Liga Nacional 1996-97 Week 1 Sunday, 1 September 1996 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 2-1 Motagua [ | Fabricio Pérez] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 37-41-27 (123:108) Notes: Week 2 Sunday, 8 September 1996 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 1-1 Motagua [ | Mario Chirinos] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-34-23 (102:75) Notes: Week 3 Thursday, 12 September 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Marathón [Denilson Costa, Geovany Castro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 40-40-29 (144:118) Notes: Week 4 Sunday, 22 September 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Victoria [Denilson Costa | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 27-28-21 (97:86) Notes: Week 5 Sunday, 29 September 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-2 Real Maya [Denilson Costa | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 7-3-3 (16:10) Notes: Week 6 Sunday, 6 October 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 22-49-43 (79:111) Notes: Week 7 Tuesday, 15 October 1996 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Real España 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 45-40-40 (124:123) Notes: Week 8 Sunday, 20 October 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Universidad [Luís Guifarro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 25-13-15 (61:45) Notes: Week 9 Sunday, 27 October 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 4-1 Independiente Villela [Fabricio Pérez x2, Jorge Wagner, Geovany Castro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 7-3-0 (21:8) Notes: Jorge Wagner scored his first league goal for the club Week 10 Sunday, 10 November 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-0 Vida [Denilson Costa, Geovany Castro, Fabricio Pérez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 38-41-27 (126:108) Notes: Week 11 Tuesday, 19 November 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Platense [Jorge Wagner | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-35-23 (103:76) Notes: Week 12 Wednesday, 4 December 1996 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 1-1 Motagua [ | Ramón Romero] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 40-41-29 (145:119) Notes: Week 13 Sunday, 8 December 1996 Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila, Siguatepeque. Attendance: Real Maya 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 7-4-3 (16:10) Notes: Week 14 Sunday, 15 December 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-3 Olimpia [Denilson Costa | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 22-49-44 (80:114) Notes: Week 15 Sunday, 22 December 1996 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Real España [Geovany Castro x2 | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 46-40-40 (126:124) Notes: Week 16 Sunday, 5 January 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Universidad 2-1 Motagua [ | Geovany Castro] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 25-13-16 (62:47) Notes: Week 17 Wednesday, 15 January 1997 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Independiente Villela 0-1 Motagua [ | Mario Chirinos] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 8-3-0 (22:8) Notes: Week 18 Saturday, 18 January 1997 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Victoria 2-2 Motagua [ | Jairo Martínez, Hernán Centeno] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 27-29-21 (99:88) Notes: Jairo Martínez scored his first league goal for the club Week 19 Sunday, 2 February 1997 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 0-2 Motagua [ | Denilson Costa, Jorge Wagner] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-41-27 (128:108) Notes: Week 20 Sunday, 9 February 1997 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-35-24 (103:77) Notes: Week 21 Sunday, 16 February 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Marathón [Amado Guevara | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 41-41-29 (146:119) Notes: Week 22 Sunday, 23 February 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-2 Victoria [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 27-29-22 (99:90) Notes: Week 23 Sunday, 2 March 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Real Maya [Denilson Costa | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 7-5-3 (17:11) Notes: Week 24 Sunday, 9 March 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 22-50-44 (80:114) Notes: Week 25 Wednesday, 19 March 1997 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Real España 0-1 Motagua [ | Denilson Costa] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 47-40-40 (127:124) Notes: Week 26 Sunday, 23 March 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Universidad [Denilson Costa, Francisco Soáres | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 26-13-16 (64:47) Notes: Francisco Soáres scored his first league goal for the club Week 27 Sunday, 6 April 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 7-2 Independiente Villela [Denilson Costa x4, Amado Guevara x2, Francisco Soáres | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-3-0 (29:10) Notes: Denilson Costa scored his first haul for the club Standings R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish 1 Olimpia 27 15 6 6 40 25 +15 51 Qualified to Wild card 2 Victoria 27 13 8 6 35 24 +11 47 Qualified to Wild card 3 Platense 27 13 8 6 28 20 +8 47 Qualified to Wild card 4 Motagua 27 11 9 7 37 25 +12 42 Qualified to Wild card 5 Marathón 27 10 7 10 31 29 +2 37 Qualified to Wild card 6 Real España 27 8 10 9 24 24 0 34 Qualified to Wild card ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 Relegated Wild card - 1st leg Sunday, 4 May 1997 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-2 Platense [Denilson Costa, Francisco Soáres | Miguel Fernández, Alexis Duarte] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-36-24 (105:79) Notes: Wild card - 2nd leg Sunday, 11 May 1997 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 2-1 Motagua [Juan Cárcamo x2 | Alejandro Gutiérrez] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 39-36-25 (106:81) Notes: 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 Mario Chirinos MF 29 July 1978 Denilson Costa (BRA) FW 10 June 1968 Edgar Sierra MF 23 June 1973 Juan Coello MF 21 May 1976 Nimrod Medina DF 26 August 1976 Aarón Hernández - - Alejandro Gutiérrez - - Javier Padilla DF 23 August 1963 Luís Guifarro MF 25 August 1976 Elvis Castellanos - - Dángelo Bautista GK 6 september 1967 Óscar Duarte - - Francisco Soáres (BRA) FW 14 December 1979 Hernán Centeno - - Óscar Lagos MF 17 June 1973 Juan Raudales DF 15 July 1979 Jorge Wagner - - Amado Guevara MF 2 May 1976 Jairo Martínez FW 14 May 1978 Top goalscorers N Player Goals 1 Denilson Costa 14 2 Geovany Castro 6 3 Fabricio Pérez 4 4 Jorge Wagner 3 Amado Guevara 3 Francisco Soáres 3 7 Mario Chirinos 2 8 Luís Guifarro 1 Ramón Romero 1 Jairo Martínez 1 Hernán Centeno 1 Alejandro Gutiérrez 1 Home