1973–74 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1973–74
Champions	Motagua (3rd)
Relegated	Troya
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Motagua; Marathón
Matches played	135
Goals scored	300 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Blandón (13); Plummer (13)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 8th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Motagua won the title on 9 September 1973 in the 1–1 away draw against C.D. España and qualified to the 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Marathón.^[1]

1973–74 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	13	13	1	39	15	+24	39	Qualified to the 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Marathón^{[lower-alpha 2]}	27	12	13	2	39	24	+15	37	Qualified to the 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	Olimpia	27	10	12	5	37	24	+13	32
4	España	27	11	9	7	35	24	+11	31
5	Vida	27	8	11	8	25	27	−2	27
6	Platense	27	9	8	10	30	28	+2	26
7	Universidad	27	8	9	10	26	28	−2	25
8	Atlético Indio	27	7	11	9	26	29	−3	25
9	Broncos	27	6	6	15	27	51	−24	18
10	Troya	27	3	4	20	16	50	−34	10	Relegated to Segunda División^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Motagua 1973–74 champions.
↑ Marathón runner-up.
↑ Troya relegated.

Top scorers

Honduras Mario Blandón Artica (Motagua) with 13 goals
Costa Rica Allard Plummer (Marathón) with 13 goals

Squads

Atlético Indio
Honduras Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno	Honduras Víctor Hugo Álvarez	Honduras Luis Brand
Honduras Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Honduras Marco Antonio Calderón	Honduras Ricardo Calona
Honduras Pedro "Poquitito" Carbajal	Honduras Miguel Angel Escalante	Honduras Jorge "Cruz Azul" Escoto
Honduras "Yuyuga" Flores	Honduras Joaquín Enrique "Quicón" Fonseca	Honduras Francisco "Panchón" Guerra
Chile Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez	Honduras Marco Tulio "Coyol" López	Honduras Joaquín "Alianza" Maldonado
Honduras Carlos Arturo Matute	Honduras David Levy McCalla	Honduras Aquiles Mendoza
Honduras Héctor "Yeto" Montoya	Honduras Oscar Nolasco	Honduras Roy Posas
Honduras Orlando "Calavera" Rodríguez	Brazil Expedito Serafín	Honduras Jorge Sierra
Honduras Edgardo Sosa	Honduras Ramón Ugarte
Broncos
Honduras "Coquí" Berríos	Honduras Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Honduras Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
Honduras Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
España
Honduras "Mozambique" Alvarez	Costa Rica Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Honduras Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
Honduras "Roby" Arzú	Honduras Dagoberto Cubero	Honduras César Augusto Dávila Puerto
Brazil Linauro Di Paula	Honduras Arnulfo Echeverría	Brazil Flavio Ortega
Honduras José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Honduras Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	Honduras Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
Honduras Gil Rodríguez	Honduras Jacobo Sarmiento	Honduras Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Honduras Jaime Villegas
Marathón
Honduras Roberto Bailey	Honduras Ramón Cano	Honduras Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Honduras Alberto Mancía	Honduras Wilfredo Medina	Costa Rica Allard Plummer
Honduras Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez	Honduras Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Honduras Gil "Fátima" Valerio
Honduras Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Honduras Marcos Banegas	Brazil Adilson Batista	Honduras Nelson Benavídez
Honduras Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez	Honduras Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica	Honduras José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Nicaragua Salvador Dubois Leiva	Honduras José María "Chema" Durón	Honduras Mariano Godoy
Honduras Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Chile Alfonso "Garrinchita" Gutiérrez	Honduras Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
Nicaragua Roger Mayorga	Honduras Julio Meza	Honduras Angel Antonio "Toño" Obando
Honduras Ronald Quilter	Honduras Rigoberto Sosa	Honduras Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Honduras Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya	Honduras Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Honduras Selvin Cárcamo	Honduras Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros	Honduras Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
Honduras Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza	Honduras Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	Honduras Raúl Suazo Lagos
Honduras Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Honduras Samuel Sentini
Platense
Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Honduras Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez	Honduras Martín Castillo
Honduras Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	Honduras Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	Honduras Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
Honduras Mario Ortega	Colombia Oscar Marino Piedrahíta	Honduras Jimmy Steward
Troya
Brazil Geraldo Baptista
Universidad
Honduras Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz	Honduras Roger Macedo	Honduras Ramón "Mon" Medina
Honduras José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Vida
Honduras Óscar "Burra" Acosta	Honduras César "Cesarín" Aguirre	Honduras Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto
Honduras Manuel Bernárdez Calderón	Honduras Peter Buchanan	Honduras Jorge Caballero
Guatemala Jesús Octavio Cifuentes	Honduras Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins	Honduras Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins
Honduras Juan David	Honduras Fredy Delgado	Honduras Arturo "Junia" Garden
Honduras Morris Garden	Honduras Ramón Neptally "Liebre" Guardado	Honduras Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
Honduras Matilde Selím Lacayo	Honduras Jairo López	Honduras José López "Rulo" Paz
Honduras Tomás "Tommy" Marshall	Honduras Mario McKoy	Honduras Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
Honduras Mario Murillo	Honduras Hermenegildo Orellana	Honduras Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
Honduras Jorge Peralta	Honduras Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez	Honduras José María "Chema" Salinas
Honduras Vicente Suazo	Honduras Antonio "Danto" Urbina	Honduras Edgardo Williams
Honduras Osman Zelaya

Known results

Round 1

14 January 1973

Broncos	3–4	Universidad

Choluteca

14 January 1973

Platense	2–4	España
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Puerto Cortés

Round 6

25 February 1973

Olimpia	2–1	Motagua
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Tegucigalpa

Round 20

9 August 1973

Marathón	1–2	Platense

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

21 January 1973

Motagua	5–0	Broncos

Tegucigalpa

3 February 1973

Vida	–	Universidad
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15 February 1973

Olimpia	–	Universidad

Tegucigalpa

1 March 1973

España	3–2	Broncos

San Pedro Sula

18 March 1973

España	2–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

1 April 1973

Marathón	2–2	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

8 April 1973

Platense	1–0	Olimpia

Puerto Cortés

15 April 1973

España	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

29 April 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

13 May 1973

Broncos	1–0	Olimpia

Choluteca

20 May 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

8 July 1973

Olimpia	1–1	España

Tegucigalpa

12 July 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Universidad
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Tegucigalpa

15 July 1973

Olimpia	0–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

20 July 1973

Motagua	2–0	España
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Tegucigalpa

22 July 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Platense

Tegucigalpa

29 July 1973

Olimpia	5–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

5 August 1973

Olimpia	2–1	Broncos
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Tegucigalpa

12 August 1973

Marathón	1–0	Olimpia
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San Pedro Sula

29 August 1973

Motagua	2–0	Troya
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Tegucigalpa

9 September 1973

España	1–1	Motagua
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San Pedro Sula

13 September 1973

Motagua	1–1	Broncos

Tegucigalpa

16 September 1973

Olimpia	0–0	España

Tegucigalpa

29 September 1973

Olimpia	5–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	1–0	Broncos

Marathón	2–2	España

San Pedro Sula

References

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

[table_note_MOT0.22738535107457-2] Motagua 1973–74 champions.

[table_note_MAR0.22738535107457-3] Marathón runner-up.

[table_note_res_R0.22738535107457-4] Troya relegated.

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

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1973–74 teams

Regular season

Standings

Top scorers

Squads

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Round 1

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