2012–13_Honduran_Liga_Nacional

2012–13 Honduran Liga Nacional

2012–13 Honduran Liga Nacional

Football league season


The 2012–13 football season was the 47th Honduran Liga Nacional edition, since its establishment in 1965. The season was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 61st and 62nd national champions. The campaign began on 28 July 2012,[1][2] and ended in May 2013. Club Deportivo Olimpia was the reigning champions after winning in 2011–12.

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2012–13 teams

On 3 June 2012, C.D. Real Sociedad obtained the promotion to the Liga Nacional as winner of the 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso.[3] Platense F.C. which had been relegated last season, bought C.D. Necaxa's franchise and will play in first division.

Apertura

The fixtures for the Apertura tournament were announced on 4 July; with the results Real C.D. España 1–0 C.D. Real Sociedad and Atlético Choloma 4–2 C.D.S. Vida, the tournament opened fire on 28 July.[4][5] On rounds 2 and 3, Vida included midfielder Luis Jaramillo on their lineups despite being ineligible to play; on 12 September, the Northern Disciplinary Commission made the decision to award both matches to Real España and Victoria 3–0.[6]

On 28 October, Club Deportivo Olimpia became the first team to secure a spot for the postseason, after defeating Platense F.C. 0–1 at Estadio Excélsior in Puerto Cortés.[7] C.D. Victoria also qualified along Olimpia directly to the semifinals finishing second. On the other hand, C.D. Motagua–Real España and C.D. Marathón–Atlético Choloma had to play a playoff round.

The semifinal encounters were settled on 21 November, as Motagua and Atlético Choloma defeated Real España and Marathón respectively. Motagua crushed Real España with a 7–3 on aggregate.[8] Meanwhile, Atlético Choloma dispatched Marathón after a 2–2 aggregated score but with more away goals scored.[9]

Once in the semifinals, Olimpia got rid of Atlético Choloma with a 2–1 aggregate, meanwhile Victoria and Motagua finished with a 3–3 global score, however, Victoria advanced thanks to a better regular season finish over Motagua. With their success in the semifinals, Olimpia and Victoria re-encountered each other in a final for the third time in history,[10] having won one each in the previous two. The first match in La Ceiba ended with a scoreless tie; but in the second leg, Olimpia had no mercy over Victoria and won its third consecutive title with an overwhelming 4–0.[11]

Regular season

Standings

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Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source: [citation needed]

Results

As of 11 November 2012
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Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • Originally Vida 1–0 Real España and Victoria 1–2 Vida. Due to the illegal participation of Vida's midfielder Luis Jaramillo in both matches, Real España and Victoria were granted each a 3–0 win.[12]

Final round

Second round

Motagua vs Real España
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1st leg
Real España
Motagua

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2nd leg
Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
Motagua
Real España
  • Motagua won 7–3 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Atlético Choloma
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1st leg
Attendance: 411
Referee: Orlando Hernández
Atlético Choloma
Marathón

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2nd leg
Attendance: 808
Referee: Raúl Castro
Marathón
Atlético Choloma
  • Marathón 2–2 Atlético Choloma on aggregate score; Atlético Choloma advanced on away goals.

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Atlético Choloma
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1st leg
Atlético Choloma
Olimpia

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Olimpia
Atlético Choloma
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
Victoria vs Motagua
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1st leg
Attendance: 9,533
Referee: Erick Andino
Motagua
Victoria

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2nd leg
Victoria
Motagua
  • Victoria 3–3 Motagua on aggregate score. Victoria advanced on better regular season performance.

Final

Olimpia vs Victoria
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1st leg
Victoria
Olimpia

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Olimpia
Victoria
  • Olimpia won 4–0 on aggregate score.
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Top goalscorers

As of 16 December 2012
  • 10 goals:
  • 8 goals:
  • 7 goals:
  • 5 goals:
Honduras Osnaldo Hernández (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Shannon Welcome (Vida)
Honduras Mitchel Brown (Marathón)
Honduras Román Castillo (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Elmer Zelaya (Vida)
Honduras Osman Hernández (Atlético Choloma)
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
  • 1 own goal:
Honduras Porciano Ávila (Vida)
Honduras David Molina (Motagua)
Honduras Wilson Güity (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Johnny Barrios (Atlético Choloma)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament started on 19 January 2013, the first game was played between locals C.D. Marathón and Platense F.C. at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal.[13] The regular season ended on 20 April 2013. C.D. Olimpia and C.D. Real Sociedad qualified directly to the semifinals after finishing 1st and 2nd respectively. The playoffs were paired with C.D. Victoria facing Deportes Savio and Marathón vs Platense.[14]

Regular season

Standings

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Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2013. Source: [citation needed]

Results

As of 20 April 2013
More information Home \ Away, ACH ...
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Second round

Victoria vs Deportes Savio
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1st leg
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Erick Andino
Deportes Savio
Victoria

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2nd leg
Victoria
Deportes Savio
  • Victoria won 3–2 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Platense
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1st leg
Attendance: 2,636
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Platense
Marathón

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Marathón
Platense
  • Platense won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Platense
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1st leg
Platense
Olimpia

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Olimpia
Platense
  • Olimpia 0–0 Platense on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better regular season performance.
Real Sociedad vs Victoria
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1st leg
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
Victoria
Real Sociedad

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2nd leg
Real Sociedad
Victoria
  • Real Sociedad won 5–2 on aggregate score.

Final

Olimpia vs Real Sociedad
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1st leg
Real Sociedad
Olimpia

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Olimpia
Real Sociedad
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
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Top goalscorers

As of 19 May 2013
  • 12 goals:
  • 11 goals:
  • 9 goals:
  • 6 goals:
  • 5 goals:
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
Honduras Randy Diamond (Marathón)
Honduras Wilson Güity (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Víctor Zúniga (Platense)
Honduras Aly Arriola (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Félix Crisanto (Victoria)
Honduras Ozzie Bodden (Victoria)
Honduras Clayvin Zúniga (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Marlon Peña (Real España)
Honduras Carlos Morán (Motagua)
Honduras Óscar García (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Ángel Tejada (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Víctor Moncada (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Denis Suazo (Victoria)
Honduras Jairo Róchez (Victoria)
Honduras Giovanni Lazo (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Júnior Sandoval (Marathón)
Honduras Orvin Paz (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Elkin González (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Ángel Pineda (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Abner Méndez (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Miguel Castillo (Real España)
Honduras Walter Hernández (Platense)
Honduras Uberdy García (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Edgar Flores (Victoria)
Honduras John Beaumont (Platense)
Honduras Franco Güity (Real España)
Honduras Nery Medina (Motagua)
Honduras Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)
Honduras Sergio Peña (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Mauricio Castro (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Bryan Róchez (Real España)
Honduras Selvin Tinoco (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Henry Clark (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Marvin Barrios (Motagua)
Honduras Carlos Gutiérrez (Olimpia)
Honduras Bayron Méndez (Platense)
Honduras Alfredo Mejía (Motagua)
Honduras Christian Altamirano (Marathón)
Honduras Mario Berríos (Marathón)
Honduras Luis Guzmán (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Héctor García (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Jorge Lozano (Vida)
Honduras Edder Delgado (Real España)
Honduras Dicktmar Hernández (Victoria)
Uruguay Julio Rodríguez (Real España)
Honduras Luis Santamaría (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Giancarlo Maldonado (Platense)
Honduras Omar Elvir (Motagua)
Honduras Juan Mejía (Olimpia)
Honduras Bani Lozano (Platense)
Honduras Rubén Licona (Victoria)
Honduras Juan García (Olimpia)
Honduras Georgie Welcome (Motagua)
Honduras Brayan Beckeles (Olimpia)
  • 1 own goal:
Honduras Mario Chávez (Vida)
Honduras Nixon Duarte (Platense)
Honduras José Velásquez (Victoria)
Honduras Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua)
Honduras Óscar García (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Wilfredo Barahona (Real España)
Honduras César Oseguera (Motagua)
Honduras Chestyn Onofre (Vida)
Honduras Ian Osorio (Platense)
Honduras Julio Suazo (Victoria)
Honduras Henry Figueroa (Motagua)

Aggregate table

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 20 April 2013, Atlético Choloma was relegated to the Liga de Ascenso after reaching 38 points, two less than C.D.S. Vida.[15]

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Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2013. Source: [citation needed]

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