Honduran Supercup

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Honduran Supercup
Founded1997
RegionHonduras
Number of teams2
Current champions Marathón (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Olimpia (3)
Soccerball current event.svg 2019

The Honduran Supercup is a Honduran football competition held yearly as a preseason match between the reigning champions of the Liga Nacional and the Honduran Cup. The competition started unofficially in 1997, [1] but it was discontinued after just two seasons. In 2015, it was intended to be reactivated, however the match between F.C. Motagua and Club Deportivo Olimpia was scheduled but not played. One year later, a new Supercup edition was finally reestablished after 17 years of dormancy. [2] The Honduran football authorities however, did not consider the competition official until 2017. [3]

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Winners

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenue
Unofficial editions
1997 Olimpia 1–0 Platense Estadio Francisco Morazán
1999 Motagua 1–0 Platense Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
2015 Motagua v Olimpia (abandoned) Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
2016 I Olimpia 3–3 (5–4 pen.) Honduras Progreso Estadio Humberto Micheletti
2016 II Olimpia 3–0 Juticalpa Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
Official editions
2017 Motagua 2–1 Marathón Estadio Francisco Morazán
2019 Marathón 0–0 (4–2 pen.) Platense Estadio Carlos Miranda

Titles by club

RankClubChampionsRunners-upWinning years
1 Olimpia 30 1997, 2016, 2016
2 Motagua 20 1999, 2017
3 Marathón 11 2019
4 Platense 03
5 Honduras Progreso 01
6 Juticalpa 01

Re-launch

In January 2015, the Honduran Secretary of State for Culture, Arts and Sports gathered with the Honduran League to discuss a possible reactivation of the competition in 2016. [4] An official Super Cup has not been played since 1999.

Other versions

In 2014 and 2016, there were three exhibition versions of the tournament re-branded as Supercopa Diez, sponsored by local daily sports newspaper Diario Deportivo Diez. [5] These unofficial editions faced the champions of the Liga Nacional against the champions of the Liga de Ascenso.

YearChampionResultRunner up
2014 Honduras Progreso 2–1 Real España
2014 Olimpia 1–1Honduras Progreso
2016Honduras Progreso2–1 Social Sol

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