2018–19 in Honduran football

The 2018–19 season is the 71st season of competitive association football in Honduras.

Football in Honduras

Season	2018–19
Men's football
Liga Nacional	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: Motagua
Liga de Ascenso	Apertura: Real Sociedad Clausura: Olancho
Honduran Cup	Platense
Honduran Supercup	Marathón
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

National teams

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica (H)	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Curaçao	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	El Salvador	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
4	Honduras	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Other matches

Central American and Caribbean Games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Honduras	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: BAQ2018
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
(H) Host.

	Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	28 July
	Colombia	3
					31 July
	Haiti	1
					Colombia	2
	28 July
					Venezuela	1
	Venezuela	1
	Honduras	0
					Bronze medal match
					31 July
					Haiti	0
					Honduras	3

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

2018 UNCAF U-19 Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Guatemala	6	5	1	0	9	1	+8	16
2	Panama	6	5	0	1	15	6	+9	15
3	Costa Rica	6	3	2	1	16	7	+9	11
4	Honduras (H)	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7
5	Nicaragua	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	4
6	El Salvador	6	1	1	4	5	15	−10	4
7	Belize	6	1	0	5	4	17	−13	3

First match(es) will be played on 19 August. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(H) Host.

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

2018 UNCAF U-16 Tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	6	5	0	1	8	2	+6	15	Winners
2	Costa Rica	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
3	Guatemala	6	2	3	1	7	2	+5	9
4	Nicaragua	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
5	Honduras	6	2	1	3	13	10	+3	7
6	Belize	6	1	0	5	3	19	−16	3
7	El Salvador	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2018. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Domestic clubs

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Liga Nacional	TBD	TBD
Liga de Ascenso	TBD	TBD

Summer transfers

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
9 May 2018	Jairo Puerto	Puerto Rico FC	Real España
11 May 2018	Wilfredo Barahona	Real España	Juticalpa	[1]
2 June 2018	Domingo Zalazar	Real España	Municipal	[2]
3 June 2018	Maximiliano Callorda	Boston River	Real España	[3]
5 June 2018	Johnny Leverón	Marathón	Real España	[4]
7 June 2018	Alfredo Mejía	Xanthi	Real España
13 June 2018	Carlos Sánchez	Honduras Progreso	Motagua	[5]
23 June 2018	Marlon Ramírez	ENPPI	Marathón	[6]
23 June 2018	Juan Rodríguez	Marathón	TBD
27 June 2018	Matías Galvaliz	Defensores de Belgrano	Motagua	[7]
28 June 2018	Roberto Moreira	Ferro Carril Oeste	Motagua	[8]
28 June 2018	Carlos Discua	Motagua	Marathón	[9]
28 June 2018	Sony Fernández	Vida	UPNFM
28 June 2018	Leonardo Benedith	Vida	UPNFM
28 June 2018	Joel López	Vida	Villanueva
2 July 2018	Darwin Arita	UPNFM	Real España
4 July 2018	Irvin Reyna	Honduras Progreso	Real de Minas
4 July 2018	Israel Silva	Marathón	Real de Minas
4 July 2018	Mateus Ferreira	–	Real de Minas
4 July 2018	Brunet Hay	Platense	TBD
4 July 2018	Donaldo Morales	Platense	Real de Minas
4 July 2018	Erick Norales	Platense	TBD
4 July 2018	Ian Osorio	Platense	UPNFM
10 July 2018	Leandro Motta	Democrata	Olimpia	[10]
11 July 2018	Denilson Castillo	Motagua	Real España
11 July 2018	Christian Altamirano	Real España	Honduras Progreso	[11]
17 July 2018	José Mendoza	Juticalpa	Platense	[12]
18 July 2018	Devron García	Real España	Vida
18 July 2018	Clinton Arzú	Real España	Honduras Progreso
18 July 2018	Robbie Matute	Real Sociedad	Platense
18 July 2018	Níxon Duarte	Juticalpa	Platense
19 July 2018	Julio de León	Parrillas One	Platense	[13]

Winter transfers

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
18 November 2018	Maylor Núñez	Juticalpa	Olimpia
13 December 2018	José Tobías	Honduras Progreso	Real España	[14]
13 December 2018	Odis Borjas	Real España	TBD
17 December 2018	Luis López	Orange County	Real España
22 December 2018	Hendry Thomas	Olimpia	TBD
23 December 2018	Esteban Espíndola	Olimpia	TBD
25 December 2018	Pedro Mencía	Honduras Progreso	Platense	[15]
25 December 2018	André Ettiene	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 December 2018	Mariano Acevedo	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 December 2018	Justin Pérez	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 December 2018	Luís González	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 December 2018	Jamal Charles	Real Monarchs	Vida
25 December 2018	Mauro Reyes	Honduras Progreso	TBD
25 December 2018	Michael Osorio	Vida	UPNFM
25 December 2018	Javier Quiñones	Vida	TBD
25 December 2018	Roy Smith	Marathón	TBD
25 December 2018	Níxon Duarte	Platense	TBD
25 December 2018	Jerrel Britto	Platense	TBD
25 December 2018	Cristhian Altamirano	Platense	TBD
25 December 2018	Luis Lobo	Platense	TBD
25 December 2018	Jorge Cardona	Platense	Honduras Progreso
25 December 2018	Brayan Reyes	Platense	TBD
28 December 2018	Cristian Cálix	Marathón	Atlas
28 December 2018	Henry Figueroa	Motagua	Alajuelense
29 December 2018	Luís Castro	Platense	Real Juventud
29 December 2018	Emiliano Bonfigli	Cuenca	Olimpia
30 December 2018	Diego Reyes	Olimpia	Platense
31 December 2018	Mayron Flores	Olimpia	Marathón	[16]
31 December 2018	Raúl Cáceres	–	Real de Minas
31 December 2018	Josué Villafranca	Motagua	Real de Minas
31 December 2018	Dílmer Gutiérrez	UPNFM	Vida
31 December 2018	José Pineda	UPNFM	Juticalpa
31 December 2018	Leonardo Benedit	UPNFM	TBD
31 December 2018	Christian Martínez	UPNFM	TBD
31 December 2018	José Pinto	UPNFM	Olimpia
31 December 2018	Jorge Álvarez	UPNFM	Olimpia
31 December 2018	Jorge Benguché	UPNFM	Olimpia
31 December 2018	Bayron Méndez	Parrillas One	Juticalpa
31 December 2018	Franco Güity	Juticalpa	UPNFM
31 December 2018	Jorge Zaldívar	Juticalpa	TBD
31 December 2018	José Fonseca	Juticalpa	TBD
31 December 2018	Víctor Moncada	Juticalpa	UPNFM
31 December 2018	Brayan García	Juticalpa	Real España
31 December 2018	Osman Melgares	Juticalpa	TBD
31 December 2018	Allan Catalán	–	Honduras Progreso
31 December 2018	Álvaro Romero	–	Honduras Progreso
31 December 2018	César Oseguera	Real España	Platense
31 December 2018	Andrés Pineda	–	Platense
31 December 2018	José Mendoza	Platense	UPNFM
31 December 2018	Émerson Lalín	Platense	TBD
31 December 2018	Arnaldo Urbina	Vida	TBD
31 December 2018	Patrick Palacios	Reserves	Real España
31 December 2018	José Arévalo	Real España	TBD
1 January 2019	Wilmer Fuentes	Marathón	Platense
2 January 2019	Marcelo Espinal	Vida	Juticalpa
3 January 2019	Harold Fonseca	Motagua	Vida
3 January 2019	Eddie Hernández	Zob Ahan Esfahan	Vida
4 January 2019	Martín Bonjour	Torque	Olimpia	[17]
5 January 2019	Guillermo Chavasco	Técnico Universitario	Olimpia	[18]
5 January 2019	Caue Fernandes	Free agent	Marathón
6 January 2019	Óscar Salas	Olimpia	Juticalpa
6 January 2019	Román Castillo	Motagua	Nantong Zhiyun	[19]
7 January 2019	Brayan Velásquez	Olimpia	Zulia
7 January 2019	Emiliano Techera	Atenas	Juticalpa
8 January 2019	Marcelo Canales	Olimpia	TBD
9 January 2019	José García	Olimpia	Real de Minas
9 January 2019	Carlos Pineda	Olimpia	Real de Minas
9 January 2019	Kevin Hernández	Real España	Platense
9 January 2019	José Escalante	San Antonio	Juticalpa
10 January 2019	Rony Martínez	Olimpia	Real España
10 January 2019	Jairo Róchez	Olimpia	UPNFM
10 January 2019	Carlo Costly	Olimpia	Marathón
10 January 2019	Javier Estupiñán	Motagua	Juticalpa

Liga Nacional

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								1	Motagua	1	3	4
	3	UPNFM	1	0	1			4	Platense	0	1	1
	6	Platense	1	1	2										1	Motagua	2	0	2
															2	Olimpia	0	1	1
								2	Olimpia	2	0	2
	4	Marathón	0	3	3			3	Real España	2	0	2
	5	Real España	2	2	4

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
								1	Olimpia	3	4	7
	4	Real España	1	1	2			5	UPNFM	1	1	2
	5	UPNFM	3	2	5										1	Olimpia	2	0	2
															3	Motagua	2	1	3
								2	Marathón	0	2	2
	3	Motagua	0	3	3			3	Motagua	2	2	4
	6	Platense	0	0	0

Liga de Ascenso

Honduran Cup

Honduran Supercup

CONCACAF Champions League

CONCACAF League

Other matches

6 July 2018 Friendly	Olimpia	2–3	UPNFM	Siguatepeque
	Bengtson Moya  (pen.)		68' Peña  84' Vásquez Meléndez	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila

7 July 2018 Friendly	Comayagua	0–3	Olimpia	Siguatepeque
			Álvarez Moya Canales	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila

7 July 2018 Friendly	Honduras Progreso	1–2	Real España	El Progreso
	Valencia		Martínez Tejeda	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

13 July 2018 Friendly	Olimpia	2–0	Alajuelense	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00	Bengtson  45' Álvarez  80'			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (HON)

14 July 2018 Friendly	Municipal	2–1	Real España	Guatemala City, Guatemala
15:00	López  15' Hansen  33'		27' Benavídez	Stadium: Estadio El Trébol

14 July 2018 Friendly	UPNFM	v	Broncos del Sur	Choluteca
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse

14 July 2018 Friendly	Cobán Imperial	v	Platense	Cobán, Guatemala
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Verapaz

14 July 2018 Friendly	UPNFM	v	Jocoro	Choluteca, Honduras
18:00				Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse

15 July 2018 Friendly	Real de Minas	4–1	Jocoro	Danlí, Honduras
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

15 July 2018 Friendly	Motagua	2–2 (2–4 p)	Alajuelense	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
16:00	Vega  9' Montes  55'		14' A. López  80' Moya	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Saíd Martínez (HON)
	Penalties
	Galvaliz Andino López Estupiñán		McDonald Moya Álvarez Guevara P. López
Note: 2018 Copa Diunsa

15 July 2018 Friendly	Honduras Progreso	0–2	Marathón	El Progreso
17:00			Romero Argueta	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

16 September 2018 Friendly

New Orleans

1–2

Olimpia

New Orleans, United States

Deaths

Date	Name	Born	Notes
3 November 2018	Guillermo Suazo	–	Former C.D. Atlético Español and C.D. Verdún footballer.[20] Cancer.
5 November 2018	Geraldo da Silva	–	Former F.C. Motagua footballer. Brain cancer.
16 November 2018	Gil Rodríguez	–	Former Real C.D. España footballer. Heart attack.
18 November 2018	Óscar Munguía	6 July 1991 (aged 27)	Active C.D.S. Vida footballer. Multiple gunshots.[21]
11 December 2018	José Williams	30 September 1983 (aged 35)	Honduran defender. Stroke.[22]
12 December 2018	José Ferrari	10 February 1937 (aged 81)	Club Deportivo Olimpia's president. Heart attack.[23]
28 December 2018	Edwin Pavón	6 November 1962 (aged 56)	Former Honduras national football team manager. Cardiac arrest.
12 January 2019	René Suazo	1934 or 1935 (aged 84)	Former Club Deportivo Olimpia footballer. Heart attack.
28 April 2019	Carlos Suazo	8 March 1936 (aged 83)	Former footballer and manager. Respiratory failure.
11 June 2019	Roberto Bailey	10 August 1952 (aged 66)	Former Honduras national football team player. Car accident.

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