Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2000

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
ChampionsC.D. Aguila (12th title)
RelegatedC.D. Santa Clara de El Salvador
Top goalscorer TBD (12)

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2000 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2000") started on August 26, 2000, and finished on December 30, 2000.

The season saw C.D. Águila win its 12th league title after a 3–2 victory over C.D. Municipal Limeno in the final.

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ADET El Salvador Argentina Juan Quarterone TBD TBD
Águila El Salvador Argentina Hugo Coria TBD TBD
Alianza El Salvador Óscar Rodríguez El Salvador Jaime Rodriguez TBD TBD
Atlético Marte El Salvador TBD El Salvador Mauricio Pachín González TBD TBD
C.D. Dragon El Salvador TBD Paraguay Nelson Brizuela TBD TBD
FAS El Salvador Reynaldo Valle El Salvador Juan Ramón Paredes TBD TBD
Atletico Balboa El Salvador TBD El Salvador Jose Mario Martinez TBD TBD
Firpo El Salvador TBD Chile Julio Escobar TBD TBD
Municipal Limeno El Salvador TBD Peru Agustin Castillo TBD TBD
Santa Clara El Salvador TBD El Salvador Saul Molina TBD TBD

Managerial changes

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS El Salvador Juan Ramón Paredes Sacked October 2000 El Salvador Cesar Acevedo Interim October 2000
FAS El Salvador Cesar Acevedo Interim moved to assistant Oct 2000 Brazil Roberto Abruzzesse October 2000
FAS Brazil Roberto Abruzzesse Resigned November 2000 Uruguay Armenia Garabet Avedissian November 2000

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 C.D. Municipal Limeño 18 12 4 2 43 13 +30 40 Qualified to finals
2 C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 18 10 6 2 42 19 +23 36
3 C.D. Águila 18 9 4 5 34 28 +6 31
4 C.D. Atlético Balboa 18 8 5 5 31 26 +5 29
5 C.D. Dragón 18 6 7 5 32 29 +3 25
6 Alianza F.C. 18 4 9 5 25 25 0 21
7 ADET 18 4 7 7 23 24 −1 19
8 C.D. FAS 18 3 8 7 15 21 −6 17
9 Atlético Marte 18 3 6 9 28 48 −20 15
10 C.D. Santa Clara 18 1 4 13 13 53 −40 7 Relegated to Segunda Division
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals 1st leg

C.D. Águila3-0C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
C.D. Municipal Limeño3-0Atletico Balboa

Semifinals 2nd leg

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo2-2C.D. Águila
Atletico Balboa1-4C.D. Municipal Limeño

Final

Águila3–2Municipal Limeño
Adrián Mahía 22'
Deonel Bordón 50' & 84'		 César Cahrún 63'
Josué Galdámez 66'


 Apertura 2000 champion 
C.D. Águila
12th title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2000. 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

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. El Salvador TBA TBD TBA

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