2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2001–02
Champions	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: Marathón
Relegated	Deportes Savio
Copa Interclubes UNCAF	Motagua Marathón
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Enrique Renau (13) Clausura: Marcelo Ferreira (13)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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.

2001–02 teams

Squads

2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional squads

Deportes Savio	Cruz · Marson · García · Monge · Piota · Ramos · Suazo · Barnica

Marathón	Bustillo · Cacho · Centeno · Correia · González · Guifarro · López · Martínez · Murillo · Oliva · Reneau · Rosales · Sabillón · Suárez · Vargas · Zúñiga

Motagua	4 Izaguirre · 10 Leyes · R. Bernárdez · V. Bernárdez · Castro · Chirinos · García · Lozano · Medina · Mejía · Montoya · Nolasco · Obando · Pacini · Ramírez · Raudales · Reyes · Rodríguez · Romero · Salgado · Salinas · Turcios · Valladares · Vásquez · Verón

Olimpia	Costa · Ferreira (A) · Fuentes · Thomas · Tosello · Velásquez

Platense	Ferreira (C) · Figueroa · Mejía (C) · Valladares · Zapata · Zelaya

Real Comayagua	·

Real España	Flores · Mejía (C) · Peña

Universidad	Cardona · Hernández (C) · Herrera · Ramírez

Victoria	Canales · Figueroa · Mariano · Pineda

Vida	Aguilera · Álvarez · Brown · Bush · Norales · Ocampo

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

As of 2 December 2001

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

Results

As of 2 December 2001

Home \ Away¹	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
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Motagua vs Olimpia

6 December 2001 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Olimpia	1 – 0	Motagua	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa
	Fuentes 46'			Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa

9 December 2001 16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Motagua	4 – 2	Olimpia	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa Referee: Óscar Bardales
	García 26' Pacini 32' 39' Mejía 87'	Video report	Velásquez 5' Costa 37'

Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.

Marathón vs Platense

5 December 2001 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Platense	1 – 2	Marathón	Estadio Excélsior Puerto Cortés
	Fernández 23'		Correia 5' González 79'	Estadio Excélsior Puerto Cortés

8 December 2001 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Marathón	1 – 1	Platense	Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula
	Cacho 58'		Fernández 38'	Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula

Marathón won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Motagua vs Marathón

12 December 2001 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula Attendance: 14,283 Referee: Benigno Pineda
	Rosales 69' (pen.)

Marathón

Motagua



GK	21	Juan Centeno
DF	–	Mauricio Sabillón
DF	–	Jaime Rosales
DF	–	Behiker Bustillo
DF	–	Lenín Suárez
DF	–	Nígel Zúniga
MF	–	Carlos Oliva
MF	–	Luis Guifarro
MF	–	Mario López	72'
FW	–	Enrique Reneau
FW	–	Pompilio Cacho
Substitutions:
MF	–	Emil Martínez	72'
Manager:
José Herrera



GK	–	Diego Vásquez
DF	–	Ninrrol Medina (C)
DF	–	Víctor Bernárdez
DF	–	Mario Chirinos
DF	4	Júnior Izaguirre	80'
DF	–	Elmer Mejía
MF	–	Marlon Nolasco	60'
MF	–	Ramón Romero
MF	19	Danilo Turcios
FW	29	José Pacini
FW	–	Marcelo Verón
Substitutions:
MF	–	Ariel Leyes	60'
MF	–	Milton Reyes	80'
Manager:
Gilberto Yearwood

16 December 2001 16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Motagua	3 – 2	Marathón	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa Attendance: 20,423 Referee: Óscar Bardales
	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

Motagua

Marathón



GK	18	Noel Valladares
DF	–	Milton Reyes
DF	–	Ninrrol Medina (C)
DF	–	Víctor Bernárdez
DF	4	Júnior Izaguirre
MF	–	Marlon Nolasco	76'
MF	–	Ramón Romero	46'
MF	19	Danilo Turcios
MF	–	Róbel Bernárdez
FW	29	José Pacini
FW	–	Marcelo Verón	12'
Substitutions:
MF	–	Elmer Mejía	46'
MF	–	Ariel Leyes	76'
Manager:
Gilberto Yearwood



GK	21	Juan Centeno
DF	–	Mauricio Sabillón
DF	–	Jaime Rosales
DF	–	Behiker Bustillo
DF	–	Lenín Suárez	43'
DF	–	Nígel Zúniga
MF	–	Carlos Oliva
MF	–	Luis Guifarro	77'
MF	–	Enrique Reneau	58'
FW	–	Ricardo Correia	59'
FW	–	Pompilio Cacho
Substitutions:
MF	–	Emil Martínez	58'
FW	–	Jimmy González	59'
MF	–	Mario López	77'
Manager:
José Herrera

Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.

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 a 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

As of 12 May 2002

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

Results

As of 12 May 2002

Home \ Away¹	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
¹The 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 Victoria

15 May 2002 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Victoria	0 – 1	Olimpia	Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba
				Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba

19 May 2002 16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Olimpia	2 – 2	Victoria	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa
				Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Platense vs Marathón

16 May 2002 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Marathón	2 – 1	Platense	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula
				Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula

19 May 2002 15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Platense	0 – 0	Marathón	Estadio Excélsior Puerto Cortés
				Estadio Excélsior Puerto Cortés

Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón

23 May 2002 19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Marathón	4 – 1	Olimpia	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula
	Zúniga 44' (pen.) Renau 49' 52' Vargas 85'		Tosello 60'	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula

26 May 2002 16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Olimpia	1 – 0	Marathón	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa
	Fuentes 7'			Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa

Marathón won 4–2 on aggregate.

Relegation table

As of 12 May 2002

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

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 2001/02 – 11 December 2009

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2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional

Contents

2001–02 teams

Squads

Apertura

Regular season

Standings

Results

Final round

Semifinals

Motagua vs Olimpia

Marathón vs Platense

Final

Motagua vs Marathón

Clausura

Regular season

Standings

Results

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Victoria

Platense vs Marathón

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón

Relegation table

References