| Competition: | Liga Nacional |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Winners: | Apertura: Olimpia Clausura: None |
| Relegated: | None |
| Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Olimpia Marathón Motagua |
| League Topscorer: | Mejía (23) |
| Total Goals: | 462 |
| Matches: | 164 |
| Biggest Home Win: | MOT 5–0 HNP (9 February 2020) OLI 5–0 HNP (12 February 2020) RES 5–0 UPN (22 February 2020) OLI 5–0 MAR (23 February 2020) |
| Biggest Away Win: | HNP 0–4 OLI (27 July 2019) PLA 0–4 MAR (22 September 2019) PLA 0–4 RDM (20 October 2019) HNP 0–4 PLA (21 February 2020) |
| Highest Scoring: | RDM 4–4 MOT (14 August 2019) MAR 4–4 UPN (5 October 2019) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | MAR (9) OLI (9) |
| Longest Losses: | HNP (9) |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
| Updated: | 15 March 2020 |
The 2019–20 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 54th Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. The tournament started in July 2019 and ended in March 2020. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. A new format will be used starting this season, each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 18 games. The first five teams will advance to the post-season (Pentagonal), where they will play each other once. If the same team wins both phases, they will be crowned champions automatically; otherwise, a final series will be scheduled between the winners of both phases. This format was last used in 1992–93.[1] At the end of the season, the three teams with the best record will qualify to the 2020 CONCACAF League.
Following the 13th matchday on 15 March 2020 the Clausura tournament was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Honduras.[2] On 29 April the tournament was officially cancelled with no champion declared and no team relegated.[3]
A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2018–19 season plus C.D. Real Sociedad, promoted from the 2018–19 Liga de Ascenso.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | ||||
| 15,000 | ||||
| 35,000 | ||||
| 35,000 | ||||
| 7,910 | ||||
| 5,000 | ||||
| 26,781 | ||||
| 3,000 | ||||
| 8,000 | ||||
| 18,000 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Vacancy | Replaced by | Appointment | Position in table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacked | 6 May 2019[4] | 10 June 2019 | Preseason | ||||
| Sacked | 5 June 2019[5] | 14 June 2019[6] | Preseason | ||||
| Resigned | 10 June 2019 | 20 June 2019[7] | Preseason | ||||
| Sacked | 16 August 2019 | 16 August 2019 | 10th | ||||
| Sacked | 2 September 2019 | 3 September 2019 | 9th[8] | ||||
| Sacked | 16 September 2019 | 16 September 2019 | 10th[9] | ||||
| Resigned | 23 September 2019 | 24 September 2019 | 8th[10] | ||||
| Sacked | 4 October 2019 | TBD | TBA | 9th | |||
| Separated | 7 October 2019 | 7 October 2019 | 7th[11] |
The Apertura tournament was the first half of the 2019–20 season which ran from July to December 2019. On 10 November, C.D. Olimpia secured their third straight spot in the final series after defeating C.D. Marathón 1–0 at Tegucigalpa.[12] Olimpia, Marathón, F.C. Motagua, Lobos UPNFM and C.D.S. Vida advanced to the Pentagonal stage.[13] After seven tournaments, Olimpia was able to stop the drought and won the Apertura tournament after winning both the regular season and post-season.[14]
The final series were scheduled to be played between the winners of the regular season and the Final 5 Stage (Pentagonal). Since C.D. Olimpia won both phases, no finals were necessary.
The Clausura tournament was the second half of the 2019–20 season which runs from January to March 2020.
The top goalscorer will be determined by the addition of goals of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
As of 15 March 2020
Justin Arboleda (Marathón / Olimpia)
Bruno Volpi (Platense / Marathón)
Carlo Costly (Marathón / Platense)
Jamal Charles (R. España / R. Sociedad)
Marcelo Estigarribia (Motagua)
Alexander Aguilar (Platense / Vida)
Kílmar Peña (UPNFM)
Frelys López (Marathón)
Jeancarlo Vargas (Platense)
Jerrel Britto (Honduras Progreso)
Aldo Oviedo (Real de Minas)
Óscar Móvil (Real Sociedad)
Árnold Meléndez (UPNFM)
Jesse Moncada (Real de Minas)
Joshua Nieto (Platense)
Mathías Techera (Vida)
Kemsie Abbott (Real Sociedad)
Ángel Rodríguez (Vida)
Ronal Montoya (UPNFM)
Osman Melgares (Real Sociedad)
Rafael Agámez (Honduras Progreso)
Jeison Mejía (Real Sociedad)
Winston Mezú (Platense)
Edder Delgado (Honduras Progreso)
Mikel García (Real España)
Franklin Morales (Honduras Progreso)
Davis Argueta (Honduras Progreso)
Marlon Ramírez (H. Progreso / Marathón)
José García (Real de Minas)
Selvin Guevara (Real España)
Ángel Velásquez (Platense)
Deyron Martínez (Real Sociedad)
Sebastián Colón (Real de Minas)
Jesús Rivera (Vida)
Pedro Mencía (Honduras Progreso)
Víctor Moncada (UPNFM)
Mayron Flores (Marathón)
Luís Meléndez (Vida)
Sony Fernández (UPNFM)
Carlos Róchez (Marathón)
Erick Peña (Honduras Progreso)
Kendrick Cárcamo (Real Sociedad)
Danny Mejía (Real Sociedad)
Horacio Argueta (Vida)
Dennis Lagos (UPNFM)
Edwin Rodríguez (Olimpia)
Gerson Rodas (Honduras Progreso)
Rody Meléndez (Real España)
Julio Moncada (Platense)
José López (Marathón)
Aldo Fajardo (Platense)
German Mejía (Olimpia)
Juan Delgado (Honduras Progreso)
Samuel Lucas (Honduras Progreso)
Carlos Perdomo (Marathón)
Wilmer Fuentes (Real Sociedad)
César Guillén (Vida)
Yaudel Lahera (Honduras Progreso)
Darwin Andino (Real de Minas)
Jeffri Flores (Platense)
Bayron Méndez (Real Sociedad)
Pedro González (Olimpia)
Jorge Saldívar (Honduras Progreso)
Hilder Colón (Honduras Progreso)
Joshua Vargas (Platense)
Víctor Araúz (Platense)
Santiago Correa (Real España)
Óscar García (Real de Minas)
Diego Rodríguez (Real de Minas)
Sendel Cruz (UPNFM)
Dábirson Castillo (Platense)
Ted Bodden (UPNFM)
Luís Guzmán (Real de Minas)
Lesvin Medina (UPNFM)
Sony Fernández (UPNFM)
Kevin Espinoza (Marathón)
Ronal Montoya (UPNFM)
Relegation will be determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
