# 1988–89 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

The 1988–89 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the 37th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament began on 5 June, 1988 and ended on April 2, 1989. Luis Angel Firpo, the best team in the final group, won the championship match against Cojutepeque, the best regular season team.

## Teams

| Team | City | Stadium | Head coach | Captain |
| Acajutla | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Atletico Marte | TBD | Estadio Cuscutlan | | |
| Aguila | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Alianza | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| ADET | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Chalatenango | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Cojutepeque | TBD | Estadio | Conrado Miranda | |
| FAS | TBD | Estadio | TBD | |
| Firpo | TBD | Estadio | Juan Quarterone | |
| Metapan | TBD | Estadio | TBD | Antonio García Prieto |

## Managerial changes
### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| TBD | TBD | Sacked | 1989 | | 1990 |
| Firpo | Juan Quarterone | Sacked | 1988 | Julio Escobar | 1988 |
| Alianza | TBD | Sacked | 1988 | Francisco Amparo "Tigre" Zamora | 1988 |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cojutepeque | 36 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 43 | Qualified to finals. Won the right to play a Championship Game if they fail to win the final round. |
| 2 | C.D. Águila | 36 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 41 | Qualified to finals. |
| 3 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 40 | Qualified to finals. |
| 4 | Acajutla | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 40 | Qualified to finals. |
| 5 | Atlético Marte | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 39 | |
| 6 | C.D. FAS | 36 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 38 | |
| 7 | Metapán | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 33 | |
| 8 | C.D. Chalatenango | 36 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 31 | |
| 9 | Alianza F.C. | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 29 | |
| 10 | ADET | 36 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 26 | Relegated to Segunda Division. |

## Final round standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C.D. Luis Angel Firpo | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | Qualified to championship game |
| 2 | Acajutla | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | C.D. Águila | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Cojutepeque F.C. | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 3 | |

## Final

Luis Angel Firpo: :
| GK | 1 | Raúl Chamagua |
| DF | 2 | Arnoldo Quintanilla (c) |
| DF | 3 | Martín Duffo |
| DF | 4 | Leonel Carcamo |
| DF | 25 | Geovani Trigueros |
| MF | 8 | Miguel Estrada |
| MF | 6 | Jose Maria Batres |
| MF | 10 | Mauricio Cienfuegos |
| MF | 12 | Fernando De Moura |
| FW | 9 | Edgar Henriquez |
| FW | 11 | Miguel Seminario |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 21 | Abraham Vasquez |
| MF | 21 | Manuel Ayala |
| Manager: |||
| Julio Escobar ||||
Cojutepeque: :
| GK | 15 | Mauricio Vargas |
| DF | 5 | Mauricio Quintanilla |
| DF | 6 | Jose Luis Rugamas |
| DF | 7 | Guillermo Ragazzone |
| DF | 12 | Walter Ventura |
| MF | 11 | Julio Molina |
| MF | 21 | René Sorto |
| MF | 22 | Mauricio Alfaro |
| FW | 10 | Percibal Piggot |
| FW | 16 | Hugo Ventura |
| FW | 20 | Ruben Guevara |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | 3 | Rodolfo Barrientos |
| FW | 13 | Luis López Corcio |
| Manager: |||
| Conrado Miranda ||||

## Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1. | Hugo Ventura | Cojutepeque F.C. | 17 |
| 2 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 3. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 5. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 6. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9. | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 10. | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 1988-1989. 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