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) 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

As of 3 December 2005

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
3	Marathón	18	7	8	3	30	26	+4	29
4	Platense	18	8	3	7	28	34	−6	27
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	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
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

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Platense

Platense v Olimpia

8 December 2005 1st leg	Platense	0 – 2	Olimpia	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)			Palacios  53' Velásquez  85'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

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Olimpia v Platense

11 December 2005 2nd leg	Olimpia	0 – 1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Vega  53'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Victoria vs Marathón

Marathón v Victoria

7 December 2005 1st leg	Marathón	3 – 0	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Ramírez  56'  83' Cacho  88'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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Victoria v Marathón

11 December 2005 2nd leg	Victoria	1 – 2	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Brown  21'		Ramírez  48' Güity  75'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

• Marathón won 5–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón

Marathón v Olimpia

15 December 2005 1st leg	Marathón	2 – 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho  7' Simovic  90+2'		Emílio  1'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Marathón

Olimpia

GK 27 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

GK – 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

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Olimpia v Marathón

18 December 2005 2nd leg	Olimpia	2 – 0 AET	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio  62' Palacios  100'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Olimpia won 3–2 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

As of 7 May 2006

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
3	Valencia	18	9	3	6	20	13	+7	30
4	Motagua	18	8	5	5	24	20	+4	29
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
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

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua

Motagua v Olimpia

11 May 2006 1st leg	Motagua	2 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Reyes Torlacoff		Emílio	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

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Olimpia v Motagua

14 May 2006 2nd leg	Olimpia	2 – 1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio		Torlacoff  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Olimpia 2–2 Motagua on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better regular season performance.

Victoria vs Valencia

Valencia v Victoria

11 May 2006 1st leg	Valencia	1 – 1	Victoria	Choluteca, Choluteca
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

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Victoria v Valencia

14 May 2006 2nd leg	Victoria	3 – 0	Valencia	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

• Victoria won 4–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Victoria v Olimpia

20 May 2006

Victoria	3 – 3	Olimpia
Naif  34' Rosales  44'  89'		Velásquez  51' Palacios  63' Emílio  70'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards La Ceiba Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Victoria

Olimpia

GK – 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

GK – 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

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Olimpia v Victoria

28 May 2006

Olimpia	1 – 0	Victoria
Morales  29'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa Attendance: 31,951 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Olimpia

Victoria

GK – 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

GK – 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 4–3 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 Valubale 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

As of 2006-05-07

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	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

• Hispano relegated to second division.
• Valencia sold its franchise to Hispano for next season.