# 2004–05 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2004–05 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 40th season in the Honduran football top division; it determined the 46th and 47th national champions in the league's history.

## 2004–05 teams

* Atlético Olanchano (Catacamas)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortes)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Universidad (Danlí)
* Municipal Valencia (Choluteca)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)
* Note: Both Universidad and Valencia are from Tegucigalpa but had to play their home matches at Danlí and Choluteca respectively.

## Apertura
### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 39 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 34 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 3 | Real España | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 31 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 4 | Victoria | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 31 | Qualification to the Final round |
| 5 | Vida | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 22 | |
| 6 | Platense | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 21 | |
| 7 | Atletico Olanchano | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 20 | |
| 8 | Municipal Valencia | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 19 | |
| 9 | Motagua | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 18 | |
| 10 | Universidad | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 30 | −18 | 10 | |

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | OLA | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | UNI | VAL | VIC | VID |
| Atlético Olanchano | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Marathón | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Motagua | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 1–2 |
| Olimpia | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| Platense | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Real España | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Universidad | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Municipal Valencia | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Victoria | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| Vida | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |

### Final round
#### Semifinals
##### Olimpia vs Victoria

* Olimpia won 11–3 on aggregate score.

##### Marathón vs Real España

* Marathón won 3–2 on aggregate score.

#### Final
##### Olimpia vs Marathón

| Marathón | Olimpia |
Víctor Coello :
| RB | 23 | Mauricio Sabillón |
| CB | 4 | Anthony Torres | |
| CB | 5 | Darwin Pacheco |
| LB | 3 | Behiker Bustillo | |
| DM | 13 | Dennis Ferrera |
| RM | 18 | Pablo Genovese |
| LM | 20 | Narciso Fernández |
| AM | 8 | Juan Yalet | 71' |
| CF | 17 | Edgardo Simovic | 86' |
| CF | 10 | Denilson Costa | 61' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 11 | Milton Núñez | 61' |
| FW | 15 | Walter Martínez | 71' |
| FW | 27 | Óscar Vargas | 86' |
| Manager: |||
| Nicolás Suazo |||
Ricardo James :
| RB | – | Wilson Palacios | |
| CB | – | Fabio Ulloa | |
| CB | – | Mario Beata |
| LB | 6 | Maynor Figueroa |
| CM | – | Óscar Bonilla |
| CM | – | Elmer Marín |
| AM | 18 | Danilo Tosello | 55' |
| RF | 9 | Juan Manuel Cárcamo |
| CF | 11 | Wilmer Velásquez | 78' |
| LF | 21 | Luciano Emílio |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 16 | Walter López | 55' |
| FW | – | Jerry Palacios | 78' |
| Manager: |||
| Alejandro Domínguez |||
| Olimpia | Marathón |
César Velásquez :
| RB | 16 | Walter López |
| RB | – | Wilson Palacios | 86' |
| CB | – | Fabio Ulloa |
| CB | – | Mario Beata |
| LB | – | Rony Morales | 61' |
| CM | – | Óscar Bonilla |
| AM | 20 | Danilo Tosello | 100' |
| RF | - | Jerry Palacios |
| CF | 11 | Wilmer Velásquez |
| LF | 21 | Luciano Emílio |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 9 | Juan Manuel Cárcamo | 61' |
| MF | - | Elmer Marín | 86' |
| MF | - | Reynaldo Tilguath | 100' |
| Manager: |||
| Alejandro Domínguez |||
Víctor Coello :
| RB | 23 | Mauricio Sabillón |
| CB | 4 | Anthony Torres | 50' |
| CB | 5 | Darwin Pacheco |
| LB | 19 | Mario Berríos |
| DM | 13 | Dennis Ferrera |
| RM | 18 | Pablo Genovese |
| LM | 20 | Narciso Fernández | 64' |
| AM | 8 | Juan Yalet |
| CF | 17 | Edgardo Simovic |
| CF | 11 | Milton Núñez |
| Substitutions: |||
| DF | 6 | José Luis López | 50' |
| DF | 3 | Behiker Bustillo | 64' |
| Manager: |||
| Nicolás Suazo |||
* Marathón won 5–3 on aggregate score.
* Liga Nacional 2004–05 Apertura champion
* C.D. Marathón 5th title

### Squads

Atlético Olanchano :
| Ney Costa | Gustavo Brizio | Antonio Cálix |
| Alexander Cálix | Reynaldo Escobar | Mario Euceda |
| Nelson Guevara | Félix Joel Hernández | Mauro Henríquez |
| Malcon Hernández | Olman Lagos | Óscar Lobo |
| Allan Lalín | Edas Mendoza | Miguel Árcangel Meza |
| Óscar Morales | Erlyn Morán | Ivis Najera |
| Edgar Núñez | Charles de Oliveira | Juan Palacios |
| Marvin Paz | Mario Peri | Guillermo Armando Ramírez |
| Mario Rivera | Edgar Sierra | Fredy Vallecillo |
| Harold Yépez |
| Marathón |||
| José Anthony Torres | Mauricio Sabillón | Edgardo Simovic |
| Emil Martínez | Donaldo González | Víctor Coello |
| Ilich Arias | Darwin Pacheco | Mario Berríos |
| Behiker Bustillo | Denilson Costa | José "Babá" Güity |
| Óscar Vargas | Dennis Ferrera | Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández |
| Pablo Genovese | Luis Guifarro | José Luis López |
| Erick Fuentes | Juan Yalet | David Cáceres |
| Roberto López | Milton "Tyson" Núñez | Walter "Pery" Martínez |
| Luis Ramos | José Rivera | Héctor Rosales |
| Edwin Salvador | Henry Suazo | Irving Guerrero |
| Luis Santamaría | Julián Rápalo |
| Motagua |||
| Elmer Montoya | Júnior Izaguirre | Mauricio "Pipo" Castro |
| Marcelo Dapuerto | Noel Valladares | Víctor "Muma" Bernárdez |
| Néstor Holweber | Henry Enamorado | Rony García |
| Derrick Hulse | Nery Medina | Rubén Matamoros |
| Víctor Mena | Donaldo Morales | Pedro Fernández |
| Milton "Jocón" Reyes | Pompilio Cacho | Eddy Vásquez |
| Emilio Izaguirre | Mario Chirinos | Fernando Garrasino |
| Abidán Solís | Juan José Tablada | Jairo "Kikí" Martínez |
| Olimpia |||
| Danilo Tosello | Ricardo James | Wilmer Velásquez |
| Donis Escober | Luciano Emílio | Mario Beata |
| José Luis Pineda | Hendry Thomas | Walter López |
| Rony Morales | Fabio Ulloa | Reynaldo Tilguath |
| Marcelo Ferreira | Juan Manuel Cárcamo | Elmer Marín |
| Óscar "Pescado" Bonilla | Milton Palacios | Wilson Palacios |
| Elvis Scott | Maynor Figueroa | José Burgos |
| Jesús Alberto Navas | Nahúm Ávila | Everaldo Ferreira |
| Jerry Palacios | César Velásquez |
| Platense |||
| Alex Andino | Lucio Argueta | Edwin Yobani Ávila |
| Cruz Fernando Ávila | Félix Álvarez | Osman Chávez |
| Ronald del Cid | José Díaz | Miguel Farrera |
| Ronald García | Carlos Will Mejía | David Mélendez |
| Bryan Oliva | Adalid Puerto | Francisco Ramírez |
| Carlos Salinas | Marvin Sánchez | Eddy Vega |
| Edwin Zaldívar |
| Real España |||
| Erick Vallecillo | Marlon José Peña | Júnior Morales |
| Carlos Oliva | Antonio Arita | Leonardo Isaulas |
| Samir Arzú | Walter Hernández | Elder Valladares |
| Héctor Medina | Clifford Laing | Reynaldo González |
| Pedro Santana | Yermy Hernández | Sergio Mendoza |
| José Pacini | Abraham Handal | Pablo Iglesias |
| Luis Castillo | Gustavo López |
| Universidad |||
| Santos Arrivillaga | Alex Roberto Bailey | Robel Bernárdez |
| David Cárcamo | Jorge Cardona | Miguel Castillo |
| Héctor Mauricio Cardona | Héctor Enrique Cardona | Hernán Contreras |
| Carlos Discua | Rony Flores | Dennis Girón |
| Mario Herrera | Luis "Güicho" Guzmán | Carlos Guevara |
| Astor Henríquez | Óscar Isaula | Jaime López |
| Aminadán Laínez | Juan Rosa Lagos | Luis Licona |
| Elvit Martínez | Justo Norales | Francisco Pérez |
| Límber Pérez | Hessler Phillips | Abel Rodríguez |
| Moisés Zúñiga |
| Valencia |||
| José Barahona | Josué Guzmán | Johnny Gáldameza |
| José Álvarez | Carlos Navarro | Luis Miguel Ramos |
| Eder Guzmán | Meylin Soto | Carlos Pérez |
| Jaime Ruíz | Gerson Martínez | Ricky García |
| Glendon Cruz | Noel Flores | Christian Mitry |
| Jeffrey Brooks | Mariano Echeverría | Melvin Valladares |
| Erick Chacón | Nery Barrientos | Santiago Autino |
| Alberto Zapata |
| Victoria |||
| Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales | John Bodden | Carlos Lino |
| Porciano Ávila | Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga | Luis Banegas |
| Dionisio Bátiz | Eduardo Bennett | Carlos "Tatín" Morán |
| Carlos Escobar | Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores | Mario Chávez |
| Óscar García Fernández | Nahún Güity | Elvin López |
| Alex Martínez | Javier Omar Martínez | Edward Mejía |
| Ignacio Mejía | Merlyn Membreño | Luis "Bombero" Ramírez |
| Néstor Reyes | José Rodríguez | Marvin Ortíz |
| Vida |||
| Pedro Álvarez | Christian Garden | Leonardo Morales |
| Jorge Ocampo | Lenín Suárez | Christian Efraín Martínez |
| Darío Rivera | José Luis García | Marco "Maco" Mejía |
| Diktmar Hernández | Orvin "Pato" Cabrera | Diego de Rosa |
| Martín Paradiso | Luis "Tanque" Oseguera | Johnny Calderón |
| Hernán Fúnez | José Navarro | Erick Norales |
| Fabián Cuneo | Nelson Andino | Walter Ramírez |
| Borghy Arbizú | Jorge Claros | Joel Lagos |
| Enrique Centeno Reneau | José García |

### Top goalscorers

    As of 19 December 2004
16 goals
* Luciano Emílio (Olimpia)
14 goals
* Eduardo Bennett (Victoria)
11 goals
* Luis Ramírez (Victoria)
10 goals
* Ney Costa (Atlético Olanchano)
9 goals
* Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)
8 goals
* Edgardo Simovic (Marathón)
7 goals
* Pedro Santana (Real España)
* Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)
6 goals
* José Francisco Ramírez (Platense)
* José Pacini (Real España)
5 goals
* Eddy Vega (Platense)
* Rudy Lormera (Universidad)
4 goals
* Milton Núñez (Marathón)
* Mario Berríos (Marathón)
* Santiago Autino (Valencia)
* Charles de Oliveira (Atlético Olanchano)
* Carlos Morán (Victoria)
3 goals
* Limbert Pérez (Universidad)
* Elvis Scott (Olimpia)
* Elmer Montoya (Motagua)
* Dirkmart Hernández (Vida)
* Edgar Nuñez (Real España)
* Pompilio Cacho (Motagua)
* Meilin Soto (Valencia)
* Jesús Navas (Olimpia)
2 goals
* Nery Medina (Motagua)
* Jairo Martínez (Motagua)
* Luis Rodas (Motagua)
* Marvin Chávez (Victoria)
* Emil Martínez (Marathón)
* Walter Hernández (Real España)
* Enrique Renau (Vida)
* José Navarro (Vida)
* Luis Oseguera (Vida)
* Jorge Ocampo (Vida)
* Diego de Rosa (Vida)
* Mario Peri (Atlético Olanchano)
* Denilson Costa (Marathón)
* José Güity (Marathón)
* Jerry Palacios (Olimpia)
* Mario César Rodríguez (Platense)
* Lucio Argueta (Platense)
* Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Olimpia)
* Mauricio Castro (Valencia)
* Darwin Pacheco (Marathón)
1 goal
* Mauricio Sabillón (Marathón)
* Nelson Morales (Victoria)
* Walter Martínez (Marathón)
* Clifford Laing (Real España)

## Clausura
### Regular season
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Universidad | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 26 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Platense | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 24 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Motagua | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | Real España | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 22 | |
| 7 | Vida | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 21 | |
| 9 | Municipal Valencia | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 18 | |
| 10 | Atlético Olanchano | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 14 | |
* ↑ Top 4 qualified to the Final round.

#### Results table

| Home \ Away | OLA | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | RES | UNI | VAL | VIC | VID |
| Atlético Olanchano | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Marathón | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Motagua | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Olimpia | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Platense | 6–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Real España | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–4 |
| Universidad | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Municipal Valencia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Victoria | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 |
| Vida | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |

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

* Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate.

##### Marathón vs Universidad

* Marathón 1–1 Universidad on aggregate; Marathón won on better regular season performance.

#### Final
##### Olimpia vs Marathón

| Olimpia | Marathón |
Donis Escober :
| RB | – | Wilson Palacios |
| CB | – | Rony Morales | 86' |
| CB | – | Mario Beata |
| CB | – | Maynor Figueroa |
| CM | – | José Luis Pineda |
| CM | – | Boniek García |
| RM | 16 | Walter López | 52' |
| LM | - | Dani Turcios |
| LS | 11 | Wilmer Velásquez | 57' |
| RS | 9 | Juan Manuel Cárcamo |
| Substitutions: |||
| AM | 18 | Danilo Tosello | 52' |
| CM | - | Óscar Bonilla | 57' |
| Manager: |||
| Nahúm Espinoza |||
Donaldo González :
| RB | 23 | Mauricio Sabillón | 61' |
| CB | 4 | Anthony Torres |
| CB | 5 | Darwin Pacheco |
| LB | 3 | Behiker Bustillo |
| CM | 19 | Mario Berríos |
| CM | – | Pablo Genovese |
| CM | 24 | Luis Guifarro |
| AM | 8 | Juan Yalet | 69' |
| LS | 17 | Edgardo Simovic |
| RS | 11 | Milton Núñez |
| Substitutions: |||
| RB | 29 | David Cáceres | 61' |
| CM | 7 | Emil Martínez | 69' |
| Manager: |||
| Nicolás Suazo |||
* Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Top goalscorers

    As of 29 May 2005
10 goals
* Francisco Ramírez (Platense)

## Relegation table

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 | Olimpia | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 77 | Qualified to the 2005 Copa Interclubes UNCAF |
| 2 | Marathón | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 61 | Qualified to the 2005 Copa Interclubes UNCAF |
| 3 | Real España | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 53 | |
| 4 | Victoria | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 52 | |
| 5 | Platense | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 45 | |
| 6 | Vida | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 44 | |
| 7 | Motagua | 36 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 41 | |
| 8 | Municipal Valencia | 36 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 37 | |
| 9 | Universidad | 36 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 36 | |
| 10 | Atlético Olanchano | 36 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 34 | Relegated to the 2005–06 Liga de Ascenso |
* ↑ Marathón and Olimpia qualified to the 2005 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as winners the Apertura and Clausura tournament respectively.