1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Apertura:; Motagua; Clausura:; Motagua
Relegated	Federal
Copa Interclubes UNCAF	Motagua; Olimpia
Matches played	204
Goals scored	507 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Wilmer Velásquez (12); Clausura:; Juan Cárcamo (14)
Biggest home win	Platense 8–0 Universidad; (10 June 2000)
Biggest away win	Federal 2–7 Motagua; (10 October 1999)
Highest scoring	Motagua 8–2 Vida; (30 September 1999)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 → All statistics correct as of 26 August 2000.

The 1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 35th season in the Honduran top division, the tournament was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) and it determined the 35th and 36th national champions in the league's history. The league games started 18 September 1999.^[1]

1999–2000 teams[]

C.D. Broncos (Choluteca)
C.D. Federal (Tegucigalpa) (promoted)
C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
C.D. Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Real C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
C.D. Victoria (La Ceiba)
C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

Squads[]

Broncos: Oseguera; (A); Pineda (A); Ferreira

Federal: Medina; Carson; (C)

Marathón: Reyes; Arzú; (A); Suazo; Rudman; Lemus; Naíf; Aguilar; Pacheco; Cacho; Zúniga; Sabillón; Guifarro; Rosales; Fernández

Motagua: 1 Vásquez; 4 Izaguirre; 6 Medina; 20 Guevara; Caballero; Clavasquín; Bernárdez; Raudales; Guerrero; Chirinos; Martínez; Fuentes; Reyes; Lagos; Ramírez

Olimpia: 11 Velásquez; Prono; (A); Chacón; Espinoza; Marín; Membreño; Martins; Reneau (A); Caballero; Tosello; Santamaría

Platense: James; Mejía; de León; Cárcamo

Real España: Flores; Cruz (A); (C); Morales; Ramírez; Pineda; (C)

Universidad: Phillips; Pacini (A)

Victoria: J. Suazo; N. Suazo; Reneau (C); Pineda (C)

Vida: Cruz (C); Ocampo; Martínez; Zapata; Pacini (C)

Apertura[]

The Apertura was the opening half of 1999–2000 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional.

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	18	10	7	1	39	16	+23	37	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	18	9	6	3	26	14	+12	33
3	Victoria	18	8	7	3	25	19	+6	31
4	Broncos	18	7	7	4	22	15	+7	28
5	Platense	18	6	7	5	24	24	0	25
6	Vida	18	6	4	8	18	30	−12	22
7	Universidad	18	4	7	7	20	23	−3	19
8	Marathón	18	3	8	7	16	22	−6	17
9	Real España	18	4	5	9	13	21	−8	17
10	Federal	18	1	6	11	18	37	−19	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 1999. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

As of 22 December 1999

Home \ Away	BRO	FED	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Broncos		3–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
Federal	1–1		0–1	2–7	0–3	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–3	1–2
Marathón	1–1	3–3			1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–1
Motagua	3–1	1–1			0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	8–2
Olimpia	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–0		4–3	0–0	3–1	1–2	2–0
Platense	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Real España	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	3–0	0–2		2–3	2–0	2–1
Universidad	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0		5–1	0–2
Victoria	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	5–2	0–0	2–1		3–0
Vida	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1

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

Final round[]

Hexagonal[]

Motagua vs Vida[]

6 January 2000 1st leg	Vida	1–1	Motagua	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

9 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	3–2	Vida	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.

Olimpia vs Platense[]

5 January 2000 1st leg	Platense	2–2	Olimpia	showPuerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cárcamo Scott		Martins Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

9 January 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia 2–2 Platense on aggregate; Olimpia advanced on better regular season record.

Victoria vs Broncos[]

5 January 2000 1st leg	Broncos	3–2	Victoria	showCholuteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

8 January 2000 2nd leg	Victoria	1–0	Broncos	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Victoria 3–3 Broncos on aggregate; Victoria advanced on better regular season record; Broncos advanced as best loser.

Semifinals[]

Motagua vs Broncos[]

12 January 2000 1st leg	Broncos	0–2	Motagua	showCholuteca, Choluteca
15:30 (UTC−06:00)			Guevara 18' Fuentes 40'	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos Attendance: 4,000

16 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	0–0	Broncos	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.

Olimpia vs Victoria[]

12 January 2000 1st leg	Victoria	1–0	Olimpia	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	87'			Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 11,327

15 January 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–0	Victoria	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Caballero 3' Martins 75'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 18,000

Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

Motagua vs Olimpia[]

19 January 2000 1st leg	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 24,351 Referee:

23 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	0–0 (6–5 p)	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,044 Referee:
	Penalties
	Clavasquín Guevara Chirinos Coello Fuentes Medina		Cruz Martins Williams

Motagua 0–0 Olimpia on aggregate; Motagua won by penalty shootouts.

Top scorer[]

Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia) with 12 goals.

Clausura[]

The Clausura tournament of the 1999–2000 season in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras started on 11 March 2000 at San Pedro Sula with a scoreless match between C.D. Marathón and C.D. Platense.

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	5	2	27	14	+13	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Platense	18	10	4	4	39	21	+18	34
3	Motagua	18	9	7	2	26	17	+9	34
4	Victoria	18	6	6	6	25	21	+4	24
5	Marathón	18	6	4	8	24	22	+2	22
6	Federal	18	5	7	6	26	29	−3	22
7	Broncos	18	6	4	8	20	25	−5	22
8	Real España	18	3	7	8	14	22	−8	16
9	Universidad	18	3	7	8	18	36	−18	16
10	Vida	18	3	5	10	18	30	−12	14

Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2000. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

As of 2 July 2000

Home \ Away	BRO	FED	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	UNI	VIC	VID
Broncos		1–0	2–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2
Federal	5–2		4–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–2
Marathón	2–2	1–2			0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	6–1
Motagua	1–0	1–1			3–3	3–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Olimpia	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1		0–0	2–0	3–2	2–1	0–0
Platense	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–3	1–3		0–0	8–0	3–2	3–2
Real España	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2		2–1	3–1	1–1
Universidad	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–4	1–1		0–3	1–0
Victoria	3–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2		1–0
Vida	2–1	0–0	0–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–2

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

Marathón–Real España suspended at 70' (2–0) as Real España had five players sent off. Result stood.^[2]

Final round[]

Hexagonal[]

Olimpia vs Federal[]

6 July 2000 1st leg	Federal	1–0	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

9 July 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	4–0	Federal	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate; Federal advanced as best losers.

Platense vs Marathón[]

6 July 2000 1st leg	Marathón	2–1	Platense	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Naif		Cárcamo	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

9 July 2000 2nd leg	Platense	0–0	Marathón	showPuerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.

Motagua vs Victoria[]

6 July 2000 1st leg	Victoria	1–2	Motagua	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

9 July 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	2–1	Victoria	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals[]

Olimpia vs Federal[]

26 July 2000 1st leg	Federal	1–2	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

26 July 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–0	Federal	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Motagua vs Marathón[]

Note: Motagua (3rd) had the right to play the second leg at home after finishing above Marathón (5th) in the regular season; Marathón however claimed they had to close the series at home after they defeated Platense in the Hexagonal who finished 2nd; eventually Motagua granted home-field advantage in the second leg at San Pedro Sula.^[3]

27 July 2000 1st leg	Motagua	1–1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara ?' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee:

30 July 2000 2nd leg	Marathón	1–1	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Naif		88'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua 2–2 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better regular season record.

Final[]

Olimpia vs Motagua[]

20 August 2000

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	1–1	Olimpia
83'		Caballero 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 19,526

Referee:

26 August 2000

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Olimpia	1–1	Motagua
Tosello 57' (pen.)		Clavasquín 79' (pen.)
Penalties
	2–3

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 37,371 (3,673,740.00 L)

Referee:

Olimpia

Motagua



GK	–	Carlos Prono
RB	–	Rudy Williams
CB	–
CB	–	Merlyn Membreño
LB	–	Samuel Caballero
CM	–
CM	–	José Pineda
CM	–	Alex Pineda
AM	–	Danilo Tosello
CF	–	Denilson Costa
CF	–	Wilmer Velásquez
Substitutions:
FW	–	Eduardo Arriola
MF	–
MF	–	Carlos Paez
Manager:



GK	–	Diego Vásquez
RB	–	Jorge Lozano
CB	–	Reynaldo Clavasquín
CB	–	Elmer Montoya
LB	–	Iván Guerrero
CM	–	Oscar Lagos
CM	–	Mario Chirinos
AM	–	Amado Guevara
RF	–	Francisco Ramírez
CF	–	Gustavo Fuentes
LF	–	Jairo Martínez
Substitutions:
GK	–	Hugo Caballero
MF	–	Juan Coello
FW	–
Manager:
Luis Reyes

Top scorer[]

Juan Manuel Cárcamo (Platense) with 14 goals

Relegation[]

Relegation was determined by the aggregate table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	36	19	14	3	65	33	+32	71	Qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF and 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup^[a]
2	Olimpia	36	20	11	5	53	28	+25	71	Qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF^[b]
3	Platense	36	16	11	9	63	45	+18	59
4	Victoria	36	14	13	9	50	40	+10	55
5	Broncos	36	13	11	12	42	40	+2	50
6	Marathón	36	9	12	15	40	44	−4	39
7	Vida	36	9	9	18	36	60	−24	36
8	Universidad	36	7	14	15	38	59	−21	35
9	Real España	36	7	12	17	27	43	−16	33
10	Federal	36	6	13	17	44	66	−22	31	Relegated to the 2000–01 Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2000. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Motagua qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as winner of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. They were also invited to the 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup as having the best attendances in the 1999–2000 season.
^ Olimpia qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as best non-champion performance.

References[]

^ RSSSF.com–Honduras 1999/00
^ "Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^ LaPrensa.hn–Las series están empatadas Archived 2012-09-04 at archive.today–23 November 2008

[table_note_res_C0.73606792173165-4] Motagua qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as winner of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. They were also invited to the 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup as having the best attendances in the 1999–2000 season.

[table_note_res_CIU0.73606792173165-5] Olimpia qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as best non-champion performance.

[1] RSSSF.com–Honduras 1999/00

[2] "Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[3] LaPrensa.hn–Las series están empatadas Archived 2012-09-04 at archive.today–23 November 2008

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