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 Milovan Đorić Alianza San Salvador, El Salvador Estadio Cuscatlan Juan 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
Before the season 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 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 Fragoso 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 Preliminary finals First legs
Second legs
1-1. Aguila won 4-2 on penalty
LA Firpo won 7-5 on aggregate
Atletico Marte won 4-2 after extra time. Both team progressed
Semifinals First legs
Second legs
LA Firpo won 3-2 on aggregare
Alianza won 2-0 on aggregare
Third place match
Final
LA Firpo GK 30 Carlos HernándezDF 21 Jaime Vladimir CubíasDF 3 Leonel Cárcamo DF 2 Giovanni TriguerosDF 4 Julio Hernández MF 10 Raul Toro MF 6 Pedro VásquezMF 14 Agustin Gamez MF 31 Fabio de Freitas FW 9 Israel Castro FW 26 Pércival Piggott Substitutes:MF TBD MF TBD Manager: Julio Escobar
Alianza: GK 18 Pedro CubilloDF 6 Washington de la CruzDF 3 Nelson Rojas DF 4 Mario GuevaraMF William ChachaguaMF 17 Baltazar MirónMF 13 Milton Meléndez MF 23 Alejandro CurbeloMF 14 Elias MontesFW 9 Horacio LugoFW 11 Marcelo Bauza Substitutes:MF TBD MF TBD Manager: Juan Masnik
Alianza FC won 3-2 on Aggregate.
Top scorers 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 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 Rogerio Martins Rocha Vladimir Avramovic Dragan Kovacevic Jorge Garay Jorge Villar
Alianza F.C. Leonardo Gaston Fioroto Horacio Lugo Marcelo Bauza Pedro Cubillo Washington de la Cruz
Atletico Marte Alex Lopez Abdul Thompson Conteh Alejandro Larrea Raul Falero
Baygon-ADET Fernando de Moura Jorge Martinez Ogaldes
Dragon M.Ferreira Dennis Antonio Piedy P.Guidi Peter Mendez
(player released mid season) (player Injured mid season) Injury replacement player
El Roble Ivan Nolasco
C.D. FAS Daniel Boscoso Onix Vargas Agustin Castillo Carlos Edgar Villarreal Jorge Mocecchi
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo Fabio de Freitas Israel Castro Franco Raul Toro Richardson Smith Percibal Piggott
Limeno German Rodriguez Radames Avila Franklin Delgado
Once Lobos Enriquez Juan Manuel Villarreal Marcelo Bruno Emiliano Pedrozo
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