1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season1971–72
ChampionsOlimpia (4th)
RelegatedLempira de Guaruma
CONCACAF Champions' CupOlimpia
Vida
Matches played135
Goals scored299 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerAlvarado (14)

The 1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 7th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title and qualified to the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D.S. Vida.[1]

1971–72 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia[a] 27 15 10 2 41 18 +23 40 Qualified to the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2 Vida 27 16 3 8 42 25 +17 35
3 Motagua 27 14 5 8 37 23 +14 33
4 España 27 12 7 8 27 21 +6 31
5 Marathón 27 9 9 9 37 33 +4 27
6 Troya 27 11 5 11 28 36 −8 27
7 Platense 27 5 11 11 30 37 −7 21
8 Verdún 27 5 11 11 10 25 −15 21
9 Atlético Indio 27 3 13 11 23 36 −13 19
10 Lempira de Guaruma 27 5 6 16 24 45 −21 16 Relegated to Segunda División[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Olimpia 1971–72 champions as regular season winner.
  2. ^ Lempira relegated to second division.

Top scorer

  • Honduras Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 14 goals

Squads

Atlético Indio
Honduras Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Real España
Costa Rica Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta Honduras Dagoberto Cubero Brazil Pedro Caetano Da Silva
Honduras Exequiel "Estupiñán" García Honduras Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal Honduras Mario "Pelola" López
Honduras Domingo "Mingo" Ramos Honduras Jacobo Sarmiento Honduras Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Honduras Jaime Villegas
Lempira de Guaruma
Honduras Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Honduras Melchor Argeñal Honduras Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez
Honduras César Augusto Dávila Puerto Honduras Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor Honduras Amílcar "Mica" López
Honduras Rigoberto Martínez Honduras Eleázar Rodríguez Honduras Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada
Honduras Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Marathón
Honduras Roberto Bailey Honduras Arnulfo Echeverría Honduras Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Honduras Dennis "Plitis" Lagos Honduras Alberto Mancía Brazil Flavio Ortega
Honduras Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Honduras Gil "Fátima" Valerio Honduras Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Nicaragua Salvador Dubois Leiva Honduras Julio Meza Honduras Nelson Benavídez
Honduras Roberto Jérez Honduras Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Honduras Reynaldo Ismael Colón
Brazil Roberto Abrussezze Honduras Alfonso Uclés Honduras Edgardo Orellana
Honduras Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro Honduras Elio Banegas Honduras Mariano Godoy
Honduras Héctor "Lin" Zelaya Honduras Lenard Wells Honduras Carlos Andrés Sanabria
Brazil Linauro de Paula Honduras Tomás Máximo Honduras Fermín Navarro
Honduras Federico Budde Honduras Jesús Castillo Honduras José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Honduras Marcos Banegas Honduras Marco Antonio Calderón Honduras Mario Blandón Artica
Honduras Ricardo Cárdenas Honduras Juliano Netto Honduras Alberto "Furia" Solís
Honduras Egdomilio Díaz Brazil Geraldo Baptista Honduras Alfonso "Garrinchito" Gutiérrez
Honduras Juan Manuel Coello Honduras José María "Chema" Durón Brazil Ado Baptista
Olimpia
Honduras Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz Honduras Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Honduras Samuel Sentini
Honduras Juan Ventura "La Gata" López Honduras Selvin Cárcamo Honduras Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza
Honduras Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Honduras Marco Antonio "Tonin" Mendoza Honduras Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Honduras Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara Honduras Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Honduras Raúl Suazo Lagos
Platense
Honduras Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez Honduras Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez Honduras Martín Castillo
Colombia Reynaldo Castro Gil Honduras Jimmy Steward Honduras Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Colombia Oscar Teherán Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado Colombia Oscar Marino Piedrahíta
Troya
Honduras José Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez
Verdún
Brazil Roberto Abrussezze Brazil Geraldo Baptista Honduras Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes
Honduras Joaquín "Quin" Bulnes Honduras Manuel "Nell" Bulnes Honduras Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
Brazil José Ferreira Dos Santos Honduras Víctor Armando "Teniente" López Honduras Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
Honduras "Tamalín" Ordóñez Brazil Flavio Ortega Violante Honduras Ronald Quilter
Honduras Oscar "Zorro" Velásquez
Victoria
Honduras René "Maravilla" Suazo
Vida
Honduras Óscar "Burra" Acosta Honduras Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Honduras Jaime Barahona
Honduras Manuel Bernárdez Calderón Guatemala Jesús Octavio Cifuentes Honduras Gustavo Adolfo "Gorsha" Collins
Honduras Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins Chile Óscar Alfredo Fariñas Honduras Óscar Omar "Comay" Flores
Honduras Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden Honduras Morris Garden Honduras Roberto Hayes Galindo
Honduras Humberto Laínez Honduras Jairo López Honduras Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
Honduras Tomás "Tommy" Marshall Honduras Mario Murillo Honduras Gilberto René Núñez
Honduras José López "Rulo" Paz Honduras José López Zelaya Honduras Wilfredo "Will" Rodríguez
Honduras José María "Chema" Salinas Honduras Carlos Sevilla Rodríguez Honduras Gustavo Antonio "Danto" Urbina

Trivia

  • Atlético Español changed its name to Verdún this season.

Known results

Round 1

Motagua1–0Verdún
Hernández
Tegucigalpa
Lempira1–0Marathón
Martínez

Fecha 13

Verdún0–0España
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 14

Troya1–0Verdún
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 15

Platense1–0Verdún
San Pedro Sula

Fecha 16

Verdún0–0Motagua
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 17

Atlético Indio0–0Verdún
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 18

Verdún0–4Marathón
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 19

Verdún0–0Troya
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 20

Verdún0–0Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

España3–0Marathón
San Pedro Sula
Motagua2–0Troya
Tegucigalpa
Platense1–3Lempira
San Pedro Sula
Olimpia2–1Atlético Indio
Matamoros
Tegucigalpa
Platense1–2Olimpia
San Pedro Sula
Marathón5–1Lempira
San Pedro Sula
Motagua2–1Platense
Cruz
Tegucigalpa
Olimpia5–0Troya
Tegucigalpa
Lempira1–3Olimpia
Mayorga Mejía
Flores
San Pedro Sula
Victoria2–5Olimpia
La Ceiba
Marathón2–2Motagua
Echeverría
Referee: Cedillos
Lempira1–4Vida
San Pedro Sula
Marathón3–3Lempira
San Pedro Sula
España2–0Lempira
Castro
Sevilla
San Pedro Sula
Lempira2–1España
Perdomo
Martínez
Castro
San Pedro Sula
España2–0Lempira
Sevilla
Greenech
San Pedro Sula
España0–0Motagua
San Pedro Sula

References