1975–76 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1975–76 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 10th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule followed by a 4-team playoff round. C.D. España won the title after defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[1]

Liga Nacional
Season1975–76
ChampionsEspaña (2nd)
RelegatedAtlántida
CONCACAF Champions' CupEspaña
Olimpia
Matches played149
Goals scored368 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerLópez (11)

1975–76 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 Olimpia[a] 27 14 12 1 35 9 +26 40 Qualified to the Final round[b]
2 Motagua 27 9 14 4 27 18 +9 32
3 España 27 9 13 5 23 14 +9 31
4 Universidad 27 9 12 6 24 17 +7 30
5 Platense 27 9 11 7 28 18 +10 29
6 Broncos 27 10 9 8 27 24 +3 29
7 Vida 27 6 12 9 22 32 −10 24
8 Marathón 27 5 13 9 23 26 −3 23
9 Federal 27 3 15 9 21 36 −15 21
10 Atlántida 27 3 5 19 12 48 −36 11 Relegated to Segunda División[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Olimpia secured final spot as regular season winner.
  2. ^ Olimpia, Motagua, España and Universidad qualified to Final round.
  3. ^ Atlántida relegated to second division.

Final round

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Cuadrangular standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 España 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 7[a] Qualified to the Final playoff
2 Motagua 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 7[a]
3 Universidad 6 2 2 2 5 8 −3 6
4 Olimpia 6 1 2 3 6 6 0 4
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b España and Motagua played an extra match for final spot on 3 December 1975 in San Pedro Sula, the final result was 0–0 after 120 minutes, España qualified to the final as better goal difference in all rounds.

Final

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Olimpia1–1España
Gómez   Ortega  

España2–0Olimpia
Ferreira  
Yearwood  
Referee: Carlos Roberto Ortiz Pérez

Top scorer

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  •   Marco Tulio "Coyol" López (Olimpia) with 11 goals

Squads

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Atlántida
  Óscar Acosta   German "Niño" Bernárdez   Arnulfo "Yuyuga" Flores
  Eduardo Gámez   Carlos "Papeto" Lobo   Mario "Flecha" López
  Camilo Mejía   "Diablo" Ramos   Apolonio Sambulá
  Jorge Sierra   Osman Zelaya
Broncos
  Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez   Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles   "Yeto" Montoya
  Jacobo Sarmiento
Real España
  Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta   Julio César "El Tile" Arzú   Jimmy James Bailey
  Ramón Cano   José Luis Cruz Figueroa   Arnulfo Echeverría
  Alberto Ferreira da Silva   Walter Humberto Jimminson   Roger Macedo
  José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega   Reynaldo Mejía Ortega   Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
  José López "Rulo" Paz   Ernesto "Tractor" Ramírez   Gil Josué Rodríguez
  Jimmy Steward   Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Federal
  José Ernesto "Toto" Cáceres   Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez   Julio Meza
  Oscar Teherán
Marathón
  Antonio Almendárez   Roberto Bailey   Carlos Banegas
  Julio "Ruso" Bonilla   Mario Bonilla   Mauro "Nayo" Caballero
  Francisco Castillo   Miguel Castillo   Roscoe Charles
  Miguel Chavarría   César Augusto "Papi" Dávila Puerto   Antonio "Camalote" Dueñas
  Pablo "Payique" Espinoza   Héctor Julián Fiallos   Wilfredo Garay
  Exequiel "Estupiñán" García   Reynaldo González   Bleer Greeneech
  Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez   Óscar McLean   Wilfredo Medina
  Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar   Ramón "Albañil" Osorio   Andro Piña
  Allard Plummer   Jaime Ramírez Jr.   Daniel Argelio Romero
  Eduardo Ruiz   Francisco Ruiz   Rafael "Avioneta" Sauceda
  Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla   Luis Urbina   Óscar Urbina
  Gil "Fátima" Valerio   Allan Ricardo Young   Bertín Zelaya
Motagua
  Víctor Hugo Alvarez   Marcos Banegas   Salvador Bernárdez
  José María "Chema" Durón   Mariano Godoy   Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro
  Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández   Roger Mayorga   Angel Antonio "Toño" Obando
  Ronald Quilter   Edgardo Sosa   Rigoberto Sosa
  Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez   Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
  Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand   Selvin Cárcamo   Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
  Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez   Alfredo Hawit Banegas   Marco Tulio "Coyol" López
  Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza   Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz   Samuel Santini
Platense
  Alejandro Aguirre   Carlos "Care" Alvarado   Neptaly Argeñal
  Rafael Argeñal   Eduardo Castillo   Martín Castillo
  "Cacique" Castro   "Rigo" Castro   Ricardo Castro
  Jhony Chavarría   Arturo Coto   Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
  "Cuco" Flores   Manuel de Jesús Fuentes   "Toro" Garay
  Rossvelth Garbut   Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero   Juan Noyola
  Mario Ortega   Arturo Payne   Oscar Piedrahíta
  Roberto Rich   Víctor Samuel Rivera   Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
  Jimmy Steward
Universidad
  Roger Macedo   Ramón "Mon" Medina   José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
  Ricardo Nuila   Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá   Roberto Virgilio Santos
Vida
  Óscar "Burra" Acosta   César "Cesarín" Aguirre   Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto
  Manuel Bernárdez Calderón   Peter Buchanan   Jorge Caballero
  Jesús Octavio Cifuentes   Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins   Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins
  Juan David   Fredy Delgado   Arturo "Junia" Garden
  Morris Garden   Ramón Neptally "Liebre" Guardado   Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
  Mario McKoy   Matilde Selím Lacayo   Jairo López
  José López "Rulo" Paz   Tomás "Tommy" Marshall   Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
  Mario Murillo   Hermenegildo Orellana   Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
  Jorge Peralta   Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez   José María "Chema" Salinas
  Vicente Suazo   Antonio "Danto" Urbina   Edgardo Williams
  Osman Zelaya

Trivia

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  • Atlántida from La Ceiba made only 11 points in 27 games, being this the worst record in Liga Nacional up to date.

Known results

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Round 1

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Round 11

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PlatenseOlimpia
San Pedro Sula

Cuadrangular

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España1–0Olimpia
Castro
San Pedro Sula
Motagua1–1Olimpia
Obando   López  
Tegucigalpa
Motagua1–0España
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia0–2España
Paz  
Lagos  
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia0–0Universidad
Tegucigalpa
España0–0Motagua
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia1–2Motagua
Gómez   Hernández  
Godoy  
San Pedro Sula
Universidad0–4Olimpia

Final playoff

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España0–0Motagua
San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

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23 February 1975 Motagua v Vida
CST Obando  
12 October 1975 Broncos v Atlántida Choluteca
CST Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
Note: Atlántida didn't show up
23 October 1975 Vida 2–3 Marathón La Ceiba
San Pedro Sula
CST Orellana   Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: Match suspended at 15' in La Ceiba on 19 October. Remaining 75' played 4 days later in San Pedro Sula.

References

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