2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season 2007–08
Champions Apertura:
Marathón
Clausura:
Olimpia
Relegated Atlético Olanchano
Champions League Marathón
Olimpia
Matches played 192
Top goalscorer Apertura:
Martínez
Clausura:
Velásquez

The 2007–08 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008.[1] The season was split into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) which defined the 51st and 52nd national champions in the history of the league. C.D. Marathón and Club Deportivo Olimpia as winners of each tournament qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

2007–08 teams

Deportes Savio from Santa Rosa de Copán was promoted from the 2006–07 Liga de Ascenso.[2]

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from 11 August to 22 December 2007. C.D. Marathón captured its 6th domestic league.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 18 10 5 3 27 16 +11 35 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Motagua 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32
3 Victoria 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31
4 Olimpia 18 6 9 3 19 13 +6 27
5 Deportes Savio 18 5 7 6 14 15 1 22
6 Real España 18 6 4 8 22 25 3 22
7 Hispano 18 5 6 7 19 22 3 21
8 Vida 18 4 8 6 18 22 4 20
9 Platense 18 3 6 9 17 28 11 15
10 Atlético Olanchano 18 3 4 11 15 29 14 13
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2007. Source:

Results

As of 25 November 2007
Home \ Away[1] OLA SAV HISMARMOTOLIPLARESVICVID
Atlético Olanchano 12 11 01 12 11 42 01 01 31
Deportes Savio 01 02 10 11 10 10 11 11 11
Hispano 20 21 22 21 00 12 01 00 23
Marathón 10 22 30 10 11 10 20 01 10
Motagua 20 10 11 41 00 31 24 10 20
Olimpia 11 10 20 11 12 31 10 00 21
Platense 00 02 12 13 32 00 22 00 00
Real España 31 10 10 01 12 13 23 12 11
Victoria 40 00 22 22 22 21 11 20 11
Vida 41 00 10 14 00 11 10 22 01

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

Semifinals

Marathón vs Olimpia

  • Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.
Motagua vs Victoria

  • Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Marathón vs Motagua

Marathón
Motagua
  • Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate score.
Liga Nacional
2007–08 Apertura Champion
C.D. Marathón
6th title

Top goalscorers

As of 22 December 2007

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Honduras Carlos Salinas (Atlético Olanchano)
  • Argentina Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
  • Honduras Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
  • Brazil Allan do Santos (Olimpia)
  • Brazil José Dias (Real España)
  • Brazil Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)
  • Argentina Carlos Fretes (Real España)
  • Honduras Héctor Flores (Victoria)
  • Honduras Johnny Calderón (Vida)

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from 12 January to 24 May 2008. C.D. Olimpia captured its 21st domestic league.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 9 6 3 28 13 +15 33 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Marathón 18 9 3 6 30 23 +7 30
3 Real España 18 8 4 6 26 22 +4 28
4 Motagua 18 8 3 7 23 19 +4 27
5 Hispano 18 7 5 6 24 25 1 26
6 Victoria 18 6 6 6 17 17 0 24
7 Atlético Olanchano 18 6 3 9 19 25 6 21
8 Platense 18 5 5 8 18 24 6 20
9 Deportes Savio 18 4 7 7 18 24 6 19
10 Vida 18 4 6 8 18 29 11 18
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source:

Results

As of 3 May 2008
Home \ Away[1] OLA SAV HISMARMOTOLIPLARESVICVID
Atlético Olanchano 32 32 02 10 02 10 32 12 30
Deportes Savio 00 10 10 00 11 40 21 12 11
Hispano 20 31 01 20 11 22 11 20 10
Marathón 21 21 52 21 02 22 01 20 31
Motagua 20 20 20 33 21 31 21 11 20
Olimpia 00 11 50 10 01 21 30 10 20
Platense 31 30 02 32 10 02 00 00 00
Real España 10 41 00 23 21 20 21 21 31
Victoria 10 00 12 00 20 22 10 11 01
Vida 22 11 22 21 21 22 01 21 13

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

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua

  • Olimpia won 7–2 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Real España

  • Marathón 5–5 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón
Marathón
Olimpia

Olimpia
Marathón
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
Liga Nacional
2007–08 Clausura Champion
C.D. Olimpia
21st title

Top goalscorers

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Aggregate table

Atlético Olanchano made the least points in the aggregated table from both Apertura and Clausura regular seasons, thereby were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 36 19 8 9 57 39 +18 65 Qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Olimpia 36 15 15 6 47 26 +21 60
3 Motagua 36 17 8 11 51 38 +13 59
4 Victoria 36 13 16 7 39 29 +10 55
5 Real España 36 14 8 14 48 47 +1 50
6 Hispano 36 12 11 13 43 47 4 47
7 Deportes Savio 36 9 14 13 32 39 7 41
8 Vida 36 8 14 14 36 51 15 38
9 Platense 36 8 11 17 35 52 17 35
10 Atlético Olanchano 36 9 7 20 34 54 20 34 Relegated to the 2008–09 Liga de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source:

References

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