1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 7th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title and qualified to the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D.S. Vida.[1]

Liga Nacional
Season1971–72
ChampionsOlimpia (4th)
RelegatedLempira
CONCACAF Champions' CupOlimpia
Vida
Matches played135
Goals scored299 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerAlvarado (14)

1971–72 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia[lower-alpha 1] 27 15 10 2 41 18 +23 40 Qualified to the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2 Vida 27 16 3 8 42 25 +17 35
3 Motagua 27 14 5 8 37 23 +14 33
4 España 27 12 7 8 27 21 +6 31
5 Marathón 27 9 9 9 37 33 +4 27
6 Troya 27 11 5 11 28 36 8 27
7 Platense 27 5 11 11 30 37 7 21
8 Verdún 27 5 11 11 10 25 15 21
9 Atlético Indio 27 3 13 11 23 36 13 19
10 Lempira 27 5 6 16 24 45 21 16 Relegated to Segunda División[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Olimpia 1971–72 champions as regular season winner.
  2. Lempira relegated to second division.

Top scorer

  • Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 14 goals

Squads

Atlético Indio
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Real España
Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta Dagoberto Cubero Pedro Caetano Da Silva
Exequiel "Estupiñán" García Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal Mario "Pelola" López
Domingo "Mingo" Ramos Jacobo Sarmiento Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Jaime Villegas
Lempira
Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Melchor Argeñal Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez
César Augusto Dávila Puerto Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor Amílcar "Mica" López
Rigoberto Martínez Eleázar Rodríguez Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Marathón
Roberto Bailey Arnulfo Echeverría Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Dennis "Plitis" Lagos Alberto Mancía Flavio Ortega
Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Gil "Fátima" Valerio Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Salvador Dubois Leiva Julio Meza Nelson Benavídez
Roberto Jérez Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Reynaldo Ismael Colón
Roberto Abrussezze Alfonso Uclés Edgardo Orellana
Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro Elio Banegas Mariano Godoy
Héctor "Lin" Zelaya Lenard Wells Carlos Andrés Sanabria
Linauro de Paula Tomás Máximo Fermín Navarro
Federico Budde Jesús Castillo José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Marcos Banegas Marco Antonio Calderón Mario Blandón Artica
Ricardo Cárdenas Juliano Netto Alberto "Furia" Solís
Egdomilio Díaz Geraldo Baptista Alfonso "Garrinchito" Gutiérrez
Juan Manuel Coello José María "Chema" Durón Ado Baptista
Olimpia
Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Samuel Sentini
Juan Ventura "La Gata" López Selvin Cárcamo Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Marco Antonio "Tonin" Mendoza Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Raúl Suazo Lagos
Platense
Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez Martín Castillo
Reynaldo Castro Gil Jimmy Steward Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Oscar Teherán Carlos "Care" Alvarado Oscar Marino Piedrahíta
Troya
José Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez
Verdún
Roberto Abrussezze Geraldo Baptista Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes
Joaquín "Quin" Bulnes Manuel "Nell" Bulnes Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
José Ferreira Dos Santos Víctor Armando "Teniente" López Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
"Tamalín" Ordóñez Flavio Ortega Violante Ronald Quilter
Oscar "Zorro" Velásquez
Victoria
René "Maravilla" Suazo
Vida
Óscar "Burra" Acosta Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Jaime Barahona
Manuel Bernárdez Calderón Jesús Octavio Cifuentes Gustavo Adolfo "Gorsha" Collins
Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins Óscar Alfredo Fariñas Óscar Omar "Comay" Flores
Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden Morris Garden Roberto Hayes Galindo
Humberto Laínez Jairo López Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
Tomás "Tommy" Marshall Mario Murillo Gilberto René Núñez
José López "Rulo" Paz José López Zelaya Wilfredo "Will" Rodríguez
José María "Chema" Salinas Carlos Sevilla Rodríguez Gustavo Antonio "Danto" Urbina

Trivia

  • Atlético Español changed its name to Verdún this season.

Known results

Round 1

Motagua1–0Verdún
Hernández
Tegucigalpa
Lempira1–0Marathón
Martínez

Fecha 13

Verdún0–0España
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 14

Troya1–0Verdún
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 15

Platense1–0Verdún
San Pedro Sula

Fecha 16

Verdún0–0Motagua
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 17

Atlético Indio0–0Verdún
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 18

Verdún0–4Marathón
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 19

Verdún0–0Troya
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 20

Verdún0–0Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

España3–0Marathón
San Pedro Sula
Motagua2–0Troya
Tegucigalpa
Platense1–3Lempira
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia2–1Atlético Indio
Matamoros
Tegucigalpa
Platense1–2Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
Marathón5–1Lempira
San Pedro Sula
Motagua2–1Platense
Cruz
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia5–0Troya
Tegucigalpa
Lempira1–3Olimpia
Mayorga Mejía
Flores
San Pedro Sula
Victoria2–5Olimpia
La Ceiba
Marathón2–2Motagua
Echeverría
Referee: Cedillos
Lempira1–4Vida
San Pedro Sula
Marathón3–3Lempira
San Pedro Sula
España2–0Lempira
Castro
Sevilla
San Pedro Sula
Lempira2–1España
Perdomo
Martínez
Castro
San Pedro Sula
España2–0Lempira
Sevilla
Greenech
San Pedro Sula
España0–0Motagua
San Pedro Sula

References

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