2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso

Football league season

Liga de Ascenso
Season	2007–08
Champions	Apertura: Real Juventud Clausura: Real Juventud
Promoted	Real Juventud
← 2006–07 2008–09 → All statistics correct as of 23 May 2008.

The 2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso was the 41st season of the Second level in Honduran football and the 6th under the name Liga Nacional de Ascenso. Under the management of Emilio Umanzor, C.D. Real Juventud won the tournament after winning both the Apertura and Clausura seasons and obtained automatic promotion to the 2008–09 Honduran Liga Nacional.^[1]

Apertura

Regular season

Standings

Group North A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Unión Ájax	10	7	2	1	19	11	+8	23	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Arsenal	10	4	4	2	13	9	+4	16	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
3	Social Sol	10	3	3	4	14	12	+2	12
4	Lenca	10	3	3	4	10	11	−1	12
5	Real Sociedad	10	3	2	5	11	16	−5	11
6	América Marathón	10	1	4	5	7	15	−8	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group North B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olimpia Occidental	12	5	5	2	12	6	+6	20	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Real Juventud	10	5	2	3	11	8	+3	17	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
3	Cruz Azul	10	3	4	3	16	16	0	13
4	Villanueva	10	3	3	4	15	15	0	12
5	Real España Las Vegas	10	2	4	4	6	10	−4	10
6	Atlético Gualala	10	2	4	4	9	14	−5	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Postseason

Quarterfinals

Municipal Paceño v Olimpia Occidental

November 2007 1st leg	Municipal Paceño	2–1	Olimpia Occidental	La Paz, La Paz
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdova

Olimpia Occidental v Municipal Paceño

November 2007 2nd leg	Olimpia Occidental	3–0	Municipal Paceño	La Entrada, Copán
				Stadium: Estadio Alsacias

Olimpia Occidental won 4–2 on aggregated.

Sureño v Unión Ájax

November 2007 1st leg

Sureño

1–0

Unión Ájax

Unión Ájax v Sureño

November 2007 2nd leg	Unión Ájax	3–1	Sureño	Trujillo, Colón
				Stadium: Estadio Jorge Leonidas García

Unión Ájax won 3–2 on aggregated.

Real Juventud v Hispano

November 2007 1st leg	Real Juventud	2–2	Hispano	Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara
				Stadium: Estadio Argelio Sabillón

Hispano v Real Juventud

November 2007 2nd leg	Hispano	1–3	Real Juventud	Comayagua, Comayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

Real Juventud won 5–3 on aggregated.

Arsenal v Juticalpa

November 2007 1st leg	Arsenal	2–1	Juticalpa	Roatán, Bay Islands
				Stadium: Coxen Hole Stadium

Juticalpa v Arsenal

November 2007 2nd leg

Juticalpa

1–2

Arsenal

Juticalpa, Olancho

Arsenal won 4–2 on aggregated.

Semifinals

Arsenal v Olimpia Occidental

November 2007 1st leg	Arsenal	1–0	Olimpia Occidental	Roatán, Bay Islands
				Stadium: Coxen Hole Stadium

Olimpia Occidental v Arsenal

2007 2nd leg	Olimpia Occidental	1–1	Arsenal	La Entrada, Copán
				Stadium: Estadio Alsacias

Arsenal won 2–1 on aggregated.

Real Juventud v Unión Ájax

November 2007 1st leg	Real Juventud	2–1	Unión Ájax	Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara
				Stadium: Estadio Argelio Sabillón

Unión Ájax v Real Juventud

2007 2nd leg	Unión Ájax	0–0	Real Juventud	Trujillo, Colón
				Stadium: Estadio Jorge Leonidas García

Real Juventud won 2–1 on aggregated.

Final

Arsenal v Real Juventud

10 December 2007 1st leg	Arsenal	1–0	Real Juventud	Roatán, Bay Islands
	Mejía 11' (pen.)			Stadium: Coxen Hole Stadium Attendance: 512

Real Juventud v Arsenal

15 December 2007 2nd leg	Real Juventud	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal	Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara
	Martínez 12' Argueta 93' Sambulá 98'		112' Forbes	Stadium: Estadio Argelio Sabillón Attendance: 1,465

Real Juventud won 3–2 on aggregated.

Clausura

Regular season

Standings

Group North A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Social Sol	10	4	4	2	13	9	+4	16	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	América Marathón	10	4	4	2	18	16	+2	16	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
3	Lenca	10	4	3	3	15	14	+1	15
4	Real Sociedad	10	4	2	4	13	11	+2	14
5	Unión Ájax	10	4	0	6	12	15	−3	12
6	Arsenal	10	2	3	5	11	17	−6	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group North B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Juventud	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
2	Olimpia Occidental	10	6	1	3	19	8	+11	19	Qualification to the Quarterfinals
3	Atlético Gualala	10	5	2	3	7	11	−4	17
4	Real España Las Vegas	10	3	3	4	11	11	0	12
5	Villanueva	10	1	5	4	6	15	−9	8
6	Cruz Azul	10	1	2	7	10	17	−7	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Postseason

Quarterfinals

Águilas del Motagua v América Marathón

20 April 2008 1st leg	Águilas del Motagua	0–0	América Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico José Simón Azcona

América Marathón v Águilas del Motagua

26 April 2008 2nd leg

América Marathón

3–4

Águilas del Motagua

San Juan Pueblo, Atlántida

Águilas del Motagua won 4–3 on aggregated.

Social Sol v Universidad

20 April 2008 1st leg	Social Sol	4–0	Universidad	Olanchito, Yoro
				Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

Universidad v Social Sol

26 April 2008 2nd leg

Universidad

1–2

Social Sol

Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

Social Sol won 6–1 on aggregated.

Municipal Paceño v Real Juventud

20 April 2008 1st leg	Municipal Paceño	0–2	Real Juventud	La Paz, La Paz
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Suazo Córdova

Real Juventud v Municipal Paceño

26 April 2008 2nd leg	Real Juventud	2–1	Municipal Paceño	Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara
				Stadium: Estadio Argelio Sabillón

Real Juventud won 4–1 on aggregated.

Olimpia Occidental v Olimpia Reservas

20 April 2008 1st leg	Olimpia Occidental	3–3	Olimpia Reservas	La Entrada, Copán
				Stadium: Estadio Alsacias

Olimpia Reservas v Olimpia Occidental

26 April 2008 2nd leg	Olimpia Reservas	2–0	Olimpia Occidental	Talanga, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Talanga

Olimpia Reservas won 5–3 on aggregated.

Semifinals

Águilas del Motagua v Social Sol

4 May 2008 1st leg	Águilas del Motagua	0–0	Social Sol	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico José Simón Azcona

Social Sol v Águilas del Motagua

11 May 2008 2nd leg	Social Sol	1–0	Águilas del Motagua	Olanchito, Yoro
				Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

Social Sol won 1–0 on aggregated.

Real Juventud v Olimpia Reservas

4 May 2008 1st leg	Real Juventud	2–1	Olimpia Reservas	Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara
				Stadium: Estadio Argelio Sabillón

Olimpia Reservas v Real Juventud

11 May 2008 2nd leg	Olimpia Reservas	0–0	Real Juventud	Talanga, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Talanga

Real Juventud won 2–1 on aggregated.

Final

Social Sol v Real Juventud

18 May 2008 1st leg	Social Sol	0–0	Real Juventud	Olanchito, Yoro
				Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

Real Juventud v Social Sol

23 May 2008 2nd leg	Real Juventud	3–1	Social Sol	Santa Bárbara, Santa Bárbara
	Sambulá 71' Córdoba 87' Róchez 90'		35' Zelaya	Stadium: Estadio Argelio Sabillón Attendance: 2,602 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Real Juventud won 3–1 on aggregated.

Promotion

As winners of both Apertura and Clausura, C.D. Real Juventud obtained automatic promotion to 2008–09 Honduran Liga Nacional and no promotion series was required.^[2]

References

^ Diez.hn – ¡Conocé a todos los ascendidos a la Liga Nacional de Honduras! – 12 June 2017
^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 2007/08 – 11 December 2009

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