National Soccer League of Honduras

The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras, also known as «Liga Betcris», after the name of its sponsor, is the most important professional soccer tournament in Honduras. This soccer league was founded on May 10, 1964. Its first tournament was held in 1965, with the participation of 10 clubs. Its first champion was Platense FC and its last champion was Olimpia.

From the 1963/64 season to 1996/1997, the League held one tournament per year. From then on, the league's competition system changed, giving rise to two tournaments per year. These tournaments, called Apertura and Clausura, have had, through the years, different competition formats.

Most of the titles in the Betcris League are distributed among the so-called big teams; Olympia, Motagua, Real España and Marathon. Being the super classic of the Betcris Olimpia vs. Motagua League, being the biggest clubs of titles has allowed these clubs to represent Honduras internationally in a greater number of opportunities. Internationally, Olimpia is the most successful club in the league, having won two CONCACAF titles and a club world cup qualification.

Currently the Betcris League tournament classifies six teams for post-season games. Of those six classified, the first two qualify directly for the semifinals, while from third to sixth place the last two classified for the semifinals are played, facing each other Third vs. Sixth and Fourth vs. Fifth in round-trip matches, in the semifinals, the first place will face the one that has obtained the worst score in the regular rounds.

History

Foundation

National League players

In Honduras there was no soccer organization at the beginning of the 20th century, although there were already clubs such as Club Deportivo Olimpia founded in 1912 in Tegucigalpa, being the oldest to date on record. Later the teams were founded, Marathón in 1925 from San Pedro Sula, Excelsior from Puerto Cortés in 1925, the “Tejeros” from Spain in 1926, Motagua from Tegucigalpa in 1928, Naco from La Ceiba and Club España from San Pedro Sula in 1929. The birth of these soccer clubs gave rise to amateur tournaments in the country. The first national level tournament was held in 1928.

In 1964, Mr. Federico Fortín Aguilar led a group of enthusiastic soccer lovers to found the Liga Nacional de Fútbol No Amateur de Primera División. Present at the meeting were: Óscar Kafaty, president of the Honduras Extra-School Sports Federation, as well as his secretary; Andrés Torres Rodríguez and the first vocal Valentín Bonilla.

For the clubs involved, they gathered for this historic event: Humberto Soriano Aguilar, Rubén M. Viana, for Platense; for Olimpia Hermes Bertrand Anduray, Carlos F Matute, Troya Edgardo Ortiz Rivera, Club Spain Carlos M. Sánchez, Club Honduras El Progreso Carlos Hall and René Bendeck, Vida Ramón Fernández, Marathon Alfredo Bueso Soto, Motagua Antonio C. Bustillo, Juan Núñez Chávez, La Salle Professor Irene Castañeda F. Emeritus Hernández, Atlético Español Glidden Hugo Más Cárdenas and Carlos Borjas.

The first sessions of the Honduran National League lasted between April 3 and 4 of the same month. On May 10, 1964, the announcement of the creation of the semi-professional Soccer League became official; which was baptized with the name: National Non-Amateur Soccer League.

The first Board of Directors of the National League was made up as follows: President Óscar Lara Mejía (CD Spain), Members José E. Coello (Vida), Antonio Vigó Fariño (La Salle) René Bendeck (Honduras), Jesús J. Handal (Honduras), Prosecutor Humberto Soriano Solís (Platense), Secretary Alfredo Bueso Soto/(Marathón).

The founding teams for the National League are CD España, Marathón, Motagua, CD Olimpia, Troya, Platense, Honduras, Vida, La Salle, Atlético Español. These teams were in the top tournament at that time and were invited to form part of the foundation in the League, except for CD España, which was in the bottom tournament and was invited for its journey up to that time. The members of the First Board of Directors of the LNFNAH were entirely representatives of teams from the north coast, who, with the exception of Club Vida, had not won any title, leaving the teams from the capital: Atlético Español, Olimpia, Motagua and Troya. without any representation.

Thus, on May 10, the National Non-Amateur Soccer League of Honduras (LNFNAH) was founded, with headquarters in the city of San Pedro Sula, which from 1965 began to organize soccer championships. The members of the First Board of Directors were: President Oscar Lara Mejía (CD Spain), Secretary Alfredo Bueso Soto (Marathón), Prosecutor Humberto Soriano Solís (Platense), Members José E. Coello (Vida), Antonio Vigó Fariño (La Salle), René Bendeck (Honduras), and Jesús J. Handal (Honduras).

First tournament

CD Platense, First League Champion in Honduras

The first tournament of the National Non-Amateur Soccer League of Honduras was held with the participation of 10 clubs, namely: Atlético Español, Olimpia, Motagua and Troya from the capital of the Republic; Marathón, Spain and La Salle from the city of San Pedro Sula; Honduras from the city of El Progreso, Platense from Puerto Cortés and Vida from La Ceiba. The first day was held on July 18, 1965 with the meetings between; Olimpia (3-0) Marathón, Spain (1-0) Troya, Honduras (3-0) A. Español, Vida (4-1) Motagua and Platense (6-2) La Salle.

The first scorer of the Honduran National League championship was Pedro Deras of Club Honduras. On the first date, they also scored: Domingo 'Toncontín' Ferrera (1) and Rosendo 'Chendo' Rodríguez (2) for Club Deportivo Olimpia. Carlos Handal for Club Spain, Pablo Perdomo (1) for Club Honduras.

For Club Deportivo Vida they scored: Morris Garden, 'Craka' Brooks, 'Chuna' Blanco and by the Motagua Amado Castillo. In the victory of Club Deportivo Platense, the first to score were the players; Raúl Betancourt (2) Félix 'Butter' Guerra (2), Gilberto Zavala (1) and Ricardo Fúnez (1). For La Salle they thrashed; Henderson and Enrique Grey. The latter, was converted at the end; the first top scorer in the Honduran National Soccer League.

At the end of the first league tournament, Club Deportivo Platense was champion. Platense, like the other clubs, played 18 games of which they won 11, drew 5 and lost only two, to total 27 points. This club scored 42 goals and conceded 23. While Club Deportivo Olimpia was runner-up in the tournament with 26 points, and Atlético Español finished last with only 9 points out of 36 possible.

Evolution

After the first tournament, the National League held 6 competitions without interruption, until 1972, when the League decided to declare the championship void. This, to protect the interests of some so-called big teams, such as the Marathon Sports Club, which was in danger of relegation.

In 1978 another crisis occurred. The struggle for power in National League soccer caused divisions between the northern and central teams. To resolve this situation, the managers of the League and the teams had to hold an emergency meeting at Lake Yojoa, to end the differences that threatened the well-being of National League soccer.

In nearly half a century of existence, except for competition formats, the National League has not evolved. In recent years, attendance at stadiums has dropped considerably. This is due to violence, poor entertainment, and discomfort in the stadiums where the National League games are played. Perhaps the only important change that the Honduran League had since its founding originated with the arrival of the XXI century, when Liga Nacional de Fútbol No Hombre, became a completely professional organization and was renamed the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras.

On July 10, 2021, an important sponsorship contract is signed with Betcris, which is a sponsor of the Ecuadorian soccer league, the NFL, the MLB and the Mexican league or MX league. The league is renamed Liga Betcris leaving behind his former sponsor Salva Vida.

Competition system

CD Olympia last champion of the National League of Honduras

The bases of competition for the National League have changed. Until 1973, tournaments were played on a regular basis, and the team with the best score at the end of the championship was crowned champion. In 1977 the League adjusted the format again, substituting the post-season games from home run to pentagon.

For the 1997/98 season, the competition system changed again. The long tournaments disappeared; giving rise to two tournaments in one year (Opening and Closing). The format of this competition classifies 6 teams. These faced each other like this: 1st Vs 6th, 2nd Vs 5th and 3rd. Vs 4th. Later this format underwent another change. The six-team qualification to the final phase was replaced by a four-team group. They faced each other like this: 1st Vs 4th and 2nd. Vs 3rd. The winners of these keys earned the right to play in the final. At a competitive level, this system came to greatly benefit the Olimpia, Marathón and Motagua clubs. Among these three clubs, the majority of titles and finals played are shared.

For the 2011-2012 Opening Tournament, the League once again changed the competition system. In an assembly held in San Pedro Sula on July 15, 2011. The directors of the National League decided that the clubs that finish in first and second place in the standings, await their rivals who would come out of the clashes between the third-sixth and fourth-fifth place clubs. This as a kind of playoff.

"The team that finishes in first place in the standings, will face the club that obtained the worst score of the clubs that advance to the final group. Similarly, the second place will have the duel to seek a ticket to the final against the team that has the best third score of the four semifinalists, the 1st against the 4th and 2nd against the 3rd will be respected.& #34;

"Under the new format of six teams qualifying for the postseason, the dominance of the so-called big teams declined and meant the opportunity for the small teams to fight for the title. For example, the 2012-13 Apertura gave Victoria the opportunity to fight C.D. Olympia."

"While in the Clausura of the same year, three of the greats were eliminated, while Platense F.C. Deportes Savio and Real Sociedad reached the semifinals. The latter reached the final. Not only that, this phenomenon also meant better income in the economy of these small clubs. Since by advancing to the final instances, they increased the influx of fans in their play-offs and semifinals."

Change to pentagonal format

On June 28, 2019, at a meeting of the National League board of directors, it was agreed to change the tournament to the Pentagonal format. Nine teams voted in favor of the change, while Motagua voted against it.

In the new format the same 18 regular laps are maintained. The leader after the two rounds automatically qualifies for the final, while the other place in the final is obtained by the pentagonal champion, to which the first five teams in the general table (including the leader) qualify. Each team will play one match against all other teams, and the location of each match depends on the position of each team. It will be done as follows:

Once all the previous matches have been played, the winner of the pentagonal is determined based on the number of points obtained. If the champion of the pentagonal is the same as the regular laps, he is considered champion, otherwise, a grand final will be played between the champion of the pentagonal and the leader of the regular laps.

Qualification to international tournaments

The league champion with the most points between the opening tournament and the closing tournament automatically qualifies for the CONCACAF Champions League, as Honduras 1.

If the same club wins the Opening and Closing, this will automatically become Honduras 1, and Honduras 2 would be the runner-up with the best score in both Tournaments, it will also be taken take into account a third team which at the end of both tournaments is located behind the champions, or the champion or runner-up as "Honduras 3".

"Honduras 2" and "Honduras 3" will participate in the tournament prior to the CONCACAF Champions League, in which only the champion of said tournament will be able to play in the elite tournament of the zone.

Olympia is the team that qualifies for these tournaments the most times.

Stadiums

These are the stadiums that are part of the National League:

Tegucigalpa	San Pedro Sula			La Ceiba
National Stadium Capacity: 35 000	Olympic stadium Capacity: 40 000	Stadium Capacity: 23 000	Yankel Rosenthal Stadium Capacity: 5 000	Ceibeño Stadium Capacity: 22 000
Progress	Comayagua	Danlí	Tocoa	Juticalpa
Stadium Humberto Micheletti Capacity: 5 500	Estadio Carlos Miranda Capacity: 10,000	Estadio Marcelo Tinoco Capacity: 5 000	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Capacity:8500	Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas Capacity: 20 000

N.o	Stadium	City	Country	Opening	Capacity	Equipment
1	National Stadium	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	1948	35,000 [chuckles]required]	Olimpia, Motagua, Lobos UPNFM
2	Olympic stadium	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	1997	40.000 [chuckles]required]	Real Spain, Marathon
3	Morazan Stadium	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	1938	23,000 [chuckles]required]	Real Spain, Marathón
4	Yankel Rosenthal Stadium	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	2010	5 000 [chuckles]required]	Marathon
5	Ceibeño Stadium	La Ceiba	Honduras	1956	23,000 [chuckles]required]	Life, Victoria
6	Stadium Humberto Micheletti	Progress	Honduras	1965	5,500 [chuckles]required]	Honduras Progress
7	Estadio Carlos Miranda	Comayagua	Honduras	2006	10,000. [chuckles]required]	Olimpia, Motagua
8	Estadio Marcelo Tinoco	Danlí	Honduras	1952	5,000	UPNFM
9	Estadio Francisco Martínez	Tocoa	Honduras	1952	5,000	Real Society
10	Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé	Juticalpa	Honduras	2015	20.000	Olancho

Participating teams 2023-2024

The following ten teams from the National Professional League of Honduras are participating:

Teams by geographic area

Motagua Olympia Real Society Real Spain Marathon Life Victoria Olancho FC UPNFM

City Region Equipment Tegucigalpa Central Zone Olympia Tegucigalpa Central Zone Motagua San Pedro Sula North Real Spain San Pedro Sula North Marathon La Ceiba North Life Tegucigalpa Central Zone UPNFM Tocoa North-east zone Real Society La Ceiba North Victoria Juticalpa Eastern Zone Olancho FC

History

Season	Champion	Outcome	Subfield	Coach champion	Descend	Notes
1965-66	Platense (1)	Regular Championship	Olympia	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	No.	First champion
1966-67	Olympia (1)	Regular Championship	Marathon	Mario Griffin Cubas	Troy
1967-68	Olympia (2)	Regular Championship	Marathon	Mario Griffin Cubas	San Pedro	First champion
1968-69	Motagua (1)	Regular Championship	Olympia	Rodolfo Ramírez Godoy	CD Athletic Spanish	He also won Cup
1969-70	Olympia (3)	Regular Championship	Motagua	Carlos Suazo	Honduras	Unique undefeated champion
1970-71	Motagua (2)	Regular Championship	Olympia	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	CD
1971-72	Olympia (4)	Regular Championship	Life	Carlos Vieira	Lempira
1972-73	Desert declared Tournament
1973-74	Motagua (3)	Regular Championship	Marathon	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	Troy
1974-75	Real Spain (1)	1-0	Motagua	José de la Paz Herrera	Atletico Indio
1975-76	Real Spain (2)	1-1, 2-0	Olympia	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	Atlantis
1976-77	Real Spain (3)	0-0, 4-1	Motagua	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	Camp	First tricampon
1977-78	Olympia (5)	0-0, 2-0	Real Spain	Carlos Cruz Carranza	Federal CD
1978-79	Motagua (4)	1-0, 4-1	Real Spain	Néstor Matamala	Sharks
1979-80	Marathon (1)	1-0, 1-0	University	Ángel Ramón Rodríguez	Atletico Harbour
1980-81	Real Spain (4)	2-1	Marathon	Néstor Matamala	No.
1981-82	Life (1)	3-1, 1-0	Atlético Morazán	Roberto Gonzales Ortega	Platense - University
1982-83	Olympia (6)	There was no end.	Motagua	José Luis Matteras	Atletico Independiente
1983-84	Life (2)	There was no end.	University	Gonzalo Zelaya	Dandy.
1984-85	Olympia (7)	There was no end.	Life	Enrique Grey Fúnez	Sula
1985-86	Marathon (2)	There was no end.	Life	Gonzalo Zelaya	University
1986-87	Olympia (8)	There was no end.	Real Spain	Néstor Matamala	Tela Timsa
1987-88	Olympia (9)	0-0, 1-0	Marathon	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	EACI
1988-89	Real Spain (5)	0-2, 2-0 (pro.)	Olympia	Flavio Ortega	University
1989-90	Olympia (10)	0-1, 1-0 (Récord)	Real Spain	Isola Malinowsky	Curacao
1990-91	Real Spain (6)	0-0, 2-1	Motagua	Flavio Ortega	Sula
1991-92	Motagua (5)	0-0, 1-0	Real Spain	Ángel Ramón Rodríguez	Atletico Indio
1992	Olympia (11)	There was no end.	Petrotela	José de la Paz Herrera	Super Star
1993	Real Spain (7)	There was no end.	Motagua	Ernesto Luzardo	Petrotela
1994	Victoria (1)	0-0, 1-1 (v.)	Olympia	Julio González Montemurro	Progressive sports
1995	Olympia (12)	3-0, 0-0	Real Spain	Flavio Ortega	Broncos UNAH	He also won Cup
1996	Olympia (13)	1-1, 3-0	Sit down.	José de la Paz Herrera	Atletico Independiente
Opening 1997	Motagua (6)	3-0, 2-1	Real Spain	Ramon Maradiaga	Palestinian
Closure 1998	Motagua (7)	0-0, 1-0	Olympia	Ramon Maradiaga	Atletico Independiente
Closure 1999	Olympia (14)	1-1, 1-0	Real Spain	Julio González Montemurro	Real Maya	He also won Uncaf Cup
Opening 1999	Motagua (8)	0-0, 0-0 (6-5 p.m.)	Olympia	José Treviño	-...
Closure 2000	Motagua (9)	1-1, 1-1 (3-2 p.m.)	Olympia	José Luis Reyes	Federal
Opening 2000	Olympia (15)	1-0, 1-1	Sit down.	Edwin Pavón	-...	He also won Uncaf Cup
Closure 2001	Platense (2)	1-1, 1-0	Olympia	Alberto Domingo	Broncos UNAH
Opening 2001	Motagua (10)	0-1, 3-2	Marathon	Gilberto Yearwood	-...
Closure 2002	Marathon (3)	4-1, 0-1	Olympia	José de la Paz Herrera	Savio sports
Opening 2002	Olympia (16)	1-1, 2-1	Sit down.	Juan Carlos Espinoza	-...
Closure 2003	Marathon (4)	1-0, 3-1	Motagua	Flavio Ortega	Victoria
Opening 2003	Real Spain (8)	2-2, 2-0	Olympia	Juan de Dios Castillo	-...
Closure 2004	Olympia (17)	1-0, 1-0	Marathon	José de la Paz Herrera	Real Patepluma
Opening 2004	Marathon (5)	3-2, 2-1	Olympia	Nicolas Suazo	-...
Closure 2005	Olympia (18)	1-1, 2-1	Marathon	Nahúm Espinoza	Atletico Olanchano
Opening 2005	Olympia (19)	1-2, 2-0	Marathon	Nahúm Espinoza	----
Closure 2006	Olympia (20)	3-3, 1-0	Victoria	Nahúm Espinoza	Hispano
Opening 2006	Motagua (11)	1-1, 3-1	Olympia	Ramon Maradiaga	-...
Closure 2007	Real Spain (9)	1-2, 3-1	Marathon	José Treviño	Broncos UNAH
Opening 2007	Marathon (6)	0-0, 2-0	Motagua	Manuel Keosseián	-...
Closure 2008	Olympia (21)	1-1, 1-0	Marathon	Juan de Dios Castillo	Atletico Olanchano
Opening 2008	Marathon (7)	1-1, 1-0	Real Spain	Manuel Keosseián	-...
Closure 2009	Olympia (22)	2-2, 2-1	Real Spain	Juan Carlos Espinoza	Real Youth
Opening 2009	Marathon (8)	0-1, 2-0	Olympia	Manuel Keosseián	-...
Closure 2010	Olympia (23)	3-1, 0-1	Motagua	Carlos Restrepo Isaza	Real Youth
Opening 2010	Real Spain (10)	1-1, 2-1	Olympia	Mario Zanabria	-...
Closure 2011	Motagua (12)	2-2, 3-1	Olympia	Ramon Maradiaga	Hispano
Opening 2011	Olympia (24)	1-0, 2-0	Real Spain	Danilo Javier Tosello	-...
Closure 2012	Olympia (25)	0-0, 1-0	Marathon	Danilo Javier Tosello	Sit down.
Opening 2012	Olympia (26)	0-0, 4-0	Victoria	Danilo Javier Tosello	-...
Closure 2013	Olympia (27)	0-1, 2-0	Royal Society of Tocoa	Juan Carlos Espinoza	Atletico Choloma	First tetracampon
Opening 2013	Real Spain (11)	3-1, 0-2 (3-1 p.m.)	Royal Society of Tocoa	Hernán Medford	-...
Closure 2014	Olympia (28)	0-0, 0-0 (4-2 p.m.)	Marathon	Héctor Vargas	Savio sports
Opening 2014	Motagua (13)	0-0, 2-1	Royal Society of Tocoa	Diego Vásquez	-...
Closure 2015	Olympia (29)	2-1, 0-0	Motagua	Héctor Vargas	Grills One	He also won Cup
Opening 2015	Honduras Progress (1)	3-3, 1-1 (4-1 p.m.)	Motagua	Héctor Castellón	-...
Closure 2016	Olympia (30)	2-1, 3-1	Royal Society of Tocoa	Héctor Vargas	Victoria
Opening 2016	Motagua (14)	1-0, 1-1	Sit down.	Diego Vásquez	-...
Clausura 2017	Motagua (15)	4-1, 3-0	Honduras Progress	Diego Vásquez	Social Sol	He also won Supercopa
Opening 2017	Real Spain (12)	2-0, 1-2	Motagua	Martín García	-...
Closure 2018	Marathon (9)	1-1, 0-0 (5-4 p.m.)	Motagua	Héctor Vargas	Real Society
Opening 2018	Motagua (16)	2-0, 0-1	Olympia	Diego Vásquez	-...
Closure 2019	Motagua (17)	2-2, 1-0	Olympia	Diego Vásquez	Juticalpa F.C.
Opening 2019	Olympia (31)	There was no end.	Marathon	Pedro Troglio	-...
Closure 2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Opening 2020	Olympia (32)	2-0, 1-0	Marathon	Pedro Troglio	-...
Clausura 2021	Olympia (33)	1-2, 1-0 (4-3 pen.)	Motagua	Pedro Troglio	Real de Minas
Opening 2021	Olympia (34)	2-0, 1-0	Real Spain	Pedro Troglio	-...	Second tetracamp
Closure 2022	Motagua (18)	3-0, 0-2	Real Spain	Hernán Medina	Sit down.
Opening 2022	Olympia (35)	1-0, 2-0	Motagua	Pedro Troglio	-...
Closure 2023	Olympia (36)	2-2, 3-2	Olancho	Pedro Troglio	Honduras Progress

Team Titles

Club	Titles	Subtitles	Years of the championships	Years of the subfielding
CD Olympia	36	19	1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, Ap. 2000-01, Ap. 2002-03, Cl. 2003-04, Cl. 2004-05, Ap. 2005-06, Cl. 2005-06, Cl. 2007-08, Cl. 2008-09, Cl. 2009-10, Ap. 2011-12, Cl. 2011-12, Ap. 2012-13, Cl. 2012-13, Cl. 2013-14, Cl. 2014-15, Cl. 2015-16, Ap. 2019-20, Ap. 2020-21, Cl. 2020-21, Ap. 2021-22, Ap. 2022-23, Cl. 2022-23.	1965, 1968, 1970, 1975, 1988, 1994, Cl. 1997-98, Ap. 1999-00, Cl. 1999-00, Cl. 2000-01, Cl. 2001-02, Ap. 2003-04, Ap. 2004-05, Ap. 2006-07, Ap. 2009-10, Ap. 2010-11, Cl. 2010-11, Ap. 2018-19, Cl. 2018-19.
FC Motagua	18	15	1968, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1991, Rev. 1997-98, Cl. 1997-98, Ap. 1999-00, Cl. 1999-00, Ap. 2001-02, Ap. 2006-07, Cl. 2010-11, Ap. 2014-15, Ap. 2016-17, Cl. 2016-17, Ap. 2018-19, Cl. 2018-19, Cl. 2018-19, Cl. 2021-22.	1969, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1993, Cl. 2002-03, Ap. 2007-08, Cl. 2009-10, Cl. 2014-15, Ap. 2015-16, Ap. 2017-18, Cl. 2017, Cl. 2020-21, Ap. 2022-23.
Real CD Spain	12	13	1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1993, Rev. 2003-04, Cl. 2006-07, Ap. 2010-11, Ap. 2013-14, Ap. 2017-18.	1977, 1978, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, Ap. 1997-98, 1999, Ap. 2008-09, Cl. 2008-09, Ap. 2011-12, Ap. 2021-22, Cl. 2021-22.
CD Marathon	9	15	1979, 1985, Cl. 2001-01, Cl. 2002-03, Ap. 2004-05, Ap. 2007-08, Ap. 2008-09, Ap. 2009-10, Cl. 2017-18.	1966, 1967, 1973, 1980, 1987, Ap. 2001-02, Cl. 2003-04, Cl. 2004-05, Ap. 2005-06, Cl. 2006-07, Cl. 2007-08, Cl. 2011-12, Cl. 2013-14, Ap. 2019-20, Ap. 2020-21.
Platense FC	2	4	1965, Cl. 2000-01.	1996, Ap. 2000-01, Ap. 2002-03, Ap. 2016-17.
CDS Life	2	3	1981, 1983.	1971, 1984, 1985.
CD	1	2	1994.	Cl. 2005-06, Ap. 2012-13.
CD Honduras Progreso	1	1	Ap. 2015-16.	Cl. 2016-17.
CD Real Sociedad	-	4		Cl. 2012-13, Ap. 2013-14, Ap. 2014-15, Cl. 2015-16.
Club Pumas UNAH †	-	2		1979, 1983
Atletico Morazán †	-	1		1981
CD Petrotela †	-	1		1992
Olancho FC	-	1		Cl. 2022-23.

• ^† Team missing.

Statistics

Scorers

Regular Tournament

Season	Name	Equipment	Goles
1965	Enrique Grey Fúnez	The Salle	14
1966	Mauro Knight	Marathon	12
1967	Junia Garden	Life	13
1968	Roberto Abruzzesse	Motagua	16
1969	Flavio Ortega	Marathon	18
1970	Carlos Alvarado	Life	16
1971			14
1973	Mario B. Artica Allard Plummer	Motagua Marathon	13
1974	Rubén Rodríguez Peña	Sit down.	14
1975	Marco Tulio López	Olympia	11
1976	Óscar Rolando Hernández	Marathon	10
1977	Mario Yubini	Motagua	10
1978	Salvador Bernárdez		11
1979	Prudencio Norales	Olympia	15
1980	Luis Oswaldo Altamirano	University	13
1981			15
1982			13
1983	Raúl Centeno Gamboa	Sit down.	17
1984	Luis Oswaldo Altamirano	University	13
1985	Juan Flores Maradiaga	Olympia	9
1986	Cipriano Dueñas	Life	12
1987	Gilberto Leonel Machado	Marathon	19
1988	Raúl Centeno Gamboa Carlos H. Lobo Miguel Matthews Rubén Alonso	Sit down. Curucao Motagua Real Spain	8
1989	Alex Giovanny Avila	Real Spain	13
1990	Luis Orlando Vallejo		12
1991	Eduardo Bennett	Olympia	12
1992	Jorge Arturo Arriola	Real Maya	19
1993	Alex Pineda Chacón	Olympia	12
1994	Alex Geovanny Avila	Motagua	14
1995	Edwin Geovanny Castro		14
1996	Denilson Costa		13
1999	Marcio Machado	Sit down.	11

Short Tournaments

Season	Name	Equipment	Goles
Ap-1997	Wilmer Velásquez	Olympia	19
Cl-1998	Beloved Guevara	Motagua	15
Ap-1999	Wilmer Velásquez	Olympia	12
Cl-2000	Juan Manuel Cárcamo		16
Ap-2000	Marcelo Verón	Sit down.	12
Cl-2001	Pompilio Cacho	Marathon	12
Ap-2001	Enrique Centeno Renau	Motagua	14
Cl-2002	Marcelo Ferreira	Sit down.	13
Ap-2002			14
Cl-2003	Luciano Emilio	Real Spain	10
Ap-2003	Danilo Javier Tosello	Olympia	12
Cl-2004	Luciano Emilio		14
Ap-2004			16
Cl-2005	Francisco Ramírez	Sit down.	10
Ap-2005			13
Cl-2006	Luciano Emilio	Olympia	12
Ap-2006	Carlo Costly	Sit down.	10
Cl-2007	Carlos Pavón	Real Spain	15
Ap-2007	Emil Martínez	Marathon	10
Cl-2008	Wilmer Velásquez	Olympia	10
Ap-2008	Everaldo Ferreira	Real Spain	13
Cl-2009	Sergio Diduch	Hispano	10
Ap-2009	Jerry Palacios	Marathon	14
Cl-2010	Jerry Bengtson	Life	13
Ap-2010			12
Cl-2011		Motagua	15
Ap-2011	Claudio Cardozo	Marathon	15
Cl-2012	Oscar Torlacoff Mauritius Copete	Atletico Choloma Victoria	9
Ap-2012	Roger Rojas	Olympia	10
Cl-2013	Javier Estupiñán	Sit down.	11
Ap-2013	Rubilio Castillo	Life	12
Cl-2014	Rony Martínez	Royal Society of Tocoa	16
Ap-2014	Eddie Hernández	Life	14
Cl-2015	Anthony Lozano	Olympia	19
Ap-2015	Marco Tulio Vega	Real Society	12
Cl-2016			11
Ap-2016	Omar Zalazar	Real Spain	13
Cl-2017	Carlo Costly	Olympia	14
Ap-2017	Rubilio Castillo Yustin Arboleda	Motagua Marathon	13
Cl-2018	Yustin Arboleda	Marathon	11
Ap-2018	Jerry Bengtson	Olympia	12
Cl-2019	Roberto Moreira Jorge Benguché	Motagua Olympia	13
Ap-2019	Juan Ramón Mejía	Real de Minas	17
Cl-2020	Jamal Charles	Real Society	7
Ap-2020	Jerry Bengtson	Olympia	10
Cl-2021			14
Ap-2021			16
Cl-2022	Ramiro Rocca	Real Spain	11
Ap-2022	Clayvin Zúniga Auzmendi	Marathon Olancho FC	12
Cl-2023	Jerry Bengtson	Olympia	12

All-Time Goalscorers

• Note: Updated on 20 December 2022
• Note: In bold active players

N.o	Goleador	Nationality	Equipment	Goles	Games
1	Wilmer Velásquez	Honduras	Olympia	196	411
2	Denilson Costa	Brazil	Olimpia - Motagua - Marathon - Platense - Atlético Olanchano	155	481
3	Jerry Bengtson	Honduras	Life - Motagua - Olimpia	156.	300
4	Rubilio Castillo	Honduras	Life - Savio Sports - Motagua	122	227
5	Rony Martinez	Honduras	Real Sociedad - Real España - Olimpia	117	303
6	Juan Cárcamo	Honduras	Platense - Victoria - Olympia - Real Society	101	388
7	Claudio Cardozo	Uruguay	Atletico Olanchano - Vida - Marathón - Real Spain	100	240
8	Marcelo Ferreira	Brazil	Platense - Olimpia - Broncos - Marathon - Motagua - Atlético Olanchano	98	305
9	Francisco Ramírez	Honduras	Motagua - Platense - Life - Marathon	95	253
10	Yustin Arboleda	Colombia	Olimpia - Marathon	96	195
11	Angel Tejeda	Honduras	Atlético Choloma - Honduras Progreso - Real Spain - Life - Motagua	93	288
12	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	Real Spain	90	202
13	Roger Rojas	Honduras	Olympia	89
14	Luciano Emilio	Brazil	Real Spain - Olimpia	89
15	Luis Ramírez	Honduras	Independent Villela - Real Spain - UNAH - Life - Victoria - Honduras Salzburg - Marathon - Savio Sports	89
16	'Tecate' Norales	Honduras	Olimpia - Curacao - Super Star - Atlético Indio	88
17	Óscar Hernández	Honduras	Motagua - Marathon	86
18	Danilo Tosello	Argentina	Olympia	86
19	Ney Costa	Brazil	UNAH - Hispano - Life - Atlético Olanchano - Real Spain - Savio sports	84

Goalkeepers beaten less

Annual tournaments

Year	Name	Equipment
1965	Arnold Chesman	Olympia
1966	Norales
1967		Life
1968		Olympia
1969
1970	Salvador Dubois	Motagua
1971	Samuel Santini	Olympia
1973	Roger Mayorga	Motagua
1974
1975	Samuel Sentini	Olympia
1976	Belarmino Rivera
1977
1978	Alcídes Morales	Motagua
1979	Roger Mayorga	University
1980	Jimmy Stewart	Real Spain
1981	Alcídes Morales	Motagua
1982
1983	Carlos Solís	University
1984	Erasmus Guerrero	Marathon
1985	Oscar Banegas	Olympia
1986	Adelmo Herrera	Marathon
1987	Belarmino Rivera	Sula
1988	Oscar Banegas	Olympia
1989	Dagoberto Tejada	Victoria
1990	Dangelo Bautista	Marathon
1991	Márvin Henríquez	Motagua
1992	Pedro Cubillo	Marathon
1993	Juan Ramón Palacios	Real Maya
1994	Oscar Banegas	Olympia
1995	Milton Flowers	Real Spain
1996	Carlos Prono	Olympia
1998

Short Tournaments

Year	Name	Equipment
Opening 1997	Diego Vásquez	Motagua
Closure 1998
Opening 1999	Carlos Prono	Olympia
Closure 2000
Opening 2000	Donald Gonzales
Closure 2001
Opening 2001
Closure 2002	Milton Flowers	Real Spain
Opening 2002	Ricardo James	Sit down.
Closure 2003	Héctor Medina	University
Opening 2003	Donis Escober	Olympia
Closure 2004	Victor Coello	Marathon
Opening 2004	Junior Morales	Real Spain
Closure 2000	Diego Vásquez	University
Opening 2005	Noel Valladares	Olympia
Closure 2006	Ricardo James
Opening 2006	Noel Valladares
Closure 2007	Orlin Vallecillo	Real Spain
Opening 2007	John Bodden	Victoria
Closure 2008	Noel Valladares	Olympia
Opening 2008	Ricardo Canales	Motagua
Closure 2009	Donis Escober	Olympia
Opening 2009	Donaldo Morales	Motagua
Closure 2010	Kerpo de León	Sit down.
Opening 2010	John Bodden	Necaxa
Closure 2011	Shane Orio	Marathon
Opening 2011	Donis Escober	Olympia
Closure 2012	Shane Orio	Marathon
Opening 2012	Donaldo Morales	Motagua
Opening 2021	Edrick Menjívar	Olympia
Closure 2022	Marlon Licona	Motagua
Opening 2022	Edrick Menjívar	Olympia
Closure 2023

Coaches with the most titles

#	Name	Titles	Seasons	Equipment
1	Carlos Padilla Velásquez	6	1965, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1987	Sit down., Motagua, Real Spain, Olympia
2	Pedro Troglio		Ap.2019-20, Ap.2020-21, Cl.2020-21, Ap.2021-22, Ap.2022-23, Cl.2022-23	Olympia
3	Diego Martín Vásquez	5	Ap.2014-15, Ap.2016-17, Cl.2016-17, Ap.2018-19, Cl.2018-19	Motagua
4	José de la Paz Herrera		1974, 1992, 1996, Cl.2001-02, Cl.2003-04	Real Spain, Olympia, Marathon
5	Flavio Ortega	4	1988, 1990, 1995, Cl.2002-03
6	Ramon Maradiaga		Ap.1997-98, Cl.1997-98, Ap.2006-07, Cl.2010-11	Motagua
7	Héctor Vargas		Cl.2013-14, Cl.2014-15, Cl.2015-16, Cl.2017-18	Olympia, Marathon
8	Nahúm Espinoza	3	Cl.2004-05, Ap.2005-06, Cl.2005-06	Olympia
9	Danilo Javier Tosello		Ap.2011-12, Cl.2011-12, Ap.2012-13
10	Néstor Matamala		1978, 1980, 1986	Motagua, Real Spain, Olympia
11	Manuel Keosseián		Ap.2007-08, Ap.2008-09, Ap.2009-10	Marathon

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