1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 20th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 4-team playoff round. C.D. Marathón won the title[1] after winning the final round and qualified to the 1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with C.D. Motagua.

Liga Nacional
Season1985–86
ChampionsMarathón (2nd)
RelegatedUniversidad
CONCACAF Champions' CupMarathón
Motagua
Matches played104
Goals scored186 (1.79 per match)
Top goalscorerFlores (9)

1985–86 teams

Regular season

Standings Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 8 7 3 20 11 +9 23 Qualified to the Final round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Marathón 18 8 7 3 23 15 +8 23
3 Platense 18 4 10 4 15 16 1 18
4 Victoria 18 5 7 6 11 14 3 17
5 Tela Timsa 18 5 4 9 12 20 8 14 Relegation playoff[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.
  2. Tela Timsa forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group B.

Standings Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vida 18 7 8 3 24 12 +12 22 Qualified to the Final round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Motagua 18 5 9 4 12 17 5 19
3 Real España 18 5 7 6 22 20 +2 17
4 Juventud de Sula 18 4 7 7 10 16 6 15
5 Universidad 18 4 4 10 13 22 9 12 Relegation playoff[lower-alpha 2]
Source:
Notes:
  1. Vida and Motagua qualified to the Final round.
  2. Universidad forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group A.

Final round

Cuadrangular standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Marathón[lower-alpha 1] 6 4 1 1 7 5 +2 9
2 Vida 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 7
3 Motagua 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6
4 Olimpia 6 0 2 4 4 8 4 2
Source:
Notes:
  1. Marathón declared champions as winner of cuadrangular.

Results

Home \ Away MAR MOT OLI VID
Marathón 2–1 1–1 1–0
Motagua 2–0 2–1 0–0
Olimpia 0–1 1–1 0–1
Vida 1–2 2–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation playoff

  • Universidad relegated to second division.

Top scorer

  • Juan Flores (Olimpia) with 9 goals

Squads

Juventud de Sula
Marco Antonio "Machaca" Soriano Jorge Hibrán Maldonado Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
José Manuel Enamorado Díaz Julián Núñez
Marathón
Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero Francisco Adelmo Herrera Óscar "Moro" Bardales
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo Pastor Martínez Vicente Suazo
Herminio Villalobos Osmán Madrid Suamy Álvarez
David Ponce Norman Lobo Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Amílcar Lanza Erasmo Castillo Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Rodolfo Richardson Smith José Luis "Joche" Alvarado Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales
Árnold Vladimir López Oswaldo Zaldívar Juan Contreras
Aparicio Colón Jorge Martínez Miguel Lanza
Mario "El Chino" Romero Nicolas "Nico" Suazo Roy Padilla Bardales
Marco "Tono" García Delio Billonay Fajardo
Árnold López Pablo Madrid
Motagua
José Luis Cruz Figueroa Juan Gómez Ortiz Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo
Amílcar Leonel Suazo Oscar Medina Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Antonio "Toño" Obando Frank Ponce
Olimpia
Raúl Martínez Sambulá Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
José Emilio Martínez Fernando Tovar Durón Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
Juan Carlos Espinoza Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado Roger Javier Valladares
Óscar Banegas Juan Ramón Soler Osman Madrid
Antonio "Flaco" Hernández Francisco "Pancho" González Dario Mejía
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
Platense
Manuel Zúniga Juan Jerezano Jorge Arita Neals
Wilfredo Brown Tomás Centeno López Iván Chavarría
Luis Núñez Carlos Deras Eleázar Peña
Noé Meza Florentino Arriola Mauro Rivas
Hever Miranda Ramón Cruz Colíndrez Domingo Drummond
Pedro Alvarez Marco Antonio Valdez Oscar Claros
Guillermo Bernárdez Carlos Zavala Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Eugenio Dolmo Flores Obdulio Vásquez Leo Assís
Armando Rivera German "Niño" Bernárdez Gerald Vargas Droumond
Raúl Centeno Gamboa Luis Rodríguez Juan Ramón Palacios
Jorge Irías Martín García Eduardo Gámez
Carlos Velásquez Juan "Nito" Anariba Carlos Aguilar
Eduardo Laing Gerardo "Coco" Urbina German Guzmán
Real España
José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz Karl Antonio Roland
Esteban Centeno Pitillo Luis Laing Junior Rashford Costly
Manuel Fuentes López Carlos Orlando Caballero Óscar Machigua
Jaime Villegas Luis Fuentes José Ramos
Arnaldo Herrera Pedro Castro Nelson Benavídez
Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya
Jimmy Steward Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón Edith Hernando Contreras
Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews Edy "Tibombo" Contreras Pablo Orellana
Clinton Campbell Ildefonso Bonilla Álex Geovany Ávila Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariva Moises "El Chafa" Barahona
Tela Timsa
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú Raúl David Fúnez Jimmy James Bailey
Francisco Javier Toledo Víctor Hugo Salgado Luis "Gavilán" Cálix
Carlos Acosta Carlos Flores Mario Coto
Allan Anthony Costly Noel Omar "Carguero" Renderos Gustavo Cálix
Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez Víctor Laboriel
Universidad
José Omar Macedo José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte Luis Azneth Ortiz Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Ramón Berckling José Manuel Vaquedano David Goff
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo Ramón "Pollo" Calderón Oscar Escobar
Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna Natividad Morales Barrios Matilde Selím Lacayo
Rudy Alberto Williams Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya

Trivia

  • The clubs were divided into two groups of five for the first time in the League.
  • Positions in the regular season were irrelevant. The team with most points in the Final round were declared champions.
  • This was the season with the less goals scored so far, only 187 goals in 104 games.[2]

References

  1. RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009
  2. LaPrensa.hn–Viene el gol 16,000 Archived December 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine–7 August 2010 (in Spanish)
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