# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2004

The Salvador Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2004 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2004") started on August 7, 2004.
The season was composed of the following clubs:
* C.D. FAS
* 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 | | Julio Cesar Cortez | TBD | TBD |
| Alianza | | Juan Mujica | TBD | TBD |
| Atletico Balboa | Noel Benítez | Jorge Alberto Garcia | TBD | TBD |
| FAS | Reynaldo Valle | Agustín Castillo | TBD | TBD |
| Firpo | TBD | Gustavo de Simone | TBD | TBD |
| Isidro Metapan | José Gumercindo Landaverde | Marcelo Javier Zuleta | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal Limeno | Gumercindo Ventura | Ricardo Ortiz "Tato" | Galaxia | LG |
| Once Lobos | TBD | Carlos Recinos | TBD | TBD |
| Once Municipal | TBD | Oscar Emigdio Benitez | TBD | TBD |
| San Salvador F.C. | Marco Flores | Saul Rivero | TBD | TBD |

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Atletico Balboa | Oscar Emigdio Benitez | TBD | May 2004 | Jorge Alberto Garcia | June 2004 |
| San Salvador F.C. | Ruben Alonso | TBD | June 2004 | Saul Rivero | June 2004 |
| Municipal Limeno | Jorge Alberto Garcia | TBD | June 2004 | Ricardo Ortiz "Tato" | July 2004 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Isidro Metapan | Marcelo Javier Zuleta | TBD | August 2004 | Edwin Portillo | August 2004 |
| Alianza F.C. | Juan Mujica | TBD | September 2004 | Juan Ramon Paredes | September 2004 |
| Municipal Limeno | Ricardo Ortiz Tato | TBD | September 2004 | Raul Cocherai | September 2004 |
| C.D. Aguila | Julio Cesar Cortez | TBD | October 2004 | Carlos Alberto de Toro | October 2004 |
| Atletico Balboa | Jorge Alberto Garcia | TBD | October 2004 | Juan Quarterone | October 2004 |
| Once Municipal | Oscar Emigdio Benitez | TBD | November 2004 | Henry Rojas | November 2004 |

## Apertura 2004 standings

Last updated August 2, 2004
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C.D. FAS | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 32 | Qualified for semifinal |
| 2 | San Salvador F.C. | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 32 | Qualified for semifinal |
| 3 | C.D. Atlético Balboa | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 30 | Qualified for semifinal |
| 4 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 29 | 4th place playoff |
| 5 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 29 | 4th place playoff |
| 6 | C.D. Águila | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23 | |
| 7 | Alianza F.C. | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Once Lobos | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 19 | |
| 9 | Once Municipal | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 19 | |
| 10 | Municipal Limeño | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 6 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | FAS | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | C.D. FAS (pen.) | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Atlético Balboa | 3 |
| 2 | San Salvador F.C. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Atlético Balboa | 3 |
| 3 | Atlético Balboa | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |

## Final

FAS: :
| GK | TBA | Luís Castro |
| DF | TBA | Marcelo Messias |
| DF | TBA | Marvin González |
| DF | TBA | Víctor Velásquez |
| DF | TBA | Alfredo Pacheco |
| MF | TBA | Víctor Mafla | 79' 112' |
| MF | TBA | Gilberto Murgas 32' |
| MF | TBA | Cristian Álvarez | 65' |
| MF | TBA | Ramón Flores |
| FW | TBA | Alejandro Bentos |
| FW | TBA | Williams Reyes | 106' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | TBA | Ernesto Góchez | 65' |
| FW | TBA | Emerson Umaña | 106' |
| Manager: |||
| Agustín Castillo ||||
Atlético Balboa: :
| GK | TBA | Juan Carlos Mosquera Perez |
| DF | TBA | Armando Mercado |
| DF | TBA | Ernesto Noel Aquino 25' |
| DF | TBA | Elmer Martínez |
| DF | TBA | Yubini Salamanca |
| MF | TBA | Hídzar Henríquez 31' |
| MF | TBA | Joaquín Molina | 84' |
| MF | TBA | Abraham Monterrosa | 67' |
| MF | TBA | Eugenio Valerio |
| FW | TBA | Nildeson 68' |
| FW | TBA | Franklin Webster | |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | TBA | Carlos Asprilla | 67' |
| MF | TBA | Lisandro González | 84' |
| Manager: |||
| Juan Quarterone ||||
* Apertura 2004 champions
* C.D. FAS 15th title

## Top scorers

| Pos. | Nat. | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | | Nicolás Muñoz | C.D. FAS | 12 |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2004. 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