Primera División de Fútbol Profesional – Apertura 1998

The Primera División de Fútbol Profesional Apertura 1998 season (officially "Copa Pilsener Apertura 1999") is one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Salvadoran football. The season started on August 28, 1998, and finished on December 27, 1998.

The season saw Alianza win its 7th league title after a 1-0 victory over C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo in the final.

Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted
 * Santa Clara

Teams relegated 
 * None

Notable death from middle of 1999 season and end of 1998 season
The following people associated with the Primera Division have died between the middle of 1998 and end of 1998.


 * Oscar Armando "tito" Diaz (ex Municipal Limeno and FAS player)

Table
Apertura 1998
 * Firpo               33 puntos
 * Alianza            32 puntos
 * FAS                 29 puntos
 * Águila             29 puntos

Semifinals 2nd leg
LA Firpo won 1-0 on aggregare

Alianza won 3-2 on aggregare

List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in Apertura 1998. 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

ADET
 * 🇵🇪

C.D. Águila
 * 🇦🇷 Marcelo Buyica
 * 🇦🇷 Claudio de Barco
 * 🇵🇪 Maximo Alafro

Alianza F.C.
 * 🇺🇾 Alejandro Curbelo

Arabe Marte
 * 🇭🇳 Giovany Castillo
 * 🇺🇾 Julio Oliveira

(player released mid season) (player Injured mid season) Injury replacement player

Dragon
 * 🇦🇷 Néstor Emilio Soria
 * 🇧🇷 Delvani Quaresma
 * 🇨🇲 Van Sebastian
 * 🇭🇳 Roberto Bayley

C.D. FAS
 * 🇧🇷 Noe Dos Santos
 * 🇭🇳 Luis Ivan Nolasco
 * 🇭🇳 Miguel Mariano

C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
 * 🇧🇷 Celio Rodríguez
 * 🇧🇷 Mauricio Dos Santos
 * 🇨🇱 Raul Toro

Municipal Limeno
 * 🇨🇲 Moumban Karim
 * 🇨🇷 Carlos Rodriguez
 * 🇭🇳 German Perez

Santa Clara
 * 🇦🇷 Emiliano Pedrozo

Sonsonate
 * 🇧🇷 Ronaldo Luis
 * 🇨🇷 Luis Dominguez