1998–99 Honduran Liga Nacional

Although the tournament was played from January to July 1999, this is officially known as the 1998–99 season in the Honduran football league, it was also the last non-Apertura-Clausura format season played. Club Deportivo Olimpia conquered its 14th title in its history.

Liga Nacional

Season	1998-99
Champions	Olimpia (14th title)
Relegated	Real Maya
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Olimpia Real España
UNCAF Interclub Cup	Olimpia Real España
Top goalscorer	Sergio Machado (11)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

1998–99 teams

• Broncos (promoted)
• Marathón
• Motagua
• Olimpia
• Platense
• Universidad
• Real España
• Real Maya
• Victoria
• Vida

Regular season

• Also serves as 1998 Honduran Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	7	9	2	28	13	+15	30	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	18	7	7	4	24	20	+4	28
3	Universidad	18	7	6	5	24	21	+3	27
4	Real España	18	5	11	2	24	18	+6	26
5	Victoria	18	6	7	5	25	22	+3	25
6	Platense	18	7	4	7	23	31	−8	25
7	Marathón	18	4	9	5	16	16	0	21
8	Broncos	18	4	8	6	17	22	−5	20
9	Vida	18	4	4	10	22	32	−10	16
10	Real Maya	18	2	9	7	12	15	−3	15	Relegated to the Liga de Ascenso

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Notes:

Results

As of 12 May 1999

Home \ Away	BRO	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	RMA	UNI	VIC	VID
Broncos	—	0–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1
Marathón	1–1	—	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2
Motagua	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
Olimpia	4–0	0–0	4–1	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1
Platense	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	—	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Real España	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	—	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–1
Real Maya	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–3
Universidad	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	4–1
Victoria	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–4	2–1	3–1	—	1–0
Vida	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–5	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 1999. Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Final round

Hexagonal

Platense v Olimpia

30 May 1999 Hexagonal	Platense	0–0	Olimpia	Puerto Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Olimpia v Platense

6 June 1999 Hexagonal	Olimpia	3–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 29,728

• Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Victoria v Motagua

29 May 1999 Hexagonal	Victoria	2–1	Motagua	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Motagua v Victoria

6 June 1999 Hexagonal	Motagua	2–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
14:00				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 29,728

• Motagua 3–3 Victoria on aggregate. Motagua advanced on regular season record. Victoria advanced as best loser.

Real España v Universidad

29 May 1999 Hexagonal	Real España	2–0	Universidad	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Universidad v Real España

3 June 1999 Hexagonal	Universidad	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Real España won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Victoria v Olimpia

12 June 1999 Semifinals	Victoria	0–0	Olimpia	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Olimpia v Victoria

20 June 1999 Semifinals	Olimpia	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
	Suazo		Carson	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Olimpia 1–1 Victoria on aggregate. Olimpia advanced on regular season record.

Real España v Motagua

12 June 1999 Semifinals	Real España	3–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
	Hernández Cabrera			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Real España

20 June 1999 Semifinals	Motagua	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Real España won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Real España v Olimpia

10 July 1999 Final	Real España	1–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Ramírez		Caballero	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Marcio Carranza

Olimpia v Real España

17 July 1999 Final	Olimpia	1–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Costa 39'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,000

• Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate.

Top scorer

• Sergio Machado (Platense) with 11 goals

Squads

Broncos
Gustavo Gallegos	Marcelo Ferreira Martins	Marlon Javier Monge
Martín Castro	Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega	José Ulloa Villatoro
Marathón
Josué Reyes	Pedro Cubillo	Juan Pablo Centeno
Pompilio Cacho Valerio	Frank García	Walter "Gualala" Trejo
Darwin Pacheco	Damián Garófalo	Norman "Tilimán" Núñez
Edwin Alexander Medina	Behiker Bustillo	Jaime Rosales
Mauricio Sabillón
Motagua
Hugo Caballero	Noel Valladares	Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez
Amado "Lobo" Guevara	Milton "Jocón" Reyes	Hernaín Arzú
Reynaldo Clavasquín	José Francisco Ramírez	Mario Chirinos
Óscar Lagos	Joseph Katongo	Carlos Muñoz
Juan Carlos Raudales	Ninrrol Medina	Juan Manuel "Gato" Coello
Ramón Romero	Jairo "Kikí" Martínez	German "Ñato" Rodríguez
Carlos Salinas	Ovidio Guevara	Gustavo Fuentes
Robel Bernárdez	Abdul Thompson
Olimpia
Carlos Enrique Prono	Héctor Medina	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Denilson Costa de Oliveira	Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez	Gregorio Serrano
Fabio Ulloa	Jorge Samuel Caballero	Oscar David Suazo Velásquez
Christian Santamaría	Merlyn Membreño	Alex Pineda Chacón
Rudy Alberto Williams	Troy Anderson	César Henríquez
Alejandro Kenig	César Colón	Marlon "Pitufo" Hernández
Enrique Reneau	Rodinei Martins
Platense
Marcio Machado de Lima	Marco Antonio Mejía	José Luis "Runga" Piota
Ricardo James	Jorge Arita Neal	Antony Torres
Limber Pérez	Rony Morales	Hernan Centeno Bátiz
Julio Cesar "Rambo" D. Leon	Gustavo Fuentes	Juan Manuel Carcamo
Franklin Zambrano	Carlos Dasilva
Real Maya
Nelson Rolando Rosales	Jorge Ernesto Pineda	Marvin Fonseca
Luis Lagos	Horacio Aquino	Nigel Zúniga
Guillermo Ramírez	Noel Flores	Leonardo Svagher
Jorge Reyes	Lenín Suárez	Andrés Vallecilla
David Quezada	Víctor Zúniga	Víctor Carrasco
Real España
Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	Luis Enrique "Gavilán" Cálix	David Cárcamo
César Clother	Ricky Denis García	Orbin "Pato" Cabrera
Alex Roberto Bailey	Edgar Rolando Delgado Guevara	José Francisco Suazo
Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández	Javier Rodríguez	Mario "Pescado" Rodríguez
Héctor Gutiérrez	Francis Reyes	Luis "Bombero" Ramírez
Miguel Angel "Gallo" Mariano	Jorge Humberto Zapata	Milton "Chocolate" Flores
Roberto Brown	Alberto Zapata
Universidad
Guillermo César Sumich
Victoria
Renán Cristino Bengoché	Fabricio Pérez	Francisco Antonio Pavón
Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa
Vida
Geovany Arzú	Carlos Alvarado	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez
Marvin Brown James	Carlos Güity	Jorge Arnaldo Ocampo
José Luis Batiz	Diego de Rosa	Juan José Bonifacio
Álvaro Roberto Izquierdo	Clayd Lester Marson	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
Ariel Pérez	José Antonio García	Walter Argueta
Geovany "Venado" Castro	Rigoberto Marinho Echenique

Controversy

• Olimpia had field Wilmer Velásquez on the Final round illegally against Platense and Victoria, the "Jaibos" protested the irregularity without success and Olimpia won the championship.