1975–76 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1975–76
Champions	España (2nd)
Relegated	Atlántida
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	España; Olimpia
Matches played	149
Goals scored	368 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	(11)
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

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]

1975–76 teams[]

Regular season[]

Standings[]

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:

^ Olimpia secured final spot as regular season winner.
^ Olimpia, Motagua, España and Universidad qualified to Final round.
^ Atlántida relegated to second division.

Final round[]

Cuadrangular standings[]

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]	Qualified to the Final playoff
3	Universidad	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	6
4	Olimpia	6	1	2	3	6	6	0	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^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[]

1975-12-07

Olimpia	1–1	España

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Julio Mejía

1975-12-14

España	2–0	Olimpia
Yearwood

Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Carlos Roberto Ortiz Pérez

Top scorer[]

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

Squads[]

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		"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
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
	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[]

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

Known results[]

Round 1[]

13 February 1975	Motagua	2–0	Atlántida	showTegucigalpa
CST	Obando			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round 11[]

Platense	–	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Cuadrangular[]

26 October 1975

España	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

2 November 1975

Motagua	1–1	Olimpia
Obando

Tegucigalpa

9 November 1975

Motagua	1–0	España

Tegucigalpa

16 November 1975

Olimpia	0–2	España

Tegucigalpa

23 November 1975

Olimpia	0–0	Universidad

Tegucigalpa

26 November 1975

España	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

30 November 1975

Olimpia	1–2	Motagua
		Hernández

San Pedro Sula

Universidad	0–4	Olimpia

Final playoff[]

1975-12-03

España	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds[]

16 February 1975	Olimpia	5–0	Federal	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 February 1975	Motagua	v	Vida	show
CST	Obando

23 February 1975	Olimpia	4–1	Broncos	showTegucigalpa
CST	Hawit			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

9 March 1975	Platense	5–1	Federal	showPuerto Cortés
CST				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

9 March 1975	Motagua	0–1	España	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

16 March 1975	Vida	2–1	Atlántida	showLa Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

6 April 1975	Marathón	0–1	Olimpia	showSan Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

10 April 1975	Motagua	v	Federal	showTegucigalpa
CST	Obando			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

13 April 1975	Federal	1–1	Universidad	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

20 April 1975	Universidad	5–1	Atlántida	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

18 May 1975	Atlántida	0–5	Platense	showLa Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

18 May 1975	España	4–0	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

29 June 1975	Universidad	1–0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 July 1975	Motagua	v	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
CST	Obando			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

13 July 1975	Broncos	0–1	Olimpia	showCholuteca
CST				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

31 July 1975	Universidad	v	Federal	show
CST

3 August 1975	Marathón	1–1	Atlántida	showSan Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

17 August 1975	Motagua	v	Atlántida	show
CST	Obando

24 August 1975	Federal	1–1	Vida	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

24 August 1975	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

12 October 1975	Broncos	v	Atlántida	showCholuteca
CST				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
Note: Atlántida didn't show up

12 October 1975	Federal	2–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 October 1975	Vida	2–3	Marathón	showLa Ceiba San Pedro Sula
CST				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.

	Vida	1–0	Atlántida	showLa Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

	Vida	2–1	Atlántida	showLa Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

	Marathón	1–2	Atlántida	showSan Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

	Atlántida	1–0	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

	Atlántida	2–0	Federal	showLa Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

References[]

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

[table_note_OLI0.5224301477533-2] Olimpia secured final spot as regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.5224301477533-3] Olimpia, Motagua, España and Universidad qualified to Final round.

[table_note_res_R0.5224301477533-4] Atlántida relegated to second division.

[table_hth_RES0.97028298115837-5] Jump up to: ^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.

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

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