Liga Betchris de Honduras
FIFA Region
CONCACAF
Season
2018-2019
Location
Honduras
Abbreviation
HON1

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:

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
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

DateHome Status RoadVenue
05.05.19Juticalpa FC 12 CD HondurasEstadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
09.05.19CD Honduras 32 CD Real de MinasEstadio Humberto Micheletti
12.05.19CD Real de Minas 42 Juticalpa FCEstadio Marcelo Tinoco

Clausura - Finals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
Sun - 26 May 2019
 CD Motagua 22 CD OlimpiaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
Sun - 2 Jun 2019
 CD Olimpia 01 CD MotaguaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino

Clausura - Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateLobos UPNFM  27 CD Olimpia  
11.05.19Lobos UPNFM 13 CD OlimpiaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
19.05.19CD Olimpia 41 Lobos UPNFMEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
AggregateCD Motagua  42 CD Marathón  
12.05.19CD Motagua 20 CD MarathónEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
18.05.19CD Marathón 22 CD MotaguaEstadio Yankel Rosenthal

Clausura - Preliminary Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateLobos UPNFM  52 RCD España  
01.05.19Lobos UPNFM 31 RCD EspañaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
05.05.19RCD España 12 Lobos UPNFMEstadio Francisco Morazán
AggregatePlatense FC  03 CD Motagua  
01.05.19Platense FC 00 CD MotaguaEstadio Excelsior
05.05.19CD Motagua 30 Platense FCEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino

Torneo Clausura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1CD Olimpia 2013 -4-343-381523106 -3-12121615107 -1-2221798
2CD Motagua 2211 -6-539-361719117 -2-22324618114 -4-31612111
3CD Marathón 2010 -5-535-34286107 -2-123241212103 -3-4121016-6
4Lobos UPNFM 228 -9-533-29254115 -5-120201010113 -4-413915-6
5RCD España 207 -7-628-21201104 -3-3151174103 -4-3131013-3
6Platense FC 207 -5-826-25232104 -3-31516106103 -2-511913-4
7CD Real de Minas 205 -8-723-27270103 -4-31313112102 -4-4101416-2
8Juticalpa FC 202 -10-816-2339-16101 -5-481318-5101 -5-481021-11
9CD Honduras 204 -3-1315-1640-24103 -2-5111013-3101 -1-84627-21
10CSD Vida 182 -7-913-1429-1592 -3-49711-490 -4-54718-11
Clausura - Semifinals
Clausura - Preliminary Semifin

Apertura - Finals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateCD Olimpia  12 CD Motagua  
09.12.18CD Olimpia 02 CD MotaguaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
16.12.18CD Motagua 01 CD OlimpiaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino

Apertura - Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateRCD España  22 CD Olimpia  
24.11.18RCD España 22 CD OlimpiaEstadio Olímpico Metropolitano
01.12.18CD Olimpia 00 RCD EspañaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
 CD Olimpia advances w/more away goals (2-0) 
AggregatePlatense FC  14 CD Motagua  
25.11.18Platense FC 01 CD MotaguaEstadio Excelsior
02.12.18CD Motagua 31 Platense FCEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino

Apertura - Preliminary Semifinals

DateHome Status RoadVenue
AggregateRCD España  43 CD Marathón  
14.11.18RCD España 20 CD MarathónEstadio Francisco Morazán
17.11.18CD Marathón 32 RCD EspañaEstadio Yankel Rosenthal
AggregatePlatense FC  21 Lobos UPNFM  
14.11.18Platense FC 11 Lobos UPNFMEstadio Excelsior
17.11.18Lobos UPNFM 01 Platense FCEstadio Emilio Williams Agasse

Torneo Apertura

 LeagueHomeRoad
POSMPW - D - LPTSCPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGDMPW - D - LPTSGFGAGD
1CD Motagua 1811 -4-337-28111798 -0-101821693 -4-201091
2CD Olimpia 188 -8-232-2517895 -4-00137693 -4-2012102
3Lobos UPNFM 189 -3-630-2520595 -2-201712594 -1-40880
4RCD España 187 -5-626-3125695 -2-201511492 -3-4016142
5CD Marathón 176 -7-425-2522394 -5-001711682 -2-40811-3
6Platense FC 186 -6-624-2118394 -4-10127592 -2-50911-2
7CD Honduras 186 -4-822-2731-493 -2-401215-393 -2-401516-1
8CSD Vida 184 -7-719-2124-393 -2-401413191 -5-30711-4
9Juticalpa FC 173 -6-815-1931-1282 -4-201110191 -2-60821-13
10CD Real de Minas 183 -2-1311-1538-2392 -1-60614-891 -1-70924-15
Apertura - Semifinals
Apertura - Preliminary Semifi

Results

Sat - 27 Apr 2019
 CD Motagua 11 CSD VidaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
 RCD España 01 Platense FCEstadio Francisco Morazán
 CD Real de Minas 02 CD MarathónEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
 CD Honduras 11 Juticalpa FCEstadio Francisco Morazán
 Lobos UPNFM 30 CD OlimpiaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
Sun - 21 Apr 2019
 Platense FC 11 CSD VidaEstadio Excelsior
 Juticalpa FC 23 CD MotaguaEstadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
Sat - 20 Apr 2019
 Lobos UPNFM 00 RCD EspañaEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
Wed - 17 Apr 2019
 CD Olimpia 11 CD Real de MinasEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
 CD Marathón 60 CD HondurasEstadio Yankel Rosenthal
Mon - 15 Apr 2019
 Juticalpa FC 20 Platense FCEstadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
Sun - 14 Apr 2019
 CSD Vida 02 CD Real de MinasEstadio Ceibeño
 CD Motagua 51 CD MarathónEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
Sat - 13 Apr 2019
 CD Honduras 10 Lobos UPNFMEstadio Francisco Morazán
 RCD España 01 CD OlimpiaEstadio Francisco Morazán
Wed - 10 Apr 2019
 CD Olimpia 40 Juticalpa FCEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino
 CSD Vida 21 CD MarathónEstadio Ceibeño
 RCD España 20 CD HondurasEstadio Francisco Morazán
 Platense FC 21 CD MotaguaEstadio Excelsior
Tue - 9 Apr 2019
 CD Real de Minas 00 Lobos UPNFMEstadio Nacional Tibucio Carias Andino