1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1977–78
Champions	Olimpia (5th)
Relegated	Federal
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	None
Matches played	158
Goals scored	294 (1.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carreño (10)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 → All statistics correct as of 18 December 1977.

The 1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 12th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals.^[1] It's unclear why no Honduran representation was sent to the 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1977–78 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^{[lower-alpha 1]}	27	11	12	4	30	20	+10	34	Qualified to the Final round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2	Vida	27	10	12	5	27	20	+7	32
3	Real España	27	9	13	5	27	18	+9	31
4	Motagua	27	11	8	8	27	21	+6	30
5	Universidad	27	10	8	9	25	23	+2	28	Qualified to the repechage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
6	Broncos	27	8	12	7	26	24	+2	28	Qualified to the repechage^{[lower-alpha 3]}
7	Marathón	27	7	10	10	22	29	−7	24
8	Victoria	27	5	12	10	17	25	−8	22
9	Platense	27	6	9	12	27	36	−9	21
10	Federal	27	4	12	11	20	32	−12	20	Relegated to the Segunda División^{[lower-alpha 4]}

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Olimpia won regular season and clinched a spot in final match.
↑ Top 5 qualify for final round.
↑ Universidad and Broncos fought for 5th place.
↑ Federal relegated to second division.

Reply for Final round

2 October 1977 Playoff	Broncos	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Universidad	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	8	4	4	0	14	5	+9	12	Qualified to the Final^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Motagua	8	3	4	1	11	9	+2	10
3	Olimpia	8	2	4	2	10	7	+3	8
4	Vida	8	1	3	4	4	10	−6	5
5	Universidad	8	2	1	5	5	13	−8	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Real España won pentagonal and clinched final spot against Olimpia.

Final

11 December 1977

(UTC−06:00)

1st leg

Real España	0–0	Olimpia

Estadio Francisco Morazán
San Pedro Sula, Cortés

Referee: José Andino

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Real España

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Olimpia



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Substitutions:
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Manager:
Honduras Carlos Padilla



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Substitutions:
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Manager:
Honduras Carlos Cruz

18 December 1977

(UTC−06:00)

2nd leg

Olimpia	2–0	Real España
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Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

Attendance: 23,923

Referee: German Palma

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Olimpia

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Real España



GK	–	Honduras Belarmino Rivera
DF	–	Honduras Santos Ruiz
DF	–	Honduras Vicente Suazo
DF	–	Honduras Óscar García
DF	–	Honduras Héctor Uclés
MF	–	Honduras Roger Chavarría
MF	–	Honduras Ramón Brand
MF	–	Argentina Luis Minochio
FW	–	Honduras Prudencio Norales
FW	–	Uruguay Walter Chávez
FW	–	Honduras Rigoberto Gómez
Substitutions:
–	–	Honduras Ángel Paz	upward-facing green arrow
–	–	Honduras René Enamorado	upward-facing green arrow
Manager:
Honduras Carlos Cruz



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Substitutions:
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Manager:
Honduras Carlos Padilla

Olimpia won 2–0 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 1977–78 Champion
C.D. Olimpia 5th title

Top goalscorers

10 goals:

Chile Mario Juvini Carreño (Motagua)

8 goals:

Honduras Prudencio Norales (Olimpia)

7 goals:

Brazil Jurandir Dosantos (Marathón)

6 goals:

Brazil Armando Valenchina (Vida)

Honduras Daniel Sambulá (Universidad)

Honduras Mario Mairena (Federal)

Honduras Salvador Bernárdez (Motagua)

Honduras Luis Walter Chávez (Olimpia)

Squads

Broncos
Honduras German "Loco" Guzmán	Costa Rica Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Honduras Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles
Honduras Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Real España
Honduras Jimmy Steward	Honduras Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Honduras Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
Honduras Walter Humberto Jimminson	Chile Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	Honduras José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Chile Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén	Honduras Gustavo Portillo	Honduras Marvin Zúniga
Brazil Alberto Ferreira da Silva	Honduras José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Honduras Jaime Villegas
Honduras Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Honduras Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez	Honduras Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Honduras Gil Rodríguez
Federal
Honduras José Alvarez	Honduras Víctor Hugo Álvarez	Honduras Roberto “Babington” Barahona
Honduras José Rafael Irías	Honduras Marcos Lacayo	Honduras José Lanza
Honduras Julio Meza	Honduras Mario Roberto Mairena	Argentina Enrique “Fantasma” Mendoza
Honduras Ronald Quilter	Guatemala Jerry Slosher	Argentina León Ugarte
Honduras Orlando “Bimbo” Vásquez	Honduras Francisco “Pantera” Velásquez	Honduras Tomás Wood
Honduras Francisco Zelaya Pastrana
Marathón
Honduras Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Honduras Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Brazil Jurandir Dosantos
Honduras Exequiel "Estupiñán" García	Costa Rica Roscoe Charles	Argentina Daniel Argelio Romero
Honduras Carlos "Calín" Morales	Honduras Roberto Bailey	Honduras Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Honduras Porfirio Armando Betancourt	Honduras Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	Honduras Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Honduras Ricardo Nuila	Honduras Richard Kenneth Payne
Motagua
Honduras Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga	Nicaragua Roger Mayorga	Chile Mario Hernán Juvini Carreño
Honduras Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez	Honduras Rigoberto Sosa	Honduras Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Honduras Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	Honduras Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	Brazil Ennos Pereira
Honduras Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Olimpia
Honduras Belarmino Rivera	Honduras Orlando Banegas	Uruguay Luis Walter Chávez
Honduras Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	Honduras Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez	Honduras Óscar García
Honduras Héctor Orlando Uclés	Brazil César Bordinhao	Honduras José Ortiz
Honduras Moisés Velásquez	Honduras Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz	Honduras René Enamorado
Honduras Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Honduras Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Honduras Net Jonhy Chavarría
Honduras Ernesto Paes de Oliveira	Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Honduras Arturo Recarte Cáceres
Honduras Luis Alonso Minochio	Honduras Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Honduras Selvin Cárcamo
Honduras Santos "Indio" Ruíz	Honduras Vicente Suazo	Honduras Roger Chavarría
Platense
Honduras Luis Enrique "Banana" Alvarez	Honduras Dagoberto Tejeda	Honduras Antonio "El Camalote" Dueñas
Honduras Mario Ortega	Honduras Rafael Argeñal	Honduras Arnulfo Echeverría
Honduras Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	Honduras Arturo Payne	Honduras Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Honduras Eduardo Laing	Honduras Erasmo “Chícharo” Guerrero
Honduras Domingo Drummond	Honduras Rigoberto Castro	Honduras German “Cacique” Castro
Honduras Julio “Ruso” Bonilla	Honduras Julio Álvarez
Universidad
Honduras Roberto "Pirata" Fernández	Honduras José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	Honduras Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Victoria
Honduras Dagoberto Tejeda	Honduras Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	Honduras Carlos "Cuco" Flores
Honduras Francisco Jiménez	Honduras Jorge Irías	Honduras German Güity
Honduras Miguel Lanza	Honduras David Goff	Honduras José Cruz
Honduras Julio César Girón	Honduras Roberto Urbina	Honduras Benedicto Ordóñez
Honduras Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya	Honduras José Cálix	Brazil Camilo Bonifacio
Brazil Pedro Caetano da Silva	Honduras Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Honduras Miguel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Honduras Armando Acosta	Honduras Claudio Castro	Honduras Rigoberto "Indio" Ruiz
Uruguay Santos "Coco" González	Honduras Jorge Cálix	Honduras Gustavo Amaya
Honduras Jerry Jhonson	Honduras Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
Vida
Honduras Mario Ardón	Honduras Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	Honduras Ramón Nectally "Liebre" Guardado
Honduras Matilde Selím Lacayo	Brazil Armando Valenchina

Known results

Round 1

20 February 1977

Marathón	0–1	Victoria
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San Pedro Sula

Round 2

27 February 1977	Victoria	v	Real España	La Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

27 February 1977	Motagua	v	Platense
CST	Obando File:Soccerball shade.svg

Round 3

6 March 1977

Victoria	2–1	Platense
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La Ceiba

Round 4

13 March 1977

Federal	1–1	Victoria

Tegucigalpa

Round 5

20 March 1977

Vida	2–1	Victoria

La Ceiba

Round 17

10 July 1977

Olimpia	2–5	Platense
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Tegucigalpa

Round 18

Olimpia	1–1	Victoria

La Ceiba

Round 27

2 October 1977

Vida	1–1	Platense

La Ceiba

Pentagonal

9 October 1977

Real España	2–1	Vida

San Pedro Sula

9 October 1977

Olimpia	2–3	Motagua
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Tegucigalpa

16 October 1977

Real España	0–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

19 October 1977

Motagua	1–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

23 October 1977

Motagua	1–1	Real España

Tegucigalpa

30 October 1977

Real España	5–0	Universidad
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San Pedro Sula

6 November 1977

15:00

Vida	0–2	Real España
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La Ceiba

9 November 1977

Olimpia	1–1	Real España
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Tegucigalpa

13 November 1977

Motagua	0–0	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

4 December 1977

Real España	2–2	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia	2–0	Universidad

Olimpia	1–2	Universidad

Olimpia	3–0	Vida
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Olimpia	1–1	Vida

Universidad	0–1	Real España

Unknown rounds

20 March 1977	Olimpia	1–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
	García File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

27 March 1977	Vida	4–2	Federal	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

17 April 1977	España	0–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

1 May 1977	Broncos	2–1	Motagua	Choluteca
				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

15 May 1977	Vida	3–0	Marathón	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

5 June 1977	Federal	1–1	Vida	Tegucigalpa
			File:Soccerball shade.svg Ardón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

12 June 1977	Motagua	v	Federal
CST	Obando File:Soccerball shade.svg

19 June 1977	Olimpia	0–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

26 June 1977	Vida	1–1	Broncos	La Ceiba
	Ardón File:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svg Barbosa	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

7 August 1977	Olimpia	4–0	Universidad
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21 August 1977	Broncos	0–0	Universidad	Choluteca
				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

21 August 1977	Vida	0–0	Marathón	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

21 August 1977	Platense	0–1	Victoria	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

21 August 1977	Real España	0–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

28 August 1977	Olimpia	2–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
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18 September 1977	Platense	3–0	Federal	San Pedro Sula
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	Victoria	0–1	Universidad	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

	Motagua	3–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

	Olimpia	1–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia

1–1

Universidad

Olimpia

1–0

Universidad

Olimpia

1–1

Vida

Olimpia

1–0

Vida

Olimpia

2–0

Vida

Olimpia

1–1

Federal

Olimpia

0–0

Federal

Olimpia

1–1

Federal

Olimpia

1–2

Broncos

Olimpia

2–1

Broncos

Olimpia

2–0

Broncos

Olimpia

2–1

Marathón

Olimpia

0–0

Marathón

Olimpia

0–1

Marathón

Olimpia

2–1

Victoria

Olimpia

0–0

Victoria

Marathón

3–2

Federal

Vida

4–2

Federal

References

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

[table_note_OLI0.66601599318255-2] Olimpia won regular season and clinched a spot in final match.

[table_note_res_QF0.66601599318255-3] Top 5 qualify for final round.

[table_note_res_RP0.66601599318255-4] Universidad and Broncos fought for 5th place.

[table_note_res_R0.66601599318255-5] Federal relegated to second division.

[table_note_res_QF0.96379669334916-6] Real España won pentagonal and clinched final spot against Olimpia.

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

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1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional

Contents

1977–78 teams

Regular season

Standings

Reply for Final round

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Final

Top goalscorers

Squads

Known results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 17

Round 18

Round 27

Pentagonal

Unknown rounds

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