2016–17 in Honduran football

The 2016–17 season is the 69th season of competitive association football in Honduras.

Football in Honduras

Season	2016–17
Men's football
Liga Nacional	Apertura: Motagua Clausura: Motagua
Liga de Ascenso	Apertura: Lepaera Clausura: UPNFM
Honduran Cup	Marathón
Honduran Supercup	Juticalpa Olimpia
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

National teams

Senior team

FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Advance to fifth round		—	0–0	2–0	3–0
2	Honduras	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8			0–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Canada	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7			0–3	1–0	—	3–1
4	El Salvador	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2			1–3	2–2	0–0	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup		—	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–1
2	Costa Rica	10	4	4	2	14	8	+6	16			1–1	—	0–0	1–1	4–0	2–1
3	Panama	10	3	4	3	9	10	−1	13			0–0	2–1	—	2–2	1–1	3–0
4	Honduras	10	3	4	3	13	19	−6	13	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs		3–2	1–1	0–1	—	1–1	3–1
5	United States	10	3	3	4	17	13	+4	12			1–2	0–2	4–0	6–0	—	2–0
6	Trinidad and Tobago	10	2	0	8	7	19	−12	6			0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Copa Centroamericana

Main article: 2017 Copa Centroamericana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras (C)	5	4	1	0	7	3	+4	13	Qualification to 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2	Panama (H)	5	3	1	1	4	2	+2	10
3	El Salvador	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	7
4	Costa Rica	5	1	3	1	4	2	+2	6
5	Nicaragua	5	1	1	3	5	6	−1	4	Advance to 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup CFU–UNCAF play-off
6	Belize	5	0	1	4	2	10	−8	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in matches between tied teams; 5) Goal difference in matches between tied teams; 6) Goals scored in matches between tied teams; 7) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 8.4).[1]
(C) Champion; (H) Host.

Other matches

Main article: Honduras national football team results (2010–19)

Olympic team

Summer Olympics

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Quarter-finals
2	Honduras	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	13 August – São Paulo
	Brazil	2
					17 August – Rio de Janeiro
	Colombia	0
					Brazil	6
	13 August – Belo Horizonte
					Honduras	0
	South Korea	0
									20 August – Rio de Janeiro
	Honduras	1
									Brazil (p)	1 (5)
	13 August – Salvador
									Germany	1 (4)
	Nigeria	2
					17 August – São Paulo
	Denmark	0
					Nigeria	0
	13 August – Brasília
					Germany	2			Bronze medal match
	Portugal	0
									20 August – Belo Horizonte
	Germany	4
									Honduras	2
									Nigeria	3

Other matches

Honduras  v Honduras Progreso

20 July 2016 Friendly	Honduras	1–2	Honduras Progreso	Comayagua, Comayagua
15:00 CST	Salas  34'		5'  35' Tejeda	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: Open gates

Honduras  v Motagua

20 July 2016 Friendly	Honduras	1–2	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
17:00 CST	Lozano  55'		40' (pen.) Castillo  60' Vega	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: Open gates

Colombia  v  Honduras

24 July 2016 Friendly	Colombia	2–0	Honduras	Cartagena, Colombia
18:00 EST	Preciado  34' Gutiérrez  84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Jaime Morón León

Honduras  v Real España

27 July 2016 Friendly	Honduras	0–0	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
EST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

U-20 team

CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
2	El Salvador	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
3	Guatemala	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	Disqualified due to FIFA suspension
4	Panama (H)	4	1	1	2	7	4	+3	4	2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship
5	Nicaragua	4	1	0	3	1	12	−11	3
6	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: UNCAF
(H) Host.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Classification stage
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Final and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2	Costa Rica (H)	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
3	Panama	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Final

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)

15:00

United States	0–0	Honduras
	Report
Penalties
Lennon Craft Sabbi De La Torre Acosta	5–3	Álvarez Martínez Grant Flores

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Main article: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Other matches

Honduras  v  Costa Rica

31 January 2017 Friendly	Honduras	3–2	Costa Rica	Comayagua, Honduras
18:00 CST	Vuelto  ?' Pineda  ?'		?' (pen.) Reyes  ?' Carmona	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: Open gates

Honduras  v  Costa Rica

3 February 2017 Friendly	Honduras	2–0	Costa Rica	Comayagua, Honduras
17:00 CST	Vuelto Martínez  80'			Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

Honduras  v  Venezuela

26 April 2017 Friendly	Honduras	1–1	Venezuela	Comayagua, Honduras
CST	Álvarez  78'		88' Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

Japan  v  Honduras

15 May 2017 Friendly	Japan	3–2	Honduras	Itakura, Japan
JST			Álvarez Vuelto

U-17 team

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Main article: 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (H)	4	4	0	0	16	0	+16	12	2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
2	Honduras	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
3	El Salvador	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6
4	Nicaragua	4	2	0	2	5	11	−6	6
5	Belize	4	0	0	4	3	11	−8	0
6	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded due to FIFA suspension

Source:
(H) Host.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Classification stage
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Curaçao	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Haiti	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Final and 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Honduras	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	3	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup
3	Cuba	2	0	0	2	3	13	−10	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Other matches

Honduras  v  El Salvador

23 August 2016 Friendly	Honduras	2–2	El Salvador	Comayagua, Honduras
CST	Martínez Mejía			Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

El Salvador  v  Honduras

20 September 2016 Friendly	El Salvador	2–1	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Cheves García		Mejía	Stadium: FESFUT Complex

El Salvador  v  Honduras

22 September 2016 Friendly	El Salvador	1–0	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
15:30 CST	Ávila			Stadium: FESFUT Complex

Domestic clubs

Promotion and relegation

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Liga Nacional	Social Sol	Social Sol
Liga de Ascenso	Discua Nicolás Estrella Roja	CARDVA

Summer transfers

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
12 May 2016	Josimar Moreira	Marathón	TBD	[2]
12 May 2016	William Zapata	Marathón	TBD	[3]
18 May 2016	Luciano Ursino	Unattached	Real España	[4]
19 May 2016	John Bodden	Victoria	Marathón	[5]
19 May 2016	Rafael Zúniga	Marathón	Juticalpa	[6]
19 May 2016	Orlin Peralta	Motagua	TBD	[7]
19 May 2016	Néstor Martínez	Motagua	Platense	[8]
24 May 2016	Jorge Zaldívar	Honduras Progreso	Antigua	[9]
25 May 2016	Douglas Caetano	Juticalpa	TBD	[10]
27 May 2016	Mario Abadía	Victoria	Honduras Progreso	[11]
30 May 2016	José Tobías	Real Sociedad	Olimpia	[12]
30 May 2016	Bruno Foliados	Real España	TBD	[13]
30 May 2016	Robert Campaz	Platense	TBD	[14]
31 May 2016	Lucas Gómez	Motagua	Alajuelense	[15]
1 June 2016	Christian Altamirano	Real Sociedad	Real España	[16]
1 June 2016	Román Castillo	Correcaminos	Motagua	[17]
2 June 2016	Arnold Meléndez	Jaguares de UPNFM	Motagua	[18]
3 June 2016	Alexander Aguilar	Platense	Juticalpa	[19]
6 June 2016	Ian Osorio	Platense	Marathón	[20]
6 June 2016	Israel Silva	Motagua	Marathón	[21]
6 June 2016	Richard Dixon	Limón	Platense	[22]
6 June 2016	Nixon Duarte	Platense	Honduras Progreso	[23]
7 June 2016	Brunet Hay	Limón	Platense	[24]
7 June 2016	Charles Córdoba	Parrillas One	Marathón	[25]
7 June 2016	Harold Fonseca	Juticalpa	Motagua	[26]
8 June 2016	Martín Pucheta	Deportivo Maipú	Motagua	[27]
8 June 2016	Carlos Discua	Alajuelense	Motagua	[28]
9 June 2016	Edwin León	Honduras Progreso	Juticalpa	[29]
10 June 2016	Allan Lalín	Real España	TBD	[30]
18 June 2016	Roger Rojas	Olimpia	Cimarrones	[31]
21 June 2016	Jhovany Mina	Alianza de Becerra	Real España	[32]
22 June 2016	Julio de León	Platense	Miami United	[33]
23 June 2016	Porciano Ávila	Victoria	Juticalpa	[34]
23 June 2016	Jesús Munguía	Deportes Savio	Juticalpa	[35]
24 June 2016	Ever Alvarado	Olimpia	Sporting Kansas City	[36]
24 June 2016	Juan Rodríguez	Parrillas One	Marathón	[37]
25 June 2016	Emil Martínez	Unattached	Marathón	[38]
25 June 2016	Marco Vega	Real Sociedad	Motagua	[39]
25 June 2016	Sebastián Portigliatti	Motagua	Juticalpa	[40]
27 June 2016	Misael Ruíz	Real Sociedad	Olimpia	[41]
27 June 2016	Jerrick Díaz	Platense	Social Sol	[42]
28 June 2016	Gerson Rodas	Real España	Olimpia	[43]
28 June 2016	Alexander López	Olimpia	Khaleej	[44]
28 June 2016	Kevin Espinoza	Villanueva	Marathón	[45]
30 June 2016	Roy Smith	Cartaginés	Honduras Progreso	[46]
4 July 2016	Carlos Pavón Jr.	Olimpia	Marathón	[47]
1 July 2016	Donaldo Morales	Real Sociedad	Social Sol	[48]
2 July 2016	Shalton Arzú	Social Sol	Real Sociedad	[49]
2 July 2016	Armando Cárcamo	Social Sol	Real Sociedad	[50]
4 July 2016	Romell Corea	Platense	Social Sol	[51]
6 July 2016	Darwin Bermúdez	Marathón	Honduras Progreso	[52]
18 July 2016	Fábio de Souza	Olimpia	TBD	[53]
18 July 2016	Maylor Núñez	Motagua	Platense	[54]
20 July 2016	Domingo Zalazar	Suchitepéquez	Real España	[55]
21 July 2016	Bryan Róchez	Orlando City	Real España	[56]
22 July 2016	Wesley Decas	Pumas	Motagua	[57]
25 July 2016	Yuberney Franco	Jaguares de Córdoba	Platense	[58]
27 July 2016	Jhon Sánchez	Atlético Nacional	Olimpia	[59]
27 July 2016	Guillermo Sierra	Unión Magdalena	Olimpia	[60]
27 July 2016	Walter Lapresti	Deportes Savio	Vida	[61]
28 July 2016	Luis Garrido	unattached	Olimpia	[62]
29 July 2016	Marcelo Canales	Vida	Olimpia	[63]
29 July 2016	Luis Palacios	Marathón	Platense	[64]
29 July 2016	Georgie Welcome	Platense	Arsenal	[65]
29 July 2016	Jerry Palacios	Real Sociedad	Vida	[66]
30 July 2016	Secundino Martínez	Vida	Juticalpa	[67]
2 August 2016	Obed Enamorado	Deportes Savio	Real Sociedad	[68]
2 August 2016	Román Valencia	Real España	Social Sol	[69]
9 August 2016	Deybi Flores	Vancouver Whitecaps	Motagua	[70]
16 August 2016	Alfredo Mejía	Panthrakikos	Marathón	[71]
23 August 2016	Javier Estupiñán	Olimpia	TBD	[72]
25 August 2016	Alberth Elis	Olimpia	Monterrey	[73]
25 August 2016	Víctor Ortiz	Victoria	Social Sol	[74]
9 September 2016	Jesús Navas	Suchitepéquez	Honduras Progreso	[75]
20 October 2016	Julio Bernárdez	Social Sol	TBD	[76]
20 October 2016	Juan Arzú	Social Sol	TBD
20 October 2016	Bayron García	Social Sol	TBD
20 October 2016	Román Valencia	Social Sol	TBD
20 October 2016	Gerson Díaz	Social Sol	TBD
27 October 2016	César Zelaya	Real Sociedad	TBD	[77]
27 October 2016	Johnny Bernárdez	Real Sociedad	TBD
27 October 2016	Francisco López	Real Sociedad	TBD

Winter transfers

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
4 December 2016	Noel Valladares	Olimpia	Retired	[78]
13 December 2016	Víctor Moncada	Honduras Progreso	Real España	[79]
13 December 2016	Ángel Tejeda	Honduras Progreso	Real España	[80]
14 December 2016	David Meza	Olimpia	TBD	[81]
18 December 2016	Júnior Izaguirre	Motagua	Retired	[82]
18 December 2016	John Sánchez	Olimpia	TBD
21 December 2016	Yuberny Franco	Platense	TBD	[83]
21 December 2016	Néstor Martínez	Platense	TBD
21 December 2016	Ábner Méndez	Platense	TBD
21 December 2016	Sandro Cárcamo	Platense	Honduras Progreso
21 December 2016	Domingo Zalazar	Real España	Atlante	[84]
21 December 2016	Emil Martínez	Marathón	Retired	[85]
21 December 2016	Mauricio Sabillón	Marathón	Retired
22 December 2016	Brayan Velásquez	Vida	Olimpia	[86]
23 December 2016	Romell Quioto	Olimpia	Houston Dynamo	[87]
26 December 2016	Roger Rojas	Cimarrones	Olimpia	[88]
27 December 2016	Osman Chávez	Real España	TBD	[89]
27 December 2016	Bryan Róchez	Real España	TBD
27 December 2016	Jhovany Mina	Real España	TBD
30 December 2016	Aldo Oviedo	Juticalpa	Olancho	[90]
30 December 2016	Caue Fernández	El Tanque Sisley	Marathón	[91]
2 January 2017	Diego Ambuila	Always Ready	Juticalpa	[92]
3 January 2017	Eder Munive	Marathón	TBD	[93]
3 January 2017	Israel Silva	Marathón	TBD	[94]
3 January 2017	Ian Osorio	Marathón	TBD
3 January 2017	Charles Córdoba	Marathón	Juticalpa
4 January 2017	Donaldo Morales	Social Sol	Platense	[95]
4 January 2017	Franklin Morales	New York Red Bulls	Platense
4 January 2017	Emiliano Forgione	Sambenedettese	Platense	[96]
5 January 2017	Diego Reyes	Marathón	TBD	[97]
5 January 2017	Jairo Puerto	Marathón	TBD
6 January 2017	Erick Peña	Juticalpa	Olancho
6 January 2017	Óliver Morazán	Olimpia	Juticalpa	[98]
6 January 2017	Joshua Nieto	Motagua	Platense
6 January 2017	Arnold Meléndez	Motagua	TBD
10 January 2017	Maximiliano Osurak	San Jorge	Platense	[99]
11 January 2017	Justin Arboleda	Chorrillo	Marathón	[100]
13 January 2017	Henry Martínez	Real Sociedad	Honduras Progreso	[101]
13 January 2017	Deon McCaulay	Verdes	Honduras Progreso
13 January 2017	Hilder Colón	Real Sociedad	Juticalpa

Liga Nacional

Main article: 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional

Apertura

	Playoffs							Semifinals							Finals
								2	Platense	1	1	2
	3	Real España	3	2	5			3	Real España	1	1	2
	6	Real Sociedad	2	1	3										2	Platense	0	1	1
															4	Motagua	1	1	2
								1	Olimpia	0	1	1
	4	Motagua	2	1	3			4	Motagua	1	1	2
	5	Marathón	1	2	3

Clausura

	Playoffs							Semifinals							Finals
								2	Motagua	2	2	4
	3	Real España	1	4	5			3	Real España	1	2	3
	6	Real Sociedad	2	1	3										2	Motagua	4	3	7
															4	Honduras Progreso	1	0	1
								1	Olimpia	2	2	4
	4	Honduras Progreso	0	1	1			4	Honduras Progreso	4	2	6
	5	Marathón	1	0	1

Liga de Ascenso

Main article: 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Liga Mayor

Honduran Cup

Main article: 2017 Honduran Cup

Honduran Supercup

Main article: 2016 Honduran Supercup (July)

Main article: 2016 Honduran Supercup (December)

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UNA	HON	WCO
1	UNAM	4	3	0	1	15	5	+10	9	Quarterfinals		—	2−0	8−1
2	Honduras Progreso	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7			2–1	—	1–0
3	W Connection	4	0	1	3	4	14	−10	1			2–4	1–1	—

Source: CONCACAF

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAC	OLI	POL
1	Pachuca	4	3	1	0	19	4	+15	10	Quarterfinals		—	1–0	3–0
2	Olimpia	4	2	1	1	13	6	+7	7			4–4	—	4–0
3	Police United	4	0	0	4	1	23	−22	0			0–11	1–5	—

Source: CONCACAF

Other matches

San Lorenzo v Motagua

2 July 2016 Friendly	San Lorenzo	0–5	Motagua	San Lorenzo, Valle
15:30 CST			35' Castillo  39' Vergara  55' Andino  65' Discua  71' Reyna	Stadium: Estadio Ángel Augusto Martínez

Real España v Honduras Progreso

2 July 2016 Friendly	Real España	0–1	Honduras Progreso	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
CST			67' Alvarado	Stadium: Real España's training ground

Juticalpa v Olimpia

3 July 2016 Friendly	Juticalpa	1–1	Olimpia	Juticalpa, Olancho
CST	Murillo  85'		20' Méndez	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas

Real España v Lepaera

9 July 2016 Friendly	Real España	1–1	Lepaera	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 CST	Cardozo  6'		41' (pen.) Arriola	Stadium: Real España's training ground

Honduras Progreso v Motagua

9 July 2016 Friendly	Honduras Progreso	2–2	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
15:00 CST			Figueroa Castillo	Stadium: Open field

Marathón v Olimpia

9 July 2016 Friendly	Marathón	2–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 CST	Puerto  37' Rodríguez  61'		72' Pineda	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua v River Plate

13 July 2016 Friendly	Motagua	0–3	River Plate	Bay Lake, United States
19:00 EST			34' Andrade  84' Mora  88' Martínez	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Referee: Esteban Rosano (USA)

Lepaera v Olimpia

16 July 2016 Friendly	Lepaera	1–3	Olimpia	Lepaera, Lempira
CST	Sandoval		16' Bengoché  50' Estupiñán  90+1' Costly	Referee: Adonis Membreño

Juticalpa v Walter Ferretti

16 July 2016 Friendly	Juticalpa	1–0	Walter Ferretti	Juticalpa, Olancho
CST	Parham			Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas

Alianza v Real España

17 July 2016 Friendly	Alianza	2–1	Real España	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Guerrero  31' Silva  68'		24' Cardozo	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

Lepaera v Olimpia

17 July 2016 Friendly	Lepaera	1–3	Olimpia	Gracias, Lempira
CST				Stadium: Estadio Juan A. Hernández

Real Sociedad v Social Sol

17 July 2016 Friendly	Real Sociedad	0–1	Social Sol	Tocoa, Colón
CST			46' Munguía	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón

Marathón v Parrillas One

23 July 2016 Friendly	Marathón	3–0	Parrillas One	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
CST	Tejeda  (o.g.) Córdoba Suazo			Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

Motagua v Atlético Independiente

23 July 2016 Friendly	Motagua	0–2	Atlético Independiente	Amarateca, Francisco Morazán
17:00 CST				Stadium: Complejo Pedro Atala Simón

Talleres de Potrerillos v Olimpia

24 July 2016 Friendly	Talleres de Potrerillos	1–5	Olimpia	Potrerillos, Cortés
CST	Gómez  34'		Santos Bengoché Pineda Rodas	Stadium: Estadio Juan Alberto Melgar Castro

Municipal Limeño v Real Sociedad

24 July 2016 Friendly	Municipal Limeño	3–3	Real Sociedad	Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador
CST	Toscanini  22' (pen.)  40' López  88'		12' (pen.)  37' Martínez  42' Arzú	Stadium: Estadio Jose Ramon Flores

El Salvador  v Olimpia

26 March 2017 Friendly	El Salvador	1–0	Olimpia	Houston, United States
16:00 CST	Burgos  26'			Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium

Olimpia v Gimnástico

5 May 2017 Friendly	Olimpia	5–0	Gimnástico	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Gimnástico

6 May 2017 Friendly	Motagua	4–0	Gimnástico	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 CST	Andino Pucheta			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: Closed gates

Deaths

Date	Name	Born	Notes
18 July 2016	Denis Hainds	–	Former C.D.S. Vida footballer[102]
6 August 2016	Dennis Allen	1954 (aged 62)	Former footballer and manager. Hit by car.[103]
3 September 2016	Sergio Mejía	14 July 1997 (aged 19)	Former footballer. Murdered.[104]
19 September 2016	Guadalupe Sarmiento	December 1915 (aged 100)	Real C.D. España's first president and founder. Natural causes.[105]
11 October 2016	Salvador Hernández	–	Nicknamed Vayoy, C.D.S. Vida player in the 1960s
14 October 2016	Danilo Suazo	–	C.D. Victoria Board of Directors' member. Gunfire[106]
23 October 2016	Marvin Paz	–	Former F.C. Motagua player. Murdered by shotguns[107]
28 October 2016	Manrique Amador	(aged 38)	Football agent. Murdered by shotguns[108]
9 December 2016	José López	(aged 18)	Club Deportivo Olimpia reserves footballer. Vehicle accident[109]
25 March 2017	José Fuentes	–	Former referee. Murdered[110]
19 May 2017	Héctor Montoya	–	Club Deportivo Olimpia and Atlético Indio former player. Respiratory arrest[111]

References

1. "Copa Centroamericana 2017 Regulations (Spanish Edition)" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.
2. Diez.hn – Josimar Moreira y William Zapata quedan fuera del Marathón – 12 May 2016
3. Diez.hn – Josimar Moreira y William Zapata quedan fuera del Marathón – 12 May 2016
4. Diez.hn – Oficial: Luciano Ursino vuelve a ser jugador de Real España – 18 May 2016
5. DiarioMas.hn – Marathón contrató a Aston Bodden – 19 May 2016
6. Diez.hn – Oficial: Jhon Bodden firma por un año con Marathón, fuera Rafael Zúniga – 19 May 2016
7. ElHeraldo.hn – Cambio de dorsal – 19 May 2016
8. LaPrensa.hn – Motagua anuncia las primeras bajas – 19 May 2016
9. LaPrensa.hn – Jorge Zaldívar deja al Honduras y se marcha a Guatemala – 24 May 2016
10. Diez.hn – Douglas Caetano queda oficialmente fuera del Juticalpa FC – 25 May 2016
11. Diez.hn – Delantero colombiano Mario Abadía ficha para el Honduras Progreso – 27 May 2016
12. Tiempo.hn – Danilo Tobias, nuevo refuerzo del Olimpia – 30 May 2016
13. Diez.hn – Bruno Foliados no sigue en Real España y va por Cristhian Altamirano – 30 May 2016
14. DiarioMas.hn – Platense anuncia barriada de futbolistas – 30 May 2016
15. Diez.hn – Oficial: Lucas Gómez anuncia que no regresa al Motagua – 31 May 2016
16. LaPrensa.hn – El Real España anuncia fichaje de Christian Altamirano – 1 June 2016
17. ElHeraldo.hn – El delantero Rubilio Castillo regresa a Motagua – 1 June 2016
18. DiarioMas.hn – “Regreso con mucha ilusión a Motagua”: Arnold Meléndez – 2 June 2016
19. Diez.hn – Juticalpa comenzó a reforzarse para el Apertura 2016 – 3 June 2016
20. FutbolCatracho.com – Marathón ficha a Ian Osorio e Israel Silva Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine – 6 June 2016
21. FutbolCatracho.com – Marathón ficha a Ian Osorio e Israel Silva Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine – 6 June 2016
22. Diez.hn – Platense ficha al seleccionado panameño Richard Dixon – 6 June 2016
23. LaTribuna.hn – Honduras de El Progreso confirma segundo fichaje – 6 June 2016
24. Diez.hn – Platense ficha al delantero panameño Brunet Hay Pino – 7 June 2016
25. Diez.hn – Colombiano Charles Córdoba a un paso de Marathón – 7 June 2016
26. Tiempo.hn – El portero Harold Fonseca regresa a Motagua – 7 June 2016
27. Tiempo.hn – Defensor Martin Pucheta, nuevo refuerzo del Motagua – 8 June 2016
28. Tiempo.hn – OFICIAL: Carlos “Chino” Discua regresa al Motagua – 8 June 2016
29. Tiempo.hn – Edwin León es nuevo jugador del Juticalpa FC – 9 June 2016
30. LaTribuna.hn – Alan Laín fuera del Real España – 10 June 2016
31. Diez.hn – Roger Rojas se irá a jugar al Cimarrones de la segunda división de México – 18 June 2016
32. LaPrensa.hn – Real España ficha al colombiano Jhovany Mina – 21 June 2016
33. Diez.hn – Rambo de León deja al Platense y ficha por el Miami United de Estados Unidos – 22 June 2016
34. Diez.hn – Juticalpa confirma dos nuevos fichajes para el Apertura – 23 June 2016
35. Diez.hn – Juticalpa confirma dos nuevos fichajes para el Apertura – 23 June 2016
36. SportingKC.com – Sporting KC signs Honduran international defender Ever Alvarado – 24 June 2016
37. LaTribuna.hn – Marathón contrata a ‘Rambo’ Rodríguez – 24 June 2016
38. Diez.hn – Marathón convoca al volante Emil Martínez a pretemporada – 25 June 2016
39. LaTribuna.hn – Motagua presentó a Marco Vega – 25 June 2016
40. LaTribuna.hn – Juticalpa FC hace oficial la contratación de Sebastián Portigliatti – 25 June 2016
41. ElHeraldo.hn – Gerson Rodas y Misael Ruíz entrenan con Olimpia – 27 June 2016
42. LaPrensa.hn – El Social Sol comenzó su pretemporada – 27 June 2016
43. LaPrensa.hn – Gerson Rodas se une al Olimpia – 28 June 2016
44. LaPrensa.hn – Alexander López deja al Olimpia y jugará en Arabia Saudita – 28 June 2016
45. Diez.hn – Kevin Espinoza toma una dura decisión: "No más baleadas, ni nada de grasa" – 28 June 2016
46. FutbolCentroamerica.com – Honduras Progreso se refuerza con talento tico Archived 2016-08-13 at the Wayback Machine – 30 June 2016
47. LaPrensa.hn – Hijo de Carlos Pavón se queda en el Marathón – 4 July 2016
48. Diez.hn – Social Sol presentará el lunes al portero Donaldo Morales – 1 July 2016
49. Diez.hn – Sábado movidito en el mercado de fichajes de Liga Nacional – 2 July 2016
50. Diez.hn – Sábado movidito en el mercado de fichajes de Liga Nacional – 2 July 2016
51. Diez.hn – Social Sol y Marathón encienden el mercado de fichajes en Honduras – 4 July 2016
52. Tiempo.hn – Argemiro Vacca es nuevo jugador del Honduras Progreso – 6 July 2016
53. LaTribuna.hn – Fabio de Souza interno por trombosis – 18 July 2016
54. DiarioMas.hn – Clavasquín: Platense será protagonista – 18 July 2016
55. LaTribuna.hn – Domingo Zalazar: ‘Es un reto para mí venir a un equipo grande’ – 20 July 2016
56. OrlandoSentinel.com – Orlando City designated player Bryan Róchez loaned to Real España – 21 July 2016
57. DiarioMas.hn – Diego Vázquez aclara el futuro de Wesley decas en Motagua – 22 July 2016
58. DiarioMas.hn – Colombiano “Yuca” se queda en Platense – 25 July 2016
59. Diez.hn – Colombiano Jhon Henry Sánchez llega al Olimpia recomendado por Reinaldo Rueda – 27 July 2016
60. Diez.hn – Olimpia también confirma al zaguero central colombiano Guillermo Sierra – 27 July 2016
61. Diez.hn – Insólito: Vida pasa la escoba cortando medio equipo y solo ha realizado un fichaje – 27 July 2016
62. Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Luis Garrido regresa a Olimpia y deja a Motagua vestido y alborotado – 28 July 2016
63. LaPrensa.hn – Olimpia ficha al volante Marcelo Canales – 29 July 2016
64. Diez.hn – ¡ALTAS Y BAJAS! Así se reforzaron los equipos en Honduras para el Apertura – 29 July 2016
65. Tiempo.hn – ¡Georgie Welcome es fichado por el Arsenal de Roatan! – 29 July 2016
66. Tiempo.hn – Jerry Palacios, nuevo jugador del Vida – 29 July 2016
67. Diez.hn – Juticalpa FC ha fichado por un año a Secundino Martínez – 30 July 2016
68. DiarioMas.hn – Obed Enamorado nuevo portero de la Real Sociedad – 2 August 2016
69. LaPrensa.hn – Real España cedió a Román Valencia al Social Sol – 2 August 2016
70. TheProvince.com – Whitecaps loan Deybi Flores to Motagua – 9 August 2016
71. Tiempo.hn – Alfredo Mejía regresa a las filas del Marathón luego de jugar en Grecia – 16 August 2016
72. FutbolCentroamerica.com – Olimpia pierde los goles de Estupiñán Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine – 23 August 2016
73. DiarioMas.hn – Alberth Elis viajó a México para fichar con Monterrey – 25 August 2016
74. DiarioMas.hn – Social Sol contrató al delantero Víctor Ortiz Arzú – 25 August 2016
75. DiarioMas.hn – Jesús Navas nuevo refuerzo del Honduras Progreso – 9 September 2016
76. Diez.hn – Confirmado: Social Sol separa cinco jugadores y podrían ser más – 20 October 2016
77. Diez.hn – César Zelaya, Jhonny Barrios y Kalimba López son separados del Real Sociedad – 27 October 2016
78. LaPrensa.hn – Noel Valladares se despide del fútbol con una dolorosa eliminación – 4 December 2016
79. Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Real España anuncia fichaje de Ángel Tejeda y Víctor Moncada – 13 December 2016
80. Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Real España anuncia fichaje de Ángel Tejeda y Víctor Moncada – 13 December 2016
81. Diez.hn – Rafael Villeda: "Marcelo Canales no va al Vida. Sigue en Olimpia" – 14 December 2016
82. Diez.hn – Junior Izaguirre, al borde del retiro tras ganar la copa 14 con Motagua – 18 December 2016
83. FutbolCentroamerica.com – Limpieza en Platense Archived 2016-12-22 at the Wayback Machine – 21 December 2016
84. LaPrensa.hn – Argentino Domingo Zalazar jugará con el Atlante de México – 21 December 2016
85. LaTribuna.hn – Yankel Rosenthal da emotivo adiós a Emil Martínez y Mauricio Sabillón – 21 December 2016
86. Tiempo.hn – OFICIAL: Brayan Moya, primer fichaje de Olimpia para el Torneo Clausura – 22 December 2016
87. Chron.com – Dynamo sign Honduran striker Romell Quioto – 23 December 2016
88. LaTribuna.hn – Roger Rojas está de vuelta y quiere su revancha – 26 December 2016
89. Tiempo.hn – Osman Chávez: ¡Real España lo declara jugador transferible! – 27 December 2016
90. Tiempo.hn – ¡Potros de Olancho FC se refuerzan de primera! – 30 December 2016
91. FutbolCentroamerica.com – Caue Fernández refuerza a Marathón Archived 2017-01-08 at the Wayback Machine – 30 December 2016
92. Diez.hn – Diego Luis Ambuila, el delantero colombiano que espera brillar con Juticalpa – 2 January 2017
93. LaPrensa.hn – Barrida en Marathón: Joshua Vargas tampoco sigue en Marathón – 3 January 2017
94. Tiempo.hn – !Israel Silva no continuará en Marathon! – 3 January 2017
95. Diez.hn – Donaldo Morales se queja y denuncia al presidente del Social Sol Archived 2017-01-08 at the Wayback Machine – 4 January 2017
96. ElHeraldo.hn – Argentino Forgione, ex del Sambenetese de Italia, jugará con Platense – 4 January 2017
97. Diez.hn – Jairo Puerto y Diego Reyes se despiden del Marathón – 5 January 2017
98. LaTribuna.hn – Oliver Morazán deja Olimpia para jugar en Juticalpa FC – 6 January 2017
99. Diez.hn – Maximiliano Osurak, la nueva contratación del Platense – 10 January 2017
100. HondurasSoccer.com – Delantero colombiano, Justin Arboleda Buenaños llega al Marathón como nuevo refuerzo – 11 January 2017
101. Diez.hn – ALTAS Y BAJAS: Así se refuerzan los equipos de la Liga Nacional de Honduras – 13 January 2017
102. LaTribuna.hn – Falleció Denis ‘Bomba’ Hainds exgloria del fútbol de Honduras – 18 July 2016
103. Tiempo.hn – Fallece Dennis Allen tras ser atropellado en Tegucigalpa – 6 August 2016
104. LaPrensa.hn – Asesinan a joven futbolista en Puerto Cortés – 3 September 2016
105. LaPrensa.hn – Fallece fundador del Real España – 19 September 2016
106. Tiempo.hn – Asesinan en La Ceiba a directivo del equipo Victoria – 14 October 2016
107. Terra.com – Asesinan a tiros al exfutbolista hondureño Marvin Paz – 24 October 2016
108. Diez.hn – Asesinan a Manrique Amador, exagente de Costly, Rambo y otros futbolistas en Honduras – 28 October 2016
109. DiarioMas.hn – Futbolista del Olimpia muere atropellado por carro cisterna – 9 December 2016
110. Diez.hn – LAMENTABLE | Exárbitro hondureño es asesinado en intento de asalto – 25 March 2017
111. DiarioMas.hn – Falleció “Yeto” Montoya, exestrella del Olimpia – 19 May 2017