2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2001–02 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was divided into two phases, the Apertura tournament which lasted from September to December 2001, and the Clausura tournament which was played from January to May 2002. C.D. Motagua and C.D. Marathón each lifted one trophy obtaining the 39th and 40th national championship respectively in the history of the league.^[1] This was the fourth season under the Apertura and Clausura format.

Liga Nacional

Season	2001–02
Champions	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: Marathón
Relegated	Deportes Savio
Copa Interclubes UNCAF	Motagua Marathón
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Enrique Renau (8) Clausura: Marcelo Ferreira (13)
Biggest home win	Victoria 4-1 Deportes Savio (19 September 2001) Marathón 4-1 Universidad (26 January 2002) Olimpia 4-1 Universidad (13 April 2002) Marathón 4-1 Olimpia (23 May 2002)
Biggest away win	Marathón 0-5 Real España (2 December 2001) Deportes Savio 2-6 Platense (10 February 2002)
Highest scoring	Marathón 6-3 Victoria (22 September 2001)
← 2000–01 2002–03 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2002.

2001–02 teams

• Deportes Savio (Santa Rosa de Copán)
• Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Real Comayagua (Comayagua) (promoted)
• Real España (San Pedro Sula)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• Victoria (La Ceiba)
• Vida (La Ceiba)

Apertura

The Apertura tournament started on 7 September 2001 in La Ceiba with Victoria's 2–1 home win over last season's runners-up Olimpia. After 18 rounds Motagua, Marathón, Platense, and Olimpia qualified to the Final round to fight for the title.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	18	8	8	2	22	13	+9	32	Qualified to the Final round
2	Marathón	18	8	7	3	28	22	+6	31
3	Platense	18	7	6	5	16	14	+2	27
4	Olimpia	18	6	7	5	25	18	+7	25
5	Real España	18	5	9	4	21	15	+6	24
6	Victoria	18	5	9	4	28	26	+2	24
7	Vida	18	3	11	4	20	23	−3	20
8	Real Comayagua	18	3	10	5	22	27	−5	19
9	Universidad	18	3	6	9	20	31	−11	15
10	Deportes Savio	18	1	9	8	19	32	−13	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2001. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

As of 2 December 2001

Home \ Away	SAV	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	COM	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		0–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–3	0–1
Marathón	3–3		0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–5	3–3	6–3	1–1
Motagua	2–1	2–1		2–0	1–0	2–0	3–3	0–1	1–1	2–0
Olimpia	3–3	0–1	0–0		0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–2
Platense	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3		1–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0
Real Comayagua	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	0–0		1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0
Real España	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2		2–0	0–0	1–1
Universidad	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–1	2–2	3–3		1–4	1–1
Victoria	4–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1		1–1
Vida	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–2

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Motagua vs Olimpia

6 December 2001

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	1–0	Motagua
Fuentes 46'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

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9 December 2001

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	4–2	Olimpia
García 26' Pacini 32' 39' Mejía 87'	Video report	Velásquez 5' Costa 37'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Referee: Óscar Bardales

• Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.

Marathón vs Platense

5 December 2001

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Platense	1–2	Marathón
Fernández 23'		Correia 5' González 79'

Estadio Excélsior
Puerto Cortés

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8 December 2001

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Marathón	1–1	Platense
Cacho 58'		Fernández 38'

Estadio Francisco Morazán
San Pedro Sula

• Marathón won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Motagua vs Marathón

12 December 2001

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Marathón	1–0	Motagua
Rosales 69' (pen.)

Estadio Francisco Morazán
San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 14,283

Referee: Benigno Pineda

Marathón

Motagua

GK 21 Juan Centeno RB 23 Mauricio Sabillón CB 8 Jaime Rosales CB 3 Behiker Bustillo CB 4 Lenín Suárez LB 6 Nigel Zúniga RM 20 Carlos Oliva CM 24 Luis Guifarro LM 11 Mario López  72' SS 10 Enrique Renau CF 17 Pompilio Cacho Substitutions: MF 22 Emil Martínez  72' Manager: José Herrera

GK – Diego Vásquez RB – Ninrrol Medina (C) CB – Jorge Lozano CB – Mario Chirinos LB 4 Júnior Izaguirre  80' RM 13 Elmer Mejía CM – Marlon Nolasco  60' CM – Ramón Romero LM 19 Danilo Turcios CF 29 José Pacini CF 26 Marcelo Verón Substitutions: MF – Ariel Leyes  60' DF – Milton Reyes  80' Manager: Gilberto Yearwood

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16 December 2001

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	3–2	Marathón
Pacini 22' Izaguirre 44' (pen.) 56' (pen.)	Video report	Rosales 18' (pen.) Oliva 81'
Penalties
Leyes Medina Pacini Turcios Izaguirre	5–3	Cacho Zúniga Oliva Martínez

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 20,423

Referee: Óscar Bardales

Motagua

Marathón

GK 18 Noel Valladares RB – Milton Reyes CB – Ninrrol Medina (C) CB – Jorge Lozano LB 4 Júnior Izaguirre RM – Marlon Nolasco  76' CM – Ramón Romero  46' CM 19 Danilo Turcios LM 7 Róbel Bernárdez CF 29 José Pacini CF 26 Marcelo Verón  12' Substitutions: MF 13 Elmer Mejía  46' MF – Ariel Leyes  76' Manager: Gilberto Yearwood

GK 21 Juan Centeno RB 23 Mauricio Sabillón CB 8 Jaime Rosales CB 3 Behiker Bustillo CB 4 Lenín Suárez  43' LB 6 Nigel Zúniga CM 20 Carlos Oliva CM 24 Luis Guifarro  77' AM 10 Enrique Renau  58' CF 9 Ricardo Correia  59' CF 17 Pompilio Cacho Substitutions: MF 22 Emil Martínez  58' FW 25 Jimmy González  59' MF 11 Mario López  77' Manager: José Herrera

• Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.

Liga Nacional 2001–02 Apertura Champion
C.D. Motagua 10th title

Squads

Deportes Savio
Wilmer "Superman" Cruz	Clayd Lester Marson	Juan García
Marlon Monge	José "Runga" Piota	Wilmer Ramos
José Suazo	Marlon Barnica	Delvin Andino
Marathón
Jaime Rosales	Mauricio Sabillón	Pompilio Cacho
Emil Martínez	Juan Pablo Centeno	Fernando Regules
Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández	Darwin Pacheco	Mario Berríos
Behiker Bustillo	Enrique Reneau	Jimmy González
Óscar Vargas	Dennis Ferrera	Douglas Murillo
Ricardo Correia	Luis Guifarro	Camilo Bonilla
Mario López	Lenín Suárez	Nigel Zúniga
Carlos Oliva
Motagua
Elmer Montoya	Júnior Izaguirre	Mauricio "Pipo" Castro
José Pacini	Noel Valladares	Juan Raudales
Marcelo Verón	Mario Chirinos	Ricky García
Jorge "Tata" Lozano	César "Nene" Obando	Elmer "Burrito" Mejía
Robel Bernárdez	Marlon Nolasco	Francisco Ramírez
Milton "Jocón" Reyes	Faussy Rodríguez	Ramón Romero
Dennis Salgado	Danilo Turcios	Diego Vásquez
Nimrod Medina
Olimpia
Danilo Tosello	Donaldo González	Wilmer Velásquez
Donis Escober	Denilson Costa	Hugo Domínguez
Gustavo Fuentes	Hendry Thomas	Marcelo Ferreira
Merlyn Membreño	Fabio Ulloa	Diego de Rosa
Carlos Paes
Platense
Diego Fernández	Jorge Zapata	Ángel "Búfalo" Hill
Elmer Zelaya	Fabricio Pérez	Ricardo James
Edgar Álvarez	Clifford Laing	José Anthony Torres
Víctor Coello	Pablo Medina	Mario Beata
Real España
Erick Vallecillo	Marlon José Peña	Milton "Chocolate" Flores
David Cárcamo	Júnior Morales	Héctor Gutiérrez
Real Comayagua
Rudy Williams
Universidad
Héctor Cardona	Marlon Hernández	Mario Herrera
Luis "Bombero" Ramírez
Victoria
Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	John Bodden	Carlos Lino
Carlos Discua	Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga	Mauricio Figueroa
Jorge Pineda	Luis Lagos	Carlos "Tatín" Morán
Miguel "Gallo" Mariano	Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	Mario Chávez
Vida
Jonathan Bush Sanders	Luis Perdomo	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
Jorge Ocampo	Saynor Álvarez	Marvin Brown
Justo Norales

Top goalscorers

8 goals

• Enrique Renau (Marathón)

7 goals

• Marcelo Verón (Motagua)
• Denilson Costa (Olimpia)

6 goals

• José Pacini (Motagua)
• Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)

5 goals

• Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)
• Pompilio Cacho (Marathón)
• Gustavo Fuentes (Olimpia)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was the second part of the 2001–02 season in Liga Nacional; the league games started on 19 January 2002 in La Ceiba with an unexpected 0–3 C.D. Victoria's home defeat against Deportes Savio. The previous champions C.D. Motagua was unable to qualify to the Final round and C.D. Marathón earned its first title after 20 long years.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	9	6	3	31	16	+15	33	Qualified to the Final round
2	Platense	18	9	4	5	35	25	+10	31
3	Marathón	18	8	5	5	27	21	+6	29
4	Victoria	18	6	7	5	19	21	−2	25
5	Real España	18	5	8	5	16	15	+1	23
6	Universidad	18	5	8	5	13	18	−5	23
7	Deportes Savio	18	6	3	9	19	25	−6	21
8	Motagua	18	4	7	7	12	16	−4	19
9	Vida	18	3	10	5	16	21	−5	19
10	Real Comayagua	18	4	4	10	20	30	−10	16

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2002. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

As of 12 May 2002

Home \ Away	SAV	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	COM	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		0–2	0–0	2–3	2–6	0–3	0–1	3–0	0–0	1–0
Marathón	0–0		1–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	4–1	3–3	2–2
Motagua	0–3	1–1		2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
Olimpia	1–2	3–1	0–0		2–3	3–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	1–1
Platense	3–1	2–1	3–1	0–3		3–1	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–0
Real Comayagua	3–0	0–1	2–2	0–3	3–1		1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2
Real España	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–4	2–0		0–0	0–0	3–0
Universidad	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	0–0
Victoria	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0		2–0
Vida	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Victoria

15 May 2002

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Victoria	0–1	Olimpia
		Tosello 79'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards
La Ceiba

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19 May 2002

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	2–2	Victoria
Costa 35' Velásquez 71'		Palacios 74' Martinez 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 7,170

• Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Platense vs Marathón

16 May 2002

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Marathón	2–1	Platense
Renau 30' 45'		C. Laing 82'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 6260

Referee: Óscar Bardales

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19 May 2002

15:00 (UTC−06:00)

Platense	0–0	Marathón

Estadio Excélsior
Puerto Cortés

Attendance: 6,544

• Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón

23 May 2002

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Marathón	4–1	Olimpia
Zúniga 44' (pen.) Reneau 49' 52' Vargas 85'		Tosello 60'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 27,394

Referee: Óscar Bardales

Marathón

Olimpia

GK 1 Víctor Coello RB 23 Mauricio Sabillón  85' CB 8 Jaime Rosales CB 5 Darwin Pacheco LB 6 Nigel Zúniga RM 7 Emil Martínez  70' CM 24 Luis Guifarro LM 19 Mario Berríos AM 20 Carlos Oliva CF 10 Enrique Reneau CF 17 Pompilio Cacho  46' Substitutions: FW – Óscar Vargas  46' DF – Douglas Murillo  70'  90' DF 15 Walter López  85' Manager: José Herrera

GK 28 Donis Escober RB – Gerson Vásquez CB – Fabio Ulloa CB 23 Mario Beata LB 5 Merlyn Membreño  79' RM – Wilson Palacios CM 10 Diego de Rosa DM 8 José Luis Pineda CM 18 Danilo Tosello LM – Narciso Fernández  46' CF 11 Wilmer Velásquez  66' Substitutions: FW 9 Gustavo Fuentes  46' FW 19 Denilson Costa  66' DF – Limber Pérez  79' Manager: Edwin Pavón

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26 May 2002

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	1–0	Marathón
Fuentes 7'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 15,187

Referee: Argelio Sabillón

Olimpia

Marathón

GK 28 Donis Escober CB – Fabio Ulloa  57' CB 23 Mario Beata CB 5 Merlyn Membreño  46' RWB – Gerson Vásquez CM 8 José Luis Pineda CM 18 Danilo Tosello LWB 4 Edwin Ávila RF 19 Denilson Costa CF 9 Gustavo Fuentes LF 11 Wilmer Velásquez  76' Substitutions: MF 7 Francis Reyes  46' MF – Wilson Palacios  57' MF 10 Diego de Rosa  76' Manager: Edwin Pavón

GK 1 Víctor Coello RB 15 Walter López  88' CB 4 Lenín Suárez CB 5 Darwin Pacheco LB 6 Nigel Zúniga RM 7 Emil Martínez CM 24 Luis Guifarro  75'  LM 19 Mario Berríos AM 20 Carlos Oliva  62' CF 10 Enrique Reneau CF 9 Elvis Scott  75' Substitutions: MF 11 Mario López  62' FW 17 Pompilio Cacho  75' DF 23 Mauricio Sabillón  88' Manager: José Herrera

• Marathón won 4–2 on aggregate.

Liga Nacional 2001–02 Clausura Champion
C.D. Marathón 3rd title

Squads

Deportes Savio
Wilmer "Superman" Cruz	Clayd Lester Marson	Juan García
Marlon Monge	Marlon Banica	Wilmer Ramos
José Suazo	Delvin Andino	Gerson Norales
Dadson Díaz	Juan Trejo	Carlos Güity
Meilin Soto	Walter "Gualala" Trejo	Glendon Cruz
Marvin Morán	Cristian Rodríguez	Patricio Negreira
Marathón
Jaime Rosales	Mauricio Sabillón	Pompilio Cacho
Emil Martínez	Juan Pablo Centeno	Fernando Regules
Orvin "Pato" Cabrera	Darwin Pacheco	Mario Berríos
Behiker Bustillo	Enrique Reneau	Jimmy González
Óscar Vargas	Dennis Ferrera	Douglas Murillo
Elvis Scott	Luis Guifarro	Camilo Bonilla
Mario López	Lenín Suárez	Nigel Zúniga
Víctor Coello	Leonardo Morales	Carlos Oliva
Ariel Leyes	Walter López
Motagua
Elmer Montoya	Júnior Izaguirre	Mauricio "Pipo" Castro
José Pacini	Noel Valladares	Juan Raudales
Hugo Domínguez	Mario Chirinos	Ricky García
Jorge "Tata" Lozano	César "Nene" Obando	Elmer "Burrito" Mejía
Robel Bernárdez	Marlon Nolasco	Francisco Ramírez
Milton "Jocón" Reyes	Faussy Rodríguez	Ramón Romero
Nimrod Medina	Carlos Paes de Oliveira
Olimpia
Danilo Tosello	Donaldo González	Wilmer Velásquez
Donis Escober	Denilson Costa	Mario Beata
Gustavo Fuentes	Hendry Thomas	Gerson Vásquez
Merlyn Membreño	Fabio Ulloa	Diego de Rosa
Limber Pérez	Francis Reyes	Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández
Platense
Diego Fernández	Jorge Zapata	Ángel "Búfalo" Hill
Elmer Zelaya	Reynaldo Tilguath	Ricardo James
Anael Figueroa	Clifford Laing	José Anthony Torres
Júnior Morales	Pablo Medina	Marcelo Ferreira
Real España
Erick Vallecillo	Marlon José Peña	Milton "Chocolate" Flores
David Cárcamo	Héctor Gutiérrez	Reynaldo Clavasquin
Marco "Maco" Mejía
Real Comayagua
Rudy Williams
Universidad
Héctor Cardona	Marlon Hernández	Mario Herrera
Luis "Bombero" Ramírez
Victoria
Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	John Bodden	Carlos Lino
Carlos Discua	Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga	Mauricio Figueroa
Jorge Pineda	Luis Lagos	Carlos "Tatín" Morán
Miguel "Gallo" Mariano	Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	Mario Chávez
Vida
Jonathan Bush Sanders	Luis Perdomo	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
Jorge Ocampo	Saynor Álvarez	Marvin Brown
Justo Norales

Top goalscorers

13 goals

• Marcelo Ferreira (Platense)

10 goals

• Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)

7 goals

• Gustavo Fuentes (Olimpia)
• Elvis Scott (Marathón)

6 goals

• Denilson Costa (Olimpia)
• Carlos Múñoz (Real Comayagua)

5 goals

• Pompilio Cacho (Marathón)
• Enrique Reneau (Marathón)
• Emil Martínez (Marathón)
• Christian Martínez (Victoria)
• Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)
• Reynaldo Tilguath (Platense)
• Miguel Mariano (Victoria)
• Luis Oseguera (Victoria)

4 goals

• Clifford Laing (Platense)
• Francisco Ramírez (Motagua)

3 goals

• Carlos Oliva (Marathón)
• Jaime Rosales (Marathón)
• Jorge Pineda (Victoria)
• Carlos Güity (Vida)
• Marco Mejía (Real España)

2 goals

• Marlon Hernández (Universidad)
• Lester Marson (Savio)
• Milton Palacios (Victoria)
• Fabio Ulloa (Olimpia)
• Francis Reyes (Olimpia)

1 goal

• Ariel Leyes (Marathón)
• Walter López (Marathón)
• Óscar Vargas (Marathón)
• Nigel Zúniga (Marathón)
• Maynor Figueroa (Victoria)

Relegation table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	36	16	12	8	55	43	+12	60	Qualified to the 2002 Copa Interclubes UNCAF
2	Olimpia	36	15	13	8	56	34	+22	58
3	Platense	36	16	10	10	51	39	+12	58
4	Motagua	36	12	15	9	34	29	+5	51	Qualified to the 2002 Copa Interclubes UNCAF
5	Victoria	36	11	16	9	47	47	0	49
6	Real España	36	10	17	9	37	30	+7	47
7	Vida	36	6	21	9	36	44	−8	39
8	Universidad	36	8	14	14	33	49	−16	38
9	Real Comayagua	36	7	14	15	42	57	−15	35
10	Deportes Savio	36	7	12	17	38	57	−19	33	Relegated to the 2002–03 Liga de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2002. Source: ^{[citation needed]}