Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras
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| Liga Nacional de Ascenso de Honduras |
|---|
 Clausura 07-08 |
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| Founded |
| 1980 |
| Nation |
 Honduras |
| Promotion To |
| Liga Nacional |
| Relegation To |
| Liga Mayor |
| Number of Teams |
| 24 |
| International Qualification |
| None |
| Current Champions (2007/08 Clausura ) |
| Real Juventud |
| Website |
| None |
Liga de Ascenso (Promotion League) is the second division of Honduran soccer. The division is divided into 4 groups: zona norte-occidente, zona de Santa Bárbara, Cortés, Ocotepeque y Copán, zona centro-sur-oriente A, zona centro-sur-oriente B in which the top 2 teams qualify for the national quarterfinals. The champion of the opening and closing tournament compete for the promotion to Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras. The last team is relegated to Liga Mayor de Futbol de Honduras.
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[edit] History
From 1965 to 1979 the system of promotion to the Liga Nacional was regida by the Federación Deportiva Extraescolar de Honduras. [1]
It was played in amateur form and the champion of the zones central, southern, oriental would play against the champion of the North Western zone.
The Winner was promoted to the Liga Nacional. In the first tournament of the Liga Nacional there wasn't any promoted or relgated since it was a draft tournament.
It was until 1980 when the second division was founded which now a days it's called Liga de Ascenso.
In that season, the league didn't have any relegated team since the players of the Honduras national football team needed to be in training at full time. From the year on, the rules have been applied and there have been many promoted and relegated teams.
The last team that was relegated was Atlético Olanchano. In 2006 Hispano was relegated but they bought Valencia's category in the league; this situation has occurred with other teams.
[edit] Teams in the league 2007-2008
[edit] Teams from Zona Norte-Occidente A
- Arsenal (Roatan)
- Deportivo Lenca (El Progreso)
- Marathón Reservas (San Pedro Sula)
- Real Sociedad (Tocoa)
- Social Sol (Olanchito)
- Unión Ájax (Trujillo)
[edit] Teams from Zona Norte-Occidente B
- Atlético Gualala {Gualala)
- Cruz Azul (Colinas)
- Olimpia Occidental (La Entrada)
- Real España Las Vegas (San Pedro Sula)
- Villanueva (Villanueva)
[edit] Teams from Zona Centro-Sur-Oriente A
- Atletico Esperanzano (La Esperanza)
- Atletico Independiente (Siguatepeque)
- Henecán (San Lorenzo)
- Hispano (Comayagua)
- Municipal Paceño (La Paz)
- Olimpia Reservas (Talanga)
[edit] Teams from Zona Centro-Sur-Oriente B
- Aguilas del Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
- Juticalpa FC (Juticalpa)
- Municipal Silca (Silca)
- Real Bella Vista (Danlí)
- Sureño (Choluteca)
- Universidad (Choluteca)
[edit] Champions
- Champions from 1981-1998 are missing.
1 Real Maya sold their category in 1st division to Real Comayagua.
[edit] Promotion
Since 2004 the league system has been changed. Now the Apertura champion plays the Clausura champion a two legged final match for the promotion.
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-2005 | Hispano | 0-0 0-0 0-0 Penalties: 3-2 |
Deportes Savio |
| 2005-2006 | Atlético Olanchano | 0-1 3-1 3-2 |
Deportivo Lenca |
| 2006-2007 | Deportes Savio | 1-0 0-0 1-0 |
Arsenal |
| 2007-2008 | Real Juventud1 |
1 Real Juventud won both Clausura and Apertura tournaments therefore qualifying automatically to first division.
[edit] Relegation
In the current system, the last team of each group of the region play on a playoff.
