Source: RSSSF.com Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Marathón–Olimpia abandoned at '70 (1–2). Result stood.
Results (Rounds 19–27)
Home \ Away
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 Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final round
Hexagonal
Real España v Olimpia
3 May 1997 1st leg
Real España
1–1
Olimpia
San Pedro Sula, Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Olimpia v Real España
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.
Marathón v Victoria
3 May 1997 1st leg
Marathón
2–0
Victoria
San Pedro Sula, Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Victoria v Marathón
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.
Motagua v Platense
4 May 1997 1st leg
Motagua
2–2
Platense
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
Costa Soares
Fernández Duarte
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Platense v Motagua
11 May 1997 2nd leg
Platense
2–1
Motagua
Puerto Cortés, Cortés
Cárcamo
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Platense won 4–3 on aggregated.
Triangular
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
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 1997. Source: [citation needed]
Real España v Victoria
16 May 1997
Real España
1–1
Victoria
San Pedro Sula, Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Victoria v Platense
24 May 1997
Victoria
1–0
Platense
La Ceiba, Atlántida
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Platense v Real España
1 June 1997
Platense
3–1
Real España
Puerto Cortés, Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Victoria v Real España
4 June 1997
Victoria
2–1
Real España
La Ceiba, Atlántida
Martínez Naif
Gómez
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Platense v Victoria
8 June 1997
Platense
4–1
Victoria
Puerto Cortés, Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Real España v Platense
11 June 1997
Real España
0–1
Platense
San Pedro Sula, Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Final
Platense v Olimpia
22 June 1997 1st leg
Platense
1–1
Olimpia
Puerto Cortés, Cortés
Cárcamo 90'
17' Williams
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Olimpia v Platense
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