# 2005–06 Honduran Liga Nacional

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.

## 2005–06 teams

* Hispano (Comayagua) (promoted)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Universidad (Danlí)
* Municipal Valencia (Tegucigalpa)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)

## Apertura

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

### Regular season
#### Standings

| 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 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Marathón | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 29 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Platense | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 27 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 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 | |

#### Results

    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 | |

### Final round
#### Semifinals
##### Olimpia vs Platense

* Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

##### Victoria vs Marathón

* Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate score.

#### Final
##### Olimpia vs Marathón

| Marathón | Olimpia |
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 |||
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 |||
* Olimpia won 4–2 on aggregate score.
* 2005–06 Apertura champion
* Olimpia 19th title

### Awards

* 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

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

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
#### Standings

| 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 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Municipal Valencia | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 30 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Motagua | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 29 | Qualified to the Semifinals |
| 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 | |

#### Results

    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 | |

### Final round
#### Semifinals
##### Olimpia vs Motagua

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

##### Victoria vs Valencia

* Victoria won 4–1 on aggregate score.

#### Final

| Victoria | Olimpia |
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 |||
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 |||
| Olimpia | Victoria |
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 |||
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 6–4 on aggregate score.
* 2005–06 Clausura champion
* Olimpia 20th title

### Top Goal Scorer

| 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

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

* 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

* 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

| 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 | 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 |
* ↑ Valencia sold its franchise to Hispano for next season.
* ↑ Hispano relegated to second division.