2007–08 Liga de Ascenso de Honduras Apertura

This article contains information on the 2007–2008 opening tournament of Liga de Ascenso de Honduras. The season started on August 24, 2007. 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 Olímpico Metropolitano	A
Olimpia Occidental	La Entrada	Estadio Alsalsias	B
Real España Las Vegas	San Pedro Sula	Estadio Olímpico 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

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away
August 25, 2007	Marathón Reservas	1:1	Unión Ájax
August 26, 2007	Real Sociedad	2:1	Deportivo Lenca
August 26, 2007	Social Sol	1:1	Arsenal

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away
August 31, 2007	Deportivo Lenca	1:0	Marathón Reservas
September 2, 2007	Unión Ájax	2:1	Social Sol
September 2, 2007	Arsenal	2:0	Real Sociedad

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 8, 2007	Social Sol	1:2	Deportivo Lenca
September 8, 2007	Real Sociedad	0:0	Marathón Reservas
September 8, 2007	Arsenal	2:2	Unión Ájax

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 14, 2007	Deportivo Lenca	0:0	Arsenal
September 15, 2007	Marathón Reservas	0:1	Social Sol
September 16, 2007	Unión Ájax	2:0	Real Sociedad

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 22, 2007	Marathón Reservas	0:3	Arsenal
September 23, 2007	Unión Ájax	1:0	Deportivo Lenca
September 23, 2007	Real Sociedad	2:2	Social Sol

Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 28, 2007	Deportivo Lenca	2:1	Real Sociedad
September 30, 2007	Unión Ájax	3:1	Marathón Reservas
September 30, 2007	Arsenal	2:0	Social Sol

Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away
October 6, 2007	Marathón Reservas	1:1	Deportivo Lenca
October 7, 2007	Real Sociedad	1:0	Arsenal
October 7, 2007	Social Sol	0:1	Unión Ájax

Round 8

Date	Home	Score	Away
October 27, 2007	Marathón Reservas	2:0	Real Sociedad
October 14, 2007	Unión Ájax	3:0	Arsenal
October 27, 2007	Deportivo Lenca	0:0	Social Sol

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away
October 21, 2007	Real Sociedad	4:1	Unión Ájax
October 21, 2007	Social Sol	4:1	Marathón Reservas
October 21, 2007	Arsenal	2:1	Deportivo Lenca

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away
November 2, 2007	Deportivo Lenca	2:3	Unión Ájax
November 4, 2007	Social Sol	4:1	Real Sociedad
November 4, 2007	Arsenal	1:1	Marathón Reservas

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away
August 24, 2007	Real Juventud	0:2	Cruz Azul
August 25, 2007	Real España Las Vegas	1:1	Atlético Gualala
August 25, 2007	Villanueva	0:1	Olimpia Occidental

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 1, 2007	Cruz Azul	1:1	Real España Las Vegas
September 2, 2007	Olimpia Occidental	0:1	Real Juventud
September 2, 2007	Atlético Gualala	1:3	Villanueva

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 7, 2007	Real Juventud	1:0	Real España Las Vegas
September 8, 2007	Villanueva	2:2	Cruz Azul
September 8, 2007	Olimpia Occidental	2:1	Atlético Gualala

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 15, 2007	Real España Las Vegas	2:1	Villanueva
September 15, 2007	Cruz Azul	1:3	Olimpia Occidental
September 16, 2007	Atlético Gualala	1:0	Real Juventud

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 21, 2007	Real Juventud	3:0	Villanueva
September 22, 2007	Real España Las Vegas	0:0	Olimpia Occidental
September 23, 2007	Atlético Gualala	2:1	Cruz Azul

Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away
September 29, 2007	Cruz Azul	2:2	Real Juventud
September 30, 2007	Atlético Gualala	0:0	Real España Las Vegas
September 30, 2007	Olimpia Occidental	1:1	Villanueva

Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away
October 5, 2007	Real Juventud	1:0	Olimpia Occidental
October 6, 2007	Villanueva	4:1	Atlético Gualala
October 6, 2007	Real España Las Vegas	0:1	Cruz Azul

Round 8

Date	Home	Score	Away
October 27, 2007	Atlético Gualala	0:0	Olimpia Occidental
October 27, 2007	Real España Las Vegas	2:1	Real Juventud
October 13, 2007	Cruz Azul	3:2	Villanueva

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away
October 31, 2007	Real Juventud	1:0	Atlético Gualala
October 20, 2007	Villanueva	1:0	Real España Las Vegas
October 21, 2007	Olimpia Occidental	2:1	Cruz Azul

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away
November 3, 2007	Cruz Azul	2:2	Atlético Gualala
November 3, 2007	Villanueva	1:1	Real Juventud
November 4, 2007	Olimpia Occidental	3:0	Real España Las Vegas

Standings

Zona Noroccidental A

As of November 4, 2007

Position	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unión Ájax	10	7	2	1	19	11	+8	23
2	Arsenal	10	4	4	2	13	9	+4	16
3	Social Sol	10	3	3	4	14	12	+2	12
4	Deportivo Lenca	10	3	3	4	10	11	-1	12
5	Real Sociedad	10	3	2	5	11	16	-5	11
6	Marathón	10	1	4	5	7	15	-5	7

Zona Noroccidental B

As of November 4, 2007

Position	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olimpia	10	5	5	2	12	6	+6	18
2	Real Juventud	10	5	2	3	11	8	+3	17
3	Cruz Azul	10	3	4	3	16	16	0	13
4	Villanueva	10	3	3	4	15	15	0	12
5	Real España LV	10	2	4	4	6	10	-4	10
6	Atlético Gualala	10	2	4	4	9	14	-5	10

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Municipal Paceño	2	0	2
		Olimpia Occidental	1	3	4
									Olimpia Occidental	0	1	1
									Arsenal	1	1	2
		Arsenal	2	2	4
		Juticalpa FC	1	1	2
																Arsenal	1	1	2
																Real Juventud	0	3	3
		Real Juventud	2	3	5
		Hispano	2	1	3
									Real Juventud	2	0	2
									Unión Ájax	1	0	1
		Sureño FC	1	1	2
		Unión Ájax	0	3	3

Quarter Finals

The first legs will be play on November 9 to November 11. Team #1 will play at home in the first leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Municipal Paceño	4-2	Olimpia Occidental	2-1	0-3
Sureño FC	2-3	Unión Ájax	1-0	1-3
Real Juventud	5-3	Hispano	2-2	3-1
Arsenal	4-2	Juticalpa FC	2-1	2-1

Semifinals

The first legs will be play on November 23 and November 25. Team #1 will play at home in the first leg.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Arsenal	2-1	Olimpia Occidental	1-0	1-1
Real Juventud	2-1	Unión Ájax	2-1	0-0

Final

Arsenal v Real Juventud

December 10, 2007

Arsenal	1–0	Real Juventud
Dionisio Mejía 11' (pen)

Coxen Hole Stadium Roatan, Honduras Attendance: 512 Referee: (HON)

Real Juventud v Arsenal

December 15, 2007

Real Juventud	3–1 (AET)	Arsenal
Gerson Martínez 12' Lucio Argueta 93' Kevin Sambulá 98'		Chanel Forbes 112'

Estadio Argelio Sabillon Santa Bárbara, Honduras Attendance: 1,465 Referee: (HON)

Champion

Aperuta 2007-08 Champion: Real Juventud First Title