2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2002–03 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 37th edition since the intervention of the professional league in Honduran football. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) which ran from August 2002 to June 2003.

2002–03 teams

* ''Real Maya changed its name to Real Patepluma for the Clausura tournament and moved to Santa Bárbara.''

Apertura

The Apertura tournament lasted from August to December 2002, C.D. Olimpia defeated C.D. Platense in the Final to secure its 16th league title.

Regular season

Results

: ''As of 24 November 2002''

Standings

Final round

Semifinals

=Platense vs Real España

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* ''Platense won 2–1 on aggregate score.''

=Olimpia vs Marathón

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* ''Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.''

Final

=Platense vs Olimpia

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* ''Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Squads

Jose Gonzales

Top goalscorers

15 goals
* Marcelo Ferreira ( Platense)
11 goals
* Luciano Emílio (Real España)
6 goals
* Denilson Costa ( Olimpia)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from February to June 2003. C.D. Marathón took revenge a year and a half later and defeated C.D. Motagua in the finals to claim its 4th league title.

Regular season

Results

: ''As of 10 May 2003''

Standings

Final round

Semifinals

=Olimpia vs Motagua

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* ''Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.''

=Marathón vs Real España

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* ''Marathón 2–2 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better Regular season performance.''

Final

=Marathón vs Motagua

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!Liga Nacional
2002–03 Clausura Champion
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, Marathón
4th title

Squads

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, {{Flagicon, HON Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores
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, {{flagicon, HON Carlos Escobar
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, {{flagicon, HON Juan "Montuca" Castro
, {{flagicon, HON Luis Ramos
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, {{flagicon, HON Vinel Chamorro
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, {{flagicon, HON Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández
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, {{flagicon, HON Lenín Suárez
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, {{flagicon, HON Óscar Vargas
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, {{flagicon, HON Leonardo Morales
, {{flagicon, HON Ilich Arias
, {{flagicon, HON David Cáceres
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, {{flagicon, HON Antonio Arita
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! width="900" colspan="3" , Motagua
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, {{Flagicon, HON Elmer Montoya
, {{Flagicon, HON Júnior Izaguirre
, {{Flagicon, HON Mauricio Castro
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, {{Flagicon, ARG Pablo Bocco
, {{flagicon, HON Noel Valladares
, {{flagicon, HON Juan Raudales
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, {{flagicon, HON Jairo Martínez
, {{flagicon, HON Luis "Tanque" Oseguera
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, {{flagicon, HON Avidán Solís
, {{flagicon, HON Francisco Pavón
, {{flagicon, HON Robel Bernárdez
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, {{flagicon, HON Víctor Mena
, {{flagicon, HON Iván Guerrero
, {{flagicon, HON Henry Enamorado
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, {{flagicon, HON Jorge "Tata" Lozano
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, {{flagicon, ARG Danilo Tosello
, {{flagicon, PAN Donaldo González
, {{flagicon, HON Wilmer Velásquez
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, {{flagicon, HON Donis Escober
, {{flagicon, BRA Marcelo Ferreira
, {{flagicon, HON Milton Palacios Suazo
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, {{flagicon, HON Wilson Palacios
, {{flagicon, HON Hendry Thomas
, {{flagicon, HON Maynor Suazo
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, {{flagicon, HON Francis Reyes
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, {{flagicon, HON Óscar "Pescado" Bonilla
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, {{flagicon, HON Francisco Ramírez
, {{flagicon, HON Jorge Zapata
, {{flagicon, HON Marvin Sánchez
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, {{flagicon, HON Elmer Zelaya
, {{flagicon, HON Reynaldo Tilguath
, {{flagicon, PAN Ricardo James
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, {{flagicon, HON Ángel "Búfalo" Hill
, {{flagicon, HON Clifford Laing
, {{flagicon, PAN José Anthony Torres
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, {{flagicon, ARG Gustavo Scioscia
, {{flagicon, HON Pablo Medina
, {{flagicon, HON David Meléndez
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, {{flagicon, HON Jorge Espinoza
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, {{flagicon, HON Nigel Zúniga
, {{flagicon, HON Marlon José Peña
, {{flagicon, HON Enrique Renau
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, {{flagicon, BRA Rafael Betine
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, {{flagicon, BRA Luciano Emílio
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, {{flagicon, HON Javier Martínez
, {{flagicon, BRA Pedro Santana
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, {{flagicon, HON Rony Flores
, {{flagicon, HON Cristino Bernárdez
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, {{flagicon, HON Jaime Ruíz
, {{flagicon, ARG Diego Vásquez
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, {{flagicon, HON Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales
, {{flagicon, HON John Bodden
, {{flagicon, HON Carlos Lino
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, {{flagicon, HON Carlos Discua
, {{flagicon, HON Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga
, {{flagicon, HON Mario Chávez
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, {{flagicon, HON José García
, {{flagicon, HON Luis Lagos
, {{flagicon, HON Carlos "Tatín" Morán
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, {{flagicon, HON Pablo Bernárdez
, {{flagicon, HON Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda
, {{flagicon, HON Óscar Sorto
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, {{flagicon, HON Hesler Phillips
, {{flagicon, HON Miguel "Gallo" Mariano
, {{flagicon, HON Carlos "Calolo" Palacios
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, {{flagicon, HON Alex Roberto Bailey
, {{flagicon, HON Máximo Arzú
, {{flagicon, HON Wilmer Ramos
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, {{flagicon, HON Walter "Pery" Martínez
, {{flagicon, HON Marvin Morán
, {{flagicon, HON Marvin Chávez
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, {{flagicon, HON Samir George
, {{flagicon, HON Ignacio Mejía
, {{flagicon, HON Johnny Rivera
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, {{flagicon, HON Dionisio Bátiz
, {{flagicon, HON Carlos Mena
, {{flagicon, HON Marlon López
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, {{flagicon, HON Norlan García
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, {{flagicon, HON Jonathan Bush Sanders
, {{flagicon, HON Luis Perdomo
, {{flagicon, HON Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
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, {{flagicon, HON Jorge Ocampo
, {{flagicon, HON Saynor Álvarez
, {{flagicon, HON Víctor "Muma" Bernárdez

Top goalscorers

10 goals
* {{flagicon, BRA Luciano Emílio (Real España)
* {{flagicon, HON Pompilio Cacho ( C.D. Marathón)
* {{flagicon, BRA {{flagicon, HON Denilson Costa ( C.D. Marathón)
8 goals
* {{flagicon, HON Wilmer Velásquez ( Olimpia)
6 goals
* {{flagicon, BRA Pedro Santana (Real España)
6 goals
* {{flagicon, HON Jairo Martínez (Motagua)
* {{flagicon, HON José Pacini ( Marathón)
5 goals
* {{flagicon, ARG Danilo Tosello ( Olimpia)
* {{flagicon, HON Luis Oseguera (Motagua)
4 goals
* {{flagicon, HON Emil Martínez ( Marathón)
* {{flagicon, HON Francisco Ramírez ( Platense)
* {{flagicon, BRA Marcelo Ferreira ( Olimpia)
* {{flagicon, HON Abidán Solís (Motagua)
3 goals
* {{flagicon, HON Clifford Laing ( Platense)

Relegation

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 10 May 2003, C.D. Victoria were relegated to Liga de Ascenso, however they bought Honduras Salzburg's franchise and stayed in first division.
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Controversies

During the ''Apertura'' tournament, C.D. Marathón hosted Real C.D. España on week 9, the match was played on 28 September and ended with a 0–2 away win to Real España. During halftime, Real España delayed more than 15 minutes and returned late to play the second half. Marathón alleged and the Board of Discipline annulled the game. A rematch was played on 13 October ending in a 0–0 draw. Such decision affected the final standings which resulted in Marathón owning the third place and sent Real España to fourth.RadioHouse.hn–CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO
��13 October 2016

References

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