# Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2009

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2009 season (officially known as "Torneo Clausura 2009"), started on January 31, 2009, and concluded on May 24, 2009.
A.D. Isidro Metapán the defending champions, won their third league title winning the previous season as well. A total of 10 teams contested the league.
The 10 teams of the Primera División each played 18 matches, playing each team twice (home and away). The top four teams qualified directly to the semifinals.
A.D. Isidro Metapán gained entry into the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League winning the season as well as the previous one .

## Team information
### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Águila | TBD | Pablo Centrone | TBD | TBD |
| Alianza | TBD | Carlos Jurado | TBD | TBD |
| Atlético Balboa | TBD | Carlos de Toro | TBD | TBD |
| Chalatenango | TBD | Carlos Meléndez | TBD | TBD |
| FAS | Reynaldo Valle | Roberto Gamarra | TBD | TBD |
| Firpo | TBD | Agustín Castillo | TBD | TBD |
| Juventud Independiente | TBD | Juan Ramón Sánchez | TBD | TBD |
| Isidro Metapán | TBD | Edwin Portillo | TBD | TBD |
| Nejapa F.C. | TBD | Nelson Ancheta | TBD | TBD |
| C.D. Vista Hermosa | TBD | Víctor Coreas | TBD | TBD |

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 35 | Qualify to semifinals |
| 2 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 29 | Qualify to semifinals |
| 3 | C.D. FAS | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 29 | Qualify to semifinals |
| 4 | Nejapa F.C. | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 29 | Qualify to semifinals |
| 5 | C.D. Águila | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 27 | |
| 6 | C.D. Chalatenango | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 25 | |
| 7 | C.D. Vista Hermosa | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 21 | |
| 8 | Alianza F.C. | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 19 | |
| 9 | Atlético Balboa | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Juventud Independiente | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 12 | |

### Playoffs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Nejapa F.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Nejapa F.C. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 0 |
| 3 | C.D. FAS | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 0 |
| 2 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo* | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
*Note: C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo qualified to the finals due to higher league position.

## Final

Luis Ángel Firpo :
| GK | 1 | Juan José Gómez |
| DF | 3 | Víctor Turcios |
| DF | 15 | Manuel Salazar |
| DF | 5 | Edwin Martínez |
| DF | 20 | Emerson Véliz |
| MF | 14 | Jorge Sánchez |
| MF | 23 | José Campos | 77' |
| MF | 24 | Dennis Alas |
| MF | 4 | Carlos Monteagudo | 57' |
| FW | 18 | Herber Barrera | 63' |
| FW | 11 | Fernando Leguizamón |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 10 | Francisco Medrano | 57' |
| FW | 7 | Patricio Barroche | 63' |
| FW | 12 | Pompilio Cacho | 77' |
| Manager: |||
| Agustín Castillo ||||
Isidro Metapán: :
| GK | 17 | Dagoberto Portillo |
| DF | 18 | William Figueroa |
| DF | 13 | Julio Martínez |
| DF | 19 | Alexander Escobar |
| DF | 5 | Ernesto Aquino |
| MF | 16 | Ernesto Iraheta |
| MF | 14 | José Amaya |
| MF | 20 | Héctor Mejía |
| MF | 10 | Paolo Suárez | 85' |
| FW | 9 | Anel Canales | 90+3' |
| FW | 11 | Williams Reyes |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 6 | Erick Dowson Prado | 85' |
| MF | 12 | Carlos Menjívar | 90+3' |
| Manager: |||
| Edwin Portillo ||||
* Clausura Champions 2009
* Isidro Metapán 3rd title
Since Isidro Metapán already qualified for 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, Luis Ángel Firpo also qualified (originally Apertura 2008 runner-up Chalatenango qualified, but they failed to file the required participation agreement).

## Aggregate table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 66 | |
| 2 | C.D. Águila | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 58 | |
| 3 | C.D. FAS | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 56 | |
| 4 | C.D. Chalatenango | 35 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 53 | |
| 5 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 35 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 48 | |
| 6 | C.D. Vista Hermosa | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Nejapa F.C. | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 40 | |
| 8 | Atlético Balboa | 35 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 37 | |
| 9 | Alianza F.C. | 35 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 33 | Relegation Playoff |
| 10 | Juventud Independiente | 35 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 31 | Relegated to Segunda Division |

## Top scorers

| Pos. | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nicolás Muñoz | C.D. Vista Hermosa | 10 |
| 2 | Anel Canales | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 9 |
| 3 | Williams Reyes | A.D. Isidro Metapán | 9 |
| 4 | Patricio Barroche | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 6 |
| 4 | Alcides Bandera | Atlético Balboa | 6 |
| 4 | Carlos Ayala | C.D. Chalatenango | 6 |

## Attendance

| Attendance | Round | Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | Weekday | Time of Day |
| 16,647 | Final | 24 May 2009 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 0 – 1 | Metapán | Estadio Cuscatlán | Sunday | Afternoon |
| 6,147 | Round 18 | 10 May 2009 | Alianza F.C. | 2 – 0 | Independiente | Estadio Cuscatlán | Sunday | Afternoon |
| 5,152 | Semifinal - 2nd leg | 16 May 2009 | FAS | 2 – 2 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | Estadio Oscar Quiteño | Saturday | Night |
| 3,700 | Round 13 | 15 April 2009 | C.D. Vista Hermosa | 3 – 1 | Águila | Estadio Correcaminos | Wednesday | Afternoon |
| 3,408 | Round 2 | 7 February 2009 | Águila | 1 – 0 | Alianza | Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza | Saturday | Night |
| 3,363 | Round 8 | 4 May 2009 | Alianza F.C. | 1 – 1 | C.D. FAS | Estadio Cuscatlán | Wednesday | Night |
| 3,338 | Round 16 | 25 April 2009 | C.D. Águila | 3 – 2 | C.D. FAS | Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza | Saturday | Afternoon |
| 3,319 | Round 1 | 31 January 2009 | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo | 2 – 1 | C.D. Águila | Sergio Torres Stadium | Saturday | Night |
| 3,223 | Round 1 | 1 February 2009 | Alianza F.C. | 1 – 1 | Chalatenango | Estadio Cuscatlán | Sunday | Afternoon |
| 3,186 | Round 10 | 21 March 2009 | Águila | 2 – 0 | Firpo | Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza | Saturday | Night |

## Managerial changes
### During the season

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Alianza | Carlos Jurado | Sacked | February 2009 | Carlos Cantarero | 17 February 2009 | 9th |
| Balboa | Carlos de Toro | Sacked | 21 February 2009 | Luis Zapata | 23 February 2009 | 9th |
| Vista Hermosa | Víctor Coreas | Mutual consent | 2 March 2009 | Armando Palma | 3 March 2009 | 9th |
| Águila | Pablo Centrone | Sacked | 19 April 2009 | Eraldo Correia | 23 April 2009 | 9th |

## List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2009. The following players:
* have played at least one Clausura game for the respective club.
* have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
each club could have four players
C.D. Águila
* Arturo Albarrán
* Leandro Franco
* José Oliveira
* Marcelo Messias
Alianza F.C.
* Sebastián Viera
* Juliano de Andrade
* Sandro Zamboni
* Francisco Portillo
* Manuel Luna
Atlético Balboa
* Alcides Bandera
* Franklin Webster
* Elder Figueroa
C.D. FAS
* Roberto Peña
* Osvaldo Mendoza
* Jeyson Vega
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
* Pompilio Cacho
* Patricio Barroche
* Edgar Leguizamón
* Matias Fernández
A.D. Isidro Metapán
* Anel Canales
* Gabriel Garcete
* Ernesto Aquino
* Paolo Suárez
Nejapa F.C.
* Alejandro Bentos
* Luis Espindola
* Andrés Aguirre
* Juan Carlos Reyes
Juventud Independiente
* Paulinho
* Carlos Escalante
* Luis José Pérez
* Néstor Reyes
Vista Hermosa
* Nicolás Muñoz
* Luis Torres
* Luciano Harry
* Jean Franco Carreño