Summary
The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras (HON1), is the top level of league style football competition in Honduras. Each season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. At the end of the 2018-2019 Torneo Clausura, the HON1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:
- 2020 CONCACAF Champions League (CNCFCL):
- 2018-2019 Torneo Apertura/Clausura champion with the most 2018-2019 HON1 Aggregate Table points
- 2019 CONCACAF League:
- 2018-2019 Torneo Apertura/Clausura champion with the 2nd most 2018-2019 HON1 Aggregate Table points
- 2018-2019 Torneo Apertura/Clausura runners-up with the most 2018-2019 HON1 Aggregate Table points
If the same team wins both the 2018-2019 Torneo Apertura and Torneo Clausura, then the runner-up with the 2nd most 2018-2019 HON1 Aggregate Table points from both torneos is awarded the 2nd 2019-2020 CNCFCL berth.
Aggregate points are determined by combining results from the 2018-2019 Torneo Apertura and 2018-2019 Torneo Clausura into the 2018-2019 HON1 Aggregate Table.
Leagues Pyramid - Honduras
Abbrev | League | # of Teams |
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HON1 | Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras | 10 |
HON2 | Liga de Ascenso | 32 |
HON3 | Liga Mayor de Honduras | - |
Competition Structure
Season | # of Teams | ||
Apertura - Regular 28 Jul 2018 - 11 Nov 2018 Apertura - Playoffs 14 Nov 2018 - 16 Dec 2018 | Clausura - Regular 12 Jan 2019 - 27 Apr 2019 Clausura - Playoffs 30 Apr 2019 - 2 Jun 2019 | 10: HON1 (9), HON2 (1) |
Season Format
The 2018-2019 HON1 season is split into two championships, the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura. In each torneo, each HON1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 HON1 teams for a total of 18 league matches. A playoff is held upon the completion of each torneo to determine the torneo champion. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) goal difference, then (2) goals scored.
Playoffs
At the end of each torneo, the top 6 HON1 teams enter into playoffs (Home-Away, highest aggregate score advances) to determine the torneo champion. In the playoffs, the 1st and 2nd place teams automatically advance to the semifinals, and 3rd place team plays the 6th place team and the 4th place team plays the 5th team in Home-Away highest aggregate score wins Preliminary Semifinals matches. The two Preliminary Semifinals winners plays the other two semifinalists in Home-Away highest aggregate score wins matches. The winning semifinalists then play in the final. The four advancing teams play in a Home-Away highest aggregate score matches with the winner advancing to the Semifinal. The two Semifinal winners play in Home-Away highest aggregate score wins Finals.
Relegation
Upon completion of the 2019-2020 Torneo Clausura, the 8th, 9th, and 10th place HON1 teams in the 2018-2019 HON1 Aggregate Table will enter into 3-way playoff (1 match against each of the other 2 teams). The team with the least amount of points is relegated to the 2019-2020 HON2 Torneo Apertura.
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Relegation Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
05.05.19 | Juticalpa FC | 12 | CD Honduras | Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas |
09.05.19 | CD Honduras | 32 | CD Real de Minas | Estadio Humberto Micheletti |
12.05.19 | CD Real de Minas | 42 | Juticalpa FC | Estadio Marcelo Tinoco |
Clausura - Finals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
CD Motagua | 22 | CD Olimpia | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
CD Olimpia | 01 | CD Motagua | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
Clausura - Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | Lobos UPNFM | 27 | CD Olimpia |
11.05.19 | Lobos UPNFM | 13 | CD Olimpia | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
19.05.19 | CD Olimpia | 41 | Lobos UPNFM | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
Aggregate | CD Motagua | 42 | CD Marathón |
12.05.19 | CD Motagua | 20 | CD Marathón | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
18.05.19 | CD Marathón | 22 | CD Motagua | Estadio Yankel Rosenthal |
Clausura - Preliminary Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | Lobos UPNFM | 52 | RCD España |
01.05.19 | Lobos UPNFM | 31 | RCD España | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
05.05.19 | RCD España | 12 | Lobos UPNFM | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
Aggregate | Platense FC | 03 | CD Motagua |
01.05.19 | Platense FC | 00 | CD Motagua | Estadio Excelsior |
05.05.19 | CD Motagua | 30 | Platense FC | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
Torneo Clausura
League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
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POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | CD Olimpia | 20 | 13 -4-3 | 43 | - | 38 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 -3-1 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 7 -1-2 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 8 |
2 | CD Motagua | 22 | 11 -6-5 | 39 | - | 36 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 7 -2-2 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 4 -4-3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
3 | CD Marathón | 20 | 10 -5-5 | 35 | - | 34 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 7 -2-1 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 -3-4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | -6 |
4 | Lobos UPNFM | 22 | 8 -9-5 | 33 | - | 29 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 5 -5-1 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 -4-4 | 13 | 9 | 15 | -6 |
5 | RCD España | 20 | 7 -7-6 | 28 | - | 21 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | -3 |
6 | Platense FC | 20 | 7 -5-8 | 26 | - | 25 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 4 -3-3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | -4 |
7 | CD Real de Minas | 20 | 5 -8-7 | 23 | - | 27 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 3 -4-3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 2 -4-4 | 10 | 14 | 16 | -2 |
8 | Juticalpa FC | 20 | 2 -10-8 | 16 | - | 23 | 39 | -16 | 10 | 1 -5-4 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -5 | 10 | 1 -5-4 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -11 |
9 | CD Honduras | 20 | 4 -3-13 | 15 | - | 16 | 40 | -24 | 10 | 3 -2-5 | 11 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 | 1 -1-8 | 4 | 6 | 27 | -21 |
10 | CSD Vida | 18 | 2 -7-9 | 13 | - | 14 | 29 | -15 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 9 | 0 -4-5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -11 |
Clausura - Semifinals Clausura - Preliminary Semifin |
Apertura - Finals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | CD Olimpia | 12 | CD Motagua |
09.12.18 | CD Olimpia | 02 | CD Motagua | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
16.12.18 | CD Motagua | 01 | CD Olimpia | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
Apertura - Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | RCD España | 22 | CD Olimpia |
24.11.18 | RCD España | 22 | CD Olimpia | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano |
01.12.18 | CD Olimpia | 00 | RCD España | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino | ||
CD Olimpia advances w/more away goals (2-0) |
Aggregate | Platense FC | 14 | CD Motagua |
25.11.18 | Platense FC | 01 | CD Motagua | Estadio Excelsior |
02.12.18 | CD Motagua | 31 | Platense FC | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
Apertura - Preliminary Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | RCD España | 43 | CD Marathón |
14.11.18 | RCD España | 20 | CD Marathón | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
17.11.18 | CD Marathón | 32 | RCD España | Estadio Yankel Rosenthal |
Aggregate | Platense FC | 21 | Lobos UPNFM |
14.11.18 | Platense FC | 11 | Lobos UPNFM | Estadio Excelsior |
17.11.18 | Lobos UPNFM | 01 | Platense FC | Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse |
Torneo Apertura
League | Home | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
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POS | MP | W - D - L | PTS | CPTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | MP | W - D - L | PTS | GF | GA | GD | |
1 | CD Motagua | 18 | 11 -4-3 | 37 | - | 28 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 8 -0-1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 3 -4-2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
2 | CD Olimpia | 18 | 8 -8-2 | 32 | - | 25 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 5 -4-0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 -4-2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 |
3 | Lobos UPNFM | 18 | 9 -3-6 | 30 | - | 25 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 -1-4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
4 | RCD España | 18 | 7 -5-6 | 26 | - | 31 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 5 -2-2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 2 -3-4 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 |
5 | CD Marathón | 17 | 6 -7-4 | 25 | - | 25 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 4 -5-0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 -2-4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | -3 |
6 | Platense FC | 18 | 6 -6-6 | 24 | - | 21 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 4 -4-1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 -2-5 | 0 | 9 | 11 | -2 |
7 | CD Honduras | 18 | 6 -4-8 | 22 | - | 27 | 31 | -4 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 0 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 0 | 15 | 16 | -1 |
8 | CSD Vida | 18 | 4 -7-7 | 19 | - | 21 | 24 | -3 | 9 | 3 -2-4 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 -5-3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | -4 |
9 | Juticalpa FC | 17 | 3 -6-8 | 15 | - | 19 | 31 | -12 | 8 | 2 -4-2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 -2-6 | 0 | 8 | 21 | -13 |
10 | CD Real de Minas | 18 | 3 -2-13 | 11 | - | 15 | 38 | -23 | 9 | 2 -1-6 | 0 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 9 | 1 -1-7 | 0 | 9 | 24 | -15 |
Apertura - Semifinals Apertura - Preliminary Semifi |
Results
CD Motagua | 11 | CSD Vida | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
RCD España | 01 | Platense FC | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
CD Real de Minas | 02 | CD Marathón | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
CD Honduras | 11 | Juticalpa FC | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
Lobos UPNFM | 30 | CD Olimpia | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
Platense FC | 11 | CSD Vida | Estadio Excelsior |
Juticalpa FC | 23 | CD Motagua | Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas |
Lobos UPNFM | 00 | RCD España | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
CD Olimpia | 11 | CD Real de Minas | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
CD Marathón | 60 | CD Honduras | Estadio Yankel Rosenthal |
Juticalpa FC | 20 | Platense FC | Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas |
CSD Vida | 02 | CD Real de Minas | Estadio Ceibeño |
CD Motagua | 51 | CD Marathón | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
CD Honduras | 10 | Lobos UPNFM | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
RCD España | 01 | CD Olimpia | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
CD Olimpia | 40 | Juticalpa FC | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |
CSD Vida | 21 | CD Marathón | Estadio Ceibeño |
RCD España | 20 | CD Honduras | Estadio Francisco Morazán |
Platense FC | 21 | CD Motagua | Estadio Excelsior |
CD Real de Minas | 00 | Lobos UPNFM | Estadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino |