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
Season2001–02
ChampionsApertura: Motagua
Clausura: Marathón
RelegatedDeportes Savio
Copa Interclubes UNCAFMotagua
Marathón
Top goalscorerApertura:
Enrique Renau (8)
Clausura:
Marcelo Ferreira (13)
Biggest home winVictoria 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 winMarathón 0-5 Real España
(2 December 2001)
Deportes Savio 2-6 Platense
(10 February 2002)
Highest scoringMarathón 6-3 Victoria
(22 September 2001)
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2002.

2001–02 teams

Apertura

The Apertura tournament started on 7 September 2001 in La Ceiba with a 2–1 Victoria's home win over last season runners 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:

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
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals
Motagua vs Olimpia
Olimpia1–0Motagua
Fuentes  46'
Motagua4–2Olimpia
García  26'
Pacini  32'  39'
Mejía  87'		 Video report Velásquez  5'
Costa  37'
Referee: Óscar Bardales
  • Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.
Marathón vs Platense
Platense1–2Marathón
Fernández  23' Correia  5'
González  79'
Marathón1–1Platense
Cacho  58' Fernández  38'
Estadio Francisco Morazán
San Pedro Sula
  • Marathón won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final
Motagua vs Marathón
Marathón1–0Motagua
Rosales  69' (pen.)
Estadio Francisco Morazán
San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 14,283
Referee: Benigno Pineda
Marathón
Motagua
Motagua3–2Marathón
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
Attendance: 20,423
Referee: Óscar Bardales
Motagua
Marathón
  • 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

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

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:

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
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals
Olimpia vs Victoria
Victoria0–1Olimpia
Tosello  79'
Olimpia2–2Victoria
Costa  35'
Velásquez  71'		 Palacios  74'
Martinez  85'
Attendance: 7,170
  • Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Platense vs Marathón
Marathón2–1Platense
Renau  30'  45' C. Laing  82'
Attendance: 6260
Referee: Óscar Bardales
Platense0–0Marathón
Attendance: 6,544
  • Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Olimpia vs Marathón
Marathón4–1Olimpia
Zúniga  44' (pen.)
Reneau  49'  52'
Vargas  85'		 Tosello  60'
Attendance: 27,394
Referee: Óscar Bardales
Marathón
Olimpia
Olimpia1–0Marathón
Fuentes  7'
Attendance: 15,187
Referee: Argelio Sabillón
Olimpia
Marathón
  • 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

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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:

References
  1. RSSSF.com–Honduras 2001/02–11 December 2009
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