1980–81 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1980–81
Champions	Real España (4th)
Relegated	None
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Real España; Marathón
Copa Fraternidad	Real España; Marathón; Olimpia; Vida
Matches played	158
Goals scored	358 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Altamirano (13)
	← 1979–80 1981–82 → All statistics correct as of 17 December 1980.

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]

1980–81 teams

Atlético Morazán (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
Broncos (Choluteca)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

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:

^ Real España clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
^ Top five qualify to Final round.

No relegation this season.

Final round

Pentagonal standings

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:

^ 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

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

11 December 1980 2nd leg	Marathón	1–0	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Bailey			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee: Germán Palma

17 December 1980 3rd leg	Real España	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Jimminson 3' Costly 93'		1' Pavón	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee: José Andino

Top scorer

Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 13 goals

Squads

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

Round 1

Marathón	1–0	Atlético Morazán
Martínez

San Pedro Sula

Round 22

27 July 1980

Vida	1–0	Victoria
Arzú

La Ceiba

28 July 1980

Motagua	3–3	Olimpia
Marquinho Carreño		González Yanuario

Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Félix Gómez

Pentagonal

14 September 1980	Olimpia	1–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

28 September 1980	Real España	3–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Centurión Chavarría Caballero		Romero	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

5 October 1980	Olimpia	4–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
	Ríos			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

12 October 1980	Marathón	5–0	Real España	San Pedro Sula
	Bueso Bailey Pavón García			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Referee: Cecilio Midence

29 October 1980	Olimpia	1–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
	Januario			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

2 November 1980	Real España	2–0	Marathón	San Pedro Sula
	Chavarría Solano			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

5 November 1980	Marathón	0–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

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

20 November 1980	Real España	1–1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Solano		Fernández	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: Extra game

23 November 1980	Marathón	0–0	Real España	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Note: Extra game

Unknown rounds

3 March 1980

Vida	1–0	Universidad

La Ceiba

9 March 1980

Marathón	4–0	Olimpia
Bueso Bonilla Machado Pavón

San Pedro Sula

9 March 1980

Atlético Morazán	4–1	Real España

Tegucigalpa

23 March 1980

Olimpia	0–2	Platense
		Colindres Laing

Tegucigalpa

13 April 1980

Motagua	2–2	Marathón
		Payne

Tegucigalpa

4 May 1980

Broncos	4–0	Vida

Choluteca

11 May 1980

Universidad	3–0	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

22 June 1980

Vida	0–3	Marathón
		Osorio Toledo

La Ceiba

17 August 1980

Real España	1–0	Olimpia
Fernández

San Pedro Sula

24 August 1980

Marathón	2–2	Motagua
Pavón Güity		Lobatón Bueso

San Pedro Sula

1980

Real España	2–1	Universidad

San Pedro Sula

Victoria	2–1	Universidad

La Ceiba

References

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

[table_note_RES0.23683193476723-3] Real España clinched Final spot as regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.23683193476723-4] Top five qualify to Final round.

[table_note_res_ER0.78787659610988-5] 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.

[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.

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