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1996–97 Honduran Liga Nacional

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Season
  
1996-97

Relegated
  
None

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup
  
Olimpia Platense

Champion
  
Club Deportivo Olimpia

Champions
  
Olimpia (13th title)

CONCACAF Champions Cup
  
Olimpia Platense

Start date
  
August 31, 1996

Torneo Grandes de Centroamerica
  
Olimpia Motagua Real España

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1995–96 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1996–97 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional started on 31 August 1996 and finished on 29 June 1997 as C.D. Olimpia lifted its 13th national championship and the second in a row.

Contents

Standings

As of 6 April 1997

Results (Rounds 1–18)

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)

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.

  • Real España won 3–2 on aggregate score.
  • Victoria 2–2 Marathón on aggregate score; Victoria advanced on better Regular season record.
  • Platense won 4–3 on aggregate score.

    • Standings

    As of 11 June 1997
  • Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate score.

    • Top scorer

  • Denilson Costa (Motagua) with 13 goals

    • 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.
  • 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

    1996–97 Honduran Liga Nacional Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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