1996–97 Primera División de El Salvador

Primera División de El Salvador 1996–97 Alianza (5th Title) Once Lobos 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 Primera División de El Salvador is the 46th 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 FRY Milovan Đorić SLV Alianza San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlan URU Juan Masnik SLV Atletico Marte San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscutlan MEX Javier Frogoso SLV Baygon-ADET La Libertad Estadio SLV Armando Contreras Palma SLV Dragon San Miguel, El Salvador Estadio San Miguel CRC Didier Castro SLV EL Roble Ilobasco, El Salvador Estadio Ilobasco SLV Conrado Miranda URU TBD FAS Santa Ana, El Salvador Estadio de Santa Ana URU Saul Lorenzo Rivero SLV Firpo Usulután, El Salvador Estadio Usulutan URU Jorge Aude SLV Municipal Limeno Santa Rosa de Lima, La Unión Estadio de Santa Rosa Lima BRA Helio Rodriguez SLV Once Lobos Chalchuapa, Santa Ana, El Salvador Estadio El Progreso SLV Mauricio Alvarenga SLV Managerial changes Before the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table TBDSLV TBD Sacked 1996SLV TBD 1996 September 1995 Municipal LimenoSLV Alfredo Ruano Sacked July 1996BRA 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. AguilaFRY Milovan Đorić Mutual consent, Joined the national team December 1996ARG Mario Rey January 1997 C.D. AguilaARG Mario Rey Interimship finished 2 February 1997FRY Mladen Stefanovic 3 February 1997 EL RobleSLV Conrado Miranda Sacked 1997SLV Victor Manuel Pacheco 1997 Atletico MarteMEX Javier Fragoso Sacked 1997ARG Juan Quarterone 1997 LA FirpoURU Juan Cortez Interimship finished 1997URU Jorge Aude 1997 LA FirpoMEX Mario Perez Sacked 1997URU Juan Cortez 1997 Once LobosSLV Mauricio Alvarenga Sacked 1997SLV Cesar Acevedo 1997 Municipal LimenoBRA Helio Rodriguez Sacked October 1996CRC Manuel Solano Madrigal November 1996 FASURU Saul Lorenzo Rivero Mutual Consent January 1997BRA Valdeir Vieira 15 February 1997 FirpoURU Jorge Aude Sacked February 1997Chile Julio Escobar February 1997 C.D. DragonCRC Didier Castro Sacked November 1996SLV Juan Ramón Paredes November 1996 C.D. DragonSLV Juan Ramón Paredes Sacked December 1996HON Gilberto Yearwood January 1997 Municipal Limeno CRC Manuel Solano Madrigal Resigned February 1997SLV Carlos Ventura February 1997 Municipal Limeno SLV Carlos Ventura Resigned April 1997COL Cesar Rincon April 1997 Municipal Limeno COL Cesar Rincon Resigned May 1997SLV Alfredo Romero (Intermship) June 1997 Playoffs Preliminary finals First legs 1997 6 15 y 15:00 (UTC-6) C.D. Aguila 1-1 ADET Jorge Garay 24 Fernando de Souza 71 1997 6 15 y 15:00 (UTC-6) FAS 3-2 Firpo Erber Burgos 37 Guillermo Rivera 50 Neftali Diaz 89 Raúl Toro Basáez 41 Carlos Flores 93 Neftali Recinos Alvarenga 1997 6 15 y 15:00 (UTC-6) Atletico Marte 1-0 Alianza Raul Falero 46 Nil Geronimo Trujillo Second legs 1997 6 19 y 15:00 (UTC-6) ADET 1-1 Aguila TBD 59 TBD 59 Estadio 1-1. Aguila won 4-2 on penalty 1997 6 19 y 15:00 (UTC-6) Firpo 5-2 FAS Pércival Piggott 4 35 55 85 Israel Castro Franco William Renderos Iraheta 33 Tito Diaz 86 Estadio Rafael Rodriguez LA Firpo won 7-5 on aggregate 1997 6 19 y 15:00 (UTC-6) Alianza F.C. 2-3 Atletico Marte Marcelo Bauza 20 Horacio Lugo 71 Alejandro Larrea 86 95 Abdul Thompson Conteh 105 Estadio Victorino Rodriguez Atletico Marte won 4-2 after extra time. Both team progressed Semifinals First legs 1997 6 22 y 15:30 (UTC-6) Alianza 2-0 Aguila Horacio Lugo 33 53 Nil Estadio 1997 7 2 y 15:30 (UTC-6) LA Firpo 1-0 Atletico Marte Israel Castro Franco 83 Nil Estadio Sergio Torres Second legs 1997 7 5 y 15:00 (UTC-6) Atletico Marte 2-2 LA Firpo Mario Rodriguez 67 Rene Toledo 69 Fabio De Freitas 59 Pércival Piggott 76 Estadio LA Firpo won 3-2 on aggregare 1997 7 6 y 15:00 (UTC-6) Aguila 0-0 Alianza Nil Nil Estadio Alianza won 2-0 on aggregare Third place match 1997 7 21 y 15:30 (UTC-6) Atletico Arabe Marte 2-1 Aguila TBD Mario Rodriguez TBD Estadio Cuscatlan Final July 20, 1997 Firpo 0-0 [ ] Alianza Nil Nil Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador July 27, 1997 Alianza 3-2 [ ] Firpo Milton Tigana Meléndez 33 pen. Kin Canales 77 Saul Salgado 88 Israel Castro Franco 24 52 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador Victorino Rodriguez LA Firpo GK 30 SLV Carlos HernándezDF 21 SLV Jaime Vladimir CubíasDF 3 SLV Leonel Cárcamo DF 2 SLV Giovanni TriguerosDF 4 SLV Julio Hernández MF 10 Chile Raul Toro MF 6 SLV Pedro VásquezMF 14 SLV Agustin Gamez MF 31 BRA Fabio de Freitas FW 9 SLV Israel Castro FW 26 PAN Pércival Piggott Substitutes:MF SLV TBD MF SLV TBD Manager:Chile Julio Escobar Alianza: GK 18 CRC Pedro CubilloDF 6 URU Washington de la CruzDF 3 SLV Nelson Rojas DF 4 SLV Mario GuevaraMF SLV William ChachaguaMF 17 SLV Baltazar MirónMF 13 SLV Milton Meléndez MF 23 URU Alejandro CurbeloMF 14 SLV Elias MontesFW 9 ARG Horacio LugoFW 11 ARG Marcelo Bauza Substitutes:MF SLV TBD 29 52 MF SLV TBD 72Manager:URU Juan Masnik Alianza FC won 3-2 on Aggregate. Top scorers Pos Player Team Goals 1. URU Jorge Garay Aguila 21 2 HON Ivan Nolasco El Roble de Ilobasco 20 3. URU Carlos Villareal FAS 19 4. URU Alejandro Larrea Atletico Marte 17 5. SLV Waldir Guerra Aguila 16 6. ARG Juan Manuel Villarreal Once Lobos 15 7. Sierra Leone Abdul Thompson Conteh Atletico Marte 14 8. SLV Oscar Diaz FAS 13 9. SLV BRA Israel Castro Franco Luis Angel Firpo 13 10. SLV 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: 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 Brazil Rogerio Martins Rocha FRY Vladimir Avramovic FRY Dragan Kovacevic URU Jorge Garay URU Jorge Villar Alianza F.C. Argentina Leonardo Gaston Fioroto Argentina Horacio Lugo Argentina Marcelo Bauza Costa Rica Pedro Cubillo Uruguay Washington de la Cruz Atletico Marte Mexico Alex Lopez Sierra Leone Abdul Thompson Conteh Uruguay Alejandro Larrea Uruguay Raul Falero Baygon-ADET Brazil Fernando de Moura HON Jorge Martinez Ogaldes Dragon Brazil M.Ferreira HON Dennis Antonio Piedy Uruguay P.Guidi Uruguay Peter Mendez 13px (player released mid season) 13px (player Injured mid season) 13px Injury replacement player El Roble HON Ivan Nolasco C.D. FAS Argentina Daniel Boscoso Costa Rica Onix Vargas Peru Agustin Castillo Uruguay Carlos Edgar Villarreal Uruguay Jorge Mocecchi C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Brazil Fabio de Freitas Brazil Israel Castro Franco Chile Raul Toro HON Richardson Smith 13px Panama Percibal Piggott Limeno HON German Rodriguez Panama Radames Avila Panama Franklin Delgado Once Lobos Argentina Enriquez Argentina Juan Manuel Villarreal Argentina Marcelo Bruno Argentina Emiliano Pedrozo External links https://web.archive.org/web/20180811231539/http://archivo.elsalvador.com/noticias/2006/11/29/deportes/dep1.asp 2018-08-11 1997