Primera División de Fútbol Profesional 1996–97
Season | 1996–97 |
---|---|
Champions | Alianza (5th Title) |
Relegated | Once 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 | ![]() | ![]() |
Alianza | San Salvador, El Salvador | Estadio Cuscatlan | ![]() | ![]() |
Atletico Marte | San Salvador, El Salvador | Estadio Cuscutlan | ![]() | ![]() |
Baygon-ADET | La Libertad | Estadio | ![]() | ![]() |
Dragon | San Miguel, El Salvador | Estadio San Miguel | ![]() | ![]() |
EL Roble | Ilobasco, El Salvador | Estadio Ilobasco | ![]() | ![]() |
FAS | Santa Ana, El Salvador | Estadio de Santa Ana | ![]() | ![]() |
Firpo | Usulután, El Salvador | Estadio Usulutan | ![]() | ![]() |
Municipal Limeno | Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión | Estadio de Santa Rosa Lima | ![]() | ![]() |
Once Lobos | Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador | Estadio El Progreso | ![]() | ![]() |
Managerial changes
Before the season
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TBD | ![]() | Sacked | 1996 | ![]() | 1996 | September 1995 |
Municipal Limeno | ![]() | Sacked | July 1996 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Mutual consent, Joined the national team | December 1996 | ![]() | January 1997 | |
C.D. Aguila | ![]() | Interimship finished | 2 February 1997 | ![]() | 3 February 1997 | |
EL Roble | ![]() | Sacked | 1997 | ![]() | 1997 | |
Atletico Marte | ![]() | Sacked | 1997 | ![]() | 1997 | |
LA Firpo | ![]() | Interimship finished | 1997 | ![]() | 1997 | |
LA Firpo | ![]() | Sacked | 1997 | ![]() | 1997 | |
Once Lobos | ![]() | Sacked | 1997 | ![]() | 1997 | |
Municipal Limeno | ![]() | Sacked | October 1996 | ![]() | November 1996 | |
FAS | ![]() | Mutual Consent | January 1997 | ![]() | 15 February 1997 | |
Firpo | ![]() | Sacked | February 1997 | ![]() | February 1997 | |
C.D. Dragon | ![]() | Sacked | November 1996 | ![]() | November 1996 | |
C.D. Dragon | ![]() | Sacked | December 1996 | ![]() | January 1997 | |
Municipal Limeno | ![]() | Resigned | February 1997 | ![]() | February 1997 | |
Municipal Limeno | ![]() | Resigned | April 1997 | ![]() | April 1997 | |
Municipal Limeno | ![]() | Resigned | May 1997 | ![]() | June 1997 |
Playoffs
Preliminary finals
First legs
C.D. Aguila | 1-1 | ADET |
---|---|---|
Jorge Garay ![]() | Fernando de Souza ![]() |
FAS | 3-2 | Firpo |
---|---|---|
Erber Burgos ![]() Guillermo Rivera ![]() Neftali Diaz ![]() | Raúl Toro Basáez ![]() Carlos Flores ![]() |
Atletico Marte | 1-0 | Alianza |
---|---|---|
Raul Falero ![]() | Nil |
Second legs
1-1. Aguila won 4-2 on penalty
Firpo | 5-2 | FAS |
---|---|---|
Pércival Piggott ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Israel Castro Franco ![]() | William Renderos Iraheta ![]() Tito Diaz ![]() |
LA Firpo won 7-5 on aggregate
Alianza F.C. | 2-3 | Atletico Marte |
---|---|---|
Marcelo Bauza ![]() Horacio Lugo ![]() | Alejandro Larrea ![]() ![]() Abdul Thompson Conteh ![]() |
Atletico Marte won 4-2 after extra time. Both team progressed
Semifinals
First legs
Alianza | 2-0 | Aguila |
---|---|---|
Horacio Lugo ![]() ![]() | Nil |
LA Firpo | 1-0 | Atletico Marte |
---|---|---|
Israel Castro Franco ![]() | Nil |
Second legs
Atletico Marte | 2-2 | LA Firpo |
---|---|---|
Mario Rodriguez ![]() Rene Toledo ![]() | Fabio De Freitas ![]() Pércival Piggott ![]() |
LA Firpo won 3-2 on aggregare
Alianza won 2-0 on aggregare
Third place match
Atletico Arabe Marte | 2-1 | Aguila |
---|---|---|
TBD ![]() Mario Rodriguez ![]() | TBD ![]() |
Final
Alianza | 3-2 | Firpo |
---|---|---|
Milton Tigana Meléndez ![]() Kin Canales ![]() Saul Salgado ![]() | [ ] | Israel Castro Franco ![]() ![]() |
Alianza FC won 3-2 on Aggregate.
Top scorers
Pos | Player | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() | Aguila | 21 |
2 | ![]() | El Roble de Ilobasco | 20 |
3. | ![]() | FAS | 19 |
4. | ![]() | Atletico Marte | 17 |
5. | ![]() | Aguila | 16 |
6. | ![]() | Once Lobos | 15 |
7. | ![]() | Atletico Marte | 14 |
8. | ![]() | FAS | 13 |
9. | ![]() ![]() | Luis Angel Firpo | 13 |
10. | ![]() | Alianza FC | 12 |
List of foreign players in the league
This is a list of foreign players in 1996-1997. The following players:
- have played at least one game for the respective club.
- have not been capped for the El Salvador national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
C.D. Águila
Alianza F.C.
Atletico Marte
Baygon-ADET
Dragon
| El Roble
C.D. FAS
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Limeno
Once Lobos
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