The 2015 Honduran Cup was the 10th staging of the
Honduran Cup
The Honduran Cup was the top knock-out Association football, football tournament in Honduras.
The first tournament was played in 1968 Honduran Cup, 1968, four years later the second tournament took the name ''Copa Presidente'' ( en, President's Cu ...
and the first edition since 1998.
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 ...
are the defending champions. The 2015 Honduran Cup is referred to as the Copa Presidente de Honduras for sponsorship reasons. The cup is a creation of the Honduran government funded by money allocated to national security fund. Its purpose is to support the growth of sport to detract the youth from vices and to promote national tourism for rural towns.
The cup was contested by 64 teams from the top 3 divisions of the country. There was a total of 10 teams from La Liga Nacional (First Division), 27 from Liga de Ascenso (Second Division) and 27 from Liga Mayor (Third Division). It was the first cup in which teams outside the top division participated. Some stipulations included that the lower seeded team hosted the matchup and five substitutions were allowed. The first 4 rounds were single match with penalties if match ended in ties. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds were home-and-away while the one-match final was hosted in a neutral venue.
Participants
: Liga Nacional
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Honduras Progreso (El Progreso, Yoro)
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Marathón (San Pedro Sula, Cortes)
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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, Francisco Morazan)
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Olimpia (Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan)
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Parrillas One
Parrillas One (pronounced pah-RI-yas OH-neh) is a Honduran football team based in San Pedro Sula, Cortés.
For the 2012–13 season they played at Estadio Alfredo León Gómez in Tela. They were first promoted to Liga Nacional de Futbol de Ho ...
(Siguatepeque, Comayagua)
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Platense (Puerto Cortes, Cortes)
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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)
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(San Pedro Sula, Cortes)
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Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...
(Tocoa, Colon)
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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, Atlantida)
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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 ...
(La Ceiba, Atlantida)
: Liga de Ascenso
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Alianza Becerra (San Francisco de Becerra, Francisco Morazan)
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Arsenal (Coxen Hole, Roatan)
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Atlético Choloma
Atlético Choloma is a Honduran football club that plays its home games at Estadio Rubén Deras in Choloma, Cortés.
History Atlético Infop
Known as '' Atlético Infop'' until 2008, the club was renamed Atlético Choloma in 2008.
Founded only ...
(Choloma, Cortes)
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Atlético Esperanzano (La Esperanza, Intibuca)
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Atlético Independiente
Atlético Independiente is a Honduran soccer club based on Siguatepeque, Honduras. The club currently plays in Liga de Ascenso de Honduras.
History
Club Atlético Independiente was founded on October 12, 1960, by Luis Méndez and Julio Zepeda ...
(Siguatepeque, Comayagua)
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Atlético Limeño
Atlético Limeño(Los Limeñosi) is a Honduran football club that plays its home games at Estadio Milton Flores in La Lima
La Lima is a city, with a population of 75,100 (2020 calculation),Atlético Municipal
Atlético Municipal is a Honduran football club based in Santa Cruz de Yojoa. The club currently plays in Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras.
History
The club was established in August 1980. It was only the second team from the Second Divis ...
(Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortes)
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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, Olancho)
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Comayagua (Comayagua, Comayagua)
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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 ...
(Santa Rosa de Copan, Copan)
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Espartano (San Jose de Colinas, Santa Barbara)
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Graciano San Francisco (Gracias, Lempira)
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Jaguares UPNFM (Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan)
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Juticalpa (Juticalpa, Olancho)
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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 dist ...
(Lepaera, Lempira)
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Marcala
Marcala is a town, with a population of 14,360 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in the Honduran department of La Paz. The region is known for its coffee production, boasting the first "protected origin denomination" for coffee. Marcala has ...
(Marcala, Choluteca)
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Nacional Villanueva (Villanueva, Cortes)
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Real Honduras (San Luis, Santa Barbara)
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Real Juventud (Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara)
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San Juan (Quimistán, Santa Barbara)
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Social Sol (Olanchito, Yoro)
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Tela
Tela is a town, with a population of 38,030 (2020 calculation), and a municipality in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida.
History
Colonial era
Tela was founded by the Spanish conquistador ...
(Tela, Atlantida)
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Trujillo (Trujillo, Colon)
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Valle
Valle may refer to:
* Valle (surname)
Geography
*"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina
*University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colombia ...
(Nacaome, Valle)
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Villanueva (Villanueva, Cortes)
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Yoro
Yoro, with a population of 25,560 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong ...
(Yoro, Yoro)
: Liga Mayor
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Atlético Boca Júnior (Tocoa, Colon)
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Atlético Calvario (Langue, Valle)
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Atlético Normalista (Gracias, Lempira)
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Barros (Cofradia, Cortes)
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Brisas (Taulabe, Comayagua)
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Casmul (San Manuel, Cortes)
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Concepción (San Marcos, Ocotepeque)
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Estrella Roja
Estrella or La Estrella (Spanish for "the star") may refer to:
Places
* Estrella Freeway, Arizona State Route 303 in metropolitan Phoenix
* Estrella, Goodyear, a planned community in Arizona
* Estrella (Madrid), a ward in the Retiro district of M ...
(Danli, El Paraiso)
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FAS (Santiago de Puringla, La Paz)
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Galaxis
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The film received a negat ...
(Coxen Hole, Roatan)
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Gimnástico (Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan)
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Gracias a Dios (Puerto Lempira, Gracias a Dios)
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Independiente (Monjaras, Choluteca)
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Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
(Guaimaca, Francisco Morazan)
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Las Mercedes (La Ceiba, Atlantida)
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Lenca
The Lenca or Lepawiran "people of the jaguar" are from present day southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. They once spoke many Dialects such as Chilanga, Putun, Kotik etc. Although there were different dialects, they un ...
:
Merari According to the Torah, Merari (Hebrew: , ''Mərārî'') was one of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Merarites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in Biblical times. The Hebrew word ''Merari'' means ''sad'', ''bitt ...
(Santa Rosa de Copan, Copan)
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Merendón (Azacualpa, Santa Barbara)
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Oro Verde (El Paraíso) (Oro Verde, El Paraiso)
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Oro Verde (Santa Rita) (Santa Rita, Yoro)
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Palmeras (Sonaguera, Colon)
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Rayos (La Entrada, Copan)
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San José Clash (San Jose Pueblo, Atlantida)
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San Juan Bosco (Choluteca, Choluteca)
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San Lorenzo (San Lorenzo, Valle)
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Sulimán (Juticalpa, Olancho)
Schedule and format
The first round schedule was announced on 14 November 2014. The final will be a single match to be held at
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 ...
in
La Ceiba
La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of 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 of the south eastern bo ...
.
Prize fund
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
The draw was done at President's House on 20 March.
ElHeraldo.hn – Definidas las llaves de los cuartos de final de la Copa Presidente
– 20 March 2015
1st legs
2nd legs
Semifinals
1st legs
2nd legs
Third Place
Final
References
{{2014–15 in North and Central America, and Caribbean football (CONCACAF)
Honduran Cup seasons
Cup
A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ...