Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 2000

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
ChampionsC.D. Aguila (12th title)
RelegatedC.D. Santa Clara de El Salvador
Top goalscorer TBD (12)

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 2000 season (officially "Torneo Apertura 2000") started on August 26, 2000, and finished on December 30, 2000.

The season saw C.D. Águila win its 12th league title after a 3–2 victory over C.D. Municipal Limeno in the final.

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
ADET Hector Palmoro Sol Juan Quarterone Garcis Delsur
Águila Alejandro González Hugo Coria Joma Oralite
Alianza Óscar Rodríguez Jaime Rodriguez Milan Soccerbest.com
Atletico Balboa TBD Jose Mario Martinez Milan TBD
Atlético Marte TBD Mauricio Pachín González Garcis TBD
Dragon TBD Nelson Brizuela Galaxia Telecom
FAS Reynaldo Valle Juan Ramón Paredes Milan LG Electronics
Firpo Joseph Arguedas Julio Escobar Galaxia Casino Colonial
Municipal Limeno Gumercindo Ventura Agustin Castillo Galaxia TBD
Santa Clara TBD Saul Molina Garcis TBD

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
Dragon Mauricio Alvarenga TBD July, 2000 Nelson Brizuela July 5, 2000 7th (Clausura 2000)
Alianza Manuel Oberti TBD July, 2000 Jaime Rodriguez July 5, 2000 5th (Clausura 2000)
FAS Odir Jacques TBD July, 2000 Juan Ramón Paredes August, 2000 3rd (Clausura 2000)
Atletico Marte Juan Ramón Paredes TBD August , 2000 Mauricio Pachín González August , 2000 8th (Clausura 2000)

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
FAS Juan Ramón Paredes Sacked October 2000 Cesar Acevedo Interim October 2000
FAS Cesar Acevedo Interim moved to assistant Oct 2000 Roberto Abruzzesse October 2000
FAS Roberto Abruzzesse Resigned November 2000 Garabet Avedissian November 2000
Santa Clara Saul Molina Resigned November 2000 Manuel Mejía November 2000

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal Limeño 18 12 4 2 43 13 +30 40 Qualified to finals
2 LA Firpo 18 10 6 2 42 19 +23 36
3 Aguila 18 9 4 5 34 28 +6 31
4 Atletico Balboa 18 8 5 5 31 26 +5 29
5 Dragon 18 6 7 5 32 29 +3 25
6 Alianza F.C. 18 4 9 5 25 25 0 21
7 ADET 18 4 7 7 23 24 −1 19
8 FAS 18 3 8 7 15 21 −6 17
9 Atlético Marte 18 3 6 9 28 48 −20 15
10 Santa Clara 18 1 4 13 13 53 −40 7 Relegated to Segunda Division
Source:

Semifinals 1st leg

Aguila3-0LA Firpo
Mario Mayén Meza 5'
Adrián Mahía 49'
Jorge Rodríguez 91'		 Nil
Limeno3-0Atletico Balboa
Carlos Villareal 38'
Deris Umanzor 52'
Rudis Corrales 77'		 Nil

Semifinals 2nd leg

LA Firpo2-2Aguila
TBD
TBD 		TBD
TBD
Atletico Balboa1-4Limeno
TBD TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Final

Águila3–2Municipal Limeño
Adrián Mahía 22'
Deonel Bordón 50' 84'		 César Cahrún 63'
Josué Galdámez 66'


 Apertura 2000 champion 
C.D. Águila
12th title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 2000. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

Top scorers

Pos Player Team Goals
1. Williams Reyes Dragon 17
2. Carlos Villarreal Limeno 16
3. Fredy González LA Firpo 9
4. Waldir Guerra Aguila 6
5. Ricardo Correia FAS 6
6. Alexander Amaya Aguila 5
7. Raúl Falero Alianza 4
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