Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2010
# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 2010

The Clausura 2010 season (officially known as Torneo Clausura 2010) was the 24th edition of the Primera División de Fútbol Profesional since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán won the tournament, claiming their fourth title in history. The season began on January 9, 2010 and concluded on May 23, 2010. FAS were the defending champions, having won the Apertura 2009 and clinching the first of two salvadoran spots for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. Isidro Metapán clinched the other spot. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part of the playoffs.

Municipal Limeño was tied for penultimate club for the 2009–2010 season. They had a 1-game playoff to determine who the penultimate club would be. Limeño lost that match, designating it as the penultimate club of the 2009–2010 season, and thus, having to partake in a relegation playoff against the 2nd division runner-up. Limeño would lose this playoff and thus get relegated to the 2nd division for the 2010–2011 season.

## Team information

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Venue |
| - | - | - |
| Águila | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alacranes Del Norte | Estadio José Gregorio Martínez | 15,000 |
| Alianza | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| Atlético Balboa | Estadio Marcelino Imbers | 4,000 |
| Atlético Marte | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| FAS | Estadio Óscar Quiteño | 15,000 |
| Isidro Metapán | Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez | 8,000 |
| Luís Ángel Firpo | Estadio Sergio Torres | 5,000 |
| Municipal Limeño | Estadio Jose Ramon Flores | 5,000 |
| Vista Hermosa | Estadio Correcaminos | 12,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach |
| - | - |
| Águila | Nelson Ancheta |
| Alianza | Miloš Miljanić |
| Atlético Balboa | Carlos Mijangos |
| Atlético Marte | Ramiro Cepeda |
| FAS | Roberto Gamarra |
| Firpo | Hugo Coria |
| Isidro Metapán | Edwin Portillo |
| Municipal Limeño | Víctor Coreas |
| Nejapa F.C. | Gustavo de Simone |
| Vista Hermosa | Jorge García |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alianza | Miguel Soriano | | November 2009 | Miloš Miljanić | 14 November 2009 | 8th (Apertura 2009) |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | Agustín Castillo | End of contract | December 2009 | Hugo Coria | 21 December 2009 | 3rd (Apertura 2009) |
| Atlético Balboa | Luis Ramírez Zapata | Contract ended after pay dispute | December 2009 | Carlos Mijangos | 22 December 2009 | 10th (Apertura 2009) |
| Águila | Eraldo Correia | Sacked | 22 December 2009 | Nelson Ancheta | 28 December 2009 | 2nd (Apertura 2009) |

### Regular season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Municipal Limeño | Víctor Coreas | Sacked | 24 January 2010 | Eraldo Correia | 25 January 2010 | 9th (Clausura 2010) |
| Alacranes Del Norte | Gustavo de Simone | Sacked | 25 January 2010 | Carlos Meléndez | 26 January 2010 | 10th (Clausura 2010) |
| Águila | Nelson Ancheta | Sacked | 23 March 2010 | Rubén Alonso | 24 March 2010 | 2nd (Clausura 2010) |
| FAS | Roberto Gamarra | Resigned | 7 April 2010 | Adolfo Menéndez | 8 April 2010 | 5th (Clausura 2010) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 35 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Águila | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 31 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Vista Hermosa | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 29 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán (C) | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 28 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Atlético Balboa | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 27 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 24 | |
| 7 | FAS | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 20 | |
| 8 | Municipal Limeño | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 18 | |
| 9 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 16 | |
| 10 | Alacranes Del Norte (R) | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 5 | Relegation to Segunda Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALA | ALI | BAL | ATM | FAS | FIR | MET | MLI | VIS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Águila | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Alacranes Del Norte | 0–4 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Alianza | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Atlético Balboa | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Marte | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| C.D. FAS | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Isidro Metapán | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Municipal Limeño | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–3 |
| Vista Hermosa | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Isidro Metapán | 3 |
| | | | | | 2 | Águila | 1 |
| 2 | Águila | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Águila | 1 |
| 3 | Vista Hermosa | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |

### Final

Isidro Metapán: :

| GK | 15 | Misael Alfaro | 86' |
| - | - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Ernesto Aquino |
| DF | 19 | Alexander Escobar | 79' | 90+4' |
| DF | 23 | Ricardo Alvarado |
| DF | 20 | Héctor Mejía |
| MF | 16 | Óscar Jiménez |
| MF | 14 | Andrés Flores |
| MF | 21 | Josué Flores | 62' | 90+1' |
| MF | 22 | Emerson Umaña |
| FW | 24 | Léster Blanco | | 76' |
| FW | 10 | Paolo Suárez | 25' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 2 | Milton Molina | | 76' |
| FW | 12 | Gabriel Garcete | | 90+1' |
| DF | 8 | Mario Aguilar | | 90+4' |
| Manager: |||
| Edwin Portillo ||||

Águila: :

| GK | 1 | Miguel Montes |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 4 | Hermes Martínez |
| DF | 17 | Isaac Zelaya | 47' |
| DF | 5 | Luis Hernández | | 52' |
| DF | 23 | William Antonio Torres |
| MF | 6 | Gilberto Murgas |
| MF | 20 | Eliseo Salamanca |
| MF | 42 | Darwin Bonilla | | 32' |
| MF | 3 | William Torres Alegría |
| FW | 8 | Rudis Corrales |
| FW | 7 | Nelson Reyes | | 81' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 11 | Francisco Álvarez | | 32' |
| MF | 12 | Shawn Martin | | 52' |
| MF | 16 | Arturo Albarrán | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Rubén Alonso ||||

* Clausura 2010 champions
* Isidro Metapán 4th title

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | José Oliveira de Souza | Alianza | 11 |
| 2 | Leonardo Da Silva | Vista Hermosa | 10 |
| 3 | Alcides Bandera | Atlético Balboa | 6 |
| 3 | John Castillo | Vista Hermosa | 6 |
| 3 | José Luis Osorio | Atlético Marte | 6 |
| 6 | Dennis Alas | Luis Ángel Firpo | 5 |
| 6 | Mario Benítez | Luis Ángel Firpo | 5 |
| 6 | Rudis Corrales | Águila | 5 |
| 6 | Roberto Maradiaga | Atlético Marte | 5 |
| 6 | Emerson Umaña | Isidro Metapán | 5 |
| 6 | Rodolfo Zelaya | Alianza | 5 |

Updated to games played on April 25, 2010.

Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Águila | 36 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 46 | 18 | +28 | 65 | |
| 2 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 64 | |
| 3 | FAS | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 56 | Qualification for 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round |
| 5 | Vista Hermosa | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 55 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 41 | |
| 7 | Atlético Marte | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 40 | |
| 8 | Municipal Limeño | 36 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 38 | 50 | −12 | 38 | Relegation playoffs |
| 9 | Atlético Balboa | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 38 | |
| 10 | Alacranes Del Norte (R) | 36 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 76 | −49 | 19 | Relegation to Segunda Division |

* 1 2 Since Municipal Limeño and Atlético Balboa finished the same on aggregate points, both took part of a one leg playoff game to determine the 9th overall and see who would play in the relegation playoffs series. Atlético Balboa won the game 1–0, meaning they have secured a spot for next season in the first division. Meanwhile, Municipal Limeño will play the relegation playoff series against a second division team to determine who will play in the top division next season.

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2010. 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 on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced this season that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

