2017–18 in Honduran football

The 2017–18 season is the 70th season of competitive association football in Honduras.

Football in Honduras

Season	2017–18
Men's football
Liga Nacional	Apertura: Real España Clausura: Marathón
Liga de Ascenso	Apertura: Infop RNP Clausura: Infop RNP
Honduran Supercup	Motagua

National teams

Senior team

FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1
2	Costa Rica	10	4	4	2	14	8	+6	16			1–1	—	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
3	Panama	10	3	4	3	9	10	−1	13			0–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–0
4	Honduras	10	3	4	3	13	19	−6	13	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs		3–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	3–1
5	United States	10	3	3	4	17	13	+4	12			1–2	0–2	4–0	6–0	—	2–0
6	Trinidad and Tobago	10	2	0	8	7	19	−12	6			0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)

16:00 UTC−6

First leg

Honduras	0–0	Australia
	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)

20:00 UTC+11

Second leg

Australia	3–1	Honduras
Jedinak 54', 72' (pen.), 85' (pen.)	Report	Elis 90+3'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 77,060

Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Honduras	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4
4	French Guiana	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	July 19 – Philadelphia
	Costa Rica	1
					July 22 – Arlington
	Panama	0
					Costa Rica	0
	July 19 – Philadelphia
					United States	2
	United States	2
									July 26 – Santa Clara
	El Salvador	0
									United States	2
	July 20 – Glendale
									Jamaica	1
	Mexico	1
					July 23 – Pasadena
	Honduras	0
					Mexico	0
	July 20 – Glendale
					Jamaica	1
	Jamaica	2
	Canada	1

Other matches

Main article: Honduras national football team results (2010–2019)

Olympic team

Central American Games

Main article: Football at the 2017 Central American Games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	2	1	1	0	5	0	+5	4	Semi-finals
2	Nicaragua	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Belize	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1

First match(es) will be played: 7 December 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

	Semifinals				Final
	11 December 2017
	Costa Rica	1
					13 December 2017
	Nicaragua	0
					Costa Rica	0
	11 December 2017
					Honduras	1
	Honduras	1 (2)
	El Salvador	1 (1)

Other matches

TBA

U-17 team

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3
4	New Caledonia	3	0	1	2	2	13	−11	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

16 October – New Delhi

Colombia

0

22 October – Kolkata

Germany

4

Germany

1

18 October – Kochi

Brazil

2

Brazil

3

25 October – Kolkata

Honduras

0

Brazil

1

16 October – New Delhi

England

3

Paraguay

0

21 October – Margao

United States

5

United States

1

17 October – Kolkata

England

4

England (p)

0 (5)

28 October – Kolkata

Japan

0 (3)

England

5

17 October – Margao

Spain

2

Mali

5

21 October – Guwahati

Iraq

1

Mali

2

18 October – Navi Mumbai

Ghana

1

Ghana

2

25 October – Navi Mumbai

Niger

0

Mali

1

17 October – Guwahati

Spain

3

Third place play-off

France

1

22 October – Kochi

28 October – Kolkata

Spain

2

Spain

3

Brazil

2

17 October – Margao

Iran

1

Mali

0

Iran

2

Mexico

1

Other matches

Honduras v Costa Rica

23 August 2017 Friendly	Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica	Comayagua, Honduras
Evening CST	Palma 4' Palacios	Report	Cordero	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

Hércules v Honduras

24 September 2017 Friendly	Hércules	1–3	Honduras	Alicante, Spain
CET			Palacios Palma

Valencia v Honduras

September 2017 Friendly	Valencia	1–1	Honduras	Spain
CET

Spain v Honduras

29 September 2017 Friendly	Spain	8–0	Honduras	Alcoy, Spain
18:30 CET	Ruiz 16' 81' 86' García 4' Lara Chust Gómez 78' Nacho 67'			Stadium: Estadio El Collao

U-16 team

2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament

Main article: 2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Costa Rica	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9	2017 UNCAF U-16 Tournament winners
2	Panama	4	1	3	0	4	1	+3	6
3	El Salvador	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	5
4	Honduras	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	5
5	Nicaragua	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

Source:

Domestic clubs

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Liga Nacional	UPNFM	Real Sociedad
Liga de Ascenso	Infop RNP	Valle

Summer transfers

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
10 March 2017	Devron García	Orlando City B	Real España
23 May 2017	Walter Martínez	Marathón	Motagua
25 May 2017	Getsel Montes	Platense	Real España
28 May 2017	Santiago Vergara	Motagua	Hiatus
30 May 2017	Domingo Zalazar	Atlante	Real España
1 June 2017	Franco Güity	Universidad SC	Juticalpa
1 June 2017	José Mendoza	Estudiantes de Mérida	Juticalpa
1 June 2017	Jan-Michael Williams	Central	Juticalpa
8 June 2017	Júnior Lacayo	Tampico Madero	Marathón
12 June 2017	Dabirson Castillo	Platense	Olimpia
16 June 2017	Gerson Tinoco	Suchitepéquez	Juticalpa
17 June 2017	Daneil Cyrus	W Connection	Juticalpa
20 June 2017	Darixon Vuelto	Tenerife	Real España
20 June 2017	Horacio Parham	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	Martín Pucheta	Motagua	TBD
25 June 2017	Sebastián Portigliatti	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	Rafael Zúniga	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	Melvin Valladares	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	Secundino Martínez	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	Marlon Peña	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	René Campbell	Juticalpa	TBD
25 June 2017	Shannon Welcome	Juticalpa	Real Sociedad
25 June 2017	Rony Martínez	Real Sociedad	Baoding Yingli ETS
25 June 2017	José Barralaga	Real Sociedad	TBD
25 June 2017	Luis Caraballo	Real Sociedad	TBD
25 June 2017	Júnior Martínez	Real Sociedad	TBD
25 June 2017	Harlington Gutiérrez	Real Sociedad	TBD
25 June 2017	Erick Norales	Marathón	Platense
25 June 2017	Denovan Torres	Marathón	Honduras Progreso
25 June 2017	Edwin León	Juticalpa	Honduras Progreso
25 June 2017	Marvin Chávez	Marathón	TBD
25 June 2017	Luis Ramos	Marathón	TBD
25 June 2017	Santiago Barboza	Marathón	TBD
25 June 2017	Roby Norales	Ozone	Platense
25 June 2017	Bryan Figueroa	Parrillas One	Platense
25 June 2017	José Pineda	Platense	TBD
25 June 2017	Emiliano Forgione	Platense	TBD
25 June 2017	Maximiliano Osurak	Platense	TBD
25 June 2017	Joshua Nieto	Platense	TBD
25 June 2017	David Mendoza	Platense	Honduras Progreso
25 June 2017	Richard Dixon	Platense	Águila
25 June 2017	Fábio de Souza	Olimpia	TBD
25 June 2017	Walter García	Olimpia	TBD
25 June 2017	Kevin Hoyos	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Cholby Martínez	Vida	Platense
25 June 2017	Bryan Johnson	Olimpia	Honduras Progreso
25 June 2017	Jerry Palacios	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Francisco Ojeda	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Kevin Maradiaga	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Otoniel Osorio	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Nissi Sauceda	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Maycol Montero	Vida	TBD
25 June 2017	Marlon Ramírez	Vida	Juticalpa
25 June 2017	José García	Juticalpa	Honduras Progreso
25 June 2017	Sandro Cárcamo	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 June 2017	Nixon Duarte	Honduras Progreso	Juticalpa
25 June 2017	Darwin Bermúdez	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 June 2017	Dilmer Gutiérrez	Honduras Progreso	Real Sociedad
25 June 2017	Luciano Ursino	Real España	TBD
26 June 2017	Víctor Moncada	Real España	Juticalpa
26 June 2017	Eddie Hernández	Deportes Tolima	Motagua
26 June 2017	Deybi Flores	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Motagua
27 June 2017	Jeffry Flores	Real España	Platense
27 June 2017	Roberto López	Real España	Platense
29 June 2017	Irvin Reyna	Motagua	UPNFM
30 June 2017	Johnny Leverón	Correcaminos UAT	Marathón
30 June 2017	José Calderón	Real Cartagena	Marathón
1 July 2017	Charles Córdoba	Juticalpa	TBD
1 July 2017	Sergio Mendoza	Juticalpa	TBD
1 July 2017	Bryant Castro	Social Sol	Platense
5 July 2017	Robbie Matute	Real Sociedad	Juticalpa
5 July 2017	Rigoberto Padilla	UPNFM	TBD
6 July 2017	Raúl Santos	Vida	Motagua
6 July 2017	Mario Martínez	ENPPI	Real España
6 July 2017	Héctor Ulloa	Social Sol	Real España
6 July 2017	Henry Palacios	Social Sol	Real España
6 July 2017	César García	Social Sol	Real España
7 July 2017	Andrés Quejada	Fortaleza	Olimpia
7 July 2017	Jonathan Paz	Real Sociedad	Olimpia
8 July 2017	Yaudel Lahera	–	Marathón
8 July 2017	Maylor Núñez	Platense	Motagua
8 July 2017	Henry Güity	Platense	Motagua
8 July 2017	Christian Hernández	Motagua	TBD
14 July 2017	Diego Reyes	AEL	Real Sociedad
15 July 2017	Luis Lobo	Social Sol	Platense
15 July 2017	Allan Cárcamo	Social Sol	Real Sociedad
18 July 2017	Dylan Andrade	Platense	Honduras Progreso
24 July 2017	Matheu Pinto	–	Platense
25 July 2017	Jonathan Tejeda	Olimpia	Marathón
25 July 2017	Marcelo Canales	Olimpia	TBD
25 July 2017	Elkin González	Real Sociedad	TBD
26 July 2017	Elmer Güity	Olimpia	Juticalpa
26 July 2017	Ismael Santos	Olimpia	UPNFM
26 July 2017	Christopher Urmeneta	Social Sol	UPNFM
26 July 2017	Jerrick Díaz	Social Sol	UPNFM
27 July 2017	Efraín López	Social Sol	Real Sociedad
1 August 2017	Bryan Acosta	Real España	Tenerife
2 August 2017	Mayron Flores	Olimpia	UPNFM
2 August 2017	Román Valencia	Real España	UPNFM
3 August 2017	Jairo Róchez	–	UPNFM
3 August 2017	Kennett Hernández	Victoria	Vida
3 August 2017	Carlos Palacios	Marathón	Vida
3 August 2017	Jonathan González	Social Sol	Vida

Winter transfers

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
6 December 2017	Esdras Padilla	Juticalpa	TBD
12 December 2017	Richard Rodríguez	Vida	TBD
16 December 2017	Efraín López	Real Sociedad	TBD
16 December 2017	Hárlinton Gutierres	Real Sociedad	TBD
16 December 2017	Allan Cárcamo	Real Sociedad	TBD
18 December 2017	Erik Bernárdez	Juticalpa	Vida
18 December 2017	Darwin Oliva	Deportivo Sanarate	Vida
20 December 2017	Douglas Martínez	New York Red Bulls II	Vida
24 December 2017	Roger Rojas	Olimpia	Alajuelense
24 December 2017	Luis Garrido	Olimpia	Alajuelense
30 December 2017	Rony Martínez	Baoding Yingli ETS	Olimpia
30 December 2017	Diego Reyes	Real Sociedad	Olimpia
30 December 2017	Bayron Méndez	Olimpia	Platense
2 January 2018	Maylor Núñez	Motagua	Valle
2 January 2018	Henry Güity	Motagua	Valle
3 January 2018	Sergio Barboza	Juticalpa	TBD
3 January 2018	Clinton Arzú	UPNFM	Real España
3 January 2018	Víctor Moncada	Vida	Juticalpa
3 January 2018	Andrés Quejada	Olimpia	TBD
4 January 2018	Gerson Tinoco	Juticalpa	Petapa
4 January 2018	Jan-Michael Williams	Juticalpa	TBD
4 January 2018	Óliver Morazán	Juticalpa	TBD
4 January 2018	Robbie Matute	Juticalpa	Real Sociedad
4 January 2018	Brayan García	Vida	Juticalpa
4 January 2018	Rosendo González	Vida	TBD
4 January 2018	Maycol Montero	Vida	Real Sociedad
4 January 2018	Carlos Bernárdez	Vida	TBD
4 January 2018	Akeem Roach	Vida	TBD
4 January 2018	Irvin Reyna	Free agent	Honduras Progreso
4 January 2018	Jerrel Britto	Honduras Progreso	Real Sociedad
4 January 2018	Mario Abadía	Honduras Progreso	TBD
4 January 2018	Ian Osorio	Real Sociedad	Platense
4 January 2018	Luis Lobo	Platense	TBD
4 January 2018	Roby Norales	Platense	TBD
4 January 2018	Luis Palacios	Platense	TBD
4 January 2018	Matheus dos Santos	Platense	TBD
4 January 2018	Carlos Ross	Platense	TBD
4 January 2018	Fabián Castillo	Platense	TBD
4 January 2018	Hárlinton Gutierres	Real Sociedad	Valle
4 January 2018	Efraín López	Real Sociedad	TBD
4 January 2018	Allan Cárcamo	Real Sociedad	TBD
4 January 2018	Michael Perelló	Marathón	Real España
8 January 2018	Eddie Hernández	Motagua	Irtysh Pavlodar
8 January 2018	Claudio Cardozo	Real España	TBD
9 January 2018	Henry Martínez	Honduras Progreso	Juticalpa
10 January 2018	Sergio Peña	Real Sociedad	TBD
12 January 2018	Marlon Licona	Motagua	Honduras Progreso
12 January 2018	Luis Ovalle	Deportes Tolima	Olimpia
12 January 2018	Alexander López	Olimpia	Alajuelense
12 January 2018	José Calderón	Marathón	Chorrillo
12 January 2018	Germán Mayenfisch	Deportivo Mandiyú	Motagua
12 January 2018	Elvin Casildo	Olimpia	UPNFM
15 January 2018	Bryan Johnson	Honduras Progreso	Marathón
16 January 2018	Javier Estupiñán	Olimpia	Motagua
16 January 2018	Éver Alvarado	Olimpia	TBD
16 January 2018	Jorge Benguché	Olimpia	UPNFM
16 January 2018	Caue Fernandes	Marathón	TBD
17 January 2018	Elmer Güity	Olimpia	TBD
17 January 2018	Allan Turcios	Real España	Atlético Limeño
17 January 2018	Briel Thomas	W Connection	Vida
17 January 2018	Dimitrie Apai	W Connection	Vida
17 January 2018	Malik St. Prix	W Connection	Vida
17 January 2018	Johny Gómez	Honduras Progreso	TBD
22 January 2018	Nicolás Del Grecco	Libertad	Olimpia
24 January 2018	Luis López	Real España	Los Angeles FC
24 January 2018	Israel Fonseca	Olimpia	Juticalpa
24 January 2018	Marlon Peña	Real España	Real Sociedad
24 January 2018	Jaime Córdoba	Once Caldas	Olimpia
25 January 2018	Aldo Oviedo	Real Sociedad	Juticalpa
25 January 2018	James Cabezas	Águila	Juticalpa
25 January 2018	Jamille Boatswain	Alajuelense	Honduras Progreso
25 January 2018	Marlon Ramírez	Juticalpa	ENPPI
25 January 2018	Roberto Riascos	Social Sol	Real Sociedad
25 January 2018	Wilson Palacios	Free agent	Olimpia

Liga Nacional

Main article: 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional

Apertura

	Playoffs							Semifinals							Finals
								2	Motagua	0	3	3
	3	Olimpia	2	2	4			3	Olimpia	2	1	3
	6	UPNFM	2	0	2										1	Motagua	0	2	2
															2	Real España	2	1	3
								1	Marathón	0	3	3
	4	Real España	3	2	5			4	Real España	3	1	4
	5	Juticalpa	2	0	2

Clausura

	Playoffs							Semifinals							Finals
								1	Marathón	1	2	3
	4	Real España	1	0	1			4	Real España	0	1	1
	5	Honduras Progreso	1	0	1										1	Marathón	1	0	1 (5)
															2	Motagua	1	0	1 (4)
								2	Motagua	0	1	1
	3	Olimpia	0	2	2			3	Olimpia	0	1	1
	6	Platense	0	1	1

Liga de Ascenso

Main article: 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Liga Mayor

Main article: 2017–18 Honduran Liga Mayor

Honduran Cup

Main article: 2018 Honduran Cup

Honduran Supercup

Main article: 2017 Honduran Supercup

Marathón v Motagua

2 August 2017	Marathón	1–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Lacayo 83'		67' Andino 77' Crisanto	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Orlando Hernández

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF Champions League

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Colorado Rapids	0	0	0
	Toronto FC	2	0	2
							Toronto FC (a)	2	2	4
							UANL	1	3	4
	Herediano	2	1	3
	UANL	2	3	5
													Toronto FC	3	1	4
													América	1	1	2
	Saprissa	1	1	2
	América	5	1	6
							América	4	3	7
							Tauro	0	1	1
	Tauro (a)	1	2	3
	FC Dallas	0	3	3
																			Toronto FC	1	2	3 (2)
																			Guadalajara (p)	2	1	3 (4)
	Santa Tecla	2	0	2
	Seattle Sounders FC	1	4	5
							Seattle Sounders FC	1	0	1
							Guadalajara	0	3	3
	Cibao	0	0	0
	Guadalajara	2	5	7
													Guadalajara	1	0	1
													New York Red Bulls	0	0	0
	Motagua	0	1	1
	Tijuana	1	1	2
							Tijuana	0	1	1
							New York Red Bulls	2	3	5
	Olimpia	1	0	1
	New York Red Bulls	1	2	3

CONCACAF League

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF League

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Santos de Guápiles	6	2	8
	San Juan Jabloteh	2	1	3
							Chorrillo	0	0	0
							Santos de Guápiles	1	1	2
	Chorrillo	1	1	2
	Honduras Progreso	0	0	0
													Árabe Unido	0	0	0
													Santos de Guápiles	0	1	1
	Central	1	0	1
	Árabe Unido	2	3	5
							Águila	0	1	1
							Árabe Unido	2	0	2
	Águila (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	Real Estelí	0	1	1 (3)
																			Olimpia (p)	0	1	1 (4)
																			Santos de Guápiles	1	0	1 (1)
	Olimpia	2	1	3
	Alajuelense	0	0	0
							Alianza	1	1	2
							Olimpia	0	3	3
	Platense	1	1	2
	Alianza	2	2	4
													Plaza Amador	1	1	2
													Olimpia	7	1	8
	Portmore United	1	0	1 (4)
	Plaza Amador (p)	0	1	1 (5)
							Walter Ferretti	0	1	1
							Plaza Amador	0	2	2
	Walter Ferretti	4	1	5
	Belmopan Bandits	1	0	1

Other matches

Tela v Marathón

8 July 2017 Friendly	Tela	0–0	Marathón	Tela, Atlántida
15:30				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

Real España v UPNFM

Cantarranas team v Olimpia

Juticalpa v Luis Ángel Firpo

Olimpia v Honduras Progreso

15 July 2017 Friendly	Olimpia	5–0	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Rojas 4' 17' 68' Mejía 55' Flores 76'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

New Orleans Stars v Motagua

16 July 2017 Friendly	New Orleans Stars	0–0 (2–1 p)	Motagua	New Orleans, United States
20:00				Stadium: Behrman Stadium

Olimpia v Águila

Alajuelense v Motagua

21 July 2017 Friendly	Alajuelense	3–0	Motagua	Heredia, Costa Rica
19:15	Barrantes 1' Cordero 30' (pen.) Guevara 89'			Stadium: Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero Referee: Juan Calderón (CRC)

Saprissa v Motagua

23 July 2017 Friendly	Saprissa	2–2	Motagua	San José, Costa Rica
11:00	Angulo 24' Bengtson 83'		44' Andino