2007–08_Honduran_Liga_Nacional
2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional
Football league season
The 2007–08 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008.[1] The season was split into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) which defined the 51st and 52nd national champions in the history of the league. C.D. Marathón and Club Deportivo Olimpia as winners of each tournament qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.
Quick Facts Season, Champions ...
| Season | 2007–08 |
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| Champions | Apertura: Marathón Clausura: Olimpia |
| Relegated | Atlético Olanchano |
| Champions League | Marathón Olimpia |
| Matches played | 192 |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Martínez Clausura: Velásquez |
← 2006–07 2008–09 → | |
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Deportes Savio from Santa Rosa de Copán was promoted from the 2006–07 Liga de Ascenso.[2]
The Apertura tournament was played from 11 August to 22 December 2007. C.D. Marathón captured its 6th domestic league.
Regular season
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Marathón | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 35 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Motagua | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 32 | |
| 3 | Victoria | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 31 | |
| 4 | Olimpia | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 27 | |
| 5 | Deportes Savio | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 22 | |
| 6 | Real España | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Hispano | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Vida | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 20 | |
| 9 | Platense | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 15 | |
| 10 | Atlético Olanchano | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 13 |
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Results
- As of 25 November 2007
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| Home \ Away | OLA | SAV | HIS | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | VIC | VID |
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| Atlético Olanchano | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Deportes Savio | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Hispano | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| Marathón | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Motagua | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Olimpia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | |
| Platense | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Real España | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Victoria | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Vida | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final round
Semifinals
Marathón vs Olimpia
Olimpia v Marathón
| 2 December 2007 1st leg | Olimpia | 1–0 | Marathón | Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán |
| 16:00 (UTC−06:00) | Kardeck  59' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 9,467 Referee: Benigno Pineda |
Marathón v Olimpia
| 8 December 2007 2nd leg | Marathón | 2–1 | Olimpia | San Pedro Sula, Cortés |
| 19:30 (UTC−06:00) | Norales 20' Martínez 72' |
Report | Tilguath 45+1' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 18,638 Referee: Mario Moncada |
- Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.
Motagua vs Victoria
Victoria v Motagua
| 1 December 2007 1st leg | Victoria | 1–1 | Motagua | La Ceiba, Atlántida |
| 19:30 (UTC−06:00) | Rosales 20' |
Report | Guevara 2' |
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 9,634 Referee: José Molina |
Motagua v Victoria
| 9 December 2007 2nd leg | Motagua | 2–0 | Victoria | Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán |
| 16:00 (UTC−06:00) | Rodas 41' Guevara 84' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 11,899 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya |
- Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate score.
Final
Marathón vs Motagua
Motagua v Marathón
| 16 December 2007 1st leg | Motagua | 0–0 | Marathón | Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán |
| 16:00 (UTC−06:00) | Report | Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Molina |
Marathón v Motagua
| 22 December 2007 2nd leg | Marathón | 2–0 | Motagua | San Pedro Sula, Cortés |
| 19:30 (UTC−06:00) | Brown 1' Scott 78' |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya |
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- Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate score.
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| Liga Nacional 2007–08 Apertura champion |
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| C.D. Marathón 6th title |
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Top goalscorers
- As of 22 December 2007
10 goals
Emil Martínez (Marathón)
7 goals
- Mitchel Brown (Marathón)
- Abidán Solís (Victoria)
6 goals
- Amado Guevara (Motagua)
- Luis Rodas (Motagua)
5 goals
Edilson Pereira (Deportes Savio)- Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua)
- Milton Núñez (Olimpia)
- Marcelo dos Santos (Platense)
4 goals
- Carlos Salinas (Atlético Olanchano)
Sergio Diduch (Hispano)- Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
- Allan do Santos (Olimpia)
- José Dias (Real España)
- Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)
- Carlos Fretes (Real España)
- Héctor Flores (Victoria)
- Johnny Calderón (Vida)
3 goals
- Wilmer Ramos (Atlético Olanchano)
Harrison Róches (Deportes Savio)- José Güity (Hispano)
- Carlos Oliva (Marathón)
Óscar Torlacoff (Motagua)- Reynaldo Tilguath (Olimpia)
2 goals
- Denilson Costa (Atlético Olanchano)
- Walter Hernández (Hispano)
- Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano)
- Milton Palacios (Marathón)
- Pedro Santana (Motagua)
- Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)
- Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)
- Quiarol Arzú (Platense)
- Bani Lozano (Platense)
- Marvin Sánchez (Platense)
- Douglas Caetano (Real España)
- Marlon Peña (Real España)
- Melvin Valladares (Real España)
- Marvin Chávez (Victoria)
- Jaime Rosales (Victoria)
- Jerry Bengtson (Vida)
- Ney Costa (Vida)
- Richard Pérez (Vida)
1 goal
- Jorge Lozano (Atlético Olanchano)
- Elmer Marín (Atlético Olanchano)
- Merlyn Membreño (Atlético Olanchano)
- Edgar Núñez (Atlético Olanchano)
- Guillermo Ramírez (Atlético Olanchano)
- Mario Euceda (Deportes Savio)
- Johny Galdámez (Deportes Savio)
- Edgar Mejía (Deportes Savio)
- Óscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio)
- Diktmar Hernández (Hispano)
- Mario Berríos (Marathon)
- Edmilson da Silva (Marathón)
- Astor Henríquez (Marathón)
- Luis López (Marathón)
- Erick Norales (Marathon)
- Luis Santamaría (Marathón)
Erick Scott (Marathon)- Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua)
- Fernando Castillo (Motagua)
- Walter López (Motagua)
- Rubén Matamoros (Motagua)
- Maynor Figueroa (Olimpia)
- Jerry Palacios (Olimpia)
- Hendry Thomas (Olimpia)
- David Meza (Platense)
- César Zelaya (Platense)
- Eddy Vega (Platense)
- Elkin González (Real España)
- Allan Lalín (Real España)
- Carlos Palacios (Real España)
- Fernando Cardozo (Victoria)
- Mario Gómez (Victoria)
- Júnior Izaguirre (Victoria)
- Ninrrol Medina (Victoria)
- Mauricio Weber (Victoria)
- Darian Álvarez (Vida)
- Borghi Arbizú (Vida)
- Miguel Farrera (Vida)
- Ángel Hill (Vida)
- Clifford Laing (Vida)
- Modesto Rodas (Vida)
The Clausura tournament was played from 12 January to 24 May 2008. C.D. Olimpia captured its 21st domestic league.
Regular season
Standings
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 33 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 30 | |
| 3 | Real España | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 28 | |
| 4 | Motagua | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 27 | |
| 5 | Hispano | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Victoria | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |
| 7 | Atlético Olanchano | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Platense | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Deportes Savio | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 19 | |
| 10 | Vida | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 18 |
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Results
- As of 3 May 2008
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| Home \ Away | OLA | SAV | HIS | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | VIC | VID |
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| Atlético Olanchano | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
| Deportes Savio | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Hispano | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Marathón | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
| Motagua | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Olimpia | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Platense | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Real España | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Victoria | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vida | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Final round
Semifinals
Olimpia vs Motagua
Motagua v Olimpia
| 7 May 2008 1st leg | Motagua | 1–4 | Olimpia | Danlí, El Paraíso |
| 15:00 (UTC−06:00) | Matamoros 47' |
Report | Bruschi 21' Thomas 49'R. Núñez 54'M. Núñez 78' |
Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Mario Moncada |
Olimpia v Motagua
| 10 May 2008 2nd leg | Olimpia | 3–1 | Motagua | Comayagua, Comayagua |
| 19:00 (UTC−06:00) | Turcios 19' Bruschi 42'Velásquez 62' |
Report | Nascimento 38' |
Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Referee: Beningno Pineda |
- Olimpia won 7–2 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Real España
Real España v Marathón
| 7 May 2008 1st leg | Real España | 1–3 | Marathón | San Pedro Sula, Cortés |
| 19:30 (UTC−06:00) | Lalín 71' |
Report | da Silva 42' Henríquez 54'Güity 75' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 10,562 Referee: Óscar Moncada |
Marathón v Real España
| 10 May 2008 2nd leg | Marathón | 2–4 | Real España | San Pedro Sula, Cortés |
| 19:00 (UTC−06:00) | Güity 4' Ferreira 80' |
Report | Lalín 22' Valladares 43'Ferreira 50'Obelar 90+1' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 7,553 Referee: José Molina |
- Marathón 5–5 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.
Final
Olimpia vs Marathón
Marathón v Olimpia
| 18 May 2008 1st leg | Marathón | 1–1 | Olimpia | San Pedro Sula, Cortés |
| 17:00 (UTC−06:00) | Furtado 68' |
Report | Turcios 35' |
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 29,000 Referee: José Molina |
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Olimpia v Marathón
| 24 May 2008 2nd leg | Olimpia | 1–0 | Marathón | Comayagua, Comayagua |
| 16:00 (UTC−06:00) | Velásquez 60' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 9,474 Referee: Mario Moncada |
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- Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
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| Liga Nacional 2007–08 Clausura champion |
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| C.D. Olimpia 21st title |
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Top goalscorers
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
- Ney Costa (Deportes Savio)
5 goals
4 goals
- Marcelo Cabrita (Platense)
- Orvin Paz (Deportes Savio)
- Walter Hernández (Olimpia)
- Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)
- José Güity (Marathón)
- Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
3 goals
- Marcelo Ferreira (Marathón)
- Marvin Chávez (Victoria)
- Júnior Izaguirre (Victoria)
- Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
- Javier Portillo (Hispano)
- Marcelo Segales (Hispano)
- Johnny Calderón (Vida)
- Edgar Nuñez (Atlético Olanchano)
- Ramón Núñez (Olimpia)
- Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia)
- Carlos Días (Real España)
- Allan Lalín (Real España)
- Carlos Will Mejía (Platense)
- Bani Lozano (Platense)
2 goals
- Elmer Marín (Atlético Olanchano)
- Henry Córdoba (Platense)
- Mario Berríos (Marathón)
- Carlos Oliva (Marathón)
- Astor Henríquez (Marathón)
- Eberso Amaral (Marathón)
- Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano)
- Milton Ruíz (Hispano)
- Avidán Solís (Victoria)
- Luis Rodas (Motagua)
- Fernando Castillo (Motagua)
- Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua)
- Rubén Matamoros (Motagua)
- Elkin González (Real España)
- Erick Vallecillo (Real España)
- Mario César Rodríguez (Real España)
- Allan Kardeck (Olimpia)
- Carlos Alberto Salinas (Atlético Olanchano)
- Richard Pérez (Atlético Olanchano)
- Dicktmar Hernández (Vida)
- José Luis Grant (Vida)
- Lenín Suárez (Deportes Savio)
1 goal
- José Regalado (Hispano)
- Jairo Mosquera (Hispano)
- Leonardo Morales (Hispano)
- Eliu Membreño (Hispano)
- Leonardo Isaula (Hispano)
- Samir Arzú (Atlético Olanchano)
- Wilmer Ramos (Atlético Olanchano)
- José Mario Navarro (Atlético Olanchano)
- José Valladares (Motagua)
- Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua)
- Amado Guevara (Motagua)
- Misael Ruíz (Platense)
- Adán Ramírez (Platense)
- Erick Norales (Marathón)
- Emil Martínez (Marathón)
- Nilberto da Silva (Marathón)
- Óscar Bonilla (Marathón)
- Reinieri Mayorquín (Marathón)
- Oscar Vargas (Marathón)
- Edilson Pereira (Deportes Savio)
- Harrison Róchez (Deportes Savio)
- Onán García (Deportes Savio)
- Víctor Ramírez (Deportes Savio)
- Juliano de Andrade (Deportes Savio)
- Carlos Morán (Victoria)
- Juan Pablo Montes (Victoria)
- Mauricio Weber (Victoria)
- Derrick Hulse (Victoria)
- Ninrrol Medina (Victoria)
- Carin Adipe (Victoria)
- Wilmer Crisanto (Victoria)
- Héctor Flores (Real España)
- Nery Medina (Real España)
- Carlos Fretes (Real España)
- Elder Valladares (Real España)
- Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)ç
- Nahún Ávila (Olimpia)
- Sergio Mendoza (Olimpia)
- Erick Andino (Olimpia)
- Carlos Discua (Olimpia)
- Boniek García (Olimpia)
- Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Olimpia)
- Hendry Thomas (Olimpia)
- Milton Núñez (Olimpia)
- Jerry Bengtson (Vida)
- Modesto Rodas (Vida)
- Angel Hill (Vida)
Atlético Olanchano made the fewest points in the aggregated table from both Apertura and Clausura regular seasons, thereby were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Marathón | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 65 | Qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Olimpia | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 60 | |
| 3 | Motagua | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 59 | |
| 4 | Victoria | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 55 | |
| 5 | Real España | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 | |
| 6 | Hispano | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 47 | |
| 7 | Deportes Savio | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Vida | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 38 | |
| 9 | Platense | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 35 | |
| 10 | Atlético Olanchano | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 34 | Relegated to the 2008–09 Liga de Ascenso |
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