1974–75 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1974–75
Champions	España (1st title)
Relegated	Atlético Indio
CONCACAF Champions Cup	España Platense
Top goalscorer	Rubén Rodríguez (15)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was the 23rd edition of the first division in Honduran football and the 9th since the intervention of the professional league. C.D. España won its first title in a one leg final against C.D. Motagua.^[1] A change of rules was established since this year; two phases were played (Regular season and Final round or Cuadrangular); the winners of each stage played in a single match^[2] to decide the champion.

1974–75 teams

Regular season

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	36	18	15	3	44	19	+25	71	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	36	13	18	5	28	20	+8	67
3	España	36	12	15	9	44	36	+8	58
4	Marathón	36	13	14	9	36	26	+10	55
5	Platense	36	12	13	11	41	40	+1	52
6	Broncos	36	11	12	13	28	31	−3	48
7	Federal	36	11	10	15	33	38	−5	45
8	Vida	36	6	16	14	25	41	−16	45
9	Universidad	36	9	11	16	29	36	−7	43
10	Atlético Indio	36	9	9	18	28	49	−21	38	Relegated to the Second division

Draws were decided by penalty kicks on the first 9 rounds, 1 point for winner and 0 points for loser.
Draws were decided by penalty kicks from round 10 to round 36, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.
Motagua clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
Top 4 qualified to Final round.
Atlético Indio relegated.

Final round

Cuadrangular

1 December 1974 Round 1	España	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

1 December 1974 Round 1	Olimpia	2 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)	García Gómez			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

8 December 1974 Round 2	Marathón	0 – 1	España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

8 December 1974 Round 2	Motagua	0 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 December 1974 Round 3	España	1 – 0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

15 December 1974 Round 3	Motagua	1 – 1 (? – ? p)	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Note: Marathón won by penalty shoot-outs, score missing.

Cuadrangular standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	España	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	8	Qualified to the Final
2	Olimpia	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Motagua	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	Marathón	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	2

Draws were decide by penalty kicks, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.
Cuadrangular won by España and clinched final spot.

Final

Motagua v España

22 December 1974

Motagua	0 – 1	España
		Pavón 86'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Porfirio Guerra

Motagua

España



GK	–	Roger Mayorga
–	–	–
DF	–	Rubén Guifarro
–	–	–
–	–	–
–	–	–
–	–	–
–	–	–
–	–	–
FW	–	Antonio Obando
FW	–	Mario Blandón Artica
Substitutions:
–	–	–
–	–	–
Manager:
Carlos Padilla



GK	–	Carlos Arrieta
DF	–	Mauricio Álvarez
DF	–	Jaime Villegas
DF	–	Carlos Consany
DF	–	César Dávila
MF	–	Gilberto Yearwood
MF	–	Antonio Pavón
FW	–	José Castro
FW	–	Jimmy Bailey
FW	–	Arnulfo Echeverría
FW	–	Alberto Ferreira
Substitutions:
–	–	–
–	–	–
Manager:
José Herrera

Liga Nacional 1974–75 Champion
C.D. España 1st title

Played in a single match.

Top scorer

Rubén Rodríguez (Platense) with 15 goals^[3]

Squads

Atlético Indio
Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno	Víctor Hugo Álvarez	Luis Brand
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Marco Antonio Calderón	Ricardo Calona
Pedro "Poquitito" Carbajal	Miguel Angel Escalante	Jorge "Cruz Azul" Escoto
"Yuyuga" Flores	Joaquín Enrique "Quicón" Fonseca	Francisco "Panchón" Guerra
Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez	Marco Tulio "Coyol" López	Joaquín "Alianza" Maldonado
Carlos Arturo Matute	David Levy McCalla	Aquiles Mendoza
Héctor "Yeto" Montoya	Oscar Nolasco	Roy Posas
Orlando "Calavera" Rodríguez	Expedito Serafín	Jorge Sierra
Edgardo Sosa	Ramón Ugarte
Broncos
Wilfredo Caballero	Wilson Fernández Da Silva	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles	Marco Tulio Gonzales	Javier "el Uno" Rodríguez
Jacobo Sarmiento	Jose Boanerges Villalobos Moreno
Real España
Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez	Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
Jimmy James Bailey	Julio Campos	José Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Carlos Roberto Consany	Dagoberto Cubero	César Augusto Dávila Puerto
Arnulfo Echeverría	Alberto Ferreira da Silva	Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	José López "Rulo" Paz
Washington Pereira	Gil Josué Rodríguez	Jaime Villegas
Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Federal
Ramón Bustillo	Roberto "Toto" Cáceres	Pedro Caetano Da Silva
Arturo del Carmen Díaz	Dagoberto Espinal	Leroy Foster
Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez	Gustavo Izaguirre	Carlos Arturo Matute
Julio Meza	Manuel "Micobrinco" Rodríguez	Oscar Teherán
Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez	Orlando "Bimbo" Vásquez	Francisco Zelaya Pastrana
Marathón
Rafael Argeñal	Mauro "Nayo" Caballero	Miguel Angel "Pianito" Castro
Linauro Di Paula	Julio César "Cucaracha" Fonseca	Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Alberto Mancía	Wilfredo Medina
Allard Plummer	Daniel Argelio Romero	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Marcos Banegas	Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica	José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Salvador Dubois Leiva	José María "Chema" Durón	Mariano Godoy
Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Roger Mayorga
Angel Antonio "Toño" Obando	Ronald Quilter	Rigoberto Sosa
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez	Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Dennis Allen	Selvin Cárcamo	Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
Óscar García	Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez	Alfredo Hawit Banegas
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza
Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	Manuel "Candado" Williams	Samuel Sentini
Platense
Alejandro Aguirre	Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Neptaly Argeñal
Rafael Argeñal	Eduardo Castillo	Martín Castillo
"Cacique" Castro	"Rigo" Castro	Ricardo Castro
Jhony Chavarría	Arturo Coto	Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
"Cuco" Flores	Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	"Toro" Garay
Rossvelth Garbut	"Che" Guerrero	Juan Noyola
Mario Ortega	Arturo Payne	Oscar Piedrahíta
Roberto Rich	Samuel Rivera	Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
Jimmy Steward
Universidad
Santos "Cocodrilo" González	Roger Macedo	David Levy McCalla
Ramón "Mon" Medina	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	Ricardo Nuila
Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá	Roberto Virgilio Santos
Vida
Óscar "Burra" Acosta	César "Cesarín" Aguirre	Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto
Manuel Bernárdez Calderón	Peter Buchanan	Jorge Caballero
Jesús Octavio Cifuentes	Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins	Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins
Juan David	Fredy Delgado	Arturo "Junia" Garden
Morris Garden	Ramón Neptally "Liebre" Guardado	Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
Mario McKoy	Matilde Selím Lacayo	Jairo López
José López "Rulo" Paz	Tomás "Tommy" Marshall	Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
Mario Murillo	Hermenegildo Orellana	Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
Jorge Peralta	Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez	José María "Chema" Salinas
Vicente Suazo	Antonio "Danto" Urbina	Edgardo Williams
Osman Zelaya

Known results

Round 1

Vida v Motagua

Vida	0 – 1	Motagua
		Sosa

La Ceiba

España v Federal

España	3 – 2	Federal
Echeverría

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Atlético Indio

Olimpia	0 – 0	Atlético Indio

Round 7

Olimpia v Vida

Olimpia	0 – 2	Vida

Round 12

Marathón v Motagua

1974-04-28

Marathón	2 – 1	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

Marathón v Platense

27 January 1974

Marathón	2–1	Platense

San Pedro Sula

España v Broncos

17 March 1974

España	1–0	Broncos
	suspended at 45'

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Olimpia

17 March 1974

Marathón	–	Olimpia
	postponed

San Pedro Sula

España v Broncos

31 March 1974

España	1–0	Broncos
	remaining 45'

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Olimpia

31 March 1974

Marathón	0–0	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

Broncos v Universidad

21 July 1974

Broncos	1–1	Universidad

Choluteca

España v Platense

28 July 1974

España	1–2	Platense

Platense v Motagua

4 August 1974

Platense	1–1	Motagua

Platense v Olimpia

11 August 1974

Platense	2–2	Olimpia

Platense v Universidad

18 August 1974

Platense	1–1	Universidad

Platense v Vida

25 August 1974

Platense	1–0	Vida

Platense v Broncos

1 September 1974

Platense	2–0	Broncos

Atlético Indio v Platense

8 September 1974

Atlético Indio	0–3	Platense

Platense v Federal

15 September 1974

Platense	2–1	Federal

Vida v España

15 September 1974

Vida	0–3	España

La Ceiba

Federal v Marathón

20 October 1974

Federal	1–2*	Marathón
Meza

Tegucigalpa

España v Vida

España	3–0	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Vida v Federal

Vida	0–1	Federal

La Ceiba

Universidad v Motagua

Universidad	1–0	Motagua
McCalla

Tegucigalpa

Federal v Vida

Federal	0–1	Vida

Olimpia v Broncos

Olimpia	0–0	Broncos

Olimpia v Universidad

Olimpia	0–0	Universidad

Olimpia v Platense

Olimpia	2–1	Platense

Olimpia v Real España

Olimpia	0–0	Real España

Olimpia v Motagua

Olimpia	0–0	Motagua

References

↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66–1994/95 – 11 December 2009
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 18 February 2009
↑ RadioHouse.hn – Récords de Liga Nacional en 15 de septiembre – 15 September 2015

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