The 2015–16 Honduran Cup was the 11th staging of the Honduran Cup and the second edition as Copa Presidente. Olimpia were the defending champions. The cup was a creation of the Honduran government funded by money allocated to national security fund. Its purpose was to support the growth of sport to detract the youth from vices and to promote national tourism for rural towns.
The cup was contested by 64 teams from the top 3 divisions of the country.DiarioMas.hn – La II edición de la Copa Presidente ya tiene fecha de inicio – 17 August 2015 There was 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 was the first time in which the tournament covered two calendar years.
Juticalpa F.C. obtained its first title after defeating Real C.D. España in the final match.ElHeraldo.hn – Juticalpa FC es el nuevo campeón de la Copa Presidente al vencer al Real España – 23 July 2016
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 fundper 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
GK 1 Sebastián Portigliatti DF 2 Marlon Peña DF 19 Sergio Mendoza MF 3 Erick Peña MF 5 Jesús Munguía MF 16 Esdras Padilla MF 30 José Williams FW 8 Edwin León FW 20 Juan Mejía FW 21 Rony Flores FW 24 Sendel Cruz Substitutions: – – Aldo Oviedo FW 9 Horacio Parham DF 11 José Hernández Manager: Wilmer Cruz GK 1 Kevin Hernández DF 2 Osman Chávez DF 5 Wilfredo Barahona DF 18 José Velásquez DF 25 Javier Portillo DF 28 César Oseguera MF 10 Luciano Ursino MF 23 Edder Delgado FW 14 Cristhian Altamirano FW 19 Domingo Zalazar FW 35 Claudio Cardozo Substitutions: FW 59 Román Valencia – – Jhovany Mina – – Manager: 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.Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Juticalpa anuncia que no se presentará a la final de la Copa Presidente – 19 July 2016 A day later, the tournament's committee gave up at the pressure and finally announced that the clubs could use the new signings.LaTribuna.hn – Equipos podrá utilizar a sus refuerzos en la final de Copa Presidente – 20 July 2016
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