| Season | 2001–02 |
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| Champions | Apertura:Motagua Clausura:Marathón |
| Relegated | Deportes Savio |
| Copa Interclubes UNCAF | Motagua Marathón |
| Top goalscorer | Apertura: Clausura: |
| Biggest home win | Victoria 4-1Deportes Savio (19 September 2001) Marathón 4-1Universidad (26 January 2002) Olimpia 4-1Universidad (13 April 2002) Marathón 4-1Olimpia (23 May 2002) |
| Biggest away win | Marathón 0-5Real España (2 December 2001) Deportes Savio 2-6Platense (10 February 2002) |
| Highest scoring | Marathón 6-3Victoria (22 September 2001) |
2002–03 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2002. | |
The2001–02 season in theHonduran 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 andC.D. Marathón each lifted one trophy obtaining the 39th and 40th national championship respectively in the history of the league.[1] This was the fourth season under theApertura and Clausura format.
The Apertura tournament started on 7 September 2001 inLa Ceiba withVictoria's 2–1 home win over last season's runners-upOlimpia. After 18 rounds Motagua, Marathón,Platense, and Olimpia qualified to the Final round to fight for the title.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Motagua | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 31 | |
| 3 | Platense | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 27 | |
| 4 | Olimpia | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 25 | |
| 5 | Real España | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 24 | |
| 6 | Victoria | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 24 | |
| 7 | Vida | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 20 | |
| 8 | Real Comayagua | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 19 | |
| 9 | Universidad | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 15 | |
| 10 | Deportes Savio | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 12 |
| Home \ Away | SAV | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | COM | RES | UNI | VIC | VID |
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| Deportes Savio | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | |
| Marathón | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 1–1 | |
| Motagua | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Olimpia | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | |
| Platense | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Real Comayagua | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Real España | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Universidad | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | |
| Victoria | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Vida | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
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| Motagua | 3–2 | Marathón |
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| Pacini Izaguirre | Video report | Rosales Oliva |
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| Leyes Medina Pacini Turcios Izaguirre | 5–3 | |
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| Liga Nacional 2001–02 Apertura Champion |
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| C.D. Motagua 10th title |
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The Clausura tournament was the second part of the 2001–02 season inLiga Nacional; the league games started on 19 January 2002 inLa Ceiba with an unexpected 0–3C.D. Victoria's home defeat againstDeportes Savio. The previous championsC.D. Motagua was unable to qualify to the Final round andC.D. Marathón earned its first title after 20 long years.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 33 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Platense | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 31 | |
| 3 | Marathón | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 29 | |
| 4 | Victoria | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 25 | |
| 5 | Real España | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 23 | |
| 6 | Universidad | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 23 | |
| 7 | Deportes Savio | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 21 | |
| 8 | Motagua | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 19 | |
| 9 | Vida | 18 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 19 | |
| 10 | Real Comayagua | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | SAV | MAR | MOT | OLI | PLA | COM | RES | UNI | VIC | VID |
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| Deportes Savio | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–6 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Marathón | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |
| Motagua | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Olimpia | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Platense | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Real Comayagua | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Real España | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Universidad | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Victoria | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Vida | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
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| Liga Nacional 2001–02 Clausura Champion |
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| C.D. Marathón 3rd title |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Marathón | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 60 | Qualified to the2002 Copa Interclubes UNCAF |
| 2 | Olimpia | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 58 | |
| 3 | Platense | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 58 | |
| 4 | Motagua | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 51 | Qualified to the2002 Copa Interclubes UNCAF |
| 5 | Victoria | 36 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 49 | |
| 6 | Real España | 36 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 47 | |
| 7 | Vida | 36 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 39 | |
| 8 | Universidad | 36 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 38 | |
| 9 | Real Comayagua | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 35 | |
| 10 | Deportes Savio | 36 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 33 | Relegated to the2002–03 Liga de Ascenso |