2016 Honduran Supercup

2016 Honduran Supercup
Honduras Progreso Olimpia
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Olimpia won 5–4 on penalty shoot-outs
Date 8 July 2016
Venue Estadio Humberto Micheletti, El Progreso
Referee Melissa Borjas

The 2016 Honduran Supercup was a match arranged by the Honduran Liga Nacional which took place on 8 July 2016 between C.D. Honduras Progreso, winners of the Apertura tournament and Club Deportivo Olimpia, winners of the Clausura tournament, both from the 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional season.[1] This was the first Honduran Supercup since 1999 after the 2015 edition was abandoned with no disclosed reason.

Qualified teams

Team Method of qualification Appearances
Honduras Progreso Winners of 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional (Apertura) 1st
Olimpia Winners of 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional (Clausura) 2nd

Background

Both C.D. Honduras Progreso and Club Deportivo Olimpia qualified as reigning champions of the 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional (Apertura and Clausura respectively). Honduras Progreso defeated C.D. Motagua in the Apertura finals on penalty shoot-outs after a 4–4 aggregated score. Meanwhile, Olimpia was crowned as Clausura champions after convincingly overcoming in the finals against C.D. Real Sociedad with a 5–2 global result. Is the first time a Honduran Supercup is played between two league champions, as the previous editions faced the league and the Honduran Cup winners.

The previous match between both sides ended with a 2–2 draw at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino on 20 March 2016 for a league encounter.[2]

Match

On a mostly cloudy night, the game started at 19:15 CST as scheduled. It was the first time in Honduran football that a game was officiated by female referees at a professional level.[3] Both teams entered the field with their alternate uniforms. C.D. Honduras Progreso's attacker Ángel Tejeda scored first with a penalty kick at the 26th minute after Club Deportivo Olimpia's defender Bryan Johnson committed a foul inside the 18-yard box. In the second half, Olimpia made three consecutive goals at the 52nd, 57th and 65th minutes, scored by Carlo Costly, José Fonseca and Bryan Johnson respectively. Johny Gómez scored the 2–3 for Honduras Progreso at the 69th minute and Nixon Duarte tied the game at the 73rd before the end of regulation. The match went straight to penalty shoot-outs where Olimpia won 5–4. During the shoot-outs, Jorge Cardona's kick went so wide and high he send the ball outside the stadium.[4]

8 July 2016
19:15 CST
Honduras Progreso 3–3 Olimpia
Tejeda  26' (pen.)
Gómez  69'
Duarte  73'		  52' Costly
 57' Fonseca
 65' Johnson
  Penalties  
Alvarado
Bermúdez
Sánchez
Acevedo
Tejeda
Smith
Cardona 		4–5 Mejía
Rodas
Güity
Tobías
Johnson
Fonseca
Estupiñán
Honduras Progreso
Olimpia
GK 27 Belize Woodrow West
DF 1 Honduras Pastor Martínez
DF 17 Honduras Dílmer Gutiérrez
DF 21 Costa Rica Roy Smith
DF 22 Honduras Nixon Duarte
DF 31 Honduras Carlos Sánchez
MF 6 Honduras Juan Delgado  78'
MF 11 Honduras Víctor Moncada
MF 16 Honduras Johny Gómez  75'
FW 13 Honduras Ángel Tejeda
FW 35 Honduras Frédixon Elvir  65'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Honduras Jorge Cardona  65'
DF 2 Honduras Johny Rivera  75'
MF 12 Honduras Mariano Acevedo  78'
Manager:
Honduras Héctor Castellón
GK 28 Honduras Donis Escober
DF 3 Honduras Elmer Güity
DF 12 Honduras Bryan Johnson
DF 14 Honduras José Fonseca
DF 19 Honduras José Tobías
MF 6 Honduras David Meza  67'
MF 7 Honduras Carlos Mejía
MF 10 Honduras Bayron Méndez  73'
MF 20 Honduras Óliver Morazán  82'
MF 24 Honduras Mayron Flores  37'
FW 13 Honduras Carlo Costly  75'
Substitutions:
FW 18 Colombia Javier Estupiñán  37'
MF 29 Honduras German Mejía  67'
MF 16 Honduras Gerson Rodas  73'
FW 25 Honduras Jorge Bengoché  75'
MF 38 Honduras Carlos Pineda  82'
Manager:
Argentina Héctor Vargas

See also

References

  1. ↑ Diez.hn.hn – Olimpia y Honduras Progreso definen este viernes al campeonísimo catracho – 4 July 2016
  2. ↑ Soccerway.com – Olimpia vs. Honduras Progreso 2 - 2 – 20 March 2016
  3. ↑ LaPrensa.hn – Terna femenina en el Honduras Progreso - Olimpia – 8 July 2016
  4. ↑ LaPrensa.hn – Video: El terrible penal de Jorge Cardona ante Olimpia – 8 July 2016
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