2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional
The 2001–02 season in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, Honduran Liga Nacional was divided into two phases, the Apertura tournament which lasted from September to December 2001, and the Clausura tournament which was played from January to May 2002. F.C. Motagua, C.D. Motagua and C.D. Marathón each lifted one trophy obtaining the 39th and 40th national championship respectively in the history of the league. 11 December 2009 This was the fourth season under the Apertura and Clausura format. 2001–02 teams * Deportes Savio (Santa Rosa de Copán) * C.D. Marathón, Marathón (San Pedro Sula) * F.C. Motagua, Motagua (Tegucigalpa) * Club Deportivo Olimpia, Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) * Platense F.C., Platense (Puerto Cortés) * Real Comayagua (Comayagua) ''(promoted)'' * Real C.D. España, ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liga Nacional De Fútbol De Honduras
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Comayagua
Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level. The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authorities to structure a territorial reorganization plan. Between the years of 1945 -1975 the population of the city quadrupled due to the high rate of population growth achieved at that time (4.8%) and to migratory movements in the interior of the country. In 2020 the estimated population of the city was 111,700. It is the capital of the Comayagua department of Honduras and it is noted for its wealth of Spanish Colonial architecture. The cathedral, at the central square, has the oldest clock in the Americas. Etymology Comayagua is known today as "''La Antañona''" by Hondurans. They call it that because in addition to being one of the oldest cities in Honduras, it still maintains a large part of its buildings with architectural value from the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wilmer Velásquez
Wilmer Raynel Neal Velásquez (born April 28, 1972) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a forward. He was regarded as one of the greatest footballers in Honduran soccer for Olimpia, and by foremost as the nation's greatest striker ever alongside Carlos Pavón. He is currently the all-time top goalscorer in the Honduran National Football League with 196 goals, and was the second player to reach 150 goals after Denilson Costa. Club career Nicknamed ''El Matador'', Velásquez started his professional career with Olimpia and he would not play for any other Honduran team during his career. He made his debut on 1 November 1990 against Platense and scored his first goal on 23 January 1992 against city rivals Motagua. He did play for other teams though, with Concepción in Chile, Sport-Recife in Brazil and Atlas in Mexico but was not very successful with all of them. In 2005, Velásquez was crowned one of the ''Top Goalscorers in the World'' by the International Federat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Elmer Mejía
Elmer Antonio Mejía Rodríguez (born 23 June 1978) is a retired footballer who last played for Real Esteli in the Nicaraguan Primera División. Born in Honduras, he represented both Honduras and Nicaragua internationally. Club career Mejía played for F.C. Motagua, with whom he won the 2001 Apertura, before moving abroad to become captain of Nicaraguan side Real Estelí. By 2012, Mejía had scored 100 goals for Estelí after winning the league's top goalscorer award with 14 goals. In 2007/08 he amassed 33 goals. - El Nuevo Diario International career Mejía made his debut for in a July 2001[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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José Pacini
José Mauricio Pacini (born 8 June 1976) is an Argentine football player who most recently played for Platense F.C. in the Honduran national league. Club career He played in Honduras for several years. He started his career at Universidad in 1999-2000 Apertura. Later he played for Vida, C.D. Platense, F.C. Motagua, Marathón, Real España, Victoria, and Olimpia, winning the title with Platense in 2001 ( 2000-01 Clausura), with Motagua in 2001 ( 2001-02 Apertura), and with Marathón in 2003 ( 2002-03 Clausura). Pacini also participated in international club competition for several Honduran clubs, scoring for Motagua in qualifying for the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, for Marathón in the preliminary stages of the 2004 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, and for Olimpia in the quarter final stage of the 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.Goloboy, James"Central American Club Competitions 2006/07" ''RSSSF'', 22 January 2009. Retrieved on 21 May 2013. In Argentina, he played in some clubs such ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricky Denis García
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Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exac ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gustavo Fuentes
Gustavo Fuentes (born 8 April 1973 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine footballer who plays as a striker Striker or The Strikers may refer to: People *A participant in a strike action *A participant in a hunger strike *Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant *Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America People wi .... Club career Fuentes has played for some fifteen clubs during his career, which has taken him through several continents. See also * Dundee United FC Season 2000-01 External links * BDFA profileArgentine Primera statistics 1973 births Footballers from Buenos Aires Living people Argentine men's footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players C.A. Cerro players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Israel Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Platense F.C. players C.D. Marathón players F.C. Motagua players Dundee United F.C. players C.D. Olimpia players Bnei Yehuda ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clásico Moderno (Honduras)
El Clásico Moderno (The Modern Classic) also referred by some as the Clasico Moderno Hondureño is a Honduran football match played at least 4 times a year in the Honduran Liga Nacional and consists of two teams, Olimpia and Real España. The Clásico Moderno is the most fierce derby played in Honduras. The two "Barras" (MegaBarra and Commando 12 from España and Ultra Fiel from Olimpia) confront themselves with deadly results almost every time they meet. It is considered the most aggressive, violent and the strongest rivalry in Honduran soccer. During the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s it was considered without doubt the greatest derby of the Honduran football, during these 25 years both team won a total of 16 championships (9 Olimpia and 7 Real España), 3 during the 1970s for both teams, 4 for Olimpia and 2 for Real España during the 1980s, and 2 for both during the early 1990s. During the late half of this decade, time during which Olimpia has won 2 Championships and Re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Motagua And Real España Football Rivalry
The Motagua River () is a river in Guatemala. It rises in the western highlands of Guatemala where it is also called Río Grande, and runs in an easterly direction to the Gulf of Honduras. The final few kilometres of the river form part of the Guatemala–Honduras border. The Motagua River basin covers an area of and is the largest in Guatemala. The Motagua River is believed to be the number one most plastic-emitting river in the world, contributing around two per cent of global plastic pollution emissions into the world's oceans annually. Overview The river runs in a valley that has the only known source of jadeitite (jade) in Mesoamerica, and was an important commerce route during the Pre-Columbian era. The important Maya site of Quirigua is near the river's north bank, as are several smaller sites with jade quarries and workshops. The Motagua river valley also marks the Motagua Fault, the tectonic boundary between the North American and the Caribbean Plates. The Motag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Honduran Superclásico
The Clasico Capitalino (Capital's Derby), also known as the local derby played between F.C. Motagua and C.D. Olimpia. These two teams lead the Honduran Football League as most frequent holders of the championship trophy, and their rivalry is the biggest one in the country. Olimpia wears the white uniform, with blue and red highlights. Their mascot is a lion. Olimpia is the oldest team in the league and holds the largest number of championship titles. Motagua wears a navy blue uniform. It is nearly as old a team as Olimpia. Motagua’s mascot is an eagle and has the second largest number of championship titles. The rivalry is so big that in 1949 Carlos Valladares' uniform was burned on the field because he left Motagua to play with Olimpia. The first ever recorded Superclásico was a friendly played on 12 March 1929, when Motagua prevailed 2–1. The first official match was played on 8 August 1965, with Olimpia winning 3–0. ''All stats accurate as of match played 6 N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clásico Sampedrano
El Clásico Sampedrano (The Sampedran Derby) is a Honduran football match played at least 4 times a year in the Honduran Liga Nacional and consists of two teams, Marathón and Real España. These two teams are from San Pedro Sula, hence the name. Head to head All time scorers : ''As of 31 October 2020'' * Carlos Pavón for Real España with 10 goals. * Gilberto Machado Gilberto Leonel Machado García (born 23 March 1962) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a midfielder for Marathón, Olimpia, and Deportes Progreseño in Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras. He is the current manager ... for Marathón with 8 goals Finals Since the creations of Finals, there have been three Sampedran derbies, two won by Real España, and one by Marathón. Trivia * This is the Honduran derby that has been played in the most cities. * Real España dominates the derby by far, but the resurgence since 2000 by Marathón has brought a new mentality for their sup ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |