1974–75 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1974–75
Champions	España (1st title)
Relegated	Atlético Indio
CONCACAF Champions Cup	España Platense
Top goalscorer	Rubén Rodríguez (15)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 23rd edition of the first division in Honduran football and the 9th since the intervention of the professional league. C.D. España won its first title in a one leg final against C.D. Motagua.^[1] A change of rules was established since this year; two phases were played (Regular season and Final round or Cuadrangular); the winners of each stage played in a single match^[2] to decide the champion.

1974–75 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	36	18	15	3	44	19	+25	71	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	36	13	18	5	28	20	+8	67
3	España	36	12	15	9	44	36	+8	58
4	Marathón	36	13	14	9	36	26	+10	55
5	Platense	36	12	13	11	41	40	+1	52
6	Broncos	36	11	12	13	28	31	−3	48
7	Federal	36	11	10	15	33	38	−5	45
8	Vida	36	6	16	14	25	41	−16	45
9	Universidad	36	9	11	16	29	36	−7	43
10	Atlético Indio	36	9	9	18	28	49	−21	38	Relegated to the Second division

Draws were decided by penalty kicks on the first 9 rounds, 1 point for winner and 0 points for loser.
Draws were decided by penalty kicks from round 10 to round 36, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.
Motagua clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
Top 4 qualified to Final round.
Atlético Indio relegated.

Final round

Cuadrangular

1974-12-01	(+1) España	0 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
		(pen)		San Pedro Sula

1974-12-01	Olimpia	2 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
				Tegucigalpa

1974-12-08	Marathón	0 – 1	España	San Pedro Sula
			Pavón	San Pedro Sula

1974-12-08	Motagua	0 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
			Williams	Tegucigalpa

1974-12-15	España	2 – 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Bailey		Allen	San Pedro Sula

1974-12-15	Motagua	1 – 1	Marathón (+1)	San Pedro Sula
	Maradiaga	(pen)	Plummer	San Pedro Sula

(+1) Won by penalty kicks.

Cuadrangular standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	España	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	8	Qualified to the Final
2	Olimpia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Motagua	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Marathón	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	2

Draws were decide by penalty kicks, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.
Cuadrangular won by España and clinched final spot.

Final

22 December 1974	Motagua	0 – 1	España	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Porfirio Guerra
			Pavón 86'

Motagua

España



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Substitutions:
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Manager:
Carlos Padilla



GK	–	Carlos Arrieta
DF	–	Mauricio Álvarez
DF	–	Jaime Villegas
DF	–	Carlos Consany
DF	–	César Dávila
MF	–	Gilberto Yearwood
MF	–	Antonio Pavón
FW	–	José Castro
FW	–	Jimmy Bailey
FW	–	Arnulfo Echeverría
FW	–	Alberto Ferreira
Substitutions:
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Manager:
José Herrera

Liga Nacional 1974–75 Champion
C.D. España 1st title

Played in a single match.

Top scorer

Rubén Rodríguez Peña (Platense) with 15 goals

Squads

Atlético Indio

Roy Posas
"Yuyuga" Flores
Francisco "Panchón" Guerra
Joaquín Enrique "Quicón" Fonseca
Orlando "Calavera" Rodríguez
Miguel Angel Escalante
Joaquín "Alianza" Maldonado
Marco Tulio "Coyol" López
Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez
Héctor "Yeto" Montoya
Expedito Serafín
Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno
Marco Antonio Calderón

David Levy Mcalla
Carlos Arturo Matute
Luis Brand
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Ricardo Calona
Pedro "Poquitito" Carbajal
Jorge Sierra
Víctor Hugo Alvarez
Jorge "Cruz Azul" Escoto
Oscar Nolasco
Edgardo Sosa
Ramón Ugarte
Aquiles Mendoza

Broncos

Hernán Santiago García Martínez
Jacobo Sarmiento

Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles

España

Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
Dagoberto Cubero
Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez
Jaime Villegas
Carlos Roberto Consany
César Augusto Dávila Puerto
Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega

Washington Pereira
Arnulfo Echeverría
José López "Rulo" Paz
Gil Josué Rodríguez
Jimmy James Bailey
Alberto Ferreira da Silva
Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
José Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Julio Campos

Federal

Julio Meza
Pedro Caetano da Silva
Francisco Zelaya Pastrana
Carlos Arturo Matute
Ramón Bustillo
Leroy Foster
Roberto "Toto" Cáceres
Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez

Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez
Manuel "Micobrinco" Rodríguez
Gustavo Izaguirre
Arturo del Carmen Díaz
Orlando "Bimbo" Vásquez
Dagoberto Espinal
Oscar Teherán

Marathón

Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
Allard Plummer
Daniel Argelio Romero
Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Rafael Argeñal
Linauro Di Paula
Wilfredo Medina

Nayo Caballero
Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
Julio César "Cucaracha" Fonseca
Alberto Mancía
Miguel Angel "Pianito" Castro
Allan Ricardo Young

Motagua

Salvador Dubois
Roger Mayorga
Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
"Chuluyo" Zelaya
"Chema" Durón
Mariano Godoy
Mario Blandón Artica
Héctor "Lin" Zelaya

José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Marcos Banegas
Rigoberto Sosa
Ronald Quilter
Rubén Guifarro
Antonio Obando
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez

Olimpia

Angel Ramón Paz
Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
Oscar García
Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros
Alfredo Hawit Banegas

Selvin Cárcamo
Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
Dennis Allen
Manuel "Candado" Williams
Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza

Platense

Jimmy Stewart
"Rigo" Castro
Arturo Payne
Carlos "Care" Alvarado
Mario Ortega
Roberto Rich
Rafael Argeñal
Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
Manuel de Jesús Fuentes
Martín Castillo
Neptaly Argeñal
"Cuco" Flores
"Toro" Garay

Alejandro Aguirre
Eduardo Castillo
Juan Noyola
Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
"Cacique" Castro
Oscar Piedrahíta
Jhony Chavarría
Rossvelth Garbut
"Che" Guerrero
Samuel Rivera
Juan Noyola
Arturo Coto
Ricardo Castro

Universidad

Roger Macedo
David McCalla
Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Santos "Cocodrilo" González

Ramón "Mon" Medina
Ricardo Nuila
Roberto Virgilio Santos
José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar

Vida

Marcos Peña
José María "Chema" Salinas
Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins
Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins
Óscar "Burra" Acosta
Carlos Alvarado
Arturo "Junia" Garden
Morris Garden
Mario Mckoy
Manuel Bernárdez Calderón
César "Cesarín" Aguirre
Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez
Mario Murillo
Octavio Cifuentes
Jairo López
José "Rulo" Paz

Tomás Marshall
Juan David
Edgardo Williams
Vicente Suazo
Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
Peter Buchanan
Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
Jorge Peralta
Antonio "Danto" Urbina
Hermenegildo Orellana
Ramón Neptaly "Liebre" Guardado
Jorge Caballero
Osman Zelaya
Fredy Delgado
Matilde Celín Lacayo
Roberto "El Macho" Figueroa.

Known results

Round 1

	Vida	0 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba
			Sosa	La Ceiba

	España	3 – 2	Federal	San Pedro Sula
	Echeverría			San Pedro Sula

	Olimpia	0 – 0	Atlético Indio

Round 7

	Olimpia	0 – 2	Vida

Round 12

1974-04-28	Marathón	2 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
				San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

1974-01-27	Marathón	2 – 1	Platense	San Pedro Sula
				San Pedro Sula

1974-03-17	España	1 – 0	Broncos	San Pedro Sula
		suspended at 45'		San Pedro Sula

1974-03-17	Marathón	–	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
		postponed		San Pedro Sula

1974-03-31	España	1 – 0	Broncos	Tegucigalpa
		remaining 45'		Tegucigalpa

1974-03-31	Marathón	0 – 0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
				Tegucigalpa

1974-07-21	Broncos	1 – 1	Universidad	Choluteca
				Choluteca

1974-09-15	Vida	0 – 3	España	La Ceiba
				La Ceiba

1974-10-20	Federal	1 – 2	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
	Meza	Marathón lost points as fielding excessive foreign players.		Tegucigalpa

	España	3 – 0	Vida	San Pedro Sula
				San Pedro Sula

	Vida	0 – 1	Federal	La Ceiba
				La Ceiba

	Universidad	1 – 0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
	McCalla			Tegucigalpa

	Federal	0 – 1	Vida

	Olimpia	0 – 0	Broncos

	Olimpia	0 – 0	Universidad

	Olimpia	2 – 1	Platense

	Olimpia	0 – 0	Real España

	Olimpia	0 – 0	Motagua

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66–1994/95 – 11 December 2009
^ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 18 February 2009

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