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2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional

Field	Value
competition	Liga Nacional
season	2002–03
winners	Apertura: Olimpia
Clausura: Marathón
relegated	Victoria
continentalcup1	UNCAF Interclub Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Olimpia
Marathón
league topscorer	Apertura:
BRA Marcelo Ferreira (15)
Clausura:
BRA Denilson Costa (10)
Honduras Pompilio Cacho (10)
BRA Luciano Emílio (10)
total goals	448
matches	192
biggest home win	Platense 5-0 Real Maya
(11 August 2002)
biggest away win	Vida 0-6 Marathón
(5 April 2003)
prevseason	2001–02
nextseason	2003–04
updated	1 June 2003

Clausura: Marathón Marathón BRA Marcelo Ferreira (15) Clausura: BRA Denilson Costa (10) Honduras Pompilio Cacho (10) BRA Luciano Emílio (10) (11 August 2002) (5 April 2003)

The 2002–03 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 37th edition since the intervention of the professional league in Honduran football. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) which ran from August 2002 to June 2003.

2002–03 teams

Honduras Salzburg (El Progreso) (promoted)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Tegucigalpa)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Real Maya / Real Patepluma (Comayagua)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)
Real Maya changed its name to Real Patepluma for the Clausura tournament and moved to Santa Bárbara.

Apertura

The Apertura tournament lasted from August to December 2002, C.D. Olimpia defeated C.D. Platense in the Final to secure its 16th league title.

Regular season

Results

: As of 24 November 2002

Standings

Final round

Semifinals

Platense vs Real España

Platense won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Olimpia vs Marathón

Bonilla

Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Platense vs Olimpia

Palacios

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ARG Alberto Romero

HON Juan Carlos Espinoza

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Liga Nacional
2002–03 Apertura Champion
Olimpia
16th title

Squads

Honduras Salzburg	Marathón	Motagua
HON Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores	HON Luis "Bombero" Ramírez	HON Carlos Escobar
HON Juan "Montuca" Castro	HON Luis Ramos	HON Jimmy González
HON Vinel Chamorro
HON Carlos "Pupita" Güity	HON Mauricio Sabillón	HON Pompilio Cacho
HON Emil Martínez	HON Juan Pablo Centeno	HON Víctor Coello
HON Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández	HON Darwin Pacheco	HON Mario Berríos
HON Behiker Bustillo	HON Rubén Suazo	HON Luis Santamaría
HON Walter López	HON Anael Figueroa	HON Carlos Alberto Salinas
HON Elvis Scott	HON Luis Guifarro	HON Leonardo Morales
HON Mario López	HON Dennis Ferrera	HON Óscar Vargas
BRA Jean Carles Rosario	HON Lenín Suárez	HON Orvin "Pato" Cabrera
HON David Cárcamo	PAR Alfredo Cristino Jara	BRA Lisandro Silva
BRA Silvian López	HON David Cáceres	HON Ilich Arias
HON Elmer Montoya	HON Júnior Izaguirre	HON Mauricio Castro
ARG José Pacini	HON Noel Valladares	HON Carlos Oliva
HON Henry Enamorado	HON Nery Medina	HON Víctor Mena
ARG Danilo Tosello	PAN Donaldo González	HON Wilmer Velásquez
HON Donis Escober	BRA Denilson Costa	HON Milton Palacios Suazo
HON Wilson Palacios	HON Hendry Thomas	HON Maynor Suazo
HON Hugo Caballero	HON Francis Reyes	HON José Luis Pineda
HON Juan Manuel Cárcamo	HON Eduardo Bennett	HON Juan Carlos Raudales
HON Óscar "Pescado" Bonilla	HON Edwin Yobani Ávila	HON Fabio Ulloa
BRA Marcelo Ferreira	HON Jorge Zapata	HON Marvin Sánchez
HON Elmer Zelaya	HON Reynaldo Tilguath	PAN Ricardo James
HON Edgar Álvarez	HON Clifford Laing	PAN José Anthony Torres
ARG Gustavo Scioscia	ARG Pablo Medina	HON David Meléndez
HON Jorge Espinoza	HON Rony Morales	HON Ángel "Búfalo" Hill
HON Walter Hernández	HON Alex Andino	HON Elder Valladares
HON Derrick Hulse	HON Francisco Ramírez	HON Elmer Blanco
HON Nigel Zúniga	HON Marlon José Peña	HON Enrique Renau
HON Jaime Rosales	BRA Rafael Betine	HON Milton "Chocolate" Flores
HON Júnior Morales	HON Erick Vallecillo	HON Sergio Mendoza
BRA Luciano Emílio
HON Rony Flores	HON Cristino Bernárdez
HON Jaime Ruíz
HON Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	HON John Bodden	HON Carlos Lino
HON Carlos Discua	HON Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga	HON Mario Chávez
HON José García	HON Luis Lagos	HON Carlos "Tatín" Morán
HON Pablo Bernárdez	HON Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	HON Óscar Sorto
HON Hesler Phillips	HON Miguel "Gallo" Mariano	HON Carlos "Calolo" Palacios
HON Alex Roberto Bailey	HON Máximo Arzú	HON Wilmer Ramos
HON Jonathan Bush Sanders	HON Luis Perdomo	HON Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
HON Jorge Ocampo

Top goalscorers

15 goals

BRA Marcelo Ferreira (Platense) 11 goals
BRA Luciano Emílio (Real España) 6 goals
BRA Denilson Costa (Olimpia)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from February to June 2003. C.D. Marathón took revenge a year and a half later and defeated C.D. Motagua in the finals to claim its 4th league title.

Regular season

Results

: As of 10 May 2003

Standings

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua

Guerrero Palacios

Martínez

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Marathón vs Real España

Marathón 2–2 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better Regular season performance.

Final

Marathón vs Motagua

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MEX Alejandro Domínguez

BRA HON Flavio Ortega

Costa

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BRA HON Flavio Ortega

MEX Alejandro Domínguez

Marathón won 4–1 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional
2002–03 Clausura Champion
Marathón
4th title

Squads

Honduras Salzburg	Marathón	Motagua
HON Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores	HON Luis "Bombero" Ramírez	HON Carlos Escobar
HON Juan "Montuca" Castro	HON Luis Ramos	HON Jimmy González
HON Vinel Chamorro
HON Carlos "Pupita" Güity	HON Mauricio Sabillón	HON Pompilio Cacho
HON Emil Martínez	HON Hugo Caballero	HON Víctor Coello
HON Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández	HON Darwin Pacheco	HON Mario Berríos
HON Behiker Bustillo	HON José Luis López	HON Luis Santamaría
HON Walter López	ARG Juan Manuel Zandoná	HON Carlos Alberto Salinas
BRA HON Denilson Costa	HON Luis Guifarro	ARG José Pacini
HON Lenín Suárez	HON Dennis Ferrera	HON Óscar Vargas
HON Leonardo Morales	HON Ilich Arias	HON David Cáceres
HON Antonio Arita
HON Elmer Montoya	HON Júnior Izaguirre	HON Mauricio Castro
ARG Pablo Bocco	HON Noel Valladares	HON Juan Raudales
HON Samir García	HON Jairo Martínez	HON Luis "Tanque" Oseguera
HON Avidán Solís	HON Francisco Pavón	HON Robel Bernárdez
HON Víctor Mena	HON Iván Guerrero	HON Henry Enamorado
HON Jorge "Tata" Lozano
ARG Danilo Tosello	PAN Donaldo González	HON Wilmer Velásquez
HON Donis Escober	BRA Marcelo Ferreira	HON Milton Palacios Suazo
HON Wilson Palacios	HON Hendry Thomas	HON Maynor Suazo
HON Maynor Figueroa	HON Francis Reyes	HON José Luis Pineda
HON Jerry Palacios	HON Óscar "Pescado" Bonilla
HON Francisco Ramírez	HON Jorge Zapata	HON Marvin Sánchez
HON Elmer Zelaya	HON Reynaldo Tilguath	PAN Ricardo James
HON Ángel "Búfalo" Hill	HON Clifford Laing	PAN José Anthony Torres
ARG Gustavo Scioscia	HON Pablo Medina	HON David Meléndez
HON Rony Morales	HON Jorge Espinoza
HON Nigel Zúniga	HON Marlon José Peña	HON Enrique Renau
HON Jaime Rosales	BRA Rafael Betine	HON Milton "Chocolate" Flores
HON Júnior Morales	HON Erick Vallecillo	BRA Luciano Emílio
HON Sergio Mendoza	HON Javier Martínez	BRA Pedro Santana
HON Rony Flores	HON Cristino Bernárdez
HON Jaime Ruíz	ARG Diego Vásquez
HON Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	HON John Bodden	HON Carlos Lino
HON Carlos Discua	HON Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga	HON Mario Chávez
HON José García	HON Luis Lagos	HON Carlos "Tatín" Morán
HON Pablo Bernárdez	HON Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	HON Óscar Sorto
HON Hesler Phillips	HON Miguel "Gallo" Mariano	HON Carlos "Calolo" Palacios
HON Alex Roberto Bailey	HON Máximo Arzú	HON Wilmer Ramos
HON Walter "Pery" Martínez	HON Marvin Morán	HON Marvin Chávez
HON Samir George	HON Ignacio Mejía	HON Johnny Rivera
HON Dionisio Bátiz	HON Carlos Mena	HON Marlon López
HON Norlan García
HON Jonathan Bush Sanders	HON Luis Perdomo	HON Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
HON Jorge Ocampo	HON Saynor Álvarez	HON Víctor "Muma" Bernárdez

Top goalscorers

10 goals

BRA Luciano Emílio (Real España)
HON Pompilio Cacho (C.D. Marathón)
BRA HON Denilson Costa (C.D. Marathón) 8 goals
HON Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia) 6 goals
BRA Pedro Santana (Real España) 6 goals
HON Jairo Martínez (Motagua)
HON José Pacini (Marathón) 5 goals
ARG Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)
HON Luis Oseguera (Motagua) 4 goals
HON Emil Martínez (Marathón)
HON Francisco Ramírez (Platense)
BRA Marcelo Ferreira (Olimpia)
HON Abidán Solís (Motagua) 3 goals
HON Clifford Laing (Platense)

Relegation

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 10 May 2003, C.D. Victoria were relegated to Liga de Ascenso, however they bought Honduras Salzburg's franchise and stayed in first division.

Controversies

During the Apertura tournament, C.D. Marathón hosted Real C.D. España on week 9, the match was played on 28 September and ended with a 0–2 away win to Real España. During halftime, Real España delayed more than 15 minutes and returned late to play the second half. Marathón alleged and the Board of Discipline annulled the game. A rematch was played on 13 October ending in a 0–0 draw. Such decision affected the final standings which resulted in Marathón owning the third place and sent Real España to fourth.

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hond03.html RSSSF.com–Honduras 2002/03]–11 December 2009
[http://www.radiohouse.hn/casos-insolitos-del-futbol-hondureno/ RadioHouse.hn–CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO]–13 October 2016

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