1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season 1970-71
Champions Motagua
(2nd title)
Relegated Victoria
CONCACAF Champions Cup Motagua
Olimpia
Top goalscorer Carlos Alvarado (16)

In 1970-71, Motagua won its second title in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras after finishing in first position in the regular season along with Olimpia with 37 points, an extra match was played between these two having Motagua approaching the championship; the tournament had 27 rounds without playoffs.

Contents

1970–71 teams

Regular season

Standings

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

Championship Playoff

Top scorer

Squads

Atlético Español

  • Roberto Abruzzesse
  • Flavio Ortega
  • Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz

Atlético Indio

España

  • Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta
  • Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara
  • José Enrique "Coneja" Cardona
  • Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo
  • Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
  • Jacobo Sarmiento
  • Jaime Villegas
  • Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz
  • Mario "Pelola" López
  • Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez

Lempira

  • Dagoberto Cubero
  • Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor
  • Jairo López Alcerro
  • Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada
  • Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
  • Amílcar "Mica" López
  • César Augusto Dávila Puerto
  • Melchor Argeñal

Marathón

  • Alexander "Nina" Guillén
  • Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez
  • Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Alvarez
  • Allan Ricardo Young
  • Gil "Fátima" Valerio
  • Arnulfo Echeverría
  • Alberto Mancía

Motagua

  • Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas
  • Salvador Dubois
  • José Luis Cruz Figueroa
  • Julio Meza
  • Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya
  • Alfonso "Foncho" Navarro
  • Nelson Benavídez
  • Salustio Pacheco
  • Marcos Banegas
  • Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro
  • Linauro Di Paula
  • Mariano Godoy
  • Oscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
  • Pedro Caetano da Silva
  • Hernán Godoy
  • Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica
  • Héctor "Chorro" Acosta
  • Pedro Colón
  • Tomás Máximo
  • Ramón "Poquitito" Carbajal

Olimpia

  • Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
  • Juan Ventura "La Gata" López
  • Selvin Cárcamo
  • Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros
  • Raúl Suazo Lagos
  • Angel Ramón Paz
  • José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
  • Jorge Brand
  • Jorge "Indio" Urquía
  • Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza

Platense

  • Jimmy Stewart
  • Javier Duarte
  • Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
  • Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez
  • Carlos "Care" Alvarado
  • Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina
  • Norman Castro
  • Martín Castillo
  • Reynaldo Castro Gil
  • Oscar Marino Piedrahíta

Victoria

  • Terencio Escobar
  • José Eduardo Castillo
  • Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
  • Anael "Lito" Martínez
  • Luis Alonzo Metzquin
  • Reynaldo Zúniga
  • Antonio Muñoz
  • Carlos Vilorio
  • Salvador Hernández
  • Edgardo Bustillo
  • César "Cesarín" Aguirre
  • Salvador Ramírez
  • Roberto Martínez
  • Óscar García
  • Antonio Zapata
  • Luis Bueso
  • Sergio Jiménez
  • René "Maravilla" Suazo
  • Gerardo García
  • José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza
  • Gilberto Martínez
  • Adolfo "Fito" López
  • Óscar Muñoz
  • Rigoberto Martínez
  • Alejandro Palacios
  • Héctor Mejía
  • Manuel Bubuch
  • Sergio "Tito" Martínez
  • Virgilio Rodríguez
  • Ciriaco Gutiérrez
  • José Inés Izaguirre
  • Armando Motiño
  • Pablo Villegas
  • Jesús Urbina
  • Armando Reyes
  • Carlos Brown
  • Jorge "Chino" Suazo
  • René Bernárdez

Vida

  • Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto
  • Marcos Peña
  • José López Paz
  • Manuel Bernárdez Calderón
  • José María "Chema" Salinas
  • Morris Garden
  • Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden

Known results

Round 1


 Atlético Español 0 - 3 Vida
Alvarado

Round 4

1970-08-09
 España 1 - 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

1970-07-19
 Marathón 3 – 0 Platense San Pedro Sula
1970-07-19
 Motagua 1 – 1 Atlético Indio Tegucigalpa
1970-08-02
 Motagua 4 – 2 Victoria
Artica
Da Silva
Godoy
Hernández		 Martínez
Lanza
1970-08-23
 Vida 0 – 0 Victoria La Ceiba
1970-08-23
 Platense 0 – 0 Lempira San Pedro Sula
1970-08-23
 España 0 – 0 Marathón San Pedro Sula
1970-08-23
 Atlético Español 2 – 0 Atlético Indio Tegucigalpa
1970-08-23
 Olimpia 1 – 0 Motagua Tegucigalpa
1970-09-06
 Marathón 2 – 1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
1970-09-06
 Motagua 5 – 0 Atlético Español Tegucigalpa
da Silva
Artica
1970-09-13
 Olimpia 1 – 2 Vida Tegucigalpa
Rosales Bernárdez
Paz
1970-10-04
 Victoria 1 – 0 Atlético Español La Ceiba
1970-10-04
 Lempira 2 – 3 Vida San Pedro Sula
1970-11-29
 Olimpia 3 – 1 Victoria Tegucigalpa
Urquía
Suazo		 Mejía
1970-12-13
 Victoria 4 – 4 Lempira La Ceiba
Aguirre
Suazo		 López
Gaynor
Perdomo
1971-02-07
 Lempira 2 – 1 Victoria San Pedro Sula
1971-02-21
 España 0 – 4 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
1971-03-12
 España 2 – 1 Platense San Pedro Sula
Villegas  90'
1971-03-14
 Motagua 1 – 1 Lempira Tegucigalpa
Godoy Tejada
1971-03-14
 Olimpia 2 – 1 Vida Tegucigalpa
1971-03-21
 Motagua 4 – 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa

España 2 – 0 Lempira San Pedro Sula
Greenech
Cruz

Lempira 0 – 2 España San Pedro Sula
Sevilla
Cardona

España 1 – 0 Lempira San Pedro Sula
Sarmiento
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