1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 6th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Motagua won the title and qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up Club Deportivo Olimpia.[1]

Liga Nacional
Season1970–71
ChampionsMotagua (2nd)
RelegatedVictoria
CONCACAF Champions' CupMotagua
Olimpia
Matches played136
Goals scored333 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorerAlvarado (16)

1970–71 teams

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Motagua 27 13 11 3 43 18 +25 37[lower-alpha 1] Qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2 Olimpia 27 16 5 6 43 19 +24 37[lower-alpha 1]
3 Marathón 27 12 8 7 35 25 +10 32
4 España 27 10 10 7 36 29 +7 30
5 Vida 27 10 10 7 38 32 +6 30
6 Platense 27 8 11 8 25 29 −4 27
7 Atlético Indio 27 8 7 12 29 34 −5 23
8 Atlético Español 27 6 9 12 29 47 −18 21
9 Lempira 27 5 9 13 25 44 −19 19
10 Victoria 27 3 8 16 28 54 −26 14 Relegated to the Segunda División[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Motagua and Olimpia to play an extra match for the title.
  2. Victoria relegated to second division.

Championship Playoff
25 April 1971 PlayoffMotagua1–1 (a.e.t.)OlimpiaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST Colón  117' Brand  96' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 16,680 (L40,223)[2]
Referee: Roberto Morales
Motagua
Olimpia
  • Motagua champions as better regular season record.

Top scorer
  • Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 16 goals

Squads
Atlético Español
Roberto Abrussezze Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz Flavio Ortega
Atlético Indio
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand Espedito Serafín
Real España
Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta José Enrique "Coneja" Cardona
Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo Mario "Pelola" López
Domingo "Mingo" Ramos Jacobo Sarmiento Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Jaime Villegas
Lempira
Jairo López Alcerro Melchor Argeñal Dagoberto Cubero
César Augusto Dávila Puerto Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor Amílcar "Mica" López
Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Marathón
Roberto Bailey Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez Mauro "Nayo" Caballero
Ramón "Moncho" Cano Arnulfo Echeverría Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Dennis "Plitis" Lagos Alberto Mancía Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez
Gil "Fátima" Valerio Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Héctor "Chorro" Acosta Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica Marcos Banegas
Nelson Benavídez Ramón "Poquitito" Carbajal Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas
Pedro Colón José Luis Cruz Figueroa Pedro Caetano Da Silva
Linauro Di Paula Salvador Dubois Leiva Hernán Godoy
Mariano Godoy Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro Alfonso Gutiérrez
Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Tomás Máximo Julio Meza
Alfonso "Foncho" Navarro Salustio Pacheco Alberto "Furia" Solís
Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya
Olimpia
Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes Selvin Cárcamo
Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza Juan Ventura "La Gata" López
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales
Reynaldo Mejía Ortega José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz
Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales Raúl Suazo Lagos Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Manuel Candado Williams
Platense
Carlos "Care" Alvarado Martín Castillo Norman Castro
Reynaldo Castro Gil Javier Duarte Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez
Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez Oscar Marino Piedrahíta Jimmy Steward
Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina
Victoria
César "Cesarín" Aguirre René Bernárdez Carlos Brown
Manuel Bubuch Luis Bueso Edgardo Bustillo
José Eduardo Castillo Terencio Escobar Gerardo García
Óscar García Ciriaco Gutiérrez Salvador Hernández
José Inés Izaguirre Sergio Jiménez José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza
Adolfo "Fito" López Anael "Lito" Martínez Gilberto Martínez
Rigoberto Martínez Roberto Martínez Sergio "Tito" Martínez
Héctor Mejía Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Luis Alonso Metzquin
Armando Motiño Antonio Muñoz Óscar Muñoz
Alejandro Palacios Salvador Ramírez Armando Reyes
Virgilio Rodríguez Jorge "Chino" Suazo René "Maravilla" Suazo
Jesús Urbina Pablo Villegas Carlos Vilorio
Antonio Zapata Reynaldo Zúniga
Vida
Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Manuel Bernárdez Calderón Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden
Morris Garden José López Paz Marcos Peña
José María "Chema" Salinas

Known results

Round 1
Atlético Español0–3Vida
Alvarado

Round 4
España1–0Olimpia
San Pedro Sula

Round 27
Motagua4–0Marathón
Hernández
Blandón
Godoy
Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds
Marathón3–0Platense
San Pedro Sula
Motagua1–1Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa
Motagua4–2Victoria
Blandón
da Silva
Godoy
Hernández 		Martínez
Lanza
Vida0–0Victoria
La Ceiba
Platense0–0Lempira
San Pedro Sula
España0–0Marathón
San Pedro Sula
Atlético Español2–0Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia1–0Motagua
Paz  ?' (pen.)
Tegucigalpa
Marathón2–1Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
Motagua5–0Atlético Español
da Silva
Blandón
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia1–2Vida
Rosales Bernárdez
Paz
Tegucigalpa
Victoria1–0Atlético Español
La Ceiba
Lempira2–3Vida
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia3–1Victoria
Urquía
Suazo 		Mejía
Tegucigalpa
Victoria4–4Lempira
Aguirre
Suazo 		López
Gaynor
Perdomo
La Ceiba
Lempira2–1Victoria
Tejada
San Pedro Sula
España0–4Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
España2–1Platense
Villegas  90'
San Pedro Sula
Motagua1–1Lempira
Godoy Tejada
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia2–1Vida
Tegucigalpa
Motagua3–1España
Blandón
Guifarro
Godoy 		Acosta
Tegucigalpa
España2–0Lempira
Greenech
Cruz
San Pedro Sula
Lempira0–2España
Sevilla
Cardona
San Pedro Sula
España1–0Lempira
Sarmiento
San Pedro Sula

References
  1. RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
  2. "Inolvidable gol de Pedro Colón…". LaTribuna.hn. La Tribuna. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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