Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador

Season	Clausura 1999
Champions	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo (6th title)
Relegated	Sonsonate
Top goalscorer	Emiliano Pedrozo (12)
Biggest home win	Alianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
Biggest away win	Santa Clara 0-2 Águila (January 30, 1999)
Highest scoring	Alianza 7-0 Santa Clara (April 17, 1999)
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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	TBD	TBD
Águila		Milos Miljanic	TBD	Gigante Express
Alianza	Óscar Rodríguez	Ruben Alonso	TBD	TBD
Árabe Marte	TBD	Armando Contreras Palma	TBD	TBD
Dragón	TBD	Saul Molina	TBD	TBD
FAS	TBD	Óscar Emigdio Benítez	TBD	LG
Firpo	TBD	Julio Escobar	Galaxia	Pepsi
Municipal Limeño	TBD	Nelson Brizuela	Aviva	TBD
Santa Clara	TBD	Pedro Interiano	TBD	TBD
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	Position in table
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
ADET	Luis Angel León	Resigned	1999	Juan Quarterone	1999
Firpo	Nelson Brizuela	Sacked	March 28, 1999	Julio Escobar	1999
Atletico Marte	José Luis Rugamas	Sacked	1999	Juan Ramón Paredes	1999
Santa Clara	Manuel Mejía	Sacked	1999		1999

League standings

Results

Semifinals 1st leg

May 15, 1999

C.D. Águila	2-2	C.D. FAS
Jorge Abrego own goal 12' Waldir Guerra 68'		Miguel "Gallo" Mariano 9' & 50'

Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

May 16, 1999

Árabe Marte	0-2	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
None		12' 12'

Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca

Semifinals 2nd leg

May 22, 1999

C.D. FAS	1-0	C.D. Águila
Miguel “Gallo” Mariano 56'		None

Estadio Oscar Quiteño

May 22, 2000

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo	0-1	Árabe Marte
None		Rene Toledo 12'

Estadio Juan Torres

Final

May 30, 1999

C.D. FAS	1-1	C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Jorge Wagner 54' (pen.)		Mauricio Dos Santos 12'
Penalties
Bladimir Cubías Iraheta Ricardo Cuéllar Jorge Wagner Fredy Gonzalez	4-5	Misael Alfaro Castro Borja Celio Rodríguez Nildenson De Mello Raul Toro

Estadio Cuscatlán

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

Top scorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Emiliano Pedrozo	C.D. Santa Clara	12
2.	Miguel Mariano	C.D. FAS	10

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 1999. 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

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