2024–25 Honduran Liga Nacional
Football league season
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The 2024–25 Honduran Liga Nacional season is the 59th Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras edition since its establishment in 1965. The tournament started on 3 August 2024 and is scheduled to end in May 2025. The season is divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. At the end of the season, the three teams with the best record qualified to the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 July 2024 –30 November 2024 |
| Champions | Apertura: Motagua |
| Matches | 74 |
| Goals | 207 (2.8 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rolando Blackburn (9 goals) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 7 November 2024. | |
Teams
A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, nine teams that participated in the 2023–24 season, and Juticalpa went up to the first division.
Apertura
The Apertura tournament is the first half of the 2024–25 season which ran from July to November 2024.[1]
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 38 | Advance to Final Series |
| 2 | Motagua (C) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 34 | |
| 3 | Real España (O) | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 29 | Advance to Final Series Play-offs |
| 4 | Marathón | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 25 | |
| 5 | Olancho (O) | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 24 | |
| 6 | Génesis | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 21 | |
| 7 | UPNFM | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 21 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 20 | |
| 9 | Juticalpa | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 17 | |
| 10 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 14 |
Results
Apertura finals
| RD1 = Quarter-finals | RD2 = Semi-finals | RD3 = Finals
Clausura
The Clausura tournament was the second half of the 2024–25 season. This tournament was marked by Jerry Bengtson breaking Wilmer Velasquez's 196 record for the league's all-time goal scorer on March 11, 2025, ending with 201 goals scored.
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpia (C) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 35 | Advance to Final Series |
| 2 | Real España | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | Motagua | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 30 | Advance to Final Series Play-offs |
| 4 | Marathón | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 29 | |
| 5 | Victoria | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 24 | |
| 6 | Génesis | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 22 | |
| 7 | Olancho | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 21 | |
| 8 | UPNFM | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 16 | |
| 9 | Real Sociedad | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 12 | |
| 10 | Juticalpa | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Results
Aggregate table
Relegation is determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpia (C) | 36 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 73 | Qualified to 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup |
| 2 | Motagua | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 70 | 39 | +31 | 64 | |
| 3 | Real España | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 64 | |
| 4 | Marathón | 36 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 54 | |
| 5 | Olancho | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 45 | |
| 6 | Victoria | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 44 | |
| 7 | Génesis | 36 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 43 | |
| 8 | UPNFM | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 37 | |
| 9 | Juticalpa | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 29 | |
| 10 | Real Sociedad (R) | 36 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 26 | Relegated to 2025–26 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso |