1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1970–71
Champions	Motagua (2nd)
Relegated	Victoria
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Motagua Olimpia
Matches played	136
Goals scored	333 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alvarado (16)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 6th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Motagua won the title and qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up Club Deportivo Olimpia.^[1]

1970–71 teams

Atlético Español (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
España (San Pedro Sula)
Lempira (La Lima)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)

Regular season

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	27	13	11	3	43	18	+25	37	Qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Olimpia	27	16	5	6	43	19	+24	37	Qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	Marathón	27	12	8	7	35	25	+10	32
4	España	27	10	10	7	36	29	+7	30
5	Vida	27	10	10	7	38	32	+6	30
6	Platense	27	8	11	8	25	29	−4	27
7	Atlético Indio	27	8	7	12	29	34	−5	23
8	Atlético Español	27	6	9	12	29	47	−18	21
9	Lempira	27	5	9	13	25	44	−19	19
10	Victoria	27	3	8	16	28	54	−26	14	Relegated to the Segunda División

Motagua and Olimpia to play an extra match for the title.
Victoria relegated to second division.

Championship Playoff

25 April 1971 Playoff	Motagua	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Colón 117'		Brand 96'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 15,261 Referee: Roberto Morales

Motagua

Olimpia



GK	–	Salvador Dubois
DF	–	Nelson Benavídez
DF	–	Julio Meza
DF	–	José Cruz
DF	–	Arnaldo Zelaya
MF	–	Linauro di Paula
MF	–	Rubén Guifarro
MF	–	Hernán Godoy
FW	–	Óscar Hernández
FW	–	Pedro da Silva
FW	–	Tomás Máximo
Substitutions:
FW	–	Mario Artica
–	–	Pedro Colón
Manager:
Carlos Padilla



GK	–	Roberto Norales
DF	–	Selvin Cárcamo
DF	–	Miguel Matamoros
DF	–	Juan Lanza
DF	–	Juan López
MF	–	Marco Mendoza
MF	–	Ángel Paz
MF	–	Donaldo Rosales
FW	–	Reynaldo Mejía
FW	–	Jorge Urquía
FW	–	Jorge Brand
Substitutions:
–	–	Manuel Williams
FW	–	Rigoberto Gómez
Manager:
José Herrera

Motagua champions as better regular season record.

Top scorer

Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 16 goals

Squads

Atlético Español
Roberto Abrussezze	Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz	Flavio Ortega
Atlético Indio
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Espedito Serafín
Real España
Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara	Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	José Enrique "Coneja" Cardona
Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz	Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo	Mario "Pelola" López
Domingo "Mingo" Ramos	Jacobo Sarmiento	Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Jaime Villegas
Lempira
Jairo López Alcerro	Melchor Argeñal	Dagoberto Cubero
César Augusto Dávila Puerto	Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor	Amílcar "Mica" López
Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada	Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Marathón
Roberto Bailey	Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez	Mauro "Nayo" Caballero
Ramón "Moncho" Cano	Arnulfo Echeverría	Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Dennis "Plitis" Lagos	Alberto Mancía	Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez
Gil "Fátima" Valerio	Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Héctor "Chorro" Acosta	Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica	Marcos Banegas
Nelson Benavídez	Ramón "Poquitito" Carbajal	Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas
Pedro Colón	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Pedro Caetano Da Silva
Linauro Di Paula	Salvador Dubois Leiva	Hernán Godoy
Mariano Godoy	Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Alfonso Gutiérrez
Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Tomás Máximo	Julio Meza
Alfonso "Foncho" Navarro	Salustio Pacheco	Alberto "Furia" Solís
Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya
Olimpia
Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara	Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes	Selvin Cárcamo
Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo	Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza	Juan Ventura "La Gata" López
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros	Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza	Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales
Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz
Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales	Raúl Suazo Lagos	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Manuel Candado Williams
Platense
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Martín Castillo	Norman Castro
Reynaldo Castro Gil	Javier Duarte	Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez
Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Oscar Marino Piedrahíta	Jimmy Steward
Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina
Victoria
César "Cesarín" Aguirre	René Bernárdez	Carlos Brown
Manuel Bubuch	Luis Bueso	Edgardo Bustillo
José Eduardo Castillo	Terencio Escobar	Gerardo García
Óscar García	Ciriaco Gutiérrez	Salvador Hernández
José Inés Izaguirre	Sergio Jiménez	José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza
Adolfo "Fito" López	Anael "Lito" Martínez	Gilberto Martínez
Rigoberto Martínez	Roberto Martínez	Sergio "Tito" Martínez
Héctor Mejía	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Luis Alonso Metzquin
Armando Motiño	Antonio Muñoz	Óscar Muñoz
Alejandro Palacios	Salvador Ramírez	Armando Reyes
Virgilio Rodríguez	Jorge "Chino" Suazo	René "Maravilla" Suazo
Jesús Urbina	Pablo Villegas	Carlos Vilorio
Antonio Zapata	Reynaldo Zúniga
Vida
Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto	Manuel Bernárdez Calderón	Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden
Morris Garden	José López Paz	Marcos Peña
José María "Chema" Salinas

Known results

Round 1

Atlético Español v Vida

Atlético Español	0 – 3	Vida
		Alvarado

Round 4

España v Olimpia

9 August 1970

España	1 – 0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

Marathón v Platense

19 July 1970

Marathón	3 – 0	Platense

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Atlético Indio

19 July 1970

Motagua	1 – 1	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Victoria

2 August 1970

Motagua	4 – 2	Victoria
Artica Da Silva Godoy Hernández		Martínez Lanza

Vida v Victoria

23 August 1970

Vida	0 – 0	Victoria

La Ceiba

Platense v Lempira

23 August 1970

Platense	0 – 0	Lempira

San Pedro Sula

España v Marathón

23 August 1970

España	0 – 0	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

Atlético Español v Atlético Indio

23 August 1970

Atlético Español	2 – 0	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Motagua

30 August 1970

Olimpia	1 – 0	Motagua
Paz ?' (pen.)

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Olimpia

6 September 1970

Marathón	2 – 1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Atlético Español

6 September 1970

Motagua	5 – 0	Atlético Español
da Silva Artica

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Vida

13 September 1970

Olimpia	1 – 2	Vida
Rosales		Bernárdez Paz

Tegucigalpa

Victoria v Atlético Español

4 October 1970

Victoria	1 – 0	Atlético Español

La Ceiba

Lempira v Vida

4 October 1970

Lempira	2 – 3	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Victoria

29 November 1970

Olimpia	3 – 1	Victoria
Urquía Suazo		Mejía

Tegucigalpa

Victoria v Lempira

13 December 1970

Victoria	4 – 4	Lempira
Aguirre Suazo		López Gaynor Perdomo

La Ceiba

Lempira v Victoria

7 February 1971

Lempira	2 – 1	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

España v Olimpia

21 February 1971

España	0 – 4	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

España v Platense

12 March 1971

España	2 – 1	Platense
Villegas 90'

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Lempira

14 March 1971

Motagua	1 – 1	Lempira
Godoy		Tejada

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Vida

14 March 1971

Olimpia	2 – 1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Marathón

21 March 1971

Motagua	4 – 0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

España v Lempira

España	2 – 0	Lempira
Greenech Cruz

San Pedro Sula

Lempira v España

Lempira	0 – 2	España
		Sevilla Cardona

San Pedro Sula

España v Lempira

España	1 – 0	Lempira
Sarmiento

San Pedro Sula

References

↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009

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