1996–97 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1996–97
Champions	Olimpia (13th)
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia Platense
Matches played	149
Goals scored	314 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Costa (13)
Biggest home win	MOT 7–2 IND
Biggest away win	MAR 0–3 RES
Highest scoring	MOT 7–2 IND
← 1995–96 1997–98 → All statistics correct as of 29 June 1997.

The 1996–97 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 31st edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title^[1] after defeating C.D. Platense in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. This was the last long-season tournament before the introduction of the Apertura and Clausura format.

1996–97 teams

Regular season

Standings

As of 6 April 1997


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	27	15	6	6	40	25	+15	51	Qualified to the Final
2	Victoria	27	13	8	6	35	24	+11	47	Qualified to the Final round
3	Platense	27	13	8	6	28	20	+8	47
4	Motagua	27	11	9	7	37	25	+12	42
5	Marathón	27	10	7	10	31	29	+2	37
6	Real España	27	8	10	9	24	24	0	34
7	Universidad	27	6	10	11	17	27	−10	28
8	Vida	27	7	7	13	21	33	−12	28
9	Real Maya	27	5	11	11	20	27	−7	26
10	Independiente Villela	27	5	8	14	24	43	−19	23	No relegation for this season

Results (Rounds 1–18)

Home \ Away^[1]	IND	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	MAY	UNI	VIC	VID
Independiente Villela		0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Marathón	2–1		1–1	1–2	2–0	0–3	0–0	4–0	1–3	2–1
Motagua	4–1	2–1		1–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0
Olimpia	5–1	0–1	0–0		2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–5	2–1
Platense	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1		2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1
Real España	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0		1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Real Maya	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0		0–1	1–1	1–2
Universidad	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1		1–1	0–0
Victoria	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1		1–0
Vida	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results (Rounds 19–27)

Home \ Away^[1]	IND	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	MAY	UNI	VIC	VID
Independiente Villela		0–3		1–3	1–1		4–1			1–2
Marathón				2–3				1–0	0–0
Motagua	7–2	1–0					1–1	2–0	0–2
Olimpia			0–0			2–0	2–1			1–0
Platense		1–2	1–0	1–0		1–1				2–0
Real España	2–2	0–0	0–1				1–0	1–1
Real Maya		3–1			0–1			0–0	2–0	1–1
Universidad	1–1			2–2	1–1				1–0
Victoria	1–0			1–0	3–0	2–1				1–2
Vida		1–3	0–2			1–0		1–0

Source: RSSSF.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Hexagonal

3 May 1997 1st leg	Real España	1–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

11 May 1997 2nd leg	Olimpia	1–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Caballero		Mariano Mendieta	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Real España won 3–2 on aggregated.

3 May 1997 1st leg	Marathón	2–0	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

10 May 1997 2nd leg	Victoria	2–0	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Victoria 2–2 Marathón on aggregated. Victoria advanced on better Regular season record.

4 May 1997 1st leg	Motagua	2–2	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Costa Soares		Fernández Duarte	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 May 1997 2nd leg	Platense	2–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Cárcamo			Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Platense won 4–3 on aggregatd.

Triangular

As of 11 June 1997


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	9	Qualified to the Final
2	Victoria	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1	7
3	Real España	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	1

16 May 1997	Real España	1–1	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

24 May 1997	Victoria	1–0	Platense	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

1 June 1997	Platense	3–1	Real España	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

4 June 1997	Victoria	2–1	Real España	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

8 June 1997	Platense	4–1	Victoria	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

11 June 1997	Real España	0–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Final

22 June 1997 1st leg	Platense	1–1	Olimpia	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Cárcamo 90'		17' Williams	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

29 June 1997 2nd leg	Olimpia	3–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Flores 10' Velásquez 25' 62'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregated.

Top scorer

Denilson Costa (Motagua) with 13 goals

Squads

Independiente Villela
José Lino Casildo	Walter "Gualala" Trejo	Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda
Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa	José Ulloa Villatoro	Oscar "Pando" Gómez
Washington Leonardo Rodríguez	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Sandro Andreani
Alex Roberto Bailey
Marathón
Dangelo Daltino Bautista	Luis Orlando "El Chinito" Reyes Santos	Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo
Bayron Suazo	Behiker Bustillo	Jorge Ferdín
Jose Christiano Pinheiro de Araujo	Marco da Silva	Edwin Alexander Medina
Pompilio Cacho Valerio	Octavio Santana	Luis Perdomo
Jurandir de Jesús Damacena
Motagua
Elvis Misael Castellanos	Denilson Costa de Oliveira	Juan Carlos Raudales
Olimpia
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Carlos Enrique Prono	Jorge Samuel Caballero
Rudy Alberto Williams	Norberto Martínez	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Álvaro Roberto Izquierdo	Marlon Alexander "Pitufo" Hernández	Wilmer Peralta
Gregorio Serrano	Merlyn Membreño	Nahamán Humberto González
Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez	Alex Pineda Chacón	Eduardo Arriola
Christian Santamaría
Platense
Rodolfo Vargas	Ricardo James	Oscar René Contreras
Alexander "Araña" Clark	José Anthony Torres	Rony Morales
Julio César "Rambo" León	José Luis Piota	Wilmer Sandoval
Dennis Centeno	Antonio "Aguja" Laing	Luis Perdomo
Robel Bernárdez	Miguel Fernández	Marco Antonio Mejía
Dodsin Díaz	Reynaldo Clavasquín	Alexis Iván Duarte
Juan Manuel Cárcamo	Roberto Bernárdez	Jorge Arita Neals
Carlos González	Abel Rodríguez	Alex Geovany Ávila
Edgar Álvarez	Alex Alaniz
Real España
Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Gustavo Adolfo Gallegos
Víctor Martín Castro	Miguel Angel "Gallo" Mariano	Camilo Bonilla Paz
Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández	Milton "Chocolate" Flores	Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega
Marlon Javier Monge	Edward "Güicho" Barahona	Edgar Antonio Figueroa
Real Maya
Nelson Rolando Rosales	Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez
Universidad
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya	Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga
Victoria
Raúl Martínez Sambulá	Percival Piggott	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
Alvaro Roberto Izquierdo	Jorge Ernesto Pineda
Vida
Rossel Cacho	Irineo Núñez	Carlos Alvarado
Clayd Lester Marson	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez

Controversies

On 12 October 1996, during a week 7 match between C.D. Marathón and Club Deportivo Olimpia, then Marathón's president José Yacamán ordered his team to quit the game as he claimed that they were being targeted by referee Arturo Tábora with controversial calls. The game was not resumed and the result stood 1–2 to Olimpia.^[2]
In the last round, C.D. Motagua defeated Independiente Villela at Tegucigalpa with a 7–2 score. This game sentenced Independiente to certain relegation. However, the chorizeros protested that Motagua had included defender Júnior Izaguirre in its lineup. Izaguirre, who was on the bench that day, saw a red card in a reserves game a week prior. In order to avoid further conflicts, the league decided to abolish relegation and invited Independiente to play in the 1997–98 season.

References

↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras 1996/97 – 11 December 2009
↑ RadioHouse.hn – CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO – 13 October 2016

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Seasons

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1996–97 in Honduran football
« 1995–96 1997–98 » 1 July 1996–30 June 1997
Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Segunda División
Domestic cups	Honduran Cup
CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF Champions' Cup CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica
Related to national teams	Results FIFA World Cup qualification UNCAF Nations Cup CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Club seasons
Liga Nacional	Independiente Villela Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Real Maya Universidad Victoria Vida

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