2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2002–03
Champions	Apertura: Olimpia Clausura: Marathón
Relegated	Victoria
Copa Interclubes UNCAF	Olimpia Marathón
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Marcelo Ferreira (15) Clausura: Denilson Costa (10) Pompilio Cacho (10) Luciano Emílio (10)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 37th edition since the intervention of the professional league in Honduran football. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) which ram from August 2002 to June 2003.^[1]

2002–03 teams

Honduras Salzburg (El Progreso) (promoted)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Tegucigalpa)

Real Maya changed its name to Real Patepluma for the Clausura tournament and moved to Santa Bárbara.

Apertura

The Apertura tournament lasted from August to December 2002, C.D. Olimpia defeated C.D. Platense in the Final to secure its 16th league title.

Regular season

Results

As of 24 November 2002

Home \ Away¹	SAL	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	MAY	UNI	VIC	VID
Honduras Salzburg		1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2
Marathón	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1
Motagua	2–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
Olimpia	1–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2
Platense	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	5–0	0–0	3–2	2–1
Real España	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–2		4–0	3–1	1–0	3–3
Real Maya	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1
Universidad	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	2–2		2–1	2–0
Victoria	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–3		0–1
Vida	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0

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

Standings

As of 24 November 2002

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense	18	12	5	1	42	14	+28	41	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	18	7	10	1	25	17	+8	31
3	Marathón	18	7	7	4	22	16	+6	28
4	Real España	18	6	8	4	25	18	+7	26
5	Motagua	18	7	5	6	24	23	+1	26
6	Universidad	18	3	11	4	20	26	−6	019¹
7	Vida	18	4	7	7	19	29	−10	19
8	Honduras Salzburg	18	3	9	6	19	22	−3	18
9	Real Maya	18	0	10	8	11	31	−20	014²
10	Victoria	18	2	6	10	10	15	−5	011³

¹Universidad were deducted one (−1) point.
²Victoria were deducted one (−1) point.
³Real Maya were added four (+4) points.

Final round

Semifinals

Platense vs Real España

1st leg 28 November 2002	Real España	0 – 2	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
18:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

2nd leg 1 December 2002	Platense	0 – 1	Real España	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Platense won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Olimpia vs Marathón

1st leg 28 November 2002	Marathón	0 – 2	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
20:00 (UTC−06:00)			Bennett Bonilla	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

2nd leg 1 December 2002	Olimpia	0 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Platense vs Olimpia

1st leg 8 December 2002	Olimpia	1 – 1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Velásquez 38'		Medina 13'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

2nd leg 15 December 2002	Platense	1 – 2 AET	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Tilguath 17'		Ferreira 71' (o.g.) Palacios 94'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 30,000

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Liga Nacional 2002–03 Apertura Champion
Olimpia 16th title

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from February to June 2003. C.D. Marathón took revenge a year and a half later and defeated C.D. Motagua in the finals to claim its 4th league title.

Reular season

Results

As of 10 May 2003

Home \ Away¹	SAL	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	PAT	UNI	VIC	VID
Honduras Salzburg		1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–1
Marathón	2–0		2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–2
Motagua	2–0	0–1		2–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Olimpia	1–0	4–1	0–2		3–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	4–1
Platense	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–3		0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
Real España	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3		3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Real Patepluma	2–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–2
Universidad	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0		1–1	1–0
Victoria	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	3–1		3–2
Vida	2–0	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	3–1

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

Standings

As of 10 May 2003

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	Qualified to the Final round
2	Marathón	18	10	3	5	33	17	+16	33
3	Real España	18	8	4	6	25	15	+10	28
4	Motagua	18	8	4	6	21	16	+5	28
5	Vida	18	7	4	7	24	30	−6	25
6	Platense	18	4	8	6	18	20	−2	20
7	Universidad	18	4	8	6	11	17	−6	20
8	Victoria	18	3	8	7	18	27	−9	17
9	Real Patepluma	18	3	6	9	11	18	−7	15
10	Honduras Salzburg	18	2	6	10	12	27	−15	12

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua

1st leg 15 May 2003	Motagua	2 – 2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez 74' Guerrero 84'		Tosello 12' Palacios 23'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Bardales

2nd leg 18 May 2003	Olimpia	0 – 2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Valladares 85' Martínez 90'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 27,000

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Marathón vs Real España

1st leg 14 May 2003	Real España	1 – 1	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Jiménez		Cacho	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

2nd leg 17 May 2003	Marathón	1 – 1	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Fernández		Betine	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Marathón 1–1 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better Regular season performance.

Final

Marathón vs Motagua

1st leg 25 May 2003	Motagua	0 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Martínez 65'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 21,691 Referee: Óscar Bardales

2nd leg 1 June 2003	Marathón	3 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho 44' Costa 60' 89'		Oseguera 40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 35,745 Referee: Marcio Carranza

Marathón won 4–1 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 2002–03 Clausura Champion
Marathón 4th title

Relegation

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 10 May 2003, C.D. Victoria were relegated to Liga de Ascenso, however they bought Honduras Salzburg's franchise and stayed in first division.

As of 10 May 2003

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	17	15	4	57	36	+21	66
2	Platense	36	16	13	7	60	34	+26	61
3	Marathón	36	17	10	9	55	33	+22	61
4	Real España	36	15	14	7	50	33	+17	59
5	Motagua	36	14	13	9	43	36	+7	55
6	Vida	36	11	11	14	43	59	−16	44
7	Universidad	36	7	19	10	31	43	−12	039¹
8	Honduras Salzburg	36	5	15	16	31	49	−18	30
9	Real Patepluma	36	3	16	17	22	49	−27	029²
10	Victoria	36	5	14	17	33	56	−23	028³	Relegation to the 2003–04 Liga de Ascenso

¹ Universidad were deducted a total –1 point.
² Real Patepluma were added a total +4 points.
³ Victoria were deducted a total –1 point.

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 2002/03 – 11 December 2009

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2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional

Contents

2002–03 teams

Apertura

Regular season

Results

Standings

Final round

Semifinals

Platense vs Real España

Olimpia vs Marathón

Final

Platense vs Olimpia

Clausura

Reular season

Results

Standings

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua

Marathón vs Real España

Final

Marathón vs Motagua

Relegation

References