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

Apertura

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

Regular season

Standings

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

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 1999. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

As of 22 December 1999

Home \ Away	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
Legend: 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: 24,351 Referee: Óscar Bardales

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
	Penalties
	Clavasquín Guevara Chirinos Romero Coello Fuentes Medina		Cruz Martins Williams

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

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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2000. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

As of 2 July 2000

Home \ Away	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
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Marathón–Real España suspended at 70' (2–0) as Real España had five players sent off. Result stood.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

20 August 2000

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	1–1	Olimpia
Moles 83'		Caballero 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 19,526

Referee: Vivian Rodríguez

26 August 2000

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	1–1	Motagua
Tosello 57' (pen.)		Clavasquín 79' (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.

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^[a]
2	Olimpia	36	20	11	5	53	28	+25	71	Qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF^[b]
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

Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2000. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 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.

Squads

Broncos
Juan Ramón Palacios	Edgar Figueroa	Luis Oseguera
Marco Ortega	Jorge Pineda	César Méndez
Marcelo Ferreira Martins	José Villatoro	Nelson Rosales
Luis Vallejo	José Suazo
Federal
Héctor Medina	Presley Carson	Orlando Rene López
Walter "Gualala" Trejo	César Colón	Jorge "Avioneta" Martínez
Marvin Fonseca	Miguel Arcángel Güity	Harold Yepes
Jose "Chepo" Fernández	Carlos Pérez	Ricardo Correa
Luis Ronaldo Bernardo	Rony Zelaya	Marvin Brown
Marathón
Josué Reyes	Hernaín Arzú	Jesús Romero
Edwin Medina	Maynor Suazo	Silvio Rudman
Douglas Murillo	Carlos Lemus	Carlos González
Alejandro Naif	Gerardo Aguilar	Marvin Brown
Darwin Pacheco	Pompilio Cacho Valerio	Sebastián Rudman
Nigel Zúniga	Mauricio Sabillón	Behiker Bustillo
Luis Guifarro	Jaime Rosales	José Luis López Escobar
Narciso Fernández
Motagua
Diego Martin Vásquez	Júnior Izaguirre	Ninrrod Medina
Amado "El Lobo" Guevara	Hugo Caballero	Reynaldo Clavasquín
Robel Bernárdez	Juan Carlos Raudales	Carlos "Pony" Muñoz
Ramón Romero "Romerito"	Iván Guerrero	Mario Chirinos
Jairo "Kiki" Martínez	Gustavo Fuentes	Milton "Jocon" Reyes
Oscar "Chicano" Lagos	Carlos Alberto Salinas	Juan Moles
Roberto "Tanque" Rojas	José Francisco Ramírez
Olimpia
Wilmer Velásquez	Carlos Prono	Marlon Hernández
Alex Pineda Chacón	Nahúm Espinoza	Elmer Marín
Merlyn Membreño	Rodinei Martins	Enrique Reneau
Samuel Caballero	Danilo Tosello	Christian Santamaría
Platense
Ricardo James	Marco Mejía	José Luis Piota
Marcio Machado de Lima	Julio César De León	Hernán Centeno
Rubén Suazo	Juan Manuel Cárcamo
Real España
Milton "Chocolate" Flores	Wilmer "Superman" Cruz	Víctor Carneiro
Marlon Hernández	Leonardo Morales	Miguel Mariano
Luis "Bombero" Ramírez	Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	Edgar Rolando Delgado
Washington "Piojo" Hernández	Jorge Zapata	Marco "Chacal" Ortega
Ricky Garcia	Leonardo "Leo" Isaula	Leonardo "Leo" Morales
David Cárcamo	Hector Gutiérrez	Mario "Pescado Rodríguez
Javier Rodríguez	Carlos Oliva	Orbin "Pato" Cabrera
Cesar "Nene" Obando
UNAH
Constantino Reyes	Hesler Phillips	José Luis "Runga" Piota
Silvio Traverso	Cristian González	Carlos Daniel Díaz
Juan Carlos González	Guillermo Sumich	Leonel Rodríguez
Elvis Danilo (Dany) Turcios	Aminadan Laines	Luis Perdomo
Juan Rosa Lagos	Camilo Bonilla Ocampo	Marvin Mazariegos
Jorge Arita Neal	Ricky Alcerro	Raul Dolmo
Victoria
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Carlos Alberto Escobar	Héctor Zapata
Julio César Suazo	Renán Bengoché	Luis Perdomo
Guillermo Ramírez	Héctor Fernández	Luis Ramos
Nicolás Suazo	Marcos Bernárdez	Hernán Fúnez
Luis Lagos	Mauricio Figueroa	Cristian Martínez
Enrique Reneau	Jorge Pineda
Vida
Wilmer Cruz	Carlos Alvarado	Geovanny Arzú
Roberto Padilla	Renán Contreras	Clayd Marson
Jorge Ocampo	Francis Javier Reyes	Marlon Monge
René Martínez	Alberto Zapata	José Pacini