2012–13 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

The 2012–13 Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras season was the 34th edition of the Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras, the second division of football in Honduras. For this season, promotion was changed from a two-legged home-and-away match to a one-legged match in a neutral ground. Parrillas One was the promoted team to the 2013–14 Honduran Liga Nacional after defeating Juticalpa F.C. in penalties in Estadio Carlos Miranda in Comayagua.^[1]

Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Season	2012–13
Champions	Apertura: Juticalpa Clausura: Parrillas One
Promoted	Parrillas One
Relegated	North: Sonaguera South: Municipal Paceño
← 2011–12 2013–14 → All statistics correct as of 11 November 2012.

2012-13 teams

Teams from Zona Norte y Atlántica

• Arsenal (Roatan)
• Social Sol (Olanchito)
• Sonaguera FC (Sonaguera)
• Trujillo FC (Trujillo)
• Unión Sabá (Sabá)
• Yoro FC (Yoro)

Teams from Zona Norte y Occidente

• Atlético Municipal (San Francisco de Yojoa)
• Real Juventud (Santa Bárbara)
• CD Honduras (El Progreso)
• Olimpia Occidental (La Entrada)
• Parrillas One (Tela)
• Sula (La Lima)
• Villanueva FC (Villanueva)

Teams from Zona Central

• Atlético Esperanzano (La Esperanza)
• Atlético Independiente (Siguatepeque)
• Comayagua FC (Comayagua)
• Marcala FC (Marcala)
• Municipal Paceño (La Paz)
• Nuevo San Isidro (Choluteca)
• UPN (Tegucigalpa)

Teams from Zona Centro-Sur y Oriente

• Alianza de Becerra (San Francisco de Becerra)
• Atlético Olanchano (Catacamas)
• Juticalpa F.C. (Juticalpa)
• San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo)
• Olimpia B (Teupasenti)
• Valencia (Tegucigalpa)

Apertura

Quarterfinals

UPNFM v Atlético Municipal

9 November 2012 1st leg	UPNFM	3–3	Atlético Municipal	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)

Pumas v Yoro

10 November 2012 1st leg	Pumas	1–2	Yoro	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
18:00 (UTC−06:00)

Honduras Progreso v Comayagua

10 November 2012 1st leg	Honduras Progreso	2–1	Comayagua	El Progreso, Yoro
19:00 (UTC−06:00)

Unión Sabá v Juticalpa

11 November 2012 1st leg	Unión Sabá	3–1	Juticalpa	Sabá, Colón
15:00 (UTC−06:00)

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Yoro v Pumas

16 November 2012 2nd leg	Yoro	2–0	Pumas	Yoro, Yoro
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Yoreño
Note: Yoro won 4–1 on aggregate score

Atlético Municipal v UPNFM

16 November 2012 2nd leg	Atlético Municipal	5–1	UPNFM	Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Alex Pineda Chacón
Note: Atlético Municipal won 8–4 on aggregate score

Juticalpa v Unión Sabá

16 November 2012 2nd leg	Juticalpa	3–0	Unión Sabá	Juticalpa, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)
Note: Juticalpa won 4–3 on aggregate score

Comayagua v Honduras Progreso

16 November 2012 2nd leg	Comayagua	1–1	Honduras Progreso	Comayagua, Comayagua
(UTC−06:00)
Note: Honduras Progreso won 3–2 on aggregate score

Semifinals

Honduras v Atlético Municipal

23 November 2012 1st leg	Honduras	1-1	Atlético Municipal	El Progreso, Yoro
17:00 (UTC−06:00)	2-0	Report		Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

Yoro v Juticalpa

24 November 2012 1st leg	Yoro	1-1	Juticalpa	Yoro, Yoro
14:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Yoreño

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Atlético Municipal v Honduras

December 2012 2nd leg	Atlético Municipal	3-1	Honduras	San Francisco de Yojoa, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Alex Pineda Chacón
Note: Atlético Municipal won on aggregate score

Juticalpa v Yoro

2 December 2012 2nd leg	Juticalpa	2-1	Yoro	Juticalpa, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)	Ariel Alvarado 14' Rudy Williams	Report	Edwin León 19'	Stadium: Estadio Celio Guifarro Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
Note: Juticalpa won on aggregate score

Final

Atlético Municipal v Juticalpa

2012 1st leg	Atlético Municipal	2–3	Juticalpa	Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)			Jorge Núñez	Stadium: Estadio Alex Pineda Chacón

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Juticalpa v Atlético Municipal

December 2012 2nd leg	Juticalpa	4-1	Atlético Municipal	Juticalpa, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)	Jose Ocampo 53' Ariel Alvarado 58' Jorge Núñez 70' Carlos Lanza 80'	Report	2'	Stadium: Estadio Celio Guifarro
Note: Juticalpa won 7-3 on aggregate score

• Juticalpa won 7-3 on aggregate score.

Liga de Ascenso 2012–13 Apertura champion
Juticalpa FC 1st title

Clausura

Quarterfinals

Arsenal v UPNFM

27 April 2013 1st leg	Arsenal	2–1	UPNFM	Roatán, Islas de la Bahia
(UTC−06:00)		Report

Comayagua FC v Parrillas One

April 2013 1st leg	Comayagua FC	2–1	Parrillas One	Comayagua, Comayagua
(UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

Honduras v Juticalpa

April 2013 1st leg	Honduras	1-0	Juticalpa	El Progreso, Yoro
(UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

San Lorenzo v Yoro

April 2013 1st leg	San Lorenzo	v	Yoro	Yoro, Yoro
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Ángel Augusto Martínez

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UPNFM v Arsenal

4 May 2013 2nd leg	UPNFM	5–0	Arsenal	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)	Wilson Sorto Luis Valerio	Report
Note: Jaguares de UPN won 6–2 on aggregate score

Parrillas One v Comayagua FC

May 2013 2nd leg	Parrillas One	5–0	Comayagua FC	Tela, Atlántida
(UTC−06:00)	Gustavo Cálix Horacio Parham Johnny Gómez	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfredo León Gómez
Note: Parrillas One won 6–1 on aggregate score

Juticalpa v Honduras

May 2013 2nd leg	Juticalpa	4-0	Honduras	Juticalpa, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)	Jorge Núñez Jose Ocampo Bryan Figueroa Ovidio Lanza	Report
Note: Juticalpa won 4–1 on aggregate score

Yoro v San Lorenzo

May 2013 2nd leg	Yoro	2-1	San Lorenzo	Yoro, Yoro
(UTC−06:00)	César Zelaya Marlon Mencías	Report
Note: Yoro won on aggregate score

Semifinals

UPNFM v Parrillas One

10 May 2013 1st leg	UPNFM	4–1	Parrillas One	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)	Júnior Turcios Wilson Sorto	Report	Horacio Parham

Yoro v Juticalpa

12 May 2013 1st leg	Yoro	1-1	Juticalpa	Yoro, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Marlon Mancilla 64'	Report	Jose Medina 15'

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Parrillas One v UPNFM

17 May 2013 2nd leg	Parrillas One	6–0	UPNFM	Tela, Atlántida
(UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfredo León Gómez
Note: Parrillas One won 7–4 on aggregate score

Juticalpa v Yoro

19 May 2013 2nd leg	Juticalpa	2-4 (AET)	Yoro	Juticalpa, Olancho
13:00 (UTC−06:00)	Blas Hernández 24' Bryan Ramírez 80'	Report	Lagos 4' 46' Edwin León Kevin Fernández	Attendance: 1,506
Note: Match abandoned by Yoro at the 80th minute due to safety concerns. Final minutes played on May 30. Yoro won 5-3 on aggregate.

Finals

Yoro v Parrillas One

5 June 2013 1st leg	Yoro	0-0	Parrillas One	Yoro, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Yoreño

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Parrillas One v Yoro

9 June 2013 2nd leg	Parrillas One	1-0	Yoro	Tela, Atlántida
(UTC−06:00)	Barrios 15'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alfredo León Gómez

• Parrillas One won 1-0 on aggregate score.

Liga de Ascenso 2012–13 Clausura champion
Parrillas One 3rd title

Promotion Final

Parrillas One v Juticalpa

16 June 2013 Final leg	Parrillas One	1 – 1 (5 – 4 p)	Juticalpa	Comayagua, Comayagua
14:00 (UTC−06:00)	Parham 27'	Report	Ariel Alvarado 78'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Referee: Melvin Matamoros
	Penalties
	Solórzano Zamora Flores Leiva García		Mejía Alvarado Medina Ocampo Lanza

Parrillas One

Juticalpa

GK - Rony García DF - Allan Rivas DF - Gustavo Jiménez DF - Julio Barrios DF - Luis Cálix MF - Juan Romero  80' MF - Arnold Solorzano MF - José Leiva MF - Roger Hernández  65' FW - Horacio Parham  54' FW - Héctor Flores Substitutions: - - Wilson Rivera  54' - - Edwin Sierra  65' - - José Armando Cruz  81'  80' Manager: Luis Enrique Cálix

GK - Luis Sosa DF -' Wilson Romero DF - Carlos Amador DF - José Medina DF - Oscar Andrés Morales DF - Juan Ocampo MF - José Hernández MF - Marco Mejía MF - Jeffrey Brooks  65' FW - Ney Costa  54' FW - Ovidio Lanza Substitutions: - - Jorge Núñez  54' - - Ariel Alvarado  65' - - Herrera Manager: Roger Espinoza

Promotion winner
Parrillas One 1st time promoted

Relegation

Zona Norte

Sonaguera v Olimpia Occidental

2013 1st leg	Sonaguera	2-0	Olimpia Occidental	Sonaguera, Colón
(UTC−06:00)		Report

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Olimpia Occidental v Sonaguera

2013 2nd leg	Olimpia Occidental	4-1	Sonaguera	La Entrada, Copán
(UTC−06:00)		Report
Note: Olimpia Occidental won 4-3 on aggregate scored, securing league permanence.

• Sonaguera FC relegated.

Zona Centro-Sur

Valencia v Municipal Paceño

2013 1st leg	Valencia	2-0	Municipal Paceño	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio El Birichiche

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Municipal Paceño v Valencia

2013 2nd leg	Municipal Paceño	3-5	Valencia	La Paz, La Paz
(UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdoba
Note: Valencia won 7-3 on aggregate scored, securing league permanence.

• Municipal Paceño relegated.

References

1. Liga de Ascendo – Diez.hn Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine – 11 November 2012