Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2008

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador

Dates	9 February 2008 - 1 June 2008
Champions	C.D. Luis Angel Firpo (9th title)
Relegated	Once Municipal
2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League	A.D. Isidro Metapán
Top goalscorer	Williams Reyes (14)
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The Clausura 2008 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season was the 39th since its establishment in 1969.

It began on 9 February 2008 and ended with the final on 1 June 2008.

Reigning champions Luis Ángel Firpo defended their title beating FAS in the final.

Once Municipal were relegated to the second tier.

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Agustin Castillo	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Pablo Centrone	TBD	TBD
C.D. Chalatenango		Vladan Vicevic
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Gerardo Reinoso	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapan		Edwin Portillo	TBD	TBD
Nejapa F.C.		Mauricio Cienfuegos	TBD	TBD
Once Municipal	TBD	Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Oscar Emigdio Benitez	TBD	TBD
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Jorge Alberto Garcia	TBD	TBD

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Nejapa F.C.	Carlos Antonio Melendez	TBD	December 2007	Mauricio Cienfuegos	December 2007
Firpo	Horacio Cordero	TBD	December 2007	Gerardo Reinoso	December 2007
Aguila	Luis Ramirez Zapata	TBD	December 2007	Agustín Castillo	January 2008

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
C.D. Chalatenango	Vladan Vicevic	TBD	February 2008	Juan Ramón Sánchez	February 2008
C.D. Vista Hermosa	Jorge García	TBD	February 2008	Henry Vanegas	March 2008
Once Municipal	Hugo Coria	TBD	March 2008	Juan Ramón Paredes	March 2008
San Salvador F.C.	Óscar Benítez	TBD	March 2008	Rubén Alonso	March 2008
Once Municipal	Juan Ramon Paredes	TBD	April 2008	Mario Elias Guevara	May 2008

Last updated May 23, 2008

21 May 2008

Vista Hermosa	1–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
Pompilio Cacho

Estadio Luis Amílcar Moreno

21 May 2008

FAS	3–0	Isidro Metapán
César Larios Juan Carlos Moscoso

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

25 May 2008

Luis Ángel Firpo	3–0	Vista Hermosa
Carlos Calderón Patricio Barroche Fernando Leguizamón

Estadio Cuscatlán

24 May 2008

Isidro Metapán	2–0	FAS
Álex Escobar Paolo Suárez

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez

1 June 2008

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FAS
Guillermo Morán 118' (pen.)

Estadio Cuscatlán

Firpo GK Juan José Gómez DF Carlos Monteagudo DF Mauricio Quintanilla DF Manuel Salazar DF Jorge Elenilson Sánchez MF Rubén Quijada MF Eduardo Campos MF Leonardo Pekarnik MF Emerson Veliz FW Fernando Leguizamón FW Patricio Barroche Substitutes: FW Cristian Sánchez MF Guillermo Morán MF Francisco Medrano Manager: Gerardo Reinoso

FAS: GK Adolfo Menéndez DF Ramon Flores DF Dony Valle DF Marvin González DF Alfredo Pacheco DF Oscar Jimenez MF Cristian Álvarez MF Víctor Merino MF Juan Carlos Moscoso FW Alejandro Bentos FW Cesar Larios Substitutes: DF Emerson Umaña MF Odir Josue Flores FW Orlando Rodríguez Manager: Nelson Ancheta

Since Luis Ángel Firpo already qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League, Isidro Metapán also qualified.

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Williams Reyes	A.D. Isidro Metapán	14
2.	Patricio Barroche	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	13
3.	Juan Carlos Reyes	Nejapa F.C.	9
4.	Rodolfo Zelaya	C.D. Chalatenango	8
	Franklin Webster	C.D. Chalatenango	8
5.	Pompilio Cacho Valerio	C.D. Vista Hermosa	7

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2008. The following players:

1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
2. 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.

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