Liga Nacional is a men’s football league in Honduras formed in 1964, with coverage recorded in Xtra-Stats from the 2011 season through 2025. Visitors can use this page to follow live scores, fixtures, results, standings, and player and team statistics throughout its recorded seasons. It offers a clear reference for reviewing match activity and season information over time.
Upcoming matches, Liga Nacional
Apertura - 8
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Platense FC
Lobos UpnfmEstadio Excelsior -
- Apertura - 8
Atlético Choloma
Estrella Roja -
- Apertura - 8
Génesis
Olancho
Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdova -
- Apertura - 8
Real Espana
CD Motagua
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- Apertura - 8
Juticalpa
CD Marathon
Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas -
- Apertura - 8
CD Olimpia
Apertura - 9
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- Apertura - 9
Platense FC
Juticalpa
Estadio Excelsior
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- Apertura - 9
CD Motagua
Atlético Choloma
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- Apertura - 9
Génesis
CD Olimpia
Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdova
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CD Marathon
Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse
Latest played matches, Liga Nacional
Apertura - 7
Apertura - 6
Liga Nacional Standings
Apertura
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
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CD Marathon | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 17 | WWWDW |
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Real Espana | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 15 | DWWDD |
| 3 |
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CD Olimpia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 | LWDDW |
| 4 |
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CD Motagua | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 | WDWWL |
| 5 |
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Génesis | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | LWLDW |
| 6 |
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Olancho | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | DDLDW |
| 7 | Atletico Independiente | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | WDLDD | |
| 8 | Estrella Roja | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 9 | DLDWD | |
| 9 | Lobos Upnfm | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 5 | WLLLD | |
| 10 |
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Platense FC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 5 | DLWLL |
| 11 |
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Atlético Choloma | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 4 | LDLWL |
| 12 |
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Juticalpa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 3 | LLWLL |
Liga Nacional Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Liga Nacional teams participation since 2011
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| CD Marathon | 15 |
| CD Olimpia | 15 |
| CD Motagua | 15 |
| Real Espana | 15 |
| Vida | 13 |
| CD Real Sociedad | 12 |
| Platense FC | 12 |
| Victoria | 10 |
| CD Honduras | 9 |
| Lobos Upnfm | 9 |
| Juticalpa | 6 |
| Olancho | 4 |
| Real de Minas | 3 |
| Deportes Savio | 3 |
| Atlético Choloma | 3 |
| Génesis | 3 |
| Parrillas One | 2 |
| Cd Social Sol | 1 |
| Necaxa | 1 |
Liga Nacional top scorer teams
Liga Nacional About
Liga Nacional is Honduras’s top-tier men’s professional football league, officially known as the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras and also recorded as Honduras Liga Nacional de Futbol. It sits at the summit of the Honduran football pyramid, determines the country’s domestic champions and provides a route into Central American club competition.
Identity and purpose
Established in 1964, the competition is administered by its own board under the oversight of the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). Its central sporting purpose is to identify the best club in Honduras through league competition and a decisive final stage. The league also connects domestic performance with the wider CONCACAF system, as leading clubs can earn qualification for the CONCACAF Central American Cup and, through that tournament, a possible route to the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Liga Nacional is contested by 10 professional clubs from across Honduras. Membership is based on sporting merit within a promotion-and-relegation structure. At the end of the annual cycle, the club with the lowest aggregate points total across the two championships is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso, while that division’s champion takes its place. Clubs must also satisfy the relevant CONCACAF licensing standards, including requirements relating to financial stability and youth development infrastructure.
The competition record covered here runs from the 2011 season through 2025, with 15 recorded seasons. The earliest event currently listed in this statistical coverage is dated 27 September 2020. These database milestones describe the available match record rather than the full historical age of the Honduran top flight, which dates back to its formation in 1964.
Seasonal structure
The league follows a split annual calendar built around two separate championships: the Apertura and the Clausura. The Apertura generally begins in July or August and reaches its conclusion in December. The Clausura normally starts in January and finishes in May or June. Each tournament is an independent championship, so two national titles are awarded during a typical year.
The regular phase uses a double round-robin schedule. Every club plays each of the other nine teams twice, once at home and once away. Results are scored using the standard system of three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. This phase establishes the table, determines the qualifiers for the title stage and contributes to the aggregate standings used for relegation.
Final phase and progression
The final-stage format has developed over time. Earlier arrangements sent the top six teams into a Liguilla: the first- and second-placed clubs went directly to the semi-finals, while teams finishing third to sixth contested a play-in round, or repechaje. In that structure, regular-season position determined the pairings and the higher-ranked side hosted the second leg.
For the 2025–26 cycle, the described arrangement uses a revised group-based final phase. The six leading teams are divided into two groups of three. The first- and second-placed teams from the regular phase are kept in separate groups, while the remaining four qualifiers are allocated between them. Each group is played as a triangular competition, and the group winners advance to a two-legged final. The champion is therefore decided over home-and-away matches rather than by a single final fixture.
This change illustrates an important feature of Liga Nacional: its competition design can be adjusted between regulatory cycles while retaining the same core logic. The regular phase rewards consistency, the final stage creates an additional title race and the two-leg final gives both finalists a home fixture.
Standings and tie-break rules
If clubs finish level on points in the regular phase, the principal ordering criteria are goal difference, goals scored and then head-to-head results. In the group phase, a team’s higher position in the regular-season table can serve as the advantage for resolving a tie and determining who progresses.
In earlier two-legged play-in and semi-final arrangements, an aggregate draw generally favoured the team that had finished higher in the regular-season standings. The grand final was treated differently: the sporting advantage was removed, with 30 minutes of extra time followed by a penalty shootout if the aggregate score remained level. Under the revised two-legged final structure, the same conventional decider of extra time and penalties applies when required. Away goals are not presented as a determining principle in the supplied rules.
Sporting significance
Winning Liga Nacional means becoming champion of Honduras, one of the country’s most important domestic sporting achievements. Success also carries consequences beyond the national competition. Champions and other top-performing clubs may secure places in the CONCACAF Central American Cup, where strong performances can lead to the CONCACAF Champions Cup and an opportunity to compete on the wider regional stage.
For supporters, clubs and players, the league combines a long regular campaign with high-pressure postseason football. The two annual tournaments create repeated opportunities for a title challenge, while the aggregate relegation calculation keeps the lower end of the table meaningful across both the Apertura and Clausura. That balance between weekly league consistency, seasonal titles and regional qualification defines the modern Liga Nacional.