The 2021–22 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 56th Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. The tournament started in September 2021 and is scheduled to end in mid 2022. The season is divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, a new and more compact format is to be used. The first stage was shortened from 18 to 14 weeks. The tournament is divided into two groups of five. The top teams of each group advance directly to the semifinal round, and the teams finishing 2nd and 3rd from each group have to play a playoff round. At the end of the season, the three teams with the best record qualify to the 2022 CONCACAF League.
2021–22 teams
A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, the same that participated in the 2019–20 season since no relegation was implemented.
Team Location Stadium Capacity Honduras Progreso El Progreso Estadio Humberto Micheletti 5,000 Marathón San Pedro Sula Estadio Yankel Rosenthal 15,000 Motagua Tegucigalpa Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino 35,000 Olimpia Tegucigalpa Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino 35,000 Platense Puerto Cortés Estadio Excélsior 7,910 Real España San Pedro Sula Estadio Francisco Morazán 26,781 Real Sociedad Tocoa Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón 3,000 UPNFM Choluteca Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse 8,000 Victoria La Ceiba Estadio Nilmo Edwards 18,000 Vida La Ceiba Estadio Nilmo Edwards 18,000
Apertura
Championship Playoffs Qualified teams Real España Vida Olimpia Motagua UPNFM Marathón
Clausura Championship Playoffs Qualified teams Real España Olimpia Victoria Motagua Vida Marathón Final teams Real España Motagua
List of Foreign Players This is a list of foreign players in the 2021–22 season. The following players:
Have played at least one game for the respective club. Have not been capped for the Honduras national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace
Honduras Progreso Andres Salazar Oidel Perez Richard Mercado Leslie Heraldez
Marathón Braian Molina Juan Vieyra Lucas Campana Santiago Córdoba
Motagua Jonathan Rougier Lucas Baldunciel Roberto Moreira
Olimpia Yustin Arboleda Buenaños
Platense Francisco Del Riego Federico Maya Álvaro Klusener
Real España Ramiro Rocca Carlos Bernárdez Heyreel Saravia Omar Rosas
Real Sociedad Nelson Johnston Jamal Charles Akeem Roach
UPNFM
Victoria Luis Orlando Hurtado Yaudel Lahera
Vida Patryck Ferreira Marcos Velásquez Rafael Agámez Victor Blasco
(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season) (player naturalised for the Clausura season)
External links LNP Official
References