# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2005

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2005 season (officially "Torneo Clausura 2005") started on January 29, 2005.
The season was composed of the following clubs:
* C.D. FAS
* C.D. Municipal Limeño
* San Salvador F.C.
* C.D. Águila
* C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
* A.D. Isidro Metapán
* C.D. Atlético Balboa
* Alianza F.C.
* Once Lobos
* Once Municipal

## Team information
### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Águila | | Jorge Alberto Garcia | TBD | TBD |
| Alianza | | Juan Ramon Paredes | TBD | TBD |
| Atletico Balboa | Noel Benítez | Juan Quarterone | TBD | TBD |
| FAS | Reynaldo Valle | Agustín Castillo | TBD | TBD |
| Firpo | TBD | Saul Rivero | TBD | TBD |
| Isidro Metapan | José Gumercindo Landaverde | Edwin Portillo | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal Limeno | Gumercindo Ventura | Nelson Brizuela | Galaxia | LG |
| Once Lobos | TBD | Ruben Guevara | TBD | TBD |
| Once Municipal | TBD | Miguel Mansilla | TBD | TBD |
| San Salvador F.C. | Marco Flores | Hugo Coria | TBD | TBD |

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| C.D. Aguila | Carlos Alberto de Toro | TBD | December 2004 | Jorge Alberto Garcia | Jan 2005 |
| San Salvador F.C. | Saul Rivero | TBD | December 2004 | Hugo Coria | Jan 2005 |
| Firpo | Gustavo de Simone | TBD | December 2004 | Saul Rivero | Jan 2005 |
| Municipal Limeno | Raul Cocherai | TBD | December 2004 | Nelson Brizuela | Jan 2005 |
| Once Lobos | Carlos Recinos | TBD | December 2004 | Ruben Guevara | Jan 2005 |
| Once Municipal | Henry Rojas | TBD | December 2004 | Miguel Mansilla | Jan 2005 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Once Lobos | Ruben Guevara | TBD | March 2005 | Roberto Gamarra | March 2005 |
| Atletico Balboa | Juan Quarterone | TBD | April 2005 | Henry Vanegas | April 2005 |
| Firpo | Saul Rivero | TBD | April 2005 | Leonel Carcamo | April 2005 |
| C.D. Aguila | Jorge Alberto Garcia | TBD | April 2005 | Saul Molina | April 2005 |

## Clausura 2005 standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | C.D. FAS | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 35 | |
| 2 | C.D. Municipal Limeño | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 30 | Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño |
| 3 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 29 | |
| 4 | Alianza F.C. | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 28 | |
| 5 | Once Municipal | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 27 | |
| 6 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 22 | |
| 7 | C.D. Atlético Balboa | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 21 | |
| 8 | C.D. Águila | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 20 | |
| 9 | San Salvador F.C. | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 20 | |
| 10 | Once Lobos | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 12 | Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño |
* ↑ C.D. Municipal Limeño had a poor aggregate during both Clasura and Apertura and were forced to have a play-off.
C.D. Municipal Limeño played off against Colo-Colo losing the fixture and were eliminated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño

## Top scorers

| Pos. | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Martín García | Alianza F.C. | 11 |
| 2 | Anel Canales | Once Municipal | 9 |
| 3 | Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos | C.D. FAS | 9 |
| 4 | Nestor Ayala | Once Lobos | 8 |
| 5 | Manuel Martinez | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 8 |
| 6 | Gabriel Garcette | C.D. Municipal Limeño | 7 |
| 7 | Eric Prado | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 7 |
| 8 | Juan Carlos Reyes | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 7 |

## Final

FAS: :
| GK | TBA | Luís Manotas Castro |
| DF | TBA | Ramón Flores |
| DF | TBA | Rafael Tobar |
| DF | TBA | Víctor Velásquez |
| DF | TBA | Alfredo Pacheco |
| MF | TBA | Victor Mafla |
| MF | TBA | Gilberto Murgas |
| MF | TBA | Cristian Álvarez | 73' |
| MF | TBA | Ernesto Góchez | 109' |
| FW | TBA | Alejandro Bentos |
| FW | TBA | Bernal Mullins | 75' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | TBA | Jaime Gómez | 73' |
| FW | TBA | Williams Reyes | 75' |
| FW | TBA | Juan Carlos Moscoso | 109' |
| Manager: |||
| Agustín Castillo ||||
Luis Angel Firpo: :
| GK | TBA | Óscar Abreu Mejía |
| DF | TBA | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| DF | TBA | Mauro Cajú | |
| DF | TBA | Marcos Portillo |
| DF | TBA | Jorge Sánchez |
| MF | TBA | Isaac Zelaya |
| MF | TBA | Guillermo Morán | 73' |
| MF | TBA | Víctor Merino Dubón | 65' |
| MF | TBA | Adonai Martínez |
| FW | TBA | Manuel Black Martinez |
| FW | TBA | José Orlando Martínez | 60' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | TBA | Juan Carlos Reyes | 60' |
| MF | TBA | Héctor Canjura | 65' |
| MF | TBA | Dario Larrosa | 73' |
| Manager: |||
| Leonel Cárcamo ||||
* Clasura 2005 champions
* C.D. FAS 16th title

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2005. The following players:
* have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
* have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace