1986–87 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1986–87
Champions	Olimpia (8th)
Relegated	Tela Timsa
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia; Real España
Matches played	148
Goals scored	280 (1.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dueñas (12)
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 21st edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament was the same as the 1985-86 season. Club Deportivo Olimpia successfully defended its 1985-86 season title^[1] in the final against runner-up Real C.D. España. Both qualified for berths to the 1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1986–87 teams

E.A.C.I. is from Isletas but played in Olanchito.

Regular season

Standings Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vida	27	12	11	4	32	14	+18	35	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
2	Olimpia	27	10	13	4	25	19	+6	33	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
3	Marathón	27	7	17	3	26	19	+7	31
4	E.A.C.I.	27	6	10	11	16	22	−6	22
5	Sula	27	6	10	11	27	19	+8	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Vida and Olimpia qualified to the Final round.

Standings Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	27	9	12	6	25	23	+2	30	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
2	Platense	27	8	12	7	27	25	+2	28	Qualified to the Repechage^[b]
3	Motagua	27	8	12	7	27	26	+1	28	Qualified to the Repechage^[b]
4	Victoria	27	5	11	11	23	30	−7	21
5	Tela Timsa	27	5	10	12	20	31	−11	20	Relegated to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España qualified to the Final round.
^ Platense and Motagua forced to play repechage.
^ Tela Timsa relegated to second division.

Final round playoff

19 October 1986 Playoff	Platense	5–3	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Chavarría			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Final round

Cuadrangular Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^[a]	6	4	2	0	8	3	+5	10	Qualified to the 1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Real España^[b]	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	9	Qualified to the 1987 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	Vida	6	2	0	4	3	8	−5	4
4	Platense	6	0	1	5	2	9	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia champions as final round winner.
^ Real España runner-up as second place in final round.

Top scorer

Cipriano Dueñas (Vida) with 12 goals

Squads

E.A.C.I.
Miguel Angel "Payasito" Gómez	Geovany Rodríguez	Rony Galeas
Lincoln Gustavo Alemán	Juan Alberto "Ninja" Padilla Bardales	José Betancourt
Luis García	Omar "Carguero" Renderos	Luis Azneth Ortiz
Jorge Sierra	Raul David Fúnez	Edgar Murillo
Jorge Sánchez	Víctor Hugo Salgado	Alirio Posas
Ernesto Isaula	Héctor Beltrán	Roger Omar "Maisón" Rosales
Héctor Manuel Posantes	César Galindo	Jorge Meléndez
Tedy Lozano	Cándido Luis "Cubillo" García	Celio Sánchez
Rafael "Sietío" Torres Castro	Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
Oscar Santiago "Tigre" Carbajal	Walter Baca Plummer
Marathón
Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero	Francisco Adelmo Herrera	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado
Jorge Chévez	Pedro Geovany Midence	Oswaldo Zaldívar
Jorge Suamy Álvarez	Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales
Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Aparicio Colón	Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Pablo Madrid
Motagua
Eugenio Meléndez	Carneiro Da Silva	Frank Ponce
Juan Gómez Ortiz	Manuel “Meme” Chavarría	Amílcar Leonel Suazo
Oscar Medina	Salón Nazzar	Ernesto "Neto" Isaula
Jean Rodríguez	Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo	Luis Cruz
Reynaldo Aparicio Colon	Manuel "Pechito" Zelaya	Isidro Arriola
Adolfo "Choreta" Ordoñez	Francisco "Pancho" Gonzales	Pires de Olivera
Celeo "Chimpilin" Herrera	Mario "Kivo" Almendares	Oscar Murillo
Jorge "Pando" Arriola	Oscar "Sapo" Hernández	Leonel Suazo
Jose Enríquez	Antonio "Toño" Obando
Olimpia
Óscar Banegas	Arturo Recarte Cáceres	Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Santos "Indio" Ruiz	José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Carlos Martínez
Juan Cruz Murillo	José Emilio Martínez	Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado
Javier Flores	Juan Flores	Patrocinio Sierra
Daniel Zapata	Eduardo Santana	Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
Fernando Tovar Durón	Vicente Daniel Viera	Francisco Javier Toledo
Platense
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Juan Jerezano	Gerald Vargas
Obdulio Vásquez	Jorge Arita Neals	Arturo Johnson
Iván Chavarría	Domingo Drummond	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos
Jimmy Steward	Karl Antonio Roland	Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez
Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda	Junior Rashford Costly	Edith Hernando Contreras
Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro	Nelson Benavídez	Anthony Hinds Mathews
Esteban Pitío Centeno	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Carlos Orlando Caballero	Moises "El Chafa" Barahona
Sula
Fernando Nuila	José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López
Pedro Manzanarez	Fernando Escalante	Óscar "Pito Loco" López
Luis Alonso Zúniga	Mario Bustillo	Matilde Selím Lacayo
Carlos Aguilar Bonilla
Tela Timsa
Raúl David Fúnez	Jorge Hibrán Maldonado	Noel Omar Renderos
Carlos Flores	Luis Laing	Jorge Rosales
Carlos "EL Perro" Zavala
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
José Manuel Vaquedano	Manuel Fuentes López	Mariano Crisanto
Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga	Ramón Berckling
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Cipriano Dueñas	Marco Tulio "Socadito" Zelaya
Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna	Oscar Escobar

Known results

Week 1

23 February 1986 Week 1	Vida	1–0	E.A.C.I.	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Week 1	Platense	0–1	Victoria	Puerto Cortés
			Crisanto	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Round 27

12 October 1986 Week 27	Olimpia	2–1	Tela Timsa	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Cuadrangular

26 October 1986	Vida	0–2	Real España	La Ceiba
15:00			31' Matews 76' Caballero	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 4,416 Referee: Jorge Irías

2 November 1986	Olimpia	1–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
	Norales			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 November 1986	Vida	2–0	Platense	La Ceiba
	Lobo Williams			Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

23 November 1986	Real España	2–2	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Chavarría Costly		Flores Williams	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

	Olimpia	2–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
	Murillo ?' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Unknown rounds

2 March 1986

Sula	0–2	Vida
		Escobar

San Pedro Sula

3 April 1986

E.A.C.I.	2–0	Real España

Olanchito

20 April 1986

Olimpia	1–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

27 July 1986

Sula	1–1	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

17 August 1986

Platense	1–0	Olimpia

Puerto Cortés

17 August 1986

Motagua	3–0	Real España

31 August 1986

Victoria	2–1	Sula

La Ceiba

12 October 1986

Vida	3–1	Motagua
Henríquez Zelaya Williams		Ponce

La Ceiba

15 October 1986

Sula	1–0	Real España
Aguilar

Motagua	0–1	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Victoria	0–3	Marathón

La Ceiba

Marathón	0–0	Tela Timsa

San Pedro Sula

Marathón	1–0	E.A.C.I.

San Pedro Sula

Marathón	0–0	Sula

San Pedro Sula

Marathón	0–0	Real España

San Pedro Sula

Marathón	0–0	Vida

San Pedro Sula

References

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

[table_note_res_QF0.83146068073412-2] Vida and Olimpia qualified to the Final round.

[table_note_res_QF0.070191788519822-3] Real España qualified to the Final round.

[table_note_res_QR0.070191788519822-4] Platense and Motagua forced to play repechage.

[table_note_res_R0.070191788519822-5] Tela Timsa relegated to second division.

[table_note_OLI0.85916661837099-6] Olimpia champions as final round winner.

[table_note_RES0.85916661837099-7] Real España runner-up as second place in final round.

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

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