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.
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 .
Team information
Personnel and sponsoring 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
Playoffs
*Note: C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo qualified to the finals due to higher league position.
Final
Luis Ángel Firpo GK 1 Juan José GómezDF 3 Víctor TurciosDF 15 Manuel SalazarDF 5 Edwin MartínezDF 20 Emerson VélizMF 14 Jorge SánchezMF 23 José Campos MF 24 Dennis AlasMF 4 Carlos Monteagudo FW 18 Herber Barrera FW 11 Fernando LeguizamónSubstitutes:MF 10 Francisco Medrano FW 7 Patricio Barroche FW 12 Pompilio Cacho Manager: Agustín Castillo
Isidro Metapán: GK 17 Dagoberto PortilloDF 18 William FigueroaDF 13 Julio MartínezDF 19 Alexander EscobarDF 5 Ernesto AquinoMF 16 Ernesto IrahetaMF 14 José AmayaMF 20 Héctor MejíaMF 10 Paolo Suárez FW 9 Anel Canales FW 11 Williams Reyes Substitutes:MF 6 Erick Dowson Prado MF 12 Carlos Menjívar Manager: Edwin Portillo
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
Top scorers Pos. Nat. Player Team Goals1 Nicolás Muñoz C.D. Vista Hermosa 102 Anel Canales A.D. Isidro Metapán 93 Williams Reyes A.D. Isidro Metapán 94 Patricio Barroche C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 64 Alcides Bandera Atlético Balboa 64 Carlos Ayala C.D. Chalatenango 6
Attendance
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
During the season 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 This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2009. The following players: have played at least one Clausura game for the respective club. 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
Arturo Albarrán Leandro Franco José Oliveira Marcelo Messias
Alianza F.C. Sebastián Viera Juliano de Andrade Sandro Zamboni Francisco Portillo Manuel Luna
Atlético Balboa Alcides Bandera Franklin Webster Elder Figueroa
C.D. FAS Roberto Peña Osvaldo Mendoza Jeyson Vega
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Pompilio Cacho Patricio Barroche Edgar Leguizamón Matias Fernández
A.D. Isidro Metapán Anel Canales Gabriel Garcete Ernesto Aquino Paolo Suárez
Nejapa F.C. Alejandro Bentos Luis Espindola Andrés Aguirre Juan Carlos Reyes
Juventud Independiente Paulinho Carlos Escalante Luis José Pérez Néstor Reyes
Vista Hermosa Nicolás Muñoz Luis Torres Luciano Harry Jean Franco Carreño
References
External links Final's Report (Spanish) at El Grafico