2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	2014–15
Champions	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: Olimpia
Relegated	Parrillas One
Champions League	Motagua Olimpia
Matches played	200
Goals scored	573 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Castillo (29)
Biggest home win	Real España 5–0 Motagua (24 August 2014) Olimpia 5–0 Platense (7 September 2014) Motagua 5–0 Real España (19 October 2014) Real Sociedad 5–0 Victoria (2 November 2014) Olimpia 5–0 Real España (17 May 2015)
Biggest away win	Motagua 1–4 Olimpia (31 August 2014)
Highest scoring	Platense 4–4 Honduras (18 October 2014) Honduras 5–3 Real Sociedad (1 November 2014)
Longest unbeaten run	Olimpia (15)
Longest losing run	Platense (5)
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2015.

The 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional season will be the 49th Honduran Liga Nacional edition, since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format will remain as the previous season. The tournament began on 1 August 2014^[1] and has ended in May 2015. On 20 December 2014, C.D. Motagua obtained its 13th national title after defeating C.D. Real Sociedad 2–1 on aggregate in the Apertura finals.^[2]

2014–15 teams

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2013–14 season plus C.D. Honduras, promoted from the 2013–14 Liga de Ascenso. Parrillas One moved from Tela to Siguatepeque.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Honduras	El Progreso	Estadio Humberto Micheletti	5,000
Marathón	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Yankel Rosenthal	15,000
Motagua	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
Olimpia	Tegucigalpa	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino	35,000
Parrillas One	Siguatepeque	Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila	3,000
Platense	Puerto Cortés	Estadio Excélsior	7,910
Real España	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Francisco Morazán	26,781
Real Sociedad	Tocoa	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón	3,000
Victoria	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000
Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000

Apertura

Regular season

Real C.D. España managed to clinch the first position after drawing 1–1 at C.D. Victoria on the last round. It was the 9th time in history that the Aurinegros came up as the regular season winners. One curious fact occurred between C.D. Motagua and Real España where they both achieve a 5–0 home win over each other, breaking their respective record as the largest victory against each other. C.D. Victoria finished last for the fifth time in history.

Standings

As of 15 November 2014

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	18	8	5	5	30	28	+2	29	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Olimpia	18	8	4	6	36	22	+14	28
3	Motagua	18	8	4	6	30	25	+5	28	Qualification to the Second round
4	Honduras	18	7	7	4	34	31	+3	28
5	Real Sociedad	18	7	6	5	25	18	+7	27
6	Platense	18	6	6	6	27	27	0	24
7	Marathón	18	5	7	6	20	25	−5	22
8	Vida	18	5	6	7	26	30	−4	21
9	Parrillas One	18	4	6	8	28	38	−10	18
10	Victoria	18	3	7	8	22	34	−12	16

Results

As of 15 November 2014

Home \ Away[1]	HON	MAR	MOT	OLI	PAR	PLA	RES	RSO	VIC	VID
Honduras		1–1	1–1	2–2	5–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–3
Marathón	1–2		3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–1
Motagua	4–1	0–1		1–4	1–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	2–1	1–2
Olimpia	0–2	4–0	0–1		3–0	5–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–1
Parrillas One	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1		0–2	3–2	2–2	3–3	2–1
Platense	4–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	4–1		3–3	1–2	3–2	4–1
Real España	1–0	0–2	5–0	2–1	3–2	2–1		0–0	3–2	1–2
Real Sociedad	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1		5–0	0–2
Victoria	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–2
Vida	2–0	3–1	0–1	2–4	1–3	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2

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

• Real Sociedad 3–0 Marathón on forfeit. Original score 1–1 abandoned at 88' due to Marathón not accepting a late penalty.

Postseason

Playoffs

3rd seeded	Agg.	6th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	4–2	Platense	2–1	2–1
4th seeded	Agg.	5th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Honduras	4–4	Real Sociedad	0–1	4–3

Semifinals

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

Final

1st seeded	Agg.	2nd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	2–1	Real Sociedad	0–0	2–1

Clausura

Regular season

Standings

As of 2 May 2015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	6	1	35	16	+19	39	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Motagua	18	11	4	3	37	21	+16	37
3	Marathón	18	8	5	5	20	23	−3	29	Qualification to the Second round
4	Victoria	18	6	7	5	26	22	+4	25
5	Real Sociedad	18	4	10	4	14	16	−2	22
6	Real España	18	4	9	5	28	25	+3	21
7	Vida	18	4	6	8	24	31	−7	18
8	Honduras	18	5	3	10	26	35	−9	18
9	Parrillas One	18	4	4	10	25	35	−10	16
10	Platense	18	3	6	9	23	34	−11	15

Results

As of 2 May 2015

Home \ Away[1]	HON	MAR	MOT	OLI	PAR	PLA	RES	RSO	VIC	VID
Honduras		3–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	3–2
Marathón	0–3		0–2	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Motagua	3–1	3–0		1–1	3–4	2–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	2–1
Olimpia	2–1	2–0	3–1		3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	4–1
Parrillas One	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–2		1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–3
Platense	3–3	2–3	2–2	0–2	2–1		2–2	0–1	1–0	2–2
Real España	2–4	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1		1–1	2–2	0–1
Real Sociedad	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1		0–3	1–0
Victoria	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		2–0
Vida	3–1	0–1	0–3	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–1

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

Postseason

Playoffs

3rd seeded	Agg.	6th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Marathón	3–4	Real España	1–4	2–0
4th seeded	Agg.	5th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Victoria	2–0	Real Sociedad	1–0	1–0

Semifinals

1st seeded	Agg.	4th seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	6–0	Real España	1–0	5–0
2nd seeded	Agg.	3rd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	3–1	Victoria	0–1	3–0

Final

1st seeded	Agg.	2nd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Olimpia	2–1	Motagua	2–1	0–0

Top goalscorers

As of 24 May 2015

• 29 goals:

• 25 goals:

• 19 goals:

• 18 goals:

• 17 goals:

• 16 goals:

• 14 goals:

• 11 goals:

• 10 goals:

• 8 goals:

• 7 goals:

• 6 goals:

• 5 goals:

• 4 goals:

• 3 goals:

• 2 goals:

• 1 goal:

• 1 own goal:

• 2 own goals:

Aggregate table

Relegation is determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 19 April 2015, Parrillas One was relegated to Liga de Ascenso after drawing 2–2 at home against C.D. Real Sociedad.^[3]

As of 2 May 2015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	19	10	7	71	38	+33	67	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Motagua	36	19	8	9	67	46	+21	65
3	Marathón	36	13	12	11	40	48	−8	51
4	Real España	36	12	14	10	58	53	+5	50
5	Real Sociedad	36	11	16	9	39	34	+5	49
6	Honduras	36	12	10	14	60	66	−6	46
7	Victoria	36	9	14	13	48	56	−8	41
8	Platense	36	9	12	15	50	61	−11	39
9	Vida	36	9	12	15	50	61	−11	39
10	Parrillas One	36	8	10	18	53	73	−20	34	Relegation to the 2015–16 Liga de Ascenso

External links

• LNP Official

References