2008–09 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	2008–09
Champions	Apertura: Marathón (7th) Clausura: Olimpia (22nd)
Relegated	Real Juventud
Champions League	Marathón Olimpia Real España
Matches played	192
Goals scored	468 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ferreira (13) Lalín (13)
Biggest home win	Marathón 5–0 Deportes Savio (14 January 2009)
Biggest away win	Victoria 0–4 Motagua (26 July 2008) Motagua 0–4 Victoria (15 September 2008) Hispano 0–4 Marathón (5 April 2009)
Highest scoring	Marathón 6–3 Motagua (19 April 2009)
← 2007–08 2009–10 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2009.

The 2008-09 Apertura was the first part of the 2008-09 season of Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started 26 July 2008 and finished on December 14, 2008. It followed the 2007-08 Clausura season. The winner competed in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Soccer scores, attendance figures, team and individual stats are compiled from news reported from Diario La Prensa, La Tribuna, El Tiempo, and El Diez.

2008–09 teams

Club	City	Stadium
Deportes Savio	Santa Rosa de Copán	Estadio Miraflores
Hispano F.C.	Comayagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda
C.D. Marathón	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
C.D. Motagua	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
C.D. Olimpia	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
C.D. Platense	Puerto Cortés	Estadio Excélsior
Real C.D. España	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Francisco Morazán
C.D. Real Juventud	Santa Bárbara	Estadio Argelio Sabillón
C.D. Victoria	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards
C.D.S. Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards

• Deportes Savio also used Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila due to field renovations.
• C.D. Motagua also used Estadio Marcelo Tinoco due to field renovations.
• C.D. Olimpia also used Estadio Carlos Miranda due to field renovations.
• C.D. Platense also used Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano due to a dispute between the club and the city of Puerto Cortés.

Scouting Reports

In the 2007–08 season, Platense suffered great adversity avoiding relegation in their last match. Their manager Nahúm Espinoza is the mastermind for which the 'dogfish' have changed their form of play and have transformed into a dangerous team aiming for great things. A key benchmarks for Platense is midfielder Carlos Will Mejia, with his talent will try to carry the team on a good path and hopefully a fight for the title. Platense has not fallen behind in signing new players for this tournament. New arrivals include Edilson Pereira, who played previously with Deportes Savio, Willian Veloso, who has shown in preseason matches to be a prominent goalscorer, and Evandro Ferreira, with his speed will try to unbalance the opposing defenses. To add to this is the experience of Walter López,who will be in charge of creating plays and give dynamism to the goalkeepers.

Despite Victoria's manager Javier Padilla insisting the main objective is save their position, the fans think the opposite because they know they have a good lineup to aspire for more. The fans think of nothing more than to lift another trophy, considering that Victoria maintains the fundamental parts of the team from the previous tournaments. They have reinforced the squad with talented and nationally experienced players like José Luis Pineda, Juan Manuel Cárcamo, and Carlos Discua. They also signed the Uruguayans Richard Pérez and Mauricio Webber and have promoted from their reserves forwards Erick Natividad Ayala and Victor Leonel Maldonado. With their current squad, Victoria can reach at the least the playoff round to satisfy their fans, who expected something more dignified in the previous tournament but finished in sixth place despite the strong investment from their patroness. The team had a good preseason. The team aims to bring honor to their name.

Recently promoted Real Juventud have prepared for one goal: to maintain the position in the league. Since their establishment on May 30, 1965, the team never had the opportunity to be able to ascend and play in the Liga Nacional but they now find the opportunity to assemble their own history. Their manager Emilio Umanzor have stated in addition to staying in the league, the team will try to classify as one of the best four in the league and not playing a relegation battle like the majority of the sporting people and press have insisted. Real Juventud arrives with great expectations for the Apertura tournament. Real Juventud will fall upon the success of their Liga de Ascenso campaign and aim for decent position.

A team with the squad and budget of Deportes Savio obviously won't compete for the title. This does not stop them from causing harm to other clubs with greater aspiration. They will be playing their home matches on an unfamiliar field: Stadium Roberto Martinéz Ávila in Siguatepeque, since their stadium is being remodeled. A key loss for the team is the Brazilian Edilson Pereira who signed with Platense. On the other hand, important arrivals include goalie Hugo Caballero, the midfielders Marco Antonio Mejía and Elmer Marín, and forward Edgar Núñez. Deportes Savio will seek to grab points early on to avoid suffering like the previous tournament and with that seek, maybe not the playoff rounds, but their permanency in the league.

Vida will participate in the tournament with a modest team filled with prospects that intend to shine in the league. The directive administration will wage at their inferior categories that they intend to remain in the league. The challenges their manager Alberto Romero faces are difficult because he must erase the frustration from the fans and support the team's president character, who at the moment of saying things says it first and then thinks. The team president and manager have clashed before with Romero threatening to quit the team due to some unilateral decision but soon was resolved. Vida had a good preseason with many matches in the US and Guatemala.

Regular season

Results

As of 22 November 2008

Home \ Away	SAV	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RJU	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Hispano	2–1		1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	5–3	2–0
Marathón	2–2	0–2		4–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Motagua	0–2	2–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–4	1–0
Olimpia	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2		2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0
Platense	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Real España	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	4–0		3–1	1–1	2–0
Real Juventud	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1		2–0	0–1
Victoria	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		1–0
Vida	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–1

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

Match details

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
26 July 2008	Marathon	2:1	Platense	2116
26 July 2008	Victoria	0:4	Motagua	3355
27 July 2008	Deportes Savio	0:1	Real Espana	1500
27 July 2008	Real Juventud	0:1	Vida	1920
27 July 2008	Olimpia	0:0	Hispano	2167

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
30 July 2008	Platense	2:1	Victoria	-
30 July 2008	Marathón	1:0	Real Juventud	2269
30 July 2008	Motagua	2:1	Hispano	1363
30 July 2008	Vida	2:3	Real Espana	2287
31 July 2008	Deportes Savio	0:1	Olimpia	2,316

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
August 2, 2008	Real España	2:2	Marathón	8423
August 2, 2008	Hispano	2:0	Vida	953
August 2, 2008	Victoria	1:0	Deportes Savio	875
August 2, 2008	Platense	2:2	Olimpia	3589
August 2, 2008	Real Juventud	1:1	Motagua	3305

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
August 6, 2008	Platense	1:1	Deportes Savio	1594
August 6, 2008	Victoria	1:1	Olimpia	2852
August 6, 2008	Marathón	1:1	Vida	1141
August 6, 2008	Hispano	2:0	Real Juventud	1208
August 6, 2008	Motagua	0:0	Real Espana	2090

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
9 August 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Hispano	440
9 August 2008	Olimpia	0:1	Marathon	1487
9 August 2008	Vida	1:1	Motagua	2709
9 August 2008	Real Espana	4:0	Platense	2168
9 August 2008	Real Juventud	2:0	Victoria	1223

Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
16 August 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Marathon	2441
16 August 2008	Hispano	5:3	Victoria	1186
16 August 2008	Vida	1:1	Platense	1,729
16 August 2008	Real Espana	3:1	Real Juventud	3188
11 September 2008	Motagua	2:0	Olimpia	4714

Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
23 August 2008	Marathón	4:0	Motagua	2187
23 August 2008	Victoria	1:0	Vida	4202
24 August 2008	Platense	2:2	Hispano	1272
24 August 2008	Olimpia	2:1	Real Espana	3686
24 August 2008	Real Juventud	0:3	Deportes Savio	1165

Round 8

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
30 August 2008	Real Espana	2:2	Hispano	2,016
30 August 2008	Victoria	2:2	Marathon	1,900
30 August 2008	Deportes Savio	1:1	Vida	134
30 August 2008	Motagua	1:0	Platense	916
30 August 2008	Real Juventud	0:0	Olimpia	2,711

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
7 September 2008	Platense	2:1	Real Juventud	1,241
7 September 2008	Real Espana	1:1	Victoria	1,858
7 September 2008	Vida	0:1	Olimpia	2,780
7 September 2008	Hispano	1:2	Marathon	1,102
7 September 2008	Motagua	0:2	Deportes Savio	1,500

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
13 September 2008	Real Espana	2:0	Deportes Savio	2114
13 September 2008	Vida	1:2	Real Juventud	831
14 September 2008	Hispano	3:1	Olimpia	1881
14 September 2008	Motagua	0:4	Victoria	1330
14 September 2008	Platense	1:2	Marathon	2584

Round 11

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
20 September 2008	Victoria	1:2	Platense	1302
20 September 2008	Real España	2:0	Vida	1857
21 September 2008	Hispano	1:3	Motagua	2248
21 September 2008	Real Juventud	0:1	Marathón	1709
21 September 2008	Olimpia	2:0	Deportes Savio	1536

Round 12

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
27 September 2008	Marathon	0:2	Real Espana	9335
27 September 2008	Vida	1:1	Hispano	507
27 September 2008	Platense	1:2	Olimpia	3518
27 September 2008	Deportes Savio	3:1	Victoria	135
27 September 2008	Motagua	2:1	Real Juventud	1134

Round 13

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
4 October 2008	Vida	1:3	Marathón	811
4 October 2008	Real España	3:2	Motagua	5436
5 October 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Platense	2204
5 October 2008	Real Juventud	3:1	Hispano	535
5 October 2008	Olimpia	2:1	Victoria	1107

Round 14

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
18 October 2008	Marathon	1:0	Olimpia	6650
18 October 2008	Victoria	1:0	Real Juventud	369
19 October 2008	Motagua	1:0	Vida	1675
19 October 2008	Platense	0:1	Real Espana	2356
19 October 2008	Hispano	2:1	Deportes Savio	225

Round 15

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
25 October 2008	Marathón	2:2	Deportes Savio	1,369
25 October 2008	Victoria	1:2	Hispano	91
26 October 2008	Olimpia	0:2	Motagua	10,760
26 October 2008	Platense	2:0	Vida	449
26 October 2008	Real Juventud	0:1	Real Espana	1,480

Round 16

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1 November 2008	Real Espana	2:2	Olimpia	6521
1 November 2008	Vida	0:1	Victoria	1643
1 November 2008	Hispano	1:2	Platense	1189
1 November 2008	Motagua	2:0	Marathon	4836
1 November 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Real Juventud	1825

Round 17

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
16 November 2008	Hispano	2:3	Real Espana	1059
16 November 2008	Platense	1:0	Motagua	1326
16 November 2008	Vida	0:0	Deportes Savio	390
16 November 2008	Marathon	1:1	Victoria	521
16 November 2008	Olimpia	1:0	Real Juventud	2952

Round 18

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
23 November 2008	Victoria	1:0	Real España	317
23 November 2008	Marathon	0:2	Hispano	529
23 November 2008	Real Juventud	1:1	Platense	275
23 November 2008	Olimpia	2:0	Vida	2614
23 November 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Motagua	1920

• On 12 August, Real España obtained 2 additional points and Deportes Savio had 1 deducted for fielding an ineligible player in round 1; the goal records of both clubs remain unchanged.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	18	10	6	2	33	18	+15	38	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Marathón	18	9	5	4	26	20	+6	32
3	Motagua	18	9	3	6	24	21	+3	30
4	Olimpia	18	8	5	5	19	17	+2	29
5	Deportes Savio	18	8	5	5	24	19	+5	28
6	Hispano	18	7	4	7	31	28	+3	25
7	Platense	18	6	5	7	22	25	−3	23
8	Victoria	18	6	4	8	22	27	−5	22
9	Real Juventud	18	3	3	12	13	24	−11	12
10	Vida	18	1	6	11	10	25	−15	9

• Real España +2 points.
• Deportes Savio −1 point.

Postseason

Semifinals

1st seed	Agg.	4th seed	1st leg	2nd leg
Real España	4–4	Olimpia	1–2	3–2
2nd seed	Agg.	3rd seed	1st leg	2nd leg
Marathón	1–1	Motagua	0–1	1–0

Match details

Olimpia v Real España

26 November 2008 19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	2–1	Real España
García  22' Turcios  80'		Lalín  90+2'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Attendance: 8,696 Referee: Mario Moncada

Real España v Olimpia

2 December 2008 19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Real España	3–2	Olimpia
Pavón  44'  60' Lalín  83'		Núñez  24' Bruschi  52'

Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula, Cortés Attendance: 6,449 Referee: José Molina

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Motagua v Marathón

27 November 2008 19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	1–0	Marathón
Castillo  64'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Marathón v Motagua

3 December 2008 19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Marathón	1–0	Motagua
Norales  57'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula, Cortés Attendance: 7,643 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Final

1st seeded	Agg.	2nd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Real España	1–2	Marathón	0–1	1–1

Match details

Marathón v Real España

7 December 2008 (UTC−06:00) 1st leg

Marathón	1–0	Real España
Mejía  58'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano San Pedro Sula, Cortés Attendance: 13,429 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Marathón

Real España

GK 27 Juan Obelar RB – Erick Norales CB – Mario Beata CB – Óscar Bonilla LB – Marvin Chávez CM – Mariano Acevedo CM – Reinieri Mayorquín CM 13 Dennis Ferrera CM 19 Mario Berríos SS – Carlos Mejía CF – Milton Núñez Substitutions: FW – Andy Furtado FW – Saúl Martínez MF – Arnold Solórzano Manager: Manuel Keosseián

GK – Marcelo Macías RB – Nery Medina CB – Marlon Peña CB – Elder Valladares LB – Carlos Palacios CM – Elkin González CM – Alex Andino CM – Carlinho CM – Mario Rodríguez CF – Carlos Pavón CF – Everaldo Ferreira Substitutions: FW – Allan Lalín MF – Mario Martínez FW – Edmilson da Silva Manager: Mario Zanabria

Real España v Marathón

13 December 2008 19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Real España	1–1	Marathón
Ferreira  33'		Berríos  90+2'

Estadio Francisco Morazán San Pedro Sula, Cortés Attendance: 19,000 Referee: José Molina

Real España

Marathón

GK - Marcelo Macías RB – Nery Medina CB – Marlon Peña  90' CB – Elder Valladares LB – Carlos Palacios DM – Mario Rodríguez CM – Alex Andino CM – Elkin González CM – Carlinho CF – Allan Lalín CF – Everaldo Ferreira Substitutions: FW – Carlos Pavón Manager: Mario Zanabria

GK 27 Juan Obelar RB 23 Mauricio Sabillón CB – Erick Norales CB – Mario Beata LB – Óscar Bonilla DM – Reinieri Mayorquín CM 19 Mario Berríos RM – Mariano Acevedo LM – Marvin Chávez SS – Carlos Will Mejía CF – Milton Núñez Substitutions: FW – Jerry Palacios  90' Manager: Manuel Keosseián

Honduran Liga Nacional 2008–09 Apertura Champion
C.D. Marathón 7th title

Goal scorers

As of 2008-12-13

13 goals Everaldo Ferreira (Real España) 9 goals Marcelo Cabrita (Platense) 8 goals Leonardo Isaula (Hispano) Allan Lalín (Real España) 7 goals Mauricio Copete (Victoria) Ney Costa (Deportes Savio) Milton Ruiz (Hispano) 6 goals Oscar Torlacoff (Motagua) Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia) Carlos Pavón (Real España) 5 goals Saúl Martínez (Marathón) Nicolás Cardozo (Vida) Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua) Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano) Nery Medina (Real España) Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia) Carlos Will Mejía (Marathón) 4 goals Marvin Chávez (Marathón) Jorge Lozano (Deportes Savio) 3 goals Mario Rodríguez (Real España) Marcelo Cabecao (Hispano) Mauricio Sabillón (Marathón) Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Victoria) Georgie Welcome (Motagua) Evandro Ferreira (Platense) Danilo Turcios (Olimpia) Carlos Paez (Real Juventud) 2 goals Oscar Vargas (Vida) Mario Euceda (Deportes Savio) Carlos Discua (Victoria) Harrison Róchez (Deportes Savio) Charles Córdova (Real Juventud) Carlos Morán (Victoria) Mauricio Weber (Victoria) Adán Ramírez (Platense) Reinaldo Tilguath (Motagua) Milton Núñez (Marathón) Javier Portillo (Hispano) Marcelo Ferreira (Platense) David Molina (Motagua) Ninrod Medina (Victoria) Juliano Rangel (Deportes Savio) Carlos Navarro (Real Juventud) Mariano Acevedo (Marathón) Oscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio) David Meléndez (Real Juventud) Ramón Núñez (Olimpia) Erick Norales (Marathón)

1 goal Rubén Rivera (Motagua) Willian Veloso (Platense) Miguel Castillo (Motagua) Orvin Paz (Marathón) Lenín Suárez (Deportes Savio) Diktmart Hernández (Victoria) Bani Lozano (Platense) Shannon Welcome (Motagua) Carlos Dias (Real España) Maynor Gómez (Real Juventud) Rubén Matamoros (Hispano) Walter Hernández (Olimpia) Edilson Pereira (Platense) Rony Morales (Olimpia) John Pérez (Hispano) Johnny Galdámez (Deportes Savio) Nilberto da Silva (Motagua) Francisco Díaz (Platense) Elkin González (Real España) Oscar Fortín (Deportes Savio) Pablo Genovese (Hispano) Gabriel Casas (Vida) Juan Carlos García (Marathón) Luis López (Marathón) Edgar Núñez (Deportes Savio) Luis Pérez (Platense) Henry Bermúdez (Victoria) Francisco Aguilar (Real Juventud) Hendry Thomas (Olimpia) Román Castillo (Vida) Cristian Altamirano (Deportes Savio) Ronald del Cid (Real Juventud) Allan Kardeck (Olimpia) Carlos Salinas (Vida) Jerry Palacios (Marathón) Angel Rodríguez (Real Juventud) Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua) Andy Furtado (Marathón) Mario Martínez (Real España) Fabio de Souza (Olimpia) Abner Méndez (Hispano) Erick Zepeda (Platense) Henry Jiménez (Hispano) Richard Pérez (Victoria) Francisco Valladares (Motagua) Víctor Arzú (Victoria) Sergio Diduch (Hispano) Oscar Bonieck García (Olimpia) Fernando Castillo (Motagua) Mario Berríos (Marathón) Elroy Smith (Deportes Savio) (o.g.)

Squads

Club	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Deportes Savio	Yul Arzú, Hugo Caballero, José Manuel Portillo	Vicente Solórzano, Jorge Lozano, Oscar Fortín, Johnny Galdámez, Mario Padilla, Mario Euceda, Juliano de Andrade, Lenín Suárez	Elron Smith, Elmer Marín, Juan Manuel Coello, Oscar Zepeda, Christian Altamirano, Mario Chávez, Marco Mejía, Walter Villalobos, Anael Figueroa	Harrison Róchez, Edwin Jiménez, Ney Costa, Darwin Oliva, Kevin Portillo
Hispano	Kerpo de León, Pedro Alvarez, Emmanuel Díaz	Leonardo Morales, Darwin Pacheco, Esdras Padilla, Matías Espíndola, Eliud Membreño, Ronmel Murillo	Máximo Arzú, Johnny Arce, Carlos Blandón, Edward Mejía, Pablo Genovese, Javier Portillo, Rubén Matamoros, David Alvarez, Leonardo Isaula	Henry Jiménez, Héctor Castro, Sergio Diduch, Rigoberto Padilla, Fredy Benítez, Marcelo Segales, Luis López, Marcelo López, Edilson Aguilar, Milton Ruiz
Marathon	Juan Angel Obelar, Víctor Coello, Kelvin Castillo	Dennis Ferrera, Pastor Martínez, Juan Carlos García, Astor Henríquez, Arnold Solórzano, Milton Palacios, Erick Norales, Mauricio Sabillón, Mario Beata, Luis Santamaría	Oscar Bonilla, Orvin Paz, Reinieri Mayorquín, Marvin Chávez, Mario Berríos, Mariano Acevedo, Pompilio Mejía, Franco Sosa, Carlos Oliva, Oscar Galeas	Milton Núñez, Jerry Palacios, Saúl Martínez, Andy Furtado, José Güity, Kurt Cárcamo, Carlos Will Mejía
Motagua	Ricardo Canales, Donaldo Morales, Rony García	Víctor Bernárdez, Samir García, Guillermo Díaz, Nilberto Da Silva, Roy Posas, David Molina, Steven Morris, Emilson Cruz, Aaron Bardales, Oscar Bernárdez	Jorge Claros, Fernando Castillo, Miguel Castillo, Luis Guzmán, Víctor Mena, Rubén Rivera, José Rivera, Ronald Martínez, Luis Rodas	Oscar Torlacoff, Jocimar, Richard Lloyd, Kevin Osorio, José Burgos, Shannon Welcome
Olimpia	Noel Valladares, Donis Escober, Gustavo Pineda	Jaime Rosales, Sergio Mendoza, Francisco Arévalo, Nahún Avila, Rony Morales, Yobani Avila, Fabio de Souza, Nahún Güity, Francisco López	Walter Hernández, Irvin Reyna, Samir Arzú, Wilfredo Barahona, Jesús Navas, Ramón Núñez, Danilo Turcios, Néstor Silva, Johnny Calderón	Wilmer Velásquez, Ramiro Bruschi, Allan Júnior, Erick Andino, Luis Garrido
Platense	Júnior Morales, Sandro Cárcamo	Odis Borjas, David Meza, Gabriel Hernández, Luis Urbina, Quiarol Arzú, Erick Zepeda, Osman Chávez, Luis Pérez, Manuel Doño, Francisco Díaz, Fredy Escobar	Pedro Domínguez, Adán Ramírez, Bany Lozano, Hendry Córdova, Irbin Guerrero, Misael Ruiz, Odis Borjas, Walter López, Edilson Pereira, Willian Veloso	Marcelo Dos Santos, Evandro Ferreira, Alexander Aguilar
Real España	Marcelo Macías, Orlin Vallecillo, Tomás Meléndez	Elder Valladares, Eric Vallecillo, Marlon Peña, Carlos Palacios, Maynor Martínez, Nery Medina, Andrés Morales, César Oseguera, Jeremy Hernández	Mario Rodríguez, Carlos Dias, Elkin González, Jorge Zaldívar, Alex Andino, Mario Martínez, Fairon Barahona, Fernando Mercado, Melvin Valladares, Eder Delgado, Dany Reyes	Carlos Pavón, Edmilson Da Silva, Everaldo Ferreira, Allan Lalín, Ramón Castillo, Héctor Flores, Fredy Sosa
Real Juventud	Adalid Puerto, José Orlando Rivera, José Luis Rosales, Elmer Canales	Júnior Turcios, Luis Castro, Kevin Sambulá, César Anariba, Rony Paz, Carlos Navarro, Juan Carlos Róchez, Lucio Argueta, Heber Argueta, Marlon Soto	David Rocha, David Meléndez, Luis Lagos, Juan Tablada, Gerson Martínez, Ronald Del Cid, Jorge Fúnez, Jair Aragón, Denovan Morales, Marcelo Monteiro, Rolando Figueroa, Carlos Páez, Carlos Castellanos	Randy Diamond, Charles Córdoba, Angel Rodríguez, Luciano Valerio, Julio Canales, Francisco Aguilar
Victoria	John Bodden, Diego Vásquez, Kenneth Zapata	Orleans Fúnez, Ninrol Medina, Júnior Izaguirre, Pablo Montes, Mario Gómez, Wilson Güity, Wilmer Crisanto, Cristian Batiz, Henry Bermúdez	Juan Raudales, Carlos Morán, Richard Pérez, Mauricio Webber, José L. Pineda, Odair Bernárdez, Dictmar Hernández, Pedro Fernández, David A. Doño	Juan Cárcamo, Carlos Discua, Johnny Avila, Leonel Maldonado, Erick Ayala
Vida	Williams Negrete, Obed Enamorado, Oscar Banegas	Angel Hill, Justo Norales, Brayan Beckeles, Carlos Arbizú, Gabriel Casas, Miguel Martínez, Arturo Avila, Walter Williams	Arnold Peralta, Borghi Arbizú, Carlos Salinas, Carlos Solórzano, Elvin López, Juan Pérez, Julio Ocampo, Orlin Peralta, Leslie Orozco	Nicolás Cardozo, Armando Mena, Román Castillo, Oscar Vargas, Jerry Bengton, Darian Alvarez, Darin Quin Lambert

The 2008–09 Clausura was the second part of the 2008–09 season of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on 10 January 2009 and finished on 24 May 2009. It followed the 2008–09 Apertura season. The winner will compete in the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Regular season

Box score

As of 2 May 2009

Home \ Away	SAV	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RJU	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		1–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2
Hispano	1–1		0–4	1–2	1–4	3–5	0–1	3–2	2–1	4–2
Marathón	5–0	3–0		6–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	4–1
Motagua	0–2	1–0	0–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0
Olimpia	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		3–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0
Platense	0–1		1–2	4–3	1–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Real España	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0		2–1	1–1	0–1
Real Juventud	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2		0–0	0–0
Victoria	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0		1–1
Vida	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–3

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

Platense–Hispano not played due to irrelevance.

Match details

Round 1

Platense v Victoria

10 January 2009 19:30

Platense	1–0	Victoria
Arzú  44'

Estadio Excelsior, Puerto Cortés Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Erick Andino

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Real España v Hispano

10 January 2009 19:30

Real España	2–0	Hispano
Da Silva  29'  80'

Estadio Francisco Morazan, San Pedro Sula Attendance: 1,794 Referee: Miguel Torres

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Vida v Olimpia

11 January 2009 15:00

Vida	1–0	Olimpia
Güity  63'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba Attendance: 4,742

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Motagua v Real Juventud

11 January 2009 16:00

Motagua	0–0	Real Juventud

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Luis Flores

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Marathón v Deportes Savio

14 January 2009 19:30

Marathón	5–0	Deportes Savio
Brown  28'  45' Núñez  46' Ramírez  76'  88'

Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula Attendance: 1,539 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Round 2

Real España v Platense

17 January 2009 19:30

Real España	3–0	Platense
Martínez  24' Valladares  41' Dias  80'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 757 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

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Olimpia v Real Juventud

17 January 2009 19:30

Olimpia	0–0	Real Juventud

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 2,645 Referee: José Sandoval

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Deportes Savio v Motagua

18 January 2009 14:00

Deportes Savio	0–0	Motagua

Santa Rosa Attendance: 1,542 Referee: Miguel Torres

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Hispano v Vida

18 January 2009 15:30

Hispano	4–2	Vida
Membreño  7' Diduch  31'  49' Méndez  85'		Williams  59' Santamaría  90'

Comayagua Attendance: 1,546 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

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Victoria v Marathón

18 January 2009 15:30

Victoria	2–1	Marathón
García  46' (og) Cárcamo  47'		Palacios  70'

La Ceiba Attendance: 1,038 Referee: Luis Flores

Round 3

Marathón v Real España

24 January 2009 19:30

Marathón	0–0	Real España

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 4,026

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Real Juventud v Victoria

25 January 2009 15:00

Real Juventud	0–0	Victoria

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 1,506

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Platense v Olimpia

25 January 2009 15:00

Platense	1–2	Olimpia
Cabrita  88'		Bruschi  20'  54'

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 2,721

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Vida v Deportes Savio

25 January 2009 15:00

Vida	1–0	Deportes Savio
Vargas  88'

La Ceiba Attendance: 1,189

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Motagua v Hispano

25 January 2009 16:00

Motagua	1–0	Hispano
Torlacoff  89' (pen)

Comayagua Attendance: 2,637 Referee: Armando Castro

Round 4

Hispano v Deportes Savio

31 January 2009 19:30

Hispano	1–1	Deportes Savio
Diduch  40'		Zepeda  30'

Comayagua Attendance: 1,500

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Real España v Victoria

31 January 2009 19:30

Real España	1–1	Victoria
Lalín  39'		Segales  79'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 1,465 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

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Real Juventud v Platense

1 February 2009 15:30

Real Juventud	1–0	Platense
Navarro  70'

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 1,005

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Vida v Motagua

1 February 2009 15:30

Vida	0–0	Motagua

La Ceiba Attendance: 2,594 Referee: José Gaspar Molina

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Olimpia v Marathón

3 February 2009 19:30

Olimpia	2–2	Marathón
Bruschi  10'  15'		Palacios  17' (pen) Brown  21'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 3,244 Referee: Oscar Moncada

Round 5

Platense v Vida

7 February 2009 19:30

Platense	1–1	Vida
Lozano  78' (pen)		Solórzano  21'

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 1,290

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Marathón v Hispano

7 February 2009 19:30

Marathón	3–0	Hispano
Núñez  21' Ramírez  25' Sosa  70' (pen)

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 753

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Deportes Savio v Real Juventud

8 February 2009

Deportes Savio	0–1	Real Juventud
		Ocampo  70'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 1,033

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Victoria v Olimpia

8 February 2009

Victoria	0–1	Olimpia
		Velásquez  8'

La Ceiba Attendance: 4,040

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Motagua v Real España

8 February 2009 16:00

Motagua	1–0	Real España
Welcome  67'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Oscar Moncada

Round 6

Victoria v Hispano

14 February 2009

Victoria	3–0	Hispano
Ortiz  26' Copete  32' Medina  90+1'

La Ceiba Attendance: 441

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Marathón v Platense

14 February 2009

Marathón	1–1	Platense
Palacios  23'		Lozano 44'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 752

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Real Juventud v Vida

15 February 2009

Real Juventud	0–0	Vida

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 1,577

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Deportes Savio v Real España

15 February 2009

Deportes Savio	1–1	Real España
Costa  65' (pen)		Pavón  42'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 1,132

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Olimpia v Motagua

15 February 2009

Olimpia	1–0	Motagua
Thomas  76' (pen)

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 9,463 Referee: Gaspar Molina

Round 7

Platense v Deportes Savio

21 February 2009

Platense	0–0	Deportes Savio

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 947

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Real España v Olimpia

21 February 2009

Real España	0–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 5,404

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Hispano v Real Juventud

22 February 2009

Hispano	3–2	Real Juventud
Diduch  12'  45' Ruiz  42'		Salgado  57' OG Paz  74'

Comayagua Attendance: 979

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Vida v Victoria

22 February 2009

Vida	2–3	Victoria
Guity  8'  48'		Arzú  29'  90' Fernández  42'

La Ceiba Attendance: 3,989

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Motagua v Marathón

22 February 2009

Motagua	0–1	Marathón
		Palacios  54'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 2,798

Round 8

Marathón v Real Juventud

18 February 2009

Marathón	3–1	Real Juventud
Berríos  10' Ulloa  59' OG Mejía  88'		Paz  70'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 1,070

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Platense v Motagua

25 February 2009

Platense	4–3	Motagua
Lozano  15' (pen) Ramírez  38'  45' Ruiz  63'		Cruz  5' Torlacoff  35' (pen) Welcome  75'

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 1,287

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Vida v Real España

25 February 2009

Vida	0–2	Real España
		Caetano  25' Pavón  42'

La Ceiba Attendance: 1,119

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Olimpia v Hispano

25 February 2009

Olimpia	1–0	Hispano
Cicogna  69'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 1,637

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Deportes Savio v Victoria

25 February 2009

Deportes Savio	2–0	Victoria
Lozano  47' Roches  64'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 647

Round 9

Real Juventud v Real España

1 March 2009

Real Juventud	0–2	Real España
		Caetano  38' Delgado  59'

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 1,390

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Hispano v Platense

1 March 2009

Hispano	3–5	Platense
Ruiz  59' Diduch  62'  82'		Ramírez  23' Flores  45' Osorio  45' Hernández  48' Cabrita  85'

Comayagua Attendance: 1,326

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Victoria v Motagua

1 March 2009

Victoria	1–1	Motagua
Morán  75'		Welcome  72'

La Ceiba Attendance: 1,662

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Olimpia v Deportes Savio

1 March 2009

Olimpia	2–0	Deportes Savio
Hernández  27' Cicogna  55'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 2,424

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Marathón v Vida

25 March 2009

Marathón	4–1	Vida
Scott  20'  40' Martínez  75' Palacios  90+4' (pen)		Ferreira  14'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 1,020

Round 10

Victoria v Platense

7 March 2009

Victoria	2–2	Platense
Copete  29'  29'		Lozano  70' Chávez  90'

La Ceiba Attendance: 874

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Hispano v Real España

7 March 2009

Hispano	0–1	Real España
		Lalín  7'

Comayagua Attendance: 1,636

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Deportes Savio v Marathón

8 March 2009

Deportes Savio	4–1	Marathón
Costa  8'  23' Róchez  27' Zepeda  57'		Martínez  83'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 1,439

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Real Juventud v Motagua

8 March 2009

Real Juventud	1–1	Motagua
Córdoba  78'		Molina  45'

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 1,159

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Olimpia v Vida

8 March 2009

Olimpia	0–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 4,236

Round 11

Real Juventud v Olimpia

11 March 2009

Real Juventud	1–0	Olimpia
Córdoba  22'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 1,857

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Platense v Real España

11 March 2009

Platense	2–1	Real España
Lozano  38' (Pen) Chávez  57'		Castillo  73'

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 2,757

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Vida v Hispano

11 March 2009

Vida	1–1	Hispano
Arguello  87'		Diduch  57'

La Ceiba Attendance: 805

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Marathón v Victoria

11 March 2009

Marathón	2–2	Victoria
Palacios  16' Mejía  71'		Morán  25' Hernández  59'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 840

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Motagua v Deportes Savio

11 March 2009

Motagua	0–2	Deportes Savio
		Díaz  81' (OG) Costa  87'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 1,281

Round 12

Victoria v Real Juventud

14 March 2009

Victoria	1–0	Real Juventud
Gómez  89'

La Ceiba Attendance: 780

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Real España v Marathón

14 March 2009

Real España	0–3	Marathón
		Martínez  11'  34'  58'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 3,451 Referee: José Sandoval

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Hispano v Motagua

14 March 2009 19:30

Hispano	1–2	Motagua
Díaz  86' OG		Welcome  6' Isaula  65'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 1,137

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Deportes Savio v Vida

15 March 2009

Deportes Savio	1–2	Vida
Zepeda  16'		Güity  7' Chávez  57'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 1,204 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

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Olimpia v Platense

15 March 2009 16:00

Olimpia	3–0	Platense
de Souza  11' Chávez  55' OG Calderón  59'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 4,142 Referee: Mario Moncada

Round 13

Platense v Real Juventud

21 March 2009 19:30

Platense	1–1	Real Juventud
Cabrita  57'		Flores  34'

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 1,287

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Victoria v Real España

21 March 2009 15:00

Victoria	1–1	Real España
Copete  18'		Martínez  83'

La Ceiba Attendance: 1,265

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Marathón v Olimpia

21 March 2009 19:30

Marathón	1–3	Olimpia
Núñez  78' (pen)		Hernández  43' (pen) Palacios  55' (OG) Velásquez  89'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 4,770

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Deportes Savio v Hispano

22 March 2009 14:00

Deportes Savio	1–0	Hispano
Figueroa  63'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 548 Referee: Evaristo Soriano

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Motagua v Vida

22 March 2009 16:00

Motagua	0–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 1,659 Referee: Geovani Mendoza

Round 14

Real España v Motagua

4 April 2009 19:30

Real España	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Benigno Pineda

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Real Juventud v Deportes Savio

5 April 2009

Real Juventud	2–2	Deportes Savio
Ulloa  12' Flores  36'		Costa  33' Lozano  86'

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 572

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Hispano v Marathón

5 April 2009 15:30

Hispano	0–4	Marathón
		Mejía  48' Acevedo  58' Brown  71' Núñez  88'

Comayagua Attendance: 760

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Vida v Platense

5 April 2009

Vida	1–1	Platense
Chávez  42' (OG)		Lozano  78'

La Ceiba Attendance: 1,770

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Olimpia v Victoria

5 April 2009 16:00

Olimpia	3–1	Victoria
Velásquez  6' Thomas  58' Rojas  87'		Morán  8'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 2,562

Round 15

Hispano v Victoria

15 April 2009

Hispano	2–1	Victoria
Diduch  10' (pen) Arzú  68'		Fernández  19'

Comayagua Attendance: 922 Referee: José Sandoval

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Platense v Marathón

15 April 2009

Platense	1–2	Marathón
Guerrero  49'		Beata  20' Norales  61'

Puerto Cortés Attendance: 2,254 Referee: Geovani Mendoza

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Vida v Real Juventud

15 April 2009

Vida	2–0	Real Juventud
Bengtson Antúnez

La Ceiba Attendance: 2,990 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

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Real España v Deportes Savio

15 April 2009

Real España	2–1	Deportes Savio
Lalín  1'  76'		Lozano  54'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 833 Referee: Armando Castro

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Motagua v Olimpia

16 April 2009

Motagua	0–1	Olimpia
		Calderón  70'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 7,358 Referee: Mario Moncada

Round 16

Real Juventud v Hispano

19 April 2009 15:30

Real Juventud	3–2	Hispano
Navarro  3' Flores  67'  88'		Jiménez  30' Palacios  89'

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 442

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Deportes Savio v Platense

19 April 2009 14:00

Deportes Savio	1–0	Platense
Altamirano  68'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 798

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Victoria v Vida

19 April 2009 15:00

Victoria	1–1	Vida
Weber  11'		Antúnez  63'

La Ceiba Attendance: 5,544

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Marathón v Motagua

19 April 2009 18:00

Marathón	6–3	Motagua
Scott  20'  50' Chávez  42' Mejía  44' Sabillón  67' Núñez  85'		Lloyd  11' Rivera  52' Díaz  78'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 3,246 Referee: Marlon Muñoz

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Olimpia v Real España

19 April 2009 16:00

Olimpia	0–2	Real España
		da Silva  2' Martínez  58'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 5,058

Round 17

Real Juventud v Marathón

26 April 2009 15:30

Real Juventud	1–2	Marathón
Flores  82'		Beata  10' Chávez  90'

Santa Bárbara Attendance: 1,125

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Hispano v Olimpia

26 April 2009 15:30

Hispano	1–4	Olimpia
Diduch  76'		Rosales  9'  61' Rojas  24' Velásquez  62'

Comayagua Attendance: 2,229

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Victoria v Deportes Savio

26 April 2009 15:30

Victoria	2–1	Deportes Savio
Güity  39'  72'		Smith  34'

La Ceiba Attendance: 836

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Real España v Vida

26 April 2009 15:30

Real España	0–1	Vida
		Beckele  52'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 1,081

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Motagua v Platense

26 April 2009 15:30

Motagua	1–0	Platense
Izaguirre  17'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 1,930

Round 18

Deportes Savio v Olimpia

2 May 2009 15:30

Deportes Savio	0–1	Olimpia
		Velásquez  35'

Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 1,962

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Platense v Hispano

2 May 2009 15:30

Platense	canceled	Hispano

Puerto Cortés

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Vida v Marathón

2 May 2009 15:30

Vida	2–1	Marathón
Beckele  26' Salinas  58'		Brown  50'

La Ceiba Attendance: 4,118

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Real España v Real Juventud

2 May 2009 15:30

Real España	2–1	Real Juventud
Martínez  50' Lalín  56'		Córdova  30' (pen)

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 520

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Motagua v Victoria

2 May 2009 15:30

Motagua	0–3	Victoria
		Güity  18' Copete  32' Discua  45'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 859

Standings

• As of 2009-05-02

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	4	3	24	10	+14	37	Qualified to the Final round
2	Marathón	18	10	4	4	42	23	+19	34
3	Real España	18	8	6	4	20	12	+8	30
4	Vida	18	6	8	4	18	19	−1	26
5	Victoria	18	6	7	5	24	21	+3	25
6	Deportes Savio	18	5	5	8	17	21	−4	20
7	Real Juventud	18	4	7	7	15	21	−6	19
8	Motagua	18	4	7	7	13	21	−8	19
9	Platense	17	4	6	7	20	26	−6	18
10	Hispano	17	3	2	12	18	37	−19	11

• Top 4 qualify to final round.
• The match between Platense and Hispano from Round 18 was not played due to lack of interest.

On 2 May, Honduras was awarded a 3rd spot in the 2009–2010 CONCACAF Champions League due to lack of adequate stadia in Belize. The 3rd spot would go to the short tournament runner-up with the highest overall season points total. Because of Real Espana's overall season point total of 68 being highest in the league, they clinch a spot in the 2009–2010 CONCACAF Champions League. Already a runner-up from Apertura 2008, it is guaranteed that the Clausura 2009 runner-up would not have a higher overall season point total than Real Espana. At this point, a bye to the Group Stage of the 09-10 CONCACAF CL is still up for grabs.

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Olimpia	0	2	2
	4	Vida	1	0	1
								1	Olimpia (aet)	2	2	4
								3	Real España	2	1	3
	2	Marathón	1	1	2
	3	Real España	3	3	6

Semifinals

Vida v Olimpia

7 May 2009

Vida	1–0	Olimpia
Argüello  62'

La Ceiba Attendance: 14,700 Referee: José Sandoval

Real España v Marathón

7 May 2009

Real España	3–1	Marathón
Martínez  3' Caetano  11' González  47'		Chávez  63'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 5,610 Referee: Gaspar Molina

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Marathón v Real España

9 May 2009 19:30

Marathón	1–3	Real España
Núñez  44'		Caetano  37'  41' Palacios  82'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 6,520 Referee: Marlon Muñoz

Olimpia v Vida

10 May 2009 16:00

Olimpia	2–0	Vida
Velásquez  34' Turcios

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 12,505 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Olimpia clinches a spot in the 2009–2010 CONCACAF Champions League with their victory over Vida. An Olimpia victory in the Final would clinch a Group Stage bye for Marathon. A loss would give Real Espana the bye. Either way, the Honduran representatives for the 09-10 CONCACAF CL are Marathon, Real Espana and Olimpia.

Final

Real España v Olimpia

16 May 2009 19:30

Real España	2–2	Olimpia
Vallecillo  8' Caetano  70'		Bruschi  51' Cigogna  80'

San Pedro Sula Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Benigno Pineda

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Olimpia v Real España

24 May 2009 16:00

Olimpia	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Real España
Bruschi  44' de Souza  100'		Valladares  86'

Tegucigalpa Attendance: 28,355 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

2008–09 Clausura Champion

2008–09 Clausura champion
Olimpia 22nd National title

Marathon is classified as HON1 for the CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10, due to their tiebreaker over Olimpia (higher goal differential since both teams had a total of 66 points). Olimpia gets HON2. Real Espana gets HON3, being the only runner-up to short tournaments in the 2008–2009 Honduran National Football League season.

Goal scorers

• As of 2009-05-24

10 goals Sergio Diduch (Hispano) 6 goals Bani Lozano (Platense) Milton Núñez (Marathón) Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia) Douglas Caetano (Real España) Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia) 5 goals Ney Costa (Deportes Savio) Héctor Flores (Real Juventud) Mitchel Brown (Marathón) Allan Lalín (Real España) Mauricio Copete (Victoria) 4 goals Jerry Palacios (Marathón) José Güity (Vida) Saul Martínez (Marathón) Erick Scott (Marathón) Carlos Will Mejía (Marathón) Osman Chávez (Platense) (2 o.g.) 3 goals Luis Ramírez (Marathón) Adán Ramírez (Platense) Oscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio) Marcelo Cabrita (Platense) Carlos Morán (Victoria) Jorge Lozano (Deportes Savio) Edmilson Da Silva (Real España) Charles Córdoba (Real Juventud) Wilson Güity (Victoria) Henry Martínez (Real España) Marvin Chávez (Marathón) Daniel Cicogna (Olimpia) Guillermo Díaz (Motagua) (2 o.g.) Milton Palacios Suazo (Marathón) (1 o.g.) 2 goals Víctor Arzú (Victoria) Rony Paz (Real Juventud) Oscar Torlacoff (Motagua) Carlos Pavón (Real España) Milton Ruiz (Hispano) Shannon Welcome (Motagua) Harrison Róchez (Deportes Savio) Georgie Welcome (Motagua) Mario Martínez (Real España) Walter Hernández (Olimpia) Hendry Thomas (Olimpia) Pedro Fernández (Victoria) Johnny Calderón (Olimpia) Carlos Navarro (Real Juventud) Sergio Antúnez (Vida) Mario Beata (Marathón) Jaime Rosales (Olimpia) Roger Rojas (Olimpia) Brayan Beckele (Vida) Facundo Argüello (Vida) Fábio de Souza Loureiro (Olimpia) Melvin Valladares (Real España) Fabio Ulloa (Real Juventud) (1 o.g.)

1 goal Quiarol Arzú (Platense) Carlos Dias (Real España) Eliu Membreño (Hispano) Abner Méndez (Hispano) Walter Williams (Vida) Luis Santamaría (Vida) Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Victoria) Oscar Vargas (Vida) Marcelo Segales (Victoria) Carlos Solórzano (Vida) Franco Sosa (Marathón) Julio Ocampo (Real Juventud) Víctor Ortiz (Victoria) Ninrod Medina (Victoria) Mario Berríos (Marathón) Misael Ruiz (Platense) Carlos Cruz (Motagua) Eder Delgado (Real España) Efraín Flores (Platense) Ian Osorio (Platense) Gabriel Hernández (Platense) Emil Martínez (Marathón) David Molina (Motagua) Ramón Castillo (Real España) Diktmar Hernández (Victoria) Mario Gómez (Victoria) Leonardo Isaula (Motagua) Mario Chávez (Vida) Anael Figueroa (Deportes Savio) Edgar Ferreira (Vida) Mariano Acevedo (Marathón) Máximo Arzú (Hispano) Irvin Guerrero (Platense) Erick Norales (Marathón) Jerry Bengtson (Vida) Henry Jiménez (Hispano) José Luis Palacios (Hispano) Christian Altamirano (Deportes Savio) Mauricio Weber (Victoria) Mauricio Sabillón (Marathón) Daniel Lloyd (Motagua) Rubén Rivera (Motagua) Elroy Smith (Deportes Savio) Emilio Izaguirre (Motagua) Carlos Salinas (Vida) Carlos Discua (Victoria) Elkin González (Real España) Carlos Palacios (Real España) Danilo Turcios (Olimpia) Erick Vallecillo (Real España) Juan Carlos García (Marathón) (o.g.) Johnny Salgado (Hispano) (o.g.)

2008–09 relegation table

As of 2009-05-02

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España (+2)	36	18	12	6	53	30	+23	68
2	Marathón	36	19	9	8	68	43	+25	66
3	Olimpia	36	19	9	8	43	27	+16	66
4	Motagua	36	13	10	13	37	42	−5	49
5	Deportes Savio (−1)	36	13	10	13	41	40	+1	48
6	Victoria	36	12	11	13	46	48	−2	47
7	Platense	35	10	11	14	43	51	−8	41
8	Hispano	35	10	6	19	49	65	−16	36
9	Vida	36	7	14	15	29	45	−16	35
10	Real Juventud (R)	36	7	10	19	28	45	−17	31	Relegation to Second division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

• Real Juventud relegated to second division, however bought Atlético Gualala's franchise.

International Competition

• CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09:
  • Preliminary Round
    • Marathón 4 vs 3 A.D. Isidro Metapán (on Aggregate)
  • Group Stage
    • Atlante F.C. vs Olimpia
    • Joe Public vs Olimpia
    • Olimpia vs Montreal Impact
    • Olimpia vs Atlante F.C.
    • Montreal Impact vs Olimpia
    • Olimpia vs Joe Public

• Copa Sudamericana 2008:
  • First Round
    • Motagua 1 vs 6 Arsenal (on Aggregate)

References

ESPN Soccernet