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4 unusual facts about Association football in Honduras


Association football in Honduras

In 1912, the team known as Juventud Olimpica founded the Club Deportivo Olimpia.

Tha teams from Tegucigalpa are the teams that have won the league most often: Olimpia with 22 titles, and Motagua with 11.

In the second most important city, San Pedro Sula, football began to gain strength only with the foundation of Club Deportivo Marathón.

Three years later, the Spanish monk Niglia introduced the game at the Instituto Salesiano San Miguel in Comayagua.


Deportes Savio

Deportes Savio Fútbol Club, commonly known as Deportes Savio, is a professional Honduran football club based in Santa Rosa de Copán.


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