2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 51st Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format stayed the same as the previous season. The tournament began in July 2016^[1] and ended in May 2017.

Liga Nacional

Season	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: Motagua (14th title) Clausura: Motagua (15th title)
Relegated	Social Sol
CONCACAF Champions League	Motagua
CONCACAF League	Honduras Progreso Platense Olimpia
Matches played	200
Goals scored	569 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martínez (22)
Biggest home win	OLI 7–1 VID
Biggest away win	VID 0–4 RES
Highest scoring	HNP 3–5 PLA OLI 7–1 VID JUT 3–5 OLI
Longest unbeaten run	Motagua (14)
Longest losing run	Vida (8)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

2016–17 teams

Honduras Progreso

Juticalpa

Marathón

Motagua

Olimpia

Platense

Real España

Real Sociedad

Social Sol

Vida

Location of teams in 2016–17 season

A total of 10 teams competed in the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2015–16 season plus C.D. Social Sol, promoted from the 2015–16 Liga de Ascenso.^[2]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Honduras Progreso	El Progreso	Estadio Humberto Micheletti	5,000
Juticalpa	Juticalpa	Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas	20,000
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
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
Social Sol	Olanchito	Estadio San Jorge	3,000
Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Vacancy	Replaced by	Appointment	Position in table
Platense	Ariel Sena	Resigned	13 May 2016[3]	Reynaldo Clavasquín	30 May 2016[4]	Preseason
Real España	Miguel Falero	Resigned[5]	17 May 2016	Mauro Reyes[6]	27 May 2016	Preseason
Real Sociedad	Mauro Reyes	Resigned	27 May 2016	Marvin Solano[7]	3 June 2016	Preseason
Real Sociedad	Marvin Solano	Sacked	17 August 2016	Carlos Martínez[8]	25 August 2016	8th
Social Sol	Carlos Caballero	Sacked	19 September 2016	Horacio Londoño[9]	20 September 2016	10th
Social Sol	Horacio Londoño	Resigned[10]	10 October 2016	Gustavo Gallegos	10 October 2016	10th
Juticalpa	Wilmer Cruz	Resigned	19 November 2016	Jorge Pineda	24 November 2016[11]	8th
Marathón	Carlos Pavón	Sacked	12 December 2016	Manuel Keosseián	12 December 2016[12]	Mid season
Vida	Elvin López	Sacked	16 December 2016	Carlos Pavón	18 December 2016[13]	Mid season
Real España	Mauro Reyes	Sacked	16 January 2017	Ramón Maradiaga	16 January 2017[14]	3rd
Social Sol	Gustavo Gallegos	Sacked	20 February 2017	Airon Reyes	20 February 2017	9th
Vida	Carlos Pavón	Sacked[15]	11 March 2017	Santiago Fúnez	16 March 2017	10th

Apertura

The Apertura tournament is the first half of the 2016–17 season which was played from 29 July to 18 December 2016.^[16] The fixture was unveiled on 9 July.^[17] C.D. Social Sol made its official debut in Liga Nacional on 29 July when they lost 3–2 to Club Deportivo Olimpia at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino.^[18] C.D. Real Sociedad's Marvin Solano became the first manager to get sacked after only four weeks the season started. On week 10, C.D. Motagua and C.D. Honduras Progreso draw 0–0 in Catacamas; in such game, Melissa Borjas became the first female referee in Liga Nacional's history to enforce the laws in an official game.^[19] Motagua obtained its 14th national league after defeating Platense F.C. in an unprecedented final series.^[20]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	12	3	3	35	21	+14	39	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Platense	18	9	5	4	37	26	+11	32
3	Real España	18	9	4	5	31	22	+9	31	Qualification to the Second round
4	Motagua	18	7	7	4	30	24	+6	28
5	Marathón	18	6	6	6	22	22	0	24
6	Real Sociedad	18	6	6	6	23	24	−1	24
7	Honduras Progreso	18	7	3	8	23	31	−8	24
8	Juticalpa	18	3	9	6	24	26	−2	18
9	Vida	18	3	6	9	13	25	−12	15
10	Social Sol	18	2	3	13	12	29	−17	9

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

As of 19 November 2016

Home \ Away	HNP	JUT	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RSO	SOC	VID
Honduras Progreso		1–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	3–5	3–1	4–1	1–0	1–0
Juticalpa	4–1		0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1
Marathón	2–2	2–2		3–1	2–0	3–3	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1
Motagua	0–0	2–2	3–1		1–1	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	4–1
Olimpia	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1		3–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	3–1
Platense	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–2	2–2		1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0
Real España	4–1	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–0		2–1	2–1	3–0
Real Sociedad	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	3–2		1–1	1–1
Social Sol	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–1		0–0
Vida	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Postseason

Results

	Playoffs							Semifinals							Finals
								2	Platense	1	1	2
	3	Real España	3	2	5			3	Real España	1	1	2
	6	Real Sociedad	2	1	3										2	Platense	0	1	1
															4	Motagua	1	1	2
								1	Olimpia	0	1	1
	4	Motagua	2	1	3			4	Motagua	1	1	2
	5	Marathón	1	2	3

Real Sociedad v Real España

24 November 2016 Playoffs	Real Sociedad	2–3	Real España	Tocoa, Colón
14:00 CST	H. Martínez 52' R. Martínez 58' Starting XI (GK) Reyes – 27 Paz – 2 Matute – 3 Colón – 4 R. Martínez – 11 Peña – 13  36' Solórzano – 14  89' Salgado – 15 Melgares – 17 Gutierres – 23 Arzú – 31 Substitutes  36' H. Martínez – 16  89' C. Martínez – 8 Coach C. Martínez (HON)	Report	29' Zalazar 57' 61' López Starting XI 22 – L. López (GK) 2 – Chávez 10 – Ursino  64' 13 – Vargas 14 – Altamirano  68' 16 – Zalazar 19 – I. López  78' 20 – Arévalo 23 – Delgado 28 – Oseguera 44 – Barahona Substitutes 7 – Borjas  64' 9 – Arita  68' 5 – Velásquez  78' Coach (HON) Reyes	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Real España v Real Sociedad

27 November 2016 Playoffs	Real España	2–1	Real Sociedad	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 CST	Cardozo 2' Zalazar 40' Starting XI (GK) L. López – 22 Chávez – 2  57' Acosta – 6 Vargas – 13  79' Altamirano – 14  56' Zalazar – 16 Arévalo – 20 Delgado – 23 Oseguera – 28 Cardozo – 35 Barahona – 44 Substitutes  56' Ursino – 10  57' I. López – 19  79' Borjas – 7 Coach Reyes (HON)	Report	42' Arzú Starting XI 27 – Reyes (GK) 2 – Paz 3 – Matute 4 – Colón 6 – Barralaga  67' 11 – R. Martínez 13 – Peña 14 – Solórzano  59' 15 – Salgado 23 – Gutierres 31 – Arzú Substitutes 16 – H. Martínez  59' 17 – Melgares  67' Coach (HON) C. Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Óscar Moncada

• Real España won 5–3 on aggregated.

Marathón v Motagua

23 November 2016 Playoffs	Marathón	1–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Reyes 55' Starting XI  9' (GK) Bodden – 1 Córdova – 3 Puerto – 6 Córdoba – 9 López – 12 Fuentes – 17 Reyes – 11  70' Berríos – 19 Munive – 24 Mejía – 30  46' Suazo – 43 Substitutes  9' (GK) Torres – 25  46' W. Martínez – 8  70' E. Martínez – 7 Coach Pavón (HON)	Report	4' Montes 90+1' Crisanto Starting XI 1 – Fonseca (GK) 2 – Montes 3 – Figueroa 6 – Mayorquín 7 – Discua  75' 9 – Castillo 10 – Andino  61' 16 – Castellanos 23 – Pucheta 27 – Crisanto 31 – Bernárdez  66' Substitutes 5 – Pereira  61' 24 – Elvir  66' 11 – Vega  75' Coach (ARG) Vásquez	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Saíd Martínez

Motagua v Marathón

27 November 2016 Playoffs	Motagua	1–2	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Castillo 90+8' (pen.) Starting XI (GK) Fonseca – 1 Montes – 2 Figueroa – 3  75' Mayorquí – 6 Discua – 7 Castillo – 9 Castellanos – 16  46' W. Crisanto – 18 Vergara – 22 F. Crisanto – 27  46' Bernárdez – 31 Substitutes  46' Pereira – 5  46' Elvir – 24  75' Flores – 8 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	45+3' Reyes 88' Puerto Starting XI 1 – Bodden (GK) 3 – Córdova 9 – Córdoba  74' 11 – Reyes 12 – López 17 – Fuentes 19 – Berríos  64' 20 – Vargas 24 – Munive 30 – Mejía 46 – Suazo Substitutes 6 – Puerto  64' 10 – Silva  74' Coach (HON) Pavón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

• Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregated; Motagua advanced on regular season performance.

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Motagua v Olimpia

1 December 2016 Semifinals	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 CST	Andino 57' Starting XI (GK) Fonseca – 1 Montes – 2 Figueroa – 3 Pereira – 5 Discua – 7 Castillo – 9  55' Vega – 11 Castellanos – 16  75' Vergara – 22 Elvir – 24  76' F. Crisanto – 27 Substitutes  55' Andino – 10  75' Mayorquín – 6  76' W. Crisanto – 18 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	Starting XI 28 – Escober (GK) 2 – Álvarez 3 – Güity 8 – Garrido 12 – Johnson 13 – Costly 14 – Fonseca 16 – Rodas  62' 26 – Salas  78' 31 – Quioto 33 – Chirinos  72' Substitutes 10 – Méndez  62' 7 – Mejía  72' 19 – Tobías  78' Coach (ARG) Vargas	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Raúl Castro

Olimpia v Motagua

4 December 2016 Semifinals	Olimpia	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Estupiñán 45+2' Starting XI (GK) Valladares – 27 Álvarez – 2 Güity – 3 Garrido – 8 Fonseca – 14 Estupiñán – 18  54' Tobías – 19  65' Salas – 26 Quioto – 31  61' Chirinos – 33 Oliva – 64 Substitutes  54' Sánchez –  61' Costly – 13  65' Rodas – 16 Coach Vargas (ARG)	Report	31' Pereira Starting XI 1 – Fonseca (GK) 2 – Montes  34' 3 – Figueroa 5 – Pereira 7 – Discua 9 – Castillo 11 – Vega  57' 16 – Castellanos 18 – Crisanto 22 – Vergara  49' 24 – Elvir Substitutes 23 – Pucheta  34' 6 – Mayorquín  49' 10 – Andino  57' Coach (ARG) Vásquez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Melvin Matamoros

• Motagua won 2–1 on aggregated.

Real España v Platense

1 December 2016 Semifinals	Real España	1–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Zalazar 54' Starting XI (GK) L. López – 22 Chávez – 2 Acosta – 6  62' Ursino – 10 Vargas – 13 Altamirano – 14 Zalazar – 16 Delgado – 23 Oseguera – 28  86' Benavídez – 38 Barahona – 44 Substitutes  62' López – 19  86' Cardozo – 35 Coach Reyes (HON)	Report	7' Castillo Starting XI 1 – Pineda (GK) 2 – Castro 4 – Montes 5 – Castillo 6 – Palacios 7 – Álvarez  46' 9 – Lobo  66' 11 – Hay 14 – Reyes 16 – Cardona  43' 30 – Dixon Substitutes 23 – Andrade  43' 12 – Vargas  46' 17 – Norales  66' Coach (HON) Clavasquín	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Miguel Torres

Platense v Real España

4 December 2016 Semifinals	Platense	1–1	Real España	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 CST	Dixon 6' Starting XI (GK) Calderón – 29 Castro – 2 Montes – 4 Castillo – 5  71' Álvarez – 7  47' Hay – 11 Reyes – 14  62' Cardona – 16 Norales – 17 Mendoza – 25 Dixon – 30 Substitutes  47' Lobo – 9  62' Andrade – 23  71' Palacios – 6 Coach Clavasquín (HON)	Report	62' Delgado Starting XI 22 – L. López (GK) 2 – Chávez 6 – Acosta 13 – Vargas 14 – Altamirano 16 – Zalazar 23 – Delgado 28 – Oseguera 35 – Cardozo  67' 38 – Benavídez  69' 44 – Barahona  63' Substitutes 10 – Ursino  63' 4 – Róchez  67' 19 – I. López  69' Coach (HON) Reyes	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: Saíd Martínez

• Platense 2–2 Real España on aggregated; Platense advanced on regular season performance.

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Motagua v Platense

11 December 2016 Final	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Vergara 45+3' Starting XI  72' (GK) Fonseca – 1 Figueroa – 3 Pereira – 5 Discua – 7 Castillo – 9 Andino – 10 Castellanos – 16  58' W. Crisanto – 18 Vergara – 22  64' Pucheta – 23 Elvir – 24 Substitutes  58' F. Crisanto – 27  64' Mayorquín – 6  72' Licona – 25 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	Starting XI 29 – Calderón (GK) 2 – Castro 4 – Montes 5 – Castillo 7 – Álvarez  23' 9 – Lobo  45' 14 – Reyes  78' 16 – Cardona 17 – Norales 25 – Mendoza 30 – Dixon Substitutes 8 – Franco  23' 23 – Andrade  45' 12 – Vargas  78' Coach (HON) Clavasquín	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 22,637 Referee: Raúl Castro

Platense v Motagua

18 December 2016 Final	Platense	1–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 CST	Cardona 45+1' Starting XI (GK) Calderón – 29 Castro – 2  87' Montes – 4 Castillo – 5 Álvarez – 7 Hay – 11  79' Núñez – 15 Cardona – 16  53' Norales – 17 Mendoza – 25 Dixon – 30 Substitutes  53' Ávila – 41  79' Vargas – 12  87' Franco – 8 Coach Clavasquín (HON)	Report	60' Discua Starting XI 25 – Licona (GK) 2 – Montes 3 – Figueroa 5 – Pereira 6 – Mayorquín  46' 7 – Discua  71' 9 – Castillo 16 – Castellanos 22 – Vergara 27 – F. Crisanto  58' 31 – Bernárdez Substitutes 11 – Vega  46' 18 – W. Crisanto  58' 8 – Flores  71' Coach (ARG) Vásquez	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 9,033 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

• Motagua won 2–1 on aggregated.

Clausura

The Clausura tournament is the second half of the 2016–17 season. The regular season fixtures were released on 10 December 2016.^[21] The first match of the tournament was played on 7 January at Estadio Francisco Morazán between Real C.D. España and C.D. Social Sol which ended in a scoreless tie. On 8 February, Club Deportivo Olimpia defeated C.D.S. Vida with a 7–1 score, a game in which striker Roger Rojas scored five goals, a record only shared with Arturo Garden, Jorge Arriola and Marlon Hernández. On week 7, Vida and Juticalpa F.C. draw 1–1 at Estadio Carlos Calderón, a venue used in Liga Nacional for the first time. On 22 April, Social Sol's player Francisco Reyes became the first ever goalkeeper to score two goals in a league match after converting two penalty kicks in the 2–1 victory over C.D. Marathón.^[22] On 28 May, C.D. Motagua obtained its 15th league title and their second in a row after defeating C.D. Honduras Progreso with a 7–1 aggregated score. In such game, 4 people were kill due to suffocation after a human stampede tried to push their way in to access the stadium which was already overcrowded.^[23]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	4	3	47	26	+21	37	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Motagua	18	9	7	2	35	21	+14	34
3	Real España	18	9	5	4	29	20	+9	32	Qualification to the Second round
4	Honduras Progreso	18	9	4	5	28	26	+2	31
5	Marathón	18	8	3	7	26	22	+4	27
6	Real Sociedad	18	7	5	6	26	22	+4	26
7	Platense	18	5	5	8	14	25	−11	20
8	Social Sol	18	2	9	7	17	27	−10	15
9	Juticalpa	18	2	5	11	23	37	−14	11
10	Vida	18	2	5	11	15	34	−19	11

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

As of 29 April 2017

Home \ Away	HNP	JUT	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RSO	SOC	VID
Honduras Progreso		3–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1
Juticalpa	3–4		0–1	0–0	3–5	3–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	1–1
Marathón	0–2	3–1		1–2	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–2	2–0	2–1
Motagua	3–1	3–2	2–0		1–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0
Olimpia	5–2	3–2	3–2	2–2		3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	7–1
Platense	0–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–2		2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Real España	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	1–3	1–0		2–1	0–0	3–1
Real Sociedad	1–2	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–0	3–0		3–3	2–0
Social Sol	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0		2–1
Vida	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–1

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Postseason

Results

	Playoffs							Semifinals							Finals
								2	Motagua	2	2	4
	3	Real España	1	4	5			3	Real España	1	2	3
	6	Real Sociedad	2	1	3										2	Motagua	4	3	7
															4	Honduras Progreso	1	0	1
								1	Olimpia	2	2	4
	4	Honduras Progreso	0	1	1			4	Honduras Progreso	4	2	6
	5	Marathón	1	0	1

Real Sociedad v Real España

3 May 2017 Playoffs	Real Sociedad	2–1	Real España	Tocoa, Colón
14:00 CST	Arzú 60' Martínez 66' Starting XI (GK) Y. Arzú – 27 Paz – 2 Matute – 3 Caraballo – 4 R. Martínez – 11 Solórzano – 14 Salgado – 15  52' Clark – 18 Osorio – 30  83' P. Arzú – 31  44' Mejía – 33 Substitutes  44' C. Martínez – 8  52' Meza – 12  83' O. Martínez – 19 Coach Medina (HON)	Report	40' Cardozo Starting XI 1 – Hernández (GK) 6 – Acosta 7 – Borjas 11 – Tejeda  66' 17 – Claros 19 – López 20 – Arévalo 23 – Delgado  55' 28 – Oseguera  79' 35 – Cardozo 44 – Barahona Substitutes 38 – Benavídez  55' 10 – Ursino  66' 54 – Romero  79' Coach (HON) Maradiaga	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Real España v Real Sociedad

6 May 2017 Playoffs	Real España	4–1	Real Sociedad	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Delgado 1' Acosta 60' Tejeda 82' Barahona 90' Starting XI (GK) López – 22  84' Acosta – 6 Ursino – 10 Vargas – 13 Claros – 17 López – 19 Arévalo – 20 Delgado – 23  74' Cardozo – 35 Barahona – 44 Romero – 54 Substitutes  74' Tejeda – 11  84' Borjas – 7 Coach Maradiaga (HON)	Report	80' Martínez Starting XI 27 – Y. Arzú (GK) 2 – Paz 3 – Matute 4 – Caraballo  28' 11 – R. Martínez 13 – Peña 14 – Solórzano  65' 15 – Salgado 18 – Clark 30 – Osorio 31 – P. Arzú  63' Substitutes 8 – C. Martínez  28' 7 – Cárcamo  63' 9 – J. Martínez  65' Coach (HON) Medina	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Melvin Matamoros

• Real España won 5–3 on aggregated.

Marathón v Honduras Progreso

3 May 2017 Playoffs	Marathón	1–0	Honduras Progreso	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 CST	Vargas 90+4' Starting XI (GK) Torres – 25 Córdova – 3 Fernandes – 4 Norales – 5  80' Rodríguez – 7 Martínez – 8  64' Barbosa – 9 López – 12  78' Fuentes – 17 Berríos – 19 Arboleda – 27 Substitutes  64' Argueta – 14  78' Banegas – 16  80' Vargas – 20 Coach Keosseián (URU)	Report	Starting XI 18 – Cárcamo (GK) 1 – P. Martínez 6 – Delgado 8 – Cardona 10 – Morales  85' 11 – Elvir  64' 12 – Acevedo 21 – Smith 22 – Duarte 31 – Sánchez 38 – H. Martínez  57' Substitutes 13 – Britto  57' 23 – Mencía  64' 15 – López  85' Coach (HON) Cruz	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Óscar Moncada

Honduras Progreso v Marathón

6 May 2017 Playoffs	Honduras Progreso	1–0	Marathón	El Progreso, Yoro
19:15 CST	Britto 31' Starting XI (GK) Cárcamo – 18 Martínez – 1 Delgado – 6 Cardona – 8  76' Morales – 10  62' Elvir – 11 Acevedo – 12 Britto – 13 Smith – 21 Duarte – 22 Sánchez – 31 Substitutes  62' Gómez – 16  76' Mencía – 23 Coach Cruz (HON)	Report	Starting XI 1 – Bodden (GK) 2 – Bernárdez 3 – Córdova 4 – Fernandes 5 – Norales 7 – Rodríguez  68' 8 – Martínez 12 – López 16 – Banegas 17 – Fuentes 27 – Arboleda Substitutes 14 – Argueta  68' Coach (URU) Keosseián	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Armando Castro

• Honduras Progreso 1–1 Marathón on aggregated; Honduras Progreso advanced on regular season performance.

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Honduras Progreso v Olimpia

11 May 2017 Semifinals	Honduras Progreso	4–2	Olimpia	El Progreso, Yoro
19:15 CST	Elvir 6' 58' Cardona 43' Sánchez 67' Starting XI (GK) Cárcamo – 18 Martínez – 1 Delgado – 6 Cardona – 8 Morales – 10 Elvir – 11 Acevedo – 12 Britto – 13 Smith – 21 Duarte – 22 Sánchez – 31 Substitutes Coach Cruz (HON)	Report	2' 47' (pen.) Alvarado Starting XI 28 – Escober (GK) 4 – de Souza 6 – Alvarado 8 – Garrido 13 – Costly 20 – López 26 – Salas 29 – Mejía 30 – Palacios 32 – García  61' 33 – Chirinos Substitutes 24 – Flores  61' Coach (ARG) Vargas	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Olimpia v Honduras Progreso

13 May 2017 Semifinals	Olimpia	2–2	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 CST	Chirinos 16' Alvarado 65' (pen.) Starting XI (GK) Escober – 18 de Souza – 4 Alvarado – 6  86' Garrido – 8 Méndez – 10 Costly – 13 López – 20  58' Rojas – 21 Mejía – 29 Palacios – 30 Chirinos – 33 Substitutes  58' Estupiñán – 18  86' Salas – 26 Coach Vargas (ARG)	Report	45' Britto 83' Mencía Starting XI 18 – Cárcamo (GK) 1 – P. Martínez 6 – Delgado 8 – Cardona 10 – Morales  59' 11 – Elvir  74' 13 – Britto  52' 16 – Gómez 21 – Smith 22 – Duarte 31 – Sánchez Substitutes 15 – López  52' 38 – H. Martínez  59' 23 – Mencía  74' Coach (HON) Cruz	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Orlando Hernández

• Honduras Progreso won 6–4 on aggregated.

Real España v Motagua

11 May 2017 Semifinals	Real España	1–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Cardozo 11' Starting XI (GK) López – 22 Acosta – 6  60' Ursino – 10 Vargas – 13 Claros – 17  80' López – 19 Arévalo – 20  75' Delgado – 23 Cardozo – 35 Barahona – 44 Romero – 54 Substitutes  60' Benavídez – 38  75' Tejeda – 11  80' Altamirano – 14 Coach Maradiaga (HON)	Report	14' Discua 87' López Starting XI 19 – Rougier (GK) 2 – Montes 3 – Figueroa 5 – Pereira 6 – Mayorquín 7 – Discua 10 – Andino  76' 11 – Vega 16 – Castellanos 24 – Elvir 27 – F. Crisanto  72' Substitutes 18 – W. Crisanto  72' 34 – López  76' Coach (ARG) Vásquez	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Nelson Salgado

Motagua v Real España

14 May 2017 Semifinals	Motagua	2–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Mayorquín 80' Elvir 88' Starting XI (GK) Rougier – 19 Montes – 2 Figueroa – 3 Pereira – 5  85' Mayorquín – 6 Discua – 7 Andino – 10 Vega – 11 Castellanos – 16 Elvir – 24  63' F. Crisanto – 27 Substitutes  63' W. Crisanto – 18 López – 34  85' Reyna – 14 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	17' Cardozo 86' Tejeda Starting XI 22 – L. López (GK) 6 – Acosta 11 – Tejeda 13 – Vargas 17 – Claros  84' 19 – I. López 20 – Arévalo 23 – Delgado  78' 35 – Cardozo  82' 44 – Barahona 54 – Romero Substitutes 7 – Borjas  78' 38 – Benavídez  82' 9 – Arita  84' Coach (HON) Maradiaga	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Raúl Castro

• Motagua won 4–3 on aggregated.

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Honduras Progreso v Motagua

20 May 2017 Final	Honduras Progreso	1–4	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
19:15 CST	Morales 24' Starting XI (GK) Cárcamo – 18 P. Martínez – 1 Delgado – 6 Cardona – 8  68' Morales – 10  61' Elvir – 11  73' Britto – 13 Gómez – 16 Smith – 21 Duarte – 22 Sánchez – 31 Substitutes  61' Mencía – 23  68' H. Martínez – 38  73' López – 15 Coach Cruz (HON)	Report	31' 90+4' Vega 63' Andino 69' Discua Starting XI 19 – Rougier (GK) 2 – Montes 3 – Figueroa 5 – Pereira 6 – Mayorquín  75' 7 – Discua 10 – Andino  71' 11 – Vega 16 – Castellanos 24 – Elvir 27 – F. Crisanto  81' Substitutes 34 – López  71' 14 – Reyna  75' 18 – W. Crisanto  81' Coach (ARG) Vásquez	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Óscar Moncada[24]

Motagua v Honduras Progreso

28 May 2017 Final	Motagua	3–0	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Andino 19' 49' Discua 74' Starting XI (GK) Rougier – 19 Montes – 2 Figueroa – 3 Pereira – 5 Mayorquín – 6 Discua – 7  73' Andino – 10 Vega – 11 Castellanos – 16  78' Elvir – 24  68' F. Crisanto – 27 Substitutes  68' W. Crisanto – 18  73' López – 34  78' Bernárdez – 31 Coach Vásquez (ARG)	Report	Starting XI 18 – Cárcamo (GK) 1 – P. Martínez  9' 6 – Delgado 8 – Cardona  54' 10 – Morales  54' 11 – Elvir 12 – Acevedo 13 – Britto 21 – Smith 22 – Duarte 31 – Sánchez Substitutes 7 – Alvarado  9' 23 – Mencía  54' 38 – H. Martínez  54' Coach (HON) Cruz	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

• Motagua won 7–1 on aggregated.

Top goalscorers

As of 28 May 2017

• 22 goals:

Rony Martínez (Real Sociedad)

• 20 goals:

Carlos Lanza (Juticalpa)

• 19 goals:

Carlo Costly (Olimpia)

• 18 goals:

Román Castillo (Motagua)

• 16 goals:

Ángel Tejeda (H. Progreso / Real España)

• 15 goals:

Erick Andino (Motagua)

• 13 goals:

Domingo Zalazar (Real España)

Javier Estupiñán (Olimpia)

• 12 goals:

Claudio Cardozo (Real España)

• 11 goals:

Brunet Hay (Platense)

Carlos Discua (Motagua)

• 10 goals:

Roby Norales (Platense)

Juan Rodríguez (Marathón)

• 9 goals:

Pablo Arzú (Real Sociedad)

Michaell Chirinos (Olimpia)

Alexander López (Olimpia)

Bryan Acosta (Real España)

• 8 goals:

Charles Córdoba (Marathón / Juticalpa)

Iván López (Real España)

Marco Vega (Motagua)

• 7 goals:

Romell Quioto (Olimpia)

Luis Lobo (Platense)

Walter Martínez (Marathón)

Wilmer Crisanto (Motagua)

Roger Rojas (Olimpia)

Jerrel Britto (Honduras Progreso)

• 6 goals:

Diego Reyes (Marathón)

Carlos Sánchez (Honduras Progreso)

Justin Arboleda (Marathón)

• 5 goals:

Bryan Róchez (Real España)

Henry Martínez (Real Sociedad)

Marlon Ramírez (Vida)

Pedro Mencía (Honduras Progreso)

Néstor Martínez (Platense / Social Sol)

Juan Ocampo (Juticalpa)

Edder Delgado (Real España)

César Guillén (Vida)

Frédixon Elvir (Honduras Progreso)

Jorge A. Cardona (Honduras Progreso)

• 4 goals:

Juan Montes (Motagua)

Óscar Salas (Olimpia)

Félix Crisanto (Motagua)

Alexander Aguilar (Juticalpa)

Santiago Vergara (Motagua)

Roy Smith (Honduras Progreso)

• 3 goals:

Esdras Padilla (Juticalpa)

Carlos Ramírez (Social Sol)

Víctor Moncada (H. Progreso / Real España)

Jerry Palacios (Vida)

Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)

Francisco Reyes (Social Sol)

Ever Alvarado (Olimpia)

Rony Flores (Juticalpa)

Jeancarlos Vargas (Platense)

Cholby Martínez (Vida)

Luciano Ursino (Real España)

Júnior Martínez (Real Sociedad)

Joshua Vargas (Marathón)

Reinieri Mayorquín (Motagua)

Édgar Álvarez (Platense)

Bayron Méndez (Olimpia)

Richard Dixon (Platense)

Maximiliano Osurak (Platense)

José Arévalo (Real España)

Roberto Riascos (Social Sol)

• 2 goals:

Aldo Oviedo (Juticalpa)

Cristopher Urmeneta (Social Sol)

Carlos Mejía (Olimpia)

Brayan Velásquez (Vida)

Horacio Parham (Juticalpa)

Jonathan Paz (Real Sociedad)

Samuel Córdova (Marathón)

Edgar Martínez (Social Sol)

Dabirson Castillo (Platense)

Marcelo Pereira (Motagua)

Franklyn Morales (Honduras Progreso)

Kenrick Cárcamo (Real Sociedad)

John Suazo (Marathón)

Nixon Duarte (Honduras Progreso)

Jorge J. Cardona (Platense)

Hilder Colón (Real Sociedad / Juticalpa)

Walter García (Olimpia)

César Oseguera (Real España)

Raúl Santos (Vida)

Irvin Reyna (Motagua)

Omar Elvir (Motagua)

Israel Silva (Marathón)

Sergio Peña (Real Sociedad)

Jorge Bengoché (Olimpia)

Frelys López (Honduras Progreso)

Carlos Bernárdez (Vida)

Getsel Montes (Platense)

Luis López (Platense)

Pastor Martínez (Honduras Progreso)

Mario Martínez (Social Sol)

Kevin López (Motagua)

• 1 goal:

Leonardo Isaula (Honduras Progreso)

Osman Chávez (Real España)

Gerson Díaz (Social Sol)

José Fonseca (Olimpia)

Kevin Álvarez (Olimpia)

Henrry Clark (Real Sociedad)

Cristopher Anariba (Honduras Progreso)

Nissi Sauceda (Vida)

Elvin Casildo (Olimpia)

Mario Berríos (Marathón)

Jairo Puerto (Marathón)

Darvis Argueta (Marathón)

Efraín López (Social Sol)

Cristhian Altamirano (Real España)

Richard Rodríguez (Vida)

Emiliano Forgione (Platense)

José Hernández (Juticalpa)

Carlos Solórzano (Real Sociedad)

Germy García (Honduras Progreso)

Juan Mejía (Juticalpa)

Douglas Martínez (Vida)

Bryan Johnson (Olimpia)

Leonardo Benedit (Social Sol)

Darwin Bermúdez (Honduras Progreso)

José García (Juticalpa)

Micher Antúnez (Social Sol)

Brayan Barrios (Marathón)

Mario Flores (Platense)

Óscar Medina (Platense)

Ian Osorio (Real Sociedad)

Gerson Rodas (Olimpia)

Víctor Berríos (Marathón)

Jhow Benavídez (Real España)

Davis Argueta (Marathón)

Héctor Castellanos (Motagua)

Shannon Welcome (Juticalpa)

José Canelas (Social Sol)

Wilfredo Barahona (Real España)

Romario Cavachuela (Social Sol)

Maylor Núñez (Platense)

Omar Salazar (Real España)

Hárlington Gutiérrez (Real Sociedad)

Allans Vargas (Real España)

Ángel Oseguera (Juticalpa)

Mario Ventura (Social Sol)

Elkin González (Real Sociedad)

Luis Alvarado (Honduras Progreso)

César García (Social Sol)

Elder Torres (Vida)

Henry Romero (Marathón)

Johny Rivera (Honduras Progreso)

Joshua Nieto (Platense)

Emere Robles (Social Sol)

Ángel Barboza (Marathón)

Juan Delgado (Honduras Progreso)

Fabián Arriaga (Platense)

• 1 own goal:

Dilmer Gutiérrez (Honduras Progreso)

Júnior Izaguirre (Motagua)

Yul Arzú (Real Sociedad)

• 2 own goals:

Bryan Johnson (Olimpia / Vida)

Aggregate table

Relegation is determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. The relegation was decided in the very last round as C.D. Social Sol draw 2–2 against C.D. Motagua and fall short two points behind C.D.S. Vida.^[25]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	23	7	6	82	47	+35	76	2017 CONCACAF League
2	Real España	36	18	9	9	60	42	+18	63
3	Motagua	36	16	14	6	65	45	+20	62	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
4	Honduras Progreso	36	16	7	13	51	57	−6	55	2017 CONCACAF League
5	Platense	36	14	10	12	51	51	0	52
6	Marathón	36	14	9	13	48	44	+4	51
7	Real Sociedad	36	13	11	12	49	46	+3	50
8	Juticalpa	36	5	14	17	47	63	−16	29
9	Vida	36	5	11	20	28	59	−31	26
10	Social Sol	36	4	12	20	29	56	−27	24	Relegation to the 2017–18 Liga de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Awards

The 2016–17 season awards were published on 17 November 2017 as follows:

• Best reserves coach: Francisco Pavón (C.D.S. Vida)
• Reserves MVP: Carlos Mejía (C.D.S. Vida)
• Reserves goalscorer: Darwin Arita (Platense F.C.)
• Rookie of the year: Jeancarlo Vargas (Platense F.C.)
• Top goalscorer: Rony Martínez (C.D. Real Sociedad)
• MVP: Carlos Discua (C.D. Motagua)
• Goalkeeper of the year: John Bodden (C.D. Marathón)
• Coach of the year: Diego Vásquez (C.D. Motagua)
• Referee of the year: Melvin Matamoros

References

1. LNPhn.com – ASAMBLEA DE LIGA SERÁ 17 Y 18 DE JUNIO – 27 May 2016
2. LaTribuna.hn – ¡Social Sol asciende a la primera división de Honduras! – 12 June 2016
3. Diez.hn – Platense se queda sin entrenador, Ariel Sena es anunciado por el Cobán de Guatemala – 13 May 2016
4. Tiempo.hn – ¡Platense elige a Reynaldo Clavasquin como su nuevo técnico! – 30 May 2016
5. LaPrensa.hn – Miguel Falero: "No coincidía con cierta filosofía de algunos integrantes del equipo" – 24 May 2016
6. Tiempo.hn – OFICIAL: Mauro Reyes es el nuevo técnico del Real España – 27 May 2016
7. LaPrensa.hn – Tico Marvin Solano es el entrenador de la Real Sociedad – 3 June 2016
8. DiarioMas.hn – Real Sociedad contrata a Carlos Martínez como entrenador – 25 August 2016
9. DiarioMas.hn – Carlos Orlando Caballero separado del Social Sol – 19 September 2016
10. Tiempo.hn – Horacio Londoño renuncia a su cargo como técnico del Social Sol – 10 October 2016
11. DiarioMas.hn – Jorge Pineda nuevo técnico del Juticalpa FC – 24 November 2016
12. DiarioMas.hn – Manuel Keosseián es el nuevo entrenador de Marathón – 12 December 2016
13. DiarioMas.hn – Carlos Pavón es el nuevo técnico de Vida – 18 December 2016
14. LaPrensa.hn – "Primitivo" Maradiaga es el nuevo técnico del Real España – 16 January 2017
15. LaPrensa.hn – Carlos Pavón no seguirá en el Vida – 11 March 2017
16. Lnphn.com – LIGA NACIONAL ELABORARA CALENDARIO LA PRÓXIMA SEMANA – 30 June 2016
17. RadioHouse.hn – ¡Listo el calendario de la Liga Nacional! – 9 July 2016
18. ElHeraldo.hn – Olimpia remontó el juegoy vence 3-2 al Social Sol – 29 July 2016
19. LaTribuna.hn – En histórico juego Motagua y Honduras Progreso se van en blanco – 25 September 2016
20. Deportes.terra.com.ar – El Motagua campeón del Apertura de Honduras al ganar la final ante Platense Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine – 18 December 2016
21. ElHeraldo.hn – Motagua vs Platense también abrirán el Clausura 2016-17 – 10 December 2016
22. Tiempo.hn – Social Sol derrota al Marathon y se aferra por la permancencia en la LINA – 22 April 2017
23. Espn.com – Honduras stadium stampede: 4 fans die; police fire tear gas – 29 May 2017
24. "FIFA Referees News: Honduras : 2017 Torneo Clausura Final (1st leg)". 20 May 2017.
25. DiarioMas.hn – Social Sol no pudo con Motagua y se despide de la Liga Nacional – 29 April 2017

External links

• LNP Official