Liga Nacional 1995-96 Week 1 Sunday, 17 September 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 4-1 Independiente Villela [Ramón Romero, Denilson Costa, David Wendell, Álex Ávila | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 5-2-0 (15:6) Notes: Both Denilson Costa and David Wendell scored their first league goals for the club Week 2 Sunday, 24 September 1995 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 1-3 Motagua [ | Denilson Costa x2, Geovany Castro] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 37-32-22 (95:70) Notes: Week 3 Sunday, 1 October 1995 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 1-1 Motagua [ | Nimrod Medina] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 35-41-26 (117:104) Notes: Nimrod Medina scored his first league goal for the club Week 4 Sunday, 8 October 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Real España [Fabricio Pérez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 44-39-37 (121:116) Notes: Week 5 Sunday, 15 October 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 2-1 Motagua [ | Fabricio Pérez] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 22-48-41 (79:109) Notes: Week 6 Sunday, 22 October 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Broncos [Aarón Hernández | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 15-17-3 (35:18) Notes: Aarón Hernández scored his first league goal for the club Week 7 Saturday, 28 October 1995 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 2-1 Motagua [ | Presley Carson] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 38-40-28 (140:116) Notes: Week 8 Sunday, 5 November 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Real Maya [Paulo de Oliveira x2 | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 6-3-1 (13:5) Notes: Week 9 Sunday, 12 November 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Victoria [Alejandro Gutiérrez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 26-27-18 (92:78) Notes: Alejandro Gutiérrez scored his first league goal for the club Week 10 Saturday, 25 November 1995 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Independiente Villela 1-1 Motagua [ | Geovany Castro] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 5-3-0 (16:7) Notes: Week 11 Saturday, 2 December 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Platense [Mario Chirinos | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 37-33-22 (96:71) Notes: Mario Chirinos scored his first league goal for the club Week 12 Friday, 8 December 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-1 Vida [Geovany Castro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 36-41-26 (120:105) Notes: Geovany Castro scored his first hat-trick for the club Week 13 Saturday, 16 December 1995 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Real España 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 44-40-37 (121:116) Notes: Week 14 Friday, 22 December 1995 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-1 Olimpia [ | Nerlin Membreño] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 22-48-42 (79:110) Notes: Week 15 Sunday, 7 January 1996 Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos, Choluteca. Attendance: Broncos 1-1 Motagua [ | Marco Anariba] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 15-18-3 (36:19) Notes: Marco Anariba scored his first league goal for the club Week 16 Friday, 19 January 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Marathón [Marco Anariba, Edgar Sierra | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-40-28 (142:116) Notes: Week 17 Thursday, 25 January 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Real Maya 1-2 Motagua [ | Denilson Costa, Javier Padilla] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 7-3-1 (15:6) Notes: Week 18 Sunday, 28 January 1996 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Victoria 3-1 Motagua [ | Ramón Romero] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 26-27-19 (93:81) Notes: Week 19 Wednesday, 7 February 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Independiente Villela [Geovany Castro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 6-3-0 (17:7) Notes: Week 20 Sunday, 11 February 1996 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 1-2 Motagua [ | Geovany Castro, Marco Anariba] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 38-33-22 (98:72) Notes: Week 21 Sunday, 18 February 1996 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 1-2 Motagua [ | Geovany Castro x2] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 37-41-26 (122:106) Notes: Week 22 Sunday, 25 February 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-2 Real España [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 44-40-38 (121:118) Notes: Week 23 Sunday, 3 March 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 22-48-43 (79:111) Notes: Week 24 Sunday, 10 March 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 4-0 Broncos [Geovany Castro, Fabricio Pérez, Denilson Costa, Sergio Pereira | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 16-18-3 (40:19) Notes: Sergio Pereira scored his first league goal for the club Week 25 Saturday, 16 March 1996 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-40-29 (142:117) Notes: Week 26 Sunday, 24 March 1996 Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila, Siguatepeque. Attendance: Real Maya 2-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 7-3-2 (15:8) Notes: Week 27 Sunday, 31 March 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-2 Victoria [Geovany Castro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 26-27-20 (94:83) Notes: Standings R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish 1 Olimpia 27 12 11 4 48 25 +23 47 Qualified to Wild card 2 Victoria 27 12 10 5 38 27 +11 46 Qualified to Wild card 3 Motagua 27 11 7 9 36 28 +8 40 Qualified to Wild card 4 Platense 27 10 7 10 29 31 -2 37 Qualified to Wild card 5 Marathón 27 9 9 9 32 31 +1 36 Qualified to Wild card 6 Real España 27 9 9 9 32 33 -1 36 Qualified to Wild card ----------------------------------------------------------- 7 Real Maya 27 6 14 7 27 27 0 32 8 Vida 27 5 14 8 25 37 -12 29 9 Independiente Villela 27 4 15 8 24 32 -8 27 ----------------------------------------------------------- 10 Broncos 27 3 12 12 19 39 -20 21 Relegated Wild card - 1st leg Sunday, 14 April 1996 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 2-1 Motagua [Juan Craniotis, Luís Piota | Geovany Castro] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 38-33-23 (99:74) Notes: Wild card - 2nd leg Thursday, 18 April 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Platense [Geovany Castro, Luís Guifarro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-33-23 (101:74) Notes: Luís Guifarro scored his first league goal for the club Final round - Week 1 Wednesday, 1 May 1996 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Victoria 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 26-27-21 (94:84) Notes: Final round - Week 2 Sunday, 5 May 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Real España [Ramón Romero, Mario Chirinos | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 45-40-38 (123:119) Notes: Final round - Week 3 Sunday, 12 May 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Victoria [Denilson Costa, Geovany Castro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 27-27-21 (96:85) Notes: Final round - Week 4 Wednesday, 15 May 1996 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Real España 3-1 Motagua [Walter Aplícano, Jaime Ruíz, Camilo Bonilla 90' | Edgar Sierra] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 45-40-39 (124:122) Notes: Standings R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish 1 Real España 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6 Qualified to Final ----------------------------------------------------------- 2 Victoria 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6 3 Motagua 4 2 0 2 5 6 -1 6 Squad N Player Pos DOB 10 Fabricio Pérez DF 9 November 1968 14 Geovany Castro FW 24 June 1969 Hernaín Arzú DF 13 October 1967 Ramón Romero MF 3 March 1973 Álex Ávila FW 26 December 1964 Presley Carson FW 20 July 1968 Paulo de Oliveira (BRA) - - Wilmer Cruz GK 18 December 1965 Mario Chirinos MF 29 July 1978 Denilson Costa (BRA) FW 10 June 1968 Óscar Valencia (COL) - - Víctor Zúniga MF - David Wendell (PER) - - Edgar Sierra MF 23 June 1973 Marvin Fonseca GK - Juan Coello MF 21 May 1976 Marco Anariba DF 18 February 1968 Nimrod Medina DF 26 August 1976 Aarón Hernández - - Alejandro Gutiérrez - - Javier Padilla DF 23 August 1963 Sergio Pereira - - Luís Guifarro MF 25 August 1976 Top goalscorers N Player Goals 1 Geovany Castro 14 2 Denilson Costa 6 3 Ramón Romero 3 Fabricio Pérez 3 Marco Anariba 3 6 Paulo de Oliveira 2 Mario Chirinos 2 Edgar Sierra 2 9 David Wendell 1 Álex Ávila 1 Nimrod Medina 1 Aarón Hernández 1 Presley Carson 1 Alejandro Gutiérrez 1 Javier Padilla 1 Sergio Pereira 1 Luís Guifarro 1 Home