2001–02 Honduran Liga Nacional

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Season 2001–02 Start date 2001 Relegated Deportes Savio		Copa Interclubes UNCAF MotaguaMarathón Location Honduras
Top goalscorer Apertura: Enrique Renau (8)Clausura: Marcelo Ferreira (13) Biggest home win Victoria 4-1 Deportes Savio(19 September 2001)Marathón 4-1 Universidad(26 January 2002)Olimpia 4-1 Universidad(13 April 2002)Marathón 4-1 Olimpia(23 May 2002) Biggest away win Marathón 0-5 Real España(2 December 2001)Deportes Savio 2-6 Platense(10 February 2002) Highest scoring Marathón 6-3 Victoria(22 September 2001) Champions C.D. Motagua, C.D. Marathón People also search for 2002–03 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2001–02 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was divided into two phases, the Apertura tournament which lasted from September to December 2001, and the Clausura tournament which was played from January to May 2002. C.D. Motagua and C.D. Marathón each lifted one trophy obtaining the 39th and 40th national championship respectively in the history of the league. This was the fourth season under the Apertura and Clausura format.

Apertura

The Apertura tournament started on 7 September 2001 in La Ceiba with a 2–1 Victoria's home win over last season runners Olimpia. After 18 rounds Motagua, Marathón, Platense, and Olimpia qualified to the Final round to fight for the title.

Standings

As of 2 December 2001

Results

As of 2 December 2001

Source: RSSSF
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Semifinals

Motagua vs Olimpia

Motagua won 4–3 on aggregate.

Marathón vs Platense

Marathón won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Motagua vs Marathón

Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.

Top goalscorers

8 goals

Enrique Renau (Marathón)

7 goals

Marcelo Verón (Motagua)

Denilson Costa (Olimpia)

6 goals

José Pacini (Motagua)

Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)

5 goals

Wilmer Velásquez (Olimpia)

Pompilio Cacho (Marathón)

Gustavo Fuentes (Olimpia)

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was the second part of the 2001–02 season in Liga Nacional; the league games started on 19 January 2002 in La Ceiba with an unexpected 0–3 C.D. Victoria's home defeat against Deportes Savio. The previous champions C.D. Motagua was unable to qualify to the Final round and C.D. Marathón earned its first title after 20 long years.