1980–81 Honduran Liga Nacional

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Liga Nacional
Season 1980–81
Champions Real España (4th)
Relegated None
CONCACAF Champions' Cup Real España
Marathón
Copa Fraternidad Real España
Marathón
Olimpia
Vida
Matches played 158
Goals scored 358 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Altamirano (13)
1981–82 →

All statistics correct as of 17 December 1980.

The 1980–81 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 15th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Real C.D. España won the title after defeating C.D. Marathón in a 3-series final. [1] Both teams qualified to the 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Real España, Marathón, Club Deportivo Olimpia and C.D.S. Vida obtained berths to the 1981 Copa Fraternidad.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras association football league

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras, commonly known as Liga Nacional is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening (autumn) and Closing (spring). One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso. The first 4 clubs participate in play-offs to decide the champion. The winners of the Opening and Closing competitions participate in the CONCACAF Champions League.

The 1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 14th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Marathón won the title after defeating Universidad in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Marathón, Universidad, C.D. Broncos and C.D. Victoria obtained berths to the 1980 Copa Fraternidad.

Real C.D. España association football club

Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras. With 12 championships, España is one of the most accomplished Honduran football clubs, and its popularity is recognized outside of Honduras' boundaries. Their title of Real was awarded by King Juan Carlos I in 1977. This is a unique distinction, as they are the only club outside of Spain to be so honored by the Spanish monarchy.

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1980–81 teams

Atlético Morazán was a Honduran football club. It was based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Tegucigalpa City in Francisco Morazán, Honduras

Tegucigalpa, colloquially referred to as Téguz, is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its twin sister, Comayagüela.

Broncos del Sur F.C.

Broncos del Sur F.C. is a Honduran football club based in Choluteca, Honduras.

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Real España [lower-alpha 1] 2714673526+934Qualified to the Final round [lower-alpha 2]
2 Vida 2712783330+331
3 Marathón 2781363932+729
4 Olimpia 2710983132−129
5 Victoria 2710892733−628
6 Motagua 2761563231+127
7 Universidad 27103143335−223
8 Broncos 27611102830−223
9 Atlético Morazán 2779112832−423
10 Platense 2779112227−523
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ Real España clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
  2. ↑ Top five qualify to Final round.
  • No relegation this season.

Final round

Pentagonal standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Marathón 8431136+711Forced to play extra round [lower-alpha 1]
2 Olimpia 8431124+811
3 Real España 8512129+311
4 Vida 8134411−75
5 Victoria 8026314−112
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ After a three-way tie between Marathón, Olimpia, and Real España with 11 points; an extra one-robin round was required, however all games finished leveled and the tie persisted, therefore Marathón qualified to the Final by goal difference on all rounds together.

Final

Top scorer

Squads

Atlético Morazán
Flag of Honduras.svg José Luis Cruz Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega Flag of Honduras.svg Noel Omar Renderos
Flag of Honduras.svg Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Broncos
Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano Flag of Uruguay.svg Iván Ramos Flag of Honduras.svg Dennis Williams
Flag of Honduras.svg Iván Guerra Flag of Honduras.svg César Humberto Carranza Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Rosales Brand
Flag of Honduras.svg German "Loco" Guzmán Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Mondragón Flag of Honduras.svg Orlando Flores
Flag of Honduras.svg Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Pinheiro Flag of Honduras.svg Rubén Guardado
Flag of Honduras.svg Marcial Bonilla Flag of Honduras.svg Orlando Rodríguez Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Alberto Escaurizza
Flag of Honduras.svg José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo Flag of Honduras.svg "Yuyuguita" Flores Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Tulio Cacho
Flag of Honduras.svg Samuel "Chucho" Armijo Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Tulio Cárcamo Flag of Honduras.svg Isidro Arriola
Flag of Honduras.svg Enrique "Pilo" Soriano Flag of Honduras.svg José Ramón Hinds Flag of Honduras.svg Antonio Almendárez
Flag of Honduras.svg Jairo Lezama Flag of Honduras.svg Rigoberto "Chombo" Aguilar Flag of Honduras.svg Mario López
Flag of Honduras.svg Oscar "Zorro" Lezama
Marathón
Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Phoyoú Flag of Honduras.svg Wilfredo Brown Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Flag of Honduras.svg Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Martínez Flag of Argentina.svg Alberto Merelles
Flag of Honduras.svg Francisco Javier Toledo Flag of Honduras.svg Ramón "Albañil" Osorio Flag of Honduras.svg Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Mejía Flag of Honduras.svg José Ángel Peña Flag of Honduras.svg Oswaldo Zaldívar
Flag of Argentina.svg Alfredo Dimaio Flag of Honduras.svg Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina Flag of Honduras.svg Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Flag of Honduras.svg René "Maravilla" Suazo Flag of Honduras.svg José Martínez Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Carlos Weber
Flag of Honduras.svg Francisco Zelaya Pastrana Flag of Honduras.svg Arturo Payne Flag of Honduras.svg Richard Kenneth Payne
Flag of Honduras.svg Félix Concepción Carranza Flag of Honduras.svg Gilberto Leonel Machado García Flag of Honduras.svg Celso Fredy Güity
Flag of Honduras.svg Rigoberto Castro Flag of Honduras.svg Rolando Padilla "Moro" Bardales Flag of Honduras.svg Margarito Castillo
Flag of Honduras.svg Fernando Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Guevara Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Contreras Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar Romero
Motagua
Flag of Honduras.svg German "Loco" Guzmán Flag of Chile.svg Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
Flag of Honduras.svg Rigoberto Sosa Flag of Honduras.svg Víctor Manuel Chávez Flag of Honduras.svg José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Olimpia
Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar Banegas Flag of Honduras.svg Darío Cribas Flag of Honduras.svg Roberto Valentín "Pirata" Fernández
Flag of Honduras.svg Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz Flag of Honduras.svg José Batiz Flag of Honduras.svg Víctor Calero Lozano
Flag of Honduras.svg Rigoberto Ruiz Flag of Honduras.svg Emilio Martínez Flag of Honduras.svg Fredy Ríos
Flag of Honduras.svg Basilio Avila Flag of Honduras.svg Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand Flag of Honduras.svg Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
Flag of Argentina.svg Raúl Cocherari Flag of Brazil.svg José Luis Januario Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Solís Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar García Flag of Honduras.svg Víctor Romero
Flag of Honduras.svg Daniel Zapata Flag of Honduras.svg Antonio Alemán Flag of Honduras.svg Héctor Uclés
Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson de Moraes Flag of Brazil.svg Alcides Carota Flag of Honduras.svg Arturo Cáceres
Flag of Honduras.svg Horacio Parham Castro
Platense
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Jerezano Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Luis Mancía Flag of Honduras.svg Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Flag of Honduras.svg Alex Rodríguez Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Cruz Colindres Flag of Honduras.svg Antonio Laing
Flag of Honduras.svg Modesto Ayestas
Real España
Flag of Honduras.svg Julio César "El Tile" Arzú Flag of Honduras.svg Jimmy Steward Flag of Honduras.svg Clinton Campbell
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Didier Gutiérrez Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Orlando Caballero Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Alberto Centurión
Flag of Honduras.svg Walter Jimminson Flag of Honduras.svg Allan Costly Flag of Honduras.svg Víctor Hugo Salgado
Flag of Honduras.svg Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz Flag of Honduras.svg Francisco García Flag of Honduras.svg Marcos Campbell
Flag of Honduras.svg German "Cacique" Castro Flag of Honduras.svg Javier Latreza Flag of Honduras.svg Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
Flag of Honduras.svg Edith Hernando Contreras Flag of Argentina.svg Enrique "Fantasma" Mendoza Flag of Honduras.svg Jimmy James Bailey
Flag of Honduras.svg Javier Chavarría Flag of Chile.svg Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao Flag of Honduras.svg Jaime Villegas
Flag of Honduras.svg Junior Rashford Costly Flag of Honduras.svg Roberto "Sargento" Barahona Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Carlos Espinoza
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Carlos Solano Flag of Honduras.svg Marcos Lacayo Flag of Honduras.svg José Antonio "Gin" García
Flag of Honduras.svg Oscar Velásquez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Roscoe Charles Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Rivera
Flag of Honduras.svg Edelmín "Pando" Castro Flag of Honduras.svg Alberto Chedrany
Universidad
Flag of Honduras.svg Raúl David Fúnez Flag of Honduras.svg Olvin Elvir Flag of Honduras.svg Walter "Estupiñán" Amador
Flag of Honduras.svg Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá Flag of Honduras.svg Edimar Luiz Marques
Victoria
Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga Flag of Honduras.svg Francisco Jiménez
Flag of Honduras.svg Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya Flag of Honduras.svg José Reynaldo Villagra Flag of Honduras.svg Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
Flag of Honduras.svg Benedicto Ordóñez Flag of Honduras.svg Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado Flag of Honduras.svg Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Flag of Honduras.svg David Goff
Vida
Flag of Honduras.svg Matilde Selím Lacayo Flag of Honduras.svg Roberto "Macho" Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg Junior Mejía

Known results

Round 1

Marathón1–0Atlético Morazán
Martínez Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula

Round 22

Vida1–0Victoria
Arzú Soccerball shade.svg
La Ceiba
Motagua3–3Olimpia
Marquinho Soccerball shade.svg
Carreño Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg		Soccerball shade.svg González
Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg Yanuario
Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Félix Gómez

Pentagonal

Olimpia1–1Marathón
Tegucigalpa
Real España3–1Olimpia
Centurión Soccerball shade.svg
Chavarría Soccerball shade.svg
Caballero Soccerball shade.svg		 Romero Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia4–0Vida
Ríos Soccerball shade.svg
Tegucigalpa
Marathón5–0Real España
Bueso Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg
Bailey Soccerball shade.svg
Pavón Soccerball shade.svg
García Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia1–0Real España
Januario Soccerball shade.svg
Tegucigalpa
Real España2–0Marathón
Chavarría Soccerball shade.svg
Solano Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Marathón0–0Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia1–1Marathón
Extra game
Tegucigalpa
Real España1–1Olimpia
Solano Soccerball shade.svgExtra game Fernández Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Marathón0–0Real España
Extra game
San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

Vida1–0Universidad
La Ceiba
Marathón4–0Olimpia
Bueso Soccerball shade.svg
Bonilla Soccerball shade.svg
Machado Soccerball shade.svg
Pavón Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Atlético Morazán4–1Real España
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia0–2Platense
Colindres Soccerball shade.svg
Laing Soccerball shade.svg
Tegucigalpa
Motagua2–2Marathón
Payne Soccerball shade.svg
Tegucigalpa
Broncos4–0Vida
Choluteca
Universidad3–0Olimpia
Tegucigalpa
Vida0–3Marathón
Osorio Soccerball shade.svg
Toledo Soccerball shade.svg
La Ceiba
Real España1–0Olimpia
Fernández Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Marathón2–2Motagua
Pavón Soccerball shade.svg
Güity Soccerball shade.svg		 Lobatón Soccerball shade.svg
Bueso Soccerball shade.svg
San Pedro Sula
Real España2–1Universidad
San Pedro Sula
Victoria2–1Universidad
La Ceiba

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References

  1. ↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
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