2019–20 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season2019–20
Dates27 July 2019–15 March 2020
ChampionsApertura: Olimpia
Clausura: None
RelegatedNone
CONCACAF LeagueOlimpia
Marathón
Motagua
Matches played164
Goals scored462 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerMejía (23)
Biggest home winMOT 5–0 HNP
(9 February 2020)
OLI 5–0 HNP
(12 February 2020)
RES 5–0 UPN
(22 February 2020)
OLI 5–0 MAR
(23 February 2020)
Biggest away winHNP 0–4 OLI
(27 July 2019)
PLA 0–4 MAR
(22 September 2019)
PLA 0–4 RDM
(20 October 2019)
HNP 0–4 PLA
(21 February 2020)
Highest scoringRDM 4–4 MOT
(14 August 2019)
MAR 4–4 UPN
(5 October 2019)
Longest unbeaten runMAR (9)
OLI (9)
Longest losing runHNP (9)
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

The 2019–20 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 54th Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. The tournament started in July 2019 and ended in March 2020. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. A new format will be used starting this season, each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 18 games. The first five teams will advance to the post-season (Pentagonal), where they will play each other once. If the same team wins both phases, they will be crowned champions automatically; otherwise, a final series will be scheduled between the winners of both phases. This format was last used in 1992–93.[1] At the end of the season, the three teams with the best record will qualify to the 2020 CONCACAF League.

Following the 13th matchday on 15 March 2020 the Clausura tournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras.[2] On 29 April the tournament was officially cancelled with no champion declared and no team relegated.[3]

2019–20 teams

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Location of teams in 2019–20 season

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2018–19 season plus C.D. Real Sociedad, promoted from the 2018–19 Liga de Ascenso.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Honduras Progreso El Progreso Estadio Humberto Micheletti 5,000
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 de Minas Danlí Estadio Marcelo Tinoco 5,000
Real España San Pedro Sula Estadio Francisco Morazán 26,781
Real Sociedad Tocoa Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón 3,000
UPNFM Choluteca Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse 8,000
Vida La Ceiba Estadio Nilmo Edwards 18,000
  • C.D. Real de Minas is from Tegucigalpa but will play at Danlí.
  • Lobos UPNFM is from Tegucigalpa but will play at Choluteca.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Vacancy Replaced by Appointment Position in table
Real España Colombia Carlos Restrepo Sacked 6 May 2019[4] Costa Rica Hernán Medford 10 June 2019 Preseason
Olimpia Uruguay Manuel Keosseián Sacked 5 June 2019[5] Argentina Pedro Troglio 14 June 2019[6] Preseason
Vida Honduras Héctor Castellón Resigned 10 June 2019 Uruguay Washington Araujo 20 June 2019[7] Preseason
Honduras Progreso Honduras Luís Alvarado Sacked 16 August 2019 Colombia Horacio Londoño 16 August 2019 10th
Platense Panama José Torres Sacked 2 September 2019 Honduras Héctor Castellón 3 September 2019 9th[8]
Real Sociedad Honduras Mauro Reyes Sacked 16 September 2019 Honduras Carlos Tábora 16 September 2019 10th[9]
Real España Costa Rica Hernán Medford Resigned 23 September 2019 Honduras Luis Ordóñez 24 September 2019 8th[10]
Honduras Progreso Colombia Horacio Londoño Sacked 4 October 2019 TBD TBA 9th
Real España Honduras Luis Ordóñez Separated 7 October 2019 Uruguay Ramiro Martínez 7 October 2019 7th[11]

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was the first half of the 2019–20 season which ran from July to December 2019. On 10 November, C.D. Olimpia secured their third straight spot in the final series after defeating C.D. Marathón 1–0 at Tegucigalpa.[12] Olimpia, Marathón, F.C. Motagua, Lobos UPNFM and C.D.S. Vida advanced to the Pentagonal stage.[13] After seven tournaments, Olimpia was able to stop the drought and won the Apertura tournament after winning both the regular season and post-season.[14]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 14 2 2 37 12 +25 44 Advance to Pentagonal and Final
2 Marathón 18 12 4 2 39 17 +22 40 Advance to Pentagonal
3 Motagua 18 9 4 5 26 21 +5 31
4 UPNFM 18 7 5 6 24 23 +1 26
5 Vida 18 7 4 7 24 24 0 25
6 Real de Minas 18 7 2 9 25 29 −4 23
7 Real España 18 5 7 6 26 25 +1 22
8 Platense 18 6 3 9 28 36 −8 21
9 Real Sociedad 18 2 4 12 12 30 −18 10
10 Honduras Progreso 18 3 1 14 12 36 −24 10
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away HNP MAR MOT OLI PLA RDM RES RSO UPN VID
Honduras Progreso — 1–3 0–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3
Marathón 4–1 — 2–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–4 0–0
Motagua 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–1
Olimpia 4–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Platense 0–1 0–4 2–3 2–1 — 0–4 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–0
Real de Minas 1–0 0–1 4–4 1–2 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–0
Real España 3–0 2–4 1–0 0–2 2–2 5–1 — 3–0 1–2 0–2
Real Sociedad 0–1 2–5 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 — 0–2 1–3
UPNFM 3–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–2
Vida 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 3–4 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2019. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Postseason

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8 9 Apertura winners
2 Motagua 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9
3 Vida 4 1 1 2 7 11 −4 4
4 UPNFM 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4
5 Marathón 4 0 2 2 5 10 −5 2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2019. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away MAR MOT OLI UPN VID
Marathón — 1–2 2–2
Motagua — 3–0 5–2
Olimpia 4–0 2–0 —
UPNFM 2–2 0–3 —
Vida 2–1 1–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2019. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Final

The final series were scheduled to be played between the winners of the regular season and the Final 5 Stage (Pentagonal). Since C.D. Olimpia won both phases, no finals were necessary.

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was the second half of the 2019–20 season which runs from January to March 2020.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Motagua 13 8 3 2 25 10 +15 27
2 Marathón 13 7 3 3 25 18 +7 24
3 Olimpia 13 6 4 3 26 15 +11 22
4 Real España 13 7 0 6 20 13 +7 21
5 Vida 12 3 8 1 13 10 +3 17
6 Real de Minas 13 5 2 6 16 18 −2 17
7 Real Sociedad 12 3 5 4 13 17 −4 14
8 Platense 13 3 3 7 16 24 −8 12
9 UPNFM 13 1 7 5 8 18 −10 10
10 Honduras Progreso 13 1 5 7 10 29 −19 8
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away HNP MAR MOT OLI PLA RDM RES RSO UPN VID
Honduras Progreso — 1–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–1
Marathón 1–0 — a 1–2 5–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–2
Motagua 5–0 1–1 — 4–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–0
Olimpia 5–0 5–0 1–2 — 2–0 2–1 a 1–1
Platense 4–1 2–4 0–3 — 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
Real de Minas 1–2 0–0 4–0 — 0–3 1–0 1–0
Real España a 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 — 5–0 0–2
Real Sociedad 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–4 1–0 — 1–0 1–1
UPNFM 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 — 1–1
Vida 0–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Postseason

Results

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorer will be determined by the addition of goals of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

As of 15 March 2020
  • 23 goals:
Honduras Juan Mejía (Real de Minas)
  • 17 goals:
Honduras Jorge Benguché (Olimpia)
  • 15 goals:
Paraguay Roberto Moreira (Motagua)
Honduras Jerry Bengtson (Olimpia)
  • 14 goals:
Honduras Franco Güity (UPNFM)
  • 13 goals:
Colombia Justin Arboleda (Marathón / Olimpia)
  • 11 goals:
Argentina Bruno Volpi (Platense / Marathón)
  • 10 goals:
Honduras Rony Martínez (Real España)
  • 9 goals:
Honduras Josué Villafranca (Vida)
Honduras Mario Martínez (Marathón)
Honduras Carlo Costly (Marathón / Platense)
Honduras Carlos Discua (Marathón)
  • 8 goals:
Grenada Jamal Charles (R. España / R. Sociedad)
  • 7 goals:
Argentina Marcelo Estigarribia (Motagua)
Honduras Alexander Aguilar (Platense / Vida)
Honduras Jhow Benavídez (Real España)
Honduras Kevin López (Motagua)
Honduras Diego Reyes (Platense)
  • 6 goals:
Honduras Eddie Hernández (Olimpia)
Honduras Kílmar Peña (UPNFM)
Honduras Edwin Solano (Marathón)
Honduras Carlos Meléndez (Vida)
Argentina Matías Garrido (Olimpia)
Honduras Darixon Vuelto (Real España)
  • 5 goals:
Honduras Frelys López (Marathón)
Honduras José Pinto (UPNFM / Olimpia)
Honduras Jeancarlo Vargas (Platense)
Honduras Ilce Barahona (Platense)
Honduras Rubilio Castillo (Motagua)
  • 4 goals:
Trinidad and Tobago Jerrel Britto (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Aldo Oviedo (Real de Minas)
Colombia Óscar Móvil (Real Sociedad)
Argentina Matías Galvaliz (Motagua)
Honduras Esdras Padilla (Vida)
Honduras Marco Vega (Motagua)
Honduras Kervin Arriaga (Marathón)
Honduras Árnold Meléndez (UPNFM)
Honduras Iván López (Real España)
Colombia Yerson Gutiérrez (Marathón)
Uruguay Delis Vargas (Real España)
Argentina Gonzalo Klusener (Motagua)
Honduras Jesse Moncada (Real de Minas)
  • 3 goals:
Honduras Joshua Nieto (Platense)
Uruguay Mathías Techera (Vida)
Honduras Júnior Lacayo (Olimpia)
Honduras Kemsie Abbott (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Éver Alvarado (Olimpia)
Honduras Ángel Rodríguez (Vida)
Honduras Ronal Montoya (UPNFM)
Honduras Denis Meléndez (Vida)
Argentina Esteban Espíndola (Marathón)
Honduras Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)
Colombia Rafael Agámez (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Jeison Mejía (Real Sociedad)
  • 2 goals:
Honduras Sergio Peña (Motagua)
Colombia Winston Mezú (Platense)
Honduras Edder Delgado (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Mikel García (Real España)
Panama Ronaldo Dinolis (Real España)
Honduras Devron García (Real España)
Russia Evgeni Kabaev (Real de Minas)
Honduras Brayan Beckeles (Olimpia)
Honduras Juan Montes (Motagua)
Honduras Franklin Morales (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Michaell Chirinos (Olimpia)
Honduras Marvin Bernárdez (Vida)
Honduras Félix Crisanto (Motagua)
Honduras Ángel Tejeda (Real España)
Honduras Carlos Pineda (Olimpia)
Argentina Nicolás Lugli (Platense)
Honduras Davis Argueta (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Marlon Ramírez (H. Progreso / Marathón)
Honduras Reinieri Mayorquín (Motagua)
Honduras Carlos Sánchez (Vida)
Honduras José García (Real de Minas)
  • 1 goal:
Argentina Cristian Maidana (Olimpia)
Honduras Selvin Guevara (Real España)
Honduras Marcelo Pereira (Motagua)
Honduras Ángel Velásquez (Platense)
Honduras Marcelo Canales (Vida)
Honduras Deyron Martínez (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Allans Vargas (Real España)
Honduras Franklin Flores (Real España)
Honduras Sebastián Colón (Real de Minas)
Honduras Denil Maldonado (Motagua)
Mexico Jesús Rivera (Vida)
Honduras Pedro Mencía (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Axel Gómez (Olimpia)
Honduras Víctor Moncada (UPNFM)
Honduras Mayron Flores (Marathón)
Honduras Júnior Padilla (UPNFM)
Honduras Luís Meléndez (Vida)
Honduras Sony Fernández (UPNFM)
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua)
Honduras Carlos Róchez (Marathón)
Honduras Erick Peña (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Kendrick Cárcamo (Real Sociedad)
Honduras Danny Mejía (Real Sociedad)
Honduras José Reyes (Olimpia)
Honduras Horacio Argueta (Vida)
Honduras Dennis Lagos (UPNFM)
Honduras Edwin Rodríguez (Olimpia)
Honduras Gerson Rodas (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Rody Meléndez (Real España)
Honduras Julio Moncada (Platense)
Honduras José López (Marathón)
Honduras Jeffry Miranda (Marathón)
Honduras Aldo Fajardo (Platense)
Argentina Jonathan Ferrari (Olimpia)
Honduras German Mejía (Olimpia)
Honduras Wilmer Crisanto (Motagua)
Honduras Juan Delgado (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Samuel Elvir (UPNFM)
Honduras Samuel Lucas (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Carlos Perdomo (Marathón)
Honduras Wilmer Fuentes (Real Sociedad)
Honduras César Guillén (Vida)
Honduras Luis Palma (Vida)
Cuba Yaudel Lahera (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Darwin Andino (Real de Minas)
Honduras Jorge Claros (Real España)
Honduras Jeffri Flores (Platense)
Argentina Cristian Alessandrini (Vida)
Honduras Bayron Méndez (Real Sociedad)
Paraguay José Cañete (Olimpia)
Honduras Pedro González (Olimpia)
Honduras Henry Figueroa (Marathón)
Honduras Jorge Saldívar (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Hilder Colón (Honduras Progreso)
Honduras Joshua Vargas (Platense)
Honduras Víctor Araúz (Platense)
Uruguay Santiago Correa (Real España)
Honduras Deybi Flores (Olimpia)
Honduras Óscar García (Real de Minas)
Honduras Diego Rodríguez (Real de Minas)
Honduras Carlos Lanza (Vida)
Honduras Sendel Cruz (UPNFM)
Honduras Dábirson Castillo (Platense)
Honduras Ted Bodden (UPNFM)
Honduras Luís Guzmán (Real de Minas)
  • 1 own-goal:
Honduras Wisdom Quaye (Vida)
Panama Azmahar Ariano (Marathón)
Honduras Lesvin Medina (UPNFM)
Honduras Carlos Meléndez (Vida)
Honduras Sony Fernández (UPNFM)
Honduras Kevin Espinoza (Marathón)
Honduras Henry Ayala (Platense)
Honduras Ronal Montoya (UPNFM)
Honduras Raúl Santos (Motagua)

Aggregate table

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Olimpia 31 20 6 5 63 27 +36 66
2 Marathón 31 19 7 5 64 35 +29 64
3 Motagua 31 17 7 7 51 31 +20 58
4 Real España 31 12 7 12 46 38 +8 43
5 Vida 30 10 12 8 37 34 +3 42
6 Real de Minas 31 12 4 15 41 47 −6 40
7 UPNFM 31 8 12 11 32 41 −9 36
8 Platense 31 9 6 16 44 60 −16 33
9 Real Sociedad 30 5 9 16 25 47 −22 24
10 Honduras Progreso 31 4 6 21 22 65 −43 18
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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