1969–70 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1969–70
Champions	Olimpia (3rd)
Relegated	Progreso
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia
Matches played	135
Goals scored	362 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ortega (18)
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 5th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title and qualified to the 1970 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.^[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	38	−4	23
7	Atlético Indio	27	8	7	12	30	38	−8	23
8	Victoria	27	7	6	14	34	51	−17	20
9	Lempira	27	7	5	15	33	45	−12	19
10	Progreso	27	5	7	15	28	45	−17	17	Relegated to the Segunda División

Olimpia champions as regular season winner.

Top scorer

Flavio Ortega (Marathón) with 18 goals

Squads

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

Trivia

Marathón made 57 goals this season, a record that is still intact.
Honduras changed its name to Progreso.

Known results

Round 1

Olimpia v Atlético Indio

22 June 1969

Olimpia	3–1	Atlético Indio
Aceituno Paz Aguilar

Tegucigalpa

Round 2

Vida v Olimpia

13 July 1969

Vida	1 – 2	Olimpia
Garden		Gómez Lanza

La Ceiba

Round 3

España v Olimpia

17 August 1969

España	0 – 1	Olimpia
		Suazo

San Pedro Sula

Round 4

Lempira v Olimpia

31 August 1969

Lempira	1 – 1	Olimpia
Cruz		Aceituno

San Pedro Sula

Round 5

Olimpia v Marathón

14 September 1969

Olimpia	3 – 2	Marathón
Urquía Paz Aguilar		Cano Caballero

Tegucigalpa

Round 6

Olimpia v Motagua

18 September 1969

Olimpia	0 – 0	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Round 7

Progreso v Victoria

21 September 1969

Progreso	4 – 0	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Platense

21 September 1969

Olimpia	3 – 3	Platense
Paz Brand Urquía		Zamora Castro

Tegucigalpa

Round 8

Progreso v Olimpia

28 September 1969

Progreso	0 – 1	Olimpia
		Paz

San Pedro Sula

Round 9

Vida v Lempira

5 October 1969

Vida	2 – 0	Lempira

La Ceiba

Olimpia v Victoria

5 October 1969

Olimpia	1 – 1	Victoria
Medina		Mejía

Tegucigalpa

Round 10

Victoria v Olimpia

19 October 1969

Victoria	0 – 2	Olimpia
		Urquía

La Ceiba

España v Platense

19 October 1969

España	0 – 2	Platense

San Pedro Sula

Round 11

Platense v Olimpia

26 October 1969

Platense	1 – 1	Olimpia
Zamora		Rodríguez

San Pedro Sula

Round 12

Olimpia v Progreso

9 November 1969

Olimpia	3 – 0	Progreso
Urquía Rodríguez

Tegucigalpa

Round 13

Motagua v Olimpia

13 November 1969

Motagua	0 – 1	Olimpia
		Brand

Tegucigalpa

Round 14

Marathón v Olimpia

16 November 1969

Marathón	1 – 2	Olimpia
Ortega		Urquía Rosales

San Pedro Sula

Round 15

Olimpia v Vida

23 November 1969

Olimpia	0 – 0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Round 16

Olimpia v Atlético Indio

11 December 1969

Olimpia	2 – 0	Atlético Indio
Mendoza Brand

Tegucigalpa

Round 17

Victoria v Motagua

14 December 1969

Victoria	3 – 5	Motagua
Aguirre Palacios		Baptista Artica Banegas

La Ceiba

Olimpia v Lempira

14 December 1969

Olimpia	2 – 1	Lempira
Urquía Brand		López

Tegucigalpa

Round 18

Olimpia v España

21 December 1969

Olimpia	1 – 0	España
Urquía

Tegucigalpa

Round 19

España v Olimpia

18 January 1970

España	1 – 2	Olimpia
Greenech		Brand Urquía

San Pedro Sula

Round 20

Olimpia v Marathón

25 January 1970

Olimpia	2 – 1	Marathón
Urquía Brand		Lagos

Tegucigalpa

Round 21

Olimpia v Atlético Indio

1 February 1970

Olimpia	0 – 0	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

Round 22

Marathón v Motagua

8 February 1970

Marathón	2 – 0	Motagua
Caballero Ortega

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Platense

8 February 1970

Olimpia	1 – 1	Platense
Urquía		Castro

Tegucigalpa

Round 23

Olimpia v Motagua

15 February 1970

Olimpia	1 – 1	Motagua
Brand		Artica

Tegucigalpa

Round 24

Vida v Olimpia

22 February 1970

Vida	0 – 1	Olimpia
		Urquía

La Ceiba

Round 25

Olimpia v Victoria

1 March 1970

Olimpia	0 – 0	Victoria

Tegucigalpa

Round 26

Lempira v Olimpia

8 March 1970

Lempira	1 – 2	Olimpia
Urbina		Mendoza Aguilar

San Pedro Sula

Round 27

Progreso v Olimpia

15 March 1970

Progreso	0 – 0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

Motagua v Platense

29 June 1969

Motagua	1–0	Platense
Hernández

Tegucigalpa

Lempira v Progreso

29 March 1970

Lempira	1–2	Progreso
		Peña López

Marathón v Vida

Marathón	4–3	Vida
Ortega

Atlético Indio v Platense

Atlético Indio	2–3	Platense

Marathón v Motagua

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

San Pedro Sula

España v Lempira

España	2–0	Lempira
Hidalgo Cruz

San Pedro Sula

Lempira v España

Lempira	1–1	España
Peralta		Cruz

San Pedro Sula

España v Lempira

España	1–0	Lempira
Hidalgo

San Pedro Sula

References

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

Honduran Liga Nacional

2017–18 teams

Former teams

Seasons

1960s	← Amateur League 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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