1980–81 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1980–81 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 15th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Real C.D. España won the title after defeating C.D. Marathón in a 3-series final.[1] Both teams qualified to the 1981 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Real España, Marathón, Club Deportivo Olimpia and C.D.S. Vida obtained berths to the 1981 Copa Fraternidad. Due to the national team's participation at the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the league defined that no relegation was to take place this season. C.D. Platense which finished last, was financially penalized though.[2]

Liga Nacional
Season1980–81
ChampionsReal España (4th)
RelegatedNone
CONCACAF Champions' CupReal España
Marathón
Copa FraternidadReal España
Marathón
Olimpia
Vida
Matches played158
Goals scored358 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorerAltamirano (13)
All statistics correct as of 17 December 1980.

1980–81 teams

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Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Real España[a] 27 14 6 7 35 26 +9 34 Qualified to the Final round[b]
2 Vida 27 12 7 8 33 30 +3 31
3 Marathón 27 8 13 6 39 32 +7 29
4 Olimpia 27 10 9 8 31 32 −1 29
5 Victoria 27 10 8 9 27 33 −6 28
6 Motagua 27 6 15 6 32 30 +2 27
7 Universidad 27 10 3 14 33 35 −2 23
8 Broncos 27 6 11 10 28 30 −2 23
9 Atlético Morazán 27 7 9 11 28 32 −4 23
10 Platense 27 7 9 11 22 27 −5 23
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Real España clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
  2. ^ Top five qualify to Final round.
  • No relegation this season.

Final round

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Pentagonal standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 8 4 3 1 13 6 +7 11 Forced to play extra round[a]
2 Olimpia 8 4 3 1 12 4 +8 11
3 Real España 8 5 1 2 12 9 +3 11
4 Vida 8 1 3 4 4 11 −7 5
5 Victoria 8 0 2 6 3 14 −11 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ After a three-way tie between Marathón, Olimpia, and Real España with 11 points; an extra one-robin round was required, however all games finished leveled and the tie persisted, therefore Marathón qualified to the Final by goal difference on all rounds together.

Final

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6 December 1980 1st leg Real España 2–0 Marathón San Pedro Sula, Cortés
Chavarría   11'
Mendoza   45'
Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Referee: Porfirio Guerra

Top scorer

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  •   Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 13 goals

Squads

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Atlético Morazán
  José Luis Cruz Figueroa   José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega   Noel Omar Renderos
  Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Broncos
  Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano   Iván Ramos   Dennis Williams
  Iván Guerra   César Humberto Carranza   Luis Rosales Brand
  German "Loco" Guzmán   Carlos Mondragón   Orlando Flores
  Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz   Pedro Pinheiro   Rubén Guardado
  Marcial Bonilla   Orlando Rodríguez   Luis Alberto Escaurizza
  José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo   "Yuyuguita" Flores   Marco Tulio Cacho
  Samuel "Chucho" Armijo   Marco Tulio Cárcamo   Isidro Arriola
  Enrique "Pilo" Soriano   José Ramón Hinds   Antonio Almendárez
  Jairo Lezama   Rigoberto "Chombo" Aguilar   Mario López
  Oscar "Zorro" Lezama
Marathón
  Jorge Phoyoú   Wilfredo Brown   Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
  Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent   Jorge Martínez   Alberto Merelles
  Francisco Javier Toledo   Ramón "Albañil" Osorio   Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
  Carlos Mejía   José Ángel Peña   Oswaldo Zaldívar
  Alfredo Dimaio   Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina   Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
  René "Maravilla" Suazo   José Martínez   Juan Carlos Weber
  Francisco Zelaya Pastrana   Arturo Payne   Richard Kenneth Payne
  Félix Concepción Carranza   Gilberto Leonel Machado García   Celso Fredy Güity
  Rigoberto Castro   Rolando Padilla "Moro" Bardales   Margarito Castillo
  Fernando Figueroa   Carlos Guevara   Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
  Juan Contreras   Óscar Romero
Motagua
  German "Loco" Guzmán   Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño   Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
  Rigoberto Sosa   Víctor Manuel Chávez   José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Olimpia
  Óscar Banegas   Darío Cribas   Roberto Valentín "Pirata" Fernández
  Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz   José Batiz   Víctor Calero Lozano
  Rigoberto Ruiz   Emilio Martínez   Fredy Ríos
  Basilio Avila   Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand   Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
  Raúl Cocherari   José Luis Januario   Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
  Carlos Solís   Óscar García   Víctor Romero
  Daniel Zapata   Antonio Alemán   Héctor Uclés
  Nelson de Moraes   Alcides Carota   Arturo Cáceres
  Horacio Parham Castro
Platense
  Juan Jerezano   Jorge Luis Mancía   Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
  Alex Rodríguez   Carlos Cruz Colindres   Antonio Laing
  Modesto Ayestas
Real España
  Julio César "El Tile" Arzú   Jimmy Steward   Clinton Campbell
  Didier Gutiérrez   Carlos Orlando Caballero   Jorge Alberto Centurión
  Walter Jimminson   Allan Costly   Víctor Hugo Salgado
  Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz   Francisco García   Marcos Campbell
  German "Cacique" Castro   Javier Latreza   Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
  Edith Hernando Contreras   Enrique "Fantasma" Mendoza   Jimmy James Bailey
  Javier Chavarría   Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao   Jaime Villegas
  Junior Rashford Costly   Roberto "Sargento" Barahona   Juan Carlos Espinoza
  Carlos Solano   Marcos Lacayo   José Antonio "Gin" García
  Oscar Velásquez   Roscoe Charles   Carlos Rivera
  Edelmín "Pando" Castro   Alberto Chedrany
Universidad
  Raúl David Fúnez   Olvin Elvir   Walter "Estupiñán" Amador
  Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá   Edimar Luiz Marques
Victoria
  Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte   Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga   Francisco Jiménez
  Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya   José Reynaldo Villagra   Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
  Benedicto Ordóñez   Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado   Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
  David Goff
Vida
  Matilde Selím Lacayo   Roberto "Macho" Figueroa   Junior Mejía

Known results

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Round 1

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Marathón1–0Atlético Morazán
Martínez  
San Pedro Sula

Round 22

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Vida1–0Victoria
Arzú  
La Ceiba
Motagua3–3Olimpia
Marquinho  
Carreño    
  González
    Yanuario
Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Félix Gómez

Pentagonal

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18 November 1980 Olimpia 1–1 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Note: Extra game

Unknown rounds

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Vida1–0Universidad
La Ceiba
Marathón4–0Olimpia
Bueso  
Bonilla  
Machado  
Pavón  
San Pedro Sula
Atlético Morazán4–1Real España
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia0–2Platense
Colindres  
Laing  
Tegucigalpa
Motagua2–2Marathón
Payne  
Tegucigalpa
Broncos4–0Vida
Choluteca
Universidad3–0Olimpia
Tegucigalpa
Vida0–3Marathón
Osorio  
Toledo  
La Ceiba
Real España1–0Olimpia
Fernández  
San Pedro Sula
Marathón2–2Motagua
Pavón  
Güity  
Lobatón  
Bueso  
San Pedro Sula
Real España2–1Universidad
San Pedro Sula
Victoria2–1Universidad
La Ceiba

References

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  1. ^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
  2. ^ "37 años de la final ganada por el Real España a Marathón". HondurasFutbol.com. Retrieved 17 December 2017.