# 2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd edition of the Honduran top division. C.D. Motagua and Real C.D. España won the Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively.

## 2006–07 teams

* Atlético Olanchano (Catacamas) (promoted)
* Broncos UNAH (Choluteca)
* Hispano (Comayagua)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)

## Apertura

The Apertura tournament for the 2006–07 season started on 12 August 2006 with the 2–1 Club Deportivo Olimpia's away victory over C.D. Victoria at the Estadio Nilmo Edwards. C.D. Motagua as Apertura winners qualified to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 35 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Hispano | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Marathón | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Platense | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 29 | |
| 6 | Atlético Olanchano | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Real España | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 21 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 19 | |
| 9 | Broncos UNAH | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 14 | |
| 10 | Vida | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 11 | |

#### Results

    As of 26 November 2006
| Home \ Away | OLA | BUN | HIS | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | VIC | VID |
| Atlético Olanchano | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Broncos UNAH | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hispano | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 |
| Marathón | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 4–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Motagua | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Olimpia | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Platense | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Real España | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Victoria | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 |
| Vida | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |

### Final round
#### Semifinals
##### Olimpia vs Marathón

* Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate score.

##### Motagua vs Hispano

* Motagua won 6–2 on aggregate score.

#### Final
##### Olimpia vs Motagua

| Olimpia | Motagua |
Donis Escober :
| RB | – | Edwin Ávila |
| CB | 5 | Milton Palacios |
| CB | – | Rony Morales | 68' |
| LB | 3 | Maynor Figueroa | 48' |
| RM | – | Franklin Arévalo |
| CM | 8 | Wilson Palacios |
| CM | 14 | Wilfredo Barahona |
| LM | 32 | Boniek García |
| CF | 11 | Wilmer Velásquez |
| CF | 19 | Luciano Emílio | 75' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | – | Juan Yalet | 63' |
| FW | 9 | Juan Manuel Cárcamo | 67' |
| FW | – | Jerry Palacios | 78' |
| Manager: |||
| Flavio Ortega |||
Ricardo Canales :
| RB | – | Límber Pérez |
| CB | – | Javier Martínez |
| CB | 24 | Víctor Bernárdez |
| LB | – | Emilio Izaguirre |
| CM | – | Rubén Matamoros | 34' |
| CM | 17 | Víctor Mena |
| CM | 32 | Jorge Claros |
| AM | 23 | Pedro Santana |
| CF | 9 | Jairo Martínez | 61' |
| CF | 10 | Jocimar Nascimento |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | – | Luis Guzmán | 34' |
| Manager: |||
| Ramón Maradiaga |||
* Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.
* 2006–07 Apertura champion
* Motagua 11th title

### Awards

* Champion: Motagua Awarded 360,000 Lempiras
* Sub Champion: Olimpia Awarded 155,000 Lempiras
* Fair Play: Broncos UNAH Awarded 50,000 Lempiras
* Top Goal Scorer: Carlo Costly Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
* Best Goalkeeper: Ricardo Canales Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
* Most Valuable Player:
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
* Rookie of the year: Henry Bermúdez Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

### Records

* Highest fee paid: Motagua–Olimpia 17 December Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula 38,256 fans 4,528,020 lempiras
* Highest Assistance: Motagua–Olimpia 17 December Estadio Olimpico, San Pedro Sula 38,256 fans 4,528,020 lempiras
* Lowest fee paid:
* Lowest Assistance:

### Top goalscorers

    As of 17 December 2006
| R | Player | Club | GS |
| 1 | Carlo Costly | Platense | 10 |
| 2 | Wilmer Velásquez | Olimpia | 9 |
| 2 | Walter Martínez | Marathón | 9 |
| 4 | Emil Martínez | Marathón | 8 |
| 4 | Jairo Martínez | Motagua | 8 |
| 4 | Pedro Santana | Motagua | 8 |
| 7 | Wilson Palacios | Olimpia | 7 |
| 7 | Héctor Flores | Victoria | 7 |
| 9 | Marcelo Ferreira | Atlético Olanchano | 6 |
| 9 | Henry Hernández | Vida | 6 |
| 9 | Jocimar Nascimento | Motagua | 6 |

## Clausura

Honduras Clausura 2006-07 is the closing season of Liga Nacional de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. It followed the 2006–07 Honduras Apertura season. This is tournament # 50 of Liga Nacional de Honduras. The winner qualified for the 2007 UNCAF Club Tournament. It started January 13 and ended on 19 May.

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 37 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Olimpia | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Motagua | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Hispano | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 23 | |
| 6 | Platense | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 23 | |
| 7 | Vida | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 22 | |
| 8 | Atlético Olanchano | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 18 | |
| 9 | Victoria | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 14 | |
| 10 | Broncos UNAH | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 39 | −32 | 6 | |
* ↑ Top 4 qualify to the Final round.
* 1 2 3 4 The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

#### Results

    As of 29 April 2007
| Home \ Away | OLA | BUN | HIS | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | VIC | VID |
| Atlético Olanchano | | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Broncos UNAH | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Hispano | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Marathón | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Motagua | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–4 | | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Olimpia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Platense | 2–1 | – | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Real España | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Victoria | – | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Vida | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
* 1 2 The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

### Final round
#### Semifinals
##### Real España vs Motagua

* Real España won 4–1 on aggregate score.

##### Marathón vs Olimpia

* Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón won 3–0 on penalty shootouts.

#### Final
##### Real España vs Marathón

| Real España | Marathón |
Orlin Vallecillo :
| RB | – | Elder Valladares |
| CB | – | Marlon Peña | 75' |
| CB | – | Erick Vallecillo |
| LB | 5 | Nery Medina |
| RM | – | Elkin González |
| CM | – | Mario Rodríguez |
| CM | – | Luis Guifarro | |
| LM | – | José Carlos Díaz | | 85' |
| SS | – | Melvin Valladares | 46' |
| CF | 9 | Carlos Pavón | |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Everaldo Ferreira | 46' |
| FW | – | Milton Núñez | 75' |
| MF | – | Miguel Farrera | 85' |
| Manager: |||
| José Treviño |||
Juan Obelar :
| CB | – | Luis Santamaría | |
| CB | 5 | Erick Norales |
| CB | 4 | Júnior Izaguirre | | 60' |
| RWB | 23 | Mauricio Sabillón |
| LWB | 6 | Juan Carlos García |
| CM | – | Astor Henríquez |
| CM | 13 | Dennis Ferrera | 68' |
| AM | 7 | Emil Martínez |
| CF | – | Steven Bryce | 85' |
| CF | – | Erick Scott |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 11 | Marcelo Segales | 60' | |
| MF | 8 | Carlos Oliva | 68' |
| FW | – | Luis López | 85' |
| Manager: |||
| Jorge Pineda |||
* Real España won 4–3 on aggregate score.
* 2006–07 Clausura champion
* Real España 9th title

### Top goalscorers

    As of 19 May 2007
| R | Player | Club | GS |
| 1 | Carlos Pavón | Real España | 15 |
| 2 | Carlos Oliva | Marathón | 9 |
| 3 | Erick Scott | Marathón | 6 |
| 3 | Steven Bryce | Marathón | 6 |
| 3 | Wilson Palacios | Olimpia | 6 |
| 3 | Wilmer Velásquez | Olimpia | 6 |
| 3 | Pedro Santana | Motagua | 6 |
| 8 | Óscar Torlacoff | Motagua | 5 |
| 8 | Marcelo Ferreira | Atlético Olanchano | 5 |
| 8 | Mario Romero | Platense | 5 |
| 8 | Héctor Flores | Victoria | 5 |

### Awards

* Champion: Real España Awarded 360,000 Lempiras
* Runner Up: Marathón Awarded 155,000 Lempiras
* Fair Play: Atlético Olanchano Awarded 50,000 Lempiras
* Top Goal Scorer: Carlos Pavón Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
* Best Goalkeeper: Orlin Vallecillo Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
* Most Valuable Player: Carlos Pavón Awarded 30,000 Lempiras
* Rookie of the year: Henry Bermúdez Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

## Relegation table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 71 | |
| 2 | Marathón | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 66 | |
| 3 | Motagua | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 62 | |
| 4 | Real España | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 58 | |
| 5 | Hispano | 36 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 53 | |
| 6 | Platense | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 52 | |
| 7 | Atlético Olanchano | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 41 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 35 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 33 | |
| 9 | Vida | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 33 | |
| 10 | Broncos UNAH (R) | 35 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 20 | Relegation to Second division |

### Promoted team

This team was promoted from Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso for the next season:
* Deportes Savio (second time in the top flight)

## Trivia

* The final is the second final with a clasico sampedrano, 26 years after the first.
* After seven consecutive finals, Olimpia did not participate in this tournament's final.
* This is tournament # 50 of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras.