The Salvador Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2002 season (''officially "Torneo Apertura 2002"'') started on August 3, 2002. Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2002 season was composed of the following clubs: *

C.D. FAS Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos, commonly known as FAS (pronounced "fas"), is a professional Salvadoran football club based in Santa Ana. It competes in Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador, the country's top professiona ...

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* San Salvador F.C. * C.D. Águila *

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Club Deportivo Luis Ángel Firpo (often abbreviated to Firpo) is an El Salvador professional association football club based in Usulután. The club was founded in 1923, and has played at its current home ground, Estadio Sergio Torres, since 1930 ...

A.D. Isidro Metapán Asociación Deportiva Isidro Metapán, also known simply as Isidro Metapán, is a Salvadoran sports club based in Metapán, Santa Ana, El Salvador. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Primera División, the ...

* C.D. Atlético Balboa *

Alianza F.C. Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even ...

* Arcense *

C.D. Dragón Club Deportivo Dragón is a Salvadoran football (soccer), football club, based in San Miguel, El Salvador; founded in 1939. Dragón has won the Salvadoran Primera División, league title twice in the 1951 and 1953 and finished as runner-up on thre ...

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Managerial changes

Before the season

During the season

Apertura 2002 Standings

''Last updated August 3, 2002''

4th place playoff

Semifinals 1st Leg

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Semifinals 2nd Leg

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Final

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2002. The following players: #have played at least one apetura game for the respective club. #have not been capped for the

El Salvador national football team The El Salvador national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de El Salvador) represents El Salvador in international football, and is governed by the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT). In 1899, two teams from Santa Ana and San Sa ...

on any level, independently from the birthplace C.D. Águila * Alexandre Pinto Larangueira * Severino Piñeiro * Alexander Prediguer * Toninho Dos Santos * Sandro Machado Tavares Orange x

* Mauro Nunez * Darío Larrosa Alianza F.C. * Martín Claudio Sosa * Marcelino Renterí * Hermes Martínez Misal * Martin Garcia Atletico Balboa * Alessandro Rodríguez * Luis Carlos Asprilla * Santiago Rodríguez Silva * Ernesto Noel Aquino * Jair Camero Arcense * John Polo * Edilson Chávez * Libardo Carvajal * Christian Mitri * German Rodríguez Dragon * José Caicedo * Luis Marines * Andrés Molina *

Eduardo Arriola Eduardo Alonso Arriola Carter (born 11 October 1972) is a retired Honduran football player. Club career He has played for Olimpia, Chinese side Guangzhou Baiyunshan and for FAS and Dragón in El Salvador. In September 2003, while at FAS, h ...

Óscar Lagos Óscar Abraham Lagos Núñez (born 17 June 1973) is a retired Honduran football player. Club career Nicknamed ''el Mexicano'' because he lived there with his mother in his youth, ''(player released mid season)'' Red x

''(player Injured mid season)'' Blue x

''Injury replacement player'' C.D. FAS *

Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos (born May 3, 1978) is an Argentine retired footballer. Club career Guaraní Antonio Francor Bentos started out his career with Guaraní Antonio Franco in his native town of Corrientes in 1996. Puente Seco de Corrient ...

Williams Reyes Williams Enrique Reyes Rodríguez (born October 30, 1976, in La Ceiba, Honduras) is a Honduran-born Salvadoran professional forward. Club career Reyes started his professional career at Deportes Savio, but crossed the Salvadoran border to pla ...

* Rolando Corella *

Víctor Hugo Mafla Victor Hugo Mafla Vergara (born 7 January 1974) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive rol ...

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo * Juan Carlos Graf * Norman García * Frank Rengifo * Henry Sevillano * Max Torres * Juan Pablo Chacón A.D. Isidro Metapán * Cristian Javier Zamudio * Diego Alvarez * Diego Oyarbide * Luciano Suárez Orange x

* Alonso Alcibar Orange x

* Anderson Batista * Jorge Wagner Municipal Limeno * Paulo César Rodrigues * Raul Falero * Jorge Sandoval * Hugo Viveros San Salvador F.C. * Rodrigo Lagos * Emiliano Pedrozo * Alexander Obregon * Orlando Garces * Franklin Webster

External links

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