2007–08 Liga de Ascenso de Honduras Clausura

This article contains information on the 2007-2008 closing tournament of Liga de Ascenso de Honduras. The season started on January 27, 2008. ^[1] The winner will qualify to the promotion playoff that will take place at the end of the Clausura season.

2007-08 teams

Zona Noroccidental

Club	City	Stadium	Group
Arsenal FC	Roatán	Coxen Hole Stadium	A
Atlético Gualala	Gualala	Estadio Municipal de Gualala	B
C.D. Cruz Azul	San José de Colinas	Estadio Aurora	B
Deportivo Lenca	El Progreso	Estadio Humberto Micheletti	A
Marathón Reservas	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano	A
Olimpia Occidental	La Entrada	Estadio Alsalsias	B
Real España Las Vegas	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano	B
Real Juventud	Santa Bárbara	Estadio Argelio Sabillon	B
Real Sociedad	Tocoa	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón	A
Social Sol	Olanchito	Estadio San Jorge	A
Unión Ájax	Trujillo	Estadio Jorge Leonidas García	A
Villanueva FC	Villanueva	Estadio José Adrián Cruz	B

Fixtures & Results

Zona Noroccidental A

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away
January 25, 2008	Deportivo Lenca	3:2	Marathón Reservas
January 27, 2008	Unión Ájax	2:0	Arsenal
January 27, 2008	Real Sociedad	1:0	Social Sol

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 3, 2008	Arsenal	2:2	Deportivo Lenca
February 3, 2008	Social Sol	2:1	Unión Ájax
February 3, 2008	Marathón Reservas	2:1	Real Sociedad

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 9, 2008	Marathón Reservas	1:1	Arsenal
February 9, 2008	Deportivo Lenca	1:1	Social Sol
February 10, 2008	Real Sociedad	4:0	Unión Ájax

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 17, 2008	Unión Ájax	1:2	Deportivo Lenca
February 17, 2008	Arsenal	3:0	Real Sociedad
February 17, 2008	Social Sol	2:2	Marathón Reservas

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 24, 2008	Unión Ájax	2:1	Marathón Reservas
February 24, 2008	Real Sociedad	1:0	Deportivo Lenca
February 24, 2008	Social Sol	1:0	Arsenal

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away
March 29, 2008	Marathon Reserva	2:2	Social Sol
March 30, 2008	Deportivo Lenca	1:0	Union Ajax

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away
April 13, 2008	Deportivo Lenca	1:1	Real Sociedad
April 13, 2008	Marathon Reserva	3:2	Union Ajax
April 13, 2008	Social Sol	2:0	Arsenal

Zona Noroccidental B

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away
January 25, 2008	Atlético Gualala	0:0	Cruz Azul
January 26, 2008	Real Juventud	0:0	Villanueva
January 27, 2008	Olimpia Occidental	2:1	Real España Las Vegas

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 2, 2008	Real España Las Vegas	4:2	Atlético Gualala
February 3, 2008	Cruz Azul	4:1	Villanueva
February 3, 2008	Real Juventud	2:1	Olimpia Occidental

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 9, 2008	Atlético Gualala	1:0	Villanueva
February 10, 2008	Real España Las Vegas	1:0	Real Juventud
February 10, 2008	Olimpia Occidental	2:1	Cruz Azul

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 15, 2008	Real Juventud	1:0	Atlético Gualala
February 16, 2008	Villanueva	1:1	Olimpia Occidental
February 16, 2008	Cruz Azul	1:1	Real España Las Vegas

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away
February 22, 2008	Real Juventud	2:2	Cruz Azul
February 23, 2008	Villanueva	1:1	Real España Las Vegas
February 24, 2008	Atlético Gualala	1:0	Olimpia Occidental

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away
March 30, 2008	Real España Las Vegas	2:0	Cruz Azul
March 30, 2008	Olimpia Occidental	3:0	Villanueva
March 30, 2008	Real Juventud	:	Atlético Gualala

Round 10

Standings

Zona Noroccidental A

As of April 13, 2008

Position	Team	GP	GW	GT	GL	F	A	+-	Pts
1	Social Sol	10	4	4	2	13	9	+4	16
2	Marathón	10	4	4	2	18	16	+2	16
3	Deportivo Lenca	10	4	3	3	15	14	+1	15
4	Real Sociedad	10	4	2	4	13	11	+2	10
5	Unión Ájax	10	4	0	6	12	15	-3	12
6	Arsenal	10	2	3	5	11	17	-6	9

Zona Noroccidental B

As of April 13, 2008

Position	Team	GP	GW	GT	GL	F	A	+-	Pts
1	Real Juventud	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21
2	Olimpia	10	6	1	3	19	8	+11	19
3	Atlético Gualala	10	5	2	3	7	11	-4	17
4	Real España LV	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

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Playoffs

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	Aguilas del Motagua	0	4	4

	Marathon Reserva	0	3	3
						Aguilas del Motagua	0	0	0

						Social Sol	0	1	1
	Social Sol	4	2	6

	Universidad	0	1	1
											Social Sol	0	1	1

											Real Juventud	0	3	3
	Municipal Paceño	0	1	1

	Real Juventud	2	2	4
						Real Juventud	2	0	2

						Olimpia Reservas	1	0	1
	Olimpia Occidental	3	0	3

	Olimpia Reservas	3	2	5

Quarter Finals

The first legs will be play on April 20 to April 26. Team #1 will play at home in the first leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aguilas del Motagua	4-3 (aet)	Marathon Reserva	0-0	4-3
Social Sol	6-1	Universidad	4-0	2-1
Municipal Paceño	1-4	Real Juventud	0-2	1-2
Olimpia Occidental	3-5	Olimpia Reservas	3-3	0-2

Semi Finals

The first legs will be play on May 4 to May 11. Team #1 will play at home in the first leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aguilas del Motagua	0-1	Social Sol	0-0	0-1
Real Juventud	2-1	Olimpia Reservas	2-1	0-0

Finals

The first legs will be play on May to May. Team #1 will play at home in the first leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Social Sol	1-3	Real Juventud	0-0	3-1

Final

May 18 2008

Social Sol	0–0	Real Juventud

Estadio San Jorge
Olanchito, Honduras
Attendance:
Referee: (HON)

May 23 2008

Real Juventud	3–1	Social Sol
Kevin Sambulá 71' Charles Córdova 87' Carlos Róchez 90'		César Zelaya 35'

Estadio Argelio Sabillon
Santa Bárbara, Honduras
Attendance: 2,602
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

Champion

Clausura 2007-08 Champion:

Real Juventud
Second Title

References

^ "Prometedor Inicio en el Ascenso" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
^ "Agonica-proeza" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Diez. 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-04-14.

[1] "Prometedor Inicio en el Ascenso" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2008-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

[2] "Agonica-proeza" (in Spanish). Diario Deportivo Diez. 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-04-14.

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