1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional

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Liga Nacional
Season1987–88
Champions Olimpia (9th)
Relegated E.A.C.I.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup Olimpia
Marathón
Matches played158
Goals scored304 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer Machado (19)
1988–89

The 1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 22nd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title [1] after defeating C.D. Marathón in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Contents

1987–88 teams

Regular season

Standings Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Marathón [lower-alpha 1] 2715844424+2038Qualified to the Final round [lower-alpha 2]
2 Olimpia 27111063221+1132 [lower-alpha 3]
3 Victoria 27101252623+332 [lower-alpha 3]
4 Platense 27512101825722
5 E.A.C.I. 273101416331716Relegated to Segunda División [lower-alpha 4]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Marathón clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
  2. Marathón, Olimpia and Victoria qualified to the Final round.
  3. 1 2 Extra match between Olimpia and Victoria required to decide second place.
  4. E.A.C.I. relegated to second division.

Standings Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Real España 2713953319+1435Qualified to the Final round [lower-alpha 1]
2 Sula 2761652218+428
3 Motagua 2798103237526
4 Vida 27691223331021
5 Universidad 274121123361320
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Real España and Sula qualified to the Final round.

2nd Place playoff

November 1987Replay Victoria 2–0 Olimpia

Final round

Pentagonal standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 8431125+711Qualified to the Final [lower-alpha 1]
2 Real España 83326719
3 Sula 82422208
4 Marathón 831486+27
5 Victoria 813441285
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

Final

23 December 19872nd leg Marathón 0–1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula, Cortés
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Marathón
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Olimpia

Top scorer

Squads

E.A.C.I.
Flag of Honduras.svg Miguel Angel "Payasito" Gómez Flag of Honduras.svg Geovany Rodríguez Flag of Honduras.svg Rony Galeas
Flag of Honduras.svg Lincoln Gustavo Alemán Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Alberto "Ninja" Padilla Bardales Flag of Honduras.svg José Betancourt
Flag of Honduras.svg Luis García Flag of Honduras.svg Omar "Carguero" Renderos Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Azaneth Ortiz
Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Sierra Flag of Honduras.svg Raul David Fúnez Flag of Honduras.svg Edgar Murillo
Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Sánchez Flag of Honduras.svg Víctor Hugo Salgado Flag of Honduras.svg Alirio Posas
Flag of Honduras.svg Ernesto Isaula Flag of Honduras.svg Héctor Beltrán Flag of Honduras.svg Roger Omar "Maisón" Rosales
Flag of Honduras.svg Héctor Manuel Posantes Flag of Honduras.svg César Galindo Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Meléndez
Flag of Honduras.svg Tedy Lozano Flag of Honduras.svg Cándido Luis "Cubillo" García Flag of Honduras.svg Celio Sánchez
Flag of Honduras.svg Rafael "Sietío" Torres Castro Flag of Honduras.svg Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
Flag of Honduras.svg Oscar Santiago "Tigre" Carbajal Flag of Honduras.svg Walter Baca Plummer
Marathón
Flag of Honduras.svg Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero Flag of Honduras.svg Gilberto Leonel Machado García Flag of Honduras.svg Javier Toledo
Flag of Honduras.svg Pedro Midence Flag of Honduras.svg Suamy Álvarez Flag of Honduras.svg José Luis "Joche" Alvarado
Flag of Honduras.svg Amílcar Lanza Flag of Honduras.svg Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Flag of Honduras.svg Rodolfo Richardson Smith Flag of Honduras.svg Herminio Villalobos Flag of Honduras.svg Marco "Tono" García
Flag of Honduras.svg Pedro Geovany Midence Flag of Honduras.svg Francisco Adelmo Herrera Flag of Costa Rica.svg Fredy Méndez
Flag of Honduras.svg Samuel Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg Tomás Róchez Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Jorge Chévez Flag of Honduras.svg Fernando Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg Pastor Martínez
Flag of Honduras.svg Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo Flag of Honduras.svg Eduardo Laing Flag of Honduras.svg Aparicio Colón
Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar "Moro" Bardales Flag of Honduras.svg Efraín "Pucho" Osorio
Motagua
Flag of Honduras.svg Orlin Banegas Flag of Brazil.svg Carneiro Da Silva Flag of Honduras.svg Amílcar Leonel Suazo
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Gómez Ortiz Flag of Honduras.svg José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez Flag of Honduras.svg Eugenio Meléndez
Flag of Honduras.svg Isidro Arriola Flag of Honduras.svg Victor Manuel "Pechito" Zelaya Flag of Brazil.svg Robson de Moura
Flag of Honduras.svg Manuel "Meme" Chavarria Flag of Honduras.svg Oscar "Sapo" Hernandez Flag of Honduras.svg Dennis Ponce
Flag of Brazil.svg Jorge Nunes Flag of Honduras.svg Celeo "Chimpilin" Herrera Flag of Honduras.svg Arnold López
Flag of Brazil.svg Salvador Filo Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo Flag of Honduras.svg Oscar Murillo
Olimpia
Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar Banegas Flag of Honduras.svg Fernando Tovar Durón Flag of Honduras.svg Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Flag of Honduras.svg José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández Flag of Honduras.svg Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz Flag of Honduras.svg Eugenio Dolmo Flores
Flag of Uruguay.svg Vicente Daniel Viera Flag of Brazil.svg Eduardo Santana Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado
Flag of Honduras.svg Patrocinio Sierra Flag of Uruguay.svg José Mario "Chueco" Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Carlos Espinoza
Flag of Honduras.svg Daniel Zapata Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga Flag of Honduras.svg Erick Darío Fú Lanza
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Flores Flag of Honduras.svg Danilo Galindo Flag of Uruguay.svg Julio Franco
Flag of Honduras.svg Javier Flores Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Cruz Murillo Flag of Honduras.svg Osman Madrid
Platense
Flag of Honduras.svg Jimmy Steward Flag of Honduras.svg Arturo Johnson Flag of Honduras.svg Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Flag of Honduras.svg Héctor Javier Flores Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Arita Neals Flag of Honduras.svg Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Luján Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Aguilar Bonilla
Real España
Flag of Honduras.svg Julio César "El Tile" Arzú Flag of Honduras.svg Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz Flag of Honduras.svg José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos
Flag of Honduras.svg Karl Antonio Roland Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda Flag of Honduras.svg Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Flag of Honduras.svg Junior Rashford Costly Flag of Honduras.svg Edith Hernando Contreras Flag of Honduras.svg Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro Flag of Honduras.svg Nelson Benavídez Flag of Honduras.svg Esteban Pitío Centeno
Flag of Honduras.svg Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo Flag of Honduras.svg Javier Chavarría Flag of Brazil.svg Edimar Luiz Marques
Flag of Honduras.svg Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Orlando Caballero
Sula
Flag of Honduras.svg Belarmino Rivera Flag of Honduras.svg Marcos Lacayo Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal
Flag of Honduras.svg Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez Flag of Honduras.svg Luis Alonso Zúniga Flag of Honduras.svg Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez
Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Adolfo "Choreta" Ordóñez Flag of Honduras.svg Fernando Nuila Flag of Honduras.svg Dennis Caballero
Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar "Pito Loco" López Flag of Honduras.svg Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Antonio Gómez
Flag of Honduras.svg Catarino Amaya Flag of Honduras.svg José Manuel Enamorado Díaz Flag of Honduras.svg Mario Bustillo
Flag of Honduras.svg Héctor Caballero Flag of Honduras.svg Edgardo "Caco" Reyes Flag of Honduras.svg Rigoberto Castillo
Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Fidel "Gringo" Romero Flag of Honduras.svg Orlando Pineda Flag of Honduras.svg José Luis "Pili" Aguirre
Universidad
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Jerezano Flag of Honduras.svg José Luis Cruz Figueroa Flag of Honduras.svg Roberto "Chele" Barahona
Flag of Honduras.svg Fraterno Calderón Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos "Carlón" Martínez Flag of Honduras.svg Moisés "Tanque" Velázquez
Flag of Honduras.svg Juan Jose Craniotis Flag of Honduras.svg Olvin Elvir Flag of Argentina.svg Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Victoria
Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte Flag of Honduras.svg Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett Flag of Honduras.svg José Manuel Vaquedano
Flag of Honduras.svg Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga Flag of Honduras.svg Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Flag of Honduras.svg Ramón Berckling
Vida
Flag of Honduras.svg Carlos Ramírez Flag of Honduras.svg Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez Flag of Honduras.svg Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna
Flag of Honduras.svg Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez Flag of Honduras.svg José Emilio Martínez Flag of Honduras.svg Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya
Flag of Honduras.svg Óscar Escobar

Known results

Round 1

Round 2

Third place playoff

Pentagonal

Real España1–0Marathón
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San Pedro Sula
Marathón2–1Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia0–0Real España
Tegucigalpa
Marathón0–1Real España
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San Pedro Sula
Victoria0–0Sula
La Ceiba
Real España1–4Olimpia
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San Pedro Sula
Olimpia2–1Marathón
Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

Real España1–0Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
Marathón4–1Vida
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La Ceiba
Vida6–2Motagua
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La Ceiba
Sula5–1Vida
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia3–0Victoria
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Tegucigalpa
Olimpia1–0Real España
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Tegucigalpa
Marathón3–1Platense
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San Pedro Sula
Olimpia2–3Marathón
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Tegucigalpa
Motagua1–1Sula
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Tegucigalpa
Referee: José Fuentes
Marathón4–0Universidad
Real España1–0Sula
Costly

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