2015–16 Honduran Cup

Honduran Cup

Copa Presidente
Tournament details
Country	Honduras
Dates	7 October 2015 – 23 July 2016
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Juticalpa
Runner-up	Real España
Third place	Olimpia
Fourth place	Real Sociedad
Tournament statistics
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 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Liga Nacional

Liga de Ascenso

Liga Mayor

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

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

Juticalpa

Real España

GK 1 Sebastián Portigliatti DF 2 Marlon Peña  56' DF 19 Sergio Mendoza MF 3 Erick Peña MF 5 Jesús Munguía MF 16 Esdras Padilla  89' MF 30 José Williams FW 8 Edwin León  63' FW 20 Juan Mejía  79' FW 21 Rony Flores FW 24 Sendel Cruz Substitutions: – – Aldo Oviedo  63' FW 9 Horacio Parham  79' DF 11 José Hernández  89' Manager: Wilmer Cruz

GK 1 Kevin Hernández DF 2 Osman Chávez  21' DF 5 Wilfredo Barahona DF 18 José Velásquez DF 25 Javier Portillo  27' DF 28 César Oseguera MF 10 Luciano Ursino  71' MF 23 Edder Delgado FW 14 Cristhian Altamirano FW 19 Domingo Zalazar  61' FW 35 Claudio Cardozo Substitutions: FW 59 Román Valencia  61' – – Jhovany Mina  71' – – Manager: Mauro Reyes

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]