1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1981–82
Champions	Vida (1st)
Relegated	Platense Universidad
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Vida
Copa Fraternidad	Vida Atlético Morazán Marathón Real España
Matches played	173
Goals scored	405 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Altamirano (15)
← 1980–81 1982–83 → All statistics correct as of 28 October 1981.

The 1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 16th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D.S. Vida won the title after defeating Atlético Morazán in the finals^[1] and qualified to the 1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Vida, Atlético Morazán, C.D. Marathón and Real C.D. España obtained berths to the 1982 Copa Fraternidad.

1981–82 teams

Atlético Morazán (Tegucigalpa)
Broncos (Choluteca)
Independiente Villela (San Pedro Sula, promoted)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)

Regular season

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Morazán	30	14	11	5	39	28	+11	39	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	30	15	8	7	35	25	+10	38
3	Vida	30	14	10	6	32	26	+6	38
4	Marathón	30	10	13	7	41	31	+10	33
5	Broncos	30	13	6	11	36	32	+4	32
6	Real España	30	10	11	9	38	36	+2	31
7	Olimpia	30	9	9	12	32	35	−3	27
8	Victoria	30	8	10	12	33	43	−10	26
9	Independiente Villela	30	6	13	11	34	41	−7	25
10	Universidad	30	6	11	13	21	26	−5	23	Relegated to Segunda División
11	Platense	30	4	10	16	26	44	−18	18	Relegated to Segunda División

Top 5 qualify to Final round.
Atlético Morazán secured Final place as Regular season winner.
Universidad and Platense relegated to second division.

Final round

Pentagonal standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7	11	Forced to a replay
2	Vida	8	3	5	0	11	7	+4	11	Forced to a replay
3	Marathón	8	2	5	1	5	5	0	9
4	Broncos	8	0	6	2	0	1	−1	6
5	Atlético Morazán	8	0	3	5	2	12	−10	3

The game between Broncos and Motagua in Choluteca on 11 October was awarded to Motagua as Broncos didn't show up.
Motagua and Vida had to play an extra match in a neutral venue to qualify to the Final.

Replay

18 October 1981 Replay	Motagua	0–1	Vida	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00			31' Mendoza	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Vida won Replay and advanced to the Final.

Final

25 October 1981 1st leg	Atlético Morazán	1–3	Vida	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Velásquez		Lacayo Mendoza Carías	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Rodolfo Martínez

28 October 1981 2nd leg	Vida	1–0	Atlético Morazán	La Ceiba, Atlántida
	Mendoza 67' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 7,965 Referee: Jorge Irías

Vida won 4–1 on aggregated score.

Top scorer

Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 15 goals

Squads

Atlético Morazán
Moisés "Tanque" Velásquez	Francisco "Pancho" González	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Joaquín Arrastoa	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao
Noel Omar Renderos
Broncos
Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano	José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo	Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Independiente Villela
José Mauricio Fúnez Barrientos	Jorge Martínez	Felipe "Nicio" Rivera
Roberto Herrera Moreno	Marco Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	Alberto Perich
José Ramón Hinds	Rodolfo "Mirandinha" Smith
Marathón
Albert Fay	Darío Cribas	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Oswaldo Zaldívar	Arturo Payne	José Angel Peña
Herminio Villalobos	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Celso Fredy Güity	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Carlos Mejía
Gilberto Leonel Machado García	Francisco Javier Toledo
Motagua
Alcides Morales	Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño	Héctor Ramón Chávez
Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	José María "Chema" Durón	Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya
Olimpia
Belarmino Rivera	Óscar Banegas	Carlos Solano
Félix Concepción Carranza	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Carlos Solís
Jorge Alberto "Perro" González	Jorge Brand	Nelson de Moraes
Richard Kenneth Payne
Platense
Modesto Ayestas	Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata	Juan Jerezano
Carlos Roberto Deras	Jorge Luis Mancía	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Ramón Cruz Colindres	Alex Rodríguez
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Didier Gutiérrez	Hernán Zelaya
Carlos Saúl Bonilla	Junior Rashford Costly	Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews	Walter Humberto Jimminson Warren	Javier Chavarría
Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	Jimmy Steward	Edith Hernando Contreras
Carlos Orlando Caballero	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya	Efraín Pucho Osorio
Universidad
Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá	Edimar Luiz Marques	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	José Reynaldo Villagra
Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya	David Goff
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Martín Lacayo	Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins
Natividad Morales Barrios	Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo	Matilde Selím Lacayo
Junior Mejía	José Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza	Jesús Carías
Dennis "Bomba" Hinds	Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado	Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
Roberto "Macho" Figueroa

Trivia

There was a total of 405 goals this season, a record still unbeaten.

Known results

Round 1

Real España v Victoria

Real España	1 – 0	Victoria
Chavarría

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Platense

Motagua	1 – 0	Platense

Tegucigalpa

Round 29

Atlético Morazán v Platense

1981-08-02

Atlético Morazán	2 - 0	Platense

Tegucigalpa

Pentagonal

Motagua v Marathón

1981-09-02

Motagua	1 - 1	Marathón
Durón		Villalobos

Tegucigalpa

(-2) Broncos v Motagua (+2)

1981-10-11

(-2) Broncos	-	Motagua (+2)
	Broncos didn't show up

Choluteca

Marathón v Motagua

1981-10-15

Marathón	1 - 3	Motagua
Bailey		Juviny Guardado Januario

San Pedro Sula

Regular season

Olimpia v Independiente

15 February 1981

Olimpia	0 – 0	Independiente

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Real España

22 February 1981

Marathón	3 – 2	Real España

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Motagua

29 April 1981

Marathón	4 – 0	Motagua
Güity Zaldívar Bailey

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Victoria

6 May 1981

Marathón	5 – 1	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

Real España v Platense

6 May 1981

Real España	2 – 2	Platense

San Pedro Sula

Broncos v Independiente

6 May 1981

Broncos	4 – 3	Independiente

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Atlético Morazán

6 May 1981

Motagua	3 – 2	Atlético Morazán

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Olimpia

1 July 1981

Marathón	2 – 1	Olimpia

Olimpia v Atlético Morazán

5 July 1981

Olimpia	2 – 3	Atlético Morazán
		Renderos

Tegucigalpa

Independiente v Real España

22 July 1981

Independiente	2 – 0	Real España

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Vida

22 July 1981

Marathón	1 – 1	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Universidad

9 August 1981

Olimpia	2 – 1	Universidad

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Olimpia

Motagua	2 – 0	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Olimpia

Motagua	2 – 1	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

Vida v Motagua

Vida	3–2	Motagua

La Ceiba

References

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

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1981–82 in Honduran football
« 1980–81 1982–83 » 1 July 1981–30 June 1982
Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Segunda División
CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1981 1982 Copa Fraternidad 1981 1982
Related to national teams	Results FIFA World Cup CONCACAF Championship
Club seasons
Liga Nacional	Atlético Morazán Broncos Independiente Villela Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Universidad Victoria Vida

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