# 2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2007–08 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008. The season was split into two tournaments (Apertura and Clausura) which defined the 51st and 52nd national champions in the history of the league. C.D. Marathón and Club Deportivo Olimpia as winners of each tournament qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

## 2007–08 teams

Deportes Savio from Santa Rosa de Copán was promoted from the 2006–07 Liga de Ascenso.
* Atlético Olanchano
* Deportes Savio
* Hispano F.C.
* C.D. Marathón
* C.D. Motagua
* C.D. Olimpia
* C.D. Platense
* Real C.D. España
* C.D. Victoria
* C.D.S. Vida

## Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from 11 August to 22 December 2007. C.D. Marathón captured its 6th domestic league.

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Marathón | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 35 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Motagua | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 32 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Victoria | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 31 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Olimpia | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 27 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 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 | |

#### Results

    As of 25 November 2007
| Home \ Away | OLA | SAV | HIS | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | VIC | VID |
| Atlético Olanchano | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Deportes Savio | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Hispano | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Marathón | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Motagua | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Olimpia | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Platense | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Real España | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Victoria | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Vida | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |

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

* Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.

##### Motagua vs Victoria

* Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate score.

#### Final
##### Marathón vs Motagua

| Marathón | Motagua |
Juan Obelar :
| RB | – | Astor Henríquez | 48' |
| CB | – | Mario Beata |
| CB | – | Erick Norales | 68' |
| LB | – | Nilberto da Silva |
| DM | – | Óscar Bonilla |
| CM | 12 | Mariano Acevedo |
| CM | 19 | Mario Berríos |
| AM | 7 | Emil Martínez |
| CF | 21 | Erick Scott |
| CF | 11 | Mitchel Brown | 75' |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 25 | Luis Santamaría | 48' |
| DF | - | Milton Palacios | 68' |
| MF | 8 | Carlos Oliva | 75' |
| Manager: |||
| Manuel Keosseián |||
Ricardo Canales :
| RB | – | Samir García |
| CB | – | Osman Chávez |
| CB | 24 | Víctor Bernárdez |
| LB | - | Emilio Izaguirre |
| CM | – | Rubén Matamoros | 34' |
| CM | 14 | Luis Guzmán |
| CM | 32 | Jorge Claros |
| AM | - | Amado Guevara |
| CF | 9 | Jairo Martínez | 61' |
| CF | 10 | Jocimar Nascimento |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Jefferson Bernárdez | 34' |
| DF | – | Milton Reyes | 61' |
| Manager: |||
| Ramón Maradiaga |||
* Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate score.
* Liga Nacional 2007–08 Apertura champion
* C.D. Marathón 6th title

### Top goalscorers

    As of 22 December 2007
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 dos Santos (Platense)
4 goals
* Carlos Salinas (Atlético Olanchano)
* Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
* Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
* Allan do Santos (Olimpia)
* José Dias (Real España)
* Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)
* Carlos Fretes (Real España)
* Héctor Flores (Victoria)
* Johnny Calderón (Vida)
3 goals
* Wilmer Ramos (Atlético Olanchano)
* Harrison Róches (Deportes Savio)
* José Güity (Hispano)
* Carlos Oliva (Marathón)
* Óscar Torlacoff (Motagua)
* Reynaldo Tilguath (Olimpia)
2 goals
* Denilson Costa (Atlético Olanchano)
* Walter Hernández (Hispano)
* Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano)
* Milton Palacios (Marathón)
* Pedro Santana (Motagua)
* Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)
* Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)
* Quiarol Arzú (Platense)
* Bani 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)
* Johny Galdámez (Deportes Savio)
* Edgar Mejía (Deportes Savio)
* Óscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio)
* Diktmar Hernández (Hispano)
* Mario Berríos (Marathon)
* Edmilson da Silva (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 Cardozo (Victoria)
* Mario Gómez (Victoria)
* Júnior Izaguirre (Victoria)
* Ninrrol Medina (Victoria)
* Mauricio Weber (Victoria)
* Darian Álvarez (Vida)
* Borghi Arbizú (Vida)
* Miguel Farrera (Vida)
* Ángel Hill (Vida)
* Clifford Laing (Vida)
* Modesto Rodas (Vida)

## Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from 12 January to 24 May 2008. C.D. Olimpia captured its 21st domestic league.

### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 33 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 30 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Real España | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 28 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 4 | Motagua | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 27 | Qualification to the Semifinals |
| 5 | Hispano | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Victoria | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 24 | |
| 7 | Atlético Olanchano | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Platense | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Deportes Savio | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 19 | |
| 10 | Vida | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 29 | −11 | 18 | |

#### Results

    As of 3 May 2008
| Home \ Away | OLA | SAV | HIS | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | VIC | VID |
| Atlético Olanchano | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Deportes Savio | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Hispano | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Marathón | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Motagua | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Olimpia | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Platense | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Real España | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Victoria | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Vida | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | |

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

* Olimpia won 7–2 on aggregate score.

##### Marathón vs Real España

* Marathón 5–5 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.

#### Final
##### Olimpia vs Marathón

| Marathón | Olimpia |
Víctor Coello :
| RB | 23 | Mauricio Sabillón | |
| CB | – | Milton Palacios | |
| CB | 5 | Erick Norales |
| LB | – | Óscar Bonilla |
| CM | 13 | Dennis Ferrera |
| CM | – | Reinieri Mayorquín | |
| CM | – | Astor Henríquez | | 45' |
| CM | 19 | Mario Berríos | |
| CF | – | José Güity | 64' |
| CF | 32 | Edmilson da Silva | | 77' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 10 | Eberson Amaral | 45' |
| FW | 21 | Andy Furtado | 64' |
| FW | 9 | Marcelo Ferreira | 77' |
| Manager: |||
| José de la Paz Herrera |||
Noel Valladares :
| RB | – | Boniek García | |
| CB | – | Fábio de Souza | |
| CB | – | Sergio Mendoza | 74' |
| LB | - | Edwin Ávila | |
| CM | – | Hendry Thomas |
| CM | – | Walter Hernández | | | 83' |
| RM | – | Danilo Turcios |
| LM | - | Ramón Núñez |
| ST | 33 | Ramiro Bruschi | 79' |
| ST | 11 | Wilmer Velásquez |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | – | Rony Morales | 74' |
| FW | – | Allan Kardeck | 79' |
| MF | – | Jesús Navas | 83' | – | Manager: | Manager: | Manager: |
| Juan de Dios Castillo |||
| Olimpia | Marathón |
| RB | – | Sergio Mendoza |
| CB | 5 | Fábio de Souza | 57' |
| CB | – | Rony Morales |
| LB | – | Boniek GFarcía | 46' |
| CM | – | Hendry Thomas | |
| CM | – | Walter Hernández |
| RM | – | Danilo Turcios | |
| LM | – | Ramón Núñez |
| CF | 33 | Ramiro Bruschi |
| CF | 11 | Wilmer Velásquez | 77' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Milton Núñez | 77' |
| MF | – | Jesús Navas | 80' |
| DF | – | Nahúm Ávila | 88' |
| Manager: |||
| Juan de Dios Castillo |||
| RB | 23 | Mauricio Sabillón |
| CB | – | Erick Norales | |
| CB | 5 | Mario Beata | |
| LB | – | Óscar Bonilla |
| CM | – | Reinieri Mayorquín | |
| CM | – | Astor Henríquez | 23' |
| CM | 19 | Mario Berríos |
| AM | 10 | Eberson Amaral | 55' |
| CF | – | José Güity |
| CF | 32 | Edmilson da Silva | |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | – | Milton Palacios | 23' | 50' |
| MF | – | Mariano Acevedo | 50' |
| MF | 8 | Carlos Oliva | 55' |
| Manager: |||
| José Herrera |||
* Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.
* Liga Nacional 2007–08 Clausura champion
* C.D. Olimpia 21st title

### Top goalscorers

10 goals
* Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)
9 goals
* Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua)
8 goals
* Edmilson da Silva (Marathón)
* Douglas Caetano (Real España)
* Claudio Cardozo (Vida)
6 goals
* Ney Costa (Deportes Savio)
5 goals
* Carlos Pavón (Real España)
* Eduardo Bennett (Atlético Olanchano)
* Oscar Torlacoff (Motagua)
* Andy Furtado (Marathón)
4 goals
* Marcelo Cabrita (Platense)
* Orvin Paz (Deportes Savio)
* Walter Hernández (Olimpia)
* Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)
* José Güity (Marathón)
* Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
3 goals
* Marcelo Ferreira (Marathón)
* Marvin Chávez (Victoria)
* Júnior Izaguirre (Victoria)
* Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
* Javier Portillo (Hispano)
* Marcelo Segales (Hispano)
* Johnny Calderón (Vida)
* Edgar Nuñez (Atlético Olanchano)
* Ramón Núñez (Olimpia)
* Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia)
* Carlos Días (Real España)
* Allan Lalín (Real España)
* Carlos Will Mejía (Platense)
* Bani Lozano (Platense)
2 goals
* Elmer Marín (Atlético Olanchano)
* Henry Córdoba (Platense)
* Mario Berríos (Marathón)
* Carlos Oliva (Marathón)
* Astor Henríquez (Marathón)
* Eberso Amaral (Marathón)
* Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano)
* Milton Ruíz (Hispano)
* Avidán Solís (Victoria)
* Luis Rodas (Motagua)
* Fernando Castillo (Motagua)
* Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua)
* Rubén Matamoros (Motagua)
* Elkin González (Real España)
* Erick Vallecillo (Real España)
* Mario César Rodríguez (Real España)
* Allan Kardeck (Olimpia)
* Carlos Alberto Salinas (Atlético Olanchano)
* Richard Pérez (Atlético Olanchano)
* Dicktmar Hernández (Vida)
* José Luis Grant (Vida)
* Lenín Suárez (Deportes Savio)
1 goal
* José Regalado (Hispano)
* Jairo Mosquera (Hispano)
* Leonardo Morales (Hispano)
* Eliu Membreño (Hispano)
* Leonardo Isaula (Hispano)
* Samir Arzú (Atlético Olanchano)
* Wilmer Ramos (Atlético Olanchano)
* José Mario Navarro (Atlético Olanchano)
* José Valladares (Motagua)
* Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua)
* Amado Guevara (Motagua)
* Misael Ruíz (Platense)
* Adán Ramírez (Platense)
* Erick Norales (Marathón)
* Emil Martínez (Marathón)
* Nilberto da Silva (Marathón)
* Óscar Bonilla (Marathón)
* Reinieri Mayorquín (Marathón)
* Oscar Vargas (Marathón)
* Edilson Pereira (Deportes Savio)
* Harrison Róchez (Deportes Savio)
* Onán García (Deportes Savio)
* Víctor Ramírez (Deportes Savio)
* Juliano de Andrade (Deportes Savio)
* Carlos Morán (Victoria)
* Juan Pablo Montes (Victoria)
* Mauricio Weber (Victoria)
* Derrick Hulse (Victoria)
* Ninrrol Medina (Victoria)
* Carin Adipe (Victoria)
* Wilmer Crisanto (Victoria)
* Héctor Flores (Real España)
* Nery Medina (Real España)
* Carlos Fretes (Real España)
* Elder Valladares (Real España)
* Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)ç
* Nahún Ávila (Olimpia)
* Sergio Mendoza (Olimpia)
* Erick Andino (Olimpia)
* Carlos Discua (Olimpia)
* Boniek García (Olimpia)
* Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Olimpia)
* Hendry Thomas (Olimpia)
* Milton Núñez (Olimpia)
* Jerry Bengtson (Vida)
* Modesto Rodas (Vida)
* Angel Hill (Vida)

## Aggregate table

Atlético Olanchano made the fewest points in the aggregated table from both Apertura and Clausura regular seasons, thereby were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Marathón | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 65 | Qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Olimpia | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 60 | Qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Motagua | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 59 | |
| 4 | Victoria | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 55 | |
| 5 | Real España | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 50 | |
| 6 | Hispano | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 47 | |
| 7 | Deportes Savio | 36 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 41 | |
| 8 | Vida | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 38 | |
| 9 | Platense | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 35 | |
| 10 | Atlético Olanchano | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 34 | Relegated to the 2008–09 Liga de Ascenso |