Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2007

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional de El Salvador

Champions	Luis Angel Firpo (8th title)
Relegated	None
Top goalscorer	Williams Reyes (11)
← Clausura 2007 Clausura 2008 →

The Apertura 2007 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the since its establishment. The season began on 11 August 2007, and the ended with the final on 16 December.

Isidro Metapán are the defending league champions, having won their First Premiership title.

Luis Angel Firpo beat FAS in the final on penalties and won their eighth title.

Nejapa FC were promoted from Segunda Division.^[1]

Stadiums

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Luis Ramirez Zapata	TBD	Tigo,Cerveza Brahva Nash
Alianza		Pablo Centrone	TBD	Agua Cristal
C.D. Chalatenango		Vladan Vicevic		Pepsi, Tigo
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	Pilsener, Tigo American Airlines
Firpo	TBD	Horacio Cordero	Galaxia	Boquitas Diana Pilsener
Isidro Metapan		Edwin Portillo	TBD	Tigo, Arroz San Pedro
Nejapa F.C.		Carlos Antonio Melendez	TBD	Tigo, Caja de Credito Quezaltepeque
Once Municipal	TBD	Abel Moralejo	TBD	Tigo La Geo,Pilsener
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Saul Rivero	TBD	Tigo,Farmacia San Nicolas Gatorade
C.D. Vista Hermosa	TBD	Jorge Alberto Garcia	TBD	Tigo, Pollo Campestre

Managerial Changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Firpo	Hugo Coria	TBD	June 2007	Horacio Cordero	June 2007
FAS	Julio Asad	TBD	June 2007	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	June 2007
Chalatenango	Agustin Castillo	TBD	June 2007	Vladan Vicevic	July 2007
Alianza F.C.	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	June 2007	Pablo Centrone	July 2007
Once Municipal	Nelson Mauricio Ancheta	TBD	June 2007	Abel Moralejo	August 2007

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Once Municipal	Abel Moralejo	TBD	October 2007	Hugo Coria	October 2007
San Salvador F.C.	Saul Rivero	TBD	October 2007	Henry Vanegas	October 2007

Standings

Last updated April 5, 2008

Semifinals

Final

17 December 2007

Luis Ángel Firpo	1–1 (a.e.t.)	C.D. FAS
Barroche 41'		Pacheco 80'
Penalties
	5–3

Estadio Cuscatlán

Firpo GK Juan José Gómez DF Emerson Veliz DF Mauricio Quintanilla DF Edwin Gonzalez DF Jorge Elenilson Sánchez MF Eduardo Campos  50' MF Guillermo Morán MF Francisco Medrano  89' MF Leonardo Pekarnik  29' FW Fernando Leguizamón FW Patricio Barroche Substitutes: FW Carlos Monteagudo  54' MF Carlos Calderón MF Mario Costas Manager: Horacio Cordero

FAS: GK Adolfo Menéndez DF Mardoqueo Henríquez DF Marvin Gonzalez  48' DF William Roberto Figueroa DF Ramon Flores DF Óscar Jiménez MF Cristian Álvarez MF Víctor Merino MF Alfredo Pacheco FW Alejandro Bentos FW Orlando Rodríguez Substitutes: DF Emerson Umaña  51' FW Víctor Fuentes FW César Larios Manager: Nelson Ancheta

Luis Ángel Firpo qualified for 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

Top scorers

Pos.	Nat.	Player	Team	Goals
1		Williams Reyes	A.D. Isidro Metapán	11
2		Francisco Jovel Álvarez	Alianza F.C.	11
3		Nicolás Muñoz	C.D. Águila	8
4		Rudis Corrales	C.D. Águila	6
4		Paolo Suárez	A.D. Isidro Metapán	6
5		Eduardo José Retana Castro	Alianza F.C.	5
5		Cristian Gil Mosquera	Vista Hermosa	5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2007. 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.

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070820233416/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/futbol/