2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: TBD Clausura: TBD
Relegated	TBD
Champions League	TBD
Matches played	96
Goals scored	267 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zalazar (13)
Biggest home win	HNP 4–1 RSO PLA 4–1 HNP RES 4–1 HNP JUT 4–1 HNP MOT 4–1 VID
Biggest away win	HNP 3–5 PLA
Highest scoring	HNP 3–5 PLA
Longest unbeaten run	Platense (10)
Longest losing run	Social Sol (7)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 1 December 2016.

The 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional season will be the 51st Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format will remain the same as the previous season. The tournament is scheduled to begin on July 2016^[1] and end on May 2017.

2016–17 teams

Location of teams in 2016–17 season

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2015–16 season plus C.D. Social Sol, promoted from the 2015–16 Liga de Ascenso.^[2]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Honduras Progreso	El Progreso	Estadio Humberto Micheletti	5,000
Juticalpa	Juticalpa	Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas	20,000
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 España	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Francisco Morazán	26,781
Real Sociedad	Tocoa	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón	3,000
Social Sol	Olanchito	Estadio San Jorge	3,000
Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Vacancy	Replaced by	Appointment	Position in table
Platense	Ariel Sena	Resigned	13 May 2016^[3]	Reynaldo Clavasquín	30 May 2016^[4]	Preseason
Real España	Miguel Falero	Resigned^[5]	17 May 2016	Mauro Reyes^[6]	27 May 2016	Preseason
Real Sociedad	Mauro Reyes	Resigned	27 May 2016	Marvin Solano^[7]	3 June 2016	Preseason
Real Sociedad	Marvin Solano	Sacked	17 August 2016	Carlos Martínez^[8]	25 August 2016	8th
Social Sol	Carlos Caballero	Sacked	19 September 2016	Horacio Londoño^[9]	20 September 2016	10th
Social Sol	Horacio Londoño	Resigned^[10]	10 October 2016	TBA	TBA	10th
Juticalpa	Wilmer Cruz	Resigned	19 November 2016	Jorge Pineda	24 November 2016^[11]	8th

Apertura

The Apertura tournament is the first half of the 2016–17 season which will run from 29 July to 17 December 2016.^[12] The fixture was unveiled on 9 July.^[13] C.D. Social Sol made its official debut in Liga Nacional on 29 July when they lost 3–2 to Club Deportivo Olimpia at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino.^[14] C.D. Real Sociedad's Marvin Solano became the first manager to get sacked after only four weeks the season started. On week 10, C.D. Motagua and C.D. Honduras Progreso draw 0–0 in Catacamas; in such game, Melissa Borjas became the first female referee in Liga Nacional's history to enforce the laws in an official game.^[15]

Regular season

Standings

As of 19 November 2016


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	12	3	3	35	21	+14	39	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Platense	18	9	5	4	37	26	+11	32	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	Real España	18	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31	Qualification to the Second round
4	Motagua	18	7	7	4	30	24	+6	28
5	Marathón	18	6	6	6	22	22	0	24
6	Real Sociedad	18	6	6	6	23	24	−1	24
7	Honduras Progreso	18	7	3	8	23	31	−8	24
8	Juticalpa	18	3	9	6	24	26	−2	18
9	Vida	18	3	6	9	13	25	−12	15
10	Social Sol	18	2	3	13	12	29	−17	9

Results

As of 19 November 2016

Home \ Away^[1]	HNP	JUT	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RSO	SOC	VID
Honduras Progreso		1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	3–5	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0
Juticalpa	4–1		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Marathón	2–2	2–2		3–1	2–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1
Motagua	0–0	2–2	3–1		1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1
Olimpia	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1		3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1
Platense	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	2–2		1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0
Real España	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–0		2–1	2–1	3–0
Real Sociedad	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	3–2		1–1	1–1
Social Sol	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–1		0–0
Vida	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Postseason

Results

Playoffs					Semifinals			Finals

					1	Olimpia	0
4	Motagua	2	1	3	4	Motagua	1
5	Marathón	1	2	3				1	TBD
								2	TBD
					2	Platense	1
3	Real España	3	2	5	3	Real España	1
6	Real Sociedad	2	1	3

24 November 2016 Playoffs	Real Sociedad	2–3	Real España	Tocoa, Colón
14:00 CST	H. Martínez 52' R. Martínez 58' Starting XI (GK) Reyes – 27 Paz – 2 Matute – 3 Colón – 4 R. Martínez – 11 Peña – 13 36' Solórzano – 14 89' Salgado – 15 Melgares – 17 Gutierres – 23 Arzú – 31 Substitutes 36' H. Martínez – 16 89' C. Martínez – 8 Coach C. Martínez (HON)	Report	29' Zalazar 57' 61' López Starting XI 22 – L. López (GK) 2 – Chávez 10 – Ursino 64' 13 – Vargas 14 – Altamirano 68' 16 – Zalazar 19 – I. López 78' 20 – Arévalo 23 – Delgado 28 – Oseguera 44 – Barahona Substitutes 7 – Borjas 64' 9 – Arita 68' 5 – Velásquez 78' Coach (HON) Reyes	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

27 November 2016 Playoffs	Real España	2–1	Real Sociedad	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 CST	Cardozo 2' Zalazar 40' Starting XI (GK) L. López – 22 Chávez – 2 57' Acosta – 6 Vargas – 13 79' Altamirano – 14 56' Zalazar – 16 Arévalo – 20 Delgado – 23 Oseguera – 28 Cardozo – 35 Barahona – 44 Substitutes 56' Ursino – 10 57' I. López – 19 79' Borjas – 7 Coach Reyes (HON)	Report	42' Arzú Starting XI 27 – Reyes (GK) 2 – Paz 3 – Matute 4 – Colón 6 – Barralaga 67' 11 – R. Martínez 13 – Peña 14 – Solórzano 59' 15 – Salgado 23 – Gutierres 31 – Arzú Substitutes 16 – H. Martínez 59' 17 – Melgares 67' Coach (HON) C. Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Óscar Moncada

Real España won 5–3 on aggregated score.

23 November 2016 Playoffs	Marathón	1–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Reyes 55' Starting XI 9' (GK) Bodden – 1 Córdova – 3 Puerto – 6 Córdoba – 9 López – 12 Fuentes – 17 Reyes – 11 70' Berríos – 19 Munive – 24 Mejía – 30 46' Suazo – 43 Substitutes 9' (GK) Torres – 25 46' W. Martínez – 8 70' E. Martínez – 7 Coach Pavón (HON)	Report	4' Montes 90+1' Crisanto Starting XI 1 – Fonseca (GK) 2 – Montes 3 – Figueroa 6 – Mayorquín 7 – Discua 75' 9 – Castillo 10 – Andino 61' 16 – Castellanos 23 – Pucheta 27 – Crisanto 31 – Bernárdez 66' Substitutes 5 – Pereira 61' 24 – Elvir 66' 11 – Vega 75' Coach (ARG) Vásquez	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Said Martínez

27 November 2016 Playoffs	Motagua	1–2	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Castillo 90+8' (pen.) Starting XI (GK) Fonseca – 1 Montes – 2 Figueroa – 3 75' Mayorquí – 6 Discua – 7 Castillo – 9 Castellanos – 16 46' W. Crisanto – 18 Vergara – 22 F. Crisanto – 27 46' Bernárdez – 31 Substitutes 46' Pereira – 5 46' Elvir – 24 75' Flores – 8 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	45+3' Reyes 88' Puerto Starting XI 1 – Bodden (GK) 3 – Córdova 9 – Córdoba 74' 11 – Reyes 12 – López 17 – Fuentes 19 – Berríos 64' 20 – Vargas 24 – Munive 30 – Mejía 46 – Suazo Substitutes 6 – Puerto 64' 10 – Silva 74' Coach (HON) Pavón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Motagua 3–3 Marathón; Motagua advanced on regular season performance.

1 December 2016 Semifinals	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 CST	Andino 57' Starting XI (GK) Fonseca – 1 Montes – 2 Figueroa – 3 Pereira – 5 Discua – 7 Castillo – 9 55' Vega – 11 Castellanos – 16 75' Vergara – 22 Elvir – 24 76' F. Crisanto – 27 Substitutes 55' Andino – 10 75' Mayorquín – 6 76' W. Crisanto – 18 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	Starting XI 28 – Escober (GK) 2 – Álvarez 3 – Güity 8 – Garrido 12 – Johnson 13 – Costly 14 – Fonseca 16 – Rodas 62' 26 – Salas 78' 31 – Quioto 33 – Chirinos 72' Substitutes 10 – Méndez 62' 7 – Mejía 72' – Tobías 78' Coach (ARG) Vargas	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Raúl Castro

4 December 2016 Semifinals	Olimpia	v	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

1 December 2016 Semifinals	Real España	1–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Zalazar 54' Starting XI (GK) L. López – 22 Chávez – 2 Acosta – 6 62' Ursino – 10 Vargas – 13 Altamirano – 14 Zalazar – 16 Delgado – 23 Oseguera – 28 86' Benavídez – 38 Barahona – 44 Substitutes 62' López – 19 86' Cardozo – 35 Coach Reyes (HON)	Report	7' Castillo Starting XI 1 – Pineda (GK) 2 – Castro 4 – Montes 5 – Castillo 6 – Palacios 7 – Álvarez 46' 9 – Lobo 66' 11 – Hay 14 – Reyes 16 – Cardona 43' 30 – Dixon Substitutes 23 – Andrade 43' 12 – Vargas 46' 17 – Norales 66' Coach (HON) Clavasquín	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Miguel Torres

4 December 2016 Semifinals	Platense	v	Real España	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Clausura

The Clausura tournament is the second half of the 2016–17 season.

Regular season

Standings

As of 12 June 2016


Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Honduras Progreso	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Juticalpa	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	Marathón	Qualification to the Second round
4	Motagua
5	Olimpia
6	Platense
7	Real España
8	Real Sociedad
9	Social Sol
10	Vida

Results

As of 12 June 2016

Home \ Away^[1]	HNP	JUT	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RSO	SOC	VID
Honduras Progreso									a
Juticalpa
Marathón				a	a		a
Motagua			a		a		a
Olimpia			a	a			a
Platense
Real España			a	a	a
Real Sociedad
Social Sol	a
Vida

Source: Soccerway
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Postseason

Results

Playoffs		Semifinals		Finals

		1	TBD
6	TBD	4	TBD
3	TBD			1	TBD
				2	TBD
		2	TBD
5	TBD	3	TBD
4	TBD

Top goalscorers

As of 1 December 2016

13 goals:

Domingo Zalazar (Real España)

10 goals:

Roby Norales (Platense)

Rony Martínez (Real Sociedad)

9 goals:

Ángel Tejeda (Honduras Progreso)

Román Castillo (Motagua)

8 goals:

Brunet Hay (Platense)

Javier Estupiñán (Olimpia)

7 goals:

Carlos Lanza (Juticalpa)

Romell Quioto (Olimpia)

6 goals:

Luis Lobo (Platense)

Diego Reyes (Marathón)

Charles Córdoba (Marathón)

Iván López (Real España)

5 goals:

Bryan Róchez (Real España)

Carlo Costly (Olimpia)

Erick Andino (Motagua)

4 goals:

Juan Montes (Motagua)

Henry Martínez (Real Sociedad)

Carlos Discua (Motagua)

Claudio Cardozo (Real España)

Michaell Chirinos (Olimpia)

3 goals:

Esdras Padilla (Juticalpa)

Juan Ocampo (Juticalpa)

Jorge Cardona (Honduras Progreso)

Carlos Ramírez (Social Sol)

Pablo Arzú (Real Sociedad)

Rony Flores (Juticalpa)

Jeancarlos Vargas (Platense)

Alexander Aguilar (Juticalpa)

Walter Martínez (Marathón)

Cholby Martínez (Vida)

Édgar Álvarez (Platense)

Wilmer Crisanto (Motagua)

Bayron Méndez (Olimpia)

Marco Vega (Motagua)

2 goals:

Edder Delgado (Real España)

Aldo Oviedo (Juticalpa)

Óscar Salas (Olimpia)

Cristopher Urmeneta (Social Sol)

Luciano Ursino (Real España)

Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)

Brayan Velásquez (Vida)

Víctor Moncada (Honduras Progreso)

Kenrick Cárcamo (Real Sociedad)

César Guillén (Vida)

Bryan Acosta (Real España)

John Suazo (Marathón)

Félix Crisanto (Motagua)

Frédixon Elvir (Honduras Progreso)

Néstor Martínez (Platense)

Juan Rodríguez (Marathón)

Israel Silva (Marathón)

Santiago Vergara (Motagua)

Richard Dixon (Platense)

1 goal:

Leonardo Isaula (Honduras Progreso)

Osman Chávez (Real España)

Gerson Díaz (Social Sol)

José Fonseca (Olimpia)

Getsel Montes (Platense)

Kevin Álvarez (Olimpia)

Roy Smith (Honduras Progreso)

Henrry Clark (Real Sociedad)

Cristopher Anariba (Honduras Progreso)

Nissi Sauceda (Vida)

Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)

Elvin Casildo (Olimpia)

Nixon Duarte (Honduras Progreso)

Mario Berríos (Marathón)

Jairo Puerto (Marathón)

Juan Mejía (Juticalpa)

Douglas Martínez (Vida)

Bryan Johnson (Olimpia)

Jerry Palacios (Vida)

Joshua Vargas (Marathón)

Leonardo Benedit (Social Sol)

Darwin Bermúdez (Honduras Progreso)

Marlon Ramírez (Vida)

José García (Juticalpa)

Sergio Peña (Real Sociedad)

Micher Antúnez (Social Sol)

Brayan Barrios (Marathón)

Pastor Martínez (Honduras Progreso)

Kevin López (Motagua)

Dabirson Castillo (Platense)

Romario Cavachuela (Social Sol)

Maylor Núñez (Platense)

Reinieri Mayorquín (Motagua)

Luis López (Platense)

Raúl Santos (Vida)

Omar Salazar (Real España)

Hárlington Gutiérrez (Real Sociedad)

Allans Vargas (Real España)

Ángel Oseguera (Juticalpa)

Mario Ventura (Social Sol)

Elkin González (Real Sociedad)

Luis Alvarado (Honduras Progreso)

César García (Social Sol)

Hilder Colón (Real Sociedad)

1 own goal:

Bryan Johnson (Olimpia)

Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua)

Aggregate table

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

As of 19 November 2016


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	12	3	3	35	21	+14	39
2	Platense	18	9	5	4	37	26	+11	32
3	Real España	18	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31
4	Motagua	18	7	7	4	30	24	+6	28
5	Marathón	18	6	6	6	22	22	0	24
6	Real Sociedad	18	6	6	6	23	24	−1	24
7	Honduras Progreso	18	7	3	8	23	31	−8	24
8	Juticalpa	18	3	9	6	24	26	−2	18
9	Vida	18	3	6	9	13	25	−12	15
10	Social Sol	18	2	3	13	12	29	−17	9	Relegation to the 2017–18 Liga de Ascenso

External links

LNP Official

References

↑ LNPhn.com – ASAMBLEA DE LIGA SERÁ 17 Y 18 DE JUNIO – 27 May 2016
↑ LaTribuna.hn – ¡Social Sol asciende a la primera división de Honduras! – 12 June 2016
↑ Diez.hn – Platense se queda sin entrenador, Ariel Sena es anunciado por el Cobán de Guatemala – 13 May 2016
↑ Tiempo.hn – ¡Platense elige a Reynaldo Clavasquin como su nuevo técnico! – 30 May 2016
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Miguel Falero: "No coincidía con cierta filosofía de algunos integrantes del equipo" – 24 May 2016
↑ Tiempo.hn – OFICIAL: Mauro Reyes es el nuevo técnico del Real España – 27 May 2016
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Tico Marvin Solano es el entrenador de la Real Sociedad – 3 June 2016
↑ DiarioMas.hn – Real Sociedad contrata a Carlos Martínez como entrenador – 25 August 2016
↑ DiarioMas.hn – Carlos Orlando Caballero separado del Social Sol – 19 September 2016
↑ Tiempo.hn – Horacio Londoño renuncia a su cargo como técnico del Social Sol – 10 October 2016
↑ DiarioMas.hn – Jorge Pineda nuevo técnico del Juticalpa FC – 24 November 2016
↑ Lnphn.com – LIGA NACIONAL ELABORARA CALENDARIO LA PRÓXIMA SEMANA – 30 June 2016
↑ RadioHouse.hn – ¡Listo el calendario de la Liga Nacional! – 9 July 2016
↑ ElHeraldo.hn – Olimpia remontó el juegoy vence 3-2 al Social Sol – 29 July 2016
↑ LaTribuna.hn – En histórico juego Motagua y Honduras Progreso se van en blanco – 25 September 2016

Honduran Liga Nacional

2016–17 teams

Former teams

Seasons

1960s	← Amateur League 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2016–17 in Honduran football

« 2015–16 2017–18 » 1 July 2016–30 June 2017

Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Liga de Ascenso Liga Mayor

Domestic cups	Honduran Cup Honduran Supercup

CONCACAF club competitions	Champions League

Related to national teams	Results FIFA World Cup qualification Copa Centroamericana Summer Olympics CONCACAF U-20 Championship CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Club seasons

Liga Nacional	Honduras Progreso Juticalpa Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Real Sociedad Social Sol Vida

2016–17 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2015–16 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2016 and June 2017 2017–18 »

Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '16 '17 Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '16 '17 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba '16 '17 Curaçao '16 '17 Dominica Dominican Republic '16 '17 El Salvador French Guiana Grenada '16 '17 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '16 '17 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '16 '17 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '16 '17 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines '16 '17 Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands '16 '17 United States '16 '17 United States Virgin Islands

Domestic cups	Canada Costa Rica Honduras Mexico '16 A (Final) '17 C (Final) Trinidad and Tobago United States '16 (Final) '17 (Final)

Supercups	Honduras Mexico (Campeón de Campeones, Supercopa MX)

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Knockout stage, Finals) CFU Club Championship Supercopa Centroamericana

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