The 2001–02 season in the 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.

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 ...

and

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 ...

each lifted one trophy obtaining the 39th and 40th national championship respectively in the history of the league.RSSSF.com–Honduras 2001/02
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Apertura and Clausura The ' and ' tournaments is a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues. It is a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional association football season from August to May is div ...

format.

2001–02 teams

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(

Santa Rosa de Copán Santa Rosa de Copán () is a municipality in Honduras. The city of Santa Rosa de Copán is the municipal seat and the departmental capital of the Honduran department of Copán. It is located approximately above mean sea level. Santa Rosa de ...

) * Marathón (

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) *

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( Tegucigalpa) * Olimpia ( Tegucigalpa) * Platense (

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 ...

) *

Real Comayagua Club Deportivo Real Comayagua was a Honduran football club based in Comayagua, Honduras. History Real Maya bought Real Comayagua's franchise for the 2002–03 season.

(

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 authoriti ...

) ''(promoted)'' *

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(

) * Universidad ( Tegucigalpa) * Victoria ( La Ceiba) *

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( La Ceiba)

Apertura

The Apertura tournament started on 7 September 2001 in La Ceiba with a 2–1 Victoria's home win over last season runners Olimpia. After 18 rounds Motagua, Marathón, Platense, and Olimpia qualified to the Final round to fight for the title.

Regular season

Standings

Results

: ''As of 2 December 2001''

Final round

Semifinals

=Motagua vs Olimpia

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

=Marathón vs Platense

= ---- * ''Marathón won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Final

=Motagua vs Marathón

= ---- * ''Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.''

Squads

Top goalscorers

8 goals * Enrique Renau ( Marathón) 7 goals * Marcelo Verón (

) * Denilson Costa ( Olimpia) 6 goals *

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 ...

(

) * Danilo Tosello ( Olimpia) 5 goals * Wilmer Velásquez ( Olimpia) *

Pompilio Cacho Pompilio Cacho Valerio (born 22 December 1976) is a former List of Hondurans, Honduran Association football, football player who plays as Forward (association football), forward. Club career A much-travelled striker, Cacho started his career a ...

( Marathón) *

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, ...

( Olimpia)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was the second part of the 2001–02 season in

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; the league games started on 19 January 2002 in La Ceiba with an unexpected 0–3

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 ...

's home defeat against

. The previous champions

was unable to qualify to the Final round and

earned its first title after 20 long years.

Regular season

Standings

Results

: ''As of 12 May 2002''

Final round

Semifinals

=Olimpia vs Victoria

= ---- * ''Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.''

=Platense vs Marathón

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

Final

=Olimpia vs Marathón

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

Squads

Top goalscorers

13 goals *

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( Platense) 10 goals * Wilmer Velásquez ( Olimpia) 7 goals *

( Olimpia) *

Elvis Scott Elvis Geovany Scott Ruiz (; born 1 August 1978) is a Honduran former football striker who last played for Guatemalan side Juventud Retalteca. Club career Scott started his career at hometown club Platense before spells at several different te ...

( Marathón) 6 goals * Denilson Costa ( Olimpia) * Carlos Múñoz (

Real Comayagua Club Deportivo Real Comayagua was a Honduran football club based in Comayagua, Honduras. History Real Maya bought Real Comayagua's franchise for the 2002–03 season.

) 5 goals *

( Marathón) * Enrique Reneau ( Marathón) *

Emil Martínez Emil José Martínez Cruz (; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense in the Primera Di ...

( Marathón) * Christian Martínez ( Victoria) * Danilo Tosello ( Olimpia) *

Reynaldo Tilguath Reynaldo Antonio Tilguath Flores (born 4 August 1979 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras) is a Former List of Hondurans, Honduran Association football, footballer who last played with C.D.S. Vida, Social Deportivo Vida Club career Nicknamed ''el Chino'', ...

( Platense) *

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( Victoria) * Luis Oseguera ( Victoria) 4 goals * Clifford Laing ( Platense) * Francisco Ramírez (

) 3 goals * Carlos Oliva ( Marathón) *

Jaime Rosales Jaime Heliberto Rosales Chirinos (born 8 June 1978) is a Honduran former football defender who last played for Platense. Club career Rosales started his professional career at Marathón and played for several clubs in the Honduran league. ...

( Marathón) *

Jorge Pineda Jorge Ernesto Pineda (born 26 November 1964) is a retired Honduran football player and current football manager. He is currently married to Ena Pineda and has four daughters named Darcy, Georgina, Chelsea and another daughter from a previous rel ...

( Victoria) * Carlos Güity (

) * Marco Mejía (

) 2 goals * Marlon Hernández ( Universidad) * Lester Marson (

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) * Milton Palacios ( Victoria) * Fabio Ulloa ( Olimpia) * Francis Reyes ( Olimpia) 1 goal * Ariel Leyes ( Marathón) * Walter López ( Marathón) * Óscar Vargas ( Marathón) *

Nigel Zúniga Nigel Alberto Zúniga Hontar (born 9 June 1972) is a former Honduran football player who played as a defender. Club career Known by his powerful left foot and excellent defensive and offensive work, Zúniga has excelled in his career in the ...

( Marathón) * Maynor Figueroa ( Victoria)

Relegation table

References

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