1978–79 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season 1978-79
Champions Motagua
(4th title)
Relegated Tiburones
CONCACAF Champions Cup None
Copa Fraternidad Motagua
España
Olimpia
Broncos
Top goalscorer Salvador Bernárdez (15)

In 1978-79 Motagua won its fourth championship in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras after beating Real España in the final. The tournament had 27 rounds in the regular season and the top five qualified to the Final round. Motagua and Real España won the regular season and the final round respectively and decided the title in a two legs final series.

Contents

1978-79 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Motagua 27 13 12 2 34 16 +18 38 Qualified to the Final round
2 Olimpia 27 13 7 7 29 17 +12 33
3 Real España 27 8 11 8 20 17 +3 27
4 Marathón 27 7 12 8 26 26 0 26
5 Platense 27 8 10 9 21 23 −2 26 Qualified to the repechage
6 Broncos 27 5 16 6 17 19 −2 26
7 Universidad 27 8 10 9 17 20 −3 26
8 Vida 27 7 12 8 23 27 −4 26
9 Victoria 27 5 14 8 20 29 −9 24
10 Tiburones 27 4 10 13 20 34 −14 18 Relegated to the Second division

Fifth place playoff

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Real España 8 5 3 0 14 6 +8 13 Qualified to the Final
2 Motagua 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 9
3 Olimpia 8 2 4 2 6 5 +1 8
4 Broncos 8 2 4 2 12 13 −1 8
5 Marathón 8 0 2 6 3 15 −12 2

Final

1979-01-25
 Motagua 1 - 0 Real España Tegucigalpa
Bernárdez
1979-01-28
 Real España 1 - 4 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Referee: Carlos Roberto Ortiz Pérez
Bailey Reyes
Maradiaga

Top scorer

Squads

Broncos

  • German "Loco" Guzmán
  • Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta
  • Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz

Marathón

  • Daniel Argelio Romero
  • Óscar Machigua
  • René "Maravilla" Suazo
  • Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
  • Hernán Santiago García Martínez
  • Manuel Rodríguez
  • David Sánchez
  • Tomás Wood
  • Manuel Doblado
  • Leónidas Nolasco
  • Erick Cabalceta
  • Rigoberto Castro
  • Richard Kenneth Payne
  • Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
  • Ramón "Albañil" Osorio
  • Francisco Javier Toledo
  • Julio "Ruso" Bonilla
  • Ricardo Nuila
  • Osman Peña
  • Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
  • Mario López
  • Carlos "Calín" Morales
  • Iván Ramos
  • Félix Concepción Carranza
  • Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
  • Celso Fredy Güity
  • Porfirio Armando Betancourt
  • Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez

Motagua

  • Roger Mayorga
  • Alcides Morales
  • Roberto Abrussezze
  • Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez
  • Carlos Mejía
  • Marco Tulio "Coyol" López
  • Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
  • Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante
  • Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
  • René "Kun Fu" Velásquez
  • Camilo Mejía
  • Juan Ramón Aguilar
  • Rubén Guifarro
  • Marco Tulio Andino
  • Roxne Romero
  • Ennos Pereira
  • Rigoberto Sosa
  • Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
  • Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga Chávez
  • Héctor "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya
  • Antonio Antonio Obando
  • Samuel Rivera
  • Edgardo Sosa
  • José Luis Zelaya
  • Mario Moncada
  • Feliciano Guardado
  • Mariano Godoy
  • David Bueso
  • David Medina
  • Alberto Centurión

Olimpia

  • Belarmino Rivera
  • Francisco Zelaya Pastrana
  • Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz
  • Vicente Suazo
  • Óscar García
  • Héctor Uclés
  • Víctor Romero
  • Víctor "Calero" Lozano
  • Óscar Batíz
  • Adán Amador
  • Carlos Figueroa
  • Manuel Gámez
  • Arturo Cáceres
  • Óscar Banegas
  • José Amador
  • Joaquín del Arca
  • Osmán Zelaya
  • Ramón "Pilín" Brand
  • Roger Chavarría
  • Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
  • Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
  • Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
  • Samuel Montoya
  • Walter Chávez
  • Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño
  • Ricardo Carreño
  • Carlos Maldonado
  • Walter "Estupiñán" Amador
  • José Antonio García
  • Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir

Platense

  • Arnulfo Echeverría
  • Manuel de Jesús Fuentes
  • Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
  • Danilo "Pulga" Flores
  • Arturo Payne
  • Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
  • Alex Rodríguez

Real España

  • Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
  • Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
  • Walter Jimminson
  • Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
  • José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
  • Clinton Campbell
  • Gustavo Portillo
  • Junior Rashford Costly
  • Marvin Zúniga
  • Alberto Ferreira da Silva
  • José Luis Cruz Figueroa
  • Jimmy James Bailey
  • Allan Costly
  • Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
  • Jimmy Stewart
  • Edith Hernando Contreras

Tiburones

  • Juan Jerezano
  • "Yuyuga" Flores
  • David Silva
  • Salustio Pacheco
  • Alejandro Palacios
  • "Nilo" Herrera
  • Edgar Alfaro
  • Agustín Alemán
  • Pedro Colón
  • José Reynaldo Villagra
  • Domingo Martínez

Universidad

  • Roger Mayorga
  • Otoniel Oliva
  • Joaquín Pavón Sequeira
  • Mauricio Cruz
  • Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
  • José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar

Victoria

  • Óscar Figueroa
  • Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
  • Camilo Bonifacio
  • Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
  • Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
  • David Goff
  • Pedro Caetano da Silva
  • Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
  • Francisco Jiménez
  • Miguel Ángel "Primitivo" Ortiz
  • Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
  • Luis Edgardo Meléndez

Vida

  • Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins
  • Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado
  • Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo
  • Edgardo Williams
  • Abraham Osorio
  • Peter Buchanan
  • Hermenegildo Orellana
  • César "Cesarín" Aguirre
  • Marco Tulio "Socadito" Zelaya
  • Carlos Aguirre
  • Neptaly "Liebre" Guardado
  • Carlos Johnson
  • Carlos Bejarano
  • Felipe "Embajador" Sánchez
  • Juan Dolmo Arzú
  • Mario Ardón
  • Roberto "Macho" Figueroa
  • Carlos Talbot
  • Manuel Gámez
  • Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
  • Wilfredo Rodríguez
  • Carlos Orlando Caballero
  • Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
  • Arnulfo Ardón
  • Matilde Selim Lacayo
  • Carlos "Comay" Flores
  • Jesús "Bululo" Carías
  • Jorge Bernárdez
  • Jaime Morales
  • Roberto Maradiaga

Known results

Round 1


 Real España 2 – 0 Tiburones
Pavón

Pentagonal place playoff


 Platense 1 – 0 Broncos

Pentagonal

1978-10-22
 Marathón 1 – 1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
1978-10-26
 Real España 0 – 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
1978-10-28
 Real España 4 – 3 Broncos San Pedro Sula
Costly
Bailey
Jiminson		 Altamirano
Arzú
Cruz
1978-10-29
 Motagua 2 – 0 Marathón Danlí
Bernárdez
López
1978-11-05
 Real España 4 – 2 Motagua San Pedro Sula
1978-11-09
 Marathón 2 – 3 Broncos San Pedro Sula
1978-11-12
 Marathón 0 – 1 Real España San Pedro Sula
Bailey
1978-11-12
 Olimpia 1 – 0 Motagua Tegucigalpa
Gámez
1978-11-19
 Marathón 0 – 3 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Escalante
Godoy
Obando
1979-01-07
 Olimpia 0 – 0 Real España Tegucigalpa
1979-01-10
 Real España 3 – 0 Marathón San Pedro Sula
Bailey
Jimminson
1979-01-14
 Olimpia 2 – 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
1979-01-17
 Motagua 1 – 0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
Obando
1979-01-21
 Motagua 0 – 1 Real España Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

19 February 1978
 Victoria 1 – 1 Vida La Ceiba
Meléndez
5 March 1978
 Broncos 0 – 1 Tiburones Choluteca
Herrera
29 March 1978
 Marathón 3 – 1 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
9 April 1978
 Platense 2 – 0 Motagua Puerto Cortés
9 April 1978
 Tiburones 1 – 2 Marathón Tegucigalpa
23 April 1978
 Platense 1 – 1 Marathón Puerto Cortés
7 May 1978
 Tiburones 1 – 1 Broncos Choluteca
Arzú Martínez
7 May 1978
 Marathón 1 – 0 Real España El Progreso
Peña
25 June 1978
 Olimpia 0 – 1 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Osorio
31 July 1978
 Motagua 2 – 1 Universidad Danlí
6 August 1978
 Platense 1 – 0 Marathón Puerto Cortés
Castillo
6 August 1978
 Olimpia 0 – 0 Universidad Danlí
27 August 1978
 Motagua 4 – 0 Platense Danlí
Reyes
Maradiaga
Bernárdez
10 September 1978
 Broncos 1 – 1 Tiburones Choluteca
Altamirano Palacios
10 September 1978
 Real España 3 – 0 Marathón El Progreso
Bailey
Tapia
Portillo
10 September 1978
 Motagua 0 – 0 Olimpia Danlí
24 September 1978
 Tiburones 0 – 3 Motagua Choluteca
Maradiaga
Reyes
Centurión
1 October 1978
 Real España 0 – 2 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
Norales
González
3 October 1978
 Motagua 4 – 2 Victoria Danlí
12 October 1978
 Platense 2 – 1 Broncos El Progreso

Marathón 0 – 1 Universidad San Pedro Sula

Motagua 1 – 0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa

References

  1. ^ The game was suspended at 85' as Platense retired for not accepting a late penalty against them; the league decided to award the points to Broncos.
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