1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional
| Season | 1971–72 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Olimpia (4th) |
| Relegated | Lempira de Guaruma |
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Olimpia Vida |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Goals scored | 299 (2.21 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Alvarado (14) |
← 1970–71 1972–73 → | |
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
[edit]- Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
- España (San Pedro Sula)
- Lempira de Guaruma (La Lima)
- Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
- Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
- Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
- Platense (Puerto Cortés)
- Troya (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
- Verdún (Tegucigalpa)
- Vida (La Ceiba)
- Verdún purchased C.D. Atlético Español's franchise.
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| 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:
Notes:
Top scorer
[edit]
Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 14 goals
Squads
[edit]| Atlético Indio | ||
|---|---|---|
 Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
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| Real España | ||
 Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta
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Dagoberto Cubero
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 Pedro Caetano Da Silva
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| Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
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Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal
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Mario "Pelola" López
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| Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
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Jacobo Sarmiento
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Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
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| Jaime Villegas
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| Lempira de Guaruma | ||
| Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara
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Melchor Argeñal
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Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez
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| César Augusto Dávila Puerto
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Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor
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Amílcar "Mica" López
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| Rigoberto Martínez
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Eleázar Rodríguez
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Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada
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| Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
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| Marathón | ||
| Roberto Bailey
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Arnulfo Echeverría
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Alexander "Nina" Guillén
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| Dennis "Plitis" Lagos
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Alberto Mancía
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Flavio Ortega
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| Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez
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Gil "Fátima" Valerio
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Allan Ricardo Young
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| Motagua | ||
 Salvador Dubois Leiva
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Julio Meza
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Nelson Benavídez
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| Roberto Jérez
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Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
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Reynaldo Ismael Colón
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| Roberto Abrussezze
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Alfonso Uclés
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Edgardo Orellana
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| Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro
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Elio Banegas
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Mariano Godoy
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| Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
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Lenard Wells
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Carlos Andrés Sanabria
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| Linauro de Paula
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Tomás Máximo
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Fermín Navarro
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| Federico Budde
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Jesús Castillo
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José Luis Cruz Figueroa
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| Marcos Banegas
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Marco Antonio Calderón
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Mario Blandón Artica
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| Ricardo Cárdenas
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Juliano Netto
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Alberto "Furia" Solís
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| Egdomilio Díaz
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Geraldo Baptista
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Alfonso "Garrinchito" Gutiérrez
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| Juan Manuel Coello
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José María "Chema" Durón
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Ado Baptista
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| Olimpia | ||
| Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz
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Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
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Samuel Sentini
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| Juan Ventura "La Gata" López
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Selvin Cárcamo
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Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza
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| Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros
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Marco Antonio "Tonin" Mendoza
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Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
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| Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara
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Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
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Raúl Suazo Lagos
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| Platense | ||
| Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
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Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez
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Martín Castillo
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 Reynaldo Castro Gil
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Jimmy Steward
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Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
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| Oscar Teherán
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Carlos "Care" Alvarado
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Oscar Marino Piedrahíta
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| Troya | ||
| José Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez
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| Verdún | ||
| Roberto Abrussezze
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Geraldo Baptista
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Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes
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| Joaquín "Quin" Bulnes
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Manuel "Nell" Bulnes
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Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
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| José Ferreira Dos Santos
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Víctor Armando "Teniente" López
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Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
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| "Tamalín" Ordóñez
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Flavio Ortega Violante
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Ronald Quilter
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| Oscar "Zorro" Velásquez
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| Victoria | ||
| René "Maravilla" Suazo
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| Vida | ||
| Óscar "Burra" Acosta
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Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto
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Jaime Barahona
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| Manuel Bernárdez Calderón
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 Jesús Octavio Cifuentes
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Gustavo Adolfo "Gorsha" Collins
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| Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins
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 Óscar Alfredo Fariñas
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Óscar Omar "Comay" Flores
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| Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden
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Morris Garden
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Roberto Hayes Galindo
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| Humberto Laínez
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Jairo López
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Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
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| Tomás "Tommy" Marshall
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Mario Murillo
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Gilberto René Núñez
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| José López "Rulo" Paz
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José López Zelaya
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Wilfredo "Will" Rodríguez
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| José María "Chema" Salinas
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Carlos Sevilla Rodríguez
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Gustavo Antonio "Danto" Urbina
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Trivia
[edit]- Atlético Español changed its name to Verdún this season.
Known results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]| Motagua | 1–0 | Verdún |
|---|---|---|
Hernández  |
Tegucigalpa
| Lempira | 1–0 | Marathón |
|---|---|---|
| Martínez |
Fecha 13
[edit]| Verdún | 0–0 | España |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Fecha 14
[edit]| Troya | 1–0 | Verdún |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Fecha 15
[edit]| Platense | 1–0 | Verdún |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
Fecha 16
[edit]| Verdún | 0–0 | Motagua |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Fecha 17
[edit]| Atlético Indio | 0–0 | Verdún |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Fecha 18
[edit]| Verdún | 0–4 | Marathón |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Fecha 19
[edit]| Verdún | 0–0 | Troya |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Fecha 20
[edit]| Verdún | 0–0 | Atlético Indio |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Unknown rounds
[edit]| España | 3–0 | Marathón |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
| Motagua | 2–0 | Troya |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
| Platense | 1–3 | Lempira |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
| Olimpia | 2–1 | Atlético Indio |
|---|---|---|
| Matamoros |
Tegucigalpa
| Platense | 1–2 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
| Marathón | 5–1 | Lempira |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
| Motagua | 2–1 | Platense |
|---|---|---|
| Cruz |
Tegucigalpa
| Olimpia | 5–0 | Troya |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
| Victoria | 2–5 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
La Ceiba
| Marathón | 2–2 | Motagua |
|---|---|---|
| Echeverría |
Referee: Cedillos
| Lempira | 1–4 | Vida |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
| Marathón | 3–3 | Lempira |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
| España | 0–0 | Motagua |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
References
[edit]- ^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009