The 2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd edition of the Honduran top division.

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

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 ...

won the Apertura and Clausura tournaments respectively.RSSSF.com–Honduras 2006/07
��11 December 2009

2006–07 teams

Atlético Olanchano Atlético Olanchano was a Honduran football club based in Catacamas, Olancho. The club last played in the Honduran second division. History Campamento Atlético Olanchano was founded as ''Campamento'' in 1974 and originally played their game ...

(

Catacamas Catacamas is a city, with a population of 59,990 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in the Olancho Department of Honduras. It is the largest municipality in Central America in terms of area. Overview Catacamas, called the ''Florida City ...

) (promoted) *

Broncos UNAH Pumas de la UNAH or simply Universidad was a Honduran football club. History They were formed to represent the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras. They merged with Broncos, forming ''Broncos de la UNAH'', twice in 1982–83 and 2006–0 ...

( Choluteca) *

Hispano The term ''Hispanic'' ( es, hispano) refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad. The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties forme ...

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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 authoriti ...

) * Marathón (

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 ...

) *

Motagua 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 ...

(

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 ...

) * Olimpia (

) * 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 España Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Music Albums * ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000) * ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...

(

) *

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

(

La Ceiba La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida (department), Atlántida and a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part ...

) *

Vida Vida means “life” in Spanish and Portuguese. It may refer to: Geography * Vida (Gradačac), village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Lake Vida, Victoria Valley, Antarctica * U.S. settled places: ** Vida, Montana ** Vida, Oregon ** Vida, Missour ...

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Apertura

The Apertura tournament for the 2006–07 season started on 12 August 2006 with the 2–1

Club Deportivo 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 ...

's away victory over

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 ...

at the

Estadio Nilmo Edwards Estadio Ceibeño is a multi-purpose stadium in La Ceiba, Honduras. Overview It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Honduran National league side Victoria and Vida as well as for second tier Atlántida.Hond ...

as Apertura winners qualified to the

2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup The 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup was the 25th edition of the international club football competition held in the UNCAF region representing the seven nations of Central America. C.D. Motagua obtained their first regional title.Motagua 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 ...

Awarded 360,000 Lempiras * Sub Champion:
Olimpia
Awarded 155,000 Lempiras * Fair Play:

Awarded 50,000 Lempiras * Top Goal Scorer:

Carlo Costly Carlo Yaír Costly Molina (; born 18 July 1982) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga de Ascenso club Lone FC. Prior to moving to Europe, he played with Platense, where he was the top scorer of the Honduras A ...

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras * Best Goalkeeper:

Ricardo Canales Ricardo Gabriel Canales Lanza (born 30 May 1982) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Vida as a goalkeeper. A Honduran international since 2009, he represented his nation for two Gold Cups and Fifa World Cup 2010. Club career ...

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras * Most Valuable Player: Awarded 30,000 Lempiras * Rookie of the year:
Henry Bermúdez
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Records

* Highest fee paid:

– Olimpia
17 December
Estadio Olimpico,

38,256 fans
4,528,020 lempiras * Highest Assistance:

– Olimpia
17 December
Estadio Olimpico,

38,256 fans
4,528,020 lempiras * Lowest fee paid: * Lowest Assistance:

Top goalscorers

: ''As of 17 December 2006''

Clausura

Honduras Clausura 2006-07 is the closing season of

Liga Nacional de Honduras Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga ...

, the first division national

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

league in

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 Oce ...

. It followed the 2006–07 Honduras Apertura season. This is tournament # 50 of

. The winner qualified for the

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

UNCAF Club Tournament The UNCAF Club Tournament was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region (Central America). The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automat ...

. It started January 13 and ended on 19 May.

Regular season

Standings

Results

: ''As of 29 April 2007''

Final round

Semifinals

=Real España vs Motagua

= ---- * ''Real España won 4–1 on aggregate score.''

=Marathón vs Olimpia

= ---- * ''Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón won 3–0 on penalty shootouts.''

Final

=Real España vs Marathón

= ---- * ''Real España won 4–3 on aggregate score.''

Top goalscorers

: ''As of 19 May 2007''

Awards

*Champion:

Awarded 360,000 Lempiras *Runner Up:
Marathón
Awarded 155,000 Lempiras *Fair Play:

Awarded 50,000 Lempiras *Top Goal Scorer:

Carlos Pavón Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer (born 9 October 1973) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best Honduran footballers in history, and by most as the nation's greatest player ever. Mos ...

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras *Best Goalkeeper:

Orlin Vallecillo Orlin Jared Vallecillo Paguada (born 1 July 1983) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga Nacional club Honduras Progreso. Club career Vallecillo started his career at Marathón and played for Hispano and Re ...

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras *Most Valuable Player:

Awarded 30,000 Lempiras *Rookie of the year:
Henry Bermúdez
Awarded 30,000 Lempiras

Relegation table

Promoted team

This team was promoted from

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 ...

for the next season: *

Deportes Savio Deportes Savio Fútbol Club, commonly known as Deportes Savio, is a professional Association football in Honduras, Honduran football club based in Santa Rosa de Copán. The club was founded in 1974, and participates in the Liga Nacional de Fútb ...

(second time in the top flight)

Trivia

*The final is the second final with a clasico sampedrano, 26 years after the first. *After seven consecutive finals, Olimpia did not participate in this tournament's final. * This is tournament # 50 of

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga ...

References

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