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

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]

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 de Guaruma 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
Honduras Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Real España
Honduras Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Costa Rica Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta Honduras Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz
Honduras Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo Honduras Mario "Pelola" López Honduras César Augusto Dávila Puerto
Honduras Domingo "Mingo" Ramos Honduras Jacobo Sarmiento Honduras Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Honduras Jaime Villegas
Lempira de Guaruma
Honduras Dagoberto Cubero Honduras Adolfo "Fito" López Honduras Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Honduras Amílcar "Mica" López
Marathón
Honduras Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez Honduras Mauro "Nayo" Caballero Honduras Arnulfo Echeverría
Brazil José Ferreira dos Santos Honduras Alexander "Nina" Guillén Honduras Dennis "Plitis" Lagos
Brazil Flavio Ortega Honduras Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Honduras Gil "Fátima" Valerio
Motagua
Brazil Roberto Abrussezze Honduras Elio Banegas Honduras Marcos Banegas
Brazil Geraldo Batista Honduras Nelson Benavídez Honduras Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica
Honduras Federico Budde Honduras Marco Antonio Calderón Honduras Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas
Honduras Jesús Castillo Honduras Juan Manuel Coello Honduras Pedro Colón
Honduras José Luis Cruz Figueroa Honduras Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz Nicaragua Salvador Dubois Leiva
Honduras Mariano Godoy Honduras Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro Honduras Alfonso "Garrinchita" Gutiérrez
Honduras Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Honduras Roberto Jérez Honduras Tomás Máximo
Honduras Julio Meza Honduras Fermín "Min" Navarro Brazil Giuliano Neto
Honduras Edgardo Orellana Brazil Linauro di Paula Honduras Carlos Andrés Sanabria
Honduras Alberto "Furia" Solís Honduras Humberto Maximiliano”Piquete Amador” Honduras Lenard Wells
Olimpia
Honduras Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno Honduras Arnulfo "Nuco" Aguilar Honduras Juan Manuel "Chino" Aguilar
Honduras Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara Honduras Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes Honduras Selvin Cárcamo
Honduras Rafael Dick Honduras Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera Honduras Conrado "Chorotega" Flores
Honduras Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo Honduras Alexander "Nina" Guillén Honduras Juan Ramón Lagos
Honduras Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza Honduras Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Honduras Ramón "Mon" Medina
Honduras Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza Honduras Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales Honduras José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Honduras Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz Honduras René Reyes "Reno" Rodríguez Honduras Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales
Honduras Samuel Santini Honduras Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos Honduras Raúl Suazo Lagos
Honduras Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Platense
Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado Honduras Pablo "Chita" Arzú Honduras Martín Castillo
Honduras Norman Castro Colombia Reynaldo Castro Gil Honduras Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing
Honduras Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez Colombia Oscar Marino Piedrahíta Honduras Tomás Máximo
Honduras Jimmy Steward Honduras Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina Chile Alfonso Zamora
Progreso Honduras
Honduras Gilberto "Chorro" Acosta Honduras Norman Castro Honduras Jorge "Burro" Deras
Honduras Alfredo Doblado Honduras Alfredo Hawit Banegas Honduras José López Paz
Honduras David McCalla Honduras Ramón Oviedo Honduras Marcos Peña
Honduras Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín Honduras Gil "Fátima" Valerio Honduras Allan Ricardo Young
Victoria
Honduras César "Cesarín" Aguirre Honduras René Bernárdez Honduras Carlos Brown
Honduras Manuel Bubuch Honduras Luis Bueso Honduras Edgardo Bustillo
Honduras José Eduardo Castillo Honduras Terencio Escobar Honduras Gerardo García
Honduras Óscar García Honduras Ciriaco Gutiérrez Honduras Salvador Hernández
Honduras José Inés Izaguirre Honduras Sergio Jiménez Honduras José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza
Honduras Adolfo "Fito" López Honduras Anael "Lito" Martínez Honduras Gilberto Martínez
Honduras Rigoberto Martínez Honduras Roberto Martínez Honduras Sergio "Tito" Martínez
Honduras Héctor Mejía Honduras Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Honduras Luis Alonso Metzquin
Honduras Armando Motiño Honduras Antonio Muñoz Honduras Óscar Muñoz
Honduras Alejandro Palacios Honduras Salvador Ramírez Honduras Armando Reyes
Honduras Virgilio Rodríguez Honduras Jorge "Chino" Suazo Honduras René "Maravilla" Suazo
Honduras Jesús Urbina Honduras Pablo Villegas Honduras Carlos Vilorio
Honduras Antonio Zapata Honduras Reynaldo Zúniga
Vida
Honduras Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Guatemala Emilio Calderini Honduras Manuel Bernárdez Calderón
Honduras Jesús "Pun" Fuentes Honduras Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden Honduras Morris Garden
Honduras José María "Chema" Salinas Brazil 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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