1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season 1979-80
Champions Marathón
(1st title)
Relegated Atlético Portuario
CONCACAF Champions Cup Marathón
Universidad
Copa Fraternidad Marathón
Universidad
Victoria
Broncos
Top goalscorer Prudencio "Tecate" Norales (15)

Contents

1979-80 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 27 17 3 7 40 23 +17 37 Qualified to the Final round
2 Olimpia 27 13 7 7 43 36 +7 33
3 Broncos 27 11 8 8 32 27 +5 30
4 Victoria 27 10 7 10 34 30 +4 27
5 Motagua 27 9 9 9 29 29 0 27 Qualified to the repechage
6 Universidad 27 9 9 9 22 22 0 27
7 Platense 28 7 12 9 27 31 −4 26
8 Real España 27 7 9 11 28 23 +5 23
9 Vida 27 6 9 12 30 38 −8 21
10 Atlético Portuario 27 6 7 14 29 55 −26 19 Relegated to the Second division

Fifth place playoff

1979
 Motagua 1 - 2 Universidad  ??
Honduras
Attendance: ??
Referee: ??
After 120'

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Universidad 8 4 4 0 7 3 +4 12 Qualified to the Final
2 Victoria 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 8
3 Marathón 8 3 1 4 12 11 +1 7
4 Broncos 8 2 3 3 8 11 −3 7
5 Olimpia 8 2 2 4 4 6 −2 6

Final

1979-12-09
 Marathón 1 - 0 Universidad San Pedro Sula
Bailey
1979-12-16
 Universidad 0 - 1 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Bailey

Top scorer

Squads

Atlético Portuario

  • Eristeo Gómez
  • Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte
  • Aníbal Bravo
  • Carlos "Calín" Morales
  • Orlando "Choloma" Rodríguez
  • Ernesto Bravo
  • Edgardo Núñez
  • Oscar "Martillo" Hernández
  • Roscoe Charles
  • Pablo Orellana
  • Erick Cabalceta
  • Ramón Cruz Colindres

Broncos

  • German "Loco" Guzmán
  • Iván Ramos
  • Luis Alberto Escaurizza
  • Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz

Marathón

  • Jorge Phoyoú
  • Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
  • Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
  • Juan Carlos Weber
  • Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
  • Carlos Solís
  • Pablo "Payique" Espinoza
  • Richard Kenneth Payne
  • Alfonso Munguía
  • José Martínez
  • Carlos Guevara
  • Alberto Merelles
  • Arturo Payne
  • Roberto Zilkiewicks
  • Celso Güity
  • Porfirio Armando Betancourt
  • Efraín "Pucho" Osorio
  • Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
  • Ramón "Albañil" Osorio
  • Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
  • Félix Concepción Carranza
  • René "Maravilla" Suazo
  • Camilo Mejía
  • Juan Contreras
  • Jorge Sánchez
  • Leónidas Nolasco
  • Carlos "Calín" Morales
  • Javier Toledo
  • Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
  • Gilberto Leonel Machado García
  • Carlos Mejía

Motagua

  • Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya Rivera
  • Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
  • Rigoberto Sosa
  • Héctor "Lin" Zelaya

Olimpia

  • Raúl David Fúnez
  • Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
  • Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
  • José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
  • Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
  • Jorge "Indio" Urquía
  • Horacio Parham Castro

Platense

  • Juan Jerezano
  • Tony Laing
  • Júnior Rashford Costly
  • Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
  • Edith Hernando Contreras
  • Alex Rodríguez

Real España

  • Jimmy Stewart
  • Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
  • Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
  • Walter Jimminson
  • Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
  • Edelmín "Pando" Castro
  • Alberto Ferreira da Silva
  • José Luis Cruz Figueroa
  • José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
  • Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz

Universidad

  • Roger Mayorga
  • "Pirata" Fernández
  • Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá

Victoria

  • Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
  • Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado
  • Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
  • José Reynaldo Villagra
  • David Goff
  • Francisco Jiménez
  • Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
  • Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
  • Marco Tulio López

Vida

  • Dennis Hinds
  • Matilde Celín Lacayo
  • Carlos Orlando Caballero
  • Roberto "Macho" Figueroa
  • Junior Mejía

Known results

Round 1


 Vida 3 – 1 Platense La Ceiba
Hinds

Pentagonal

1979-10-28
 Olimpia 1 - 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
1979-11-11
 Marathón 2 - 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
1979-11-14
 Universidad 1 - 0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
Aguilar

Unknown rounds

1979-03-04
 Victoria 5 – 0 Atlético Portuario La Ceiba
1979-03-11
 Olimpia 2 – 0 Motagua Tegucigalpa
Romero
Parham
1979-04-08
 Universidad 1 – 0 Real España Tegucigalpa
Fernández
1979-05-06
 Olimpia 2 – 2 Broncos Tegucigalpa
1979-06-14
 Marathón 1 – 0 Olimpia San Pedro Sula
1979-06-17
 Victoria 1 – 0 Olimpia La Ceiba
López
1979-06-17
 Real España 3 – 2 Motagua San Pedro Sula
1979-07-15
 Platense 4 – 1 Broncos San Pedro Sula
1979-07-22
 Olimpia 6 – 2 Atlético Portuario Tegucigalpa
Norales
Chavarría		 Charles
Duarte

Platense 0 – 0 Atlético Portuario Puerto Cortés

Platense 2 – 1 Atlético Portuario San Pedro Sula

Platense 1 – 1 Atlético Portuario San Pedro Sula

Motagua 1 – 2 Olimpia Tegucigalpa

Olimpia 2 – 1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
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