Primera División de Fútbol Profesional 1996–97

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

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.

Teams

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

Managerial changes

Before the season

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

During the season

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

Playoffs

Preliminary finals

First legs

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

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

First legs

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

Second legs

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

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

Final

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

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

List of foreign players in the league

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

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