1972–73 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1972–73
Champions	None
Relegated	None
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia; Vida
Matches played	45
Goals scored	115 (2.56 per match)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 → All statistics correct as of 12 October 1972.

The 1972–73 Honduran Liga Nacional season was expected to be the 8th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. However, on 12 August 1972, due to economic problems the tournament was cancelled after nine weeks completed.^[1] It's unclear how Club Deportivo Olimpia and C.D.S. Vida obtained berths to the 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1972–73 teams

Broncos bought Verdún's franchise^[2]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	9	6	3	0	18	7	+11	15
2	Olimpia	9	5	2	2	13	7	+6	12
3	Vida	9	5	1	3	18	8	+10	11
4	Platense	9	5	1	3	16	7	+9	11
5	España	9	3	4	2	11	8	+3	10
6	Atlético Indio	9	4	2	3	10	13	−3	10
7	Broncos	9	2	3	4	6	9	−3	7
8	Troya	9	2	2	5	6	19	−13	6
9	Universidad	9	2	1	6	7	18	−11	5
10	Marathón	9	1	1	7	10	19	−9	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

The tournament was canceled after nine rounds.

Squads

Atlético Indio
Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno	Víctor Hugo Álvarez	Luis Brand
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Marco Antonio Calderón	Ricardo Calona
Pedro "Poquitito" Carbajal	Miguel Angel Escalante	Jorge "Cruz Azul" Escoto
"Yuyuga" Flores	Joaquín Enrique "Quicón" Fonseca	Francisco "Panchón" Guerra
Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez	Marco Tulio "Coyol" López	Joaquín "Alianza" Maldonado
Carlos Arturo Matute	David Levy McCalla	Aquiles Mendoza
Héctor "Yeto" Montoya	Oscar Nolasco	Roy Posas
Orlando "Calavera" Rodríguez	Expedito Serafín	Jorge Sierra
Edgardo Sosa	Ramón Ugarte
Broncos
Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
España
Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Dagoberto Cubero	Arnulfo Echeverría
Flavio Ortega	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
Jacobo Sarmiento	Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez	Jaime Villegas
Marathón
Roberto Bailey	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Alberto Mancía	Allard Plummer	Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez
Gil "Fátima" Valerio	Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Marcos Banegas	Nelson Benavídez	José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Salvador Dubois Leiva	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Julio Meza
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Arnulfo "Nuco" Aguilar	Óscar Banegas	Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara
Selvin Cárcamo	Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera	Conrado "Chorotega" Flores
Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez	Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza	Mario Mairena
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza
Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales	Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	German Quijano
René "Reno" Rodríguez	Rolando "Piropo" Rodríguez	Samuel Sentini
Raúl Suazo Lagos	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Juan Ventura "Gata" López
Manuel "Candado" Williams
Platense
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez
Martín Castillo	Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
Óscar Marino Piedrahíta	Jimmy Steward
Troya
Gilberto "Chorro" Acosta	Juan Manuel "Chino" Aguilar	Santiago Anderson
Geraldo Baptista	Jorge Emilio Cabrera	Carlos Cabrera
Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera	Gerardo García	José Lito Godoy
Edgardo Lagos	Edgardo Lanza	Camilo Mejía
Carlos Ochoa	Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez
Universidad
Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz	Ramón "Mon" Medina	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Victoria
José Dagoberto Tejeda
Vida
Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto	Manuel Bernárdez Calderón	Morris Garden
José López "Rulo" Paz	Marco Antonio Marcos Peña	José María "Chema" Salinas

Known results

3 August 1972

Marathón	0–1	Universidad

San Pedro Sula

20 August 1972

Platense	3–1	Olimpia
Ortega Alvarado ?' (pen.)		Gómez

Puerto Cortés

24 August 1972

Marathón	3–1	Troya

San Pedro Sula

10 September 1972

Marathón	2–2	España
Plummer

San Pedro Sula

17 September 1972

Atlético Indio	2–1	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

8 October 1972

Vida	6–0	Troya
Alvarado Peña

La Ceiba

Olimpia	2–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	1–0	España

Olimpia	4–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	2–1	Vida

Olimpia	2–1	Broncos

Olimpia	1–1	Atlético Indio

Olimpia	0–0	Universidad

Olimpia	0–1	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Platense	2–0	Marathón

Puerto Cortés

Marathón	1–2	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Motagua	5–2	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Broncos	2–1	Marathón

Choluteca

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Divisional Moves Between First and Second Division – 23 December 2014

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

[2] RSSSF.com – Honduras - Divisional Moves Between First and Second Division – 23 December 2014

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