2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

The 2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso is the 38th edition of the second level tournament in Honduran football and the 15th since its re-branding as Liga de Ascenso. As the previous season, the tournament will be divided into two phases named Apertura (fall) and Clausura (spring), the winners of each phase will fight for the promotion to the 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional.

Liga de Ascenso

Season	2016–17
Champions	Apertura: Lepaera Clausura: UPNFM
Promoted	UPNFM
Relegated	CARDVA
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 teams

For the first time, there will be 32 teams divided into 4 groups of eight.^[1]

Group A

• Victoria (Relegated from 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional)
• Arsenal
• Yoro
• Trujillo
• Tela F.C.
• Boca Júnior
• CARDVA
• Discua Nicolás (Promoted from 2015–16 Honduran Liga Mayor)

Group B

• Deportes Savio
• Real Juventud
• Olimpia Occidental
• Lepaera
• Atlético Esperanzano
• Atlético Pinares

Group C

• Parrillas One
• Atlético Choloma
• Atlético Municipal
• Atlético Independiente
• Villanueva
• Comayagua
• Atlético Limeño
• Brasilia

Group D

• Lobos UPNFM
• Olancho
• Valle
• Municipal Valencia
• Gimnástico
• Estrella Roja (Promoted from 2015–16 Honduran Liga Mayor)

Apertura

The Apertura tournament will run from 19 August to December 2016.^[2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Victoria	12	8	2	2	26	8	+18	26
2	Yoro	12	6	3	3	21	13	+8	21
3	Tela	12	6	2	4	27	17	+10	20
4	Discua Nicolás	12	5	5	2	15	13	+2	20
5	Arsenal	12	4	4	4	14	16	−2	16
6	Boca Júnior	12	3	4	5	9	17	−8	13
7	CARDVA	12	2	2	8	10	23	−13	8
8	Trujillo	12	1	4	7	3	17	−14	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lepaera	10	5	4	1	25	13	+12	19
2	Real Juventud	10	4	3	3	16	12	+4	15
3	Atlético Esperanzano	10	4	3	3	14	17	−3	15
4	Atlético Pinares	10	4	1	5	18	16	+2	13
5	Deportes Savio	10	2	5	3	13	13	0	11
6	Olimpia Occidental	10	2	2	6	12	24	−12	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Atlético Limeño	12	7	2	3	28	24	+4	23
2	Villanueva	12	7	1	4	20	10	+10	22
3	Parrillas One	12	5	5	2	18	10	+8	20
4	Atlético Municipal	12	6	1	5	18	18	0	19
5	Atlético Choloma	12	4	2	6	10	15	−5	14
6	Comayagua	12	4	1	7	15	20	−5	13
7	Brasilia	11	3	3	5	19	22	−3	12
8	Atlético Independiente	12	2	3	7	10	20	−10	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gimnástico	10	4	5	1	16	12	+4	17
2	UPNFM	8	4	4	0	26	13	+13	16
3	Olancho	8	3	3	2	14	10	+4	12
4	Municipal Valencia	9	2	4	3	14	17	−3	10
5	Valle	7	1	3	3	6	13	−7	6
6	Estrella Roja	8	1	1	6	10	20	−10	4
–	Atlético Olanchano (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(D) Disaffiliated

Final

Lepaera v Yoro

23 December 2016 Final	Lepaera	2–1	Yoro	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 CST	Almendárez   36' Bustos   67'		75' Barahona	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Clausura

The Clausura tournament will run from January to May 2017.

Playoffs

Villanueva v Valle

26 April 2017	Villanueva	1–0	Valle
CST

Pinares v Victoria

26 April 2017	Pinares	2–0	Victoria
CST

UPNFM v Atlético Choloma

26 April 2017	UPNFM	2–1	Atlético Choloma
CST

Tela v Lepaera

26 April 2017	Tela	2–1	Lepaera
CST	Zelaya   39' Grant   89'		36' Williams

Quarterfinals

UPNFM v Deportes Savio

May 2017 1st leg	UPNFM	1–0	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa
CST

Deportes Savio v UPNFM

13 May 2017 2nd leg	Deportes Savio	0–0	UPNFM	Santa Rosa de Copán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes

• UPNFM won 1–0 on aggregated.

Atlético Pinares v Olancho

May 2017 1st leg	Atlético Pinares	0–0	Olancho	Ocotepeque
CST				Stadium: Estadio John F. Kennedy

Olancho v Atlético Pinares

13 May 2017 2nd leg	Olancho	3–1	Atlético Pinares	Juticalpa
CST	Gómez   Solórzano   Fernández		87' Solórzano	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sarmiento

• Olancho won 3–1 on aggregated.

Lepaera v Parrillas One

May 2017 1st leg	Lepaera	2–0	Parrillas One	Lepaera
CST

Parrillas One v Lepaera

12 May 2017 2nd leg	Parrillas One	1–1	Lepaera	San Pedro Sula
CST				Attendance: Closed gates

• Lepaera won 3–1 on aggregated.

Villanueva v Arsenal

May 2017 1st leg	Villanueva	5–1	Arsenal	Villanueva
CST

Arsenal v Villanueva

14 May 2017 2nd leg	Arsenal	2–2	Villanueva	Roatán
CST				Stadium: Coxen Hole Stadium

• Villanueva won 7–3 on aggregated.

Semifinals

UPNFM v Lepaera

19 May 2017 1st leg	UPNFM	2–1	Lepaera	Tegucigalpa
11:00 CST	Rodríguez   Meléndez		Maradiaga

Lepaera v UPNFM

27 May 2017 2nd leg	Lepaera	1–0	UPNFM	Lepaera
19:00 CST	Arzú   40'

• Lepaera 2–2 UPNFM on aggregated. UPNFM won 4–1 on penalty shoot-outs.

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Villanueva v Olancho

20 May 2017 1st leg	Villanueva	2–1	Olancho	Villanueva
CST				Stadium: Estadio José Adrián Cruz

Olancho v Villanueva

27 May 2017 2nd leg	Olancho	0–0	Villanueva	Juticalpa
15:30 CST				Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sarmiento

• Villanueva won 2–1 on aggregated.

Final

UPNFM v Villanueva

4 June 2017 Final	UPNFM	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Villanueva	Comayagua
15:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: ~1,800 Referee: Nelson Mejía
	Penalties
	Yanes   Padilla   Montoya   Salinas		Ramírez   Velásquez   Orellana   Ochoa

Promotion

The winners of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments will face to decide the team to be promoted to 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional. In case the same team wins both phases, it will obtain automatic promotion. Lepaera F.C. and Lobos UPNFM as Apertura and Clausura winners respectively will fight for promotion.

Lepaera v UPNFM

11 June 2017	Lepaera	0–1	UPNFM	San Pedro Sula
15:00 CST			65' Meléndez	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Saíd Martínez

References

1. Diez.hn – La Liga de ascenso en Honduras ahora tendrá 32 equipos divididos en cuatro grupos – 3 August 2016
2. Tiempo.hn – Definida la fecha inicio de la Liga de Ascenso de Honduras – 6 August 2016