World Football Badges News: Honduras

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras (Honduran National Professional Football League) is the first and highest division of football in Honduras.

The 2017–18 Honduran Liga Nacional season will be the 52nd Honduran Liga Nacional edition since its establishment in 1965. For this season, the system format will remain the same as the previous season. The tournament is scheduled to start on 28 July 2017 and end on May 2018. The season will be divided into two halves (Apertura and Clausura), each crowning one champion. The team with the best record will enter the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League and the next two will qualify to the 2018 CONCACAF League.

A total of 10 teams will contest the tournament, including 9 sides from the 2016–17 season plus Lobos UPNFM, promoted from the 2016–17 Liga de Ascenso.

The Apertura tournament is the first half of the 2017–18 season which is set to run from July to December 2017. The first game of the season was played on 29 July between Club Deportivo Olimpia and new newcomers Lobos UPNFM which ended in a 1–0 victory for the home club. This game in fact corresponds to week 4, however, Olimpia requested a reschedule as they faced Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on that same week for the 2017 CONCACAF League.

On 18 August, la entire week 3 was cancelled due to a referee's strike, who requested for a salary increase which was rejected.

On 2 September, C.D. Honduras Progreso played against Lobos UPNFM at Estadio Humberto Micheletti, a game which was witnessed only by 56 spectators, one more over the current record implemented by Palestino F.C. v Pumas UNAH (55 in 1998).

On 24 September, F.C. Motagua paid a visit to Platense F.C. at Estadio Excélsior; Motagua came with a long 21-game unbeaten run carried since last season; on the other hand, Platense were at the bottom of the league standings. Motagua scored 3 consecutive goals in the first 60 minutes of play to obtain a comfortable lead; however, in the last 20+ minutes of the match, Platense scored 4 goals to give the Selacios the most unlikely win of the season so far.

On 19 November, C.D. Marathón defeated Olimpia 0–1 and clinched the first position in the regular standings for their fifth time in history. Three of the four playoff matches were rescheduled due to the 2017 Honduran political crisis. During the 1st leg of the semifinal between Real C.D. España and C.D. Marathón, referee Armando Castrogave Real España a non-existing penalty. Furious fans from the opposite side invaded the pitch and started throwing rocks to policemen and referees. Police answered with tear gas bombs and the authorities decided to suspend the match. The other semifinal between Olimpia and Motagua was also suspended due to lack of security guarantees.

On 14 December, the League informed that without safety measures, they will not scheduled any other games until further notice.

On 18 December, due to the pressing situation, the League decided to play the rest of the tournament in closed doors, except for the final series. Real España obtained their 12th national title after beating Motagua in the final with a 3–2 global score.