1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season 1981-82
Champions Vida
(1st title)
Relegated Platense
Universidad
CONCACAF Champions Cup Vida
Copa Fraternidad Vida
Atlético Morazán
Marathón
Real España
Top goalscorer Luis O. Altamirano (15)

The league systems consisted of 30 rounds in the regular season, plus a final round of the top five in the regular standings. Winners of both phases played for the championship.

Contents

1981-82 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Morazán 30 14 11 5 39 28 +11 39 Qualified to the Final round
2 Motagua 30 15 8 7 35 25 +10 38
3 Vida 30 14 10 6 32 26 +6 38
4 Marathón 30 10 13 7 41 31 +10 33
5 Broncos 30 13 6 11 36 32 +4 32
6 Real España 30 10 11 9 38 36 +2 31
7 Olimpia 30 9 9 12 32 35 −3 27
8 Victoria 30 8 10 12 33 43 −10 26
9 Independiente Villela 30 6 13 11 34 41 −7 25
10 Universidad 30 6 11 13 21 26 −5 23 Relegated to the Second division
11 Platense 30 4 10 16 26 44 −18 18

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Motagua 8 4 3 1 14 7 +7 11 Qualified to the Replay
2 Vida 8 3 5 0 11 7 +4 11
3 Marathón 8 2 5 1 5 5 0 9
4 Broncos 8 0 6 2 0 1 −1 6
5 Atlético Morazán 8 0 3 5 2 12 −10 3

Replay

18 October 1981
15:00 (UTC−06:00)
Motagua 0 – 1 Vida Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula
Mendoza  31'

Final

1981-10-25
Atlético Morazán 1 - 3 Vida San Pedro Sula
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez
Velásquez Lacayo
Mendoza
Carías

1981-10-28
Vida 1 - 0 Atlético Morazán La Ceiba
Attendance: 7,965
Referee: Rodolfo Martínez
Mendoza  67' (pen)

Top scorer

Squads

Atlético Morazán

  • Moisés "Tanque" Velásquez
  • Francisco "Pancho" González
  • José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
  • Joaquín Arrastoa
  • José Luis Cruz Figueroa
  • Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
  • Noel Omar Renderos

Broncos

  • Luis O. Altamirano
  • José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo
  • Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz

Independiente

  • José Mauricio Fúnez Barrientos
  • Jorge Martínez
  • Felipe "Nicio" Rivera
  • Roberto Herrera Moreno
  • Marco Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
  • Alberto Perich
  • José Ramón Hinds
  • Rodolfo "Mirandinha" Smith

Marathón

  • Albert Fay
  • Darío Cribas
  • Hernán Santiago García Martínez
  • Oswaldo Zaldívar
  • Arturo Payne
  • José Angel Peña
  • Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
  • Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
  • Celso Fredy Güity
  • Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
  • Carlos Mejía
  • Gilberto Leonel Machado García

Motagua

  • Alcides Morales
  • Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño
  • Héctor Ramón Chávez
  • Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
  • José María "Chema" Durón

Olimpia

  • Belarmino Rivera
  • Óscar Banegas
  • Carlos Solano
  • Félix Concepción Carranza
  • Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
  • Carlos Solís
  • Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
  • Jorge Brand
  • Nelson de Moraes
  • Richard Kenneth Payne

Platense

  • Modesto Ayestas
  • Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata
  • Juan Jerezano
  • Carlos Roberto Deras
  • Jorge Luis Mancía
  • Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
  • Ramón Cruz Colindres
  • Alex Rodríguez

Real España

  • Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
  • Didier Gutiérrez
  • Hernán Zelaya
  • Carlos Saúl Bonilla
  • Junior Rashford Costly
  • Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
  • Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
  • Walter Jimminson
  • Javier Chavarría
  • Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
  • Jimmy Stewart
  • Edith Hernando Contreras
  • Carlos Orlando Caballero
  • Héctor "Lin" Zelaya

Universidad

  • Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
  • Edimar Luiz Marques
  • José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar

Victoria

  • Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte
  • Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
  • José Reynaldo Villagra
  • Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
  • Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
  • David Goff

Vida

  • Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez
  • Martín Lacayo
  • Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins
  • Natividad Morales Barrios
  • Calos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo
  • Matilde Celín Lacayo
  • Junior Mejía
  • José Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
  • Jesús Carías
  • Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
  • Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado
  • Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
  • Roberto "Macho" Figueroa

Trivia

Known results

Round 1


Real España 1 – 0 Victoria San Pedro Sula
Chavarría

Motagua 1 – 0 Platense Tegucigalpa

Round 29

1981-08-02
Atlético Morazán 2 - 0 Platense Tegucigalpa

Pentagonal

1981-09-02
Motagua 1 - 1 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Durón Villalobos
1981-10-11
(-2) Broncos - Motagua (+2) Choluteca
Broncos
didn't show up
1981-10-15
Marathón 1 - 3 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Baley Juviny
Guardado
Januario

Regular season

15 February 1981
Olimpia 0 – 0 Independiente Tegucigalpa
22 February 1981
Marathón 3 – 2 Real España San Pedro Sula
6 May 1981
Marathón 5 – 1 Victoria San Pedro Sula
6 May 1981
Real España 2 – 2 Platense San Pedro Sula
6 May 1981
Broncos 4 – 3 Independiente Tegucigalpa
6 May 1981
Motagua 3 – 2 Atlético Morazán Tegucigalpa
1 July 1981
Marathón 2 – 1 Olimpia
5 July 1981
Olimpia 2 – 3 Atlético Morazán Tegucigalpa
Renderos
22 July 1981
Independiente 2 – 0 Real España San Pedro Sula
22 July 1981
Marathón 1 – 1 Vida San Pedro Sula
9 August 1981
Olimpia 2 – 1 Universidad Tegucigalpa

Motagua 2 – 0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa

Motagua 2 – 1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa

Marathón 4 – 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Güity
Zaldívar
Bailey

Unknown rounds


Vida 3 - 2 Motagua La Ceiba