Promotion and relegation in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras explained

History

• From 1965–66 to present ^[1]

Season	Promoted	Relegated
1965–66	none	none
1966–67	none	Troya
1967–68	Atlético Indio	San Pedro
1968–69	Victoria	Atlético Español
1969–70	Lempira	Progreso
1970–71	Atlético Español	Victoria
1971–72	Troya	Lempira
1972–73	Universidad	none
1973–74	none	Troya
1974–75	Federal	Atlético Indio
1975–76	Atlántida	Atlántida
1976–77	Campamento	Campamento
1977–78	Victoria	Federal
1978–79	Tiburones	Tiburones
1979–80	Atlético Portuario	Atlético Portuario
1980–81	Atlético Morazán	none
1981–82	Independiente Villela	Platense and Universidad
1982–83	Dandy	Independiente Villela
1983–84	Platense	Dandy
1984–85	Sula	Sula
1985–86	Tela Timsa	Universidad
1986–87	E.A.C.I.	Tela Timsa
1987–88	Universidad	E.A.C.I.
1988–89	Curacao	Universidad
1989–90	Súper Estrella	Curacao
1990–91	Tela Timsa	Sula
1991–92	Atlético Indio	Atlético Indio
1992–93	Real Maya	Súper Estrella
1993–94	Deportes Progreseño	Petrotela
1994–95	Broncos	Deportes Progreseño
1995–96	Independiente Villela	Broncos
1996–97	Universidad	none
1997–98	Palestino	Independiente Villela and Palestino
1998–99	Broncos	Real Maya
1999–00	Federal	Federal
2000–01	Deportes Savio	Broncos
2001–02	Real Comayagua	Deportes Savio
2002–03	Honduras Salzburg	Victoria
2003–04	Atlético Olanchano	Real Patepluma
2004–05	Valencia	Atlético Olanchano
2005–06	Hispano	Hispano
2006–07	Atlético Olanchano	Broncos UNAH
2007–08	Deportes Savio	Atlético Olanchano
2008–09	Real Juventud	Real Juventud
2009–10	Atlético Gualala	Real Juventud
2010–11	Necaxa	Hispano
2011–12	Atlético Choloma	Platense
2012–13	Real Sociedad	Atlético Choloma
2013–14	Parrillas One	Deportes Savio
2014–15	Honduras Progreso	Parrillas One
2015–16	Juticalpa	Victoria
2016–17	Social Sol	Social Sol
2017–18	UPNFM	Real Sociedad
2018–19	Real de Minas	Juticalpa
2019–20	Real Sociedad	none
2020–21	none	Real de Minas
2021-22	Olancho	Platense
2022-23		Honduras Progreso

Name and franchise changes

• La Salle changed its name to San Pedro in 1966–67.
• Honduras changed its name to Progreso in 1969–70.
• Verdún bought Atlético Español's franchise in 1971–72.
• Broncos bought Verdún's franchise in 1972–73.
• Universidad bought Broncos's franchise in 1982–83 and changed its name to Broncos UNAH.
• Broncos UNAH changed its name back to Universidad in 1983–84.
• Atlético Morazán changed its name to Juventud Morazánica in 1983–84.
• Sula bought Juventud Morazanica's franchise in 1985–86 and changed its name to Juventud de Sula.
• Juventud de Sula changed its name back to Sula in 1986–87.
• Tela Timsa changed its name to Petrotela in 1991–92.
• Real Comayagua bought Real Maya's franchise in 2001–02.
• Real Maya bought Real Comayagua's franchise in 2002–03.
• Real Maya changed its name to Real Patepluma in 2002–03 Clausura.
• Honduras Salzburg withdrew for 2003–04, thereby leaving Victoria, who had actually been relegated in 2002–03.
• Universidad changed its name to Broncos UNAH in 2006–07.
• Hispano bought Valencia's franchise in 2006–07.
• Atlético Gualala and Real Juventud merge and kept the name Real Juventud in 2009–10.
• Platense bought Necaxa's franchise in 2012–13.^[2]
• Infop RNP changed its name to Real De Minas in 2018–19.^[3]

Promotions and relegations by club

• As of April 2023

Club	Promotions	Relegations
Universidad / Broncos UNAH	3	4
Victoria	2	3
Atlético Indio	2	2
Federal	2	2
Independiente Villela	2	2
Tela Timsa / Petrotela	2	2
Broncos	2	2
Real Maya / Real Patepluma	2	2
Atlético Olanchano	2	2
Real Juventud / Atlético Gualala	2	2
Deportes Savio	2	1
Real Sociedad	2	1
Troya	1	2
Sula	1	2
Hispano	1	2
Platense	2	3
Atlético Español	1	1
Lempira	1	1
Atlántida	1	1
Campamento	1	1
Tiburones	1	1
Atlético Portuario	1	1
Dandy	1	1
E.A.C.I.	1	1
Curacao	1	1
Súper Estrella	1	1
Deportes Progreseño	1	1
Palestino	1	1
Atlético Choloma	1	1
Honduras Progreso	1	2
Parrillas One	1	1
Social Sol	1	1
Juticalpa	1	1
Infop RNP / Real de Minas	1	1
Atlético Morazán	1	0
Honduras Salzburg	1	0
Valencia	1	0
Necaxa	1	0
UPNFM	1	0
San Pedro	0	1

Notes and References

1. News: Cupo para uno . Diario La Prensa . 22 June 2006 . 22 June 2006 . es . https://archive.today/20130127122110/http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2006/06/22/cupo_para_uno . 27 January 2013 . dead .
2. http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Zona-Deportiva/Platense-compro-categoria-a-Necaxa-y-se-mantiene-en-Primera-Division ElHeraldo.hn – Platense compró categoría a Necaxa y se mantiene en Primera División
3. Web site: Real de Minas se llamará nuevo ascendido a la Liga Nacional . DiarioMas.hn . . 29 June 2018.