The 2007–08 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 42nd season in the top fight in Honduran football; it ran from August 2007 to May 2008. The season was split into two tournaments (

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) which defined the 51st and 52nd national champions in the history of the league. C.D. Marathón and

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as winners of each tournament qualified to the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League.

2007–08 teams

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* Deportes Savio * Hispano F.C. * C.D. Marathón * C.D. Motagua * C.D. Olimpia * C.D. Platense * Real C.D. España * C.D. Victoria * C.D.S. Vida

Apertura

The Apertura tournament was played from 11 August to 22 December 2007. C.D. Marathón captured its 6th domestic league.

Regular season

Standings

Results

: ''As of 25 November 2007''

Final round

Semifinals

=Marathón vs Olimpia

= ---- * ''Marathón 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.''

=Motagua vs Victoria

= ---- * ''Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate score.''

Final

=Marathón vs Motagua

= ---- * ''Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate score.''

Top goalscorers

: ''As of 22 December 2007'' 10 goals * Emil Martínez (Marathón) 7 goals * Mitchel Brown (Marathón) * Abidán Solís (Victoria) 6 goals *

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(Motagua) * Luis Rodas (Motagua) 5 goals * Edilson Pereira (Deportes Savio) * Jocimar Nascimento (Motagua) * Milton Núñez (Olimpia) * Marcelo dos Santos (Platense) 4 goals * Carlos Salinas (Atlético Olanchano) * Sergio Diduch (Hispano) * Henry Jiménez (Hispano) * Allan do Santos (Olimpia) * José Dias (Real España) * Everaldo Ferreira (Real España) * Carlos Fretes (Real España) * Héctor Flores (Victoria) * Johnny Calderón (Vida) 3 goals * Wilmer Ramos (Atlético Olanchano) * Harrison Róches (Deportes Savio) * José Güity (Hispano) * Carlos Oliva (Marathón) * Óscar Torlacoff (Motagua) * Reynaldo Tilguath (Olimpia) 2 goals * Denilson Costa (Atlético Olanchano) * Walter Hernández (Hispano) *

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(Hispano) * Milton Palacios (Marathón) * Pedro Santana (Motagua) * Danilo Turcios (Olimpia) *

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(Olimpia) * Quiarol Arzú (Platense) * Bani Lozano (Platense) * Marvin Sánchez (Platense) * Douglas Caetano (Real España) * Marlon Peña (Real España) * Melvin Valladares (Real España) * Marvin Chávez (Victoria) * Jaime Rosales (Victoria) * Jerry Bengtson (Vida) * Ney Costa (Vida) * Richard Pérez (Vida) 1 goal * Jorge Lozano (Atlético Olanchano) * Elmer Marín (Atlético Olanchano) *

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(Atlético Olanchano) * Edgar Núñez (Atlético Olanchano) * Guillermo Ramírez (Atlético Olanchano) * Mario Euceda (Deportes Savio) * Johny Galdámez (Deportes Savio) * Edgar Mejía (Deportes Savio) * Óscar Zepeda (Deportes Savio) * Diktmar Hernández (Hispano) * Mario Berríos (Marathon) * Edmilson da Silva (Marathón) * Astor Henríquez (Marathón) * Luis López (Marathón) * Erick Norales (Marathon) * Luis Santamaría (Marathón) * Erick Scott (Marathon) * Víctor Bernárdez (Motagua) * Fernando Castillo (Motagua) * Walter López (Motagua) * Rubén Matamoros (Motagua) * Maynor Figueroa (Olimpia) * Jerry Palacios (Olimpia) * Hendry Thomas (Olimpia) * David Meza (Platense) * César Zelaya (Platense) * Eddy Vega (Platense) * Elkin González (Real España) * Allan Lalín (Real España) * Carlos Palacios (Real España) * Fernando Cardozo (Victoria) *

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(Victoria) * Júnior Izaguirre (Victoria) * Ninrrol Medina (Victoria) * Mauricio Weber (Victoria) * Darian Álvarez (Vida) * Borghi Arbizú (Vida) * Miguel Farrera (Vida) * Ángel Hill (Vida) * Clifford Laing (Vida) * Modesto Rodas (Vida)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from 12 January to 24 May 2008. C.D. Olimpia captured its 21st domestic league.

Regular season

Standings

Results

: ''As of 3 May 2008''

Final round

Semifinals

=Olimpia vs Motagua

= ---- * ''Olimpia won 7–2 on aggregate score.''

=Marathón vs Real España

= ---- * ''Marathón 5–5 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better regular season performance.''

Final

=Olimpia vs Marathón

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

Top goalscorers

10 goals *

( Olimpia) 9 goals * Jocimar Nascimento ( Motagua) 8 goals * Edmilson da Silva ( Marathón) * Douglas Caetano ( Real España) * Claudio Cardozo ( Vida) 6 goals * Ney Costa ( Deportes Savio) 5 goals * Carlos Pavón ( Real España) * Eduardo Bennett (

) * Oscar Torlacoff ( Motagua) * Andy Furtado ( Marathón) 4 goals * Marcelo Cabrita ( Platense) * Orvin Paz ( Deportes Savio) * Walter Hernández ( Olimpia) * Danilo Turcios ( Olimpia) * José Güity ( Marathón) * Henry Jiménez ( Hispano) 3 goals * Marcelo Ferreira ( Marathón) * Marvin Chávez ( Victoria) * Júnior Izaguirre ( Victoria) * Sergio Diduch ( Hispano) * Javier Portillo ( Hispano) * Marcelo Segales ( Hispano) * Johnny Calderón ( Vida) * Edgar Nuñez (

) * Ramón Núñez ( Olimpia) * Ramiro Bruschi ( Olimpia) * Carlos Días ( Real España) * Allan Lalín ( Real España) * Carlos Will Mejía ( Platense) * Bani Lozano ( Platense) 2 goals * Elmer Marín (

) * Henry Córdoba ( Platense) * Mario Berríos ( Marathón) * Carlos Oliva ( Marathón) * Astor Henríquez ( Marathón) * Eberso Amaral ( Marathón) *

( Hispano) * Milton Ruíz ( Hispano) * Avidán Solís ( Victoria) * Luis Rodas ( Motagua) * Fernando Castillo ( Motagua) * Víctor Bernárdez ( Motagua) * Rubén Matamoros ( Motagua) * Elkin González ( Real España) * Erick Vallecillo ( Real España) * Mario César Rodríguez ( Real España) * Allan Kardeck ( Olimpia) * Carlos Alberto Salinas (

) * Richard Pérez (

) * Dicktmar Hernández ( Vida) * José Luis Grant ( Vida) * Lenín Suárez ( Deportes Savio) 1 goal * José Regalado ( Hispano) * Jairo Mosquera ( Hispano) * Leonardo Morales ( Hispano) * Eliu Membreño ( Hispano) * Leonardo Isaula ( Hispano) * Samir Arzú (

) * Wilmer Ramos (

) * José Mario Navarro (

) * José Valladares ( Motagua) *

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( Motagua) *

( Motagua) * Misael Ruíz ( Platense) * Adán Ramírez ( Platense) * Erick Norales ( Marathón) * Emil Martínez ( Marathón) * Nilberto da Silva ( Marathón) * Óscar Bonilla ( Marathón) * Reinieri Mayorquín ( Marathón) * Oscar Vargas ( Marathón) * Edilson Pereira ( Deportes Savio) * Harrison Róchez ( Deportes Savio) * Onán García ( Deportes Savio) * Víctor Ramírez ( Deportes Savio) * Juliano de Andrade ( Deportes Savio) * Carlos Morán ( Victoria) * Juan Pablo Montes ( Victoria) * Mauricio Weber ( Victoria) * Derrick Hulse ( Victoria) * Ninrrol Medina ( Victoria) * Carin Adipe ( Victoria) *

Wilmer Crisanto Wilmer Crisanto Casildo (born 24 June 1989) is a Honduran professional football player, who plays as right back for Marathón in the Honduran National League. Club career He became a regular in the starting lineup for C.D. Victoria when he ...

( Victoria) * Héctor Flores ( Real España) * Nery Medina ( Real España) * Carlos Fretes ( Real España) * Elder Valladares ( Real España) * Everaldo Ferreira ( Real España)ç * Nahún Ávila ( Olimpia) * Sergio Mendoza ( Olimpia) * Erick Andino ( Olimpia) * Carlos Discua ( Olimpia) * Boniek García ( Olimpia) * Juan Manuel Cárcamo ( Olimpia) * Hendry Thomas ( Olimpia) * Milton Núñez ( Olimpia) * Jerry Bengtson ( Vida) * Modesto Rodas ( Vida) * Angel Hill ( Vida)

Aggregate table

made the fewest points in the aggregated table from both Apertura and Clausura regular seasons, thereby were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso.

References

External links

Official website
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