1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1987–88
Champions	Olimpia (9th)
Relegated	E.A.C.I.
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia Marathón
Matches played	158
Goals scored	304 (1.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Machado (19)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 22nd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title^[1] after defeating C.D. Marathón in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1987–88 teams

Platense played its home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations to Estadio Excélsior.^[2]

Regular season

Standings Group A


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	27	15	8	4	44	24	+20	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	27	11	10	6	32	21	+11	32
3	Victoria	27	10	12	5	26	23	+3	32
4	Platense	27	5	12	10	18	25	−7	22
5	E.A.C.I.	27	3	10	14	16	33	−17	16	Relegated to Segunda División

Marathón clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
Marathón, Olimpia and Victoria qualified to the Final round.
Extra match between Olimpia and Victoria required to decide second place.
E.A.C.I. relegated to second division.

Standings Group B


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	27	13	9	5	33	19	+14	35	Qualified to the Final round
2	Sula	27	6	16	5	22	18	+4	28	Qualified to the Final round
3	Motagua	27	9	8	10	32	37	−5	26
4	Vida	27	6	9	12	23	33	−10	21
5	Universidad	27	4	12	11	23	36	−13	20

Real España and Sula qualified to the Final round.

2nd Place playoff

November 1987 Replay	Victoria	2–0	Olimpia

Final round

Pentagonal standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	8	4	3	1	12	5	+7	11	Qualified to the Final
2	Real España	8	3	3	2	6	7	−1	9
3	Sula	8	2	4	2	2	2	0	8
4	Marathón	8	3	1	4	8	6	+2	7
5	Victoria	8	1	3	4	4	12	−8	5

Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

Final

20 December 1987 1st leg	Olimpia	0–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 December 1987 2nd leg	Marathón	0–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
			Espinoza	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.

Top scorer

Gilberto Leonel Machado (Marathón) with 19 goals

Squads

E.A.C.I.
Miguel Angel "Payasito" Gómez	Geovany Rodríguez	Rony Galeas
Lincoln Gustavo Alemán	Juan Alberto "Ninja" Padilla Bardales	José Betancourt
Luis García	Omar "Carguero" Renderos	Luis Azneth Ortiz
Jorge Sierra	Raul David Fúnez	Edgar Murillo
Jorge Sánchez	Víctor Hugo Salgado	Alirio Posas
Ernesto Isaula	Héctor Beltrán	Nelson Larios "Hungaro"
Héctor Manuel Posantes	César Galindo	Jorge Meléndez
Tedy Lozano	Cándido Luis "Cubillo" García	Celio Sánchez
Rafael "Sietío" Torres Castro	Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata	Roger Omar "Maisón" Rosales
Oscar Santiago "Tigre" Carbajal	Walter Baca Plummer
Marathón
Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero	Gilberto Leonel Machado García	Javier Toledo
Pedro Midence	Suamy Álvarez	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado
Amílcar Lanza	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Rodolfo Richardson Smith	Herminio Villalobos	Marco "Tono" García
Pedro Geovany Midence	Francisco Adelmo Herrera	Fredy Méndez
Samuel Figueroa	Tomás Róchez	Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Jorge Chévez	Fernando Figueroa	Pastor Martínez
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Eduardo Laing	Aparicio Colón
Óscar "Moro" Bardales	Efraín "Pucho" Osorio
Motagua
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Carneiro Da Silva	Amílcar Leonel Suazo
Juan Gómez Ortiz	José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez	Eugenio Meléndez
Olimpia
Óscar Banegas	Fernando Tovar Durón	Raúl Martínez Sambulá
José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz	Eugenio Dolmo Flores
Vicente Daniel Viera	Eduardo Santana	Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado
Patrocinio Sierra	José Mario "Chueco" Figueroa	Juan Carlos Espinoza
Daniel Zapata	Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga	Erick Darío Fú Lanza
Juan Flores	Danilo Galindo
Platense
Jimmy Steward	Arturo Johnson	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Héctor Javier Flores	Jorge Arita Neals	Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Carlos Luján	Carlos Aguilar Bonilla
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos
Karl Antonio Roland	Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda	Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Junior Rashford Costly	Edith Hernando Contreras	Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro	Nelson Benavídez	Esteban Pitío Centeno
Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Javier Chavarría	Edimar Luiz Marques
Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón	Carlos Orlando Caballero
Sula
Belarmino Rivera	Marcos Lacayo	Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal
Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez	Luis Alonso Zúniga	Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez
Marco Adolfo "Choreta" Ordóñez	Fernando Nuila	Dennis Caballero
Óscar "Pito Loco" López	Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López	Marco Antonio Gómez
Catarino Amaya	José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Mario Bustillo
Héctor Caballero	Edgardo "Caco" Reyes	Rigoberto Castillo
Jorge Fidel "Gringo" Romero	Orlando Pineda	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre
Universidad
Juan Jerezano	José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	José Manuel Vaquedano
Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras	Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Ramón Berckling
Vida
Carlos Ramírez	Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna
José Emilio Martínez	Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya	Óscar Escobar

Known results

Round 1

Sula v Marathón

Sula	1–1	Marathón
Amaya

Victoria v Olimpia

Victoria	1–0	Olimpia

La Ceiba

Motagua v Marathón

22 March 1987

Motagua	1–2	Marathón
		Machado

Tegucigalpa

Round 2

Olimpia v Universidad

Olimpia	0–1	Universidad

Tegucigalpa

Third place playoff

Olimpia v Victoria

Olimpia	0–2	Victoria

Pentagonal

Real España v Marathón

11 November 1987

Real España	1–0	Marathón
Yearwood

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Olimpia

21 November 1987

Marathón	2–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Real España

26 November 1987

Olimpia	0–0	Real España

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Real España

2 December 1987

Marathón	0–1	Real España
		Chavarría

San Pedro Sula

Victoria v Sula

6 December 1987

Victoria	0–0	Sula

La Ceiba

Real España v Olimpia

6 December 1987

Real España	1–4	Olimpia
Cálix		Espinoza J. Flores J. A. Flores

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Marathón

10 December 1987

Olimpia	2–1	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Real España v Victoria

Real España	1–2	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

Real España v Sula

Real España	1–0	Sula

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Victoria

Marathón	0–0	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

Real España v Olimpia

25 March 1987

Real España	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Vida

4 April 1987

Marathón	4–1	Vida
Machado

La Ceiba

Vida v Motagua

26 April 1987

Vida	6–2	Motagua
Zelaya Dueñas García Williams		Núnez Almendárez

La Ceiba

Sula v Vida

20 May 1987

Sula	5–1	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Victoria

21 May 1987

Olimpia	3–0	Victoria
D. Flores J. Flores Figueroa

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Real España

9 August 1987

Olimpia	1–0	Real España
Viera

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Platense

29 August 1987

Marathón	3–1	Platense
Laing		Luján

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Marathón

27 September 1987

Olimpia	2–3	Marathón
		Machado Lanza

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Sula

25 October 1987

Motagua	1–1	Sula
		90+' Nuila

Tegucigalpa
Referee: José Fuentes

Marathón v Universidad

28 October 1987

Marathón	4–0	Universidad

Real España v Sula

March 1987

Real España	1–0	Sula
Costly

Olimpia v Marathón

Olimpia	1–1	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Olimpia

Marathón	1–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

E.A.C.I. v Vida

E.A.C.I.	2–2	Vida

Motagua v Real España

Motagua	0–1	Real España

Platense v Marathón

Platense	1–1	Marathón

Universidad v Olimpia

Universidad	3–1	Olimpia

Victoria v Sula

Victoria	1–0	Sula

Real España v Platense

Real España	2–0	Platense

Marathón v E.A.C.I.

Marathón	1–0	E.A.C.I.

Universidad v Motagua

Universidad	3–0	Motagua

Vida v Sula

Vida	0–0	Sula

E.A.C.I. v Olimpia

E.A.C.I.	1–2	Olimpia

Motagua v Sula

Motagua	4–2	Sula

Platense v Vida

Platense	0–0	Vida

Universidad v Marathón

Universidad	1–0	Marathón

Victoria v Real España

Victoria	1–1	Real España

Real España v Vida

Real España	0–0	Vida

Marathón v Platense

Marathón	1–1	Platense
Machado

Olimpia v Universidad

Olimpia	1–0	Universidad

Sula v E.A.C.I.

Sula	2–0	E.A.C.I.

Victoria v Motagua

Victoria	0–0	Motagua

E.A.C.I. v Universidad

E.A.C.I.	1–1	Universidad

Real España v Platense

Real España	3–1	Platense

Marathón v Vida

Marathón	2–0	Vida

Sula v Motagua

Sula	2–2	Motagua

Victoria v Olimpia

Victoria	0–0	Olimpia

Real España v Universidad

Real España	3–2	Universidad

Platense v Motagua

Platense	0–0	Motagua

Victoria v E.A.C.I.

Victoria	1–0	E.A.C.I.

Vida v Sula

Vida	1–1	Sula

References

↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
↑ RadioHouse.hn – Platense arribó a su 56 aniversario de fundación – 5 July 2016

Honduran Liga Nacional

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Seasons

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1987–88 in Honduran football
« 1986–87 1988–89 » 1 July 1987–30 June 1988
Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Segunda División
CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Related to national teams	Results CONCACAF U-20 Tournament
Club seasons
Liga Nacional	E.A.C.I. Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Sula Universidad Victoria Vida

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