.

Apertura 2006 teams

Club City Stadium
C.D. Águila San Miguel Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza
Alianza F.C.
San Salvador
Estadio Cuscatlán
C.D. Chalatenango
Chalatenango Estadio José Gregorio Martínez
C.D. FAS
Santa Ana
Estadio Oscar Quiteño
C.D. L.A. Firpo Usulután
Estadio Sergio Torres
Independiente Nacional 1906 San Vicente Estadio Jiboa
A.D. Isidro Metapán Metapán
Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez
Once Municipal
Ahuachapán Estadio Simeón Magaña
San Salvador F.C.
San Salvador
Estadio Cuscatlán
C.D. Vista Hermosa San Francisco Gotera Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Águila El Salvador
Vladan Vicevic
TBD TBD
Alianza El Salvador Uruguay Miguel Mansilla TBD TBD
C.D. Chalatenango
El Salvador
Agustin Castillo
FAS El Salvador Reynaldo Valle Argentina Julio Asad TBD TBD
Firpo
El Salvador TBD
Leonel Carcamo
TBD TBD
Independiente Nacional 1906 El Salvador
Juan Ramon Paredes
TBD TBD
Isidro Metapan El Salvador José Gumercindo Landaverde
Ruben Alonso
TBD TBD
Once Municipal
El Salvador TBD El Salvador Nelson Mauricio Ancheta TBD TBD
San Salvador F.C. El Salvador Marco Flores Argentina Hugo Coria TBD TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa El Salvador TBD El Salvador Jose Mario Martinez TBD TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS Mexico Carlos de los Cobos TBD June 2006 Argentina Julio Asad June 2006
San Salvador F.C.
Leonel Carcamo
TBD June 2006 Argentina Hugo Coria June 2006
Firpo
Serbia Milos Mijanic TBD June 2006
Leonel Carcamo
June 2006
Alianza F.C.
Oscar Emigdio Benitez
TBD June 2006 Uruguay Miguel Mansilla June 2006
Once Municipal
Uruguay Miguel Mansilla TBD June 2006 El Salvador Nelson Mauricio Ancheta June 2006

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Independiente Nacional 1906
Juan Ramon Paredes
TBD October 2006 Argentina Juan Quarterone October 2006
Metapan
Ruben Alonso
TBD October 2006 El Salvador Edwin Portillo October 2006
Alianza F.C. Uruguay Miguel Mansilla TBD October 2006 Paraguay Nelson Brizuela October 2006

Apertura 2006 standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C.D. FAS 18 8 7 3 32 24 +8 31 Semifinal Berth
2
Once Municipal
18 7 8 3 17 12 +5 29
3 C.D. Águila 18 8 3 7 35 22 +13 27
4 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 6 8 4 25 21 +4 26 4th Place Playoff Game
5 Alianza F.C. 18 8 2 8 22 22 0 26
6 San Salvador F.C. 18 7 3 8 23 25 −2 24
7
C.D. Chalatenango
18 6 5 7 17 20 −3 23
8 C.D. Vista Hermosa 18 5 7 6 24 26 −2 22
9 A.D. Isidro Metapán 18 6 4 8 22 26 −4 22
10 Independiente Nacional 1906 18 4 3 11 13 32 −19 15
Source: [citation needed]

4th place playoff

The fourth place match was played on November 30. The winner advances to the semifinals.

Alianza F.C.3-1C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
15:00 -
San Salvador

Bracket

Semifinals (
agg
)
Final
      
Alianza F.C. 2
C.D. FAS 4
C.D. FAS 1
Once Municipal
3
C.D. Águila 5
Once Municipal (a
)
5

Semifinals

The team with the lower league position played home in the 1st leg. The 1st legs were played on December 2 and December 3. The 2nd legs were played on December 9 and December 10.

1st leg

Once Municipal

Alianza F.C.2-1C.D. FAS
Aparicio 78'
Rodríguez 88'
Ayala 74'
15:00 -
San Salvador

2nd leg

Once Municipal
4-1C.D. Águila

C.D. FAS3-0Alianza F.C.
15:00 -
San Salvador

Final

The final game was played on December 17.

Once Municipal
3-1C.D. FAS


 Apertura Champions 2006/07 
Once Municipal

2nd title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2006. 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.