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Primera División de Fútbol Profesional 1996–97

The 1996–97 Primera División de Fútbol Profesional season is the 45th tournament of El Salvador's Primera División since its establishment of the National League system in 1948. The tournament began 1 September 1996 and was scheduled to end on July 27, 1997. Alianza won the two legged final over LA Firpo 3–2.

Primera División de Fútbol Profesional
Season1996–97
ChampionsAlianza (5th Title)
RelegatedOnce Lobos
← 1995-96
1997-98 →

Teams edit

Team City Stadium Head coach Captain
Aguila San Miguel, El Salvador Estadio San Miguel   Milovan Đorić  
Alianza San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlan   Juan Carlos Masnik  
Atletico Marte San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscutlan   Javier Frogoso  
Baygon-ADET La Libertad Estadio   Armando Contreras Palma  
Dragon San Miguel, El Salvador Estadio San Miguel   Didier Castro  
EL Roble Ilobasco, El Salvador Estadio Ilobasco   Conrado Miranda   TBD
FAS Santa Ana, El Salvador Estadio de Santa Ana   Saul Lorenzo Rivero  
Firpo Usulután, El Salvador Estadio Usulutan   Jorge Aude  
Municipal Limeno Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Estadio de Santa Rosa Lima   Helio Rodriguez  
Once Lobos Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador Estadio El Progreso   Mauricio Alvarenga  

Managerial changes edit

Before the season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD   TBD Sacked 1996   TBD 1996 September 1995
Municipal Limeno   Alfredo Ruano Sacked July 1996   Helio Rodriguez August 1996

During the season edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
C.D. Aguila   Milovan Đorić Mutual consent, Joined the national team December 1996   Mario Rey January 1997
C.D. Aguila   Mario Rey Interimship finished 2 February 1997   Mladen Stefanovic 3 February 1997
EL Roble   Conrado Miranda Sacked 1997   Victor Manuel Pacheco 1997
Atletico Marte   Javier Frogoso Sacked 1997   Juan Quarterone 1997
LA Firpo   Juan Cortez Interimship finished 1997   Jorge Aude 1997
LA Firpo   Mario Perez Sacked 1997   Juan Cortez 1997
Once Lobos   Mauricio Alvarenga Sacked 1997   Cesar Acevedo 1997
Municipal Limeno   Helio Rodriguez Sacked October 1996   Manuel Solano Madrigal November 1996
FAS   Saul Lorenzo Rivero Mutual Consent January 1997   Valdeir Vieira 15 February 1997
Firpo   Jorge Aude Sacked February 1997   Julio Escobar February 1997
C.D. Dragon   Didier Castro Sacked November 1996   Juan Ramón Paredes November 1996
C.D. Dragon   Juan Ramón Paredes Sacked December 1996   Gilberto Yearwood January 1997
Municipal Limeno   Manuel Solano Madrigal Resigned February 1997   Carlos Ventura February 1997
Municipal Limeno   Carlos Ventura Resigned April 1997   Cesar Rincon April 1997
Municipal Limeno   Cesar Rincon Resigned May 1997   Alfredo Romero (Intermship) June 1997

Playoffs edit

Preliminary finals edit

First legs edit

C.D. Aguila1-1ADET
Jorge Garay   24' Fernando de Souza   71'
FAS3-2Firpo
Erber Burgos   37'
Guillermo Rivera   50'
Neftali Diaz   89'		 Raúl Toro Basáez   41'
Carlos Flores   93'
Referee: Neftali Recinos Alvarenga
Atletico Marte1-0Alianza
Raul Falero   46' Nil
Referee: Geronimo Trujillo

Second legs edit

ADET1-1Aguila
TBD   59' TBD   59'
Estadio

1-1. Aguila won 4-2 on penalty

Firpo5-2FAS
Pércival Piggott   4'   35'   55'   85'
Israel Castro Franco  		 William Renderos Iraheta   33'
Tito Diaz   86'
Estadio
Referee: Rafael Rodriguez

LA Firpo won 7-5 on aggregate

Alianza F.C.2-3Atletico Marte
Marcelo Bauza   20'
Horacio Lugo   71'		 Alejandro Larrea   86'   95'
Abdul Thompson Conteh   105'
Estadio
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez

Atletico Marte won 4-2 after extra time. Both team progressed

Semifinals edit

First legs edit

Alianza2-0Aguila
Horacio Lugo   33'   53' Nil
Estadio
LA Firpo1-0Atletico Marte
Israel Castro Franco   83' Nil
Estadio Sergio Torres

Second legs edit

Atletico Marte2-2LA Firpo
Mario Rodriguez   67'
Rene Toledo   69'		 Fabio De Freitas   59'
Pércival Piggott   76'
Estadio

LA Firpo won 3-2 on aggregare

Aguila0-0Alianza
Nil Nil
Estadio

Alianza won 2-0 on aggregare

Third place match edit

Atletico Arabe Marte2-1Aguila
TBD  
Mario Rodriguez  		 TBD  
Estadio Cuscatlan

Final edit

Firpo0-0Alianza
Nil [ ] Nil
Alianza3-2Firpo
Milton Tigana Meléndez   33' (pen.)
Kin Canales   77'
Saul Salgado   88'		 [ ] Israel Castro Franco   24'   52'
Referee: Victorino Rodriguez

Alianza FC won 3-2 on Aggregate.

Top scorers edit

Pos Player Team Goals
1.   Jorge Garay Aguila 21
2   Ivan Nolasco El Roble de Ilobasco 20
3.   Carlos Villareal FAS 19
4.   Alejandro Larrea Atletico Marte 17
5.   Waldir Guerra Aguila 16
6.   Juan Manuel Villarreal Once Lobos 15
7.   Abdul Thompson Conteh Atletico Marte 14
8.   Oscar Diaz FAS 13
9.     Israel Castro Franco Luis Angel Firpo 13
10.   Rodrigo Osorio Alianza FC 12

List of foreign players in the league edit

This is a list of foreign players in 1996-1997. 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

External links edit

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