2019–20 Honduran Liga Nacional

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.

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)
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

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
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.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Honduras ProgresoEl ProgresoEstadio Humberto Micheletti5,000
MarathónSan Pedro SulaEstadio Yankel Rosenthal15,000
MotaguaTegucigalpaEstadio Tiburcio Carías Andino35,000
OlimpiaTegucigalpaEstadio Tiburcio Carías Andino35,000
PlatensePuerto CortésEstadio Excélsior7,910
Real de MinasDanlíEstadio Marcelo Tinoco5,000
Real EspañaSan Pedro SulaEstadio Francisco Morazán26,781
Real SociedadTocoaEstadio Francisco Martínez Durón3,000
UPNFMCholutecaEstadio Emilio Williams Agasse8,000
VidaLa CeibaEstadio Nilmo Edwards18,000
  • 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
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureVacancyReplaced byAppointmentPosition in table
Real España Carlos RestrepoSacked6 May 2019[4] Hernán Medford10 June 2019Preseason
Olimpia Manuel KeosseiánSacked5 June 2019[5] Pedro Troglio14 June 2019[6]Preseason
Vida Héctor CastellónResigned10 June 2019 Washington Araujo20 June 2019[7]Preseason
Honduras Progreso Luís AlvaradoSacked16 August 2019 Horacio Londoño16 August 201910th
Platense José TorresSacked2 September 2019 Héctor Castellón3 September 20199th[8]
Real Sociedad Mauro ReyesSacked16 September 2019 Carlos Tábora16 September 201910th[9]
Real España Hernán MedfordResigned23 September 2019 Luis Ordóñez24 September 20198th[10]
Honduras Progreso Horacio LondoñoSacked4 October 2019TBDTBA9th
Real España Luis OrdóñezSeparated7 October 2019 Ramiro Martínez7 October 20197th[11]

Apertura

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