2005–06 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2005–06
Champions	Apertura:; Olimpia; Clausura:; Olimpia
Relegated	Hispano
UNCAF Interclub Cup	Olimpia; Victoria; Marathón
Matches played	192
Goals scored	473 (2.46 per match)
Biggest home win	OLI 6–0 VIC
Biggest away win	HIS 1–5 VIC; VID 1–5 VIC
Highest scoring	VIC 5–4 VID
	← 2004–05 2006–07 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2006.

The 2005–06 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 41st in its history and determined the 47th and 48th champions in the league.^[1]

2005–06 teams[edit]

Apertura[edit]

The Apertura tournament was played from 6 August to 18 December 2005. C.D. Olimpia obtained its 19th national championship.

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	4	3	38	17	+21	37	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	Victoria	18	9	3	6	30	27	+3	30
3	Marathón	18	7	8	3	30	26	+4	29
4	Platense	18	8	3	7	28	34	−6	27
5	Universidad	18	6	6	6	19	21	−2	24
6	Real España	18	6	5	7	23	23	0	23
7	Hispano	18	5	7	6	21	21	0	22
8	Municipal Valencia	18	5	5	8	15	22	−7	20
9	Vida	18	4	6	8	22	25	−3	18
10	Motagua	18	3	5	10	16	26	−10	14

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2005. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results[edit]

As of 3 December 2005

Home \ Away	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VAL	VIC	VID
Hispano		1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Marathón	4–4		3–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–3	1–1
Motagua	1–2	3–0		1–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Olimpia	1–0	1–1	1–0		5–2	3–0	1–3	5–1	6–0	0–0
Platense	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–2		3–2	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–1
Real España	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–2		1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0
Universidad	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	0–0		1–0	1–1	2–1
Municipal Valencia	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		3–0	1–1
Victoria	2–2	0–1	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0		5–4
Vida	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	6–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Olimpia vs Platense[edit]

8 December 2005 1st leg	Platense	0–2	Olimpia	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)			Palacios 53' Velásquez 85'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

11 December 2005 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Vega 53'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Victoria vs Marathón[edit]

7 December 2005 1st leg	Marathón	3–0	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Ramírez 56' 83' Cacho 88'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

11 December 2005 2nd leg	Victoria	1–2	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Brown 21'		Ramírez 48' Güity 75'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate score.

Final[edit]

Olimpia vs Marathón[edit]

15 December 2005 1st leg	Marathón	2–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho 7' Simovic 90+2'		Emílio 1'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Marathón

Olimpia



GK	27	Donaldo González
RB	23	Mauricio Sabillón
CB	4	Ángel Hill
CB	5	Darwin Pacheco
LB	3	Behiker Bustillo
CM	–	Ástor Henríquez	73'
RM	18	Pablo Genovese	84'
LM	20	Narciso Fernández
AM	25	Santiago Autino	49'
CF	11	Luis Ramírez
CF	–	Pompilio Cacho
Substitutions:
FW	17	Edgardo Simovic	49'
FW	32	José Güity	73'
MF	13	Dennis Ferrera	84'
Manager:
Juan de Dios Castillo



GK	–	Ricardo James
RB	–	missing
CB	–	Mario Beata
CB	–	Rony Morales
LB	6	Maynor Figueroa
CM	–	Danilo Turcios
CM	–	Wilson Palacios
AM	–	Danilo Tosello	55'
AM	–	missing
CF	11	Wilmer Velásquez	78'
CF	21	Luciano Emílio
Substitutions:
FW	9	Juan Manuel Cárcamp	55'
MF	–	Reynaldo Tilguath	78'
Manager:
Nahúm Espinoza

18 December 2005 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio 62' Palacios 100'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate score.

2005–06 Apertura champion
Olimpia 19th title

Awards[edit]

Champion:
Olimpia
Awarded 360,000 Lempiras
Sub Champion:
Marathon
Awarded 155,000 Lempiras
Fair Play Award:
Valencia
Awarded 50,000 Lempiras
Top Goal Scorer:
Francisco Ramírez
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Best Goalkeeper:
Noel Valladares
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Squads[edit]

Hispano

Marathón
José César "Vavá" Güity	Mauricio Sabillón	Luis "Bombero" Ramírez
Edgar Daniel Núñez	Edgardo Damián Simovic	Víctor Coello
Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández	Darwin Pacheco	Mario Berríos
Mariano Acevedo	Christian Garden	Luis Ramos
Pompilio Cacho Valerio	Santiago Autino	Astor Henríquez
Behiker Bustillo	Pablo Genovese	Dennis Ferrera
Luis Guifarro	Luis Santamaría	Donaldo González
Motagua
Marcelo Ferreira Martins	Víctor Bernárdez	Edy Vásquez
Carlos Alberto Salinas
Olimpia
Danilo Tosello	Noel Valladares	Wilmer Velásquez
Donis Escober	Luciano Emílio	Milton Palacios Suazo
Wilson Palacios	Hendry Thomas	Maynor Figueroa
Platense
Francisco Ramirez	Eddy Vega	Marvin Sánchez
Real España
Elder Vildad Valladares	Marlon José Peña	Yull Narciso Arzú
Universidad
Wilmer Daniel Ramos
Valencia

Victoria
Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	Héctor Armando "Tanqueta" Flores	Eduardo Bennett
Jaime Rosales
Vida

Clausura[edit]

Honduras Clausura 2005-06 is the closing season of Liga Nacional de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. It followed the Honduras 05-06 apertura opening season. The winner competes in the 2006 UNCAF Club Tournament. The league games started 21 January 2006 and it finished on 28 May 2006.

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	10	7	1	27	13	+14	37	Qualified to the Semifinals
2	Victoria	18	8	7	3	31	18	+13	31
3	Municipal Valencia	18	9	3	6	20	13	+7	30
4	Motagua	18	8	5	5	24	20	+4	29
5	Vida	18	6	9	3	21	21	0	27
6	Real España	18	5	8	5	15	17	−2	23
7	Platense	18	5	7	6	19	21	−2	22
8	Universidad	18	3	8	7	15	24	−9	17
9	Marathón	18	2	5	11	16	27	−11	11
10	Hispano	18	2	5	11	18	30	−12	11

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2006. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results[edit]

As of 7 May 2006

Home \ Away	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VAL	VIC	VID
Hispano		1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–3	1–5	0–0
Marathón	2–1		4–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–2
Motagua	2–2	3–1		0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
Olimpia	2–0	1–0	0–1		1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–2
Platense	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2		3–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–0
Real España	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–3		0–2	2–0	1–1	0–0
Universidad	1–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–0		1–2	0–0	0–1
Municipal Valencia	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0		0–0	1–1
Victoria	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1		1–2
Vida	3–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–5

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Olimpia vs Motagua[edit]

11 May 2006 1st leg	Motagua	2–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Reyes Torlacoff		Emílio	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

14 May 2006 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio		Torlacoff 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia 3–3 Motagua on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better regular season performance.

Victoria vs Valencia[edit]

11 May 2006 1st leg	Municipal Valencia	1–1	Victoria	Choluteca, Choluteca
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

14 May 2006 2nd leg	Victoria	3–0	Municipal Valencia	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Victoria won 4–1 on aggregate score.

Final[edit]

20 May 2006

Victoria	3–3	Olimpia
Naif 34' Rosales 44' 89'		Velásquez 51' Palacios 63' Emílio 70'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards
La Ceiba

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Victoria

Olimpia



GK	–	John Bodden
RB	–	Nahúm Güity
CB	–	Jaime Rosales
CB	–	Fabio de Souza
LB	–	Anthony Torres
CM	–	Máximo Arzú
RM	–	Carlos Morán
LM	–	Marvin Chávez
AM	–	José Grant
CF	–	Mitchel Brown
Substitutions:
FW	–	Alejandro Naif
MF	–	Ronald Maradiaga
Manager:
Jorge Pineda



GK	–	Ricardo James
RB	–	Wilfredo Barahona
CB	–	Milton Palacios
CB	–	Rony Morales
LB	–	Maynor Figueroa
CM	–	Oscar Bonilla
CM	–	Hendry Thomas
RM	–	Danilo Turcios
LM	–	Wilson Palacios
CF	–	Luciano Emilio
CF	11	Wilmer Velásquez
Substitutions:
MF	–	Reynaldo Tilguath
MF	–	Walter Hernández
Manager:
Nahúm Espinoza

28 May 2006

Olimpia	1–0	Victoria
Morales 29'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 31,951

Referee: Benigno Pineda

Olimpia

Victoria



GK	–	Ricardo James
RB	–	Wilfredo Barahona
CB	–	Milton Palacios
CB	–	Rony Morales	53'
LB	–	Maynor Figueroa
CM	–	Oscar Bonilla
CM	–	Hendry Thomas
CM	–	Oscar García
CM	–	Wilson Palacios
CF	–	Luciano Emilio
CF	11	Wilmer Velásquez
Substitutions:
DF	–	Arnold Cruz	53'
FW	9	Juan Cárcamo
MF	–	José Pineda
Manager:
Nahúm Espinoza



GK	–	John Bodden
RB	–	Gerson Vásquez
CB	–	Jaime Rosales
CB	–	Fábio de Souza	68'
LB	–	Anthony Torres
CM	–	Máximo Arzú
CM	–	Ignacio Mejía
CM	–	Ronald Maradiaga	75'
AM	–	José Grant
CF	–	Mitchel Brown
CF	–	Alejandro Naif
Substitutions:
DF	–	Miguel Martínez	68'
FW	–	Héctor Flores	75'
MF	–	Carlos Morán
Manager:
Jorge Pineda

Olimpia won 4–3 on aggregate score.

2005–06 Clausura champion
Olimpia 20th title

Top Goal Scorer[edit]

Position	Player	Scored for	Goals
1	Luciano Emilio	Olimpia	13
2	Pedrinho	Motagua	9
3	Denilson Costa	Platense	8
-	Héctor Flores	Victoria	8
5	Eduardo Bennet	Vida	6
-	Jaime Rosales	Victoria	6
-	Ney Costa	Hispano	6
8	Luis Santamaria	Marathón	5
-	Alejandro Naif	Victoria	5
-	Allan Lalín	Real España	5
-	Wilson Palacios	Olimpia	5

Squads[edit]

Hispano
Ney Costa
Marathón
Emil Martínez	Víctor Coello	Mauricio Nani
Luis Santamaría	Francisco Ramírez	Carlos Oliva
Pompilio Cacho Valerio	Mariano Acevedo	Dennis Ferrera
José Güity	Óscar Zepeda
Motagua
Milton "Jocón" Reyes	Pedro Aparecido Santana	Óscar Horacio Torlacoff
Marcelo Ferreira Martins	Elvis Scott
Olimpia
Danilo Tosello	Milton Palacios	Wilson Palacios
Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez	Luciano Emilio	Ramón Castillo
Platense
Denislon Costa	José Mauricio Pacini
Real España
Allan Lalín	Elder Vildad Valladares	Marlon José Peña
Universidad
Wilmer Daniel Ramos
Valencia
Marco Antonio Mejía	Ivis Palmer
Victoria
John Ashten Bodden	Jaime Rosales	Fabio Ulloa
Fabio de Souza	Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	Alejandro Naif
Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores
Vida
Eduardo "Balín" Bennet	Juan Carlos Raudales	Carlos Alberto Salinas

Awards[edit]

Champion:
Olimpia
Awarded 360,000 Lempiras
Sub Champion:
Victoria
Awarded 155,000 Lempiras
Fair Play:
Universidad
Awarded 50,000 Lempiras
Top Goal Scorer:
Luciano Emilio
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Best Goalkeeper:
Ricardo James
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Most Valuable Player:
John Ashton Bodden
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
Rookie of the year:
José Luis Grant
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Records[edit]

Highest fee paid:
Victoria-Olimpia
28 May
Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
31,951 fans
2,997,750 lempiras
Highest Assistance:
Victoria-Olimpia
28 May
Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
31,951 fans
2,997,750 lempiras
Lowest fee paid:
Universidad-Hispano
26 April
Danlí
68 fans
2,850 lempiras
Lowest Assistance:
Universidad-Hispano
26 April
68 fans
2,850 lempiras

Relegation[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	21	11	4	65	30	+35	74
2	Victoria	36	17	10	9	61	45	+16	61
3	Municipal Valencia^[a]	36	14	8	14	35	35	0	50
4	Platense	36	13	10	13	47	55	−8	49
5	Real España	36	11	13	12	38	40	−2	46
6	Vida	36	10	15	11	43	46	−3	45
7	Motagua	36	11	10	15	34	36	−2	43
8	Universidad	36	9	14	13	34	45	−11	41
9	Marathón	36	9	13	14	46	53	−7	40
10	Hispano (R)	36	7	12	17	38	52	−14	33	Relegation to Second division^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 2006-05-07. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Valencia sold its franchise to Hispano for next season.
^ Hispano relegated to second division.

References[edit]

^ RSSSF.com–Honduras 2005/06–11 December 2009

[table_note_VAL0.022934276621292-2] Valencia sold its franchise to Hispano for next season.

[table_note_res_R0.022934276621292-3] Hispano relegated to second division.

[1] RSSSF.com–Honduras 2005/06–11 December 2009

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