2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	2002–03
Champions	Apertura: Olimpia; Clausura: Marathón
Relegated	Victoria
UNCAF Interclub Cup	Olimpia; Marathón
Matches played	192
Goals scored	448 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura:; Brazil Marcelo Ferreira (15); Clausura:; Brazil Denilson Costa (10); Honduras Pompilio Cacho (10); Brazil Luciano Emílio (10)
Biggest home win	Platense 5-0 Real Maya; (11 August 2002)
Biggest away win	Vida 0-6 Marathón; (5 April 2003)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 → All statistics correct as of 1 June 2003.

The 2002–03 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 37th edition since the intervention of the professional league in Honduran football. The season was divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura) which ran from August 2002 to June 2003.^[1]

2002–03 teams

Honduras Salzburg (El Progreso) (promoted)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Tegucigalpa)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Real Maya / Real Patepluma (Comayagua)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

Real Maya changed its name to Real Patepluma for the Clausura tournament and moved to Santa Bárbara.

Apertura

The Apertura tournament lasted from August to December 2002, C.D. Olimpia defeated C.D. Platense in the Final to secure its 16th league title.

Regular season

Results

As of 24 November 2002

Home \ Away	SAL	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	MAY	UNI	VIC	VID
Honduras Salzburg		1–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2
Marathón	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1
Motagua	2–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1
Olimpia	1–0	2–0	1–1		1–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–2
Platense	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–1	5–0	0–0	3–2	2–1
Real España	0–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	1–2		4–0	3–1	1–0	3–3
Real Maya	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–1		1–1	0–0	1–1
Universidad	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	2–2		2–1	2–0
Victoria	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–1	3–3		0–1
Vida	1–1	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense	18	12	5	1	42	14	+28	41	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	18	7	10	1	25	17	+8	31
3	Marathón	18	7	7	4	22	16	+6	28
4	Real España	18	6	8	4	25	18	+7	26
5	Motagua	18	7	5	6	24	23	+1	26
6	Universidad	18	3	11	4	20	26	−6	19^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Vida	18	4	7	7	19	29	−10	19
8	Honduras Salzburg	18	3	9	6	19	22	−3	18
9	Real Maya	18	0	10	8	11	31	−20	14^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Victoria	18	2	6	10	10	15	−5	11^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2002. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Universidad were deducted one (-1) point.
↑ Real Maya were added four (+4) points.
↑ Victoria were deducted one (-1) point.

Final round

Semifinals

Platense vs Real España

28 November 2002 1st leg	Real España	0–2	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
18:00 (UTC−06:00)			Ferreira File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 2,000

1 December 2002 2nd leg	Platense	0–1	Real España	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)			Emílio File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 4,500

Platense won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Olimpia vs Marathón

28 November 2002 1st leg	Marathón	0–2	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
20:00 (UTC−06:00)			Bennett File:Soccerball shade.svg Bonilla File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

1 December 2002 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Rosario File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Final

Platense vs Olimpia

8 December 2002 1st leg	Olimpia	1–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Velásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'		Medina File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 22,000

15 December 2002 2nd leg	Platense	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Tilguath File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'		Ferreira File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (o.g.) Palacios File:Soccerball shade.svg 94'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 34,230

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Platense

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Olimpia



GK	–	Panama Ricardo James
RB	–	Honduras Elder Valladares
CB	4	Panama José Anthony Torres
LB	3	Honduras Ángel Hill
RM	10	Honduras Edgar Álvarez
CM	–	Honduras Walter Hernández
CM	–	Honduras Alex Andino	downward-facing red arrow
LM	–	Honduras Reynaldo Tilguath
RW	–	Honduras Clifford Laing	downward-facing red arrow
CF	9	Brazil Marcelo Ferreira	downward-facing red arrow
LW	–	Argentina Pablo Medina
Substitutions:
MF	–	Honduras Elmer Blanco	upward-facing green arrow
DF	–	Honduras Derrick Hulse	upward-facing green arrow
FW	–	Honduras Francisco Ramírez	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Argentina Alberto Romero



GK	–	Panama Donaldo González
RB	–	Honduras Wilson Palacios
CB	–	Honduras Fabio Ulloa
CB	–	Honduras Milton Palacios
LB	–	Honduras Edwin Ávila
CM	25	Honduras Óscar Bonilla
CM	–	Honduras Maynor Suazo
AM	18	Argentina Danilo Tosello
RF	–	Brazil Denilson Costa
CF	9	Honduras Juan Manuel Cárcamo	downward-facing red arrow
LF	11	Honduras Wilmer Velásquez	downward-facing red arrow
Substitutions:
FW	–	Honduras Eduardo Bennett	upward-facing green arrow
MF	15	Honduras Francis Reyes	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Honduras Juan Carlos Espinoza

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Liga Nacional 2002–03 Apertura Champion
Olimpia 16th title

Squads

Honduras Salzburg
Honduras Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores	Honduras Luis "Bombero" Ramírez	Honduras Carlos Escobar
Honduras Juan "Montuca" Castro	Honduras Luis Ramos	Honduras Jimmy González
Honduras Vinel Chamorro
Marathón
Honduras Carlos "Pupita" Güity	Honduras Mauricio Sabillón	Honduras Pompilio Cacho
Honduras Emil Martínez	Honduras Juan Pablo Centeno	Honduras Víctor Coello
Honduras Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández	Honduras Darwin Pacheco	Honduras Mario Berríos
Honduras Behiker Bustillo	Honduras Rubén Suazo	Honduras Luis Santamaría
Honduras Walter López	Honduras Anael Figueroa	Honduras Carlos Alberto Salinas
Honduras Elvis Scott	Honduras Luis Guifarro	Honduras Leonardo Morales
Honduras Mario López	Honduras Dennis Ferrera	Honduras Óscar Vargas
Brazil Jean Carles Rosario	Honduras Lenín Suárez	Honduras Orvin "Pato" Cabrera
Honduras David Cárcamo	Paraguay Alfredo Cristino Jara	Brazil Lisandro Silva
Brazil Silvian López	Honduras David Cáceres	Honduras Ilich Arias
Motagua
Honduras Elmer Montoya	Honduras Júnior Izaguirre	Honduras Mauricio Castro
Argentina José Pacini	Honduras Noel Valladares	Honduras Carlos Oliva
Honduras Henry Enamorado	Honduras Nery Medina	Honduras Víctor Mena
Olimpia
Argentina Danilo Tosello	Panama Donaldo González	Honduras Wilmer Velásquez
Honduras Donis Escober	Brazil Denilson Costa	Honduras Milton Palacios Suazo
Honduras Wilson Palacios	Honduras Hendry Thomas	Honduras Maynor Suazo
Honduras Hugo Caballero	Honduras Francis Reyes	Honduras José Luis Pineda
Honduras Juan Manuel Cárcamo	Honduras Eduardo Bennett	Honduras Juan Carlos Raudales
Honduras Óscar "Pescado" Bonilla	Honduras Edwin Yobani Ávila	Honduras Fabio Ulloa
Platense
Brazil Marcelo Ferreira	Honduras Jorge Zapata	Honduras Marvin Sánchez
Honduras Elmer Zelaya	Honduras Reynaldo Tilguath	Panama Ricardo James
Honduras Edgar Álvarez	Honduras Clifford Laing	Panama José Anthony Torres
Argentina Gustavo Scioscia	Argentina Pablo Medina	Honduras David Meléndez
Honduras Jorge Espinoza	Honduras Rony Morales	Honduras Ángel "Búfalo" Hill
Honduras Walter Hernández	Honduras Alex Andino	Honduras Elder Valladares
Honduras Derrick Hulse	Honduras Francisco Ramírez	Honduras Elmer Blanco
Real España
Honduras Nigel Zúniga	Honduras Marlon José Peña	Honduras Enrique Renau
Honduras Jaime Rosales	Brazil Rafael Betine	Honduras Milton "Chocolate" Flores
Honduras Júnior Morales	Honduras Erick Vallecillo	Honduras Sergio Mendoza
Brazil Luciano Emílio
Real Maya/Real Patepluma
Honduras Rony Flores	Honduras Cristino Bernárdez
Universidad
Honduras Jaime Ruíz
Victoria
Honduras Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	Honduras John Bodden	Honduras Carlos Lino
Honduras Carlos Discua	Honduras Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga	Honduras Mario Chávez
Honduras José García	Honduras Luis Lagos	Honduras Carlos "Tatín" Morán
Honduras Pablo Bernárdez	Honduras Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	Honduras Óscar Sorto
Honduras Hesler Phillips	Honduras Miguel "Gallo" Mariano	Honduras Carlos "Calolo" Palacios
Honduras Alex Roberto Bailey	Honduras Máximo Arzú	Honduras Wilmer Ramos
Vida
Honduras Jonathan Bush Sanders	Honduras Luis Perdomo	Honduras Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
Honduras Jorge Ocampo

Jose Gonzales

Top goalscorers

15 goals

Brazil Marcelo Ferreira (Platense)

11 goals

Brazil Luciano Emílio (Real España)

6 goals

Brazil Denilson Costa (Olimpia)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was played from February to June 2003. C.D. Marathón took revenge a year and a half later and defeated C.D. Motagua in the finals to claim its 4th league title.

Regular season

Results

As of 10 May 2003

Home \ Away	SAL	MAR	MOT	OLI	PLA	RES	PAT	UNI	VIC	VID
Honduras Salzburg		1–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	3–1
Marathón	2–0		2–3	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	4–2
Motagua	2–0	0–1		2–3	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1
Olimpia	1–0	4–1	0–2		3–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	4–2	4–1
Platense	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–3		0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1
Real España	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3		3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Real Patepluma	2–0	0–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0		0–1	0–0	2–2
Universidad	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0		1–1	1–0
Victoria	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–3	3–1		3–2
Vida	2–0	0–6	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	3–1

Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	10	5	3	32	19	+13	35	Qualified to the Final round
2	Marathón	18	10	3	5	33	17	+16	33
3	Real España	18	9	6	3	25	15	+10	33
4	Motagua	18	7	8	3	19	13	+6	29
5	Vida	18	7	4	7	24	30	−6	25
6	Platense	18	4	8	6	18	20	−2	20
7	Universidad	18	4	8	6	11	17	−6	20
8	Victoria	18	3	8	7	18	27	−9	17
9	Real Patepluma	18	3	6	9	11	18	−7	15
10	Honduras Salzburg	18	2	6	10	12	27	−15	12

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2003. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round

Semifinals

Olimpia vs Motagua

15 May 2003 1st leg	Motagua	2–2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Bocco File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Guerrero File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		Tosello File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Palacios File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Bardales

18 May 2003 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Valladares File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 27,000

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Marathón vs Real España

14 May 2003 1st leg	Real España	1–1	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Jiménez File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'		Cacho File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

17 May 2003 2nd leg	Marathón	1–1	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Fernández File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'		Betine File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Marathón 2–2 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better Regular season performance.

Final

Marathón vs Motagua

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Motagua

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Marathón



GK	–	Honduras Henry Enamorado
CB	–	Honduras Víctor Bernárdez
CB	–	Honduras Jorge Lozano
CB	–	Honduras Elmer Montoya	downward-facing red arrow
RWB	–	Honduras Samir García	downward-facing red arrow
LWB	–	Honduras Iván Guerrero
CM	–	Honduras Faussy Rodríguez	downward-facing red arrow
CM	–	Honduras Víctor Mena
CM	–	Honduras Mauricio Castro
SS	6	Argentina Pablo Bocco
CF	8	Honduras Jairo Martínez
Substitutions:
MF	–	Honduras Francisco Pavón	upward-facing green arrow
MF	–	Honduras Marlon Nolasco	upward-facing green arrow
FW	–	Honduras Luis Oseguera	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Mexico Alejandro Domínguez



GK	1	Honduras Víctor Coello
RB	23	Honduras Mauricio Sabillón
CB	5	Honduras Darwin Pacheco
CB	6	Honduras José Luis López
LB	3	Honduras Behiker Bustillo
RM	–	Honduras Walter López
CM	20	Honduras Narciso Fernández
CM	24	Honduras Luis Guifarro	downward-facing red arrow
LM	7	Honduras Emil Martínez	Red card 66'
CF	10	Brazil Denilson Costa	downward-facing red arrow
CF	17	Honduras Pompilio Cacho	downward-facing red arrow
Substitutions:
MF	–	Honduras Daniel Muñoz	upward-facing green arrow
FW	9	Argentina José Pacini	upward-facing green arrow
MF	–	Honduras Carlos Güity	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Brazil Honduras Flavio Ortega

1 June 2003 2nd leg	Marathón	3–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Costa File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		Oseguera File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 35,745 Referee: Marcio Carranza

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Marathón

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Motagua



GK	1	Honduras Víctor Coello
RB	23	Honduras Mauricio Sabillón
CB	5	Honduras Darwin Pacheco
CB	3	Honduras José Luis López	downward-facing red arrow
LB	6	Honduras Behiker Bustillo
RM	–	Honduras Walter López
CM	20	Honduras Narciso Fernández
CM	24	Honduras Luis Guifarro
LM	–	Honduras Carlos Güity	downward-facing red arrow
CF	10	Brazil Denilson Costa
CF	17	Honduras Pompilio Cacho
Substitutions:
MF	–	Honduras Ilich Arias	upward-facing green arrow
DF	4	Honduras Lenín Suárez	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Brazil Honduras Flavio Ortega



GK	–	Honduras Henry Enamorado
RB	–	Honduras Samir García
CB	–	Honduras Jorge Lozano
CB	–	Honduras Elmer Montoya	downward-facing red arrow
LB	-	Honduras Iván Guerrero
RM	–	Honduras Víctor Mena
CM	–	Honduras Robel Bernárdez
CM	–	Honduras Francisco Pavón
LM	–	Honduras Mauricio Castro
CF	–	Honduras Luis Oseguera
CF	8	Honduras Jairo Martínez	downward-facing red arrow
Substitutions:
MF	6	Argentina Pablo Bocco	upward-facing green arrow
MF	–	Honduras Avidán Solís	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Mexico Alejandro Domínguez

Marathón won 4–1 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 2002–03 Clausura Champion
Marathón 4th title

Squads

Honduras Salzburg
Honduras Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores	Honduras Luis "Bombero" Ramírez	Honduras Carlos Escobar
Honduras Juan "Montuca" Castro	Honduras Luis Ramos	Honduras Jimmy González
Honduras Vinel Chamorro
Marathón
Honduras Carlos "Pupita" Güity	Honduras Mauricio Sabillón	Honduras Pompilio Cacho
Honduras Emil Martínez	Honduras Hugo Caballero	Honduras Víctor Coello
Honduras Narciso "Kalusha" Fernández	Honduras Darwin Pacheco	Honduras Mario Berríos
Honduras Behiker Bustillo	Honduras José Luis López	Honduras Luis Santamaría
Honduras Walter López	Argentina Juan Manuel Zandoná	Honduras Carlos Alberto Salinas
Brazil Honduras Denilson Costa	Honduras Luis Guifarro	Argentina José Pacini
Honduras Lenín Suárez	Honduras Dennis Ferrera	Honduras Óscar Vargas
Honduras Leonardo Morales	Honduras Ilich Arias	Honduras David Cáceres
Honduras Antonio Arita
Motagua
Honduras Elmer Montoya	Honduras Júnior Izaguirre	Honduras Mauricio Castro
Argentina Pablo Bocco	Honduras Noel Valladares	Honduras Juan Raudales
Honduras Samir García	Honduras Jairo Martínez	Honduras Luis "Tanque" Oseguera
Honduras Avidán Solís	Honduras Francisco Pavón	Honduras Robel Bernárdez
Honduras Víctor Mena	Honduras Iván Guerrero	Honduras Henry Enamorado
Honduras Jorge "Tata" Lozano
Olimpia
Argentina Danilo Tosello	Panama Donaldo González	Honduras Wilmer Velásquez
Honduras Donis Escober	Brazil Marcelo Ferreira	Honduras Milton Palacios Suazo
Honduras Wilson Palacios	Honduras Hendry Thomas	Honduras Maynor Suazo
Honduras Maynor Figueroa	Honduras Francis Reyes	Honduras José Luis Pineda
Honduras Jerry Palacios	Honduras Óscar "Pescado" Bonilla
Platense
Honduras Francisco Ramírez	Honduras Jorge Zapata	Honduras Marvin Sánchez
Honduras Elmer Zelaya	Honduras Reynaldo Tilguath	Panama Ricardo James
Honduras Ángel "Búfalo" Hill	Honduras Clifford Laing	Panama José Anthony Torres
Argentina Gustavo Scioscia	Honduras Pablo Medina	Honduras David Meléndez
Honduras Rony Morales	Honduras Jorge Espinoza
Real España
Honduras Nigel Zúniga	Honduras Marlon José Peña	Honduras Enrique Renau
Honduras Jaime Rosales	Brazil Rafael Betine	Honduras Milton "Chocolate" Flores
Honduras Júnior Morales	Honduras Erick Vallecillo	Brazil Luciano Emílio
Honduras Sergio Mendoza	Honduras Javier Martínez	Brazil Pedro Santana
Real Maya/Real Patepluma
Honduras Rony Flores	Honduras Cristino Bernárdez
Universidad
Honduras Jaime Ruíz	Argentina Diego Vásquez
Victoria
Honduras Ricardo Gabriel "Gato" Canales	Honduras John Bodden	Honduras Carlos Lino
Honduras Carlos Discua	Honduras Ronald "Cuervo" Maradiaga	Honduras Mario Chávez
Honduras José García	Honduras Luis Lagos	Honduras Carlos "Tatín" Morán
Honduras Pablo Bernárdez	Honduras Reynaldo "Chino" Pineda	Honduras Óscar Sorto
Honduras Hesler Phillips	Honduras Miguel "Gallo" Mariano	Honduras Carlos "Calolo" Palacios
Honduras Alex Roberto Bailey	Honduras Máximo Arzú	Honduras Wilmer Ramos
Honduras Walter "Pery" Martínez	Honduras Marvin Morán	Honduras Marvin Chávez
Honduras Samir George	Honduras Ignacio Mejía	Honduras Johnny Rivera
Honduras Dionisio Bátiz	Honduras Carlos Mena	Honduras Marlon López
Honduras Norlan García
Vida
Honduras Jonathan Bush Sanders	Honduras Luis Perdomo	Honduras Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera
Honduras Jorge Ocampo	Honduras Saynor Álvarez	Honduras Víctor "Muma" Bernárdez

Top goalscorers

10 goals

8 goals

Honduras Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)

6 goals

Brazil Pedro Santana (Real España)

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Honduras Clifford Laing (Platense)

Relegation

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. On 10 May 2003, C.D. Victoria were relegated to Liga de Ascenso, however they bought Honduras Salzburg's franchise and stayed in first division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	17	15	4	57	36	+21	66
2	Platense	36	16	13	7	60	34	+26	61
3	Marathón	36	17	10	9	55	33	+22	61
4	Real España	36	15	14	7	50	33	+17	59
5	Motagua	36	14	13	9	43	36	+7	55
6	Vida	36	11	11	14	43	59	−16	44
7	Universidad	36	7	19	10	31	43	−12	39^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Honduras Salzburg	36	5	15	16	31	49	−18	30
9	Real Patepluma	36	3	16	17	22	49	−27	29^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Victoria	36	5	14	17	33	56	−23	28^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegation to the 2003–04 Liga de Ascenso

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2003. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Universidad were deducted a total –1 point.
↑ Real Patepluma were added a total +4 points.
↑ Victoria were deducted a total –1 point.

Controversies

During the Apertura tournament, C.D. Marathón hosted Real C.D. España on week 9, the match was played on 28 September and ended with a 0–2 away win to Real España. During halftime, Real España delayed more than 15 minutes and returned late to play the second half. Marathón alleged and the Board of Discipline annulled the game. A rematch was played on 13 October ending in a 0–0 draw. Such decision affected the final standings which resulted in Marathón owning the third place and sent Real España to fourth.^[2]

References

↑ RSSSF.com–Honduras 2002/03–11 December 2009
↑ RadioHouse.hn–CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO–13 October 2016

[table_hth_UNI0.60933180042046-2] Universidad were deducted one (-1) point.

[table_hth_MAY0.60933180042046-3] Real Maya were added four (+4) points.

[table_hth_VIC0.60933180042046-4] Victoria were deducted one (-1) point.

[table_hth_UNI0.85918725973889-5] Universidad were deducted a total –1 point.

[table_hth_MAY0.85918725973889-6] Real Patepluma were added a total +4 points.

[table_hth_VIC0.85918725973889-7] Victoria were deducted a total –1 point.

[1] RSSSF.com–Honduras 2002/03–11 December 2009

[8] RadioHouse.hn–CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO–13 October 2016

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