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Apertura 1998 season (''officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999"'') is one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Salvadoran football. The season started on August 28, 1998, and finished on December 27, 1998. The season saw Alianza win its 7th league title after a 1-0 victory over

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 is the second-oldest in El Salvador and was founded as Tecún Umán on September 17, 1923, by a gr ...

in the final.

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted * Santa Clara Teams relegated * ''None''

Notable death from middle of 1999 season and end of 1998 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1998 and end of 1998. * Oscar Armando "tito" Diaz (ex Municipal Limeno and FAS player)

Table

Apertura 1998 *Firpo 33 puntos *Alianza 32 puntos *FAS 29 puntos *Águila 29 puntos

Managerial changes

Before the season

During the season

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Semifinals 1st leg

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Semifinals 2nd leg

''LA Firpo won 1-0 on aggregare'' ---- ''Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare''

Final

Top scorers

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 1998. 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 The El Salvador national football team (), known as ("the National Team"), represents El Salvador in international football, and is governed by the Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol (). The national team's first match was played in Septemb ...

on any level, independently from the birthplace ADET * C.D. Águila * Marcelo Buyica * Claudio de Barco * Maximo Alafro Alianza F.C. *

Alejandro Curbelo Alejandro César Curbelo Aguete (born 19 September 1973 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer. International career Curbelo made three appearances for the senior Uruguay national football team at the 2001 Copa América The 2001 Cop ...

Arabe Marte * Giovany Castillo * Julio Oliveira Orange x

''(player released mid season)'' Red x

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

''Injury replacement player'' Dragon * Néstor Emilio Soria * Delvani Quaresma * Van Sebastian * Roberto Bayley C.D. FAS * Noe Dos Santos * Luis Ivan Nolasco * Miguel Mariano C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo *

Celio Rodríguez Celio Roberto Rodríguez da Silva (born September 20, 1969 in Paranaíba, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian and naturalized Salvadoran Association football, football player. Club career Rodríguez was born ''Célio Rodrigues'' in Brasil and played ...

* Mauricio Dos Santos * Raul Toro Municipal Limeno * Moumban Karim * Carlos Rodriguez * German Perez Santa Clara *

Emiliano Pedrozo Emiliano José Pedrozo Cantarero (born July 6, 1972, in Argentina) is a former Argentine-born Salvadoran professional football player and currently manager. Club career Born in Argentina, Pedrozo joined his fellow countrymen Dionel Bordón and ...

Sonsonate * Ronaldo Luis * Luis Dominguez

External links

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