Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1999

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
Champions	Aguila (12th title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	Waldir Guerra (10)
Biggest home win	L.A. Firpo 7-0 Juventud Olimpica Metalio (August 28, 1999)
Biggest away win	Juventud Olimpica Metalio 0-8 Aguila (November 7, 1999)
	← Clausura 1999 Clausura 2000 →

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1999 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999") 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 Municipal Limeno in the final.

Key note

After round 8 of this season, Árabe Marte reverted to their historic name of Atlético Marte.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of 1999.

Champions: Juventud Olimpica Metalio

Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of 1999.

Last place: C.D. Sonsonate

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
ADET		Juan Quarterone	Garcis	Nil
Águila		Hugo Coria	Garcis	Nil
Alianza		Hernán Carrasco	Lanzera	Nil
Árabe Marte	TBD	José Luis Rugamas	Garcis	Nil
C.D. Dragón	TBD	Nelson Brizuela	Garcis	Telecom
FAS	TBD	Juan Carlos Masnik	ABA Sport	LG
Juventud Olímpica Metalio	TBD	Walter Cifuentes	Garcis	Nil
Firpo	TBD	Julio Escobar	Galaxia	Pepsi
Municipal Limeño	TBD	Oscar Emigdio Benítez	Garcis	Nil
Santa Clara	TBD	Manuel Mejía	Garcis	Nil

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	June 1999	Juan Carlos Masnik	June 1999	2nd (Clausura 1999)
Águila	Juan Ramón Paredes	Sacked	June 1999	Hugo Coria	June 1999	4th (Clausura 1999)
Municipal Limeno	Victor Manuel Pacheco	TBD	July 1999	Oscar Emigdio Benítez	July 1999	7th (Clausura 1999)

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
C.D. Juventud Olímpica Metalio	Walter Cifuentes	Sacked	September 1999	Mauro Liberia	October 1999
Atletico Marte	José Luis Rugamas	Resigned	September 1999	Juan Ramón Paredes	September 1999
FAS	Juan Carlos Masnik	Resigned	October 1999	Rubén Guevara	October 1999
Alianza	Hernan Carrasco Vivanco	Resigned	November 1999	Rene Renucci	November 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals 1st leg

December 9, 1999

Alianza F.C.	1-1	C.D. Municipal Limeño
Oscar Navarro 44'		Rudy Corrales 85'

Estadio Cuscatlan

December 10, 1999

C.D. Águila	3-2	C.D. FAS
Marcio Sampaio 35' Roberto Hernandez 55' Hector Baloyes 58'		Emiliano Pedrozo 10' Miguel Mariano 74'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Semifinals 2nd leg

December 18, 1999

C.D. FAS	2-1	C.D. Águila
Miguel Mariano 9' Emiliano Pedrozo 59'		Carlos Navarro 90'

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

December 19, 1999

C.D. Municipal Limeño	0-0	Alianza F.C.
Nil		Nil

Estadio Jose Ramon Flores

Final

December 30, 1999

C.D. Águila	1-0	C.D. Municipal Limeño
Erber Burgos 110'		None

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca


Águila
GK		Raul Garcia
DF		Roberto Martínez
DF		Mario Mayén Meza
DF		Roberto Hernández
DF		Néstor Morales
MF		Ronald Cálix
MF		Erber Burgos
MF		Álex Amaya del Cid
MF		Carlos Escalante
FW		Marcio Sampaio
FW		Héctor Baloyes
Substitutes:
FW		Kilmar Jiménez
MF		José Luis Ferrera
MF		Waldir Guerra
Manager:
Hugo Coria


Municipal Limeño:
GK		Santos Rivera
DF		Manuel Carranza
DF		César Hernández
DF		Elmer Martínez
DF		Edwin González
DF		Oris Velásquez
MF		Rene Galan
MF		German Alexis Rodríguez
MF		Deris Umanzor
FW		Magdonio Corrales
FW		Rudis Corrales
Substitutes:
FW		E Bonilla
FW		Roberto Ventura
Manager:
Óscar Emigdio Benítez

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	Municipal Limeño	8
4.	Celio Rodriguez	LA Firpo	7
5.	Juan Carlos Panameño	ADET	7

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 1999. The following players:

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

ADET