1980–81 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season	1980-81
Champions	Real España (4th title)
Relegated	None
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Real España Marathón
Copa Fraternidad	Real España Marathón Olimpia Vida
Top goalscorer	Luis O. Altamirano (13)
← 1979-80 1981-82 →

The two giants from San Pedro Sula decided the 1980-81 season, Real España winners of regular season in 27 rounds, and Marathón winner of the Pentagonal decided what has been so far the only Final disputed in three matches.

1980-81 teams

Atlético Morazán (promoted)
Broncos
Marathón
Motagua
Olimpia

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	27	14	6	7	35	26	+9	34	Qualified to the Final round
2	Vida	27	12	7	8	33	30	+3	31
3	Marathón	27	8	13	6	39	32	+7	29
4	Olimpia	27	10	9	8	31	32	−1	29
5	Victoria	27	10	8	9	27	33	−6	28
6	Motagua	27	6	15	6	32	31	+1	27
7	Universidad	27	10	3	14	33	35	−2	23
8	Broncos	27	6	11	10	28	30	−2	23
9	Atlético Morazán	27	7	9	11	28	32	−4	23
10	Platense	27	7	9	11	22	27	−5	23

Real España clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
Top five qualify to Final round.
No relegation this season.

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	8	4	3	1	13	6	+7	11	Forced to play extra round
2	Olimpia	8	4	3	1	12	4	+8	11
3	Real España	8	5	1	2	12	9	+3	11
4	Vida	8	1	3	4	4	11	−7	5
5	Victoria	8	0	2	6	3	14	−11	2

Note: After a three-way tie between Marathón, Olimpia, and Real España with 11 points; and 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

1980-12-06	Real España	2 - 0	Marathón	San Pedro Sula
	Chavarría Mendoza			San Pedro Sula

1980-12-11	Marathón	1 - 0	Real España	San Pedro Sula
	Bailey			San Pedro Sula

1980-12-17	Real España	2 - 1	Marathón	San Pedro Sula Referee: José Manuel Andino Pinel
	Jimminson Costly		Pavón	San Pedro Sula Referee: José Manuel Andino Pinel

Top scorer

Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 13 goals

Squads

Atlético Morazán

José Luis Cruz Figueroa
José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega

Noel Omar Renderos
Héctor "Lin" Zelaya

Broncos

Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Iván Ramos
Dennis Williams
Iván Guerra
César Humberto Carranza
Luis Rosales Brand
German Guzmán
Carlos Mondragón
Orlando Flores
Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Pedro Pinheiro
Rubén Guardado
Marcial Bonilla
Orlando Rodríguez

Luis Alberto Escaurizza
José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo
"Yuyuguita" Flores
Marco Tulio Cacho
Samuel "Chucho" Armijo
Marco Tulio Cárcamo
Isidro Arriola
Enrique "Pilo" Soriano
José Ramón Hinds
Antonio Almendárez
Jairo Lezama
Rigoberto "Chombo" Aguilar
Mario López
Oscar "Zorro" Lezama

Marathón

Jorge Phoyoú
Wilfredo Brown
Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
Jorge Martínez
Alberto Merelles
Francisco Javier Toledo
Ramón "Albañil" Osorio
Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Carlos Mejía
José Ángel Peña
Oswaldo Zaldívar

Alfredo Dimaio
Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
Hernán Santiago García Martínez
René "Maravilla" Suazo
José Martínez
Juan Carlos Weber
Francisco Pastrana
Arturo Payne
Richard Kenneth Payne
Félix Concepción Carranza
Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Celso Fredy Güity

Motagua

German "Loco" Guzmán
Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño
Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes

Rigoberto Sosa
Víctor Manuel Chávez
José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar

Olimpia

Oscar Banegas
Darío Cribas
Roberto Valentín "Pirata" Fernández
Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz
José Batiz
Víctor Calero Lozano
Rigoberto Ruiz
Emilio Martínez
Fredy Ríos
Basilio Avila
Ramón "Pilín" Brand
Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
Raúl Cocherari

José Luis Januario
Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
Carlos Solís
Oscar García
Víctor Romero
Daniel Zapata
Antonio Alemán
Héctor Uclés
José Luis Januario
Alcides Carota
Arturo Cáceres
Horacio Parham Castro
Nelson de Moraes

Platense

Juan Jerezano
Jorge Luis Mancía
Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Alex Rodríguez

Carlos Cruz Colindres
Antonio Laing
Modesto Ayestas

Real España

Julio César "Tile" Arzú
Jimmy Stewart
Clinton Campbell
Didier Gutiérrez
Carlos Orlando Caballero
Jorge Alberto Centurión
Walter Jimminson
Allan Costly
Víctor Hugo Salgado
Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
Francisco García
Marcos Campbell
German "Cacique" Castro
Javier Latreza
Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
Edith Hernando Contreras

Enrique "Fantasma" Mendoza
Jimmy James Bailey
Javier Chavarría
Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
Jaime Villegas
Junior Rashford Costly
Roberto "Sargento" Barahona
Juan Carlos Espinoza
Carlos Solano
Marcos Lacayo
José Antonio "Gin" García
Oscar Velásquez
Roscoe Charles
Carlos Rivera
Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Alberto Chedrany

Universidad

Raúl David Fúnez
Olvin Elvir
Walter "Estupiñán" Amador

Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Edimar Luiz Marques

Victoria

Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte
Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
Francisco Jiménez
Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
José Reynaldo Villagra

Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
Benedicto Ordóñez
Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado
Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
David Goff

Vida

Matilde Celín Lacayo
Roberto "Macho" Figueroa

Junior Mejía

Known results

Round 1

	Marathón	1 – 0	Atlético Morazán	San Pedro Sula
	Martínez			San Pedro Sula

Pentagonal

1980-09-14	Olimpia	1 - 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
				Tegucigalpa

1980-09-28	Real España	3 - 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Centurión Chavarría Caballero		Romero	San Pedro Sula

1980-10-05	Olimpia	4 - 0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
	Ríos			Tegucigalpa

1980-10-12	Marathón	5 - 0	Real España	San Pedro Sula
	Bueso Bailey Pavón García			San Pedro Sula

1980-10-29	Olimpia	1 - 0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
	Januario			Tegucigalpa

1980-11-02	Real España	2 - 0	Marathón	San Pedro Sula
	Chavarría Solano			San Pedro Sula

1980-11-05	Marathón	0 - 0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
				San Pedro Sula

1980-11-18	Olimpia	1 - 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
		Extra game		Tegucigalpa

1980-11-20	Real España	1 - 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Solano	Extra game	Fernández	San Pedro Sula

1980-11-23	Marathón	0 - 0	Real España	San Pedro Sula
		Extra game		San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

3 March 1980	Vida	1 – 0	Universidad	La Ceiba
				La Ceiba

9 March 1980	Marathón	4 – 0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
				San Pedro Sula

9 March 1980	Atlético Morazán	4 – 1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
				Tegucigalpa

23 March 1980	Olimpia	0 – 2	Platense	Tegucigalpa
			Colindres Laing	Tegucigalpa

13 April 1980	Motagua	2 – 2	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
			Payne	Tegucigalpa

4 May 1980	Broncos	4 – 0	Vida	Choluteca
				Choluteca

22 June 1980	Vida	0 – 3	Marathón	La Ceiba
			Osorio	La Ceiba

27 July 1980	Vida	1 – 0	Victoria	La Ceiba
	Arzú			La Ceiba

17 August 1980	Real España	1 – 0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Fernández			San Pedro Sula

1980	Real España	2 – 1	Universidad	San Pedro Sula
				San Pedro Sula

	Victoria	2 – 1	Universidad	La Ceiba
				La Ceiba

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