1997–98 Primera División de El Salvador

The 1997–98 Primera División de El Salvador was the 47th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. . The tournament began November 1997 and ended on May 31, 1998. Luis Angel Firpo won the championship game against FAS 2–0.

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional

Season	1997–98
Champions	LA Firpo (5th Title)
Relegated	EL Roble
← 1996–97 Apertura 1998 →

Notable events

Change of name and ownership

Atletico Marte changed to Atletico Arabe Marte in 1997.

New team

Atlético Arabe Marte from Soyapango were promoted, however the club relocated from Soyapango and moved to Sonsonate and Played under Sonsonate.

Notable death from 1997 season and 1998 season

The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1997 and middle of 1998.

• Jorge Joaquin Canas (ex FAS player)
• Juan Francisco Barraza (ex Dragon and Aguila player and ex FAS, Aguila coach)

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Head coach	Captain
Aguila	San Miguel, San Miguel Department	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	Juan Ramon Paredes	Waldir Guerra
Alianza	San Salvador, San Salvador Department	Estadio Cuscatlan	Jose Mario Figueroa
Atletico Arabe Marte	San Salvador, San Salvador Department	Estadio Cuscutlan	Armando Contreras Palma
Baygon-ADET	San Salvador, San Salvador Department	Estadio C. Sello de Oro	Victor Manuel Pacheco
Dragon	San Miguel, San Miguel Department	Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza	German Barreto	Daniel Sagastizado
EL Roble	Ilobasco, Cabañas Department	Estadio Mauricio Vides	Didier Castro	Martin Pantajo
FAS	Santa Ana, Santa Ana Department	Estadio Oscar Quiteno	Nelson Brizuela	Jaime Murillo
Firpo	Usulután, Usulután Department	Estadio Sergio Torres	Julio Escobar	Leonel Carcamo
C.D. Municipal Limeno	Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Department	Estadio Ramon Flores Berrios	Antonio Carlos Vieira
C.D. Sonsonate	Sonsonate, Sonsonate Department	Estadio Ana Mercedes Campos	Carlos Asdrúbal Padin

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
FAS	Valdier Viera	Sacked	July 11, 1997	Nelson Brizuela	October 1997
El Roble	Victor Manuel Pacheco	Sacked	October 1997	Didier Castro	October 1997
Atletico Arabe Marte	Juan Quarterone	Sacked	1997	Armando Contreras Palma	1997
ADET	Armando Contreras Palma	Sacked	1997	Victor Manuel Pacheco	1997
Aguila	Mladen Stefanovic	Sacked	1997	Juan Ramon Paredes	1997
Dragon	Gilberto Yearwood	Sacked	1997	German Barreto	1997
Municipal Limeno	Alfredo Romero (Intermship)	Intermship ended, moved to be assistant	1997	Antonio Carlos Vieira	1997
Alianza	Juan Carlos Masnik	Contract finished	November 1997	Jose Mario Figueroa	November 1997

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Aguila	Juan Ramon Paredes	Sacked	January 1998	Milovan Doric	January 1998
El Roble	Didier Castro	Mutual Consent	February 1998	Luis Landos	February 1998	4th
Dragon	German Barreto	Sacked	February 1998	Domingo Ramos (’’Interim’’)	February 1998	8th
Dragon	Domingo Ramos	Interimship finished returned to be assistant manager	March 1998	Saúl Molina	March 1998	8th
Aguila	Milovan Doric	Mutual Consent, Due to Family Reason	April 1998	Lazaro Buchillon	April 1998
El Roble	Luis Landos	Sacked	April 1998	Carlos Jurado	April 1998	10th
Sonsonate	Carlos Asdrúbal Padin	Sacked	May 1998	Cristo Farfan Velasquez	May 1998	9th
El Roble	Carlos Jurado	Sacked	May 1998	Jose Luis Siu	May 1998	10th

Final Series

Semi Final

28 May 1998 (1998-05-28)

15:00 (UTC-6)

LA Firpo	3-0	Alianza
TBD TBD TBD		Nil

Estadio

LA Firpo won 3-0 on aggregare

28 May 1998 (1998-05-28)

15:00 (UTC-6)

FAS	0-0	Aguila
Nil		Nil

Estadio

FAS won 2-0 on aggregare

Final

May 31, 1998

Firpo	2-0	FAS
Abraham Monterrosa 8' Raul Toro 65'	[ ]	Nil

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Neftali Recinos

LA Firpo GK 1 Misael Alfaro DF 24 William Osorio DF 3 Leonel Cárcamo DF 22 Wilfredo Iraheta DF 15 Nelson Quintanilla MF 10 Raul Toro MF 17 Guillermo García  30' MF 14 Agustin Gamez  73' DF 31 Jorge Sanchez FW 9 Israel Castro FW 11 Celio Rodriguez Substitutes: MF Carlos Hernandez MF Abraham Monterrosa Manager: Julio Escobar

FAS: GK 25 Adolfo Menéndez DF 3 Ricardo Cuellar  51' DF 4 Mario Mayen Meza DF 5 German Romano DF 7 Rene Penate MF 24 Erber Burgos MF 8 Guillermo Rivera  29' MF 36 Cristian Álvarez MF 17 William Renderos Fw 9 Marlon Medrano  72' FW 11 Oscar Diaz Substitutes: MF Jaime Vladimir Cubías  29'  52' MF Mágico González  72' Manager: Nelson Brizuela

1997–98 champion
LA Firpo 5th title

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Alfredo ‘Chelito’ Pérez	LA Firpo	15
2	Celio Rodriguez	LA Firpo	12
3.	Raul Toro	LA Firpo	12
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 1997-1998. The following players:

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

C.D. Águila Jose Luis Ferrera Jorge Garay Carlos Villarreal Alianza F.C. Marcelo Bauza Horacio Lugo Fernando Rinaldi Atletico Marte German Perez Jorge Charquero Baygon-ADET Juan Carlos Canchimbo Pali Castillo Dragon Delvani Quaresma Miguel Segura Julio Sopena Roberto Bailey (player released mid season) (player Injured mid season) Injury replacement player

El Roble Martin Garcia Ivan Nolasco Presley Carlson Wood C.D. FAS Emiliano Pedrozo Juan Manuel Villarreal Gilber Solano C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Celio Rodriguez Raul Toro Luis Oseguera Limeno Juan Pablo Suarez Gerson Voss Carlos L. Marin Carlos Rodriguez Sonsonate Fernando de Moura Leonardo Rodriguez

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