Honduran Liga Mayor

Last updated
Liga Mayor de Futbol de Honduras
Country Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras
Confederation CONCACAF
Number of clubs200+
Level on pyramid3
Promotion to Liga de Ascenso
Relegation toLiga Intermedia

Liga Mayor de Honduras (Honduran Major League) is the third division of football in Honduras. It is composed of around 200 clubs divided into three different phases.

Contents

The first phase is composed of local leagues based on municipalities; each league divided in a strategic way considering geography. Champions and runner-ups qualify into separate departmental leagues in a two-header knock-out format with qualification to the regional tournament at play.

The regional tournaments are a final two-header tournament composed of the departmental league's champions and runner-ups. Each of the five regional champions obtain promotion into Liga de Ascenso de Honduras.

As of 2025, the 5 regional tournaments are:

Northern: Champions and runner-ups from Cortés, Atlántida, Colón, Yoro and Islas de la Bahía.

Central-Orient #1: Champions and runner-ups from Francisco Morazán, Olancho and El Paraíso.

Central #2: Champions and runner-ups from Comayagua, Intibucá and La Paz.

Southern: Champions and runner-ups from Valle and Choluteca.

Occidental: Champions and runner-ups from Copán, Lempira, Ocotepeque and Santa Bárbara.


Teams

2024-2025 The league is divided into four regional groups.

Occidental (West)

Santa Barbara

Atlantico (Atlantic)

Departamental representatives for 2024-25 [1]

Tela

Liga Mayor José Trinidad Cabañas

Colón

Liga Mayor Gilberto Medina de Sabá (2007/08)

Cortés

Winners from each group and best loser play a quadrangular. The winner from this quadrangular plays against winners from other quadrangulars in Zona Noroccidental

Group A

Group B

Group C

Liga Mayor Carlos A. Turnbull de La Lima (2007/08)

Islas de la Bahia

Yoro

Sur-Centro (South-Central)

Choluteca

Other Teams - Unknown

Playoffs Ida Que-Finals Atlético Limeno 1 3 Juventus 1 2 Platane 1 0 Real Junior 0 1 Fas 0 2 Dole 0 2 Pumas 2 2(4) Luisiana 2 2(5) Semifinales Juventus 1 2 Real Junior 1 0 Fas 0 3 Luisiana 1 2 Final Juventus 0 3 5 Fas El Triunfo 0 2 4

Promotion Playoffs

Zona Norte

Zona Norte's (North zone) promotion is contested between Grupo Occidental (Western Group) champions and Grupo Atlantico (Atlantic Group) champions. Incomplete list.

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91Inter1-0

0-1

Brasilla
1991-92Super Estrella

Danil

1-1

2-1

Sula La Lima
1992-92CD Melgar1-0

1-1

Deportivo Progreseno
1993-94Vida La Ceida2-0

1-1

CD Petro Tele
1994-95Yoro FC1-1

2-0

Broncos Choluteca
1995-96Independent Villa1-1

0-2

Yoro FC
1996-97Real Maya Denli1-2

0-0

San Juna
1997-98Cerro Porteno1-0

2-1

Agua Caliente
1998-99Atletico infop1-1

3-2

Real Yojoa
1999-00Lenca1-0

1-0(3-1)

Los Pumas
2000-01Juventud Estudiantil0-2

1-1

Home Boy
2001-02Aguila1-1

1-1

Penalties 4-1

Platane FC
2002-03Pumas0-1

2-0

Luisiana F.C.
2003-04Fas1-0

0-0

PSA
2004-05Universidad NAH Danli1-0

2-2

Real Junior
2005-06 Olimpia Occidental 1-1
0-0
1-1
Penalties: 4-3		 Hibueras
2006-07 Atlético Gualala 0-0
0-0
1-1
Penalties: 4-3		 Atlético Infop
2007-08Juventud1-1

1-2

Dole
2008-09Halcones2-2

0-2

Mar Azul
2009-10Rio Lindo1-0

2-2

Atletico Alamesa
2010-11Ailanza Becerra1-1

2-1

Hispano Comayagua
2011-12Real Honduras0-0

1-1

Boca Junior
2012-13Valle2-2
3-0
5-2 [2] 		Real Honduras
2013-14Nacional1-1

2-2

Pinares
2014-15Atletico Olanchano0-0

0-0

Penalties 4-5

Union Saba
2015-16Estrella Roja Denli1-0

2-2

Jaguars UPNFM
2016-17Jaguars UPMFM1-1

2-0

3-1

Union Saba
2017-18Atletico Independent1-0

1-2

Nacional San Perdro Saba
2018-19Siguatepeque2-2

1-3

Vall FC Nacaome
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25

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Zona Sur

Zona Sur's (South zone) promotion is contested between Grupo Oriental (Eastern Group) champions and Grupo Centro-Sur (South-Central Group) champions. Incomplete list.

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13 Valle FC 1-1
2-0
3-1		Juventus
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Atletico Limeno logra el ascenso a Segunda Division
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