2015–16 Honduran Cup

Honduran Cup
Country  Honduras
Dates 7 October 2015 – 23 July 2016
Teams 64
Champions Juticalpa
Runners-up Real España
Third place Olimpia
Fourth place Real Sociedad
Matches played 70
Goals scored 203 (2.9 per match)
← 2015 2017 →
All statistics correct as of 23 July 2016.

The 2015–16 Honduran Cup is the 11th staging of the Honduran Cup and the second edition as Copa Presidente. Olimpia are the defending champions. The cup is a creation of the Honduran government funded by money allocated to national security fund. Its purpose is to support the growth of sport to detract the youth from vices and to promote national tourism for rural towns.

The cup will be contested by 64 teams from the top 3 divisions of the country.[1] There will be a total of 10 teams from Liga Nacional (1st division), 27 from Liga de Ascenso (2nd division) and 27 from Liga Mayor (3rd division). It will be the first time in which the tournament covers two calendar years.

Juticalpa F.C. obtained its first title after defeating Real C.D. España in the final match.[2]

Participants

Liga Nacional

Honduras Progreso (El Progreso, Yoro)
Juticalpa (Juticalpa, Olancho)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula, Cortés)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán)
Platense (Puerto Cortés, Cortés)
Real España (San Pedro Sula, Cortés)
Real Sociedad (Tocoa, Colón)
Victoria (La Ceiba, Atlántida)
Vida (La Ceiba, Atlántida)

Liga de Ascenso
Liga Mayor

Schedule and format

The first round started on 7 October 2015 and the final is scheduled to be held on 23 July 2016.

Round Date Fixtures Clubs
First leg Second leg
Round of 64 7–8 October 2015 32 64 → 32
Round of 32 4–5 November 2015 16 32 → 16
Round of 16 13 January 2016 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 17 February 2016 1–2 March 2016 8 8 → 4
Semifinals 23–24 March 2016 13 April 2016 4 4 → 2
Third place playoff 22 July 2016 1 —
Final 23 July 2016 1 2 → 1

Prize fund

Round Prize fund
per club
3rd place team L. 100,000
2nd place team L. 300,000
2015–16 Honduran Cup Winner L. 500,000

Round of 64

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

1st legs

2nd legs

Semifinals

1st legs

2nd legs

Third place match

Final

23 July 2016
17:00 (UTC−06:00)
Final
Juticalpa 2–1 Real España
Mejía  67'
Oviedo  86' (pen.)		  45' Zalazar
Juticalpa
Real España
GK – Argentina Sebastián Portigliatti
DF 2 Honduras Marlon Peña  56'
DF 19 Honduras Sergio Mendoza
MF 3 Honduras Erick Peña
MF 16 Honduras Esdras Padilla  89'
MF 30 Honduras José Williams
FW 20 Honduras Juan Mejía  79'
FW 21 Honduras Rony Flores
– 24 Honduras Sendel Cruz
– – Honduras Jesús Munguía
– – Honduras Edwin León  63'
Substitutions:
– – Honduras Aldo Oviedo  63'
– – Honduras Horacio Parham  79'
– – Honduras Blás Hernández  89'
Manager:
Honduras Wilmer Cruz
GK 1 Honduras Kevin Hernández
DF 2 Honduras Osman Chávez  21'
DF 5 Honduras Wilfredo Barahona
DF 18 Honduras José Velásquez
DF 25 Honduras Javier Portillo  27'
DF 28 Honduras César Oseguera
MF 23 Honduras Edder Delgado
FW 19 Argentina Domingo Zalazar  61'
FW 35 Uruguay Claudio Cardozo
FW – Honduras Cristhian Altamirano
FW – Argentina Luciano Ursino  71'
Substitutions:
FW 59 Honduras Román Valencia  61'
– – Colombia Jhovany Mina  71'
– –
Manager:
Honduras Mauro Reyes

Controversy

Juticalpa F.C. and Real C.D. España qualified to the tournament's final after defeating C.D. Real Sociedad and Club Deportivo Olimpia respectively. The final match was scheduled to be played by the end of May. After Juticalpa and Real España were eliminated from the league, both teams decided to postpone the match until July and sent their players on vacations. By the middle of July, both teams had released and acquired new players for the upcoming season. The cup organizers released a statement disclosing that the clubs couldn't use the new signed players as these weren't initially registered at the beginning of the tournament. Consequently, Juticalpa announced that they would not show to the game claiming that they were short on players.[3] A day later, the tournament's committee gave up at the pressure and finally announced that the clubs could use the new signings.[4]

References

  1. ↑ DiarioMas.hn – La II edición de la Copa Presidente ya tiene fecha de inicio – 17 August 2015
  2. ↑ ElHeraldo.hn – Juticalpa FC es el nuevo campeón de la Copa Presidente al vencer al Real España – 23 July 2016
  3. ↑ Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Juticalpa anuncia que no se presentará a la final de la Copa Presidente – 19 July 2016
  4. ↑ LaTribuna.hn – Equipos podrá utilizar a sus refuerzos en la final de Copa Presidente – 20 July 2016
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