2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	2014–15
Champions	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: TBD
Relegated	Parrillas One
Champions League	Motagua TBD
Matches played	185
Goals scored	538 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Castillo (27)
Biggest home win	Real España 5–0 Motagua (24 August 2014) Olimpia 5–0 Platense (7 September 2014) Motagua 5–0 Real España (19 October 2014) Real Sociedad 5–0 Victoria (2 November 2014)
Biggest away win	Motagua 1–4 Olimpia (31 August 2014)
Highest scoring	Platense 4–4 Honduras (18 October 2014) Honduras 5–3 Real Sociedad (1 November 2014)
Longest unbeaten run	Motagua (13)
Longest losing run	Platense (5)
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 25 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional season will be the 49th Honduran Liga Nacional edition, since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format will remain the as the previous season. The tournament began on 1 August 2014^[1] and is to be ended on May 2015. On 20 December 2014, C.D. Motagua obtained its 13th national title after defeating C.D. Real Sociedad 2–1 on aggregate in the Apertura finals.^[2]

2014–15 teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2013–14 season plus C.D. Honduras, promoted from the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso. Parrillas One moved from Tela to Siguatepeque.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Honduras	El Progreso	Estadio Humberto Micheletti	5,000
Marathón	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Yankel Rosenthal	15,000
Motagua	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
Olimpia	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
Parrillas One	Siguatepeque	Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila	3,000
Platense	Puerto Cortés	Estadio Excélsior	7,910
Real España	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Francisco Morazán	26,781
Real Sociedad	Tocoa	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón	3,000
Victoria	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000
Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000

Apertura

Regular season

Real C.D. España managed to clinch the first position after drawing 1–1 at C.D. Victoria on the last round. It was the 9th time in history that the Aurinegros came up as the regular season winners. One curious fact occurred between C.D. Motagua and Real España where they both achieve a 5–0 home win over each other, breaking their respective record as the largest victory against each other. C.D. Victoria finished last for the fifth time in history.

Standings

As of 15 November 2014

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	18	8	5	5	30	28	+2	29	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Olimpia	18	8	4	6	36	22	+14	28
3	Motagua	18	8	4	6	30	25	+5	28	Qualification to the Second round
4	Honduras	18	7	7	4	34	31	+3	28
5	Real Sociedad	18	7	6	5	25	18	+7	27
6	Platense	18	6	6	6	27	27	0	24
7	Marathón	18	5	7	6	20	24	−4	22
8	Vida	18	5	6	7	26	30	−4	21
9	Parrillas One	18	4	6	8	28	38	−10	18
10	Victoria	18	3	7	8	22	34	−12	16

Results

As of 15 November 2014

Home \ Away[1]	HON	MAR	MOT	OLI	PAR	PLA	RES	RSO	VIC	VID
Honduras		1–1	1–1	2–2	5–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–3
Marathón	1–2		3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–1
Motagua	4–1	0–1		1–4	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–1	1–2
Olimpia	0–2	4–0	0–1		3–0	5–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–1
Parrillas One	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1		0–2	3–2	2–2	3–3	2–1
Platense	4–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–1		3–3	1–2	3–2	4–1
Real España	1–0	0–2	5–0	2–1	3–2	2–1		0–0	3–2	1–2
Real Sociedad	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1		5–0	0–2
Victoria	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–2
Vida	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–4	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2

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

• Real Sociedad 3–0 Marathón on forfeit. Original score 1–1 abandoned at 88' due to Marathón not accepting a late penalty.

Postseason

Playoffs

3rd seeded	Agg.	6th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	4–2	Platense	2–1	2–1
4th seeded	Agg.	5th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Honduras	4–4	Real Sociedad	0–1	4–3

Semifinals

1st seeded	Agg.	4th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Real España	1–2	Real Sociedad	0–2	1–0
2nd seeded	Agg.	3rd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	1–2	Motagua	0–1	1–1

Final

1st seeded	Agg.	2nd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	2–1	Real Sociedad	0–0	2–1

Clausura

Regular season

Standings

As of 25 April 2015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	17	11	4	2	37	20	+17	37	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Olimpia	17	10	6	1	33	16	+17	36
3	Marathón	17	7	5	5	19	23	−4	26	Qualification to the Second round
4	Victoria	17	6	7	4	25	20	+5	25
5	Real España	17	4	9	4	26	21	+5	21
6	Real Sociedad	17	3	10	4	13	16	−3	19
7	Vida	17	4	6	7	24	30	−6	18
8	Platense	17	3	6	8	23	32	−9	15
9	Honduras	17	4	3	10	22	33	−11	15
10	Parrillas One	17	3	4	10	23	34	−11	13

Results

As of 25 April 2015

Home \ Away[1]	HON	MAR	MOT	OLI	PAR	PLA	RES	RSO	VIC	VID
Honduras		3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	3–2
Marathón	0–3		0–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Motagua	3–1	3–0		1–1	3–4	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	2–1
Olimpia	2–1	2–0	3–1		3–1		1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1
Parrillas One	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–2	0–3	2–2		1–3
Platense	3–3	2–3	2–2	0–2	2–1		2–2	0–1	1–0	2–2
Real España		1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1		1–1	2–2	0–1
Real Sociedad	3–0	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1		0–3	1–0
Victoria	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–0
Vida	3–1		0–3	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–1

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

Top goalscorers

As of 25 April 2015

• 27 goals:

Román Castillo (Motagua)

• 19 goals:

Anthony Lozano (Olimpia)

• 17 goals:

Erick Andino (Victoria)

Claudio Cardozo (Real España)

• 16 goals:

Iván López (Parrillas One)

Carlos Discua (Motagua)

• 15 goals:

Lucas Gómez (Motagua)

Romell Quioto (Olimpia)

• 14 goals:

Eddie Hernández (Vida)

Ángel Tejeda (Honduras)

• 13 goals:

Juan Rodríguez (Parrillas One)

• 11 goals:

Julio de León (Platense)

• 9 goals:

Juan Ocampo (Honduras)

• 8 goals:

Bryan Róchez (Real España) Roberto Riascos (Vida)

Mario Abadía (Platense)

Melvin Valladares (Victoria)

• 7 goals:

Jorge Zaldívar (Honduras) Charles Córdoba (Marathón)

Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)

Diego Reyes (Marathón)

• 6 goals:

Rony Martínez (Real Sociedad)

Alberth Elis (Olimpia)

José Tobías (Real Sociedad)

• 5 goals:

Rony Flores (Real España / Platense) Javier Estupiñán (Olimpia)

Sergio Mendoza (Real España) Henry Clark (Real Sociedad)

Cholby Martínez (Vida) Félix Crisanto (Victoria)

• 4 goals:

Edwin León (Honduras) Carlos Bernárdez (Victoria) Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua) Edder Delgado (Real España)

Fábio de Souza (Olimpia) Christian Martínez (Marathón) Darwin Bermúdez (Parrillas One)

Jorge Cardona (Honduras) Mario Berríos (Marathón) Miguel Valerio (Vida)

• 3 goals:

Omar Guerra (Olimpia) Víctor Ortiz (Vida) Jerrick Díaz (Platense) Reynaldo Tilguath (Vida) Jocimar Moreira (Parrillas One) Juan Mejía (Real España) Israel Silva (Motagua) Allan Lalín (Platense)

Henry Bermúdez (Victoria) Alexander Aguilar (Platense) Nery Medina (Victoria) Jesús Canales (Vida) Jairo Puerto (Marathón) Walter Martínez (Marathón) Juan Munguía (Real Sociedad) Luis Lobo (Real España / Honduras)

Bryan Acosta (Real España) Henry Martínez (Real Sociedad) Leonardo Isaula (Honduras) Aly Arriola (Honduras) Julio Rodríguez (Real España) Luis Alvarado (Honduras) Elkin González (Real Sociedad)

• 2 goals:

Bayron Méndez (Olimpia) Wilmer Crisanto (Motagua) Devron García (Victoria) Christian Altamirano (Platense) Cristian Lara (Platense) Johnny Barrios (Marathón) Ramiro Bruschi (Real España) Leandro Guaita (Vida) Franco Güity (Victoria) Walter Castro (Platense) Christopher Anariba (Honduras)

César Zelaya (Real Sociedad) Carlos Solórzano (Parrillas One) Lesther Zavala (Parrillas One) Pablo Arzú (Real Sociedad) Luis Guzmán (Honduras) Rigoberto Padilla (Victoria) Víctor Moncada (Honduras) Osman Chávez (Platense) Franklyn Morales (Honduras) Mario Martínez (Real España)

Fredixon Elvir (Olimpia) Douglas Martínez (Vida) Óscar Bonilla (Marathón) Juan Romero (Parrillas One) Omar Elvir (Motagua) Ian Osorio (Platense) Pastor Martínez (Honduras) Chestyn Onofre (Vida) Julio Bernárdez (Parrillas One) Pedro Mencía (Honduras)

• 1 goal:

Dílmer Gutiérrez (Real Sociedad) Níxon Duarte (Platense) Jhow Benavídez (Real España) Juan Rial (Marathón) Jorge Bengoché (Olimpia) Reinieri Mayorquín (Motagua) Wesley Braz (Marathón) Elroy Smith (Platense) Henry Figueroa (Motagua) Hárlinton Gutiérrez (Real España) Nelson Álvarez (Parrillas One) Mario Leguizamón (Olimpia) Carlos Mejía (Olimpia) Arnulfo Beitar (Parrillas One) Ronaldo Barbosa (Vida) Ricardo Rosales (Motagua) Ever Alvarado (Olimpia) Marco Vega (Marathón)

Clayvin Zúniga (Real Sociedad) Maynor Gómez (Parrillas One) Mariano Acevedo (Olimpia) David Meza (Olimpia) Marcelo Espinal (Vida) Darixon Vuelto (Victoria) Odis Borjas (Platense) Bryan Johnson (Olimpia) Sergio Zelaya (Real Sociedad) Carlos Palacios (Marathón) Joshua Vargas (Platense) Walter Hernández (Platense) Jeffri Flores (Real España) Andrés Copete (Parrillas One) German Mejía (Olimpia) Wilmer Fuentes (Marathón) Gerson Rodas (Real España)

Kevin López (Motagua) Néstor Martínez (Olimpia) John Suazo (Marathón) Camilo Aguirre (Real España) Francisco Benítez (Honduras) Romário Pinto (Marathón) Johny Gómez (Parrillas One) Irvin Reyna (Motagua) Carlos Sánchez (Honduras) Marcelo Santos (Vida) Jefferson Bernárdez (Parrillas One) Ozzie Bodden (Real Sociedad) David Carranza (Real Sociedad) Johnny Palacios (Olimpia) Franco Tisera (Victoria) Melvin Batiz (Real Sociedad) Víctor Núñez (Real España)

• 1 own goal:

Henry Figueroa (Motagua) Romell Quioto (Olimpia)

Robbie Matute (Real Sociedad)

Quiarol Arzú (Platense)

• 2 own goals:

Leonardo Domínguez (Victoria)

Aggregate table

Relegation is determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 19 April 2015, Parrillas One was relegated to Liga de Ascenso after drawing 2–2 at home against C.D. Real Sociedad.^[3]

As of 25 April 2015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	35	19	8	8	67	45	+22	65	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Olimpia	35	18	10	7	69	38	+31	64
3	Real España	35	12	14	9	56	49	+7	50
4	Marathón	35	12	12	11	39	47	−8	48
5	Real Sociedad	35	10	16	9	38	34	+4	46
6	Honduras	35	11	10	14	56	64	−8	43
7	Victoria	35	9	14	12	47	54	−7	41
8	Platense	35	9	12	14	50	59	−9	39
9	Vida	35	9	12	14	50	60	−10	39
10	Parrillas One	35	7	10	18	51	72	−21	31	Relegation to the 2015–16 Liga de Ascenso

External links

• LNP Official

References

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