1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season 1977-78
Champions Olimpia
(5th title)
Relegated Federal
CONCACAF Champions Cup None
Top goalscorer Mario Juvini Carreño (10)

In 1977-78, Olimpia won its fifth title in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras after beating Real España in the final, the tournament had 27 rounds in the regular season and a final round.

Contents

1977-78 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 27 11 12 4 30 20 +10 34 Qualified to the Final round
2 Vida 27 10 12 5 27 20 +7 32
3 Real España 27 9 13 5 27 18 +9 31
4 Motagua 27 11 8 8 27 21 +6 30
5 Universidad 27 10 8 9 25 23 +2 28 Qualified to the repechage
6 Broncos 27 8 12 7 26 24 +2 28
7 Marathón 27 7 10 10 22 29 −7 24
8 Victoria 27 5 12 10 17 25 −8 22
9 Platense 27 6 9 12 27 36 −9 21
10 Federal 27 4 12 11 20 32 −12 20 Relegated to the Second division

Reply for Final round

1977-10-02
 Broncos 0 – 0 Universidad San Pedro Sula
A.E.T.
  Penalties  
3 – 5

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Real España 8 4 4 0 14 5 +9 12 Qualified to the Final
2 Motagua 8 3 4 1 11 9 +2 10
3 Olimpia 8 2 4 2 10 7 +3 8
4 Vida 8 1 3 4 4 10 −6 5
5 Universidad 8 2 1 5 5 13 −8 5

Final

1977-12-11
 Real España 0 – 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
Referee: José Manuel Andino Pinel
1977-12-18
 Olimpia 2 – 0 Real España Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 23,923
Referee: German Orlando Palma
Chávez  25'
Enamorado  88'

Top goalscorers

Mario Juvini Carreño (Motagua)
Prudencio Norales (Olimpia)
Jurandir Dosantos (Marathón)
Armando Valenchina (Vida)
Daniel Sambulá (Universidad)
Mario Mairena (Federal)
Salvador Bernárdez (Motagua)
Luis Walter Chávez (Olimpia)

Squads

Broncos

  • German "Loco" Guzmán
  • Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta
  • Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
  • Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz

Federal

  • Julio Meza
  • Mario Mairena
  • José Alvarez
  • León Ugarte
  • Rafael Irías

Marathón

  • Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
  • Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
  • Jurandir Dosantos
  • Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
  • Roscoe Charles
  • Daniel Argelio Romero
  • Carlos "Calín" Morales
  • Hernán Santiago García Martínez
  • Porfirio Armando Betancourt
  • Ramón "Albañil" Osorio
  • Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
  • Ricardo Nuila
  • Richard Kenneth Payne

Motagua

  • Roger Mayorga
  • Mario Hernán Juvini Carreño
  • Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez
  • Rigoberto Sosa
  • Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
  • Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya
  • Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
  • Ennos Pereira
  • Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez

Olimpia

  • Belarmino Rivera
  • Orlando Banegas
  • Luis Walter Chávez
  • Angel Ramón Paz
  • Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
  • Oscar García
  • Héctor Orlando Uclés
  • César Bordinhao
  • José Ortiz
  • Moisés Velásquez
  • Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
  • René Enamorado
  • Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
  • Ramón "Pilin" Bran
  • Net Jonhy Chavarría
  • Ernesto Paes de Oliveira
  • Carlos Alvarado
  • Arturo Recarte Cáceres
  • Luis Minochio
  • Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
  • Selvin Cárcamo

Platense

  • Luis Enrique "Banana" Alvarez
  • Dagoberto Tejeda
  • Antonio "El Camalote" Dueñas
  • Mario Ortega
  • Rafael Argeñal
  • Arnulfo Echeverría
  • Manuel de Jesús Fuentes
  • Arturo Payne
  • Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
  • Carlos "Care" Alvarado
  • Eduardo Laing

Real España

  • Jimmy Stewart
  • Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
  • Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
  • Walter Humberto Jimminson
  • Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
  • José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
  • Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
  • Gustavo Portillo
  • Marvin Zúniga
  • Alberto Ferreira da Silva
  • José Luis Cruz Figueroa
  • Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
  • Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez
  • Edelmín "Pando" Castro
  • Gil Rodríguez

Universidad

  • Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
  • Roberto "Pirata" Fernández
  • José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar

Victoria

  • Dagoberto Tejeda
  • Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
  • Carlos "Cuco" Flores
  • Francisco Jiménez
  • Jorge Irías
  • German Güity
  • Miguel Lanza
  • David Goff
  • José Cruz
  • Julio César Girón
  • Roberto Urbina
  • Benedicto Ordóñez
  • Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
  • José Cálix
  • Camilo Bonifacio
  • Pedro Caetano da Silva
  • Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
  • Miguel "Primitivo" Ortiz
  • Armando Acosta
  • Claudio Castro
  • Rigoberto "Indio" Ruiz
  • Santos "Coco" González
  • Jorge Cálix
  • Gustavo Amaya
  • Jerry Jhonson
  • Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz

Vida

  • Armando Valenchina
  • Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado
  • Roberto "Macho" Figueroa
  • Matilde Celín Lacayo
  • Mario Ardón

Known results

Round 1

20 February 1977
 Marathón 0 – 1 Victoria San Pedro Sula
Zúñiga

Round 2

27 February 1977
 Victoria 0 – 0 Real España La Ceiba

Round 3

6 March 1977
 Victoria 2 – 1 Platense La Ceiba
Flores

Round 4

13 March 1977
 Federal 1 – 1 Victoria Tegucigalpa

Round 5

20 March 1977
 Vida 2 – 1 Victoria La Ceiba

Round 17

10 July 1977
 Olimpia 2 – 5 Platense Tegucigalpa
Rivera  pen.'
Ortiz		 Argeñal
Payne
Laing

Round 18


 Olimpia 1 – 1 Victoria La Ceiba

Round 27

2 October 1977
 Vida 1 – 1 Platense La Ceiba

Pentagonal

9 October 1977
 Olimpia 2 – 3 Motagua Tegucigalpa
Gómez
Chavarría		 Reyes
Pereira
Bernárdez
16 October 1977
 Real España 0 – 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
19 October 1977
 Motagua 1 – 0 Vida Tegucigalpa
23 October 1977
 Motagua 1 – 1 Real España Tegucigalpa
30 October 1977
 Real España 5 – 0 Universidad San Pedro Sula
6 November 1977
15:00
 Vida 0 – 2 Real España La Ceiba
Tapia
Castro
9 November 1977
 Olimpia 1 – 1 Real España Tegucigalpa
García Ferreira
13 November 1977
 Motagua 0 – 0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
4 December 1977
 Real España 2 – 2 Motagua San Pedro Sula

Olimpia 2 – 0 Universidad

Olimpia 1 – 2 Universidad

Olimpia 3 – 0 Vida
Chávez
Gómez
Norales

Olimpia 1 – 1 Vida

Unknown rounds

27 March 1977
 Vida 4 – 2 Federal La Ceiba
17 April 1977
 Real España 0 – 1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
15 May 1977
 Vida 3 – 0 Marathón La Ceiba
5 June 1977
 Federal 1 – 1 Vida Tegucigalpa
Ardón
19 June 1977
 Olimpia 0 – 0 Real España Tegucigalpa
26 June 1977
 Vida 1 – 1 Broncos La Ceiba
Ardón
21 August 1977
 Broncos 0 – 0 Universidad Choluteca
21 August 1977
 Vida 0 – 0 Marathón La Ceiba
21 August 1977
 Platense 0 – 1 Victoria San Pedro Sula
21 August 1977
 Real España 0 – 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
18 September 1977
 Platense 3 – 0 Federal San Pedro Sula
Payne
Alvarez
Echeverría

Victoria 0 – 1 Universidad La Ceiba

Olimpia 1 – 1 Universidad

Olimpia 1 – 0 Universidad

Olimpia 4 – 0 Universidad

Olimpia 1 – 1 Vida

Olimpia 1 – 0 Vida

Olimpia 2 – 0 Vida

Olimpia 1 – 0 Motagua

Olimpia 1 – 2 Motagua

Olimpia 2 – 1 Motagua

Olimpia 1 – 1 Federal

Olimpia 0 – 0 Federal

Olimpia 1 – 1 Federal

Olimpia 1 – 2 Broncos

Olimpia 2 – 1 Broncos

Olimpia 2 – 0 Broncos

Olimpia 2 – 1 Marathón

Olimpia 0 – 0 Marathón

Olimpia 0 – 1 Marathón

Olimpia 2 – 1 Victoria

Olimpia 0 – 0 Victoria

Marathón 3 – 2 Federal

Vida 4 – 2 Federal

Motagua 3 – 0 Platense Tegucigalpa
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