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Lepaera F.C.
Lepaera Football Club is a Honduran football club based in Lepaera, Honduras. The club currently plays in Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as ''Segunda División'' (Second Division) and renamed ''Liga de Ascenso'' (Promotion League) on 21 July 2002. The league is divided .... History Was founded in 2013 with the name Lepaera F.C. In December 2016, they won their first official title as they conquered the 2016–17 Liga de Ascenso season. – 23 December 2016 They play their home games at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Juan Orlando Hernández
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] |
Lepaera
Lepaera is a municipality in the Honduran department of Lempira. It has tropical climate all year round. Lepaera is one of the oldest municipalities of the Lempira department. It is also the departmental capital of the municipality. The distance to Lepaera from Gracias is 15 km on the road that leads to Santa Rosa de Copán Access is paved but dangerous curves necessitate caution. History It is considered an "autochthonous" settlement since 1538 with inhabitants such as Lencas, Toltecas or Chorties Indians, it is believed that these people came from the region of "Cuscatlán" in El Salvador. Between 1536 and 1538, when the Spanish colonist founded the city of Gracias, there was Lepaera already, as well as other municipalities. The title of City was granted under decree No 81 on 8 October 1956. Geography It was established at the toe of "Puca" mountain, and it is surrounded by several other hills. Downtown of the departmental capital has steep streets. The elevati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Umanzor
Eugenio Emilio Umanzor Andino (born 19 October 1973) is a Honduran football coach. Club career Umanzor played for hometown side Social Sol in the Honduran second division. Managerial career Umanzor brought Real Juventud to the Honduran top division winning two consecutive championships, 2007-08 Apertura and 2007-08 Clausura but was replaced by Edwin Pavón in October 2008 after he left the club citing they owed him wages. He has been coach of the Honduras U-17 national football team and Honduras U-20 national football team. He is the only coach to qualify two world cups in the same year. In June 2011 he took charge of second division side Parrillas One but left them after club president Luis Girón released four players without consulting Umanzor. In December 2012, Umanzor was named the new manager of Deportes Savio but he was dismissed in March 2013. He was appointed manager of Honduran second division outfit Lepaera San Isidro for the 2013 Apertura. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduran Liga Nacional De Ascenso
Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) is the second division of Honduran football; it was founded on 17 December 1979 as ''Segunda División'' (Second Division) and renamed ''Liga de Ascenso'' (Promotion League) on 21 July 2002. The league is divided into 4 groups: ''Zona Norte y Atlántica'' (North and Atlantic Zone), ''Zona Norte y Occidente'' (North and West Zone), ''Zona Centro y Sur'' (Central and South Zone), ''Zona Sur y Oriente'' (South and East Zone). The top 2 teams of each group qualifies for the ''liguilla'' (play-offs). Each season is divided into two tournaments, ''apertura'' (opening) and ''clausura'' (closing). The champion of the opening and closing tournament, compete for the promotion to Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras in a two-legged match. Two teams are relegated to Liga Mayor de Futbol de Honduras. The last team of each group face off in a playoff (North vs North and South vs South). History From 1965 to 1979 the system of promotion to the Liga Nacional wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional De Ascenso
The 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso is the 38th edition of the second level tournament in Honduran football and the 15th since its re-branding as Liga de Ascenso. As the previous season, the tournament will be divided into two phases named ''Apertura'' (fall) and ''Clausura'' (spring), the winners of each phase will fight for the promotion to the 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional. 2016–17 teams For the first time, there will be 32 teams divided into 4 groups of eight. Group A * Victoria (''Relegated from 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional'') * Arsenal * Yoro * Trujillo * Tela F.C. * Boca Júnior * CARDVA * Discua Nicolás (''Promoted from 2015–16 Honduran Liga Mayor'') Group B * Deportes Savio * Real Juventud * Olimpia Occidental * Lepaera * Atlético Esperanzano * Atlético Pinares Group C * Parrillas One * Atlético Choloma * Atlético Municipal * Atlético Independiente * Villanueva * Comayagua * Atlético Limeño * Brasilia Group D * Lobos UPNFM * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
