1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional

Football league season

Liga Nacional
Season	1970–71
Champions	Motagua (2nd)
Relegated	Victoria
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Motagua Olimpia
Matches played	136
Goals scored	333 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alvarado (16)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

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]

1970–71 teams

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Atlético Español (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
España (San Pedro Sula)
Lempira de Guaruma (La Lima)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	27	13	11	3	43	18	+25	37^[a]	Qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Olimpia	27	16	5	6	43	19	+24	37^[a]	Qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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 de Guaruma	27	5	9	13	25	44	−19	19
10	Victoria	27	3	8	16	28	54	−26	14	Relegated to the Segunda División ^[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Motagua and Olimpia to play an extra match for the title.
^ Victoria relegated to second division.

Championship playoff

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Motagua v Olimpia

25 April 1971 Playoff Motagua 1–1 (a.e.t.) Olimpia Tegucigalpa, 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

GK	–	Nicaragua Salvador Dubois
DF	–	Honduras Nelson Benavídez
DF	–	Honduras Julio Meza
DF	–	Honduras José Cruz
DF	–	Honduras Arnaldo Zelaya
MF	–	Brazil Linauro di Paula
MF	–	Honduras Rubén Guifarro
MF	–	Chile Hernán Godoy	downward-facing red arrow
FW	–	Honduras Óscar Hernández	downward-facing red arrow
FW	–	Brazil Pedro da Silva
FW	–	Honduras Tomás Máximo
Substitutions:
FW	–	Honduras Mario Artica	upward-facing green arrow
–	–	Honduras Pedro Colón	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Honduras Carlos Padilla

GK	–	Honduras Roberto Norales
DF	–	Honduras Selvin Cárcamo
DF	–	Honduras Miguel Matamoros
DF	–	Honduras Juan Lanza	downward-facing red arrow
DF	–	Honduras Juan López
MF	–	Honduras Marco Mendoza
MF	–	Honduras Ángel Paz
MF	–	Honduras Donaldo Rosales	downward-facing red arrow
FW	–	Honduras Reynaldo Mejía
FW	–	Honduras Jorge Urquía
FW	–	Honduras Jorge Brand
Substitutions:
–	–	Honduras Manuel Williams	upward-facing green arrow
FW	–	Honduras Rigoberto Gómez	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Honduras José Herrera

Motagua champions as better regular season record.

Top scorer

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Honduras Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 16 goals

Squads

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

Known results

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Round 1

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Atlético Español	0–3	Vida
Alvarado

Round 4

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9 August 1970

España	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Round 27

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21 March 1971

Motagua	4–0	Marathón
Hernández Blandón Godoy

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

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Marathón v Platense

19 July 1970 Marathón 3–0 Platense San Pedro Sula

Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Atlético Indio

19 July 1970 Motagua 1–1 Atlético Indio Tegucigalpa

Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Victoria

2 August 1970 Motagua 4–2 Victoria Tegucigalpa

Blandón
da Silva
Godoy
Hernández Martínez
Lanza Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

España v Vida

16 August 1970 España 1–2 Vida San Pedro Sula

Sevilla Alvarado Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

23 August 1970

Vida	0–0	Victoria

La Ceiba

23 August 1970

Platense	0–0	Lempira

San Pedro Sula

23 August 1970

España	0–0	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

23 August 1970

Atlético Español	2–0	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

30 August 1970

Olimpia	1–0	Motagua
Paz ?' (pen.)

Tegucigalpa

6 September 1970

Marathón	2–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

6 September 1970

Motagua	5–0	Atlético Español
da Silva Blandón

Tegucigalpa

13 September 1970

Olimpia	1–2	Vida
Rosales	Bernárdez Paz

Tegucigalpa

4 October 1970

Victoria	1–0	Atlético Español

La Ceiba

4 October 1970

Lempira	2–3	Vida

San Pedro Sula

29 November 1970

Olimpia	3–1	Victoria
Urquía Suazo	Mejía

Tegucigalpa

13 December 1970

Victoria	4–4	Lempira
Aguirre Suazo	López Gaynor Perdomo

La Ceiba

7 February 1971

Lempira	2–1	Victoria
Tejada

San Pedro Sula

21 February 1971

España	0–4	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

12 March 1971

España	2–1	Platense
Villegas 90'

San Pedro Sula

14 March 1971

Motagua	1–1	Lempira
Godoy	Tejada

Tegucigalpa

14 March 1971

Olimpia	2–1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

10 April 1971

Motagua	3–1	España
Blandón Guifarro Godoy	Acosta

Tegucigalpa

España	2–0	Lempira
Greenech Cruz

San Pedro Sula

Lempira	0–2	España
Sevilla Cardona

San Pedro Sula

España	1–0	Lempira
Sarmiento

San Pedro Sula

References

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

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