2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso
Season	2017–18
Dates	19 August 2017–2 June 2018
Champions	Apertura: Infop RNP; Clausura: Infop RNP
Promoted	Infop RNP
Relegated	Valle
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 2 June 2018.

The 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso was the 51st season of the Second level in Honduran football and the 16th under the name Liga Nacional de Ascenso. The tournament was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. As winners of both tournaments, Infop RNP was promoted to 2018–19 Honduran Liga Nacional.^[1]

Apertura[]

The Apertura tournament ran from 19 August to 30 December 2017.^[2] Infop RNP obtained the title after defeating Villanueva F.C. with a 2–1 aggregate score in the final series.^[3]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Social Sol	14	8	3	3	20	13	+7	27	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Yoro	14	7	2	5	19	16	+3	23	Qualification to the Play-offs
3	Tela	13	6	3	4	24	17	+7	21	Qualification to the Play-offs
4		14	6	3	5	23	19	+4	21
5	Arsenal	14	4	5	5	16	14	+2	17
6		14	5	2	7	21	25	−4	17
7	Victoria	14	5	1	8	12	21	−9	16
8	Trujillo	13	3	3	7	13	23	−10	12

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lepaera	10	6	2	2	17	9	+8	20	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Deportes Savio	10	5	4	1	20	9	+11	19	Qualification to the Play-offs
3	Pinares	10	5	1	4	14	12	+2	16	Qualification to the Play-offs
4	Real Juventud	10	2	5	3	9	12	−3	11
5	Olimpia Occidental	10	3	2	5	11	16	−5	11
6	Atlético Esperanzano	10	1	2	7	7	20	−13	5

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villanueva	14	7	4	3	21	14	+7	25	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Parrillas One	14	7	3	4	15	8	+7	24	Qualification to the Play-offs
3	Comayagua	14	6	4	4	25	20	+5	22	Qualification to the Play-offs
4	Atlético Choloma	14	7	1	6	15	18	−3	22
5	Atlético Limeño	14	5	6	3	23	18	+5	21
6		14	5	3	6	18	20	−2	18
7	Atlético Municipal	14	4	1	9	14	24	−10	13
8		14	2	4	8	11	20	−9	10

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Infop RNP	12	8	0	4	16	9	+7	24	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Olancho	12	6	3	3	22	14	+8	21	Qualification to the Play-offs
3	Broncos del Sur	12	4	3	5	14	15	−1	15	Qualification to the Play-offs
4	Valle	12	2	8	2	19	17	+2	14
5	Gimnástico	12	3	5	4	15	17	−2	14
6		12	2	6	4	19	19	0	12
7	Municipal Valencia	12	2	5	5	14	28	−14	11

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Postseason[]

Play-offs[]

9 November 2017	Comayagua	1–1	Olancho	showComayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

12 November 2017	Olancho	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	Comayagua	showCatacamas
				Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

9 November 2017	Broncos del Sur	2–0	Parrillas One	showCholuteca
19:00				Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse

12 November 2017	Parrillas One	4–0 (4–2 agg.)	Broncos del Sur	showTela
				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

12 November 2017	Tela	1–0	Deportes Savio	showTela
				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

15 November 2017	Deportes Savio	5–1 (5–2 agg.)	Tela	showSanta Rosa de Copán
				Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

12 November 2017	Pinares	0–0	Yoro	showCholuteca
				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

15 November 2017	Yoro	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Pinares	showYoro
				Stadium:

Quarterfinals[]

18 November 2017	Comayagua	4–2	Social Sol	showComayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

23 November 2017	Social Sol	3–1 (5–5 agg.) (6–5 p)	Comayagua	showOlanchito
19:00				Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

19 November 2017	Parrillas One	2–1	Lepaera	showTela
15:00				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

23 November 2017	Lepaera	0–1 (1–3 agg.)	Parrillas One	showLepaera
19:00				Stadium:

19 November 2017	Deportes Savio	0–1	Villanueva	showSanta Rosa de Copán
15:00			9'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

24 November 2017	Villanueva	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 agg.)	Deportes Savio	showVillanueva
18:30				Stadium:

19 November 2017	Yoro	2–2	Infop RNP	showYoro
14:00				Stadium:

24 November 2017	Infop RNP	5–3 (7–5 agg.)	Yoro	showTegucigalpa
19:00				Stadium:

Semifinals[]

13 December 2017	Infop RNP	1–0	Social Sol	showTegucigalpa
20:00	85'			Stadium:

16 December 2017	Social Sol	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (1–4 p)	Infop RNP	showOlanchito
19:00				Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

6 December 2017	Parrillas One	0–1	Villanueva	showSan Pedro Sula
15:00			85'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

10 December 2017	Villanueva	3–2 (4–2 agg.)	Parrillas One	showVillanueva
15:30	5' 38' 60'		41' 49' Parham	Stadium:

Final[]

28 December 2017	Villanueva	1–0	Infop RNP	showVillanueva
18:00	87' (o.g.)			Stadium:

30 December 2017	Infop RNP	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Villanueva	showTegucigalpa
20:15	8'			Stadium:

Clausura[]

The Clausura tournament was played in the first half of 2018.

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Postseason[]

Play-offs[]

18 April 2018	Arsenal	2–0	Deportes Savio	showCoxen Hole
15:00				Stadium: Coxen Hole Stadium

22 April 2018	Deportes Savio	2–0 (2–2 agg.) (3–0 p)	Arsenal	showSanta Rosa de Copán
15:00				Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

18 April 2018	Atlético Municipal	3–2		showSanta Cruz de Yojoa
15:30				Stadium:

22 April 2018		2–0 (4–3 agg.)	Atlético Municipal	showDanlí
14:30				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

18 April 2018	Gimnástico	2–3	Villanueva	showTegucigalpa
18:00				Stadium:

22 April 2018	Villanueva	1–1 (4–3 agg.)	Gimnástico	showVillanueva
17:00				Stadium:

18 April 2018	Lepaera	1–0		showLepaera
19:00				Stadium:

22 April 2018		1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Lepaera	showRoatán
14:30

Quarterfinals[]

27 April 2018	Villanueva	0–0	Pinares	showVillanueva
18:30				Stadium:

5 May 2018	Pinares	0–0 (0–0 agg.) (4–5 p)	Villanueva	showOcotepeque
15:00				Stadium:

28 April 2018	Lepaera	2–1	Infop RNP	showLepaera
15:30	Arriola 43' (pen.) Barrios 67'		86'	Stadium:

4 May 2018	Infop RNP	3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Lepaera	showTegucigalpa
19:00				Stadium:

29 April 2018	Deportes Savio	2–0	Parrillas One	showSanta Rosa de Copán
15:00	45'			Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

5 May 2018	Parrillas One	4–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 agg.)	Deportes Savio	showSan Pedro Sula
19:00	Hoyos 37' 81' 90+' 100'		28'	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

29 April 2018		1–1	Yoro	showDanlí
15:00				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

6 May 2018	Yoro	2–2 (3–3 agg.)		showYoro
14:00				Stadium:

Note: Yoro and Estrella Roja finished with a 3–3 aggregated score. Estrella Roja was disqualified for abandoning the second leg by not accepting a late penalty at the 89th minute.

Semifinals[]

12 May 2018	Villanueva	4–1	Parrillas One	showVillanueva
18:00				Stadium:

20 May 2018	Parrillas One	2–2 (3–6 agg.)	Villanueva	showSan Pedro Sula
15:00	67'		44' 58'	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

13 May 2018	Yoro	2–0	Infop RNP	showYoro
14:00				Stadium:

18 May 2018	Infop RNP	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Yoro	showTegucigalpa
20:00				Stadium:

Final[]

26 May 2018	Villanueva	0–2	Infop RNP	showVillanueva
17:00			15' 84'	Stadium:

2 June 2018	Infop RNP	2–2 (4–2 agg.)	Villanueva	showTegucigalpa
20:00	42' (pen.) 90+3'		51' (pen.) 63'	Stadium: Referee: Melissa Borjas

Promotion[]

As winners of both Apertura and Clausura, Infop RNP was automatically promoted to 2018–19 Honduran Liga Nacional and no promotion play off was required.

References[]

^ "¡Infop es el nuevo inquilino de la Liga Nacional de Honduras!". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
^ Diez.hn – Dortmund-Tela FC en Roatán abren el Grupo A de Liga de Ascenso en Honduras – 5 August 2017
^ "¡Batacazo! INFOP supera al Villanueva y es campeón del Ascenso en Honduras". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[1] "¡Infop es el nuevo inquilino de la Liga Nacional de Honduras!". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[2] Diez.hn – Dortmund-Tela FC en Roatán abren el Grupo A de Liga de Ascenso en Honduras – 5 August 2017

[3] "¡Batacazo! INFOP supera al Villanueva y es campeón del Ascenso en Honduras". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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