Liga Nacional

Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: Olimpia Clausura: Olimpia
Relegated	Atlético Choloma
Champions League	Olimpia Victoria
Matches played	200
Goals scored	489 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Rojas (10) Clausura: Martínez (12)
Biggest home win	Motagua 6–0 Deportes Savio (6 March 2013)
Biggest away win	Real España 1–4 Motagua (16 November 2012)
Highest scoring	Victoria 4–3 Real España (24 February 2013)
Longest unbeaten run	Olimpia (13)
Longest losing run	Marathón (4) Real Sociedad (4) Vida (4)
← 2011–12 2013–14 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2013.

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.

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.

Atlético Choloma	Deportes Savio	Marathón	Motagua	Olimpia
Platense	Real España	Real Sociedad	Victoria	Vida

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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	6	1	32	10	+22	39	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Victoria	18	8	7	3	22	12	+10	31
3	Motagua	18	6	8	4	21	15	+6	26	Qualification to the Second round
4	Marathón	18	6	5	7	21	26	−5	23
5	Atlético Choloma	18	5	7	6	29	28	+1	22
6	Real España	18	5	6	7	21	22	−1	21
7	Vida	18	5	6	7	24	35	−11	21
8	Platense	18	4	8	6	15	22	−7	20
9	Deportes Savio	18	5	4	9	16	23	−7	19
10	Real Sociedad	18	4	5	9	13	21	−8	17

As of 11 November 2012

• 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]

Real España

Motagua

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Motagua

Real España

• Motagua won 7–3 on aggregate score.

Atlético Choloma

Marathón

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Marathón

Atlético Choloma

• Marathón 2–2 Atlético Choloma on aggregate score; Atlético Choloma advanced on away goals.

Atlético Choloma

Olimpia

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Olimpia

Atlético Choloma

• Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Motagua

Victoria

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Victoria

Motagua

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

Victoria

Olimpia

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Olimpia

Victoria

• Olimpia won 4–0 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 2012–13 Apertura champion
C.D. Olimpia 26th title

As of 16 December 2012

• 10 goals:

• 8 goals:

• 7 goals:

• 5 goals:

• 4 goals:

• 3 goals:

• 2 goals:

• 1 goal:

• 1 own goal:

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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	9	6	3	26	14	+12	33	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Real Sociedad	18	8	6	4	23	13	+10	30
3	Victoria	18	6	7	5	24	25	−1	25	Qualification to the Second round
4	Marathón	18	5	9	4	26	21	+5	24
5	Platense	18	7	3	8	21	24	−3	24
6	Deportes Savio	18	6	5	7	23	30	−7	23
7	Motagua	18	6	4	8	27	23	+4	22
8	Real España	18	5	7	6	18	22	−4	22
9	Vida	18	4	7	7	17	29	−12	19
10	Atlético Choloma	18	2	10	6	24	28	−4	16

As of 20 April 2013

Deportes Savio

Victoria

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Victoria

Deportes Savio

• Victoria won 3–2 on aggregate score.

Platense

Marathón

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Marathón

Platense

• Platense won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Platense

Olimpia

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Olimpia

Platense

• Olimpia 0–0 Platense on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better regular season performance.

Victoria

Real Sociedad

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Real Sociedad

Victoria

• Real Sociedad won 5–2 on aggregate score.

Real Sociedad

Olimpia

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Olimpia

Real Sociedad

• Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 2012–13 Clausura champion
C.D. Olimpia 27th title

As of 19 May 2013

• 12 goals:

• 11 goals:

• 9 goals:

• 6 goals:

• 5 goals:

• 4 goals:

• 3 goals:

• 2 goals:

• 1 goal:

• 1 own goal:

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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	20	12	4	58	24	+34	72	Qualified to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Victoria	36	14	14	8	46	37	+9	56
3	Motagua	36	12	12	12	48	38	+10	48
4	Marathón	36	11	14	11	47	45	+2	47
5	Real Sociedad	36	12	11	13	36	34	+2	47
6	Platense	36	11	11	14	36	46	−10	44
7	Real España	36	10	13	13	39	44	−5	43
8	Deportes Savio	36	11	9	16	39	53	−14	42
9	Vida	36	9	13	14	41	64	−23	40
10	Atlético Choloma	36	7	17	12	53	56	−3	38	Relegation to the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso

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