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Primera División De Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2009
The Apertura 2009 season (officially known as ''Torneo Apertura 2009'') was the twenty-third tournament of the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format, and the 41st overall. FAS won the tournament for the 17th time in history, defeating Águila in the final with a 3–2 victory in extra time. Isidro Metapán were the defending champions, having won their 3rd title the previous season and being the back to back champions. Format A total of 10 teams contested the league, with none getting relegated (relegation only occurs in Clausura tournaments). The season began on August 14, 2009 and concluded on December 20, 2009. The 10 teams of the Primera División played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals. Since Vista Hermosa and Isidro Metapán finished with the same points at the end of the regular season, a knockout playoff match was played to ...
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Primera División De Fútbol De El Salvador
The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador (First Division of Professional Football of El Salvador), more commonly known as La Liga Mayor or La Primera, also known as Liga Pepsi for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional association football, football league in El Salvador. It was established in 1947, and in 2011 had 10 clubs. Initially the league was run as a year-long tournament, but since 1998 there are two tournaments each year, much like in many other football leagues in the Americas. The Apertura season runs from August to December, while the Clausura season runs from February to July. Of the 56 teams to have competed in the league, C.D. FAS, FAS has won the title 19 times, followed by Alianza F.C. (El Salvador), Alianza (18), C.D. Aguila, Aguila (17), C.D. Luis Angel Firpo, Firpo and A.D. Isidro Metapan, Isidro Metapan (10) Competition format La Liga Mayor follows the usual double Round-robin tournament, round-robin format. During the course of ...
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Estadio Óscar Quiteño
Estadio Óscar Quiteño is a multi-purpose stadium in Santa Ana, El Salvador, Santa Ana, El Salvador. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches, and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo FAS. The stadium holds 17,500 people and was built in 1963. Inauguration The stadium was inaugurated on February 3, 1963 and built by the Institute of Rural Development. It sports the name of the goalkeeper '' 'Óscar Alberto Quiteño' '', who died in a friendly match against Orión of Costa Rica; The said Santana stadium was named Óscar Quiteño (in honor of Óscar Alberto Quiteño) on May 15, 1977; Thanks to the initiative of Professor Fidel Antonio Magaña. The opening match of the stadium faced C.D. FAS and the Gold of Mexico, which was won by the latter. History The first football scene of Santa Ana was the field of the Finca Model, where FAS won its first 5 championships. It was the October 17, 1962 when a meeting was held to begin the preparation for th ...
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Agustín Castillo
Alberto Agustín Castillo Gallardo (born May 5, 1963) is a former Peruvian professional footballer and currently manager. Playing career Alianza Lima He started his career with Alianza Lima in 1973. He was part of the squad that won the 1975 tournament. He played in the Peruvian Segunda División until 1978, when he moved to Club Atlético Chalaco. Deportivo Cuenca In 1989, he traveled to Ecuador to play with Deportivo Cuenca. Atlético Marte In 1990, Castillo joined Atlético Marte of El Salvador, he then moved to Costa Rica to play with Herediano. Águila In 1994, he returned to El Salvador to play with Águila. FAS In 1996, he signed with FAS, where he retired. Coaching career Deportivo Municipal In 1997, he began his coaching career with Deportivo Municipal in his native country of Peru. Municipal Limeño In August 2000, Castillo signed as new coach of Municipal Limeño of El Salvador, replacing Rubén Alonso. Castillo led them to the Apertur ...
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Roberto Gamarra (coach)
Roberto Gamarra (born 6 March 1958) is a former Argentine and naturalised Paraguayan professional football midfielder and currently manager. After retiring as a player he coached teams in El Salvador. Coaching career Once Lobos In 2005, Gamarra signed as new coach of Once Lobos, replacing Genaro Sermeño. Atlético Balboa In 2007, he signed as new coach of Atlético Balboa, replacing Gustavo de Simone. In January 2009, Gamarra was replaced by Carlos Alberto de Toro. FAS In January 2009, he was appointed as new coach of C.D. FAS. In 2010, Gamarra was replaced by Alberto Rujana. Alianza FC In March 2011, Gamarra was appointed as new coach of Alianza F.C., replacing Miloš Miljanić. UES In January 2012, Gamarra signed as new coach of UES, replacing Jorge Abrego. In September 2013, Gamarra was replaced by Ramiro Cepeda. Luis Ángel Firpo In March 2013, he was appointed as new coach of C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo, replacing Edgar Henríquez. Dragón In May 2014, Gamarra signed a ...
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Ramiro Cepeda
Ramiro Augusto Cepeda (born 25 April 1975) is a former Argentine football manager and former player. Honours Club ; Alianza F.C. * Primera División ** Runners-up: Apertura 2012 Club ; Antigua GFC * Liga Nacional de Guatemala ** Runners-upApertura 2022 References External links Ramiro Cepedaat Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Cepeda, Ramiro Living people 1975 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Deportivo Zacapa players C.D. Suchitepéquez players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers Argentine football managers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo managers Universidad SC managers Deportivo Petapa managers Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) managers C.S.D. Xelajú MC managers Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Expatriate football managers in El Salvador Expatriate football managers in Guatemala Argentine expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriat ...
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Eduardo Santana
Eduardo Santana (November 29, 1958 – October 19, 2023) was a Brazilian football player and manager. He last coached C.D. Dragón in the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño of El Salvador. Playing career A midfielder, Santana played for several clubs in Guatemala Xelajú (1981–1983), Aurora (1984–85), Municipal (1988), Deportivo Suchitepéquez (1989), Escuintla (1991–92), and Juventud Retalteca (1993–1994). He scored 52 goals. Death On October 19, 2023, while coaching second division side Barillas FC, Santana suffered a heart attack and was pronounced dead. Honours Players Aurora F.C. * Liga Nacional de Guatemala: 1984 Olimpia * Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 1987–1988 Manager Alianza F.C. * Salvadoran Primera División Salvadorans (), also known as Salvadorians, are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvadoran diaspora, particularly Salvadoran Amer ...
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Atlético Balboa
Club Deportivo Atlético Balboa, commonly known as Atlético Balboa or simply Balboa, is a Salvadoran football club. The team play in La Unión, La Unión department. History Foundation The foundation of Atletico Balboa occurred in 1950 in La Union. Mauro "El Turco" Granados, Simón Reyes, Paulino Cáceres, Pablo Rubio, Rodolfo Guzmán, Carlos Villalta, Carlos Juárez, René Pantoja, Luis Ávila, Chico Osorio, Juan Guevara, Chico Ruíz and Timoteo Hernández were the original members of the team. The team was intended to be a baseball team, but it was changed to a football team. The club was named "Balboa" after the Panamanian balboa and its first match was played against the Honduran team América de Choluteca. The team's first colours were white with green diagonal stripes which were soon changed by the team's president Ricardo Flores to black and red. Primera División After becoming champions of the Segunda División in 1998, Atlético Balboa ascended to the Salvadoran Pri ...
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Nelson Mauricio Ancheta
Nelson Mauricio Ancheta Flores (born 30 July 1963 in Chalchuapa) is a former Salvadoran professional football player and currently manager of Fuerte San Francisco Playing career Nelson Ancheta began his career playing at Universidad Católica de El Salvador during his youth. Afterwards he joined Once Lobos where he would play eleven years in two different spells (playing in between the Primera División and Segunda División). He would go on to play for Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas and Huracán; the latter would be where he would finish his playing career in 1997. Coaching career Fuerte Fronterizo Ancheta's coaching career began in 1987, debuting with Fuerte Fronterizo in the Segunda División. However, he had to wait until 1994 to coach a first team squad, this time with Juventud Candelareña in the Tercera División. Once Lobos This was followed with coaching the club he had played in previously, Once Lobos, both the reserves and then later the main t ...
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Eraldo Correia
Eraldo Correia Ribeiro (born January 19, 1956), is a former Brazilian professional football player and currently manager. Who last managed Cacahuatique in the second division Coaching career After retiring as a footballer, Correia undertook a new career as a coach, starting in teams such as Aspirante, Fuerte San Francisco and Liberal. During that time he formed his ideas that later led him to train teams of the Salvadoran Primera División. Once Lobos In 2006, he signed as coach of Once Lobos. Águila reserves In 2007, he took the charge of the reserve team of Águila. Águila But after the departure of Pablo Centrone in April 2009, Correia went on to train the first team until November, in what was his first stage in the team. Later, Correia was replaced by Nelson Mauricio Ancheta. UES Correia signed as coach of UES for the rest of the Clausura 2011 in March 2011, replacing Edgar Henríquez. The scarlet team finished eighth in that tournament. Return to ...
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Estadio Correcaminos
Estadio Correcaminos is a multi-use stadium in San Francisco Gotera, El Salvador. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ... matches and is the home stadium of Fuerte San Francisco. It is named after the team's nickname. The cost of its construction was US$510,000. The stadium holds 12,000 people. External links Estreno sin hermosura at Laprensagrafica.com. Estreno correcaminoat DiarioCoLatino.com Football venues in El Salvador {{ElSalvador-sports-venue-stub ...
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Polideportivo Victoria Gasteiz
Polideportivo Vitoria-Gasteiz is a multi-use sports complex located in Nejapa, El Salvador. The sports complex is mainly used for its soccer facility. The soccer field is the home field of Alacranes Del Norte, a first division soccer team with a capacity of 2,000. It is named after the town of Vitoria-Gasteiz Vitoria-Gasteiz (; ; also historically spelled Vittoria in English) is the seat of government and the capital city of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country and of the provinces of Spain, province of Álava in northern Spain. I .... Football venues in El Salvador Sports complexes Event venues with year of establishment missing {{ElSalvador-sports-venue-stub ...
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Estadio José Gregorio Martínez
The Estadio José Gregorio Martínez is a multi-use stadium located in the city of Chalatenango, El Salvador. Specifically in the Km 72 ½ mile of the road leading from San Salvador to the provincial capital, is used for football, where the local team A.D. Chalatenango, Chalatenango plays. History The history of the stadium goes back to the 1970s, where the land which had been former farm called Totolco was acquired by the CEL and which would later be transferred to José Gregorio Martínez, the founder of C.D. Chalatenango, Chalatenango. Martínez was a close friend of General Carlos Humberto Romero, who at that time was the president of El Salvador, and with his assistance a new stadium was built. The idea was to create a multi sport complex, which included a football stadium, basketball courts and swimming pools, however, the last of these failed to be completed since Romero was 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état, ousted from the presidency in October 1979 and funding was lost ...
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