2019–20 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2019–20 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 54th Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. The tournament started in July 2019 and ended in March 2020. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. A new format will be used starting this season, each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 18 games. The first five teams will advance to the post-season (Pentagonal), where they will play each other once. If the same team wins both phases, they will be crowned champions automatically; otherwise, a final series will be scheduled between the winners of both phases. This format was last used in 1992–93.[1] At the end of the season, the three teams with the best record will qualify to the 2020 CONCACAF League.

Liga Nacional
Season2019–20
Dates27 July 2019–15 March 2020
ChampionsApertura: Olimpia
Clausura: None
RelegatedNone
CONCACAF LeagueOlimpia
Marathón
Motagua
Matches played164
Goals scored462 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerMejía (23)
Biggest home winMOT 5–0 HNP
(9 February 2020)
OLI 5–0 HNP
(12 February 2020)
RES 5–0 UPN
(22 February 2020)
OLI 5–0 MAR
(23 February 2020)
Biggest away winHNP 0–4 OLI
(27 July 2019)
PLA 0–4 MAR
(22 September 2019)
PLA 0–4 RDM
(20 October 2019)
HNP 0–4 PLA
(21 February 2020)
Highest scoringRDM 4–4 MOT
(14 August 2019)
MAR 4–4 UPN
(5 October 2019)
Longest unbeaten runMAR (9)
OLI (9)
Longest losing runHNP (9)
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

Following the 13th matchday on 15 March 2020 the Clausura tournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras.[2] On 29 April the tournament was officially cancelled with no champion declared and no team relegated.[3]

2019–20 teams

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A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2018–19 season plus C.D. Real Sociedad, promoted from the 2018–19 Liga de Ascenso.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Honduras Progreso El Progreso Estadio Humberto Micheletti 5,000
Marathón San Pedro Sula Estadio Yankel Rosenthal 15,000
Motagua Tegucigalpa Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino 35,000
Olimpia Tegucigalpa Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino 35,000
Platense Puerto Cortés Estadio Excélsior 7,910
Real de Minas Danlí Estadio Marcelo Tinoco 5,000
Real España San Pedro Sula Estadio Francisco Morazán 26,781
Real Sociedad Tocoa Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón 3,000
UPNFM Choluteca Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse 8,000
Vida La Ceiba Estadio Nilmo Edwards 18,000
  • C.D. Real de Minas is from Tegucigalpa but will play at Danlí.
  • Lobos UPNFM is from Tegucigalpa but will play at Choluteca.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Vacancy Replaced by Appointment Position in table
Real España   Carlos Restrepo Sacked 6 May 2019[4]   Hernán Medford 10 June 2019 Preseason
Olimpia   Manuel Keosseián Sacked 5 June 2019[5]   Pedro Troglio 14 June 2019[6] Preseason
Vida   Héctor Castellón Resigned 10 June 2019   Washington Araujo 20 June 2019[7] Preseason
Honduras Progreso   Luís Alvarado Sacked 16 August 2019   Horacio Londoño 16 August 2019 10th
Platense   José Torres Sacked 2 September 2019   Héctor Castellón 3 September 2019 9th[8]
Real Sociedad   Mauro Reyes Sacked 16 September 2019   Carlos Tábora 16 September 2019 10th[9]
Real España   Hernán Medford Resigned 23 September 2019   Luis Ordóñez 24 September 2019 8th[10]
Honduras Progreso   Horacio Londoño Sacked 4 October 2019 TBD TBA 9th
Real España   Luis Ordóñez Separated 7 October 2019   Ramiro Martínez 7 October 2019 7th[11]

Apertura

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The Apertura tournament was the first half of the 2019–20 season which ran from July to December 2019. On 10 November, C.D. Olimpia secured their third straight spot in the final series after defeating C.D. Marathón 1–0 at Tegucigalpa.[12] Olimpia, Marathón, F.C. Motagua, Lobos UPNFM and C.D.S. Vida advanced to the Pentagonal stage.[13] After seven tournaments, Olimpia was able to stop the drought and won the Apertura tournament after winning both the regular season and post-season.[14]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 14 2 2 37 12 +25 44 Advance to Pentagonal and Final
2 Marathón 18 12 4 2 39 17 +22 40 Advance to Pentagonal
3 Motagua 18 9 4 5 26 21 +5 31
4 UPNFM 18 7 5 6 24 23 +1 26
5 Vida 18 7 4 7 24 24 0 25
6 Real de Minas 18 7 2 9 25 29 −4 23
7 Real España 18 5 7 6 26 25 +1 22
8 Platense 18 6 3 9 28 36 −8 21
9 Real Sociedad 18 2 4 12 12 30 −18 10
10 Honduras Progreso 18 3 1 14 12 36 −24 10
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away HNP MAR MOT OLI PLA RDM RES RSO UPN VID
Honduras Progreso 1–3 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3
Marathón 4–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–4 0–0
Motagua 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1
Olimpia 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Platense 0–1 0–4 2–3 2–1 0–4 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0
Real de Minas 1–0 0–1 4–4 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–0
Real España 3–0 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–2 0–2
Real Sociedad 0–1 2–5 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–3
UPNFM 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2
Vida 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 3–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2019. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Postseason

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8 9 Apertura winners
2 Motagua 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9
3 Vida 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
4 UPNFM 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
5 Marathón 4 0 2 2 5 10 −5 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away MAR MOT OLI UPN VID
Marathón 1–2 2–2
Motagua 3–0 5–2
Olimpia 4–0 2–0
UPNFM 2–2 0–3
Vida 2–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2019. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Final

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The final series were scheduled to be played between the winners of the regular season and the Final 5 Stage (Pentagonal). Since C.D. Olimpia won both phases, no finals were necessary.

Clausura

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The Clausura tournament was the second half of the 2019–20 season which runs from January to March 2020.

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Motagua 13 8 3 2 25 10 +15 27
2 Marathón 13 7 3 3 25 18 +7 24
3 Olimpia 13 6 4 3 26 15 +11 22
4 Real España 13 7 0 6 20 13 +7 21
5 Vida 12 3 8 1 13 10 +3 17
6 Real de Minas 13 5 2 6 16 18 −2 17
7 Real Sociedad 12 3 5 4 13 17 −4 14
8 Platense 13 3 3 7 16 24 −8 12
9 UPNFM 13 1 7 5 8 18 −10 10
10 Honduras Progreso 13 1 5 7 10 29 −19 8
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

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Home \ Away HNP MAR MOT OLI PLA RDM RES RSO UPN VID
Honduras Progreso 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–1
Marathón 1–0 a 1–2 5–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–2
Motagua 5–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–0
Olimpia 5–0 5–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 a 1–1
Platense 4–1 2–4 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
Real de Minas 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–0
Real España a 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 0–2
Real Sociedad 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 1–0 1–0 1–1
UPNFM 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1
Vida 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Postseason

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Results

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Top goalscorers

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The top goalscorer will be determined by the addition of goals of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

As of 15 March 2020
  • 23 goals:
  • 17 goals:
  • 15 goals:
  • 14 goals:
  • 13 goals:
  • 11 goals:
  • 10 goals:
  • 9 goals:
  • 8 goals:
  • 7 goals:
  • 6 goals:
  • 5 goals:
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
  Cristian Maidana (Olimpia)
  Selvin Guevara (Real España)
  Marcelo Pereira (Motagua)
  Ángel Velásquez (Platense)
  Marcelo Canales (Vida)
  Deyron Martínez (Real Sociedad)
  Allans Vargas (Real España)
  Franklin Flores (Real España)
  Sebastián Colón (Real de Minas)
  Denil Maldonado (Motagua)
  Jesús Rivera (Vida)
  Pedro Mencía (Honduras Progreso)
  Axel Gómez (Olimpia)
  Víctor Moncada (UPNFM)
  Mayron Flores (Marathón)
  Júnior Padilla (UPNFM)
  Luís Meléndez (Vida)
  Sony Fernández (UPNFM)
  Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua)
  Carlos Róchez (Marathón)
  Erick Peña (Honduras Progreso)
  Kendrick Cárcamo (Real Sociedad)
  Danny Mejía (Real Sociedad)
  José Reyes (Olimpia)
  Horacio Argueta (Vida)
  Dennis Lagos (UPNFM)
  Edwin Rodríguez (Olimpia)
  Gerson Rodas (Honduras Progreso)
  Rody Meléndez (Real España)
  Julio Moncada (Platense)
  José López (Marathón)
  Jeffry Miranda (Marathón)
  Aldo Fajardo (Platense)
  Jonathan Ferrari (Olimpia)
  German Mejía (Olimpia)
  Wilmer Crisanto (Motagua)
  Juan Delgado (Honduras Progreso)
  Samuel Elvir (UPNFM)
  Samuel Lucas (Honduras Progreso)
  Carlos Perdomo (Marathón)
  Wilmer Fuentes (Real Sociedad)
  César Guillén (Vida)
  Luis Palma (Vida)
  Yaudel Lahera (Honduras Progreso)
  Darwin Andino (Real de Minas)
  Jorge Claros (Real España)
  Jeffri Flores (Platense)
  Cristian Alessandrini (Vida)
  Bayron Méndez (Real Sociedad)
  José Cañete (Olimpia)
  Pedro González (Olimpia)
  Henry Figueroa (Marathón)
  Jorge Saldívar (Honduras Progreso)
  Hilder Colón (Honduras Progreso)
  Joshua Vargas (Platense)
  Víctor Araúz (Platense)
  Santiago Correa (Real España)
  Deybi Flores (Olimpia)
  Óscar García (Real de Minas)
  Diego Rodríguez (Real de Minas)
  Carlos Lanza (Vida)
  Sendel Cruz (UPNFM)
  Dábirson Castillo (Platense)
  Ted Bodden (UPNFM)
  Luís Guzmán (Real de Minas)
  • 1 own-goal:

Aggregate table

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Relegation will be determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Olimpia 31 20 6 5 63 27 +36 66
2 Marathón 31 19 7 5 64 35 +29 64
3 Motagua 31 17 7 7 51 31 +20 58
4 Real España 31 12 7 12 46 38 +8 43
5 Vida 30 10 12 8 37 34 +3 42
6 Real de Minas 31 12 4 15 41 47 −6 40
7 UPNFM 31 8 12 11 32 41 −9 36
8 Platense 31 9 6 16 44 60 −16 33
9 Real Sociedad 30 5 9 16 25 47 −22 24
10 Honduras Progreso 31 4 6 21 22 65 −43 18
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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References

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