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 (San Pedro Sula, promoted)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Morazán^{[lower-alpha 1]}	30	14	11	5	39	28	+11	39	Qualified to the Final round^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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	30	6	13	11	34	41	−7	25
10	Universidad	30	6	11	13	21	26	−5	23	Relegated to Segunda División^{[lower-alpha 3]}
11	Platense	30	4	10	16	26	44	−18	18	Relegated to Segunda División^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Atlético Morazán secured Final place as Regular season winner.
↑ Top 5 qualify to Final round.
↑ 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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Forced to a replay^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2	Vida	8	3	5	0	11	7	+4	11	Forced to a replay^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3	Marathón	8	2	5	1	5	5	0	9
4	Broncos	8	0	6	2	0	1	−1	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Atlético Morazán	8	0	3	5	2	12	−10	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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			File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svg Lacayo File:Soccerball shade.svg Mendoza File:Soccerball shade.svg Carías	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Rodolfo Martínez

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

Vida won 4–1 on aggregated score.

Top scorer

Argentina Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 15 goals

Squads

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

Trivia

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

Known results

Week 1

	Real España	1–0	Victoria	San Pedro Sula
	Chavarría File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Week 2

Platense

1–2

Broncos

Week 3

Platense

3–3

Vida

Week 4

	Independiente	1–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Week 5

	Real España	1–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Week 6

Platense

0–1

Victoria

Week 7

	Marathón	1–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Week 29

2 August 1981	Atlético Morazán	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Pentagonal

2 September 1981	Motagua	1–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
	Durón File:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svg Villalobos	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

13 September 1981	Motagua	2–0	Atlético Morazán	Tegucigalpa
	Velásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg Yubini File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 October 1981	Broncos	v	Motagua	Choluteca
				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
Note: Broncos didn't show up. Points awarded to Motagua

15 October 1981	Marathón	1–3	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
	Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svg Juviny File:Soccerball shade.svg Guardado File:Soccerball shade.svg Januario	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Regular season

15 February 1981	Olimpia	0–0	Independiente	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 February 1981	Marathón	3–2	Real España	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

15 March 1981	Broncos	1–0	Motagua	Choluteca
				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

29 April 1981	Marathón	4–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
	Güity File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Zaldívar File:Soccerball shade.svg Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

6 May 1981	Marathón	5–1	Victoria	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

6 May 1981	Real España	2–2	Platense	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

6 May 1981	Broncos	4–3	Independiente	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 May 1981	Motagua	3–2	Atlético Morazán	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

10 May 1981	Broncos	2–0	Motagua	Choluteca
				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

1 July 1981	Marathón	2–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg Güity File:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svg Alvarado	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee: Arnold Moeses
Note: Match suspended at 75' (2–1) as Olimpia abandoned the field after the referee disallowed a goal from Carlos Solano. Result stood.^[2]

5 July 1981	Olimpia	2–3	Atlético Morazán	Tegucigalpa
			File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Renderos	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 July 1981	Independiente	2–0	Real España	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

22 July 1981	Marathón	1–1	Vida	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

2 August 1981	Motagua	1–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
	Obando File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

9 August 1981	Olimpia	2–1	Universidad	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

	Motagua	2–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
	Obando File:Soccerball shade.svg Yanuario File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

	Motagua	2–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
	Obando File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Unknown rounds

	Vida	3–2	Motagua	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

References

↑ RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009
↑ "Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[table_note_AMO0.080176377706312-2] Atlético Morazán secured Final place as Regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.080176377706312-3] Top 5 qualify to Final round.

[table_note_res_R0.080176377706312-4] Universidad and Platense relegated to second division.

[table_hth_BRO0.52782484913609-5] 1.0 ^1.1 The game between Broncos and Motagua in Choluteca on 11 October was awarded to Motagua as Broncos didn't show up.

[table_note_res_RP0.52782484913609-6] Motagua and Vida had to play an extra match in a neutral venue to qualify to the Final.

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

[7] "Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional

Contents

1981–82 teams

Regular season

Standings

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Replay

Final

Top scorer

Squads

Trivia

Known results

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 29

Pentagonal

Regular season

Unknown rounds

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