Liga Nacional
Season2010–11
ChampionsApertura:
Real España
Clausura:
Motagua
RelegatedHispano
Champions LeagueReal España
Motagua
Olimpia
Matches played192
Goals scored493 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerApertura:
Jerry Bengtson (12)
Clausura:
Jerry Bengtson (15)
Biggest home winOlimpia 6–0 Hispano
(7 March 2011)
Biggest away winHispano 1–4 Olimpia
(10 October 2010)
Highest scoringVida 5–3 Deportes Savio
(23 January 2011)
Longest unbeaten runOlimpia (12)
Longest losing runVictoria (8)
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2011.

The 2010–11 season in Honduran Liga Nacional was divided into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) and determined the 57th and 58th champions in the history of the league. It also provided two berths for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The league had a reserve tournament for the first time in history with players between 15 and 20 years old.[1]

2010–11 teams

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Necaxa (promoted)

Team information

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Team Stadium Capacity Manager Captain Shirt Manufacturer Main Shirt Sponsor
Marathón Olímpico Metropolitano 40,000 Honduras Edwin Pavón Honduras Mario Berríos Joma Banco Continental
Motagua Tiburcio Carías Andino 35,000 Honduras Ramón Maradiaga Honduras Amado Guevara Joma Pepsi
Olimpia Tiburcio Carías Andino 35,000 Colombia Carlos Restrepo Honduras Danilo Turcios Puma Coca-Cola
Real España Francisco Morazán1 20,000 Argentina Mario Zanabria Honduras Alfredo Mejía Lotto Respuestos de Atlántida
Victoria Nilmo Edwards 25,000 Honduras Jorge Pineda Honduras Júnior Izaguirre Leyde
Vida Nilmo Edwards 25,000 Honduras Carlos Martínez Honduras Bryan Beckeles Joma Leyde
Hispano Carlos Miranda 10,000 Honduras Raúl Martínez Sambulá Argentina Pablo Genovese Kaiser Tigo
Platense Excélsior 10,000 Argentina Héctor Vargas Honduras Juan Cárcamo Joma
Necaxa Marcelo Tinoco 5,000 Honduras Jorge Jiménez Puma CONGOLON
Deportes Savio Sergio Antonio Reyes 5,000 Honduras Hernán García Kaiser Tigo
  • 1 Due to disputes with the city, Real España played its home games in Choloma and Puerto Cortés during the Apertura tournament.

Apertura

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The Apertura tournament started on 7 August 2010 at Estadio Nilmo Edwards in La Ceiba with the game between Vida and Real España.[2]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Victoria 18 10 2 6 26 24 +2 32 Qualified to the Final round
2 Marathón 18 8 7 3 26 18 +8 31
3 Real España 18 7 8 3 28 22 +6 29
4 Olimpia 18 7 7 4 29 19 +10 28
5 Platense 18 8 2 8 20 22 −2 26
6 Vida 18 7 4 7 26 23 +3 25
7 Motagua 18 5 6 7 21 25 −4 21
8 Deportes Savio 18 5 6 7 22 30 −8 21
9 Necaxa 18 5 4 9 18 19 −1 19
10 Hispano 18 3 4 11 17 31 −14 13
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2010. Source: [citation needed]

Results

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As of 20 November 2010
Home \ Away SAV HIS MAR MOT NEC OLI PLA RES VIC VID
Deportes Savio 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Hispano 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–4 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–0
Marathón 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 5–1 0–0
Motagua 1–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2
Necaxa 3–1 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2
Olimpia 5–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–0
Platense 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–2
Real España 3–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–0
Victoria 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2
Vida 4–2 4–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

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Semifinals

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Victoria vs Olimpia
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Olimpia2–0Victoria
Hernández 79'
Güity 90+1'
Report
Olimpia
Victoria

Victoria0–1Olimpia
Report Bruschi 38'
Victoria
Olimpia
  • Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate score.
Marathón vs Real España
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Real España2–2Marathón
Bica 11'
Lobo 17'
Report Diamond 24'
Valladares 45'
Real España
Marathón

Marathón0–2Real España
Report Lobo 17' 54'
Marathón
Real España
  • Real España won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Final

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Real España vs Olimpia
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Olimpia1–1Real España
Días 7' Report Lobo 4'
Olimpia
Real España

Real España
Olimpia
  • Real España won 3–2 on aggregate score.


 Liga Nacional
2010–11 Apertura champion 
Real C.D. España
10th title

Top goalscorers

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As of 11 December 2010
  • 12 goals:
  • 11 goals:
  • 9 goals:
  • 8 goals:
  • 7 goals:
  • 6 goals:
  • 5 goals:
Honduras Héctor Flores (Hispano)
Honduras Georgie Welcome (Motagua)
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
  • 1 own-goal:

Clausura

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The Clausura tournament started on 15 January 2011 with the game between reigning champions Real C.D. España who played against C.D.S. Vida.[3] The game ended with an unexpected 0–1 home defeat for Real España; Pompilio Cacho scored the first goal of the season.[4]
On 16 March 2011, the league decided to switch rounds 14 and 15, thereby the local derbies from 26–27 March don't interfere with the Honduras national football team fixtures.[5]
On 9 April 2011, C.D. Olimpia ensured its participation in the semifinals after defeating C.D. Marathón 0–1 at Estadio Francisco Morazán;[6] C.D. Motagua did it on 17 April 2011 in La Ceiba against C.D. Victoria with a 1–2 away victory;[7] and on the very last round, C.D.S. Vida and Marathón also joined to face C.D. Motagua and C.D. Olimpia on the semifinals respectively.[8] On 30 April 2011, C.D. Motagua earned a ticket to the Final after a 3–3 draw on aggregate against C.D.S. Vida;[9] C.D. Olimpia qualified against C.D. Marathón one day later.[10] As a result, the contenders of the Honduran Superclásico faced each other again for the sixth time in a Final series in the history of the league. Motagua rectified its good performance and with a 5–3 aggregate score defeated its main rival and obtained its 12th league title.[11]

Real España, Motagua and Olimpia earned berths to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.[12]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 9 6 3 24 11 +13 33 Qualified to the Final round
2 Motagua 18 8 7 3 25 17 +8 31
3 Vida 18 7 5 6 23 18 +5 26
4 Marathón 18 7 4 7 21 17 +4 25
5 Real España 18 6 7 5 25 25 0 25
6 Necaxa 18 5 9 4 25 24 +1 24
7 Hispano 18 5 9 4 16 18 −2 24
8 Deportes Savio 18 5 5 8 25 36 −11 20
9 Platense 18 4 5 9 21 29 −8 17
10 Victoria 18 3 5 10 25 35 −10 14
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2011. Source: [citation needed]

Results

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As of 20 April 2011
Home \ Away SAV HIS MAR MOT NEC OLI PLA RES VIC VID
Deportes Savio 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–2 0–0 4–2 3–3 2–1 1–0
Hispano 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–0
Marathón 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–1
Motagua 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–0
Necaxa 4–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0
Olimpia 2–1 6–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1
Platense 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1
Real España 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–1
Victoria 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–3 1–2 3–4 1–1 0–2
Vida 5–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

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Semifinals

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Olimpia vs Marathón
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Marathón
Olimpia

Olimpia
Marathón
  • Olimpia 1–1 Marathón on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better Regular season performance.
Motagua vs Vida
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Vida1–0Motagua
Altamirano 78' Report
Attendance: 6,067
Referee: Miguel Torres
Vida
Motagua

Motagua3–2Vida
Bengtson 41' (pen.)
Ramírez 80'
Copete 90+2'
Report Genovese 58'
Castro 71'
Motagua
Vida
  • Motagua 3–3 Vida on aggregate score; Motagua advanced on better Regular season performance

Final

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Olimpia vs Motagua
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Motagua
Olimpia

Olimpia1–3Motagua
de Souza 29' Report Bengtson 16' 90+3' (pen.)
Guevara 46'
Olimpia
Motagua
  • Motagua won 5–3 on aggregate score.


 Liga Nacional
2010–11 Clausura champion 
Motagua
12th title

Top goalscorers

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As of 15 May 2011
  • 15 goals:
  • 12 goals:
Brazil Ney Costa (Deportes Savio)
  • 9 goals:
  • 7 goals:
  • 6 goals:
  • 5 goals:
  • 4 goals:
  • 3 goals:
  • 2 goals:
  • 1 goal:
  • 1 own-goal:

Aggregate table

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Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 17 April 2011 Hispano F.C. were mathematically relegated to the Liga de Ascenso after a 0–0 home draw against C.D. Marathón at Estadio Carlos Miranda.[13] Hispano played 6 season at Liga Nacional since 2005–06.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 36 16 13 7 53 30 +23 61 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round[a]
2 Marathón 36 15 11 10 47 35 +12 56
3 Real España 36 13 15 8 53 47 +6 54 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage[b]
4 Motagua 36 13 13 10 46 42 +4 52 Qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round[b]
5 Vida 36 14 9 13 49 41 +8 51
6 Victoria 36 13 7 16 51 59 −8 46
7 Necaxa 36 10 13 13 43 43 0 43
8 Platense 36 12 7 17 41 51 −10 43
9 Deportes Savio 36 10 11 15 47 66 −19 41
10 Hispano 36 8 13 15 33 49 −16 37 Relegated to the 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2011. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Olimpia qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as berth reallocated from Belize.
  2. ^ a b Real España and Motagua qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as Apertura and Clausura champions respectively.

References

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