2009–10 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2009–10 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras season is the 45th season of top-flight professional football in Honduras and the nineteenth season in which the Apertura and Clausura system is used.

Liga Nacional

Season	2009–10
Champions	Apertura: Marathón (8th title) Clausura: Olimpia (23rd title)
Relegated	Real Juventud
Champions League	Marathón Olimpia Motagua
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Jerry Palacios (13 goals) Clausura: Jerry Bengtson (12 goals)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Marathón and Olimpia claimed the Apertura and Clausura championships, respectively.

Club information

Ten teams will participate in the 2009–10 season. Nine teams from last season remain for this season. Real Juventud were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season. They would have been replaced by Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras promotion play-off winners Atlético Gualala. However, both teams decided to merge under the name of Real Juventud prior to the season.^{[citation needed]}

Club	City
Deportes Savio	Santa Rosa de Copán
Hispano	Comayagua
Marathón	San Pedro Sula
Motagua	Tegucigalpa
Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
Platense	Puerto Cortés
Real España	San Pedro Sula
Real Juventud	Santa Bárbara
Victoria	La Ceiba
Vida	La Ceiba

Torneo Apertura

The Torneo Apertura began on July 18, 2009, and ended on November 25, 2009. Marathón, Motagua, Olimpia and Real España qualified for the Apertura final round after ending the tournament in the top four places.

Classification stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	18	11	5	2	32	16	+16	38	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Motagua	18	10	5	3	31	14	+17	35
3	Olimpia	18	8	6	4	29	16	+13	30
4	Real España	18	9	3	6	26	20	+6	30
5	Victoria	18	7	5	6	22	27	−5	26
6	Platense	18	6	6	6	23	25	−2	24
7	Vida	18	4	6	8	22	33	−11	18
8	Deportes Savio	18	4	5	9	13	23	−10	17
9	Hispano	18	4	3	11	17	28	−11	15
10	Real Juventud	18	3	4	11	19	32	−13	13

Updated to match(es) played on November 4, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	SAV	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RJU	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		1–0	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
Hispano	1–0		0–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	3–0	1–0	2–2
Marathón	1–1	2–1		2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	4–1	3–0	3–1
Motagua	3–1	1–0	2–2		0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	1–2
Olimpia	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–1	6–1	7–1
Platense	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1		2–3	1–0	1–1	3–2
Real España	2–1	3–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–2		1–0	2–0	1–0
Real Juventud	0–1	4–2	2–3	0–3	1–1	3–1	2–2		2–2	2–1
Victoria	4–1	2–0	0–0	0–4	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0		2–2
Vida	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on November 4, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

The Final Stage ran from November 7, 2009, to November 25, 2009. Two-legged ties in this stage were settled by points: three for a win, one for a draw, and zero for a loss. Ties in points in the semifinals were settled first by goal difference, followed by the Classification Stage standings. A tie in points in the Finals would be settled by goal difference first, followed by two 15-minute extra-time periods, then a penalty shootout if necessary.

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Advanced to the Finals[a]
2	Real España	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd best classification stage standing.
Notes:

1. Marathón advanced because of better classification standing.

November 7, 2009

19:30 (UTC-6)

Real España	1–2	Marathón
Lucas 31' (o.g.)		Palacios 15' Ramírez 48'

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 6,408

Referee: José Cálix

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November 10, 2009

19:30 (UTC-6)

Marathón	1–2	Real España
Palacios 13'		Caetano 10' González 50'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Semifinal B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Advanced to the Finals
2	Motagua	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd best classification stage standing.

November 7, 2009

19:30 (UTC-6)

Olimpia	0–1	Motagua
		Diduch 41' (pen.)

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 6,408

Referee: Óscar Moncada

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November 10, 2009

19:30 (UTC-6)

Motagua	0–2	Olimpia
		Rojas 14' Turcios 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Benigno Pineda

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round
2	Olimpia	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd extra time; 3rd penalty shootout.

November 22, 2009

16:00 (UTC-6)

Olimpia	1–0	Marathón
Rosales 70'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 12,477

Referee: Óscar Moncada

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November 25, 2009

19:30 (UTC-6)

Marathón	2–0	Olimpia
Ramírez 5' Palacios 64'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Benigno Pineda

Marathón

Olimpia

GK 27 Juan Obelar RB 23 Mauricio Sabillón CB 4 Máximo Lucas  67' CB 5 Erick Norales LB 6 Juan Carlos García CM 3 Astor Henríquez  63' CM 19 Mario Berríos AM 11 Guillermo Ramírez  73' RF 15 Walter Martínez CF 10 Jerry Palacios LF 22 Mitchel Brown Substitutions: MF – Mario Rodríguez  63' DF – Luis Santamaría  67' MF – Mariano Acevedo  73' Manager: Manuel Keosseian

GK 27 Noel Valladares RB 30 Johnny Palacios CB 4 Fabio de Souza CB – Jaime Rosales LB 7 Rony Morales DM – Franklin Arévalo CM – Rubén Matamoros CM – Johnny Calderón  69' AM – Danilo Turcios CF 11 Wilmer Velásquez  69' CF 33 Ramiro Bruschi  74' Substitutions: MF – Erick Andino  69' FW – Everaldo Ferreira  69' FW – Jocimar Nascimento  74' Manager: Juan Carlos Espinoza

Liga Nacional 2009–10 Apertura champion
C.D. Marathón 8th title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jerry Palacios	Marathón	13
2	Georgie Welcome	Motagua	11
3	Mauricio Copete	Victoria	9
4	Mitchel Brown	Marathón	8
	Wilmer Velásquez	Olimpia	8
6	Jerry Bengtson	Vida	7
	Charles Córdoba	Vida	7
	Harrison Róchez	Platense	7
9	Douglas Caetano	Real España	6
10	Pompilio Cacho	Real Juventud	5
	Randy Diamond	Real Juventud	5
	Sergio Diduch	Motagua	5

Torneo Clausura

The Torneo Clausura will begin in January 2010 and end in May 2010. The best four clubs will qualify for the Clausura final round.

Classification stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	18	11	3	4	28	15	+13	36	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Olimpia	18	8	8	2	26	11	+15	32
3	Vida	18	8	4	6	25	20	+5	28
4	Platense	18	7	7	4	23	19	+4	28
5	Hispano	18	8	3	7	22	22	0	27
6	Real España	18	7	4	7	28	29	−1	25
7	Marathón	18	4	7	7	23	24	−1	19
8	Real Juventud	18	6	4	8	25	28	−3	19[a]
9	Deportes Savio	18	4	5	9	13	23	−10	17
10	Victoria	18	2	5	11	15	37	−22	11

Updated to match(es) played on April 17, 2010. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Real Juventud was docked three points.

Results

Home \ Away	SAV	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RJU	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–0
Hispano	1–0		1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Marathón	3–0	2–3		3–4	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–1
Motagua	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–2
Olimpia	0–0	4–0	2–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	6–0	2–1
Platense	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0		3–2	3–1	2–0	1–1
Real España	3–4	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–1		2–2	0–1	1–2
Real Juventud	3–2	3–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–0		1–1	2–0
Victoria	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	2–2	3–2		1–3
Vida	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on April 17, 2010. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Advanced to the Finals[a]
2	Platense	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd best classification stage standing.
Notes:

1. Motagua advanced because of better classification standing.

April 25, 2010

17:00 (UTC-6)

Platense	2–2	Motagua
Róchez 49', 63'	Report	dos Santos 14' Guevara 16'

Estadio Excelsior, Puerto Cortés

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April 28, 2010

21:30 (UTC-6)

Motagua	0–0	Platense
	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Semifinal B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	Advanced to the Finals[a]
2	Vida	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd best classification stage standing.
Notes:

1. Olimpia advanced because of better classification standing.

April 24, 2010

21:30 (UTC-6)

Vida	2–2	Olimpia
Bengston 28' Córdoba 48'	Report	Turcios 8', 39'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba

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April 27, 2010

21:30 (UTC-6)

Olimpia	1–1	Vida
Bruschi 57'	Report	Avila 43'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Final

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage[a]
2	Motagua	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3	2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd extra time; 3rd penalty shootout.
Notes:

1. As champion with better aggregate record.
2. Berth reallocated from Nicaragua.

2 May 2010

16:00 (UTC-06)

Olimpia	3 – 1	Motagua
Tilguath 23' Rojas 40' 58'	Report	Cabrita 73'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 13,819

Referee: Armando Castro

Olimpia

Motagua

GK 28 Donis Escober DF 4 Fabio de Souza DF 30 Johnny Palacios DF 32 Oscar García DF 19 Johnny Calderón MF 20 Walter Hernández MF 10 Danilo Turcios (C)  67' MF – Ramón Núñez  84' FW – Reynaldo Tilguath  65'  25' FW 21 Roger Rojas FW – Everaldo Ferreira  75' Substitutions: MF – Miguel Castillo  65'  76' DF – Wilfredo Barahona  67' FW 33 Ramiro Bruschi  75' Manager: Carlos Restrepo

GK 1 Ricardo Canales DF 3 Guillermo Díaz DF 5 Milton Reyes DF 23 Sergio Mendoza DF 12 Iván Guerrero MF 8 Jorge Claros MF 21 Emilio Izaguirre  60' MF 6 Mauricio Weber  90' MF 20 Amado Guevara (C)  75' FW 11 Marcelo Cabrita  62' FW 7 Georgie Welcome  46' Substitutions: FW 10 Sergio Diduch  46' MF 36 Javier Portillo  60' MF 13 Ronald Martínez  75' Manager: Ramón Maradiaga

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8 May 2010

19:30 (UTC-06)

Motagua	1 – 0	Olimpia
Welcome 38'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 16,299

Referee: Benigno Pineda

Motagua

Olimpia

GK 22 Donaldo Morales DF 3 Guillermo Díaz DF 4 Johnny Leverón DF 23 Sergio Mendoza DF 12 Iván Guerrero (C) DF 21 Emilio Izaguirre MF 8 Jorge Claros  23' MF 13 Ronald Martínez  65' MF 6 Mauricio Weber  47'  78' FW 11 Marcelo Cabrita  41'  46' FW 7 Georgie Welcome  48' Substitutions: FW 9 Shannon Welcome  46' MF 36 Javier Portillo  65' FW 10 Sergio Diduch  78' Manager: Ramón Maradiaga

GK 28 Donis Escober DF 4 Fábio de Souza DF 30 Johnny Palacios  41' DF 19 Johnny Calderón  66' DF 32 Oscar García MF 20 Walter Hernández MF 10 Danilo Turcios (C)  78' MF – Ramón Núñez  67' FW – Reynaldo Tilguath  82' FW 21 Roger Rojas  22' FW – Everaldo Ferreira  70' Substitutions: MF – Miguel Castillo  67'  90' FW 33 Ramiro Bruschi  70' MF – Frank Arévalo  78' Manager: Carlos Restrepo

• Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Liga Nacional 2009–10 Clausura champion
C.D. Olimpia 23rd title

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Team	Goals
1	Jerry Bengtson	Vida	12
2	Carlos Pavón	Real España	10
3	Roger Rojas	Olimpia	8
4	Elmer Zelaya	Real Juventud	7
5	Mauricio Copete	Victoria	6
	Charles Córdoba	Vida	6
	Douglas Caetano	Real España	6
	Héctor Flores	Hispano	6
	Walter Martínez	Marathón	5
	Georgie Welcome	Motagua	6

Relegation

Relegation to the 2010–11 Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras is determined from an aggregate table of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The team with the worst overall record will be relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	36	21	8	7	59	29	+30	71	Qualified to the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Olimpia	36	16	14	6	55	27	+28	62
3	Marathón	36	15	12	9	55	40	+15	57
4	Real España	36	15	7	14	52	49	+3	52
5	Platense	36	13	13	10	46	44	+2	52
6	Vida	36	12	10	14	47	53	−6	46
7	Hispano	36	12	6	18	39	50	−11	42
8	Victoria	36	10	10	16	37	62	−25	40
9	Deportes Savio	36	8	10	18	26	46	−20	34
10	Real Juventud	36	9	8	19	44	60	−16	32[a]	Relegated to the Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on May 8, 2010. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Real Juventud was docked three points for failing to settle debts to former players by April 12.