1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional

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]

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

1971–72 teams

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Regular season

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Standings

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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

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  •   Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 14 goals

Squads

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

Trivia

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  • Atlético Español changed its name to Verdún this season.

Known results

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Round 1

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Motagua1–0Verdún
Hernández  
Tegucigalpa
Lempira1–0Marathón
Martínez  

Fecha 13

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Verdún0–0España
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 14

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Troya1–0Verdún
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 15

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Platense1–0Verdún
San Pedro Sula

Fecha 16

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Verdún0–0Motagua
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 17

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Atlético Indio0–0Verdún
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 18

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Verdún0–4Marathón
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 19

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Verdún0–0Troya
Tegucigalpa

Fecha 20

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Verdún0–0Atlético Indio
Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

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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

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