# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2010

The Apertura 2010 season (officially known as Torneo Apertura 2010) was the 25th edition of Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador since its establishment of an Apertura and Clausura format. Isidro Metapán, being the defending champions, kept the title as they won the final against Alianza on penalties. The season begun on July 31 and concluded on December 19, 2010. Like previous years, the league consisted of 10 teams, each playing a home and away game against the other clubs for a total of 18 games, respectively. The top four teams by the end of the regular season took part of the playoffs.

## Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009–10 Segunda División
* UES
* Once Municipal
Teams relegated to 2010–11 Segunda División
* Alacranes Del Norte
* Municipal Limeño

## Team information

Last updated: June 30, 2010

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Águila | San Miguel | Juan Francisco Barraza | 10,000 |
| Alianza | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| Atlético Balboa | La Union | Estadio Marcelino Imbers | 4,000 |
| Atlético Marte | San Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlán | 45,925 |
| FAS | Santa Ana | Estadio Óscar Quiteño | 15,000 |
| Isidro Metapán | Metapán | Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez | 8,000 |
| Luís Ángel Firpo | Usulután | Estadio Sergio Torres | 5,000 |
| Once Municipal | Ahuachapán | Estadio Simeón Magaña | 5,000 |
| UES | San Salvador | Estadio Universitario UES | 10,000 |
| Vista Hermosa | San Francisco Gotera | Estadio Correcaminos | 12,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Águila | Will Salgado | Eraldo Correia | Nike | Tigo, Mister Donut |
| Alianza | Lisandro Pohl | Miloš Miljanić | Lotto | Tigo, Sinai, Fiesta |
| Atlético Balboa | Pablo Robles | Roberto Gamarra | Aviva | Fila |
| Atlético Marte | Felix Guardado | Juan Ramón Paredes | Galaxia | Rosvill, Vive, Galaxia |
| FAS | Byron Rodriguez | Jorge Abrego | Milán | American Airlines, Tigo, Pilsener |
| Isidro Metapán | Adan Salazar | Edwin Portillo | Milán | Bimbo, Tigo, Salazar |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | Jozsef Arguedas | Hugo Coria | Joma | Diana, Pilsener |
| Once Municipal | Andrés Rodríguez | Nelson Ancheta | Milán | La Geo |
| UES | Rufino Quesada | Edgar Henriquez | Galaxia | MK Medicamentos, ALBA Petroleos |
| Vista Hermosa | Francisco Benitez | Mario Martínez | Aviva | Tigo |

## Managerial changes
### Before the start of the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| FAS | Adolfo Menéndez | Removed from position | April 27, 2010 | Alberto Rujana | July 1, 2010 | 7th (Clausura 2010) |
| Águila | Rubén Alonso | Sacked | May 25, 2010 | Carlos Mijangos | June 4, 2010 | 2nd (Clausura 2010) |
| Atlético Balboa | Carlos Mijangos | Signed by Águila | June 3, 2010 | Roberto Gamarra | June 3, 2010 | 5th (Clausura 2010) |
| UES | Miguel Ángel Díaz | Resigned | June 21, 2010 | Rubén Alonso | June 23, 2010 | 1st (Clausura 2010) |

### During the regular season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Águila | Carlos Mijangos | Sacked | August 31, 2010 | Eraldo Correia | September 1, 2010 | 5th (Apertura 2010) |
| Atlético Marte | Ramiro Cepeda | Resigned | September 15, 2010 | Luis Guevara Mora (interim) | September 18, 2010 | 9th (Apertura 2010) |
| FAS | Alberto Rujana | Resigned | September 19, 2010 | Jorge Abrego | September 20, 2010 | 10th (Apertura 2010) |
| Atlético Marte | Luis Guevara Mora | Resigned | October 25, 2010 | Juan Ramón Paredes | October 25, 2010 | 10th (Apertura 2010) |
| UES | Rubén Alonso | Resigned | November 10, 2010 | Edgar Henriquez | November 12, 2010 | 10th (Apertura 2010) |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Isidro Metapán (C) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 34 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 2 | Alianza | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 33 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 31 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 4 | Águila | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 31 | Qualification for playoffs |
| 5 | Atlético Balboa | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 29 | |
| 6 | Vista Hermosa | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | Atlético Marte | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 17 | |
| 8 | FAS | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 17 | |
| 9 | UES | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 16 | |
| 10 | Once Municipal | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 14 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ÁGU | ALI | BAL | ATM | FAS | FIR | MET | OMU | UES | VIS |
| Águila | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Alianza | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Atlético Balboa | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Atlético Marte | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| C.D. FAS | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Isidro Metapán | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Once Municipal | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| C.D. Universidad de El Salvador | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | | 3–3 |
| Vista Hermosa | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Isidro Metapán | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Águila | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Águila | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Isidro Metapán (pen.) | 0 (4) |
| | | | | | 2 | Alianza | 0 (3) |
| 2 | Alianza (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Alianza | 0 (3) |
| 3 | Luis Ángel Firpo | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | |

### Final

Isidro Metapán: :
| GK | 19 | Fidel Mondragón |
| DF | 23 | Ricardo Alvarado |
| DF | 2 | Milton Molina | |
| DF | 5 | Ernesto Aquino | | 85' |
| DF | 20 | Omar Mejía |
| MF | 14 | Andrés Flores | 45' | 112' |
| MF | 16 | Óscar Jiménez |
| MF | 10 | Paolo Suárez | |
| MF | 7 | Jorge Morán | 30' |
| FW | 17 | Léster Blanco |
| FW | 9 | Anel Canales | | 115' |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 4 | Carlos Carillo | | 85' |
| MF | 22 | Emerson Umaña | | 112' |
| FW | 11 | Elías Montes | | 115' |
| Manager: |||
| Edwin Portillo ||||
Alianza: :
| GK | 24 | Rafael Fuentes |
| DF | 5 | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| DF | 6 | Marcelo Messias | |
| DF | 3 | Edwin Martínez |
| DF | 4 | Carlos Arévalo 74' |
| MF | 20 | Héctor Salazar |
| MF | 13 | Julio Martínez |
| MF | 14 | Herbert Sosa | 9' | 83' |
| MF | 12 | Cristian Castillo 60' |
| FW | 17 | Carlos Ayala | | 67' |
| FW | 22 | Rodolfo Zelaya 66' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 10 | Willer Souza | | 67' |
| MF | 12 | Juan Lazo | | 83' |
| Manager: |||
| Miloš Miljanić ||||
* Apertura 2010 champions
* Isidro Metapán 5th title

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Alexander Campos | Atlético Balboa | 9 |
| 1 | Rodolfo Zelaya | Alianza | 9 |
| 3 | Alcides Bandera | Atlético Marte | 8 |
| 4 | Anel Canales | Isidro Metapán | 7 |
| 4 | Patricio Barroche | Águila | 7 |
| 6 | Rafael Burgos | UES | 6 |
| 6 | Ramiro Carballo | UES | 6 |
| 6 | Emerson Umaña | Isidro Metapán | 6 |
| 9 | Harold Alas | UES | 5 |
| 9 | Christian Bautista | Atlético Balboa | 5 |
| 9 | Léster Blanco | Isidro Metapán | 5 |
| 9 | Mauricio Deras | Once Municipal | 5 |
| 9 | Javier Hernandez | Vista Hermosa | 5 |
| 9 | Gilberto Murgas | FAS | 5 |
Updated to games played on November 28, 2010.
Post-season goals are not included, only regular season goals.

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2010. 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
A new rule was introduced this season that clubs can only have three foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.