2011–12 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season 2011–12
Champions Apertura:
Olimpia
Clausura:
Olimpia
Relegated Platense
Champions League Olimpia
Marathón
Matches played 180
Goals scored 441 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer Apertura:
Cardozo (15)
Clausura:
Torlacoff (9)
Biggest home win Olimpia 7–2 Deportes Savio
(21 March 2012)
Biggest away win Deportes Savio 2–5 Real España
(4 March 2012)
Highest scoring Olimpia 7–2 Deportes Savio
(21 March 2012)
Longest unbeaten run Motagua (23)
Longest losing run Necaxa (5)

The 2011–12 season in Honduran Liga Nacional was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 59th and 60th champions in the history of the league. It also provided two berths for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. The Apertura tournament was played in the second half of 2011, while the Clausura was played in the first half of 2012. A new change in the system was used for this season; unlike previous years, 6 teams qualified to the final round, matching team 3rd vs team 6th and team 4th vs team 5th, those who advanced played the semifinals against 1st and 2nd.[1]

2011–12 teams

On 18 June 2011, Atlético Choloma obtained promotion to the 2011–12 season and replaced Hispano F.C..[2]


Apertura

The Apertura tournament was scheduled to be played from August to December 2011. The regular-season fixture was announced on 21 July 2011 and as with the previous season C.D.S. Vida and Real C.D. España played the inaugural match on 6 August in La Ceiba, ending in a 1–1 draw.[3][4][5] In round 14, C.D. Marathón defeated Real España 2–0 in the Clásico Sampedrano and ensured its participation in the final round reaching 27 points; meanwhile, Real España qualified to the postseason in Round 15, thanks to its 2–0 home victory over Atlético Choloma. On 6 November, Club Deportivo Olimpia defeated Marathón 1–0 at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino and became the third club to guarantee a spot in the final round.[6] After round 17, Real España and Marathón had not only qualified to the final round but ensured their participation in the semifinals;[7] also Vida and Deportes Savio got in the postseason after their draws against Olimpia and Real España respectively. Round 17 also defined the elimination of Atlético Choloma.[8] And in the very last round, C.D. Necaxa became the last team to advance to the postseason by defeating Olimpia 0–1 at Tegucigalpa.[9] C.D. Motagua, C.D. Platense and C.D. Victoria were eliminated.

Deportes Savio and Necaxa, two teams which had never qualified to a postseason before, made it to the second round. The brackets paired Olimpia (3rd) versus Necaxa (6th) and Vida (4th) versus Deportes Savio (5th). Olimpia got the ticket to the semifinals with a 2–1 victory over Necaxa;[10] meanwhile the series between Vida and Deportes Savio was decided in a coin flipping,[11] due to a 3–3 aggregated score; both teams were also tied in the regular season with a 2–0 home win by each side; Vida advanced after the draw performed by the league's board of directors on 27 November 2011.[12]

Once in the semifinals, Real España got rid of Vida with a 5–1 aggregated score[13] and played the final against Olimpia, who eliminated Marathón for the second consecutive time in a semifinal series. On 17 December 2011, Olimpia obtained its 24th league title after defeating Real España with a 3–0 aggregate score; midfielder Carlos Will Mejía was the hero of the series scoring all three goals.[14]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real España 18 9 7 2 25 13 +12 34 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Marathón 18 9 4 5 32 19 +13 31
3 Olimpia 18 7 5 6 16 11 +5 26 Qualification to the Second round
4 Vida 18 7 5 6 19 21 −2 26
5 Deportes Savio 18 6 6 6 22 25 −3 24
6 Necaxa 18 6 5 7 16 20 −4 23
7 Motagua 18 6 4 8 20 19 +1 22
8 Platense 18 6 3 9 14 23 −9 21
9 Victoria 18 5 4 9 21 25 −4 19
10 Atlético Choloma 18 3 9 6 18 27 −9 18
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2011. Source:

Results

As of 19 November 2011
Home \ Away[1] ACH SAV MARMOTNECOLIPLARESVICVID
Atlético Choloma 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–4 1–1 1–1
Deportes Savio 3–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Marathón 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2
Motagua 0–0 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–0
Necaxa 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–1
Olimpia 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–1
Platense 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0
Real España 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Victoria 4–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–1
Vida 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0

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

Final round

Second round

Olimpia vs Necaxa
1st leg
Necaxa 1–1 Olimpia
Welcome  51' Report Pérez  83' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,854
Necaxa
Olimpia
2nd leg
Olimpia 1–0 Necaxa
Rojas  24' Report
Attendance: 2,197
Olimpia
Necaxa
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
Vida vs Deportes Savio
1st leg
Deportes Savio 2–1 Vida
Rápalo  37'
Mejía  89' (pen.)		 Report Nascimento  40'
Attendance: 1,371
Referee: Mario Moncada (1st half)
Miguel Torres (2nd half)
Deportes Savio
Vida
2nd leg
Vida 2–1 Deportes Savio
Nascimento  8'
Córdoba  80' (pen.)		 Report Morales  90+2'
Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Raúl Castro
Vida
Deportes Savio
  • Vida 3–3 Deportes Savio on aggregate score; Vida advanced on a coin toss.

Semifinals

Real España vs Vida
1st leg
Vida 0–1 Real España
Report Delgado  67'
Attendance: 5,436
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Vida
Real España
2nd leg
Real España 4–1 Vida
Lalín  45+1'
Martínez  47'
Lobo  55'
Delgado  90+1'		 Report Pavón  6'
Attendance: 5,844
Referee: José Pineda
Real España
Vida
  • Real España won 5–1 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Olimpia
1st leg
Olimpia 1–0 Marathón
Mejía  85' Report
Attendance: 10,747
Referee: Raúl Castro
Olimpia
Marathón
2nd leg
Marathón 0–0 Olimpia
Report
Attendance: 5,931
Marathón
Olimpia
  • Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate score.

Final

Real España vs Olimpia
1st leg
Olimpia 1–0 Real España
Mejía  84' Report
Attendance: 22,818
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Olimpia
Real España
2nd leg
Real España 0–2 Olimpia
Report Mejía  82'  84'
Attendance: 18,000
Real España
Olimpia
  • Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate score.
Liga Nacional
2011–12 Apertura Champion
C.D. Olimpia
24th title

Top goalscorers

As of 17 December 2011
  • 15 goals:
  • 9 goals:
  • 7 goals:
  • 6 goals:
  • 5 goals:
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
  • 1 own-goal:

Clausura

The Clausura tournament started on 7 January and is set to finish on May 2012.[15] The inauguration round started with a 2–2 drawn between C.D.S. Vida and C.D. Marathón at Estadio Nilmo Edwards[16] and the Atlético Choloma's 2–1 home victory over C.D. Victoria.[17] Club Deportivo Olimpia became the first team to ensure a postseason spot on 25 March in the 0–0 drawn against C.D. Motagua in the Honduran Superclásico; Marathón did it on 1 April in the 2–2 home drawn against C.D. Platense. Two weeks later, on 14 April, Motagua qualified thanks to its 0–1 away win at Marathón.[18] Also on 14 April, C.D. Platense, was mathematically relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.[19] One day later, Deportes Savio lost any postseason hopes, due to their 1–2 away lost at Estadio Excélsior against Platense.[20] On 18 April, Atlético Choloma, Real C.D. España and Vida qualified to the Final round[21] leaving Victoria and C.D. Necaxa eliminated.

All Second round clashes were determined on the very last round of the Regular phase; Atlético Choloma made history and qualified to the playoffs on their second season franchise and faced Real España, where they were eliminated after a 1–3 defeat on aggregate.[22] Marathón had a drop in their last games performance and gave up the chance to play directly in the semifinals, they finished thirds and had to face Vida who finished fourth.[23][24] In this phase, Marathón beat Vida with a tight 2–1 win on aggregate.[25] Once in the semifinals, Olimpia had no troubles to eliminate Real España with a notorious 6–0 win on aggregate;[26] meanwhile in the other series, Marathón surprised Motagua with a 0–2 away win at Tegucigalpa.[27]

In the final series, Olimpia and Marathón faced each other in this instance for the 9th time. The first leg at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano ended in a 0–0 draw, the game was mainly dominated by the home team but they were unable to score. In the second leg, Olimpia with an early second half goal by Brazilian striker Douglas Caetano captured its 25th domestic league.[28] This title came in the year of the centenary for the White Lions.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 10 5 3 32 14 +18 35 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Motagua 18 7 11 0 22 10 +12 32
3 Marathón 18 8 7 3 25 19 +6 31 Qualification to the Second round
4 Atlético Choloma 18 8 5 5 20 18 +2 29
5 Real España 18 7 4 7 28 26 +2 25
6 Vida 18 5 9 4 24 25 −1 24
7 Victoria 18 7 1 10 28 28 0 22
8 Necaxa 18 4 4 10 20 25 −5 16
9 Deportes Savio 18 4 4 10 25 41 −16 16
10 Platense 18 1 8 9 14 32 −18 11
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2012. Source:

Results

As of 22 April 2012
Home \ Away[1] ACH SAV MARMOTNECOLIPLARESVICVID
Atlético Choloma 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Deportes Savio 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–4 2–1 2–5 2–1 3–3
Marathón 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–3
Motagua 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Necaxa 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 5–0 0–1 2–3 0–0
Olimpia 2–0 7–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0
Platense 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–1
Real España 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 4–0
Victoria 1–2 5–1 0–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–2
Vida 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 4–0 1–0

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

Final round

Second round

Marathón vs Vida
1st leg
Vida 0–0 Marathón
Report
Attendance: 2,166
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Vida
Marathón
2nd leg
Marathón 2–1 Vida
Palacios  29'
Meza  84'		 Report Méndez  57'
Attendance: 1,455
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
Marathón
Vida
  • Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate score.
Atlético Choloma vs Real España
Real España
Atlético Choloma
2nd leg
Atlético Choloma 1–2 Real España
Torlacoff  39' Report Alvarado  42'
Rodríguez  75'
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: José Pineda
Atlético Choloma
Real España
  • Real España won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Real España
1st leg
Real España 0–1 Olimpia
Report García  90+4'
Attendance: 6,543
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Real España
Olimpia
2nd leg
Olimpia 5–0 Real España
Tilguath  36' (pen.)
Mejía  46'
Bruschi  49'
Rojas  58'  81'		 Report
Attendance: 7,123
Olimpia
Real España
  • Olimpia won 6–0 on aggregate score.
Motagua vs Marathón
Marathón
Motagua
2nd leg
Motagua 0–2 Marathón
Report Berríos  20'
Brown  76'
Attendance: 5,732
Referee: Raúl Castro
Motagua
Marathón
  • Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate score.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón
1st leg
Marathón 0–0 Olimpia
Report
Attendance: 13,898
Marathón
Olimpia
Olimpia
Marathón
  • Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate score.
Liga Nacional
2011–12 Clausura Champion
C.D. Olimpia
25th title

Top goalscorers

As of 20 May 2012
  • 9 goals:
  • 8 goals:
  • 7 goals:
  • 6 goals:
  • 5 goals:
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
Honduras Johnny Leverón (Motagua)
Honduras Óscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio)
Colombia Luis Castro (Vida)
Honduras Orlin Peralta (Vida)
Brazil Moacyr Filho (Platense)
Honduras David Colón (Victoria)
Honduras Óscar Morales (Vida)
Honduras Henry Córdova (Platense)
Honduras Roby Norales (Motagua)
Honduras Johnny Palacios (Olimpia)
Brazil Everaldo Ferreira (Atlético Choloma)
Belize Elroy Smith (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Óscar García (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Kevin Osorio (Necaxa)
Honduras Junior Padilla (Motagua)
Honduras Nahún Solís (Platense)
Honduras Luis Arriola (Necaxa)
Honduras Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua)
Honduras Mario Berríos (Marathón)
Honduras Julián Rápalo (Deportes Savio)
Belize Harrison Róches (Marathón)
Honduras Mauricio Castro (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras David Molina (Motagua)
Honduras Jairo Crisanto (Victoria)
Honduras Jorge Lozano (Vida)
Honduras Mauricio Sabillón (Marathón)
Honduras Jefry Flores (Real España)
Honduras Eder García (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Ian Osorio (Platense)
Honduras Aldo Oviedo (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Félix Crisanto (Victoria)
Honduras Jairo Puerto (Real España)
Honduras Romel Murillo (Marathón)
Honduras Ricardo Barrios (Motagua)
Honduras Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)
Honduras Raúl Santos (Vida)
Honduras Bayron Méndez (Platense)
Honduras Jorge Cardona (Platense)
Brazil Ney Costa (Vida)
Honduras Francisco Pavón (Vida)
Honduras Francisco Díaz (Platense)
Honduras Jerry Díaz (Platense)
Honduras Abidán Solís (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Elder Valladares (Atlético Choloma)
Honduras Alexander Aguilar (Marathón)
Honduras Ronald Martínez (Motagua)
Honduras José Tobías (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Jesús Navas (Necaxa)
Honduras Rony Morales (Platense)
Honduras Sergio Mendoza (Motagua)
Honduras José Casildo (Platense)
Honduras Carlos Solórzano (Vida)
Honduras Georgie Welcome (Motagua)
Panama Luis Jaramillo (Victoria)
Honduras Marco Mejía (Deportes Savio)
  • 1 own goal:
Honduras Maynor Martínez (Real España)
Honduras Jorge Lozano (Vida)
Honduras Johny Galdámez (Deportes Savio)
Honduras Henry Acosta (Real España)
Honduras Ian Osorio (Platense)
Honduras Wilmer Crisanto (Victoria)
Honduras Juan Montes (Necaxa)

Aggregate table

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 14 April, C.D. Platense became officially relegated to the second division,[29] it is the first relegation for the Escualos since the 1981–82 season; however, on 25 May 2012, Platense bought C.D. Necaxa's franchise for L. 4.5 million and will play in the first division for the 2012–13 season.[30]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 36 17 11 8 57 38 +19 62 Qualification for 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Olimpia 36 17 10 9 48 25 +23 61
3 Real España 36 16 11 9 53 39 +14 59
4 Motagua 36 13 15 8 42 29 +13 54
5 Vida 36 12 14 10 43 46 −3 50
6 Atlético Choloma 36 11 14 11 38 45 −7 47
7 Victoria 36 12 5 19 49 53 −4 41
8 Deportes Savio 36 10 10 16 47 66 −19 40
9 Necaxa 36 10 9 17 36 45 −9 39
10 Platense 36 7 11 18 28 55 −27 32 Relegated to the 2012–13 Liga de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2012. Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Since Olimpia won both the Apertura and Clausura, Marathón qualified for the CCL as the team with the best aggregate record.

References

  1. ↑ Diez.hn–Cambia el sistema de clasificación de Liga–16 July 2011
  2. ↑ Diez.hn–El Atlético Choloma es el nuevo ascendido a Liga Nacional–18 June 2011
  3. ↑ Diez.hn–Vida-Real España abren el Apertura–21 July 2011
  4. ↑ Tiempo.hn–El torneo se juega con diez clubes Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine.–21 July 2011
  5. ↑ Diez.hn–Vida y Real España arrancan empatando–6 August 2011
  6. ↑ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn–Olimpia no cree en monstruos Archived 2012-05-22 at the Wayback Machine.–6 November 2011
  7. ↑ Diez.hn–Olimpia tendrá que jugar repechaje–13 November 2011
  8. ↑ Diez.hn–"Romario" metió directo al Marathón–13 November 2011
  9. ↑ LaTribuna.hn–Necaxa hizo el "milagro" Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine.–19 November 2011
  10. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–Olimpia se mete a las semifinales y lo espera el Marathón Archived 2012-09-11 at Archive.is–26 November 2011
  11. ↑ Diez.hn–Sorteo definirá semifinalista de la Liga–26 November 2011
  12. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn–Vida clasifica a semifinales en polémico sorteo–27 November 2011
  13. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn–La Máquina deja las cosas claras...–3 December 2011
  14. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn–Monumento para Will...
  15. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–El 7 de enero inicia el Torneo Clausura Archived 2011-12-06 at the Wayback Machine.–3 December 2011
  16. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn–Al Marathón lo salvó el Bombero...–7 January 2012
  17. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–Torlacoff da primer triunfo al Choloma Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine.–7 January 2012
  18. ↑ Tiempo.hn–Azules sufren para vencer a Marathón Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine.–14 April 2012
  19. ↑ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn–Platense se despide de la primera división–14 April 2012
  20. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–Triunfo inservible del Platense–15 April 2012
  21. ↑ Diez.hn–Choloma no falla y se mete a la liguilla–18 April 2012
  22. ↑ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn–La "Máquina" acelera a semifinales–29 April 2012
  23. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–Olimpia y Motagua golean y pasan directos a las semifinales Archived 2012-08-03 at Archive.is–22 April 2012
  24. ↑ Diez.com–¡Definidos los cruces en Honduras!–22 April 2012
  25. ↑ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn–Marathón completa el "poker de ases"–29 April 2012
  26. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–Olimpia sella el pase a la final con humillante paliza al Real España Archived 2012-05-08 at the Wayback Machine.–6 May 2012
  27. ↑ LaPrensa.hn–Marathón ahoga al Motagua y es el primer finalista en Honduras Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.–5 May 2012
  28. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn–Caetano baña de oro el centenario Albo–20 May 2012
  29. ↑ Diez.hn–¡Victoria se salva y desciende Platense!–14 April 2012
  30. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn–Platense compró categoría a Necaxa y se mantiene en Primera División–25 May 2012
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