2012–13 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2012–13 football season was the 47th Honduran Liga Nacional edition, since its establishment in 1965. The season was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 61st and 62nd national champions. The campaign began on 28 July 2012,[1][2] and ended on May 2013. Club Deportivo Olimpia was the reigning champions after winning in 2011–12.

Liga Nacional
Season2012–13
ChampionsApertura:
Olimpia
Clausura:
Olimpia
RelegatedAtlético Choloma
Champions LeagueOlimpia
Victoria
Matches played200
Goals scored489 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Rojas (10)
Clausura:
Martínez (12)
Biggest home winMotagua 6–0 Deportes Savio
(6 March 2013)
Biggest away winReal España 1–4 Motagua
(16 November 2012)
Highest scoringVictoria 4–3 Real España
(24 February 2013)
Longest unbeaten runOlimpia (13)
Longest losing runMarathón (4)
Real Sociedad (4)
Vida (4)
All statistics correct as of 19 May 2013.

2012–13 teams

On 3 June 2012, C.D. Real Sociedad obtained the promotion to the Liga Nacional as winner of the 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso.[3] Platense F.C. which had been relegated last season, bought C.D. Necaxa's franchise and will play in first division.

Location of teams in 2012–13 season
Deportes Savio
Olimpia

Apertura

The fixtures for the Apertura tournament were announced on 4 July; with the results Real C.D. España 1–0 C.D. Real Sociedad and Atlético Choloma 4–2 C.D.S. Vida, the tournament opened fire on 28 July.[4][5] On rounds 2 and 3, Vida included midfielder Luis Jaramillo on their lineups despite being ineligible to play; on 12 September, the Northern Disciplinary Commission made the decision to award both matches to Real España and Victoria 3–0.[6]

On 28 October, Club Deportivo Olimpia became the first team to secure a spot for the postseason, after defeating Platense F.C. 0–1 at Estadio Excélsior in Puerto Cortés.[7] C.D. Victoria also qualified along Olimpia directly to the semifinals finishing second. On the other hand, C.D. Motagua–Real España and C.D. Marathón–Atlético Choloma had to play a playoff round.

The semifinal encounters were settled on 21 November, as Motagua and Atlético Choloma defeated Real España and Marathón respectively. Motagua crushed Real España with a 7–3 on aggregate.[8] Meanwhile, Atlético Choloma dispatched Marathón after a 2–2 aggregated score but with more away goals scored.[9]

Once in the semifinals, Olimpia got rid of Atlético Choloma with a 2–1 aggregate, meanwhile Victoria and Motagua finished with a 3–3 global score, however, Victoria advanced thanks to a better regular season finish over Motagua. With their success in the semifinals, Olimpia and Victoria re-encountered each other in a final for the third time in history,[10] having won one each in the previous two. The first match in La Ceiba ended with a scoreless tie; but in the second leg, Olimpia had no mercy over Victoria and won its third consecutive title with an overwhelming 4–0.[11]

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 11 6 1 32 10 +22 39 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Victoria 18 8 7 3 22 12 +10 31
3 Motagua 18 6 8 4 21 15 +6 26 Qualification to the Second round
4 Marathón 18 6 5 7 21 26 −5 23
5 Atlético Choloma 18 5 7 6 29 28 +1 22
6 Real España 18 5 6 7 21 22 −1 21
7 Vida 18 5 6 7 24 35 −11 21
8 Platense 18 4 8 6 15 22 −7 20
9 Deportes Savio 18 5 4 9 16 23 −7 19
10 Real Sociedad 18 4 5 9 13 21 −8 17
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source:

Results
As of 11 November 2012
Home \ Away ACH SAV MAR MOT OLI PLA RES RSO VIC VID
Atlético Choloma 2–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 5–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–2
Deportes Savio 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1
Marathón 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 4–1
Motagua 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Olimpia 4–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0
Platense 0–0 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1
Real España 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–4
Real Sociedad 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2
Victoria 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–0
Vida 3–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • Originally Vida 1–0 Real España and Victoria 1–2 Vida. Due to the illegal participation of Vida's midfielder Luis Jaramillo in both matches, Real España and Victoria were granted each a 3–0 win.[12]

Final round

Second round
Motagua vs Real España
1st leg
Real España1–4Motagua
Lobo  38' Report Guevara  4'
Molina  17'
Welcome  23'
Medina  56'
Attendance: 7,666
Real España
Motagua
2nd leg
Motagua3–2Real España
Valladares  7'
Welcome  30' (pen.)
Medina  76'		 Report Rodas  47'
Alvarado  50'
Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
Motagua
Real España
  • Motagua won 7–3 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Atlético Choloma
1st leg
Atlético Choloma0–0Marathón
Report
Attendance: 411
Referee: Orlando Hernández
Atlético Choloma
Marathón
2nd leg
Marathón2–2Atlético Choloma
Berríos  45' (pen.)  90' Report Oviedo  60'
Hernández  70'
Attendance: 808
Referee: Raúl Castro
Marathón
Atlético Choloma
  • Marathón 2–2 Atlético Choloma on aggregate score; Atlético Choloma advanced on away goals.

Semifinals
Olimpia vs Atlético Choloma
1st leg
Atlético Choloma1–0Olimpia
Isaula  34' Report
Atlético Choloma
Olimpia
2nd leg
Olimpia2–0Atlético Choloma
Caetano  33'
Palacios  75'		 Report
Olimpia
Atlético Choloma
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
Victoria vs Motagua
1st leg
Motagua1–1Victoria
Medina  31' Report Arias  57'
Attendance: 9,533
Referee: Erick Andino
Motagua
Victoria
2nd leg
Victoria2–2Motagua
Licona  34'
Molina  75'		 Report Medina  2'
Oseguera  60'
Attendance: 7,338
Victoria
Motagua
  • Victoria 3–3 Motagua on aggregate score. Victoria advanced on better regular season performance.

Final
Olimpia vs Victoria
1st leg
Victoria0–0Olimpia
Report
Attendance: 13,203
Victoria
Olimpia
2nd leg
Olimpia4–0Victoria
Rojas  2'
García  13'
Portillo  45'
Bruschi  85'		 Report
Olimpia
Victoria
  • Olimpia won 4–0 on aggregate score.
 Liga Nacional
2012–13 Apertura Champion 
C.D. Olimpia
26th title

Top goalscorers
As of 16 December 2012
  • 10 goals:
Roger Rojas (Olimpia)
  • 8 goals:
Óscar Torlacoff (Atlético Choloma)
Aldo Oviedo (Atlético Choloma)
  • 7 goals:
Mauricio Copete (Victoria)
Jonatan Hansen (Real España)
  • 5 goals:
Osnaldo Hernández (Real Sociedad)
Shannon Welcome (Vida)
Mitchel Brown (Marathón)
Román Castillo (Deportes Savio)
Elmer Zelaya (Vida)
Osman Hernández (Atlético Choloma)
  • 4 goals:
Juan Mejía (Olimpia)
Amado Guevara (Motagua)
Nery Medina (Motagua)
Mario Berríos (Marathón)
Georgie Welcome (Motagua)
Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia)
Carlos Discua (Motagua)
Leonardo Isaula (Atlético Choloma)
  • 3 goals:
Elroy Smith (Vida)
Charles Córdoba (Atlético Choloma)
Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)
Mariano Acevedo (Marathón)
Julio Rodríguez (Real España)
Johnny Leverón (Motagua)
Rubén Licona (Victoria)
César Oseguera (Motagua)
Víctor Ortiz (Victoria)
Jerry Palacios (Platense)
Marco Vega (Marathón)
Eddie Hernández (Motagua)
  • 2 goals:
Ian Osorio (Platense)
Marcelo Souza (Deportes Savio)
Elkin González (Real Sociedad)
Reynaldo Tilguath (Olimpia)
Luis Lobo (Real España)
Melvin Valladares (Motagua)
Douglas Caetano (Olimpia)
Javier Portillo (Olimpia)
Stiven Jiménez (Platense)
Aly Arriola (Deportes Savio)
Carlos Morán (Motagua)
Néstor Martínez (Vida)
Cholby Martínez (Vida)
Sebastián Rosano (Olimpia)
Ever Alvarado (Real España)
Jorge Lozano (Vida)
Leonardo Benedith (Vida)
Rony Flores (Marathón)
Allan Lalín (Real España)
Jonathan Reyes (Marathón)
Wilmer Crisanto (Victoria)
Juan García (Olimpia)
  • 1 goal:
Johnny Barrios (Atlético Choloma)
Marco Mejía (Deportes Savio)
Júnior Sandoval (Marathón)
Bayron Méndez (Platense)
Jairo Puerto (Real España)
Roby Norales (Motagua)
José Meza (Marathón)
John Beaumont (Deportes Savio)
Luis Santamaría (Atlético Choloma)
Luis Castro (Marathón)
José Casildo (Platense)
Edder Delgado (Real España)
Romário Pinto (Deportes Savio)
Alexander López (Olimpia)
Brayan Beckeles (Olimpia)
David Molina (Motagua)
Eder Arias (Victoria)
Johnny Palacios (Olimpia)
Juan Cárcamo (Real Sociedad)
Júnior Lacayo (Victoria)
Selvin Tinoco (Deportes Savio)
Luciano Emílio (Olimpia)
Danilo Turcios (Real Sociedad)
Porciano Ávila (Vida)
Johny Galdámez (Deportes Savio)
Carlos Valle (Real Sociedad)
Mario Romero (Victoria)
Christian Altamirano (Marathón)
Francisco López (Platense)
José Escalante (Olimpia)
Óscar Fortín (Deportes Savio)
Jesús Navas (Vida)
Rony Morales (Platense)
Jorge Campbell (Atlético Choloma)
Jerry Díaz (Platense)
Jorge Cardona (Platense)
Samuel Córdova (Victoria)
Jaime Rosales (Platense)
Salvador Peña (Real Sociedad)
Irvin Reyna (Olimpia)
Félix Crisanto (Victoria)
Marvin Sánchez (Atlético Choloma)
Adán Ramírez (Real Sociedad)
Rigoberto Padilla (Victoria)
Walter Hernández (Platense)
Bryan Castro (Deportes Savio)
Sergio Bica (Real España)
Chestyn Onofre (Vida)
Rubén Matamoros (Real Sociedad)
Orlin Peralta (Vida)
Ney Costa (Vida)
Hilder Colón (Real España)
Gerson Rodas (Real España)
  • 1 own goal:
Porciano Ávila (Vida)
David Molina (Motagua)
Wilson Güity (Atlético Choloma)
Johnny Barrios (Atlético Choloma)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament started on 19 January 2013, the first game was played between locals C.D. Marathón and Platense F.C. at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal.[13] The regular season ended on 20 April 2013. C.D. Olimpia and C.D. Real Sociedad qualified directly to the semifinals after finishing 1st and 2nd respectively. The playoffs were paired with C.D. Victoria facing Deportes Savio and Marathón vs Platense.[14]

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 9 6 3 26 14 +12 33 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Real Sociedad 18 8 6 4 23 13 +10 30
3 Victoria 18 6 7 5 24 25 −1 25 Qualification to the Second round
4 Marathón 18 5 9 4 26 21 +5 24
5 Platense 18 7 3 8 21 24 −3 24
6 Deportes Savio 18 6 5 7 23 30 −7 23
7 Motagua 18 6 4 8 27 23 +4 22
8 Real España 18 5 7 6 18 22 −4 22
9 Vida 18 4 7 7 17 29 −12 19
10 Atlético Choloma 18 2 10 6 24 28 −4 16
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2013. Source:

Results
As of 20 April 2013
Home \ Away ACH SAV MAR MOT OLI PLA RES RSO VIC VID
Atlético Choloma 3–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 4–1
Deportes Savio 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1
Marathón 1–1 3–2 5–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Motagua 1–0 6–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0
Olimpia 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Platense 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–0
Real España 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1
Real Sociedad 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0
Victoria 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 4–3 2–3 1–3
Vida 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–3 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Second round
Victoria vs Deportes Savio
1st leg
Deportes Savio2–1Victoria
Minella  45'
Benítez  84'		 Report Lacayo  65'
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Erick Andino
Deportes Savio
Victoria
2nd leg
Victoria2–0Deportes Savio
Lacayo  57'  64' Report
Attendance: 640
Victoria
Deportes Savio
  • Victoria won 3–2 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Platense
1st leg
Platense1–1Marathón
Montes  37' Report  49' Flores
Attendance: 2,636
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Platense
Marathón
2nd leg
Marathón1–3Platense
Blanco  6' Report Cardona  45'
Méndez  55'
Montes  75'
Marathón
Platense
  • Platense won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Semifinals
Olimpia vs Platense
1st leg
Platense0–0Olimpia
Report
Referee: Miguel Torres
Platense
Olimpia
2nd leg
Olimpia0–0Platense
Report
Olimpia
Platense
  • Olimpia 0–0 Platense on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better regular season performance.
Real Sociedad vs Victoria
1st leg
Victoria0–3Real Sociedad
Report Martínez  13'  52'
Melgares  17'
Attendance: 4,261
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
Victoria
Real Sociedad
2nd leg
Real Sociedad2–2Victoria
González  17'
Martínez  35'		 Report Lacayo  31'
Martínez  86'
Referee: Orlando Hernández
Real Sociedad
Victoria
  • Real Sociedad won 5–2 on aggregate score.

Final
Olimpia vs Real Sociedad
1st leg
Real Sociedad1–0Olimpia
Reyes  75' Report
Attendance: 3,359
Real Sociedad
Olimpia
2nd leg
Olimpia2–0Real Sociedad
Rojas  6'
Beckeles  60'		 Report
Olimpia
Real Sociedad
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
 Liga Nacional
2012–13 Clausura Champion 
C.D. Olimpia
27th title

Top goalscorers
As of 19 May 2013
  • 12 goals:
Rony Martínez (Real Sociedad)
  • 11 goals:
Javier Estupiñán (Platense)
  • 9 goals:
Claudio Cardozo (Real España)
Roger Rojas (Olimpia)
  • 6 goals:
Óscar Torlacoff (Atlético Choloma)
Júnior Lacayo (Victoria)
Diego Reyes (Real Sociedad)
  • 5 goals:
Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua)
Romário Pinto (Deportes Savio)
Rony Flores (Marathón)
Léster Blanco (Marathón)
Luis Ramírez (Deportes Savio)
  • 4 goals:
Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia)
Víctor Ortiz (Victoria)
Santiago Minella (Deportes Savio)
Melvin Valladares (Motagua)
Shannon Welcome (Vida)
Emil Martínez (Marathón)
Eddie Hernández (Motagua)
  • 3 goals:
Roby Norales (Motagua)
Mariano Acevedo (Marathón)
Osman Hernández (Atlético Choloma)
Douglas Caetano (Olimpia)
Walter Martínez (Vida)
Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)
Wilmer Crisanto (Victoria)
Francisco Benítez (Deportes Savio)
  • 2 goals:
Marco Vega (Marathón)
Efraín López (Real Sociedad)
Víctor Mena (Atlético Choloma)
Amado Guevara (Motagua)
Manuel Mosquera (Victoria)
Fábio de Souza (Olimpia)
Luis Castro (Marathón)
Jorge Cardona (Platense)
Leonardo Isaula (Atlético Choloma)
Román Castillo (Vida)
Alexander López (Olimpia)
Roy Posas (Atlético Choloma)
Jerrick Díaz (Platense)
Rubén Rivera (Victoria)
Juan Montes (Platense)
Brayan Martínez (Victoria)
Francisco López (Platense)
Jonatan Hansen (Real España)
Carlos Discua (Motagua)
Maynor Cabrera (Deportes Savio)
Julio de León (Real Sociedad)
Romell Quioto (Vida)
Arnold Peralta (Vida)
  • 1 goal:
Randy Diamond (Marathón)
Wilson Güity (Real Sociedad)
Víctor Zúniga (Platense)
Aly Arriola (Deportes Savio)
Félix Crisanto (Victoria)
Ozzie Bodden (Victoria)
Clayvin Zúniga (Deportes Savio)
Marlon Peña (Real España)
Carlos Morán (Motagua)
Óscar García (Atlético Choloma)
Ángel Tejada (Atlético Choloma)
Víctor Moncada (Atlético Choloma)
Denis Suazo (Victoria)
Jairo Róchez (Victoria)
Giovanni Lazo (Deportes Savio)
Júnior Sandoval (Marathón)
Orvin Paz (Atlético Choloma)
Elkin González (Real Sociedad)
Ángel Pineda (Deportes Savio)
Abner Méndez (Atlético Choloma)
Miguel Castillo (Real España)
Walter Hernández (Platense)
Uberdy García (Atlético Choloma)
Edgar Flores (Victoria)
John Beaumont (Platense)
Franco Güity (Real España)
Nery Medina (Motagua)
Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)
Sergio Peña (Real Sociedad)
Mauricio Castro (Atlético Choloma)
Bryan Róchez (Real España)
Selvin Tinoco (Deportes Savio)
Henry Clark (Real Sociedad)
Marvin Barrios (Motagua)
Carlos Gutiérrez (Olimpia)
Bayron Méndez (Platense)
Alfredo Mejía (Motagua)
Christian Altamirano (Marathón)
Mario Berríos (Marathón)
Luis Guzmán (Atlético Choloma)
Héctor García (Deportes Savio)
Jorge Lozano (Vida)
Edder Delgado (Real España)
Dicktmar Hernández (Victoria)
Julio Rodríguez (Real España)
Luis Santamaría (Atlético Choloma)
Giancarlo Maldonado (Platense)
Omar Elvir (Motagua)
Juan Mejía (Olimpia)
Bani Lozano (Platense)
Rubén Licona (Victoria)
Juan García (Olimpia)
Georgie Welcome (Motagua)
Brayan Beckeles (Olimpia)
  • 1 own goal:
Mario Chávez (Vida)
Nixon Duarte (Platense)
José Velásquez (Victoria)
Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua)
Óscar García (Atlético Choloma)
Wilfredo Barahona (Real España)
César Oseguera (Motagua)
Chestyn Onofre (Vida)
Ian Osorio (Platense)
Julio Suazo (Victoria)
Henry Figueroa (Motagua)

Aggregate table

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 20 April 2013, Atlético Choloma was relegated to the Liga de Ascenso after reaching 38 points, two less than C.D.S. Vida.[15]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 36 20 12 4 58 24 +34 72 Qualified to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Victoria 36 14 14 8 46 37 +9 56
3 Motagua 36 12 12 12 48 38 +10 48
4 Marathón 36 11 14 11 47 45 +2 47
5 Real Sociedad 36 12 11 13 36 34 +2 47
6 Platense 36 11 11 14 36 46 −10 44
7 Real España 36 10 13 13 39 44 −5 43
8 Deportes Savio 36 11 9 16 39 53 −14 42
9 Vida 36 9 13 14 41 64 −23 40
10 Atlético Choloma 36 7 17 12 53 56 −3 38 Relegation to the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2013. Source:

References
  1. Diez.hn–21 de julio arrancaría próxima temporada en Honduras–26 May 2012
  2. Diez.hn–Inició la asamblea de Liga Nacional–16 June 2012
  3. Diez.hn–¡Real Sociedad asciende en Honduras!–3 June 2012
  4. ElHeraldo.hn–Honduras: Listo el calendario del Torneo Apertura–4 July 2012
  5. Tiempo.hn–El balón rodará en diez canchas Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine–28 July 2012
  6. Tiempo.hn–De un "plumazo" le quitan 6 puntos al Vida Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine–12 September 2012
  7. LaPrensa.hn–Olimpia se llevó una victoria sobre Platense y se aleja más en la cima–28 October 2012
  8. LaPrensa.hn–Motagua certificó su boleto a las semifinales con otro triunfo–21 November 2012
  9. LaPrensa.hn–Atlético Choloma despacha al Marathón–21 November 2012
  10. LaTribunaDeportiva.hn–Olimpia y Victoria a su tercera final–4 December 2012
  11. ElHeraldo.hn– Olimpia no tuvo piedad del Victoria para conquistar su tricampeonato–16 December 2012
  12. LaPrensa.hn–Le quitan seis puntos al Vida por caso Luis Jaramillo–12 September 2012
  13. Tiempo.hn–Con goleada Marathón recibe al Clausura Archived 2013-01-25 at the Wayback Machine–19 January 2013
  14. Diez.hn–Los cruces del repechaje en Honduras–20 April 2013
  15. ElHeraldo.hn–Minuto a Minuto: Liguilla y descenso en la Liga Nacional de Honduras Archived 2013-07-02 at Archive.today–20 April 2013
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