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Season	2000–01
Champions	Apertura: Olimpia Clausura: Platense
Relegated	Broncos
Champions' Cup	Olimpia Platense
Matches played	205
Goals scored	514 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Marcelo Verón (13) Clausura: Pompilio Cacho (13)
Biggest home win	Victoria 4–0 Broncos (8 November 2000) Platense 4–0 Universidad (15 December 2000) Deportes Savio 4–0 Vida (13 January 2001)
Biggest away win	Broncos 0–6 Olimpia (18 October 2000)
Highest scoring	Universidad 2–5 Olimpia (22 November 2000) Vida 3–4 Olimpia (25 March 2001)
Longest unbeaten run	Olimpia (10)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 → All statistics correct as of 22 July 2001.

The 2000–01 Honduran Liga Nacional was the 36th season in the history of the Honduran top division; this was the third tournament under the Apertura and Clausura format; C.D. Olimpia managed to beat C.D. Platense in the Apertura Final and obtained its 15th league title; in the Clausura C.D. Platense took revenge over C.D. Olimpia and won its 2nd title. The league games started 30 September 2000 and ended on 22 July 2001. ^[1]

Broncos (Choluteca)
Deportes Savio (Santa Rosa de Copán) (promoted)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

The Apertura tournament was the first half of the 2000–01 season in the Honduran football; Club Deportivo Olimpia set a record of 10 wins in a row, the first nine composed a whole round-robin. In the Final match Olimpia conquered its 15th title after defeating C.D. Platense 2–1 on aggregated score.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	12	3	3	44	21	+23	39	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	18	7	8	3	20	15	+5	29
3	Platense	18	7	7	4	30	21	+9	28
4	Real España	18	6	6	6	21	24	−3	24
5	Universidad	18	7	3	8	17	21	−4	24
6	Vida	18	6	5	7	22	24	−2	23
7	Victoria	18	5	6	7	25	24	+1	21
8	Deportes Savio	18	5	6	7	24	24	0	21
9	Marathón	18	4	6	8	20	25	−5	18
10	Broncos	18	3	6	9	9	32	−23	15

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2001. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

As of 13 January 2001

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate score.

Motagua vs Universidad

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Universidad won 5–2 on aggregate score.

Platense vs Real España

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Platense 3–2 Real España; Platense advances on better Regular season performance. Real España advances as best losers.

Olimpia vs Real España

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Olimpia won 2–1 on aggregate score.

Platense vs Universidad

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Platense won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Olimpia vs Platense

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Liga Nacional 2000–01 Apertura champion
C.D. Olimpia 15th title

13 goals

Marcelo Verón (Platense)

8 goals

Denilson Costa (Olimpia)

6 goals

1 goal

Saúl Martínez (Olimpia)

In the Clausura tournament of the 2000–01 season; C.D. Platense took revenge on C.D. Olimpia and achieved its second championship in its history. On the other hand, C.D. Broncos although they finished fifth in the Regular season, they were not allow to participate in the Hexagonal, due to their condition of relegated team; C.D. Motagua replaced them instead.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	13	3	2	34	11	+23	42	Qualified to the Final round
2	Platense	18	11	4	3	26	13	+13	37
3	Marathón	18	9	3	6	30	20	+10	30
4	Real España	18	6	4	8	27	29	−2	22
5	Broncos	18	5	6	7	19	24	−5	21	Relegated, could not qualify
6	Victoria	18	4	8	6	24	28	−4	20	Qualified to the Final round
7	Motagua	18	2	12	4	23	27	−4	18	Replaced Broncos
8	Universidad	18	4	6	8	15	21	−6	18
9	Vida	18	4	6	8	22	31	−9	18
10	Deportes Savio	18	3	6	9	14	30	−16	15

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2001. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

As of 17 June 2001

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Olimpia won 3–2 on aggregate score.

Platense vs Victoria

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Platense won 3–2 on aggregate score.

Marathón vs Real España

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Marathón 1–1 Real España on aggregate score; Marathón advanced on better Regular season performance; Real España advanced as best loser

Olimpia vs Real España

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Olimpia 1–1 Real España on aggregate score; Olimpia advanced on better Regular season record.

Platense vs Marathón

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Platense won 4–3 on aggregate score.

Olimpia vs Platense

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Liga Nacional 2000–01 Clausura champion
C.D. Platense 2nd title

13 goals

Pompilio Cacho (Marathón)

10 goals

Marcelo Verón (Platense)

8 goals

7 goals

Danilo Tosello (Olimpia)

5 goals

Denilson Costa (Olimpia)

2 goals

Relegation was determined by the aggregated table of both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	36	25	6	5	78	32	+46	81	Qualified to the 2001 CONCACAF Champions' Cup^[a]
2	Platense	36	18	11	7	56	34	+22	65
3	Marathón	36	13	9	14	50	45	+5	48
4	Motagua	36	9	20	7	43	42	+1	47
5	Real España	36	12	10	14	48	53	−5	46
6	Universidad	36	11	9	16	32	42	−10	42
7	Victoria	36	9	14	13	49	52	−3	41
8	Vida	36	10	11	15	44	55	−11	41
9	Deportes Savio	36	8	12	16	38	54	−16	36	Forced to a Relegation playoff
10	Broncos	36	8	12	16	28	56	−28	36

Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2001. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia and Platense qualified to the 2001 CONCACAF Champions' Cup as winners of Apertura and Clausura respectively; eventually the CONCACAF scrapped the 2001 season.

Deportes Savio won Relegation playoff 4–3 on penalty shootouts; Broncos were relegated to the 2001–02 Segunda División.

^ RSSSF.com–Honduras 2000/01–11 December 2009

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