1998–99 Honduran Liga Nacional

Although the tournament was played from January to July 1999, this is officially known as the 1998–99 season in the Honduran football league, it was also the last non-Apertura-Clausura format season played. Club Deportivo Olimpia conquered its 14th title in its history.[1]

Liga Nacional
Season1998-99
ChampionsOlimpia
(14th title)
RelegatedReal Maya
CONCACAF Champions CupOlimpia
Real España
UNCAF Interclub CupOlimpia
Real España
Top goalscorerSergio Machado (11)

1998–99 teams

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Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia[a] 18 7 9 2 28 13 +15 30 Qualified to the Final round[b]
2 Motagua 18 7 7 4 24 20 +4 28
3 Universidad 18 7 6 5 24 21 +3 27
4 Real España 18 5 11 2 24 18 +6 26
5 Victoria 18 6 7 5 25 22 +3 25
6 Platense 18 7 4 7 23 31 −8 25
7 Marathón 18 4 9 5 16 16 0 21
8 Broncos 18 4 8 6 17 22 −5 20
9 Vida 18 4 4 10 22 32 −10 16
10 Real Maya 18 2 9 7 12 15 −3 15 Relegated to the Liga de Ascenso[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Olimpia declared 1998 Honduran Cup champions as winner of regular season.
  2. ^ Top 6 qualify for final round.
  3. ^ Real Maya relegated to second division.

Results

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As of 12 May 1999
Home \ Away BRO MAR MOT OLI PLA RES RMA UNI VIC VID
Broncos 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1
Marathón 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2
Motagua 2–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–2
Olimpia 4–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1
Platense 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Real España 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–1
Real Maya 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–3
Universidad 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 4–1
Victoria 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–4 2–1 3–1 1–0
Vida 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–5 3–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 1999. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Final round

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Hexagonal

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30 May 1999 Hexagonal Platense 0–0 Olimpia Puerto Cortés
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
6 June 1999 Hexagonal Olimpia 3–0 Platense Tegucigalpa
16:00 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 29,728
  • Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate.
29 May 1999 Hexagonal Victoria 2–1 Motagua La Ceiba
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
6 June 1999 Hexagonal Motagua 2–1 Victoria Tegucigalpa
14:00 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 29,728
  • Motagua 3–3 Victoria on aggregate. Motagua advanced on regular season record. Victoria advanced as best loser.
  • Real España won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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12 June 1999 Semifinals Victoria 0–0 Olimpia La Ceiba
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
20 June 1999 Semifinals Olimpia 1–1 Victoria Tegucigalpa
Suazo     Carson Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
  • Olimpia 1–1 Victoria on aggregate. Olimpia advanced on regular season record.
  • Real España won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

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17 July 1999 Final Olimpia 1–0 Real España Tegucigalpa
19:30 Costa   39' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 34,000
  • Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorer

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Squads

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Broncos
  Gustavo Gallegos   Marcelo Ferreira Martins   Marlon Javier Monge
  Martín Castro   Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega   José Ulloa Villatoro
Marathón
  Josué Reyes   Pedro Cubillo   Juan Pablo Centeno
  Pompilio Cacho Valerio   Frank García   Walter "Gualala" Trejo
  Darwin Pacheco   Damián Garófalo   Norman "Tilimán" Núñez
  Edwin Alexander Medina   Behiker Bustillo   Jaime Rosales
  Mauricio Sabillón
Motagua
  Hugo Caballero   Noel Valladares   Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez
  Amado "Lobo" Guevara   Milton "Jocón" Reyes   Hernaín Arzú
  Reynaldo Clavasquín   José Francisco Ramírez   Mario Chirinos
  Óscar Lagos   Joseph Katongo   Carlos Muñoz
  Juan Carlos Raudales   Ninrrol Medina   Juan Manuel "Gato" Coello
  Ramón Romero   Jairo "Kikí" Martínez   German "Ñato" Rodríguez
  Carlos Salinas   Ovidio Guevara   Gustavo Fuentes
  Robel Bernárdez   Abdul Thompson
Olimpia
  Carlos Enrique Prono   Héctor Medina   Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
  Denilson Costa de Oliveira   Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez   Gregorio Serrano
  Fabio Ulloa   Jorge Samuel Caballero   Oscar David Suazo Velásquez
  Christian Santamaría   Merlyn Membreño   Alex Pineda Chacón
  Rudy Alberto Williams   Troy Anderson   César Henríquez
  Alejandro Kenig   César Colón   Marlon "Pitufo" Hernández
  Enrique Reneau   Rodinei Martins
Platense
  Marcio Machado de Lima   Marco Antonio Mejía   José Luis "Runga" Piota
  Ricardo James   Jorge Arita Neal   Antony Torres
  Limber Pérez   Rony Morales   Hernan Centeno Bátiz
  Julio Cesar "Rambo" D. Leon   Gustavo Fuentes   Juan Manuel Carcamo
  Franklin Zambrano   Carlos Dasilva
Real Maya
  Nelson Rolando Rosales   Jorge Ernesto Pineda   Marvin Fonseca
  Luis Lagos   Horacio Aquino   Nigel Zúniga
  Guillermo Ramírez   Noel Flores   Leonardo Svagher
  Jorge Reyes   Lenín Suárez   Andrés Vallecilla
  David Quezada   Víctor Zúniga   Víctor Carrasco
Real España
  Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz   Luis Enrique "Gavilán" Cálix   David Cárcamo
  César Clother   Ricky Denis García   Orbin "Pato" Cabrera
  Alex Roberto Bailey   Edgar Rolando Delgado Guevara   José Francisco Suazo
  Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández   Javier Rodríguez   Mario "Pescado" Rodríguez
  Héctor Gutiérrez   Francis Reyes   Luis "Bombero" Ramírez
  Miguel Angel "Gallo" Mariano   Jorge Humberto Zapata   Milton "Chocolate" Flores
  Roberto Brown   Alberto Zapata
Universidad
  Guillermo César Sumich
Victoria
  Renán Cristino Bengoché   Fabricio Pérez   Francisco Antonio Pavón
  Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa
Vida
  Geovany Arzú   Carlos Alvarado   René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez
  Marvin Brown James   Carlos Güity   Jorge Arnaldo Ocampo
  José Luis Batiz   Diego de Rosa   Juan José Bonifacio
  Álvaro Roberto Izquierdo   Clayd Lester Marson   Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
  Ariel Pérez   José Antonio García   Walter Argueta
  Geovany "Venado" Castro   Rigoberto Marinho Echenique

Controversy

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  • Olimpia had field Wilmer Velásquez on the Final round illegally against Platense and Victoria, the "Jaibos" protested the irregularity without success and Olimpia won the championship.

References

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  1. ^ "Ciclonhn.com / FUTHN - Liga Nacional 1998-99". Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-06-03.