Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
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| Liga Nacional de Honduras |
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 2008-09 Apertura |
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| Founded |
| 10 May 1964 |
| Nation |
 Honduras |
| Relegation To |
| Liga de Ascenso Honduras |
| Number of Teams |
| 10 |
| International Qualification |
| CONCACAF Champions League |
| Current Champions (2007/08 Clausura) |
| Olimpia |
| Website |
| Official |
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening (autumn) and Closing (spring). One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso (the team with fewest points in Opening and Closing) and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso. The first 4 clubs participate in play-offs to decide the champion. The winners of the Opening and Closing competitions participate in the CONCACAF Champions League.
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[edit] History of the League
In the 1930s, soccer experienced a surge in popularity in the country. In 1948 with the birth of the Francisco Morazán Major Football League, the idea to organize football began to take shape.
Olimpia, Federal, Motagua, Argentina and Real España are the pioneers of the Liga Mayor. In 1948 the first championship began in the recently inaugurated Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino as Victoria were made champions by beating Motagua; and three years later, in 1951, they repeated the trick. Due to the high support the League received at this time, the Confederacy Sports School Extra of Honduras {F.N.D.E.H.} was founded.
The cancellation of the court of the Stadium Municipal of San Pedro Sula was the catalyst that caused the sport's leaders of the northern and central parts of Honduras to join forces and caused the disappearance of the F.N.D.E.H.
On 8 March 1951, Juan Manuel Galvez gave life to the F.N.D.E.H. when he signed the presidential decree I number 97 and he vouched for the execution of the first Sports Congress that was carried out in the installations of the abandoned "National Gymnasium Rubén Alleys Valentine".
A decade after the creation of the F.N.D.E.H. and under the leadership of Hémerito F. Hernández, and also under Féderico Bunker Aguilar who had pioneered CONCACAF's creation at the same time, the idea to create the First National League of Soccer took shape between 1962 and 1963. Thanks in part to the aid of executives such as Alejandro Talbott that had studied in Mexico, the structure of that country's league was copied. On Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 April 1964 the 15th National Congress created the league. The 15th National Congress also started the National League Not Fan of Honduras, LINAFUTH, that was founded 10 May, that year.
The president of the Sports Confederacy was Oscar Kafati and the secretary was journalist Andrés Towers Son. Severa teams sent delegates. These included Olimpia, Troya, España, Honduras de El Progreso, Vida, Marathón, Motagua, La Salle, and Atlético Español Glidden. Those delegates were chosen to be to the first Provisional Board of Directors that remained headed by: President Oscar Lara Mejía, Secretary: José T. Castañeda, Treasurer: Jesus J. Handal, Fiscal: Humberto Soriano Aguilar and vocal: Oscar Kirckonell, Alfredo Bueso, René Bendeck.
The first round of the first professional national championship was 18 July 1965, with the following results: Olimpia 3:0 Marathón; España 1:0 Troya; Honduras 3:0 Atlético Español; Vida 4:1 Motagua; and Platense 6:2 La Salle. Pedro Deras of El Progreso de Honduras was the first scorer of the National League in the 5th minute against Atlético Español. Platense was the first professional champion of Honduras winning the three rounds; and Atlético Español finished last, but there was no relegation.
(info from www.hondurasfutbol.com/historia.htm) (Edited by native English speaker and former resident of La Ceiba)
[edit] Teams for 2008-09 season
[edit] Relegation-Promotion
The current relegation-promotion format is the following. The winner of Liga de Ascenso de Honduras Apertura plays the winner of Liga de Ascenso de Honduras Clausura and whoever wins the two legged match wins promotion. Apertura and Clausura tournaments are added up to see who is last who gets relegated.
[edit] Historic
[edit] All Time Scorers
- Bold players are still active
| All-Time Leading Scorers (as of 28 March, 2008) | ||
| No. | Player | Goals |
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| 1st | Wilmer Velásquez |
171 |
| 2nd |  Denilson Costa |
156 |
| 3rd | Francisco Ramírez |
95 |
| 4th | Marcelo Ferreira |
92 |
| 5th | Prudencio Norales |
89 |
| 6th | Juan Manuel Cárcamo |
88 |
| - | Luciano Emilio |
88 |
| 8th | Oscar "Martillo" Hernández |
86 |
| 9th | Oscar "Martillo" Hernández |
86 |
| - |  Danilo Tosello |
86 |
| 11th | Antonio Obando |
83 |
| 12th | Eduardo Bennet |
82 |
| 13th | Luis Oswaldo Altamirano |
80 |
| 14th | Carlos Alvarado |
79 |
| 15th | Leonel Machado |
76 |
[edit] All-Time Table
(From 1965-66 to 2006-07 Apertura)
- Blue- Current Club
[edit] All Time Records Apertura/Clausura Format (1997/1998 +)[edit] Goal MilestoneThis is a list of the milestone goals scored in the LINAFUT.
[edit] Champions by year[edit] Titles by club
[edit] Honduran clubs in International competitions
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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