2016–17 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Final

Clausura

The Clausura tournament will run from January to May 2017.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• UPNFM won 1–0 on aggregated.

• Olancho won 3–1 on aggregated.

• Lepaera won 3–1 on aggregated.

• Villanueva won 7–3 on aggregated.

Semifinals

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

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• Villanueva won 2–1 on aggregated.

Final

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.

References