2007–08 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

Honduras Apertura 2007-08 was the opening and fifty-one season of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on August 11, 2007 and finished December 31, 2007. [1] It followed the Honduras Clausura 2006-07 season. The winner qualified to the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League.

Contents

2007-08 teams

Club City Stadium 2006-2007 season
Atlético Olanchano Catacamas Estadio Cornelio Santos/Estadio Rubén Guifarro 8th in Clausura 2007
Deportes Savio Santa Rosa de Copán Estadio Miraflores Liga de Ascenso 2007 Promotion Winner
Hispano FC Comayagua Estadio Carlos Miranda 5th in Clausura 2007
C.D. Marathón San Pedro Sula Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano 2nd in Clausura 2007
C.D. Motagua Tegucigalpa Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino 4th in Clausura 2007
C.D. Olimpia Tegucigalpa Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino 3rd in Clausura 2007
C.D. Platense Puerto Cortés Estadio Excelsior 6th in Clausura 2007
Real España San Pedro Sula Estadio Francisco Morazán Clausura 2007 Champions
C.D. Victoria La Ceiba Estadio Nilmo Edwards 9th in Clausura 2007
C.D. Vida La Ceiba Estadio Nilmo Edwards 7th in Clausura 2007

Regular season

Round 1

Date Home Score Away Attendance
11 August 2007 Hispano 0:1 Real España
2,051
11 August 2007 Marathón 2:2 Deportes Savio
2,225
12 August 2007 Platense 0:0 Victoria
1,569
12 August 2007 Motagua 2:0 Atlético Olanchano
3,460
13 August 2007 Vida 1:1 Olimpia
4,082

Round 2

Date Home Score Away Attendance
18 August 2007 Victoria 2:0 Real España
2,120
18 August 2007 Marathón 1:0 Platense
2,144
19 August 2007 Deportes Savio 1:1 Vida
2,350
19 August 2007 Hispano 2:1 Motagua
3,722
19 August 2007 Olimpia 1:1 Atlético Olanchano
2,539

Round 3

Date Home Score Away Attendance
August 25, 2007 Real España 0:1 Marathón
5,090
August 25, 2007 Vida 1:0 Hispano
1,519
August 26, 2007 Atlético Olanchano 0:1 Victoria
2,086
August 26, 2007 Platense 0:0 Olimpia
3,420
August 26, 2007 Motagua 1:0 Deportes Savio
3,026

Round 4

Date Home Score Away Attendance
August 29, 2007 Deportes Savio 0:2 Hispano
1,971
August 29, 2007 Olimpia 1:0 Real España
2,994
August 29, 2007 Marathón 0:1 Victoria
2,020
August 30, 2007 Vida 0:0 Motagua
3,355
September 26, 2007 Atlético Olanchano 4:2 Platense
653

Round 5

Date Home Score Away Attendance
September 1, 2007 Victoria 2:1 Olimpia
8,264
September 1, 2007 Real España 1:0 Deportes Savio
1,041
September 2, 2007 Hispano 2:0 Atlético Olanchano
1,257
September 2, 2007 Platense 0:0 Vida
963
September 2, 2007 Motagua 4:1 Marathón
5,541

Round 6

Date Home Score Away Attendance
October 3, 2007 Atlético Olanchano 3:1 Vida
2,463
October 4, 2007 Olimpia 1:2 Motagua
17,799
September 8, 2007 Real España 2:3 Platense
1,625
September 8, 2007 Hispano 2:2 Marathón
1,200
September 8, 2007 Victoria 0:0 Deportes Savio
1,941

Round 7

Date Home Score Away Attendance
September 15, 2007 Marathón 1:1 Olimpia
6,936
September 15, 2007 Vida 0:1 Victoria
8,419
September 15, 2007 Motagua 2:4 Real España
5,651
September 16, 2007 Deportes Savio 0:1 Atlético Olanchano
1,522
September 16, 2007 Platense 1:2 Hispano
1,115

Round 8

Date Home Score Away Attendance
September 22, 2007 Vida 1:4 Marathón
1,477
September 23, 2007 Real España 3:1 Atlético Olanchano
1,536
September 23, 2007 Hispano 0:0 Victoria
2,371
September 23, 2007 Olimpia 1:0 Deportes Savio
1,674
September 23, 2007 Platense 3:2 Motagua
2,081

Round 9

Date Home Score Away Attendance
September 30, 2007 Real España 1:1 Vida
519
October 1, 2007 Victoria 2:2 Motagua
5,020
September 30, 2007 Atlético Olanchano 0:1 Marathón
1,508
September 30, 2007 Deportes Savio 1:0 Platense
1,503
September 30, 2007 Olimpia 2:0 Hispano
3,501

Round 10

Date Home Score Away Attendance
6 October 2007 Victoria 1:1 Platense
3,568
7 October 2007 Real España 1:0 Hispano
1,106
7 October 2007 Deportes Savio 1:0 Marathón
2,750
7 October 2007 Atlético Olanchano 1:2 Motagua
3,082
7 October 2007 Olimpia 2:1 Vida
1,287

Round 11

Date Home Score Away Attendance
13 October 2007 Vida 0:0 Deportes Savio
1,137
13 October 2007 Real España 1:2 Victoria
2,656
13 October 2007 Atlético Olanchano 1:1 Olimpia
2,305
13 October 2007 Platense 1:3 Marathón
16 October 2007 Motagua 1:1 Hispano
1,675

Round 12

Date Home Score Away Attendance
20 October 2007 Deportes Savio 1:1 Motagua
3,850
20 October 2007 Victoria 4:0 Atlético Olanchano
3,027
21 October 2007 Hispano 2:3 Vida
1,808
21 October 2007 Olimpia 3:1 Platense
2,201
21 October 2007 Marathón 2:0 Real España
4,281

Round 13

Date Home Score Away Attendance
27 October 2007 Victoria 2:2 Marathón
6,138
27 October 2007 Real España 1:3 Olimpia
7,281
27 October 2007 Motagua 2:0 Vida
1,737
28 October 2007 Hispano 2:1 Deportes Savio
1,142
28 October 2007 Platense 0:0 Atlético Olanchano
532

Round 14

Date Home Score Away Attendance
31 October 2007 Atlético Olanchano 1:1 Hispano
31 October 2007 Deportes Savio 1:1 Real España
1,841
31 October 2007 Olimpia 0:0 Victoria
6,005
31 October 2007 Vida 1:0 Platense
386
7 November 2007 Marathón 1:0 Motagua
4,603

Round 15

Date Home Score Away Attendance
3 November 2007 Marathón 3:0 Hispano
1,555
3 November 2007 Vida 4:1 Atlético Olanchano
533
4 November 2007 Deportes Savio 1:1 Victoria
1,276
4 November 2007 Platense 2:2 Real España
536
4 November 2007 Motagua 0:0 Olimpia
15,950

Round 16

Date Home Score Away Attendance
10 November 2007 Hispano 1:2 Platense
772
10 November 2007 Real España 1:2 Motagua
1,945
10 November 2007 Victoria 1:1 Vida
7,555
11 November 2007 Atlético Olanchano 1:2 Deportes Savio
450
11 November 2007 Olimpia 1:1 Marathón
4,600

Round 17

Date Home Score Away Attendance
18 November 2007 Marathón 1:0 Vida
1,565
18 November 2007 Victoria 2:2 Hispano
2,122
18 November 2007 Atlético Olanchano 0:1 Real España
508
18 November 2007 Motagua 3:1 Platense
2,050
18 November 2007 Deportes Savio 1:0 Olimpia
4,950

Round 18

Date Home Score Away Attendance
November 25, 2007 Vida 2:2 Real España
401
November 25, 2007 Motagua 1:0 Victoria
5,014
November 25, 2007 Marathon 1:0 Atlético Olanchano
9,424
November 25, 2007 Platense 0:2 Deportes Savio
684
November 25, 2007 Hispano 0:0 Olimpia
2,621

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 18 10 5 3 27 16 +11 35 Qualified to the Final round
2 Motagua 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32
3 Victoria 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31
4 Olimpia 18 6 9 3 19 13 +6 27
5 Deportes Savio 18 5 7 6 14 15 −1 22
6 Real España 18 6 4 8 22 25 −3 22
7 Hispano 18 5 6 7 19 22 −3 21
8 Vida 18 4 8 6 18 22 −4 20
9 Platense 18 3 6 9 17 28 −11 15
10 Atlético Olanchano 18 3 4 11 15 29 −14 13

Final round

Semifinal   Final
3  Victoria 1 0 1  
2  Motagua 1 2 3     2  Motagua 0 0 0
4  Olimpia 1 1 2   1  Marathon 0 2 2
1  Marathon 0 2 2  

Semifinals

2007-12-01
 Victoria 1 - 1 Motagua La Ceiba
Attendance: 9,634
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
Rosales  20' Guevara  2'
2007-12-02
 Olimpia 1 - 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 9,467
Referee: Benigno Pineda
Kardeck  59'
2007-12-08
 Marathón 2 - 1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 18,638
Referee: Mario Moncada
Norales  18'
Martínez  72'		 Tilguath  45+1'
2007-12-09
 Motagua 2 - 0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 11,899
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
Rodas  41'
Guevara  84'

Final

2007-12-16
 Motagua 0 - 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 16,042
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
2007-12-22
 Marathón 2 - 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 26,596
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
Brown  1'
Scott  78'

Champion

2007-08 Apertura champion
Marathón
6th National title

Goalscorers

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Stadia

Team Stadium Capacity
C.D. Marathón Olimpico Metropolitano 50,000
C.D. Motagua Tiburcio Carias Andino 35,000
C.D. Olimpia Tiburcio Carias Andino 35,000
Real España Francisco Morazán 20,000
C.D. Victoria Nilmo Edwards 15,000
CSD Vida Nilmo Edwards 15,000
Hispano FC Carlos Miranda 10,000
C.D. Platense Excelsior 10,000
Atlético Olanchano Rubén Guifarro 5,000
Deportes Savio Miraflores 5,000

Average attendance

Club Average Highest
Victoria 4,417 8,264
Motagua 4,900 15,950
Vida 2,368 8,419
Marathón 3,861 9,424
Olimpia 4,733 17,799
Hispano 1,883 3,722
Real España 2,533 7,281
Deportes Savio 2,446 4,950
Platense 1,363 3,420
Atlético Olanchano 1,632 3,082

International Competition

Trivia

References

  1. ^ "“Si quiero, te lo compro”" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-07-01. http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2007/07/01/si_quiero_te_lo_compro. Retrieved 2007-07-01. 
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