1969–70 Honduran Liga Nacional

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]

Liga Nacional
Season1969–70
ChampionsOlimpia (3rd)
RelegatedProgreso
CONCACAF Champions' CupOlimpia
Matches played135
Goals scored362 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerOrtega (18)

1969–70 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia[lower-alpha 1] 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
Source:
Notes:
  1. Olimpia champions as regular season winner.

Top scorer

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 Humberto Maximiliano”Piquete Amador” 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

Olimpia3–0Atlético Indio
Aceituno
Paz
Aguilar
Tegucigalpa

Round 2

Vida1 – 2Olimpia
Garden Gómez
Lanza
La Ceiba

Round 3

España0 – 1Olimpia
Suazo
San Pedro Sula

Round 4

Lempira1 – 1Olimpia
Cruz Aceituno
San Pedro Sula

Round 5

Olimpia3 – 2Marathón
Urquía
Paz
Aguilar
Cano
Caballero
Tegucigalpa

Round 6

Olimpia0 – 0Motagua
Tegucigalpa

Round 7

Progreso4 – 0Victoria
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia3 – 3Platense
Paz
Brand
Urquía
Zamora
Castro
Tegucigalpa

Round 8

Progreso0 – 1Olimpia
Paz
San Pedro Sula

Round 9

Vida2 – 0Lempira
La Ceiba
Olimpia1 – 1Victoria
Medina Mejía
Tegucigalpa

Round 10

Victoria0 – 2Olimpia
Urquía
La Ceiba
España0 – 2Platense
San Pedro Sula

Round 11

Platense1 – 1Olimpia
Zamora Rodríguez
San Pedro Sula

Round 12

Olimpia3 – 0Progreso
Urquía
Rodríguez
Tegucigalpa

Round 13

Motagua0 – 1Olimpia
Brand
Tegucigalpa

Round 14

Marathón1 – 2Olimpia
Ortega Urquía
Rosales
San Pedro Sula

Round 15

Olimpia0 – 0Vida
Tegucigalpa

Round 16

Olimpia2 – 0Atlético Indio
Mendoza
Brand
Tegucigalpa

Round 17

Victoria3 – 5Motagua
Aguirre
Palacios
Baptista
Artica
Banegas
La Ceiba
Olimpia2 – 1Lempira
Urquía
Brand
López
Tegucigalpa

Round 18

Olimpia1 – 0España
Urquía
Tegucigalpa

Round 19

España1 – 2Olimpia
Greenech Brand
Urquía
San Pedro Sula

Round 20

Olimpia2 – 1Marathón
Urquía
Brand
Lagos
Tegucigalpa

Round 21

Olimpia0 – 0Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa

Round 22

Marathón2 – 0Motagua
Caballero
Ortega
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia1 – 1Platense
Urquía Castro
Tegucigalpa

Round 23

Olimpia1 – 1Motagua
Brand Artica
Tegucigalpa

Round 24

Vida0 – 1Olimpia
Urquía
La Ceiba

Round 25

Olimpia0 – 0Victoria
Tegucigalpa

Round 26

Lempira1 – 2Olimpia
Urbina Mendoza
Aguilar
San Pedro Sula

Round 27

Progreso0 – 0Olimpia
San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

Motagua1–0Platense
Hernández
Tegucigalpa
Lempira1–2Progreso
Peña
López
Marathón4–3Vida
Ortega
Atlético Indio2–3Platense
Marathón2–4Motagua
Echeverría
Lagos
Artica
Hernández
Máximo
di Paula
San Pedro Sula
España2–0Lempira
Hidalgo
Cruz
San Pedro Sula
Lempira1–1España
Peralta Cruz
San Pedro Sula
España1–0Lempira
Hidalgo
San Pedro Sula

References

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