1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: Motagua
Relegated	Federal
Copa Interclubes UNCAF	Motagua Olimpia
Matches played	204
Goals scored	507 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Wilmer Velásquez (12) Clausura: Juan Cárcamo (14)
Biggest home win	Platense 8–0 Universidad (10 June 2000)
Biggest away win	Federal 2–7 Motagua (10 October 1999)
Highest scoring	Motagua 8–2 Vida (30 September 1999)
← 1998–99 2000–01 → All statistics correct as of 26 August 2000.

The 1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 35th season in the Honduran top division, the tournament was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) and it determined the 35th and 36th national champions in the league's history. The league games started 18 September 1999.^[1]

1999–2000 teams

Squads

1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional squads

Broncos	Palacios Figueroa Oseguera Ortega (A) Pineda (A) Méndez Ferreira Villatoro Rosales Vallejo Suazo

Federal	Medina Carson López Trejo (C) Colón Martínez

Marathón	Reyes Arzú Trejo (A) Medina Suazo Rudman Murillo Lemus González Naíf Aguilar Brown Pacheco Cacho Rudman Zúniga Sabillón Bustillo Guifarro Rosales López Fernández Romero

Motagua	1 Vásquez 4 Izaguirre 6 Medina 20 Guevara Caballero Clavasquín Bernárdez Raudales Muñoz Romero Guerrero Chirinos Martínez Fuentes Reyes Lagos Salinas Moles Rojas Ramírez

Olimpia	11 Velásquez Prono Hernández (A) Chacón Espinoza Marín Membreño Martins Reneau (A) Caballero Tosello Santamaría

Platense	James Mejía Plata de Lima de León Centeno Suazo Cárcamo

Real España	Flores Cruz (A) Sumich Hernández (C) Morales Mariano Ramírez Pineda Delgado Hernández Zapata Ortega (C)

Universidad	Reyes Phillips Plata Pacini (A) C. González Díaz J. González Piota Rodríguez

Victoria	Flores Escobar Zapata J. Suazo Bengoché Perdomo Ramírez Fernández Ramos N. Suazo Bernárdez Fúnez Lagos Figueroa Martínez Reneau (C) Pineda (C)

Vida	Cruz (C) Alvarado Arzú Padilla Contreras Marson Ocampo Reyes Monge Martínez Zapata Pacini (C)

Apertura

The Apertura was the opening half of 1999–2000 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional.

Regular season

Standings

As of 22 December 1999


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	18	10	7	1	39	16	+23	37	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	18	9	6	3	26	14	+12	33
3	Victoria	18	8	7	3	25	19	+6	31
4	Broncos	18	7	7	4	22	15	+7	28
5	Platense	18	6	7	5	24	24	0	25
6	Vida	18	6	4	8	18	30	−12	22
7	Universidad	18	4	7	7	20	23	−3	19
8	Marathón	18	3	8	7	16	22	−6	17
9	Real España	18	4	5	9	13	21	−8	17
10	Federal	18	1	6	11	18	37	−19	9

Results

As of 22 December 1999

Home \ Away^[1]	BRO	FED	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Broncos		3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
Federal	1–1		0–1	2–7	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–2
Marathón	1–1	3–3		3–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–1
Motagua	3–1	1–1	1–0		0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	8–2
Olimpia	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0		4–3	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0
Platense	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Real España	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	3–0	0–2		2–3	2–0	2–1
Universidad	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0		5–1	0–2
Victoria	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	0–0	2–1		3–0
Vida	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1

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

Final round

Hexagonal

Motagua vs Vida

6 January 2000 1st leg	Vida	1 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

9 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	3 – 2	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.

Olimpia vs Platense

5 January 2000 1st leg	Platense	2 – 2	Olimpia	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cárcamo Scott		Martins Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

9 January 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	0 – 0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia 2–2 Platense on aggregate; Olimpia advanced on better regular season record.

Victoria vs Broncos

5 January 2000 1st leg	Broncos	3 – 2	Victoria	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

8 January 2000 2nd leg	Victoria	1 – 0	Broncos	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Victoria 3–3 Broncos on aggregate; Victoria advanced on better regular season record; Broncos advanced as best loser.

Semifinals

Motagua vs Broncos

12 January 2000 1st leg	Broncos	0 – 2	Motagua	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:30 (UTC−06:00)			Guevara 18' Fuentes 40'	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos Attendance: 4,000

16 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	0 – 0	Broncos	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.

Olimpia vs Victoria

12 January 2000 1st leg	Victoria	1 – 0	Olimpia	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Perdomo 87'			Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 11,327

15 January 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	2 – 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Caballero 3' Martins 75'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 18,000

Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Motagua vs Olimpia

19 January 2000 1st leg	Olimpia	0 – 0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 24,000

23 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	0 – 0 (6 – 5 p)	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,044 Referee: Marcio Carranza

Motagua 0–0 Olimpia on aggregate; Motagua won by penalty shootouts.

Top scorer

Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia) with 12 goals.

Clausura

The Clausura tournament of the 1999–2000 season in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras started on 11 March 2000 at San Pedro Sula with a scoreless match between C.D. Marathón and C.D. Platense.

Regular season

Standings

As of 2 July 2000


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	5	2	27	14	+13	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Platense	18	10	4	4	39	21	+18	34
3	Motagua	18	9	7	2	26	17	+9	34
4	Victoria	18	6	6	6	25	21	+4	24
5	Marathón	18	6	4	8	24	22	+2	22
6	Federal	18	5	7	6	26	29	−3	22
7	Broncos	18	6	4	8	20	25	−5	22
8	Real España	18	3	7	8	14	22	−8	16
9	Universidad	18	3	7	8	18	36	−18	16
10	Vida	18	3	5	10	18	30	−12	14

Results

As of 2 July 2000

Home \ Away^[1]	BRO	FED	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Broncos		1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2
Federal	5–2		4–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2
Marathón	2–2	1–2		2–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	6–1
Motagua	1–0	1–1	0–0		3–3	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Olimpia	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1		0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0
Platense	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–3	1–3		0–0	8–0	3–2	3–2
Real España	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2		2–1	3–1	1–1
Universidad	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–4	1–1		0–3	1–0
Victoria	3–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		1–0
Vida	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2

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

Final round

Hexagonal

Olimpia vs Federal

6 July 2000 1st leg	Federal	1 – 0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

9 July 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	4 – 0	Federal	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate; Federal advanced as best losers.

Platense vs Marathón

6 July 2000 1st leg	Marathón	2 – 1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Rudman Naif		Cárcamo	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

9 July 2000 2nd leg	Platense	0 – 0	Marathón	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.

Motagua vs Victoria

6 July 2000 1st leg	Victoria	1 – 2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

9 July 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	2 – 1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Federal

26 July 2000 1st leg	Federal	1 – 2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

26 July 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	2 – 0	Federal	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Motagua vs Marathón

Note: Motagua (3rd) had the right to play the second leg at home after finishing above Marathón (5th) in the regular season; Marathón however claimed they had to close the series at home after they defeated Platense in the Hexagonal who finished 2nd; eventually Motagua granted home-field advantage in the second leg at San Pedro Sula.^[2]

27 July 2000 1st leg	Motagua	1 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara ?' (pen.)		González	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Argelio Sabillón

30 July 2000 2nd leg	Marathón	1 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Naif		Rojas 88'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua 2–2 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better regular season record.

Final

Olimpia vs Motagua

Motagua v Olimpia

20 August 2000
16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	1 – 1	Olimpia
Moles 83'		Caballero 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Motagua

26 August 2000
19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	1 – 1	Motagua
Tosello ?' (pen.)		Clavasquín ?' (pen.)
	Penalties
	2 – 3

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 37,371 (3,673,740.00 L)
Referee: Argelio Sabillón

Olimpia

Motagua



GK	–	Carlos Prono
RB	–	Rudy Williams
CB	–	Gregorio Serrano
CB	–	Merlyn Membreño
LB	–	Samuel Caballero
CM	–	Cristian Santamaría
CM	–	José Pineda
CM	–	Alex Pineda
AM	–	Danilo Tosello
CF	–	Denilson Costa
CF	–	Wilmer Velásquez
Substitutions:
FW	–	Eduardo Arriola
MF	–	Néstor Peralta
MF	–	Carlos Paez
Manager:
Julio González



GK	–	Diego Vásquez
RB	–	Jorge Lozano
CB	–	Reynaldo Clavasquín
CB	–	Elmer Montoya
LB	–	Iván Guerrero
CM	–	Oscar Lagos
CM	–	Mario Chirinos
AM	–	Amado Guevara
RF	–	Francisco Ramírez
CF	–	Gustavo Fuentes
LF	–	Jairo Martínez
Substitutions:
GK	–	Hugo Caballero
MF	–	Juan Coello
FW	–	Carlos Rojas
Manager:
Luis Reyes

Top scorer

Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Platense) with 14 goals

Relegation

Relegation was determined by the aggregate table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

As of 2 July 2000


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	36	19	14	3	65	33	+32	71	Qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF and 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup^[3]
2	Olimpia	36	20	11	5	53	28	+25	71	Qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF^[4]
3	Platense	36	16	11	9	63	45	+18	59
4	Victoria	36	14	13	9	50	40	+10	55
5	Broncos	36	13	11	12	42	40	+2	50
6	Marathón	36	9	12	15	40	44	−4	39
7	Vida	36	9	9	18	36	60	−24	36
8	Universidad	36	7	14	15	38	59	−21	35
9	Real España	36	7	12	17	27	43	−16	33
10	Federal	36	6	13	17	44	66	−22	31	Relegated to the 2000–01 Segunda División

References

↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras 1999/00
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Las series están empatadas – 23 November 2008
↑ Motagua qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as winner of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. They were also invited to the 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup as having the best attendances in the 1999–2000 season.
↑ Olimpia qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as best non-champion performance.

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