# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2001

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2001 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2001"), started on August 26, 2001, and finished on December 23, 2001.
This season saw Alianza F.C. win its 8th league title after a 2-1 victory over C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the final.
This was the first season that saw promotion/relegation used on a once a year basis, rather than every six months as had been a custom in previous years. This meant that teams could now only be promoted/relegated once a year, after both the Apertura and Clausura seasons had ended. At which time, the teams promoted/relegated would be decided by comparing accumulated points on aggregate over both Apertura and Clausura seasons. At this point, the bottom team would automatically be relegated to the Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, while the winner of that division would be brought up to take their spot.

## Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño as of August 26, 2001.
* A.D. Isidro Metapán

## Team information
### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| ADET | | Juan Quarterone | TBD | TBD |
| Águila | | Saul Lorenzo Rivero | TBD | TBD |
| Alianza | Óscar Rodríguez | Juan Ramón Paredes | TBD | TBD |
| Atlético Marte | TBD | Jorge Martinez | TBD | TBD |
| C.D. Dragon | TBD | Miguel Aguilar | TBD | TBD |
| FAS | Reynaldo Valle | Agustín Castillo | TBD | TBD |
| Atletico Balboa | TBD | Oscar Benítez | TBD | TBD |
| Firpo | TBD | Milos Miljanic | TBD | TBD |
| Municipal Limeno | TBD | Kiril Dojcinovski | TBD | TBD |
| A.D. Isidro Metapán | José Gumercindo Landaverde | Edwin Portillo | TBD | TBD |

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| FAS | Rubén Guevara | Resigned | June 2001 | Agustin Castillo | June 2001 |
| Alianza F.C. | Carlos Reyes | TBD | June 2001 | Juan Ramón Paredes | June 2001 |
| Municipal Limeno | Hernan Carrasco | Sacked | July 2001 | Kiril Dojcinovski | July 2001 |
| Atletico Marte | Mauricio Pachin Gonzales | TBD | July 2001 | Jorge Martinez | July 2001 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Atletico Marte | Jorge Martinez | TBD | September 2001 | Nelson Brizuela | September 2001 |
| Dragon | Miguel Aguilar | TBD | September 2001 | Alfredo Encalada | September 2001 |
| Atletico Marte | Nelson Brizuela | TBD | October 2001 | Mauricio Pachin Gonzales | October 2001 |
| Atletico Balboa | Óscar Emigdio Benítez | TBD | November 2001 | Saul Molina | November 2001 |
| Isidro Metapan | Edwin Portillo | TBD | October 2001 | Oscar "Lagarto" Ulloa Interim | October 2001 |
| Isidro Metapan | Oscar "Lagarto" Ulloa Interim | TBD | November 2001 | José Calazán Interim | November 2001 |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alianza F.C. | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 40 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 21 | +15 | 33 | Qualified to finals |
| 3 | C.D. Águila | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 32 | Qualified to finals |
| 4 | C.D. Municipal Limeño | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 30 | Qualified to finals |
| 5 | C.D. FAS | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 29 | |
| 6 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 26 | |
| 7 | C.D. Atlético Balboa | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 18 | |
| 8 | C.D. Dragón | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 15 | |
| 9 | ADET | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 49 | −27 | 14 | |
| 10 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 9 | |

## Final

Alianza :
| GK | Miguel Montes |
| DF | Washington La Cruz |
| DF | Ramiro Carballo |
| DF | Mario Elias Guevara |
| DF | Alexander Merino | 60' |
| MF | Óscar Navarro 84' |
| MF | Jorge Sandoval |
| MF | Juan Carlos Serrano 42' | 90' |
| MF | Adonai Martínez |
| FW | José Roberto Castillo | 61' |
| FW | Martín García 61' |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Carlos Asprilla | 61' |
| MF | Hugo Escobar | 90' |
| MF | Miguel Riquelmi | 105' |
| Manager: |||
| Juan Ramón Paredes ||||
Firpo: :
| GK | Misael Alfaro |
| DF | Wilman González | 89' |
| DF | Hidsar Henríquez 104' |
| DF | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| DF | Diego Alvarez |
| MF | Héctor Canjura |
| MF | Guillermo Morán 18' | 68' |
| MF | Rafael Barrientos |
| MF | Santos Cabrera | 65' |
| FW | Elias Montes |
| FW | Celio Rodríguez |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | René Durán 68' | 60' |
| FW | Fredy González Víchez | 80' |
| FW | Guillermo García | 89' |
| Manager: |||
| Milos Miljanic ||||
* Apertura 2001 champion
* Alianza F.C. 8th title

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2001. 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