1999–2000 Honduran Liga Nacional

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]

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.

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

Palacios

Figueroa

Oseguera

Ortega (A)

Pineda (A)

Méndez

Ferreira

Villatoro

Rosales

Vallejo

Suazo

Federal

Medina

Carson

López

Trejo (C)

Colón

Martínez

Marathón

Reyes

Arzú

Trejo (A)

Medina

Suazo

Rudman

Murillo

Lemus

González

Naíf

Aguilar

Brown

Pacheco

Cacho

Rudman

Zúniga

Sabillón

Bustillo

Guifarro

Rosales

López

Fernández

Romero

Motagua

1 Vásquez

4 Izaguirre

6 Medina

20 Guevara

Caballero

Clavasquín

Bernárdez

Raudales

Muñoz

Romero

Guerrero

Chirinos

Martínez

Fuentes

Reyes

Lagos

Salinas

Moles

Rojas

Ramírez

Olimpia

11 Velásquez

Prono

Hernández (A)

Chacón

Espinoza

Marín

Membreño

Martins

Reneau (A)

Caballero

Tosello

Santamaría

Platense

James

Mejía

Plata

de Lima

de León

Centeno

Suazo

Cárcamo

Real España

Flores

Cruz (A)

Sumich

Hernández (C)

Morales

Mariano

Ramírez

Pineda

Delgado

Hernández

Zapata

Ortega (C)

Universidad

Reyes

Phillips

Plata

Pacini (A)

C. González

Díaz

J. González

Piota

Rodríguez

Victoria

Flores

Escobar

Zapata

J. Suazo

Bengoché

Perdomo

Ramírez

Fernández

Ramos

N. Suazo

Bernárdez

Fúnez

Lagos

Figueroa

Martínez

Reneau (C)

Pineda (C)

Vida

Cruz (C)

Alvarado

Arzú

Padilla

Contreras

Marson

Ocampo

Reyes

Monge

Martínez

Zapata

Pacini (C)

Apertura

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

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:

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		3–3	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–1
Motagua	3–1	1–1	1–0		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.

Motagua vs Vida

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

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9 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	3–2	Vida	Tegucigalpa, 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	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cárcamo Scott		Martins Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

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9 January 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, 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	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

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8 January 2000 2nd leg	Victoria	1–0	Broncos	La 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.

Motagua vs Broncos

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

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16 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	0–0	Broncos	Tegucigalpa, 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	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Perdomo  87'			Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 11,327

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15 January 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, 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.

Motagua vs Olimpia

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

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23 January 2000 2nd leg	Motagua	0–0 (6–5 p)	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,044 Referee: Marcio Carranza
	Penalties
	Clavasquín Guevara Chirinos Romero 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.

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:

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		2–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	6–1
Motagua	1–0	1–1	0–0		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]

Olimpia vs Federal

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

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9 July 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	4–0	Federal	Tegucigalpa, 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	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Rudman Naif		Cárcamo	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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9 July 2000 2nd leg	Platense	0–0	Marathón	Puerto 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	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

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

• Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.

Olimpia vs Federal

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

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26 July 2000 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–0	Federal	Tegucigalpa, 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	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara  ?' (pen.)		González	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Argelio Sabillón

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

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

Olimpia vs Motagua

20 August 2000

16:00 (UTC−06:00)

Motagua	1–1	Olimpia
Moles  83'		Caballero  85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 19,526

Referee: Vivian Rodríguez

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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: Argelio Sabillón

Olimpia

Motagua

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

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 – Carlos Rojas 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[lower-alpha 1]
2	Olimpia	36	20	11	5	53	28	+25	71	Qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF[lower-alpha 2]
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:
Notes:

1. 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.
2. Olimpia qualified to the 2001 Copa Interclubes UNCAF as best non-champion performance.

References

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