1998–99 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 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.

## 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 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Universidad | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Real España | 18 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 26 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Victoria | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 25 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 6 | Platense | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 25 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 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 |

* ↑ Olimpia declared 1998 Honduran Cup champions as winner of regular season.
* ↑ Top 6 qualify for final round.
* ↑ Real Maya relegated to second division.

### 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 | — |

## Final round

### Hexagonal

* Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregate.
* Motagua 3–3 Victoria on aggregate. Motagua advanced on regular season record. Victoria advanced as best loser.
* Real España won 3–2 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

* Olimpia 1–1 Victoria on aggregate. Olimpia advanced on regular season record.
* Real España won 4–2 on aggregate.

### Final

* 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.
