2007–08 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

Honduras Apertura 2007-08 was the opening and fifty-one season of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on August 11, 2007 and finished December 31, 2007.^[1] It followed the Honduras Clausura 2006-07 season. The winner qualified to the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League.

[edit] 2007-08 teams

Club	City	Stadium	2006–2007 season
Atlético Olanchano	Catacamas	Estadio Cornelio Santos/Estadio Rubén Guifarro	8th in Clausura 2007
Deportes Savio	Santa Rosa de Copán	Estadio Miraflores	Liga de Ascenso 2007 Promotion Winner
Hispano FC	Comayagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda	5th in Clausura 2007
C.D. Marathón	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano	2nd in Clausura 2007
C.D. Motagua	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	4th in Clausura 2007
C.D. Olimpia	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	3rd in Clausura 2007
C.D. Platense	Puerto Cortés	Estadio Excelsior	6th in Clausura 2007
Real España	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Francisco Morazán	Clausura 2007 Champions
C.D. Victoria	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	9th in Clausura 2007
C.D. Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	7th in Clausura 2007

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
11 August 2007	Hispano	0:1	Real España	2,051
11 August 2007	Marathón	2:2	Deportes Savio	2,225
12 August 2007	Platense	0:0	Victoria	1,569
12 August 2007	Motagua	2:0	Atlético Olanchano	3,460
13 August 2007	Vida	1:1	Olimpia	4,082

[edit] Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
18 August 2007	Victoria	2:0	Real España	2,120
18 August 2007	Marathón	1:0	Platense	2,144
19 August 2007	Deportes Savio	1:1	Vida	2,350
19 August 2007	Hispano	2:1	Motagua	3,722
19 August 2007	Olimpia	1:1	Atlético Olanchano	2,539

[edit] Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
August 25, 2007	Real España	0:1	Marathón	5,090
August 25, 2007	Vida	1:0	Hispano	1,519
August 26, 2007	Atlético Olanchano	0:1	Victoria	2,086
August 26, 2007	Platense	0:0	Olimpia	3,420
August 26, 2007	Motagua	1:0	Deportes Savio	3,026

[edit] Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
August 29, 2007	Deportes Savio	0:2	Hispano	1,971
August 29, 2007	Olimpia	1:0	Real España	2,994
August 29, 2007	Marathón	0:1	Victoria	2,020
August 30, 2007	Vida	0:0	Motagua	3,355
September 26, 2007	Atlético Olanchano	4:2	Platense	653

[edit] Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
September 1, 2007	Victoria	2:1	Olimpia	8,264
September 1, 2007	Real España	1:0	Deportes Savio	1,041
September 2, 2007	Hispano	2:0	Atlético Olanchano	1,257
September 2, 2007	Platense	0:0	Vida	963
September 2, 2007	Motagua	4:1	Marathón	5,541

[edit] Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
October 3, 2007	Atlético Olanchano	3:1	Vida	2,463
October 4, 2007	Olimpia	1:2	Motagua	17,799
September 8, 2007	Real España	2:3	Platense	1,625
September 8, 2007	Hispano	2:2	Marathón	1,200
September 8, 2007	Victoria	0:0	Deportes Savio	1,941

[edit] Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
September 15, 2007	Marathón	1:1	Olimpia	6,936
September 15, 2007	Vida	0:1	Victoria	8,419
September 15, 2007	Motagua	2:4	Real España	5,651
September 16, 2007	Deportes Savio	0:1	Atlético Olanchano	1,522
September 16, 2007	Platense	1:2	Hispano	1,115

[edit] Round 8

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
September 22, 2007	Vida	1:4	Marathón	1,477
September 23, 2007	Real España	3:1	Atlético Olanchano	1,536
September 23, 2007	Hispano	0:0	Victoria	2,371
September 23, 2007	Olimpia	1:0	Deportes Savio	1,674
September 23, 2007	Platense	3:2	Motagua	2,081

[edit] Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
September 30, 2007	Real España	1:1	Vida	519
October 1, 2007	Victoria	2:2	Motagua	5,020
September 30, 2007	Atlético Olanchano	0:1	Marathón	1,508
September 30, 2007	Deportes Savio	1:0	Platense	1,503
September 30, 2007	Olimpia	2:0	Hispano	3,501

[edit] Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
6 October 2007	Victoria	1:1	Platense	3,568
7 October 2007	Real España	1:0	Hispano	1,106
7 October 2007	Deportes Savio	1:0	Marathón	2,750
7 October 2007	Atlético Olanchano	1:2	Motagua	3,082
7 October 2007	Olimpia	2:1	Vida	1,287

[edit] Round 11

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
13 October 2007	Vida	0:0	Deportes Savio	1,137
13 October 2007	Real España	1:2	Victoria	2,656
13 October 2007	Atlético Olanchano	1:1	Olimpia	2,305
13 October 2007	Platense	1:3	Marathón
16 October 2007	Motagua	1:1	Hispano	1,675

[edit] Round 12

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
20 October 2007	Deportes Savio	1:1	Motagua	3,850
20 October 2007	Victoria	4:0	Atlético Olanchano	3,027
21 October 2007	Hispano	2:3	Vida	1,808
21 October 2007	Olimpia	3:1	Platense	2,201
21 October 2007	Marathón	2:0	Real España	4,281

[edit] Round 13

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
27 October 2007	Victoria	2:2	Marathón	6,138
27 October 2007	Real España	1:3	Olimpia	7,281
27 October 2007	Motagua	2:0	Vida	1,737
28 October 2007	Hispano	2:1	Deportes Savio	1,142
28 October 2007	Platense	0:0	Atlético Olanchano	532

[edit] Round 14

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
31 October 2007	Atlético Olanchano	1:1	Hispano
31 October 2007	Deportes Savio	1:1	Real España	1,841
31 October 2007	Olimpia	0:0	Victoria	6,005
31 October 2007	Vida	1:0	Platense	386
7 November 2007	Marathón	1:0	Motagua	4,603

[edit] Round 15

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
3 November 2007	Marathón	3:0	Hispano	1,555
3 November 2007	Vida	4:1	Atlético Olanchano	533
4 November 2007	Deportes Savio	1:1	Victoria	1,276
4 November 2007	Platense	2:2	Real España	536
4 November 2007	Motagua	0:0	Olimpia	15,950

[edit] Round 16

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
10 November 2007	Hispano	1:2	Platense	772
10 November 2007	Real España	1:2	Motagua	1,945
10 November 2007	Victoria	1:1	Vida	7,555
11 November 2007	Atlético Olanchano	1:2	Deportes Savio	450
11 November 2007	Olimpia	1:1	Marathón	4,600

[edit] Round 17

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
18 November 2007	Marathón	1:0	Vida	1,565
18 November 2007	Victoria	2:2	Hispano	2,122
18 November 2007	Atlético Olanchano	0:1	Real España	508
18 November 2007	Motagua	3:1	Platense	2,050
18 November 2007	Deportes Savio	1:0	Olimpia	4,950

[edit] Round 18

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
November 25, 2007	Vida	2:2	Real España	401
November 25, 2007	Motagua	1:0	Victoria	5,014
November 25, 2007	Marathon	1:0	Atlético Olanchano	9,424
November 25, 2007	Platense	0:2	Deportes Savio	684
November 25, 2007	Hispano	0:0	Olimpia	2,621

[edit] Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	18	10	5	3	27	16	+11	35	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	18	9	5	4	28	19	+9	32
3	Victoria	18	7	10	1	22	12	+10	31
4	Olimpia	18	6	9	3	19	13	+6	27
5	Deportes Savio	18	5	7	6	14	15	−1	22
6	Real España	18	6	4	8	22	25	−3	22
7	Hispano	18	5	6	7	19	22	−3	21
8	Vida	18	4	8	6	18	22	−4	20
9	Platense	18	3	6	9	17	28	−11	15
10	Atlético Olanchano	18	3	4	11	15	29	−14	13

Top 4 qualify to the Final round.

[edit] Final round

Semifinal					Final

3	Victoria	1	0	1
2	Motagua	1	2	3	2	Motagua	0	0	0
4	Olimpia	1	1	2	1	Marathon	0	2	2
1	Marathon	0	2	2

[edit] Semifinals

2007-12-01	Victoria	1 - 1	Motagua	La Ceiba Attendance: 9,634 Referee: José Gaspar Molina
	Rosales 20'		Guevara 2'	La Ceiba Attendance: 9,634 Referee: José Gaspar Molina

2007-12-02	Olimpia	1 - 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa Attendance: 9,467 Referee: Benigno Pineda
	Kardeck 59'			Tegucigalpa Attendance: 9,467 Referee: Benigno Pineda

2007-12-08	Marathón	2 - 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula Attendance: 18,638 Referee: Mario Moncada
	Norales 18' Martínez 72'		Tilguath 45+1'	San Pedro Sula Attendance: 18,638 Referee: Mario Moncada

2007-12-09	Motagua	2 - 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa Attendance: 11,899 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
	Rodas 41' Guevara 84'			Tegucigalpa Attendance: 11,899 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

[edit] Final

2007-12-16	Motagua	0 - 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Gaspar Molina
				Tegucigalpa Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Gaspar Molina

2007-12-22	Marathón	2 - 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
	Brown 1' Scott 78'			San Pedro Sula Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

[edit] Champion

2007-08 Apertura champion
Marathón 6th National title

[edit] Goalscorers

As of November 7, 2007 incluiding November 25 & Playoffs

10 goals

Emil Martínez (Marathón)

7 goals

Mitchel Brown (Marathón)
Abidán Solís (Victoria)

6 goals

Amado Guevara (Motagua)
Luis Rodas (Motagua)

5 goals

Edilson Pereira (Deportes Savio)
Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua)
Milton Núñez (Olimpia)
Marcelo Cabrita (Platense)

4 goals

Carlos Salinas (Atlético Olanchano)
Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
Allan Do Santos (Olimpia)
Carlinho (Real España)
Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)
Carlos Fretes (Real España)
Héctor Flores (Victoria)
Johnny Calderón (Vida)

3 goals

Wilmer Ramos (Atlético Olanchano)
Harrison Roches (Deportes Savio)
José Güity (Hispano)
Carlos Oliva (Marathón)
Oscar Torlacoff (Motagua)
Reynaldo Tilguath (Olimpia)

2 goals

Denilson Costa (Atlético Olanchano)
Walter Hernández (Hispano)
Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano)
Milton Palacios (Marathón)
Pedrinho (Motagua)
Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)
Wilmer Velasquez (Olimpia)
Quiarol Arzú (Platense)
Bany Lozano (Platense)
Marvin Sánchez (Platense)

Douglas Caetano (Real España)
Marlon Peña (Real España)
Melvin Valladares (Real España)
Marvin Chávez (Victoria)
Jaime Rosales (Victoria)
Jerry Bengtson (Vida)
Ney Costa (Vida)
Richard Pérez (Vida)

1 goal

Jorge Lozano (Atlético Olanchano)
Elmer Marín (Atlético Olanchano)
Merlyn Membreño (Atlético Olanchano)
Edgar Núñez (Atlético Olanchano)
Guillermo Ramírez (Atlético Olanchano)
Mario Euceda (Deportes Savio)
Johnny Galdámez (Deportes Savio)
Edgar Mejia (Deportes Savio)
Oscar Antonio Zepeda (Deportes Savio)
Dickmar Hernández (Hispano)
Marrio Berrios (Marathon)
Edmilson DaSilva (Marathón)
Astor Henríquez (Marathón)
Luis López (Marathón)
Erick Norales (Marathon)
Luis Santamaría (Marathón)
Erick Scott (Marathon)
Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua)
Fernando Castillo (Motagua)
Walter López (Motagua)
Rubén Matamoros (Motagua)
Maynor Figueroa (Olimpia)
Jerry Palacios (Olimpia)
Hendry Thomas (Olimpia)
David Meza (Platense)
César Zelaya (Platense)
Eddy Vega (Platense)
Elkin González (Real España)
Allan Lalín (Real España)
Carlos Palacios (Real España)
Fernando Daniel Cardozo (Victoria)
Mario Gómez (Victoria)
Júnior Izaguirre (Victoria)

Ninrod Medina (Victoria)
Mauricio Weber (Victoria)
Darian Geovany Alvarez (Vida)
Borghi Arbizú (Vida)
Miguel Farrera (Vida)
Ángel Hill (Vida)
Clifford Laing (Vida)
Modesto Rodas (Vida)

[edit] Stadia

Team	Stadium	Capacity
C.D. Marathón	Olimpico Metropolitano	50,000
C.D. Motagua	Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
C.D. Olimpia	Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
Real España	Francisco Morazán	20,000
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

[edit] Average attendance

Not including playoff matches

Club	Average	Highest
Victoria	4,417	8,264
Motagua	4,900	15,950
Vida	2,368	8,419
Marathón	3,861	9,424
Olimpia	4,733	17,799
Hispano	1,883	3,722
Real España	2,533	7,281
Deportes Savio	2,446	4,950
Platense	1,363	3,420
Atlético Olanchano	1,632	3,082

[edit] International Competition

Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007:
- First round
  - Olimpia vs. San Francisco (PAN) 0:1 aggregate
  - Motagua vs. Real Estelí (NCA) 5:1 agreegate
  - Real España vs. Revolutionary Conquerors (BLZ) 3:3 aggregate, (4:2 pks)
- Quarterfinals
  - Motagua vs. San Francisco (PAN) 2:0 agreegate
  - Real España vs. Alajuelense (CRC) 2:2 aggregate, (4:5 pks)
- Semifinals
  - Motagua vs. Municipal (GUA) 6:3 aggregate
- Finals
  - Motagua vs. Saprissa (CRC) 2:1 aggregate

[edit] Trivia

Victoria spent 17 games without losing only being defeated in the last game.
Even though Victoria went for an unbeaten streak at the 17th game they lost the first place to Marathon by 1 point.
Marathon's last game entrance fee to Sol was of 10 Lempira ($0.53)
Marathon's players were awarded new cellphones by members of the club's board for winning the championship. Emil Martinez, in particular, was given a HTC Touch in green color.

[edit] References

^ "Si quiero, te lo compro" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-07-01. http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2007/07/01/si_quiero_te_lo_compro. Retrieved 2007-07-01.

[0] "Si quiero, te lo compro" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-07-01. http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2007/07/01/si_quiero_te_lo_compro. Retrieved 2007-07-01.

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