# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Clausura 1999

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 1999 season (officially "Copa Clima Clausura 1999") started on January 10, 1999, and finished on May 30, 1999
The season saw C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo win its 6th league title after a 5-4 penalty victory over FAS in the final after the game was ted at 1-1.

## Team information
### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| ADET | | Luis Ángel León | Galaxia | Nil Sponsor |
| Águila | | Milos Miljanic | Aviva | Gigante Express |
| Alianza | Óscar Rodríguez | Ruben Alonso | Lanzera | Nil Sponsor |
| Atlético Marte | TBD | Armando Contreras Palma | TBD | Biggest, Pepsi |
| Dragón | TBD | Saul Molina | TBD | SINAI |
| FAS | TBD | Óscar Emigdio Benítez | ABA Sport | LG |
| Firpo | TBD | Julio Escobar | Galaxia | Pepsi, Tahulteca |
| Municipal Limeño | TBD | Nelson Brizuela | Aviva | El Globo |
| Santa Clara | TBD | Pedro Interiano | TBD | BFA |
| Sonsonate | TBD | Colin Moran Cea | Galaxia | TBD |

## Managerial changes
### Before the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Sonsonate | Ricardo López Tenorio | Sacked | December 1998 | Colin Moran Cea | January 1999 |
| Dragon | Moses Magana | Sacked | December 1998 | Saul Molina | January 1999 |
| Santa Clara | Eduardo Lara Moscote | Sacked | December 1998 | Pedro Interiano | January 1999 |

### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Municipal Limeno | Nelson Brizuela | Resigned | January 1999 | Victor Manuel Pacheco | January 1999 | |
| Dragon | Saul Molina | Sacked | February 1999 | Domingo Ramos Moncada (Interim) | February 1999 | 10th |
| ADET | Luis Angel León | Resigned | March 1999 | Juan Quarterone | March 1999 | 10th |
| Atletico Marte | Armando Contreras Palma | Resigned | March 1999 | José Luis Rugamas | March 1999 | 3rd |
| Dragon | Domingo Ramos Moncada | Interimship finished | March, 1999 | Nelson Brizuela | March 1999 | |
| Alianza | Ruben Alonso | Resigned | April 1999 | Milton Melendez (Interim) | April 1999 | |
| Aguila | Miloš Miljanić | Resigned | April 1999 | Juan Ramón Paredes | April 1999 |
| Alianza | Milton Melendez (Interim) | moved to becoming a player | April 1999 | Hernán Carrasco | April 1999 | |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | C.D. FAS | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 33 | Qualified to finals |
| 2 | Árabe Marte | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 31 | Qualified to finals |
| 3 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 30 | Qualified to finals |
| 4 | Águila | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 27 | Qualified to finals |
| 5 | Limeño | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | Alianza | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Dragón | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 19 | |
| 8 | ADET | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 19 | |
| 9 | C.D. Santa Clara | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 19 | |
| 10 | Sonsonate | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 14 | Relegated to Segunda Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADET | ÁGU | ALI | ATM | DRA | FAS | FIR | LIM | SAN | SON |
| ADET | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Águila | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Alianza | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 |
| Árabe Marte | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–3 |
| Dragón | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| C.D. FAS | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Luis Ángel Firpo | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Municipal Limeño | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Santa Clara | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 |
| Sonsonate | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |

## Semifinals 2nd leg

FAS won 3-2 on aggregate
LA Firpo won 5-2 on aggregate

## Final

FAS :
| GK | Adolfo Menéndez |
| DF | Jorge Abrego |
| DF | William Osorio |
| DF | Oscar Martinez |
| DF | William Renderos Iraheta |
| MF | Ricardo Cuéllar |
| MF | Jorge Wagner |
| MF | Gilberto Murgas |
| MF | Nelson Nerio |
| FW | Miguel Gallo Mariano |
| FW | Marlon Medrano |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Jaime Vladimir Cubías 54' |
| MF | Fredy González Víchez |
| MF | Ángel Luis Rodríguez |
| Manager: |||
| Óscar Emigdio Benítez ||||
Firpo: :
| GK | Misael Alfaro |
| DF | Guillermo García |
| DF | Carlos Castro Borja |
| DF | Mauricio Dos Santos |
| DF | Hector Canjura |
| DF | Juan "la Chura" Gámez |
| MF | Santos Cabrera |
| MF | Raul Toro |
| MF | Marcos Portillo |
| FW | Jorge Alemán |
| FW | Celio Rodríguez |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | Abraham Monterrosa |
| FW | René Durán |
| FW | Nildeson |
| Manager: |||
| Julio Escobar ||||

### Champion

* Clausura 1999 champion
* C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 6th title

## Top scorers

| Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1. | Emiliano Pedrozo | Santa Clara | 12 |
| 2. | Miguel Mariano | FAS | 10 |
| 3. | Celio Rodriguez | LA Firpo | 10 |
| 4. | Rene Toledo | Atletico Marte | 9 |
| 5. | Jose Canales | Municipal Limeño | 5 |
| 6. | Rudis Corrales | Municipal Limeño | 5 |
| 7. | Armando Arechiga | Municipal Limeño | 5 |
| 8. | Rodrigo Osorio | Alianza | 5 |
| 9. | Jose Rene Martinez | Alianza | 5 |
| 10. | Mario Pablo Quintanilla | Atletico Marte | 5 |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 1999. 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