Liga Nacional
Season2006–07
ChampionsApertura:
Motagua
Clausura:
Real España
RelegatedBroncos UNAH
UNCAF Interclub CupMotagua
Real España
Olimpia

The 2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd edition of the Honduran top division. C.D. Motagua and Real C.D. España won the Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively.[1]

2006–07 teams

Apertura

The Apertura tournament for the 2006–07 season started on 12 August 2006 with the 2–1 Club Deportivo Olimpia's away victory over C.D. Victoria at the Estadio Nilmo Edwards. C.D. Motagua as Apertura winners qualified to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 10 5 3 26 14 +12 35 Qualified to the Final round
2 Motagua 18 9 4 5 27 22 +5 31
3 Hispano 18 7 9 2 25 14 +11 30
4 Marathón 18 8 6 4 30 20 +10 30
5 Platense 18 7 8 3 32 29 +3 29
6 Atlético Olanchano 18 6 5 7 24 25 1 23
7 Real España 18 5 6 7 18 20 2 21
8 Victoria 18 5 4 9 21 28 7 19
9 Broncos UNAH 18 3 5 10 17 26 9 14
10 Vida 18 3 2 13 17 39 22 11
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2006. Source:

Results

As of 26 November 2006
Home \ Away OLA BUN HIS MAR MOT OLI PLA RES VIC VID
Atlético Olanchano 2–1 1–1 0–3 3–0 0–2 2–2 3–2 2–2 3–1
Broncos UNAH 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
Hispano 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 5–0 3–1
Marathón 0–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–3 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–0
Motagua 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–1 2–0
Olimpia 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0
Platense 2–2 4–3 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 3–2 1–0 3–1
Real España 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0
Victoria 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–0
Vida 3–2 1–0 1–3 2–5 0–2 1–4 2–2 1–0 1–2
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Marathón
2 December 2006 1st leg Marathón 2–1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Martínez 23'
Segales 79'
Report Emílio 36' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Referee: Henry Ramírez

6 December 2006 2nd leg Olimpia 2–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Palacios 36'
Arévalo 58'
Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 12,144
Referee: Mario Moncada
  • Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate score.
Motagua vs Hispano
2 December 2006 1st leg Hispano 2–1 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Diduch 24'
Castro 86'
Report Santana 28' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Attendance: 6,928
Referee: Marcio Carranza

7 December 2006 2nd leg Motagua 5–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Martínez 12' 31'
Torlacoff 23'
Guzmán 36'
Santana 85' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 13,365
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
  • Motagua won 6–2 on aggregate score.

Final

Olimpia vs Motagua
10 December 2006 1st leg Motagua 1–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Bernárdez 13' Report Velásquez 11' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 32,055
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

17 December 2006 2nd leg Olimpia 1–3 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Figueroa 21' Report Bernárdez 40'
Nascimento 56'
Guzmán 90+1'
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 38,256
Referee: Mario Moncada
Olimpia
Motagua
  • Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.
 2006–07 Apertura champion 
Motagua
11th title

Awards

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

  • Rookie of the year:
    Henry Bermúdez
    Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Records

Top goalscorers

As of 17 December 2006
RPlayerClubGS
1Honduras Carlo CostlyPlatense10
2Honduras Wilmer VelásquezOlimpia9
Honduras Walter MartínezMarathón
4Honduras Emil MartínezMarathón8
Honduras Jairo MartínezMotagua
Brazil Pedro SantanaMotagua
7Honduras Wilson PalaciosOlimpia7
Honduras Héctor FloresVictoria
9Brazil Marcelo FerreiraAtlético Olanchano6
Honduras Henry HernándezVida
Brazil Jocimar NascimentoMotagua

Clausura

Honduras Clausura 2006-07 is the closing season of Liga Nacional de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. It followed the 2006–07 Honduras Apertura season. This is tournament # 50 of Liga Nacional de Honduras. The winner qualified for the 2007 UNCAF Club Tournament. It started January 13 and ended on 19 May.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real España 18 11 4 3 27 10 +17 37 Qualified to the Final round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Marathón 18 11 3 4 32 16 +16 36
3 Olimpia 18 11 3 4 26 12 +14 36
4 Motagua 18 10 1 7 31 26 +5 31
5 Hispano 18 6 5 7 21 19 +2 23
6 Platense 17 7 2 8 17 22 5 23[lower-alpha 2]
7 Vida 18 6 4 8 21 23 2 22
8 Atlético Olanchano 17 5 3 9 16 23 7 18[lower-alpha 2]
9 Victoria 17 3 5 9 14 22 8 14[lower-alpha 2]
10 Broncos UNAH 17 0 6 11 7 39 32 6[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2007. Source:
Notes:
  1. Top 4 qualify to the Final round.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

Results

As of 29 April 2007
Home \ Away OLA BUN HIS MAR MOT OLI PLA RES VIC VID
Atlético Olanchano 5–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–3
Broncos UNAH 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0
Hispano 2–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–1
Marathón 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 3–0
Motagua 5–1 1–0 0–1 3–4 0–4 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2
Olimpia 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1
Platense 2–1 [lower-alpha 1] 2–0 3–2 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2
Real España 1–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–2
Victoria [lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Vida 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

Final round

Semifinals

Real España vs Motagua
2 May 2007 1st leg Motagua 1–3 Real España Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Santana 66' (pen.) Report Pavón 12' 33' (pen.) 59' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 10,634
Referee: Benigno Pineda

5 May 2007 2nd leg Real España 1–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Pavón 17' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Mario Moncada
  • Real España won 4–1 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Olimpia
3 May 2007 1st leg Olimpia 2–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Pacini 43'
Henríquez 64' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 12,153
Referee: José Sandoval

6 May 2007 2nd leg Marathón 2–0
(3–0 p)
Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Martínez 2'
Santamaría 77'
Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 13,799
Referee: Óscar Bardales
Penalties
Martínez soccer ball with check mark
Scott soccer ball with check mark
Bryce soccer ball with check mark
Palacios soccer ball with red X
Morales soccer ball with red X
Thomas soccer ball with red X
  • Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón won 3–0 on penalty shootouts.

Final

Real España vs Marathón
13 May 2007 1st leg Marathón 2–1 Real España San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00) Bryce 41'
Segales 62'
Report Pavón 35' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 16,809
Referee: Mario Moncada

19 May 2007 2nd leg Real España 3–1 Marathón San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Pavón 48'
Núñez 78'
Ferreira 83'
Report Martínez 74' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Attendance: 19,661
Referee: Benigno Pineda
Real España
Marathón
  • Real España won 4–3 on aggregate score.
 2006–07 Clausura champion 
Real España
9th title

Top goalscorers

As of 19 May 2007
RPlayerClubGS
1Honduras Carlos PavónReal España15
2Honduras Carlos OlivaMarathón9
3Costa Rica Erick ScottMarathón6
Costa Rica Steven BryceMarathón
Honduras Wilson PalaciosOlimpia
Honduras Wilmer VelásquezOlimpia
Brazil Pedro SantanaMotagua
8Uruguay Óscar TorlacoffMotagua5
Brazil Marcelo FerreiraAtlético Olanchano
Honduras Mario RomeroPlatense
Honduras Héctor FloresVictoria

Awards

Relegation table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 36 21 8 7 52 26 +26 71
2 Marathón 36 19 9 8 62 36 +26 66
3 Motagua 36 19 5 12 58 48 +10 62
4 Real España 36 16 10 10 45 30 +15 58
5 Hispano 36 13 14 9 46 33 +13 53
6 Platense 35 14 10 11 49 51 2 52
7 Atlético Olanchano 35 11 8 16 40 48 8 41
8 Victoria 35 8 9 18 35 50 15 33
9 Vida 36 9 6 21 38 62 24 33
10 Broncos UNAH (R) 35 3 11 21 24 65 41 20 Relegation to Second division
Updated to match(es) played on 2007-04-29. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

This team was promoted from Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso for the next season:

Trivia

  • The final is the second final with a clasico sampedrano, 26 years after the first.
  • After seven consecutive finals, Olimpia did not participate in this tournament's final.
  • This is tournament # 50 of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras.

References

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