Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2004

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Clausura 2004 season (officially "Torneo Clausura 2004") started on January 24, 2004.

Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador

Champions	Alianza F.C. ( title)
Relegated	Arcense & Chalatenango
Top goalscorer	TBD (12)
← Apertura 2003 Apertura 2004 →

The season was composed of the following clubs:

• C.D. FAS
• Municipal Limeño
• San Salvador F.C.
• C.D. Águila
• C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
• A.D. Isidro Metapán
• C.D. Atlético Balboa
• Alianza F.C.
• Arcense
• Chalatenango

Team information

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Águila		Hugo Coria	TBD	TBD
Alianza		Juan Mujica	TBD	TBD
Atletico Balboa	Noel Benítez	Oscar Emigdio Benitez	TBD	TBD
C.D. Arcense	TBD	Raul Donsati	TBD	TBD
Chalatenango	TBD	Raul Hector Cocherari	TBD	TBD
FAS	Reynaldo Valle	Agustín Castillo	TBD	TBD
Firpo	TBD	Gustavo de Simone	TBD	TBD
Isidro Metapan	José Gumercindo Landaverde	Saul Lorenzo Rivero	TBD	TBD
Municipal Limeno	Gumercindo Ventura	Jorge Alberto Garcia	Galaxia	LG
San Salvador F.C.	Marco Flores	Daniel Uberti	TBD	TBD

Managerial changes

Before the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Alianza F.C.	Marcelo Javier Zuleta	Sacked	December 2003	Juan Mujica	2004
Atletico Balboa	Jesus Fuentes	TBD	December 2003	Oscar Emigdio Benitez	December 2003
San Salvador F.C.	Ruben Alonso	TBD	December 2003	Daniel Uberti	2004
C.D. Chalatenango	Juan Quarterone	TBD	December 2003	Raul Hector Cocherari	December 2003
Isidro Metapan	Nelson Brizuela	TBD	December 2003	Saul Lorenzo Rivero	Jan 2004

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
San Salvador F.C.	Daniel Urberti	TBD	Feb 2004	Milos Mijanic	Feb 2004
C.D. Arcense	Raul Donsati	TBD	April 2004	Andres Novara	April 2004
San Salvador F.C.	Milos Mijanic	TBD	April 2004	Ruben Alonso	May 2004

Clausura 2004 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	C.D. FAS	18	9	8	1	34	16	+18	35
2	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	18	9	4	5	27	19	+8	31
3	Alianza F.C.	18	8	5	5	31	21	+10	29
4	C.D. Águila	18	8	4	6	27	30	−3	28
5	C.D. Atlético Balboa	18	8	2	8	32	27	+5	26
6	A.D. Isidro Metapán	18	6	6	6	20	25	−5	24
7	C.D. Municipal Limeño	18	5	6	7	17	19	−2	21
8	Chalatenango[a]	18	4	9	5	20	23	−3	21	Relegated to Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño
9	Arcense	18	4	6	8	16	23	−7	18
10	San Salvador F.C.[a]	18	2	4	12	18	39	−21	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Chalatenango and San Salvador play off against 9th place, the losers play the second level runners-up in a promotion/relegation playoff

Play off

May 22, 2004

Chalatenango	2-3	San Salvador F.C.

Promotion/relegation playoff 1st leg

June 1, 2004

Once Lobos	2-2	Chalatenango

Promotion/relegation playoff 2nd leg

June 5, 2004

Chalatenango	0-1	Once Lobos

Chalatenango relegated and Once Lobos Promoted

Semifinals 1st leg

May 23, 2004

C.D. Águila	2-3	C.D. FAS

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May 23, 2004

Alianza F.C.	1-1	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo

Semifinals 2nd leg

May 30, 2004

C.D. FAS	1-0	C.D. Águila

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May 30, 2004

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	2-3	Alianza F.C.

Final

June 6, 2004

C.D. FAS	1–1 pen (2–3)	Alianza F.C.

FAS GK Luís Castro DF Víctor Velásquez DF Marvin Gonzalez DF Marcelo Messias DF William Osorio  66' MF Gilberto Murgas MF Alfredo Pacheco  53' MF Víctor Mafla  102' MF Ernesto Góchez FW Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos FW Williams Reyes Substitutes: FW Cristian Álvarez  66' MF Emerson Umaña  53' MF Ramón Flores  102' Manager: Agustín Castillo

Alianza: GK Miguel Montes DF Walter Alvarez DF Mario Elias Guevara DF Luis Espíndola DF Bladimir Cubías  23' MF Alejandro Curbelo MF Rafael Barrientos MF Mario Quintanilla  46' MF Nelson Nerio FW Martín García FW Ariel Fontela  73'  70' Substitutes: DF Danilo Martínez  23' FW Óscar Navarro  46' FW Alex Erazo  70' Manager: Juan Martín Mujica

Clasura 2004 champions
Alianza F.C. 9th title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2004. 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

C.D. Águila Dario Larrosa Anderson da Silva Paulo Medina Luis Almada Alianza F.C. Martin Garcia Ariel Fontela Yari Silvera Alejandro Curbelo Luis Fernando Espindola Atletico Balboa Juan Carlos Mosquera Ernesto Noel Aquino Carlos Asprilla Victor Balanta Arcense Martín Uranga Jorge Wagner Juan La Vaca John Polo Luciano Quinteros Chalatenango Nicolás Muñoz Diego Alvarez Libardo Carvajal José Luis Gónzález William Vargas Alexander Obregon (player released mid season) (player Injured mid season) Injury replacement player

C.D. FAS Victor Hugo Mafla Williams Reyes Alejandro Bentos Marcelo Messias Antonio Serrano C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Manuel Abreu Óscar Abreu Mejía Ricardo Machado de Oliveira Alejandro Cuneo Mauro Caju Paulo César Rodríguez Jose Mauro Laurindo A.D. Isidro Metapán Juan Carlos Reyes Alcides Bandera Andrés Bazzano Juan Bicca Wilson Sanchez Municipal Limeno Gabriel Kinjo Nito Gonzales Eugenio Valerio Marcelo Marquez dos Santos Jorge Sandoval Carlos Escalante San Salvador F.C. Franklin Webster Oscar Vallejo Alexander Obregón Henry Sevillano Rodrigo Lagos

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