1969–70 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season 1969–70
Champions Olimpia
(3rd title)
Relegated Progreso
CONCACAF Champions Cup Olimpia
Top goalscorer Flavio Ortega (18)

In 1969–70, Olimpia won its third title in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras unbeaten after finishing in first position in the regular season, the tournament had 27 rounds without playoffs.[1]

1969–70 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 27 16 11 0 38 16+22 43 Qualified to the 1970 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2 Motagua 27 13 9 5 38 26+12 35
3 Marathón 27 15 4 8 57 40+17 34
4 Vida 27 12 4 11 41 36+5 28
5 España 27 10 8 9 29 27+2 28
6 Platense 27 6 11 10 34 384 23
7 Atlético Indio 27 8 7 12 30 388 23
8 Victoria 27 7 6 14 34 5117 20
9 Lempira 27 7 5 15 33 4512 19
10 Progreso 27 5 7 15 28 4517 17 Relegated to the Second division

Top scorer

Squads

Atlético Indio
Honduras Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Real España
Honduras Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Costa Rica Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta Honduras Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz
Honduras Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo Honduras Mario "Pelola" López Honduras César Augusto Dávila Puerto
Honduras Domingo "Mingo" Ramos Honduras Jacobo Sarmiento Honduras Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Honduras Jaime Villegas
Lempira
Honduras Dagoberto Cubero Honduras Adolfo "Fito" López Honduras Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Honduras Amílcar "Mica" López
Marathón
Honduras Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez Honduras Mauro "Nayo" Caballero Honduras Arnulfo Echeverría
Brazil José Ferreira dos Santos Honduras Alexander "Nina" Guillén Honduras Dennis "Plitis" Lagos
Brazil Flavio Ortega Honduras Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Honduras Gil "Fátima" Valerio
Motagua
Brazil Roberto Abrussezze Honduras Elio Banegas Honduras Marcos Banegas
Brazil Geraldo Batista Honduras Nelson Benavídez Honduras Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica
Honduras Federico Budde Honduras Marco Antonio Calderón Honduras Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas
Honduras Jesús Castillo Honduras Juan Manuel Coello Honduras Pedro Colón
Honduras José Luis Cruz Figueroa Honduras Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz Nicaragua Salvador Dubois Leiva
Honduras Mariano Godoy Honduras Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro Honduras Alfonso "Garrinchita" Gutiérrez
Honduras Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Honduras Roberto Jérez Honduras Tomás Máximo
Honduras Julio Meza Honduras Fermín "Min" Navarro Brazil Giuliano Neto
Honduras Edgardo Orellana Brazil Linauro di Paula Honduras Carlos Andrés Sanabria
Honduras Alberto "Furia" Solís Honduras Alfonso Uclés Honduras Lenard Wells
Olimpia
Honduras Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno Honduras Arnulfo "Nuco" Aguilar Honduras Juan Manuel "Chino" Aguilar
Honduras Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara Honduras Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes Honduras Selvin Cárcamo
Honduras Rafael Dick Honduras Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera Honduras Conrado "Chorotega" Flores
Honduras Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo Honduras Alexander "Nina" Guillén Honduras Juan Ramón Lagos
Honduras Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza Honduras Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Honduras Ramón "Mon" Medina
Honduras Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza Honduras Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales Honduras José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Honduras Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz Honduras René Reyes "Reno" Rodríguez Honduras Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales
Honduras Samuel Santini Honduras Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos Honduras Raúl Suazo Lagos
Honduras Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Platense
Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado Honduras Pablo "Chita" Arzú Honduras Martín Castillo
Honduras Norman Castro Colombia Reynaldo Castro Gil Honduras Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing
Honduras Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez Colombia Oscar Marino Piedrahíta Honduras Tomás Máximo
Honduras Jimmy Steward Honduras Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina Chile Alfonso Zamora
Progreso Honduras
Honduras Gilberto "Chorro" Acosta Honduras Norman Castro Honduras Jorge "Burro" Deras
Honduras Alfredo Doblado Honduras Alfredo Hawit Banegas Honduras José López Paz
Honduras David McCalla Honduras Ramón Oviedo Honduras Marcos Peña
Honduras Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín Honduras Gil "Fátima" Valerio Honduras Allan Ricardo Young
Victoria
Honduras César "Cesarín" Aguirre Honduras René Bernárdez Honduras Carlos Brown
Honduras Manuel Bubuch Honduras Luis Bueso Honduras Edgardo Bustillo
Honduras José Eduardo Castillo Honduras Terencio Escobar Honduras Gerardo García
Honduras Óscar García Honduras Ciriaco Gutiérrez Honduras Salvador Hernández
Honduras José Inés Izaguirre Honduras Sergio Jiménez Honduras José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza
Honduras Adolfo "Fito" López Honduras Anael "Lito" Martínez Honduras Gilberto Martínez
Honduras Rigoberto Martínez Honduras Roberto Martínez Honduras Sergio "Tito" Martínez
Honduras Héctor Mejía Honduras Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Honduras Luis Alonso Metzquin
Honduras Armando Motiño Honduras Antonio Muñoz Honduras Óscar Muñoz
Honduras Alejandro Palacios Honduras Salvador Ramírez Honduras Armando Reyes
Honduras Virgilio Rodríguez Honduras Jorge "Chino" Suazo Honduras René "Maravilla" Suazo
Honduras Jesús Urbina Honduras Pablo Villegas Honduras Carlos Vilorio
Honduras Antonio Zapata Honduras Reynaldo Zúniga
Vida
Honduras Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Guatemala Emilio Calderini Honduras Manuel Bernárdez Calderón
Honduras Jesús "Pun" Fuentes Honduras Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden Honduras Morris Garden
Honduras José María "Chema" Salinas Brazil Espedito Serafín

Trivia

Known results

Round 1

22 June 1969
Olimpia 3 – 0 Atlético Indio
Aceituno
Paz
Aguilar
Tegucigalpa

Round 2

13 July 1969
Vida 1 – 2 Olimpia
Garden Gómez
Lanza
La Ceiba

Round 3

17 August 1969
España 0 – 1 Olimpia
Suazo
San Pedro Sula

Round 4

31 August 1969
Lempira 1 – 1 Olimpia
Cruz Aceituno
San Pedro Sula

Round 5

14 September 1969
Olimpia 3 – 2 Marathón
Urquía
Paz
Aguilar
Cano
Caballero
Tegucigalpa

Round 6

18 September 1969
Olimpia 0 – 0 Motagua
Tegucigalpa

Round 7

21 September 1969
Progreso 4 – 0 Victoria
San Pedro Sula

21 September 1969
Olimpia 3 – 3 Platense
Paz
Brand
Urquía
Zamora
Castro
Tegucigalpa

Round 8

28 September 1969
Progreso 0 – 1 Olimpia
Paz
San Pedro Sula

Round 9

5 October 1969
Vida 2 – 0 Lempira
La Ceiba

5 October 1969
Olimpia 1 – 1 Victoria
Medina Mejía
Tegucigalpa

Round 10

19 October 1969
Victoria 0 – 2 Olimpia
Urquía
La Ceiba

19 October 1969
España 0 – 2 Platense
San Pedro Sula

Round 11

26 October 1969
Platense 1 – 1 Olimpia
Zamora Rodríguez
San Pedro Sula

Round 12

9 November 1969
Olimpia 3 – 0 Progreso
Urquía
Rodríguez
Tegucigalpa

Round 13

13 November 1969
Motagua 0 – 1 Olimpia
Brand
Tegucigalpa

Round 14

16 November 1969
Marathón 1 – 2 Olimpia
Ortega Urquía
Rosales
San Pedro Sula

Round 15

23 November 1969
Olimpia 0 – 0 Vida
Tegucigalpa

Round 16

11 December 1969
Olimpia 2 – 0 Atlético Indio
Mendoza
Brand
Tegucigalpa

Round 17

14 December 1969
Victoria 3 – 5 Motagua
Aguirre
Palacios
Baptista
Artica
Banegas
La Ceiba

14 December 1969
Olimpia 2 – 1 Lempira
Urquía
Brand
López
Tegucigalpa

Round 18

21 December 1969
Olimpia 1 – 0 España
Urquía
Tegucigalpa

Round 19

18 January 1970
España 1 – 2 Olimpia
Greenech Brand
Urquía
San Pedro Sula

Round 20

25 January 1970
Olimpia 2 – 1 Marathón
Urquía
Brand
Lagos
Tegucigalpa

Round 21

1 February 1970
Olimpia 0 – 0 Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa

Round 22

8 February 1970
Marathón 2 – 0 Motagua
Caballero
Ortega
San Pedro Sula

8 February 1970
Olimpia 1 – 1 Platense
Urquía Castro
Tegucigalpa

Round 23

15 February 1970
Olimpia 1 – 1 Motagua
Brand Artica
Tegucigalpa

Round 24

22 February 1970
Vida 0 – 1 Olimpia
Urquía
La Ceiba

Round 25

1 March 1970
Olimpia 0 – 0 Victoria
Tegucigalpa

Round 26

8 March 1970
Lempira 1 – 2 Olimpia
Urbina Mendoza
Aguilar
San Pedro Sula

Round 27

15 March 1970
Progreso 0 – 0 Olimpia
San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

29 June 1969
Motagua 1–0 Platense
Hernández
Tegucigalpa

29 March 1970
Lempira 1–2 Progreso
Peña
López


Marathón 4–3 Vida
Ortega


Atlético Indio 2–3 Platense


Marathón 2–4 Motagua
Echeverría
Lagos
Artica
Hernández
Máximo
di Paula
San Pedro Sula


España 2–0 Lempira
Hidalgo
Cruz
San Pedro Sula


Lempira 1–1 España
Peralta Cruz
San Pedro Sula


España 1–0 Lempira
Hidalgo
San Pedro Sula

References