2003–04 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2003–04 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 36th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The season was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura, being conquered by Real C.D. España and Club Deportivo Olimpia respectively.^[1]

Liga Nacional

Season	2003–04
Champions	Apertura: Real España Clausura: Olimpia
Relegated	Real Patepluma
UNCAF Interclub Cup	Real España Olimpia
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Danilo Tosello (13) Clausura: Luciano Emílio (10)
← 2002–03 2004–05 → All statistics correct as of 30 May 2004.

2003–04 teams

• Atlético Olanchano (Catacamas) promoted
• Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Real España (San Pedro Sula)
• Real Patepluma (Santa Bárbara)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• Victoria (La Ceiba)
• Vida (La Ceiba)

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from August to December 2003; Club Deportivo Olimpia and Real C.D. España qualified to the Final after they eliminated C.D. Marathón and C.D.S. Vida in the semifinals; once there, Real España obtained its 8th title under the management of Juan de Dios Castillo.^[2]

Regular season

Results

Home \ Away	OLA	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	PAT	UNI	VIC	VID
Atlético Olanchano		0–1	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–5	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1
Marathón	4–0		0–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–0
Motagua	1–0	0–1		1–2	2–2	4–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1
Olimpia	0–0	2–0	2–0		3–1	0–0	5–0	2–0	1–0	4–0
Platense	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		0–4	3–1	4–1	2–1	0–1
Real España	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–4	1–0		2–2	3–0	4–0	1–3
Real Patepluma	1–4	0–1	1–3	0–6	0–0	0–1		0–0	1–2	3–2
Universidad	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1		0–0	1–1
Victoria	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–4	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–2		0–2
Vida	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	13	4	1	40	7	+33	43	Qualified to the Final round
2	Real España	18	10	5	3	36	23	+13	35
3	Vida	18	8	5	5	23	20	+3	29
4	Marathón	18	8	4	6	21	16	+5	28
5	Motagua	18	7	3	8	22	22	0	24
6	Platense	18	5	7	6	20	23	−3	22
7	Universidad	18	4	9	5	14	20	−6	21
8	Victoria	18	3	7	8	19	29	−10	16
9	Atlético Olanchano	18	3	6	9	20	31	−11	15
10	Real Patepluma	18	2	4	12	15	40	−25	10

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2003. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Marathón

Marathón v Olimpia

4 December 2003 1st leg	Marathón	2–2	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Fernández 12' Pacini 48'		Palacios 5' Tosello 13'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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Olimpia v Marathón

7 December 2003 2nd leg	Olimpia	3–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Ferreira 34' M. Palacios 48' Palacios 72'		Pacini 29'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Olimpia won 5–3 on aggregate score.

Real España vs Vida

Vida v Real España

4 December 2003 1st leg	Vida	3–1	Real España	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Paradiso 16' Brooks 58' Arzú 77'		Pavón 83'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

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Real España v Vida

7 December 2003 2nd leg	Real España	3–0	Vida	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio 33' Oliva 44' Pavón 72'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

• Real España won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Final

Olimpia vs Real España

Real España v Olimpia

14 December 2003 1st leg	Real España	2–2	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio 38' 83'		Cárcamo 27' Tosello 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: Marcio Carranza

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Olimpia v Real España

21 December 2003 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Santana 81' Emílio 90'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,515 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Olimpia

Real España

GK – Donaldo González RB – Wilson Palacios CB – Milton Palacios SW – Rony Morales LB – Maynor Figueroa CM – Óscar Bonilla CM 8 José Luis Pineda CM – Elmer Marín AM 18 Danilo Tosello CF 9 Juan Manuel Cárcamo  80' CF 19 Marcelo Ferreira  61' Substitutions: MF – Reynaldo Tilguath FW 11 Wilmer Velásquez  61' FW – Jerry Palacios  80' Manager: José Herrera

GK – Júnior Morales RB – Sergio Mendoza CB – José Anthony Torres CB – Erick Vallecillo LB – Antonio Arita CM – Leonardo Isaula CM – Elkin González RM – Carlos Oliva  68' LM – Pedro Santana CF 20 Carlos Pavón CF 9 Luciano Emílio Substitutions: MF – Mario Chirinos  68' Manager: Juan de Dios Castillo

• Real España won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 2003–04 Apertura champion
Real España 8th title

Top goalscorers

13 goals

• Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)

12 goals

• Luciano Emílio (Real España)

10 goals

• Carlos Pavón (Real España)

9 goals

• Denilson Costa (Marathón)

8 goals

• José Pacini (Marathón)
• Pedrinho (Real España)

Clausura

On the Clausura tournament, C.D. Olimpia won its 17th domestic league by beating C.D. Marathón in the finals; Real Patepluma withdrew before the start of the regular season and were mathematically relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

Regular season

Results

Home \ Away	OLA	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Atlético Olanchano		2–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–4	1–2
Marathón	2–1		3–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–0
Motagua	2–1	1–0		2–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Olimpia	2–0	2–1	0–0		2–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–1
Platense	2–2	1–1	2–3	1–2		1–4	1–0	0–2	2–0
Real España	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–4	3–2		2–1	2–1	3–0
Universidad	2–0	0–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–0		2–1	0–0
Victoria	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–0		2–0
Vida	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	16	11	4	1	33	15	+18	37	Qualified to the Final round
2	Victoria	16	9	2	5	26	20	+6	29
3	Marathón	16	7	4	5	22	14	+8	25
4	Real España	16	7	3	6	28	25	+3	24
5	Motagua	16	6	5	5	22	20	+2	23
6	Platense	16	6	2	8	18	22	−4	20
7	Atlético Olanchano	16	3	5	8	21	30	−9	14
8	Vida	16	2	7	7	13	25	−12	13
9	Universidad	16	3	4	9	8	20	−12	13[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2004. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Universidad made only 8 goals during the Clausura tournament, a record in Liga Nacional.

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Real España

Real España v Olimpia

13 May 2004 1st leg	Real España	1–4	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Emílio		Cárcamo Velásquez	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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Olimpia v Real España

16 May 2004 2nd leg	Olimpia	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Cárcamo		Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Olimpia won 5–2 on aggregate score.

Victoria vs Marathón

Marathón v Victoria

12 May 2004 1st leg	Marathón	2–1	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Simovic Martínez		H. Flores	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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Victoria v Marathón

15 May 2004 2nd leg	Victoria	1–2	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Flores		C. Santamaría Costa	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

• Marathón won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Final

Olimpia vs Marathón

Marathón v Olimpia

22 May 2004 1st leg	Marathón	1–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez 70'		Cárcamo 65'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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Olimpia v Marathón

30 May 2004 2nd leg	Olimpia	1–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Tosello 32'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 30,254 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Olimpia

Marathón

GK – missing RB – missing RB – missing CB – missing CB – missing LB – Maynor Figueroa CM – Wilson Palacios AM 18 Danilo Tosello AM – missing CF 11 Wilmer Velásquez CF – Jerry Palacios Substitutions: Manager: José de la Paz Herrera

GK 1 Víctor Coello RB 23 Mauricio Sabillón CB 4 Anthony Torres CB 5 Darwin Pacheco LB 3 Behiker Bustillo DM 13 Dennis Ferrera CM 24 Luis Guifarro CM 19 Mario Berríos AM 7 Emil Martínez CF 17 Edgardo Simovic  59' CF 9 Cristian Martínez Substitutions: FW – Walter Martínez  59' Manager: Alfonso Rendón

• Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 2003–04 Clausura champion
Olimpia 17th title

Top goalscorers

10 goals

• Luciano Emílio (Real España)

Relegation

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments, the teams with less points at the end would be relegated to the Liga de Ascenso; however, Real Patepluma withdrew from the Clausura tournament due to a financial crisis and were automatically relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	34	24	8	2	73	22	+51	80	Qualified to the 2004 Copa Interclubes UNCAF[a]
2	Real España	34	17	8	9	64	48	+16	59
3	Marathón	34	15	8	11	43	30	+13	53
4	Motagua	34	13	8	13	44	42	+2	47
5	Victoria	34	12	9	13	45	49	−4	45
6	Platense	34	11	9	14	38	45	−7	42
7	Vida	34	10	12	12	35	44	−9	42
8	Universidad	34	7	13	14	22	40	−18	34
9	Atlético Olanchano	34	6	11	17	41	61	−20	29
10	Real Patepluma	18	2	4	12	15	40	−25	10	Relegation to the 2004–05 Liga de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2004. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Real España and Olimpia qualified to the 2004 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as champions of Apertura and Clausura respectively.

References

1. RSSSF.com–Honduras 2003/04–11 December 2009
2. HondurasFutbol.com–Campeones/Sub Campeones Liga Nacional, 1965 a la fecha Archived May 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine–21 December 2003

External links

• Lina.hn–Official website
• RSSSF.com–Honduras 2003/04