2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season2007–08
ChampionsApertura:
Marathón
Clausura:
Olimpia
RelegatedAtlético Olanchano
Champions LeagueMarathón
Olimpia
Matches played192
Top goalscorerApertura:
Martínez
Clausura:
Velásquez

The 2007–08 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008.[1] The season was split into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) which defined the 51st and 52nd national champions in the history of the league. C.D. Marathón and Club Deportivo Olimpia as winners of each tournament qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

2007–08 teams

Deportes Savio from Santa Rosa de Copán was promoted from the 2006–07 Liga de Ascenso.[2]

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from 11 August to 22 December 2007. C.D. Marathón captured its 6th domestic league.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 18 10 5 3 27 16 +11 35 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Motagua 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32
3 Victoria 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31
4 Olimpia 18 6 9 3 19 13 +6 27
5 Deportes Savio 18 5 7 6 14 15 −1 22
6 Real España 18 6 4 8 22 25 −3 22
7 Hispano 18 5 6 7 19 22 −3 21
8 Vida 18 4 8 6 18 22 −4 20
9 Platense 18 3 6 9 17 28 −11 15
10 Atlético Olanchano 18 3 4 11 15 29 −14 13
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2007. Source: [citation needed]

Results

As of 25 November 2007
Home \ Away OLA SAV HIS MAR MOT OLI PLA RES VIC VID
Atlético Olanchano 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 3–1
Deportes Savio 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Hispano 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–3
Marathón 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0
Motagua 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 3–1 2–4 1–0 2–0
Olimpia 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Platense 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–3 3–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0
Real España 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–1
Victoria 4–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Vida 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Marathón vs Olimpia
2 December 2007 1st leg Olimpia 1–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Kardeck 59' Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 9,467
Referee: Benigno Pineda
8 December 2007 2nd leg Marathón 2–1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Norales 20'
Martínez 72'		 Report Tilguath 45+1' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 18,638
Referee: Mario Moncada
  • Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.
Motagua vs Victoria
1 December 2007 1st leg Victoria 1–1 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Rosales 20' Report Guevara 2' Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 9,634
Referee: José Molina
9 December 2007 2nd leg Motagua 2–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Rodas 41'
Guevara 84'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 11,899
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
  • Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Marathón vs Motagua
16 December 2007 1st leg Motagua 0–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 16,042
Referee: José Molina
22 December 2007 2nd leg Marathón 2–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Brown 1'
Scott 78'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 26,596
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
Marathón
Motagua
  • Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate score.


 Liga Nacional
2007–08 Apertura champion 
C.D. Marathón
6th title

Top goalscorers

As of 22 December 2007

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from 12 January to 24 May 2008. C.D. Olimpia captured its 21st domestic league.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 9 6 3 28 13 +15 33 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Marathón 18 9 3 6 30 23 +7 30
3 Real España 18 8 4 6 26 22 +4 28
4 Motagua 18 8 3 7 23 19 +4 27
5 Hispano 18 7 5 6 24 25 −1 26
6 Victoria 18 6 6 6 17 17 0 24
7 Atlético Olanchano 18 6 3 9 19 25 −6 21
8 Platense 18 5 5 8 18 24 −6 20
9 Deportes Savio 18 4 7 7 18 24 −6 19
10 Vida 18 4 6 8 18 29 −11 18
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: [citation needed]

Results

As of 3 May 2008
Home \ Away OLA SAV HIS MAR MOT OLI PLA RES VIC VID
Atlético Olanchano 3–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 3–0
Deportes Savio 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–1
Hispano 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
Marathón 2–1 2–1 5–2 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–1
Motagua 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Olimpia 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0
Platense 3–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0
Real España 1–0 4–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1
Victoria 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1
Vida 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–3
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua
7 May 2008 1st leg Motagua 1–4 Olimpia Danlí, El Paraíso
15:00 (UTC−06:00) Matamoros 47' Report Bruschi 21'
Thomas 49'
R. Núñez 54'
M. Núñez 78'		 Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco
Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Mario Moncada
10 May 2008 2nd leg Olimpia 3–1 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
19:00 (UTC−06:00) Turcios 19'
Bruschi 42'
Velásquez 62'		 Report Nascimento 38' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Referee: Beningno Pineda
  • Olimpia won 7–2 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Real España
7 May 2008 1st leg Real España 1–3 Marathón San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00) Lalín 71' Report da Silva 42'
Henríquez 54'
Güity 75'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 10,562
Referee: Óscar Moncada
10 May 2008 2nd leg Marathón 2–4 Real España San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06:00) Güity 4'
Ferreira 80'		 Report Lalín 22'
Valladares 43'
Ferreira 50'
Obelar 90+1' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 7,553
Referee: José Molina
  • Marathón 5–5 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón
18 May 2008 1st leg Marathón 1–1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Cortés
17:00 (UTC−06:00) Furtado 68' Report Turcios 35' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: José Molina
Marathón
Olimpia
24 May 2008 2nd leg Olimpia 1–0 Marathón Comayagua, Comayagua
16:00 (UTC−06:00) Velásquez 60' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Attendance: 9,474
Referee: Mario Moncada
Olimpia
Marathón
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.


 Liga Nacional
2007–08 Clausura champion 
C.D. Olimpia
21st title

Top goalscorers

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Aggregate table

Atlético Olanchano made the fewest points in the aggregated table from both Apertura and Clausura regular seasons, thereby were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 36 19 8 9 57 39 +18 65 Qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Olimpia 36 15 15 6 47 26 +21 60
3 Motagua 36 17 8 11 51 38 +13 59
4 Victoria 36 13 16 7 39 29 +10 55
5 Real España 36 14 8 14 48 47 +1 50
6 Hispano 36 12 11 13 43 47 −4 47
7 Deportes Savio 36 9 14 13 32 39 −7 41
8 Vida 36 8 14 14 36 51 −15 38
9 Platense 36 8 11 17 35 52 −17 35
10 Atlético Olanchano 36 9 7 20 34 54 −20 34 Relegated to the 2008–09 Liga de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ RSSSF.com–Honduras 2007/08–11 December 2009
  2. ^ RSSSF.com–Honduras 2006/07–11 December 2009