2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2006–07
Champions	Apertura:; Motagua; Clausura:; Real España
Relegated	Broncos UNAH
UNCAF Interclub Cup	Motagua; Real España; Olimpia
	← 2005–06 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

Atlético Olanchano (Catacamas) (promoted)
Broncos UNAH (Choluteca)
Hispano (Comayagua)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

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



GK	–	Donis Escober
RB	–	Edwin Ávila
CB	5	Milton Palacios
CB	–	Rony Morales	68'
LB	3	Maynor Figueroa	48'
RM	–	Franklin Arévalo
CM	8	Wilson Palacios
CM	14	Wilfredo Barahona
LM	32	Boniek García
CF	11	Wilmer Velásquez
CF	19	Luciano Emílio	75'
Substitutions:
MF	–	Juan Yalet	63'
FW	9	Juan Manuel Cárcamo	67'
FW	–	Jerry Palacios	78'
Manager:
Flavio Ortega



GK	1	Ricardo Canales
RB	–	Límber Pérez
CB	–	Javier Martínez
CB	24	Víctor Bernárdez
LB	–	Emilio Izaguirre
CM	–	Rubén Matamoros	34'
CM	17	Víctor Mena
CM	32	Jorge Claros
AM	23	Pedro Santana
CF	9	Jairo Martínez	61'
CF	10	Jocimar Nascimento
Substitutions:
MF	–	Luis Guzmán	34'
Manager:
Ramón Maradiaga

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.

2006–07 Apertura champion
Motagua 11th title

Awards

Champion:
Motagua
Awarded 360,000 Lempiras
Sub Champion:
Olimpia
Awarded 155,000 Lempiras
Fair Play:
Broncos UNAH
Awarded 50,000 Lempiras
Top Goal Scorer:
Carlo Costly
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Best Goalkeeper:
Ricardo Canales
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Most Valuable Player:

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Rookie of the year:
Henry Bermúdez
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Records

Highest fee paid:
Motagua–Olimpia
17 December
Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula
38,256 fans
4,528,020 lempiras
Highest Assistance:
Motagua–Olimpia
17 December
Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula
38,256 fans
4,528,020 lempiras
Lowest fee paid:
Lowest Assistance:

Top goalscorers

As of 17 December 2006

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

^ Top 4 qualify to the Final round.
^ ^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:

^ ^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

6 May 2007 2nd leg	Marathón	2–0 (3–0 p)	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez 2' Santamaría 77'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 13,799 Referee: Óscar Bardales
	Penalties
	Martínez Scott Bryce		Palacios Morales Thomas

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

Final

Real España vs Marathón

13 May 2007 1st leg	Marathón	2–1	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)	Bryce 41' Segales 62'	Report	Pavón 35'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 16,809 Referee: Mario Moncada

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



GK	–	Orlin Vallecillo
RB	–	Elder Valladares
CB	–	Marlon Peña	75'
CB	–	Erick Vallecillo
LB	5	Nery Medina
RM	–	Elkin González
CM	–	Mario Rodríguez
CM	–	Luis Guifarro
LM	–	José Carlos Díaz		85'
SS	–	Melvin Valladares	46'
CF	9	Carlos Pavón
Substitutions:
FW	–	Everaldo Ferreira	46'
FW	–	Milton Núñez	75'
MF	–	Miguel Farrera	85'
Manager:
José Treviño



GK	27	Juan Obelar
CB	–	Luis Santamaría
CB	5	Erick Norales
CB	4	Júnior Izaguirre		60'
RWB	23	Mauricio Sabillón
LWB	6	Juan Carlos García
CM	–	Astor Henríquez
CM	13	Dennis Ferrera	68'
AM	7	Emil Martínez
CF	–	Steven Bryce	85'
CF	–	Erick Scott
Substitutions:
FW	11	Marcelo Segales	60'
MF	8	Carlos Oliva	68'
FW	–	Luis López	85'
Manager:
Jorge Pineda

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	Carlos Pavón	Real España	15
2	Carlos Oliva	Marathón	9
3	Erick Scott	Marathón	6
	Steven Bryce	Marathón
	Wilson Palacios	Olimpia
	Wilmer Velásquez	Olimpia
	Pedro Santana	Motagua
8	Óscar Torlacoff	Motagua	5
	Marcelo Ferreira	Atlético Olanchano
	Mario Romero	Platense
	Héctor Flores	Victoria

Awards

Champion:
Real España
Awarded 360,000 Lempiras
Runner Up:
Marathón
Awarded 155,000 Lempiras
Fair Play:
Atlético Olanchano
Awarded 50,000 Lempiras
Top Goal Scorer:
Carlos Pavón
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Best Goalkeeper:
Orlin Vallecillo
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Most Valuable Player:
Carlos Pavón
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Rookie of the year:
Henry Bermúdez
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

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

Promoted team

This team was promoted from Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso for the next season:

Deportes Savio (second time in the top flight)

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

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

[table_note_res_QF0.84345609501165-2] Top 4 qualify to the Final round.

[table_hth_BUN0.84345609501165-3] The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

[table_note_1_PLA_BUN0.54078791036307-4] The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

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

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