1965–66 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1965–66 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the inaugural edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The season ran from 18 July 1965 to 23 January 1966. The format of the tournament consisted of a double round-robin schedule. Platense F.C. won the title after defeating España 2–0 in the last round at El Progreso.[1]

Liga Nacional
Season1965–66
ChampionsPlatense (1st)
RelegatedNone
Matches played90
Goals scored265 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerGrey (14)
Biggest home winOLI 10–2 LSA (29 August 1965)
Highest scoringOLI 10–2 LSA (29 August 1965)
All statistics correct as of 23 January 1966.

Background

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In 1964, a triangular tournament was organized between three clubs from the Liga Dionisio de Herrera between C.D.S. Vida, C.D. Victoria and C.D. Atlántida; having Vida qualified for the 1965–66 league.

1965–66 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 Platense 18 11 5 2 42 23 +19 27 No international qualification
2 Olimpia 18 10 6 2 35 14 +21 26
3 Vida 18 8 6 4 24 17 +7 22
4 Troya 18 8 6 4 18 14 +4 22
5 España 18 9 3 6 29 20 +9 21
6 Honduras 18 8 3 7 26 25 +1 19
7 Marathón 18 5 2 11 22 35 −13 12
8 La Salle 18 5 2 11 28 50 −22 12
9 Motagua 18 3 4 11 14 25 −11 10
10 Atlético Español 18 2 5 11 28 45 −17 9 No relegation
Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 1966. Source: [citation needed]
1965–66 Liga Nacional winners
Platense
1st title

Round 1

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18 July 1965 Honduras 3–0 Atlético Español El Progreso
Deras   5'   65'
Perdomo   70'
Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti
18 July 1965 Platense 6–2 La Salle Puerto Cortés
15:00 Guerra   6'   65'   74'
Betancourt   29'
Zavala   69'
Fúnez   85'
  16' Henderson
  84' Grey
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Referee: José Carranza

Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Top scorer

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Squads

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1965–66 squads
Atlético Español
España
  •   Carlos Handal
  •   Carlos Acosta
  •   Raúl Peri
  •   José Colón
  •   Armando Palacios
  •   Pedro Rivas
  •   Dolores Cruz
  •   Mariano Aguiluz
  •   Vidal Canales
  •   Augusto Palacios
  •   Mario Sandoval
  •   Héctor Gómez
  •   Luis Castro
  •   Ramón Oviedo
  •   Salvador Reyes
  •   Javier Rodríguez
  •   Insider Rodas
Honduras
  •   Gil Valerio
  •   René Flores
  •   Santos Juárez
  •   Jorge Deras
  •   Domingo Ramos
  •   Rolando Chávez
  •   Pablo Perdomo
  •   Norris Bodden
  •   Andrés Ávila
  •   Pedro Deras
  •   Getulio Millares
La Salle
  •   Ricando Sandoval
  •   Víctor Henderson
  •   Héctor Castro
  •   Ástor Perdomo
  •   Leonardo Vásquez
  •   Ramón Hernández
  •   Carlos Cobos
  •   Víctor Castro
  •   Luis Metzgen
  •   Ricardo Montalván
  •   Mario Tróchez
  •   Israel Juárez
  •   Santiago Rodríguez
  •   Salvador Azcúnaga
  •   Getulio Millares
  •   Miguel Pavón
  •   Adalberto Menjívar
  •   Henry Fúnez
Marathón
  •   Martín Rodríguez
  •   Mario Caballero
  •   Victoriano Arzú
  •   Mauro Caballero
  •   Sigfrido Vargas
  •   Ernesto Cabús
  •   René Cruz
  •   Mario Rivera
  •   Rafael Maldonado
  •   Ernesto López
  •   Ernesto Licona
  •   Héctor Chávez
  •   Julio Fonseca
  •   Augusto Domínguez
  •   Andrés Arzú
  •   Emilio Cruz
  •   Pedro Flores
  •   Jorge Durón
  •   Elías Carbajal
Motagua
  •   Porfirio Canales
  •   Blanco
  •   Jacobo Godoy
  •   Nelson Benavídez
  •   Alfonso Navarro
  •   Marcio Ramos
  •   Héctor Chávez
  •   Marcos Banegas
  •   Elio Banegas
  •   Mario García
  •   Amado Castillo
  •   Fermín Navarro
  •   Jorge Berríos
  •   Marco Callizo
  •   Ernesto Henríquez
  •   Juan Martínez
  •   Ricardo Cárdenas
  •   José Castillo
Olimpia
  •   Marco Rosales
  •   Ronald Chessman
  •   Raúl Suazo
  •   Ricardo Reyes
  •   Conrado Flores
  •   Juan Lanza
  •   Reyando Centeno
  •   Domingo Ferrera
  •   "Pibe" Midence
  •   Donaldo Rosales
  •   Ricardo Taylor
  •   Federico Budde
  •   Rafael Dick
  •   Carlos Suazo
  •   Jorge Bustillo
  •   Santiago Tercero
  •   Roberto Crisanto
Platense
  •   Alexander Guillén
  •   Víctor León
  •   Santos Díaz
  •   Roosevelth Garbuth
  •   Carlos Alvarado
  •   Raúl Betancourt
  •   Gilberto Zavala
  •   Carlos Duarte
  •   Héctor Hernández
  •   José Duarte
  •   Félix Guerra
  •   Francisco Garay
  •   Ricardo Fúnez
  •   Gustavo Croisdale
  •   Francisco Brocato
  •   Pablo Arzú
  •   Carlos Romero
  •   Tomás Máximo
  •   Justo Prieto
  •   José Garay
  •   José Murillo
  •   Julio Anderson
  •   Jorge Solís
  •   Armando Doblado
  •   Miguel Howel
Troya
  •   Emilio Calderini
  •   Jorge Cabrera
Vida
  •   Tomás Marshall
  •   Israel Juárez
  •   Morris Garden
  •   Alberto Amaya
  •   Arturo Garden
  •   Jesús Fuentes
  •   Joe Hendicks
  •   Cristóbal Brooks
  •   Jesús Blanco
  •   Antonio Urbina
  •   Óscar Banegas

Curiosities

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On 24 October 1965, the match between F.C. Motagua and C.D. España was interrupted for several minutes due to a deflated ball. Since there were no additional balls, the match had to be briefly suspended while the only ball was being re-inflated in a close by gas station.[2]

References

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