# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2003

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2003 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2002") started on January 21, 2003.
The season was composed of the following clubs:
* C.D. FAS
* Municipal Limeño
* San Salvador F.C.
* C.D. Águila
* C.D. Luis AngelFirpo
* A.D. Isidro Metapán
* C.D. Atlético Balboa
* Alianza F.C.
* C.D. Arcense
* C.D. Dragón

## Team information
### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Águila | | Ramón Maradiaga | TBD | TBD |
| Alianza | Ricardo Padilla Pinto | Juan Quarterone | TBD | TBD |
| Atletico Balboa | Noel Benítez | Nelson Brizuela | TBD | TBD |
| C.D. Arcense | TBD | Ricardo Guardado | TBD | TBD |
| C.D. Dragon | Domingo Ramos | Jose Mario Martinez | TBD | TBD |
| FAS | Reynaldo Valle | Agustín Castillo | TBD | TBD |
| Firpo | TBD | Milos Mijanic | TBD | TBD |
| Isidro Metapan | José Gumercindo Landaverde | Edwin Portillo | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal Limeno | Gumercindo Ventura | Henry Vanegas | Galaxia | LG |
| San Salvador F.C. | Marco Flores | Ruben Alonso | TBD | TBD |

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Aguila | Hugo Coria | Resigned | December 2002 | Ramón Maradiaga | Jan 2003 |
| Atletico Balboa | Juan Quarterone | TBD | NOV 2002 | Nelson Brizuela | Jan 2003 |
| Alianza F.C. | Julio Escobar | TBD | December 2002 | Juan Quarterone | Jan 2002 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Municipal Limeno | Henry Vanegas | TBD | April 2003 | Antonio Carlos Viera | April 2003 |
| C.D. Dragon | Jose Mario Martinez | TBD | April 2003 | Domingo Ramos Interim | April 2003 |
| Atletico Balboa | Nelson Brizuela | TBD | April 2003 | Carlos Barone | April 2003 |
| Atletico Balboa | Carlos Barone | TBD | April 2003 | Manuel Alberto Solano | April 2003 |

## Clausura 2002 standings

Last updated August 3, 2002
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | C.D. FAS | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 44 | |
| 2 | San Salvador F.C. | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 28 | |
| 3 | Alianza F.C. | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 28 | |
| 4 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 27 | |
| 5 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 26 | |
| 6 | Municipal Limeño | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 24 | |
| 7 | C.D. Águila | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 22 | |
| 8 | C.D. Atlético Balboa | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 18 | |
| 9 | C.D. Arcense | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 11 | |
| 10 | C.D. Dragón | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 8 | Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño |

## Final

Luis Ángel Firpo :
| GK | Fidel Mondragón |
| RB | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| CB | Juan Pablo Chacón |
| CB | Gustavo Cabrera |
| LB | Jorge Edenilson Sánchez |
| DM | Guillermo García |
| RM | Guillermo Morán |
| LM | Héctor Canjura |
| AM | Isaac Zelaya |
| CF | Israel Castro Franco |
| CF | Celio Rodriguez |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | Santos Cabrera |
| MF | Henry Sevillano |
| Manager: |||
| Milos Miljanic ||||
San Salvador F.C.: :
| GK | Misael Alfaro |
| RB | Carlos Gómez Navas |
| CB | Mario Mayén Meza |
| CB | Orlando Garcés |
| LB | Selvin Zepeda |
| DM | Nelson Flores |
| RM | Rodrigo Lagos |
| CM | Emiliano Pedrozo |
| LM | Herber Burgos |
| SS | Alexander Obregón |
| CF | Franklin Webster |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | William Torres |
| MF | Víctor Merino |
| FW | José Martínez |
| Manager: |||
| Rubén Alonso ||||
* Clausura Champions 2002/03
* San Salvador F.C. 1st title

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2003. 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