1988–89 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1988–89
ChampionsC.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (1st Title)
RelegatedADET
← 1987-88
1989-90 →

The 1988–89 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the 37th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament began on 5 June, 1988 and ended on April 2, 1989. Luis Angel Firpo, the best team in the final group, won the championship match against Cojutepeque, the best regular season team.

Teams

Team City Stadium Head coach Captain
Acajutla TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Atletico Marte TBD Estadio Cuscutlan El Salvador El Salvador
Aguila TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Alianza TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
ADET TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Chalatenango TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Cojutepeque TBD Estadio El Salvador Conrado Miranda El Salvador
FAS TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador
Firpo TBD Estadio Argentina Juan Quarterone El Salvador
Metapan TBD Estadio El Salvador TBD El Salvador Antonio García Prieto

Managerial changes

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD El Salvador TBD Sacked 1989 El Salvador 1990
Firpo Argentina Juan Quarterone Sacked 1988 Chile Julio Escobar 1988
Alianza Argentina TBD Sacked 1988 El Salvador Francisco Amparo "Tigre" Zamora 1988

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cojutepeque 36 14 15 7 50 39 +11 43 Qualified to finals. Won the right to play a Championship Game if they fail to win the final round.
2 C.D. Águila 36 12 17 7 34 26 +8 41 Qualified to finals.
3 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 36 12 16 8 41 30 +11 40
4 Acajutla 36 11 18 7 38 31 +7 40
5 Atlético Marte 36 12 15 9 40 34 +6 39
6 C.D. FAS 36 9 20 7 35 34 +1 38
7 Metapán 36 11 11 14 43 42 +1 33
8 C.D. Chalatenango 36 7 17 12 30 33 −3 31
9 Alianza F.C. 36 9 11 16 34 53 −19 29
10 ADET 36 5 16 15 28 51 −23 26 Relegated to Segunda Division.
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/elsalhist.html

Final round standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C.D. Luis Angel Firpo 6 2 4 0 11 8 +3 8 Qualified to championship game
2 Acajutla 6 2 3 1 10 5 +5 7
3 C.D. Águila 6 1 4 1 10 9 +1 6
4 Cojutepeque F.C. 6 0 3 3 5 14 −9 3
Source: [citation needed]

Final

C.D. Luis Angel Firpo2-2Cojutepeque
Jose Maria Batres 5
91		 [ ] Percival Piggot 6
Hugo Ventura 118
Penalties
Miguel Seminario soccer ball with red X
Abraham Vásquez soccer ball with check mark
Martín Duffó soccer ball with check mark
Kiko Henríquez soccer ball with red X
Fernando De Moura soccer ball with check mark
Leonel Carcamo soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 3 Hugo Ventura soccer ball with check mark
Walter Martinez soccer ball with red X
Mauricio Alfaro soccer ball with check mark
Ruben Guevara soccer ball with check mark
Percival Piggot soccer ball with red X
W Ventura soccer ball with red X
Attendance: 60, 000

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. El Salvador Hugo Ventura Cojutepeque F.C. 17
2 El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
3. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
4. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
5. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
6. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
7. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
8. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
9. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD
10. El Salvador TBD TBD TBD

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1988-1989. 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