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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.


1999–2000 teams

* C.D. Broncos ( Choluteca) *
C.D. Federal Club Deportivo Federal was a football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. History The club was founded August 14, 1935, in the house of Mrs. Idilia Rubio in ''colonia'' La Hoya (La Hoya neighborhood) in Tegucigalpa. In the 1940s and 1950s it w ...
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Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
) ''(promoted)'' *
C.D. Marathón Club Deportivo Marathón is a Honduran professional association football, football club based in San Pedro Sula. Founded on 25 November 1925, Marathón currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras. History Club Deport ...
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San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
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C.D. Motagua Club de Fútbol Motagua (), formerly Club Deportivo Motagua up to 2017, is an association football club, located in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras. F.C. Motagua was founded as ''Club Deportivo Motagua'' on 29 August 1928. The club competes ...
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Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
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C.D. Olimpia Club Deportivo Olimpia is a professional Honduran football club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. The club is the nation's most successful team both in the domestic league and in international club competitions. History Olimpia was f ...
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Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
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C.D. Platense Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Platense, Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football Lea ...
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Puerto Cortés Puerto Cortés, originally known as Puerto de Caballos, is a port city and municipality on the north Caribbean coast of Honduras, right on the Laguna de Alvarado, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, with a natural bay. The present city ...
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Real C.D. España Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran professional football club, which plays in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras. With 12 championships, Real España is one of the most accomplished Honduran football ...
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San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
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Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (, , ), formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( es, Tegucigalpa, Municipio del Distrito Central or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz'', is the capital and largest city ...
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C.D. Victoria Club Deportivo Victoria is a Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. They have enjoyed success in the past having won the Honduran first division once. They currently play in the Honduran first division. History Club Deportivo ...
( La Ceiba) * C.D.S. Vida ( La Ceiba)


Apertura

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


Regular season


Standings


Results

: ''As of 22 December 1999''


Final round


Hexagonal


=Motagua vs Vida

= ---- * ''Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.''


=Olimpia vs Platense

= ---- * ''Olimpia 2–2 Platense on aggregate; Olimpia advanced on better regular season record.''


=Victoria vs Broncos

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


Semifinals


=Motagua vs Broncos

= ---- * ''Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.''


=Olimpia vs Victoria

= ---- * ''Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.''


Final


=Motagua vs Olimpia

= ---- * ''Motagua 0–0 Olimpia on aggregate; Motagua won by penalty shootouts.''


Top scorer

*
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 ev ...
( 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 San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
with a scoreless match between
C.D. Marathón Club Deportivo Marathón is a Honduran professional association football, football club based in San Pedro Sula. Founded on 25 November 1925, Marathón currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras. History Club Deport ...
and
C.D. Platense Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Platense, Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football Lea ...
.


Regular season


Standings


Results

: ''As of 2 July 2000'' * ''Marathón–Real España suspended at 70' (2–0) as Real España had five players sent off. Result stood.''


Final round


Hexagonal


=Olimpia vs Federal

= ---- * ''Olimpia won 4–1 on aggregate; Federal advanced as best losers.''


=Platense vs Marathón

= ---- * ''Marathón won 2–1 on aggregate.''


=Motagua vs Victoria

= ---- * ''Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.''


Semifinals


=Olimpia vs Federal

= ---- * ''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 team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground, home field, home-field advantage, home court, home-court advantage, defender's advantage or home-ice advantage – describes the benefit that the home team is said to g ...
in the second leg at
San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...
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–23 November 2008 ---- * ''Motagua 2–2 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better regular season record.''


Final


=Olimpia vs Motagua

= ----


Top scorer

* Juan Manuel Cárcamo ( Platense) with 14 goals


Relegation

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


Squads

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colspan="3" , UNAH , - , {{flagicon, HON Constantino Reyes , {{flagicon, HON Hesler Phillips , {{flagicon, HON José Luis "Runga" Piota , - , {{flagicon, ARG Silvio Traverso , {{flagicon, HON Cristian González , {{flagicon, HON Carlos Daniel Díaz , - , {{flagicon, ARG Juan Carlos González , {{flagicon, ARG Guillermo Sumich , {{flagicon, HON Leonel Rodríguez , - , {{flagicon, HON Elvis Danilo (Dany) Turcios , {{flagicon, HON Aminadan Laines , {{flagicon, HON Luis Perdomo , - , {{flagicon, HON Juan Rosa Lagos , {{flagicon, HON Camilo Bonilla Ocampo , {{flagicon, HON Marvin Mazariegos , - , {{flagicon, HON Jorge Arita Neal , {{flagicon, HON Ricky Alcerro , {{flagicon, HON Raul Dolmo , - , - bgcolor="f1f1f1" ! colspan="3" , Victoria , - , {{flagicon, HON Eugenio Dolmo Flores , {{flagicon, HON Carlos Alberto Escobar , {{flagicon, HON Héctor Zapata , - , {{flagicon, HON Julio César Suazo , {{flagicon, HON Renán Bengoché , {{flagicon, HON Luis Perdomo , - , {{flagicon, HON Guillermo Ramírez , {{flagicon, ARG Héctor Fernández , {{flagicon, HON Luis Ramos , - , {{flagicon, HON Nicolás Suazo , {{flagicon, HON Marcos Bernárdez , {{flagicon, HON Hernán Fúnez , - , {{flagicon, HON Luis Lagos , {{flagicon, HON Mauricio Figueroa , {{flagicon, HON Cristian Martínez , - , {{flagicon, HON Enrique Reneau , {{flagicon, HON Jorge Pineda , - , - bgcolor="f1f1f1" ! colspan="3" , Vida , - , {{flagicon, HON Wilmer Cruz , {{flagicon, HON Carlos Alvarado , {{flagicon, HON Geovanny Arzú , - , {{flagicon, HON Roberto Padilla , {{flagicon, HON Renán Contreras , {{flagicon, HON Clayd Marson , - , {{flagicon, HON Jorge Ocampo , {{flagicon, HON Francis Javier Reyes , {{flagicon, HON Marlon Monge , - , {{flagicon, HON René Martínez , {{flagicon, HON Alberto Zapata , {{flagicon, HON José Pacini ,


References

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