1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA

Season	1979-80
Champions	Marathón (1st title)
Relegated	Atlético Portuario
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Marathón Universidad
Copa Fraternidad	Marathón Universidad Victoria Broncos
Top goalscorer	Prudencio "Tecate" Norales (15)
← 1978-79 1980-81 →

Following are the results of the 1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional. The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras (English: Honduran Professional National Football League) is the first and highest division of football in Honduras.

1979–80 teams

Atlético Portuario (Puerto Cortés, 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

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• Marathón clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
• Top five qualify to Final round.
• Extra match required between Motagua and Universidad for fifth place.
• Atlético Portuario relegated to second division.

Fifth place playoff

1979

Motagua	1 - 2	Universidad
	After 120'

??
Honduras

Attendance: ??

Referee: ??

Final round

Pentagonal standings

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• Universidad qualified to the final as Final round winners.

Final

1979-12-09

Marathón	1 - 0	Universidad
Bailey

San Pedro Sula

Marathón

Universidad

GK – Jorge Phoyoú RB – René Suazo CB – Richard Payne CB – Hernán García LB – José Martínez CM – Javier Toledo CM – Alberto Merelles AM – Arturo Bonilla RF – Félix Carranza CF – Roberto Bailey LF – Jorge Bueso Substitutions: – – – – – – – – – Manager: Ángel Ramón Rodríguez

GK – Roger Mayorga DF – – DF – – DF – – DF – – MF – – MF – – MF – Fabricio Amador MF – – FW – Daniel Sambulá FW – – Substitutions: – – – – – – – – – Manager: Alfonso Uclés

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1979-12-16

Universidad	0 - 1	Marathón
		Bailey

Tegucigalpa

Universidad

Marathón

GK – Roger Mayorga DF – – DF – – DF – – DF – – MF – – MF – – MF – Fabricio Amador MF – – FW – Daniel Sambulá FW – – Substitutions: – – – – – – – – – Manager: Alfonso Uclés

GK – Jorge Phoyoú RB – René Suazo CB – Richard Payne CB – Hernán García LB – Ramón Osorio CM – Javier Toledo CM – Alberto Merelles AM – Arturo Bonilla LF – Jorge Bueso CF – Roberto Bailey RF – Félix Carranza Substitutions: – – – – – – – – – Manager: Ángel Ramón Rodríguez

Top scorer

• Prudencio "Tecate" Norales (Olimpia) with 15 goals

Squads

Atlético Portuario
Eristeo Gómez	Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Aníbal Bravo
Carlos "Calín" Morales	Orlando "Choloma" Rodríguez	Ernesto Bravo
Edgardo Núñez	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Roscoe Charles
Pablo Orellana	Erick Cabalceta	Ramón Cruz Colindres
Broncos
German "Loco" Guzmán	Iván Ramos	Luis Alberto Escaurizza
Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Marathón
Jorge Phoyoú	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Juan Carlos Weber	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Carlos Solís
Pablo "Payique" Espinoza	Richard Kenneth Payne	Alfonso Munguía
José Martínez	Carlos Guevara	Alberto Merelles
Arturo Payne	Roberto Zilkiewicks	Celso Güity
Porfirio Armando Betancourt	Efraín "Pucho" Osorio	Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Félix Concepción Carranza
René "Maravilla" Suazo	Camilo Mejía	Juan Contreras
Jorge Sánchez	Leónidas Nolasco	Carlos "Calín" Morales
Francisco Javier Toledo	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Carlos Mejía
Motagua
Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	Rigoberto Sosa
Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Raúl David Fúnez	Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Horacio Parham Castro
Platense
Juan Jerezano	Tony Laing	Júnior Rashford Costly
Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	Edith Hernando Contreras	Alex Rodríguez
Real España
Jimmy Steward	Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
Walter Jimminson	Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Alberto Ferreira da Silva	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
Universidad
Roger Mayorga	"Pirata" Fernández	Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Victoria
Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado	Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
José Reynaldo Villagra	David Goff	Francisco Jiménez
Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz	Marco Tulio López
Vida
Dennis Hinds	Matilde Selím Lacayo	Carlos Orlando Caballero
Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	Junior Mejía

Known results

Round 1

Vida	3 – 1	Platense
Hinds

La Ceiba

Pentagonal

28 October 1979

Olimpia	1 – 0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

11 November 1979

Marathón	2 – 0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

14 November 1979

Universidad	1 – 0	Victoria
Aguilar

Tegucigalpa

18 November 1979

Olimpia	0 – 1	Victoria
		Villagra

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

4 March 1979

Victoria	5–0	Atlético Portuario

La Ceiba

11 March 1979

Olimpia	2–0	Motagua
Romero Parham

Tegucigalpa

8 April 1979

Universidad	1–0	Real España
Fernández

Tegucigalpa

29 April 1979

Universidad	–	Motagua
Fernández 1'

Tegucigalpa

6 May 1979

Olimpia	2–2	Broncos

Tegucigalpa

14 June 1979

Marathón	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

17 June 1979

Victoria	1–0	Olimpia
López

La Ceiba

17 June 1979

Real España	3–2	Motagua
Castro

San Pedro Sula

15 July 1979

Platense	4–1	Broncos

San Pedro Sula

22 July 1979

Olimpia	6–2	Atlético Portuario
Norales Chavarría		Charles Duarte

Tegucigalpa

23 September 1979

Platense	1–1	Motagua
Wagner		Centurión

San Pedro Sula

23 September 1979

Universidad	4–1	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

Platense	0–0	Atlético Portuario

Puerto Cortés

Platense	2–1	Atlético Portuario

San Pedro Sula

Platense	1–1	Atlético Portuario

San Pedro Sula

Motagua	1–2	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	2–1	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Curiosities

On 8 April 1979, Real C.D. España played two games. They lost 1–0 against Universidad at Tegucigalpa in the domestic league and 1–0 against Aurora in Guatemala for the 1979 Copa Fraternidad finals.