2007–08 Clausura Honduran Liga Nacional

Honduras Clausura 2007-08 was the opening and fifty-second season of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on January 12, 2008 and finished on May 27, 2008.^[1] It followed the Honduras Apertura 2007-08 season. The winner qualified to the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League.

2007-08 teams

Club	City	Stadium	2007 season
Atlético Olanchano	Catacamas	Estadio Rubén Guifarro	10th in Apertura 2008
Deportes Savio	Santa Rosa de Copán	Estadio Miraflores	5th in Apertura 2008
Hispano FC	Comayagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda	7th in Apertura 2008
C.D. Marathón	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano	2008 Apertura Champions
C.D. Motagua	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino/Estadio Marcelo Tinoco	2nd in Apertura 2008
C.D. Olimpia	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino/Estadio Carlos Miranda	4th in Apertura 2008
C.D. Platense	Puerto Cortés	Estadio Excelsior	9th in Apertura 2008
Real España	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Francisco Morazán	6th in Apertura 2008
C.D. Victoria	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	3rd in Apertura 2008
C.D. Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	8th in Apertura 2008

Regular season

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
12 January 2008	Vida	2:1	Real España	3,530
13 January 2008	Deportes Savio	1:1	Olimpia	3,128
13 January 2008	Hispano	2:0	Victoria	1,575
13 January 2008	Motagua	2:0	Olanchano	1,909
15 January 2008	Marathon	2:2	Platense	4,126

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
19 January 2008	Victoria	2:2	Olimpia	8,154
19 January 2008	Real España	2:1	Platense	2,276
20 January 2008	Olanchano	3:0	Vida	1,359
20 January 2008	Deportes Savio	1:0	Marathon	2,024
20 January 2008	Motagua	2:0	Hispano	2,529

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
26 January 2008	Vida	1:1	Deportes Savio	1,897
26 January 2008	Marathon	2:1	Olanchano	1,273
27 January 2008	Hispano	1:1	Real España	2,350
27 January 2008	Platense	0:0	Victoria	2,044
27 January 2008	Olimpia	0:1	Motagua	11,934

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
30 January 2008	Platense	0:2	Hispano	2,123
30 January 2008	Real España	2:0	Olimpia	7,144
30 January 2008	Vida	2:1	Marathon	1,854
30 January 2008	Motagua	1:1	Victoria	2,441
31 January 2008	Olanchano	3:2	Deportes Savio	1,300

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
2 February 2008	Marathon	2:1	Motagua	2,475
3 February 2008	Hispano	1:0	Vida	1,746
3 February 2008	Deportes Savio	4:0	Platense	1,520
3 February 2008	Victoria	1:1	Real España	2,490
3 February 2008	Olimpia	0:0	Olanchano	2,287

Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
9 February 2008	Real España	2:3	Marathon	9,952
9 February 2008	Victoria	1:0	Olanchano	1,445
10 February 2008	Deportes Savio	0:0	Motagua	4,033
10 February 2008	Platense	0:0	Vida	2,075
10 February 2008	Olimpia	5:0	Hispano	3,252

Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
16 February 2008	Vida	1:3	Victoria	6,209
17 February 2008	Olanchano	1:0	Platense	2,143
17 February 2008	Hispano	3:1	Deportes Savio	1,749
17 February 2008	Motagua	2:1	Real España	4,473
20 February 2008	Marathon	0:2	Olimpia	8,423

Round 8

Round 8 23 February 2008	Vida	2 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06)	Hernández 13' Cardozo 88'		Nascimento 90'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 3,347

Round 8 23 February 2008	Real España	1 – 0	Atlético Olanchano	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)	González 63'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 1,471

Round 8 24 February 2008	Hispano	0 – 1	Marathón	Comayagua, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06)			da Silva 61'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 2,524

Round 8 24 February 2008	Olimpia	2 – 1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Mendoza 67' Andino 71'		Mendoza 30' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,813

Round 8 27 February 2008	Deportes Savio	1 – 2	Victoria	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Costa 73'		Medina 40' Chávez 70'	Stadium: Estadio Miraflores Attendance: 2,045

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1 March 2008	Victoria	0:0	Marathon	3,151
1 March 2008	Real España	4:1	Deportes Savio	1,366
2 March 2008	Olanchano	3:2	Hispano	1,681
2 March 2008	Platense	1:0	Motagua	3,793
2 March 2008	Olimpia	2:0	Vida	4,455

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
8 March 2008	Olanchano	1:0	Motagua	3,574
8 March 2008	Real España	3:1	Vida	2,309
9 March 2008	Victoria	1:2	Hispano	838
9 March 2008	Platense	3:2	Marathon	4,668
9 March 2008	Olimpia	1:1	Deportes Savio	3,344

Round 11

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
12 March 2008	Platense	0:0	Real España	5,765
12 March 2008	Vida	2:2	Olanchano
12 March 2008	Marathon	2:1	Deportes Savio	1,021
12 March 2008	Olimpia	1:0	Victoria	1,601
02 April 2008	Hispano	2:0	Motagua

Round 12

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
15 March 2008	Victoria	1:0	Platense	1,738
15 March 2008	Real España	0:0	Hispano	2,267
16 March 2008	Olanchano	0:2	Marathon
16 March 2008	Deportes Savio	1:1	Vida
16 March 2008	Motagua	2:1	Olimpia	15,627

Round 13

Date	Home	Score	Away
29 March 2008	Hispano	2:2	Platense
29 March 2008	Victoria	2:0	Motagua
29 March 2008	Marathon	3:1	Vida
30 March 2008	Deportes Savio	0:0	Olanchano
30 March 2008	Olimpia	3:0	Real España

Round 14

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
5 April 2008	Vida	2:2	Hispano
5 April 2008	Real España	2:1	Victoria
6 April 2008	Olanchano	0:2	Olimpia	3,630
6 April 2008	Platense	3:0	Deportes Savio	2,790
6 April 2008	Motagua	3:3	Marathon	4,716

Round 15

Date	Home	Score	Away
12 April 2008	Marathon	0:1	Real España
12 April 2008	Vida	0:1	Platense
13 April 2008	Olanchano	1:2	Victoria
13 April 2008	Hispano	1:1	Olimpia
13 April 2008	Motagua	2:0	Deportes Savio

Round 16

Date	Home	Score	Away
19 April 2008	Victoria	0:1	Vida
19 April 2008	Real España	2:1	Motagua
20 April 2008	Deportes Savio	1:0	Hispano
20 April 2008	Platense	3:1	Olanchano
20 April 2008	Olimpia	1:0	Marathon

Round 17

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
27 April 2008	Marathon	5:2	Hispano	2,225
27 April 2008	Motagua	2:0	Vida	2,099
27 April 2008	Olanchano	3:2	Real España	1,326
27 April 2008	Victoria	0:0	Deportes Savio	1,533
27 April 2008	Platense	0:2	Olimpia	8,279

Round 18

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
3 May 2008	Marathon	2:0	Victoria	4,859
3 May 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Real España	1,507
3 May 2008	Hispano	2:0	Olanchano	1,960
3 May 2008	Motagua	3:1	Platense	4,217
3 May 2008	Vida	2:2	Olimpia	3,536

Standings

As of 2008-05-03

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	9	6	3	28	13	+15	33	Qualification to the Final Round
2	Marathón	18	9	3	6	30	23	+7	30
3	Real España	18	8	4	6	26	22	+4	28
4	Motagua	18	8	3	7	23	19	+4	27
5	Hispano	18	7	5	6	24	25	−1	26
6	Victoria	18	6	6	6	17	17	0	24
7	Atlético Olanchano	18	6	3	9	19	25	−6	21
8	Platense	18	5	5	8	18	24	−6	20
9	Deportes Savio	18	4	7	7	18	24	−6	19
10	Vida	18	4	6	8	18	29	−11	18

Final round

Brackets

Semifinal					Final

3	Real España	1	4	5
2	Marathon	3	2	5		Marathon	1	0	1
4	Motagua	1	1	2		Olimpia	1	1	2
1	Olimpia	4	3	7

Semifinals

May 7, 2008 15:00	Motagua	1 – 4	Olimpia	Estadio Marcelo Tinoco Danli, Honduras Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Mario Moncada
	Ruben Matamoros 47'	(Report)	Ramiro Bruschi 21' Hendry Thomas 49' Ramón Núñez 54' Milton Núñez 78'

May 10, 2008 19:00	Olimpia	3 – 1	Motagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda Comayagua, Honduras Referee: Beningno Pineda
	Danilo Turcios 19' Ramiro Bruschi 42' Wilmer Velasquez 62'	(Report)	Jocimar Nascimento 38'

Olimpia qualifies to the finals on a 7:2 aggregate score.

May 7, 2008 19:30	Real España	1 – 3	Marathon	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula, Honduras Attendance: 10,562 Referee: Oscar Moncada
	Lalín 71'		da Silva 42' Henríquez 54' Güity 75'

May 10, 2008 19:30	Marathon	2 – 4	Real España	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula, Honduras Attendance: 7,553 Referee: Jose Gaspar Molina
	Jose Guity 4' Marcelo Ferreira 80'	(Report)	Allan Lalin 22' Elder Valladares 43' Everaldo Ferreira 50' Juan Obelar

Marathon qualifies to the finals due to higher league position.

Final

2008-05-18	Marathón	1 - 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Gaspar Molina
	Furtado 68'		Turcios 35'	San Pedro Sula Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Gaspar Molina

2008-05-24	Olimpia	1 - 0	Marathón	Comayagua Attendance: 9,474 Referee: Mario Moncada
	Velásquez 60' (pen.)			Comayagua Attendance: 9,474 Referee: Mario Moncada

Champion

2007-08 Clausura champion
Olimpia 21st National title

Goalscorers

As of March 1, 2008.

7 goals

Douglas Caetano (España)

6 goals

Ney Costa (Deportes Savio)

5 goals

Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua)
Nicholas Cardozo (Vida)

4 goals

Wilmer Velasquez (Olimpia)

3 goals

Elmer Marin (Atletico Olanchano)
Walter Hernández (Olimpia)
Marvin Chavez (Victoria)
Abidan Solis (Victoria)

2 goals

Eduardo Bennet (Atletico Olanchano)
Elkin Gonzales (España)
Eric Vallecillo (España)
Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
Javier Portillo (Hispano)
Edmilson da Silva Melo (Marathon)
Jose Guity (Marathon)
Eberson Amaral de Vasconcelos (Marathon)
Luis Rodas (Motagua)
Oscar Torlacoff (Motagua)
Mauricio Webber (Victoria)
Dicktmar Hernandez (Vida)

1 goal

Samir Arzu (Atletico Olanchano)
Edgar Núñez (Atletico Olanchano)
Richard Perez (Atletico Olanchano)
Carlos Salinas (Atletico Olanchano)
Mario Euceda (Deportes Savio)
Onan Garcia (Deportes Savio)

Orbin Paz (Deportes Savio)
Carlos Pérez (Deportes Savio)
Victor Ramirez (Deportes Savio)
Harrison Róchez (Deportes Savio)
Carlinho (España)
Allan Lalin (España)
Mario Rodriguez (España)
Jorge Regalado (Hispano)
Marcelo Segales (Hispano)
Jairo Mosquera (Hispano)
Eliu Membreño (Hispano)
Henry Gimenez (Hispano)
Mario Berrios (Marathon)
Nilberto da Silva (Marathon)
Marcelo Ferreira (Marathon)
Emil Martinez (Marathon)
Erick Norales (Marathon)
Erick Andino (Olimpia)
Nahún Avila (Olimpia)
Allan Junior do Santos Kardeck (Olimpia)
Sergio Mendoza (Olimpia)
Banny Lozano (Platense)
Misael Ruiz (Platense)
Carlos Will Mejía (Platense)
Derick Hulse (Victoria)
Junior Izaguirre (Victoria)
Nimrod Medina (Victoria)
Pablo Montes (Victoria)
Carlos Moran (Victoria)
Jose Luis Grant (Vida)
Angel Hill (Vida)

1 owngoal

Segio Diduch (Hispano) for Deportes Savio
Rommel Murillo (Hispano) for Olimpia
Esdras Padilla (Hispano) for Motagua
Jose Guity (Marathon) for España
Nahum Guity (Olimpia) for Platense

Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
C.D. Marathón	Olimpico Metropolitano	45,000
Real España	Olimpico Metropolitano	45,000
C.D. Motagua	Tiburcio Carias Andino	35,000
C.D. Olimpia	Tiburcio Carias Andino	35,000
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

As of February 27, 2008

Club	Average	Highest
Victoria	4,030	8,154
Motagua	2,838	4,473
Vida	3,367	6,209
Marathón	4,075	8,423
Olimpia	5,322	11,934
Hispano	1,989	2,524
Real España	5,211	9,952
Deportes Savio	2,550	4,033
Platense	2,081	2,123
Atlético Olanchano	1,601	2,143

International Competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008:
- Quarterfinals
  - Motagua 0-1 Pachuca (MEX) (on aggregated)

Relegation Table

As of 2008-05-03

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	36	19	8	9	57	39	+18	65
2	Olimpia	36	15	15	6	47	26	+21	60
3	Motagua	36	17	8	11	51	38	+13	59
4	Victoria	36	13	16	7	39	29	+10	55
5	Real España	36	14	8	14	48	47	+1	50
6	Hispano	36	12	11	13	43	47	−4	47
7	Deportes Savio	36	9	14	13	32	39	−7	41
8	Vida	36	8	14	14	36	51	−15	38
9	Platense	36	8	11	17	35	52	−17	35
10	Atlético Olanchano (R)	36	9	7	20	34	54	−20	34	Relegation to the Second division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Broadcasting Rights

The rights are distributive by team

TVC can broadcast: Motagua, Olimpia, Espana, Vida and Victoria home matches.
Canal 11 has the rights to televise: Marathon, Olanchano, Hispano and Platense home matches.
Maya TV broadcasts: Savio home matches.

References

^ "El campeón abre ante Platense" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-12-29. Archived from the original on 2008-01-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20080101074242/http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2007/12/29/el_campeon_abre_ante_platense. Retrieved 2008-01-08.

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