2008–09 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2008–09
Champions	Apertura:; Marathón (7th); Clausura:; Olimpia (22nd)
Relegated	Real Juventud
Champions League	Marathón; Olimpia; Real España
Matches played	192
Goals scored	468 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ferreira (13); Lalín (13)
Biggest home win	MAR 5–0 SAV
Biggest away win	VIC 0–4 MOT; MOT 0–4 VIC; HIS 0–4 MAR
Highest scoring	MAR 6–3 MOT
	← 2007–08 2009–10 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2009.

The 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 43rd Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format remained the same as the previous season. The tournament ran from 19 July 2008 to 24 May 2009. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. C.D. Marathón and Club Deportivo Olimpia won one tournament each and qualified to the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. Additionally, Real C.D. España also qualified with the best non-champion record as Belizean teams failed the CONCACAF stadium requirements.^[1]

2008–09 teams

Deportes Savio

Location of teams in 2008–09 season

A total of 10 teams competed in the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2007–08 season plus C.D. Real Juventud, promoted from the 2007–08 Liga de Ascenso.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Deportes Savio	Santa Rosa de Copán	Estadio Miraflores	3,000
Hispano	Comayagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda	10,000
Marathón	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano	37,000
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 Juventud	Santa Bárbara	Estadio Argelio Sabillón	5,000
Victoria	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000
Vida	La Ceiba	Estadio Nilmo Edwards	18,000

Deportes Savio also used Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila due to field renovations.
C.D. Motagua also used Estadio Marcelo Tinoco due to field renovations.
C.D. Olimpia also used Estadio Carlos Miranda due to field renovations.
C.D. Platense also used Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano due to a dispute between the club and the city of Puerto Cortés.

Apertura

Scouting reports

In the 2007–08 season, C.D. Platense suffered great adversity avoiding relegation in their last match. Their manager Nahúm Espinoza is the mastermind for which the 'dogfish' have changed their form of play and have transformed into a dangerous team aiming for great things. A key benchmarks for Platense is midfielder Carlos Mejía, with his talent will try to carry the team on a good path and hopefully a fight for the title. Platense has not fallen behind in signing new players for this tournament. New arrivals include Edilson Pereira, who played previously with Deportes Savio, Willian Veloso, who has shown in preseason matches to be a prominent goalscorer, and Evandro Ferreira, with his speed will try to unbalance the opposing defenses. To add to this is the experience of Walter López, who will be in charge of creating plays and give dynamism to the goalkeepers.

Despite C.D. Victoria's manager Javier Padilla insisting the main objective is save their position, the fans think the opposite because they know they have a good lineup to aspire for more. The fans think of nothing more than to lift another trophy, considering that Victoria maintains the fundamental parts of the team from the previous tournaments. They have reinforced the squad with talented and nationally experienced players like José Pineda, Juan Cárcamo, and Carlos Discua. They also signed the Uruguayans Richard Pérez and Mauricio Webber and have promoted from their reserves forwards Erick Ayala and Víctor Maldonado. With their current squad, Victoria can reach at the least the playoff round to satisfy their fans, who expected something more dignified in the previous tournament but finished in sixth place despite the strong investment from their patroness. The team had a good preseason and aims to bring honor to their name.

Recently promoted C.D. Real Juventud have prepared for one goal: to maintain the position in the league. Since their establishment on 30 May 30 1965, the team never had the opportunity to be able to ascend and play in the Liga Nacional but they now find the opportunity to assemble their own history. Their manager Emilio Umanzor have stated in addition to staying in the league, the team will try to classify as one of the best four in the league and not playing a relegation battle like the majority of the sporting people and press have insisted. Real Juventud arrives with great expectations for the Apertura tournament. Real Juventud will fall upon the success of their Liga de Ascenso campaign and aim for decent position.

A team with the squad and budget of Deportes Savio obviously won't compete for the title. This does not stop them from causing harm to other clubs with greater aspirations. They will be playing their home matches on an unfamiliar field: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila in Siguatepeque, since their stadium is being remodeled. A key loss for the team is the Brazilian Edilson Pereira who signed with Platense. On the other hand, important arrivals include goalie Hugo Caballero, the midfielders Marco Mejía and Elmer Marín, and forward Édgar Núñez. Deportes Savio will seek to grab points early on to avoid suffering like the previous tournament and with that seek, maybe not the playoff rounds, but their permanency in the league.

C.D.S. Vida will participate in the tournament with a modest team filled with prospects that intend to shine in the league. The directive administration will wage at their inferior categories that they intend to remain in the league. The challenges their manager Alberto Romero faces are difficult because he must erase the frustration from the fans and support the team's president character, who at the moment of saying things says it first and then thinks. The team president and manager have clashed before with Romero threatening to quit the team due to some unilateral decision but soon was resolved. Vida had a good preseason with many matches in the United States and Guatemala.

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	18	10	6	2	33	18	+15	38^[a]	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Marathón	18	9	5	4	26	20	+6	32
3	Motagua	18	9	3	6	24	21	+3	30
4	Olimpia	18	8	5	5	19	17	+2	29
5	Deportes Savio	18	8	5	5	24	19	+5	28^[b]
6	Hispano	18	7	4	7	31	28	+3	25
7	Platense	18	6	5	7	22	25	−3	23
8	Victoria	18	6	4	8	22	27	−5	22
9	Real Juventud	18	3	3	12	13	24	−11	12
10	Vida	18	1	6	11	10	25	−15	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España +2 points.
^ Deportes Savio −1 point.

Results

As of 22 November 2008

Home \ Away	SAV	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RJU	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1
Hispano	2–1		1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–3	2–0	5–3	2–0
Marathón	2–2	0–2		4–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Motagua	0–2	2–1	2–0		2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–4	1–0
Olimpia	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–2		2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0
Platense	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2		0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Real España	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–2	2–2	4–0		3–1	1–1	2–0
Real Juventud	0–3	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1		2–0	0–1
Victoria	1–0	1–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		1–0
Vida	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–1

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

Match details

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
26 July 2008	Marathon	2:1	Platense	2116
26 July 2008	Victoria	0:4	Motagua	3355
27 July 2008	Deportes Savio	0:1	Real Espana	1500
27 July 2008	Real Juventud	0:1	Vida	1920
27 July 2008	Olimpia	0:0	Hispano	2167

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
30 July 2008	Platense	2:1	Victoria	-
30 July 2008	Marathón	1:0	Real Juventud	2269
30 July 2008	Motagua	2:1	Hispano	1363
30 July 2008	Vida	2:3	Real Espana	2287
31 July 2008	Deportes Savio	0:1	Olimpia	2,316

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
August 2, 2008	Real España	2:2	Marathón	8423
August 2, 2008	Hispano	2:0	Vida	953
August 2, 2008	Victoria	1:0	Deportes Savio	875
August 2, 2008	Platense	2:2	Olimpia	3589
August 2, 2008	Real Juventud	1:1	Motagua	3305

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
August 6, 2008	Platense	1:1	Deportes Savio	1594
August 6, 2008	Victoria	1:1	Olimpia	2852
August 6, 2008	Marathón	1:1	Vida	1141
August 6, 2008	Hispano	2:0	Real Juventud	1208
August 6, 2008	Motagua	0:0	Real Espana	2090

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
9 August 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Hispano	440
9 August 2008	Olimpia	0:1	Marathon	1487
9 August 2008	Vida	1:1	Motagua	2709
9 August 2008	Real Espana	4:0	Platense	2168
9 August 2008	Real Juventud	2:0	Victoria	1223

Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
16 August 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Marathon	2441
16 August 2008	Hispano	5:3	Victoria	1186
16 August 2008	Vida	1:1	Platense	1,729
16 August 2008	Real Espana	3:1	Real Juventud	3188
11 September 2008	Motagua	2:0	Olimpia	4714

Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
23 August 2008	Marathón	4:0	Motagua	2187
23 August 2008	Victoria	1:0	Vida	4202
24 August 2008	Platense	2:2	Hispano	1272
24 August 2008	Olimpia	2:1	Real Espana	3686
24 August 2008	Real Juventud	0:3	Deportes Savio	1165

Round 8

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
30 August 2008	Real Espana	2:2	Hispano	2,016
30 August 2008	Victoria	2:2	Marathon	1,900
30 August 2008	Deportes Savio	1:1	Vida	134
30 August 2008	Motagua	1:0	Platense	916
30 August 2008	Real Juventud	0:0	Olimpia	2,711

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
7 September 2008	Platense	2:1	Real Juventud	1,241
7 September 2008	Real Espana	1:1	Victoria	1,858
7 September 2008	Vida	0:1	Olimpia	2,780
7 September 2008	Hispano	1:2	Marathon	1,102
7 September 2008	Motagua	0:2	Deportes Savio	1,500

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
13 September 2008	Real Espana	2:0	Deportes Savio	2114
13 September 2008	Vida	1:2	Real Juventud	831
14 September 2008	Hispano	3:1	Olimpia	1881
14 September 2008	Motagua	0:4	Victoria	1330
14 September 2008	Platense	1:2	Marathon	2584

Round 11

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
20 September 2008	Victoria	1:2	Platense	1302
20 September 2008	Real España	2:0	Vida	1857
21 September 2008	Hispano	1:3	Motagua	2248
21 September 2008	Real Juventud	0:1	Marathón	1709
21 September 2008	Olimpia	2:0	Deportes Savio	1536

Round 12

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
27 September 2008	Marathon	0:2	Real Espana	9335
27 September 2008	Vida	1:1	Hispano	507
27 September 2008	Platense	1:2	Olimpia	3518
27 September 2008	Deportes Savio	3:1	Victoria	135
27 September 2008	Motagua	2:1	Real Juventud	1134

Round 13

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
4 October 2008	Vida	1:3	Marathón	811
4 October 2008	Real España	3:2	Motagua	5436
5 October 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Platense	2204
5 October 2008	Real Juventud	3:1	Hispano	535
5 October 2008	Olimpia	2:1	Victoria	1107

Round 14

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
18 October 2008	Marathon	1:0	Olimpia	6650
18 October 2008	Victoria	1:0	Real Juventud	369
19 October 2008	Motagua	1:0	Vida	1675
19 October 2008	Platense	0:1	Real Espana	2356
19 October 2008	Hispano	2:1	Deportes Savio	225

Round 15

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
25 October 2008	Marathón	2:2	Deportes Savio	1,369
25 October 2008	Victoria	1:2	Hispano	91
26 October 2008	Olimpia	0:2	Motagua	10,760
26 October 2008	Platense	2:0	Vida	449
26 October 2008	Real Juventud	0:1	Real Espana	1,480

Round 16

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1 November 2008	Real Espana	2:2	Olimpia	6521
1 November 2008	Vida	0:1	Victoria	1643
1 November 2008	Hispano	1:2	Platense	1189
1 November 2008	Motagua	2:0	Marathon	4836
1 November 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Real Juventud	1825

Round 17

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
16 November 2008	Hispano	2:3	Real Espana	1059
16 November 2008	Platense	1:0	Motagua	1326
16 November 2008	Vida	0:0	Deportes Savio	390
16 November 2008	Marathon	1:1	Victoria	521
16 November 2008	Olimpia	1:0	Real Juventud	2952

Round 18

Date	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
23 November 2008	Victoria	1:0	Real España	317
23 November 2008	Marathon	0:2	Hispano	529
23 November 2008	Real Juventud	1:1	Platense	275
23 November 2008	Olimpia	2:0	Vida	2614
23 November 2008	Deportes Savio	2:1	Motagua	1920

On 12 August, Real España obtained 2 additional points and Deportes Savio had 1 deducted for fielding an ineligible player in round 1; the goal records of both clubs remain unchanged.

Postseason

Semifinals

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

26 November 2008 1st leg	Olimpia	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30	García 22' Turcios 80'		90+2' Lalín	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 8,696 Referee: Mario Moncada

2 December 2008 2nd leg	Real España	3–2	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30	Pavón 44' 60' Lalín 83'		24' Núñez 52' Bruschi	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 6,449 Referee: José Molina

Real España 4–4 Olimpia on aggregated. Real España advanced on regular season record.

27 November 2008 1st leg	Motagua	1–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30	Castillo 64'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

3 December 2008 2nd leg	Marathón	1–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30	Norales 57'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 7,643 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Marathón 1–1 Motagua on aggregated. Marathón advanced on regular season record.

Final

1st seeded	Agg.	2nd seeded	1st leg	2nd leg
Real España	1–2	Marathón	0–1	1–1

7 December 2008 1st leg	Marathón	1–0	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Mejía 58'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 13,429 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Marathón

Real España



GK	27	Juan Obelar
RB	–	Erick Norales
CB	–	Mario Beata
CB	–	Óscar Bonilla
LB	–	Marvin Chávez
CM	–	Mariano Acevedo
CM	–	Reinieri Mayorquín
CM	13	Dennis Ferrera
CM	19	Mario Berríos
SS	–	Carlos Mejía
CF	–	Milton Núñez
Substitutions:
FW	–	Andy Furtado
FW	–	Saúl Martínez
MF	–	Arnold Solórzano
Manager:
Manuel Keosseián



GK	–	Marcelo Macías
RB	–	Nery Medina
CB	–	Marlon Peña
CB	–	Elder Valladares
LB	–	Carlos Palacios
CM	–	Elkin González
CM	–	Alex Andino
CM	–	Carlinho
CM	–	Mario Rodríguez
CF	–	Carlos Pavón
CF	–	Everaldo Ferreira
Substitutions:
FW	–	Allan Lalín
MF	–	Mario Martínez
FW	–	Edmilson da Silva
Manager:
Mario Zanabria

13 December 2008 2nd leg	Real España	1–1	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30	Ferreira 33'		90+2' Berríos	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 19,000 Referee: José Molina

Real España

Marathón



GK	-	Marcelo Macías
RB	–	Nery Medina
CB	–	Marlon Peña	90'
CB	–	Elder Valladares
LB	–	Carlos Palacios
DM	–	Mario Rodríguez
CM	–	Alex Andino
CM	–	Elkin González
CM	–	Carlinho
CF	–	Allan Lalín
CF	–	Everaldo Ferreira
Substitutions:
FW	–	Carlos Pavón
Manager:
Mario Zanabria



GK	27	Juan Obelar
RB	23	Mauricio Sabillón
CB	–	Erick Norales
CB	–	Mario Beata
LB	–	Óscar Bonilla
DM	–	Reinieri Mayorquín
CM	19	Mario Berríos
RM	–	Mariano Acevedo
LM	–	Marvin Chávez
SS	–	Carlos Will Mejía
CF	–	Milton Núñez
Substitutions:
FW	–	Jerry Palacios	90'
Manager:
Manuel Keosseián

Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.

Honduran Liga Nacional 2008–09 Apertura champion
C.D. Marathón 7th title

Top goalscorers

As of 13 December 2008

13 goals

Everaldo Ferreira (Real España)

9 goals

Marcelo Cabrita (Platense)

8 goals

Leonardo Isaula (Hispano)
Allan Lalín (Real España)

7 goals

Mauricio Copete (Victoria)
Ney Costa (Deportes Savio)
Milton Ruiz (Hispano)

6 goals

Oscar Torlacoff (Motagua)
Ramiro Bruschi (Olimpia)
Carlos Pavón (Real España)

5 goals

Saúl Martínez (Marathón)
Nicolás Cardozo (Vida)
Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua)
Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano)
Nery Medina (Real España)
Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)
Carlos Will Mejía (Marathón)

4 goals

Marvin Chávez (Marathón)
Jorge Lozano (Deportes Savio)

3 goals

Mario Rodríguez (Real España)
Marcelo Cabecao (Hispano)
Mauricio Sabillón (Marathón)
Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Victoria)
Georgie Welcome (Motagua)
Evandro Ferreira (Platense)
Danilo Turcios (Olimpia)
Carlos Paez (Real Juventud)

2 goals

Oscar Vargas (Vida)
Mario Euceda (Deportes Savio)
Carlos Discua (Victoria)
Harrison Róchez (Deportes Savio)
Charles Córdova (Real Juventud)
Carlos Morán (Victoria)
Mauricio Weber (Victoria)
Adán Ramírez (Platense)
Reinaldo Tilguath (Motagua)
Milton Núñez (Marathón)
Javier Portillo (Hispano)
Marcelo Ferreira (Platense)
David Molina (Motagua)
Ninrod Medina (Victoria)
Juliano Rangel (Deportes Savio)
Carlos Navarro (Real Juventud)
Mariano Acevedo (Marathón)
Oscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio)
David Meléndez (Real Juventud)
Ramón Núñez (Olimpia)
Erick Norales (Marathón)

1 goal

Rubén Rivera (Motagua)
Willian Veloso (Platense)
Miguel Castillo (Motagua)
Orvin Paz (Marathón)
Lenín Suárez (Deportes Savio)
Diktmart Hernández (Victoria)
Bani Lozano (Platense)
Shannon Welcome (Motagua)
Carlos Dias (Real España)
Maynor Gómez (Real Juventud)
Rubén Matamoros (Hispano)
Walter Hernández (Olimpia)
Edilson Pereira (Platense)
Rony Morales (Olimpia)
John Pérez (Hispano)
Johnny Galdámez (Deportes Savio)
Nilberto da Silva (Motagua)
Francisco Díaz (Platense)
Elkin González (Real España)
Oscar Fortín (Deportes Savio)
Pablo Genovese (Hispano)
Gabriel Casas (Vida)
Juan Carlos García (Marathón)
Luis López (Marathón)
Edgar Núñez (Deportes Savio)
Luis Pérez (Platense)
Henry Bermúdez (Victoria)
Francisco Aguilar (Real Juventud)
Hendry Thomas (Olimpia)
Román Castillo (Vida)
Cristian Altamirano (Deportes Savio)
Ronald del Cid (Real Juventud)
Allan Kardeck (Olimpia)
Carlos Salinas (Vida)
Jerry Palacios (Marathón)
Angel Rodríguez (Real Juventud)
Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua)
Andy Furtado (Marathón)
Mario Martínez (Real España)
Fabio de Souza (Olimpia)
Abner Méndez (Hispano)
Erick Zepeda (Platense)
Henry Jiménez (Hispano)
Richard Pérez (Victoria)
Francisco Valladares (Motagua)
Víctor Arzú (Victoria)
Sergio Diduch (Hispano)
Oscar Bonieck García (Olimpia)
Fernando Castillo (Motagua)
Mario Berríos (Marathón)
Elroy Smith (Deportes Savio) (o.g.)

Squads

Club	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Deportes Savio	Yul Arzú, Hugo Caballero, José Manuel Portillo	Vicente Solórzano, Jorge Lozano, Oscar Fortín, Johnny Galdámez, Mario Padilla, Mario Euceda, Juliano de Andrade, Lenín Suárez	Elron Smith, Elmer Marín, Juan Manuel Coello, Oscar Zepeda, Christian Altamirano, Mario Chávez, Marco Mejía, Walter Villalobos, Anael Figueroa	Harrison Róchez, Edwin Jiménez, Ney Costa, Darwin Oliva, Kevin Portillo
Hispano	Kerpo de León, Pedro Alvarez, Emmanuel Díaz	Leonardo Morales, Darwin Pacheco, Esdras Padilla, Matías Espíndola, Eliud Membreño, Ronmel Murillo	Máximo Arzú, Johnny Arce, Tony Velasquez, Carlos Blandón, Edward Mejía, Pablo Genovese, Javier Portillo, Rubén Matamoros, David Alvarez, Leonardo Isaula	Henry Jiménez, Héctor Castro, Sergio Diduch, Rigoberto Padilla, Fredy Benítez, Marcelo Segales, Luis López, Marcelo López, Edilson Aguilar, Milton Ruiz
Marathon	Juan Angel Obelar, Víctor Coello, Kelvin Castillo	Dennis Ferrera, Pastor Martínez, Juan Carlos García, Astor Henríquez, Arnold Solórzano, Milton Palacios, Erick Norales, Mauricio Sabillón, Mario Beata, Luis Santamaría	Oscar Bonilla, Orvin Paz, Reinieri Mayorquín, Marvin Chávez, Mario Berríos, Mariano Acevedo, Pompilio Mejía, Franco Sosa, Carlos Oliva, Oscar Galeas	Milton Núñez, Jerry Palacios, Saúl Martínez, Andy Furtado, José Güity, Kurt Cárcamo, Carlos Will Mejía
Motagua	Ricardo Canales, Donaldo Morales, Rony García	Víctor Bernárdez, Samir García, Guillermo Díaz, Nilberto Da Silva, Roy Posas, David Molina, Steven Morris, Emilson Cruz, Aaron Bardales, Oscar Bernárdez	Jorge Claros, Fernando Castillo, Miguel Castillo, Luis Guzmán, Víctor Mena, Rubén Rivera, José Rivera, Ronald Martínez, Luis Rodas	Oscar Torlacoff, Jocimar, Richard Lloyd, Kevin Osorio, José Burgos, Shannon Welcome
Olimpia	Noel Valladares, Donis Escober, Gustavo Pineda	Jaime Rosales, Sergio Mendoza, Francisco Arévalo, Nahún Avila, Rony Morales, Yobani Avila, Fabio de Souza, Nahún Güity, Francisco López	Walter Hernández, Irvin Reyna, Samir Arzú, Wilfredo Barahona, Jesús Navas, Ramón Núñez, Danilo Turcios, Néstor Silva, Johnny Calderón	Wilmer Velásquez, Ramiro Bruschi, Allan Júnior, Erick Andino, Luis Garrido
Platense	Júnior Morales, Sandro Cárcamo	Odis Borjas, David Meza, Gabriel Hernández, Luis Urbina, Quiarol Arzú, Erick Zepeda, Osman Chávez, Luis Pérez, Manuel Doño, Francisco Díaz, Fredy Escobar	Pedro Domínguez, Adán Ramírez, Bany Lozano, Hendry Córdova, Irbin Guerrero, Misael Ruiz, Odis Borjas, Walter López, Edilson Pereira, Willian Veloso	Marcelo Dos Santos, Evandro Ferreira, Alexander Aguilar
Real España	Marcelo Macías, Orlin Vallecillo, Tomás Meléndez	Elder Valladares, Eric Vallecillo, Marlon Peña, Carlos Palacios, Maynor Martínez, Nery Medina, Andrés Morales, César Oseguera, Jeremy Hernández	Mario Rodríguez, Carlos Dias, Elkin González, Jorge Zaldívar, Alex Andino, Mario Martínez, Fairon Barahona, Fernando Mercado, Melvin Valladares, Eder Delgado, Dany Reyes	Carlos Pavón, Edmilson Da Silva, Everaldo Ferreira, Allan Lalín, Ramón Castillo, Héctor Flores, Fredy Sosa
Real Juventud	Adalid Puerto, José Orlando Rivera, José Luis Rosales, Elmer Canales	Júnior Turcios, Luis Castro, Kevin Sambulá, César Anariba, Rony Paz, Carlos Navarro, Juan Carlos Róchez, Lucio Argueta, Heber Argueta, Marlon Soto	David Rocha, David Meléndez, Luis Lagos, Juan Tablada, Gerson Martínez, Ronald Del Cid, Jorge Fúnez, Jair Aragón, Denovan Morales, Marcelo Monteiro, Rolando Figueroa, Carlos Páez, Carlos Castellanos	Randy Diamond, Charles Córdoba, Angel Rodríguez, Luciano Valerio, Julio Canales, Francisco Aguilar
Victoria	John Bodden, Diego Vásquez, Kenneth Zapata	Orleans Fúnez, Ninrol Medina, Júnior Izaguirre, Pablo Montes, Mario Gómez, Wilson Güity, Wilmer Crisanto, Cristian Batiz, Henry Bermúdez	Juan Raudales, Carlos Morán, Richard Pérez, Mauricio Webber, José L. Pineda, Odair Bernárdez, Dictmar Hernández, Pedro Fernández, David A. Doño	Juan Cárcamo, Carlos Discua, Johnny Avila, Leonel Maldonado, Erick Ayala
Vida	Williams Negrete, Obed Enamorado, Oscar Banegas	Angel Hill, Justo Norales, Brayan Beckeles, Carlos Arbizú, Gabriel Casas, Miguel Martínez, Arturo Avila, Walter Williams	Arnold Peralta, Borghi Arbizú, Carlos Salinas, Carlos Solórzano, Elvin López, Juan Pérez, Julio Ocampo, Orlin Peralta, Leslie Orozco	Nicolás Cardozo, Armando Mena, Román Castillo, Oscar Vargas, Jerry Bengton, Darian Alvarez, Darin Quin Lambert

The 2008–09 Clausura was the second part of the 2008–09 season of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the first division national football league in Honduras. The season started on 10 January 2009 and finished on 24 May 2009. It followed the 2008–09 Apertura season. The winner will compete in the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League.

Clausura

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	4	3	24	10	+14	37	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
2	Marathón	18	10	4	4	42	23	+19	34
3	Real España	18	8	6	4	20	12	+8	30
4	Vida	18	6	8	4	18	19	−1	26
5	Victoria	18	6	7	5	24	21	+3	25
6	Deportes Savio	18	5	5	8	17	21	−4	20
7	Real Juventud	18	4	7	7	15	21	−6	19
8	Motagua	18	4	7	7	13	21	−8	19
9	Platense	17	4	6	7	20	26	−6	18^[b]
10	Hispano	17	3	2	12	18	37	−19	11^[b]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Top 4 qualify to final round.
^ ^a ^b The match between Platense and Hispano from Round 18 was not played due to lack of interest.

On 2 May, Honduras was awarded a 3rd spot in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League due to lack of adequate stadia in Belize. The 3rd spot would go to the short tournament runner-up with the highest overall season points total. Because of Real C.D. Espana's overall season point total of 68 being highest in the league, they clinch a spot in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. Already a runner-up from Apertura 2008, it is guaranteed that the Clausura 2009 runner-up would not have a higher overall season point total than Real Espana.

Results

As of 2 May 2009

Home \ Away	SAV	HIS	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RJU	VIC	VID
Deportes Savio		1–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2
Hispano	1–1		0–4	1–2	1–4	3–5	0–1	3–2	2–1	4–2
Marathón	5–0	3–0		6–3	1–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	2–2	4–1
Motagua	0–2	1–0	0–1		0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0
Olimpia	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		3–0	0–2	0–0	3–1	0–0
Platense	0–1		1–2	4–3	1–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1
Real España	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0		2–1	1–1	0–1
Real Juventud	2–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2		0–0	0–0
Victoria	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0		1–1
Vida	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–3

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

Platense–Hispano not played due to irrelevance.

Match details

Round 1

10 January 2009