1990–91 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1990–91
Champions	Real España (6th)
Relegated	Súper Estrella
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Real España; Motagua
Matches played	158
Goals scored	312 (1.97 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vallejo (12)
	← 1989–90 1991–92 → All statistics correct as of 16 February 1991.

The 1990–91 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 25th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robins followed by a 5-team playoff round.

Club Deportivo Olimpia unsuccessfully defended its 1989 title losing in a replay match to Motagua.

Real C.D. España won the title ^[1] defeating in the final C.D. Motagua. Both title holder and runner-up qualified for berths to the 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1990–91 teams

Platense played their home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations at Estadio Excélsior.^[2]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España^[a]	27	15	9	3	44	20	+24	39	Qualified to the Final round^[b]
2	Marathón	27	15	8	4	46	21	+25	38
3	Olimpia	27	12	13	2	36	18	+18	37
4	Platense	27	8	11	8	20	24	−4	27
5	Motagua	27	6	14	7	26	23	+3	26
6	Victoria	27	6	10	11	18	25	−7	22
7	Vida	27	4	13	10	20	30	−10	21
8	Tela Timsa	27	7	7	13	19	34	−15	21
9	Súper Estrella	27	5	11	11	22	41	−19	21
10	Sula	27	5	8	14	18	33	−15	18	Relegated to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España clinched final spot as regular season winner.
^ Top 5 qualify for final round.
^ Sula relegated to Segunda División.

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	8	3	5	0	10	5	+5	11	Forced to a Replay^[a]
2	Motagua	8	4	3	1	6	3	+3	11	Forced to a Replay^[a]
3	Real España	8	4	2	2	14	11	+3	10
4	Platense	8	1	3	4	4	8	−4	5
5	Marathón	8	0	3	5	5	12	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia and Motagua to play an extra match to break the tie.

Replay

6 February 1991 Replay	Motagua	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
20:00 CST	Sierra 115'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 23,252

Motagua qualified to the Final.

Final

10 February 1991 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

16 February 1991 2nd leg	Real España	2–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Smith		Murillo	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Top scorer

Luis Orlando Vallejo (Real España) with 12 goals

Squads

Marathón
Francisco Adelmo Herrera	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales
José Ulloa Villatoro	Neptaly Turcios	Marco "Tono" García
José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Pedro Geovany Midence	Nicolás Suazo Velásquez
Francisco Adelmo Herrera	Leonel Machado	Pastor Martínez
Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	Juan Gómez Ortiz	Oscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz
Mauro Pacheco	Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo
Motagua
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Oscar Murillo	Patrocinio Sierra Doblado
Fabricio Pérez	Hernaín Arzú	Giovanni "Venado" Castro
Fernando Rinaldi	César Augusto "Nene" Obando	Miguel Antonio Mathews Sargent
Olimpia
Belarmino Rivera	Óscar Banegas	Eduardo "Balín" Bennett
Carlos José Laje Moreno	Alejandro Ruíz	Suamy Martínez
Eduardo Arriola	Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez	Rolando Reyes Vásquez
Daniel Zapata	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón	Erick Darío Fú Lanza
Arnold Cruz	Néstor Peralta	Danilo "Pollo" Galindo
Juan Carlos Espinoza	Santos Alejandro "El Indio" Ruíz	Martín Stuart
Armando Aguilar	Eduardo Sosa	Dennis Antonio Piedy
Vicente Daniel Viera	Fernando Tovar Durón	Alex Pineda Chacón
Platense
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	Miguel "Payasito" Gómez
German "Niño" Bernárdez	Jorge Arita Neals	Rossel Antonio Cacho
Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Dennis Caballero	Selvin Sánchez Reyes
Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Rodolfo Richardson Smith
Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro	Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba	Jorge López Silva
Rafael González	Alex Geovany Ávila	Geovany Gayle Alarcón
Luis "Gavilán" Cálix	Nahamán Humberto González	Erick Gerardo Gallegos
Rigoberto González	Ramón "Primitivo" Maradiaga	Luis Orlando "Caralampio" Vallejo Arguijo
Karl Antonio Roland	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre
Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda	Carlos Fernando Landa	Allan Anthony Costly
Camilo Bonilla Paz	Carlos Orlando Caballero	Edy "Tibombo" Contreras
Sula
Marco Antonio "Toñito" Gómez	Noel Omar Renderos	Óscar "Pito Loco" López
Luis Alonso Zúniga	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Fernando Nuila
Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez	Carlos Aguilar Bonilla
Súper Estrella
Víctor Hernán Duarte	Eduardo "Tanque" Ramírez	Darío Mejía
Ramon Zavala	German Pérez	Misael Pinto
Edgardo "Chacho" Zamora	Jorge "Pando" Arriola	Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
Suammy Álvarez	Carlos Cruz Padilla
Tela Timsa
Golbin Bonilla	Carlos Flores	Samuel "Samy" Rivera
Renan "Chimbo" Aguilera	Ernesto "Neto" Isaula	Mateo Ávila
Ibrahím Maldonado	Víctor Garay
Victoria
Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía	Enrique Reneau	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
Vida
Carlos Ramírez	Rudy Pine Pack	José Danilo Carías Figueroa
René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez	Jorge Ernesto Pineda

Known results

Round 1

11 March 1990

Súper Estrella	0–4	Real España
		Soto Vallejo

Danlí

11 March 1990

Sula	2–0	Platense
Renderos 46'

San Pedro Sula

Pentagonal

21 November 1990

Marathón	0–1	Motagua
		Pérez

San Pedro Sula

22 November 1990

Olimpia	4–1	Real España
Bennett Laje Espinoza	^[3]	Vallejo

Tegucigalpa

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez

2 December 1990

Motagua	0–1	Platense
		Caballero

Tegucigalpa

6 December 1990

Motagua	0–0	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

12 December 1990

Real España	4–1	Marathón
Smith Anariba Contreras		García

San Pedro Sula

6 January 1991

Real España	1–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

6 January 1991

Olimpia	2–1	Marathón
Zapata Bennett		Machado

Tegucigalpa

13 January 1991

Motagua	1–0	Marathón
Obando 41'

Tegucigalpa

16 January 1991

Real España	1–1	Olimpia
Contreras		Bennett

San Pedro Sula

20 January 1991

Motagua	2–1	Real España

Tegucigalpa

26 January 1991

Marathón	1–1	Olimpia
Machado		Laje

San Pedro Sula

2 February 1991

Marathón	1–2	Real España
Pacheco		Smith Aguirre

San Pedro Sula

3 February 1991

Olimpia	0–0	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

4 April 1990

Marathón	3–0	Súper Estrella
Turcios

San Pedro Sula

25 April 1990

Sula	2–2	Vida

San Pedro Sula

26 April 1990

Olimpia	2–2	Real España

Tegucigalpa

28 April 1990

Curacao	1–1	Súper Estrella

Tegucigalpa

2 May 1990

Sula	2–1	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

6 May 1990

Victoria	v	Tela Timsa

La Ceiba

17 May 1990

Olimpia	1–1	Sula
		Renderos

Tegucigalpa

27 May 1990

Motagua	5–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

3 June 1990

Tela Timsa	1–5	Real España

Tela

10 June 1990

Motagua	2–1	Victoria

Tegucigalpa

15 July 1990

Motagua	1–1	Olimpia
Obando		Cornet

Tegucigalpa

28 July 1990

Real España	1–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

30 September 1990

Victoria	1–0	Marathón
Martínez

La Ceiba

13 October 1990

Sula	1–3	Victoria
Urbina		Meléndez D. Flores J. Flores

San Pedro Sula

21 October 1990

Vida	3–2	Olimpia
Carías Dueñas Pineda		Cornet Espinoza

La Ceiba

28 October 1990

Vida	0–1	Real España

La Ceiba

28 October 1990

Olimpia	5–1	Sula

Tegucigalpa

1 November 1990

Olimpia	1–0	Curacao
Ruíz

Tegucigalpa

Marathón	5–2	Súper Estrella

Marathón	1–1	Real España

San Pedro Sula

Real España	2–1	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
^ RadioHouse.hn – Platense arribó a su 56 aniversario de fundación – 5 July 2016
^ Match suspended at 60' (4–1) as Real España had three players sent off plus two faking injuries. Result stood.

[table_note_RES0.51821320015854-3] Real España clinched final spot as regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.51821320015854-4] Top 5 qualify for final round.

[table_note_res_R0.51821320015854-5] Sula relegated to Segunda División.

[table_note_res_RP0.32287651920825-6] Olimpia and Motagua to play an extra match to break the tie.

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

[2] RadioHouse.hn – Platense arribó a su 56 aniversario de fundación – 5 July 2016

[7] Match suspended at 60' (4–1) as Real España had three players sent off plus two faking injuries. Result stood.

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