2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2017–18
Dates	29 July 2017–May 2018
Champions	Apertura: TBD Clausura: TBD
Relegated	TBD
CONCACAF Champions League	TBD
CONCACAF League	TBD
Matches played	6
Goals scored	11 (1.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	Several (1)
Biggest home win	JUT 3–1 UPN
Biggest away win	HNP 0–1 OLI
Highest scoring	JUT 3–1 UPN
Longest unbeaten run	Olimpia (2)
Longest losing run	UPNFM (2)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 6 August 2017.

The 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional season will be the 52nd Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format will remain the same as the previous season. The tournament is scheduled to start on 28 July 2017 and end on May 2018. The season will be divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. The team with the best record will enter the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League and the next two will qualify to the 2018 CONCACAF League.

2017–18 teams

Location of teams in 2017–18 season

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2016–17 season plus Lobos UPNFM, promoted from the 2016–17 Liga de Ascenso.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Honduras Progreso	El Progreso	Estadio Humberto Micheletti	5,000
Juticalpa	Juticalpa	Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas	20,000
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
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
UPNFM	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Vacancy	Replaced by	Appointment	Position in table
Juticalpa	José Durón	Sacked	18 May 2017	Mauro Reyes	18 May 2017^[1]	Preseason
Marathón	Manuel Keosseián	Resigned	6 June 2017	Héctor Vargas	6 June 2017^[2]	Preseason
Vida	Santiago Fúnez	Sacked	7 June 2017	Héctor Castellón	6 June 2017^[3]	Preseason
Real Sociedad	Héctor Medina	Sacked	26 June 2017	Carlos Martínez	26 June 2017^[4]	Preseason

Apertura

The Apertura tournament is the first half of the 2017–18 season which is set to run from July to December 2017. The first game of the season was played on 29 July between Club Deportivo Olimpia and new newcomers Lobos UPNFM which ended in a 1–0 victory for the home club.^[5] This game in fact corresponds to week 4, however, Olimpia requested a reschedule as they faced Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on that same week for the 2017 CONCACAF League.

Regular season

Standings

As of 6 August 2017


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Juticalpa	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	Real España	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3	Qualification to the Second round
4	Marathón	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
5	Motagua	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
6	Real Sociedad	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
7	Vida	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	Honduras Progreso	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
9	Platense	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
10	UPNFM	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Results

As of 6 August 2017

Home \ Away^[1]	HNP	JUT	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RSO	UPN	VID
Honduras Progreso					0–1
Juticalpa									3–1
Marathón				a	a		a
Motagua			a		a		a	1–1
Olimpia			a	a			a		1–0
Platense
Real España			a	a	a	1–0
Real Sociedad
Lobos UPNFM
Vida			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.

Clausura

The Clausura tournament is the second half of the 2017–18 season which will run from January to May 2018.

Regular season

Standings

As of 29 May 2017


Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Honduras Progreso	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Juticalpa	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	Marathón	Qualification to the Second round
4	Motagua
5	Olimpia
6	Platense
7	Real España
8	Real Sociedad
9	UPNFM
10	Vida

Results

As of 1 July 2017

Home \ Away^[1]	HNP	JUT	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RSO	UPN	VID
Honduras Progreso
Juticalpa
Marathón				a	a		a
Motagua			a		a		a
Olimpia			a	a			a
Platense
Real España			a	a	a
Real Sociedad
Lobos UPNFM
Vida

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

The top goalscorer will be determined by the addition of goals of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

As of 6 August 2017

1 goal:

Óscar Salas (Olimpia)

Marlon Ramírez (Juticalpa)

Walter Martínez (Motagua)

Justin Arboleda (Marathón)

Claudio Cardozo (Real España)

Elmer Güity (Juticalpa)

Secundino Martínez (Real Sociedad)

Ever Alvarado (Olimpia)

Gerson Tinoco (Juticalpa)

Jairo Crisanto (UPNFM)

Miguel Flores (Vida)

Aggregate table

Relegation is determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

As of 6 August 2017


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6
2	Juticalpa	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
3	Real España	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
4	Marathón	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
5	Motagua	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
6	Real Sociedad	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
7	Vida	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
8	Honduras Progreso	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
9	Platense	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
10	UPNFM	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Relegation to Liga de Ascenso

Controversies

In August 2017, former Real C.D. España player Javier Portillo sued the club due to a non-paid contract expiring in 2018. Portillo was sacked in October 2016 for unsporting conduct and passed over the agreement.^[6] The National Football Arbitration Court (TNAF) determined that the club must comply with the contract and pay Portillo the sum of L.1,050,000.00 before the start of the Apertura tournament.^[7] On 5 August 2017, Real España played their first game of the season defeating Platense F.C. at Estadio Francisco Morazán. A few hours prior, the club had issued a non-negotiable check payable to TNAF and not to Portillo as the verdict demanded. As a result, and according to the league's disciplinary codes^[8], these breaches are penalized with the deduction of points until the debt is condoned, or even relegation to a lower tier. On 10 August 2017, Faud Abufele, president of Real España, threatened to withdraw from the league if any points are deducted.^[9]

External links

LNP Official

References

↑ LaPrensa.hn – El Juticalpa FC presenta a Mauro Reyes como técnico – 18 May 2017
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Primicia: Héctor Vargas, nuevo DT del Marathón en reemplazo de Keosseián – 6 June 2017
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Héctor Castellón, nuevo entrenador del Vida – 7 June 2017
↑ LaTribuna.hn – Carlos “Carlón” Martínez nuevo técnico de Real Sociedad – 26 June 2017
↑ LNPhn.com – Calendario de Juegos Primera Vuelta Campeonato de Apertura 2017-2018 – 14 July 2017
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Javier Portillo queda fuera del Real España – 11 October 2017
↑ Diez.hn – Real España pagará deuda de más de un millón de lempiras a Javier Portillo – 4 August 2017
↑ LNPhn.com – CODIGO DISCIPLINARIO DE LA FEDERACION NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE FUTBOL – July 2011
↑ Tiempo.hn – El Real España amenaza a la Liga Nacional si les quitan puntos – 10 August 2017

Honduran Liga Nacional

2017–18 teams

Former teams

Seasons

1960s	← Amateur League 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

2017–18 in Honduran football
« 2016–17 2018–19 » 1 July 2017–30 June 2018
Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Liga de Ascenso Liga Mayor
Domestic cups	Honduran Cup Honduran Supercup
CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF League CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship
Related to national teams	Results FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF Gold Cup Central American Games FIFA U-17 World Cup CONCACAF U-15 Championship
Club seasons
Liga Nacional	Honduras Progreso Juticalpa Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Real Sociedad UPNFM Vida

2017–18 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
« 2016–17 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2017 and June 2018 2018–19 »
Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '17 '18 Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '17 '18 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba '17 '18 Curaçao '17 '18 Dominica Dominican Republic '17 '18 El Salvador French Guiana Grenada '17 '18 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '17 '18 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '17 '18 Saint Barthélemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '17 '18 Saint-Martin '17 '18 Saint Pierre and Miquelon '17 '18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines '17 '18 Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago '17 '18 Turks and Caicos Islands '17 '18 United States '17 '18 United States Virgin Islands
Domestic cups	Aruba Barbados '17 '18 Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '17 '18 Cayman Islands El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe '17 '18 Honduras Martinique '17 '18 Mexico '17 A (Final) '18 C (Final) Panama Puerto Rico '17 '18 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '17 '18 Suriname '17 '18 Trinidad and Tobago United States '17 (Final) '18 (Final)
Supercups	Honduras Mexico (Campeón de Campeones, Supercopa MX) Suriname
CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF League Champions League (Finals) CFU Club Championship

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