Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1997–98
ChampionsLA Firpo (5th Title)
RelegatedEL Roble
← 1996-97

The 1997–98 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the 46th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. . The tournament began November 1997 and ended on May 31, 1998. Luis Angel Firpo won the championship game against FAS 2–0.

Notable events

Change of name and ownership

Atletico Marte changed to Atletico Arabe Marte in 1997.

New team

Atlético Arabe Marte from Soyapango were promoted, however the club relocated from Soyapango and moved to Sonsonate and Played under Sonsonate.


Notable death from 1997 season and 1998 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1997 and middle of 1998.

Teams

Team City Stadium Head coach Captain
Aguila San Miguel, San Miguel Department Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza El Salvador Juan Ramon Paredes El Salvador Waldir Guerra
Alianza San Salvador, San Salvador Department Estadio Cuscatlan Uruguay Jose Mario Figueroa El Salvador
Atletico Arabe Marte San Salvador, San Salvador Department Estadio Cuscutlan El Salvador Armando Contreras Palma El Salvador
Baygon-ADET San Salvador, San Salvador Department Estadio C. Sello de Oro El Salvador Victor Manuel Pacheco El Salvador
Dragon San Miguel, San Miguel Department Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza Uruguay German Barreto El Salvador Daniel Sagastizado
EL Roble Ilobasco, Cabañas Department Estadio Mauricio Vides Costa Rica Didier Castro El Salvador Martin Pantajo
FAS Santa Ana, Santa Ana Department Estadio Oscar Quiteno Paraguay Nelson Brizuela El Salvador Jaime Murillo
Firpo Usulután, Usulután Department Estadio Sergio Torres Chile Julio Escobar El Salvador Leonel Carcamo
C.D. Municipal Limeno Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Department Estadio Ramon Flores Berrios Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira El Salvador
C.D. Sonsonate Sonsonate, Sonsonate Department Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos Uruguay Carlos Asdrúbal Padin El Salvador

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS Brazil Valdier Viera Sacked July 11, 1997 Paraguay Nelson Brizuela October 1997
El Roble El Salvador Victor Manuel Pacheco Sacked October 1997 Costa Rica Didier Castro October 1997
Atletico Arabe Marte Argentina Juan Quarterone Sacked 1997 El Salvador Armando Contreras Palma 1997
ADET El Salvador Armando Contreras Palma Sacked 1997 El Salvador Victor Manuel Pacheco 1997
Aguila Serbia Mladen Stefanovic Sacked 1997 El Salvador Juan Ramon Paredes 1997
Dragon Honduras Gilberto Yearwood Sacked 1997 Uruguay German Barreto 1997
Municipal Limeno Honduras Alfredo Romero (Intermship) Intermship ended, moved to be assistant 1997 Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira 1997
Alianza Uruguay Juan Carlos Masnik Contract finished November 1997 Uruguay Jose Mario Figueroa November 1997

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Aguila El Salvador Juan Ramon Paredes Sacked January 1998 Serbia Milovan Doric January 1998
El Roble Costa Rica Didier Castro Mutual Consent February 1998 El Salvador Luis Landos February 1998 4th
Dragon Uruguay German Barreto Sacked February 1998 El Salvador Domingo Ramos (’’Interim’’) February 1998 8th
Dragon El Salvador Domingo Ramos Interimship finished returned to be assistant manager March 1998 El Salvador Saúl Molina March 1998 8th
Aguila Serbia Milovan Doric Mutual Consent, Due to Family Reason April 1998 Cuba Lazaro Buchillon April 1998
El Roble El Salvador Luis Landos Sacked April 1998 Uruguay Carlos Jurado April 1998 10th
Sonsonate Uruguay Carlos Asdrúbal Padin Sacked May 1998 El Salvador Cristo Farfan Velasquez May 1998 9th
El Roble Uruguay Carlos Jurado Sacked May 1998 El Salvador Jose Luis Siu May 1998 10th


Final Series

Semi Final

LA Firpo3-0Alianza
TBD
TBD
TBD 		Nil
Estadio

LA Firpo won 3-0 on aggregare

FAS0-0Aguila
Nil Nil
Estadio

FAS won 2-0 on aggregare

Final


 1997–98 champion 
LA Firpo
5th title

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. El Salvador Alfredo ‘Chelito’ Pérez LA Firpo 14
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 1997-1998. The following players:

  1. have played at least one game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.