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Liga Nacional
Season2006–07
ChampionsApertura:
Motagua
Clausura:
Real España
Relegated Broncos UNAH
UNCAF Interclub Cup Motagua
Real España
Olimpia
2007–08

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: [ citation needed]

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
R Player Club GS
1 Honduras Carlo Costly Platense 10
2 Honduras Wilmer Velásquez Olimpia 9
Honduras Walter Martínez Marathón
4 Honduras Emil Martínez Marathón 8
Honduras Jairo Martínez Motagua
Brazil Pedro Santana Motagua
7 Honduras Wilson Palacios Olimpia 7
Honduras Héctor Flores Victoria
9 Brazil Marcelo Ferreira Atlético Olanchano 6
Honduras Henry Hernández Vida
Brazil Jocimar Nascimento Motagua

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 [a]
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 [b]
7 Vida 18 6 4 8 21 23 −2 22
8 Atlético Olanchano 17 5 3 9 16 23 −7 18 [b]
9 Victoria 17 3 5 9 14 22 −8 14 [b]
10 Broncos UNAH 17 0 6 11 7 39 −32 6 [b]
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2007. Source: [ citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Top 4 qualify to the Final round.
  2. ^ a b c d 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 [a] 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 [a] 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. ^ a b 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

  • Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón won 3–0 on penalty shootouts.

Final

Real España vs Marathón

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
R Player Club GS
1 Honduras Carlos Pavón Real España 15
2 Honduras Carlos Oliva Marathón 9
3 Costa Rica Erick Scott Marathón 6
Costa Rica Steven Bryce Marathón
Honduras Wilson Palacios Olimpia
Honduras Wilmer Velásquez Olimpia
Brazil Pedro Santana Motagua
8 Uruguay Óscar Torlacoff Motagua 5
Brazil Marcelo Ferreira Atlético Olanchano
Honduras Mario Romero Platense
Honduras Héctor Flores Victoria

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: [ citation needed]
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

  1. ^ RSSSF.com–Honduras 2006/07–11 December 2009