1974–75 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1973–74 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 9th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a four round-robin schedule followed by a 4-team playoff round. C.D. España won the title after defeating C.D. Motagua in the final.[1] Both teams qualified to the 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[2]

Liga Nacional
Season1974–75
ChampionsEspaña (1st)
RelegatedAtlético Indio
CONCACAF Champions' CupEspaña
Motagua
Matches played187
Goals scored344 (1.84 per match)
Top goalscorerRodríguez-Peña (15)

1974–75 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 Motagua[a] 36 18 15 3 44 19 +25 71 Qualified to the Final round[b]
2 Olimpia 36 13 18 5 28 20 +8 67
3 España 36 12 15 9 44 36 +8 58
4 Marathón 36 13 14 9 36 26 +10 55
5 Platense 36 12 13 11 41 40 +1 52
6 Broncos 36 11 12 13 28 31 −3 48
7 Federal 36 11 10 15 33 38 −5 45
8 Vida 36 6 16 14 25 41 −16 45
9 Universidad 36 9 11 16 29 36 −7 43
10 Atlético Indio 36 9 9 18 28 49 −21 38 Relegated to Segunda División[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Motagua clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
  2. ^ Top 4 qualified to Final round.
  3. ^ Atlético Indio relegated.
  • Draws were decided by penalty kicks on the first 9 rounds, 1 point for winner and 0 points for loser.
  • Draws were decided by penalty kicks from round 10 to round 36, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.

Final round

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Cuadrangular

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1 December 1974 Round 1 España 0–0
(5–4 p)
Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00) Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
1 December 1974 Round 1 Olimpia 2–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00) García  
Gómez  
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino


15 December 1974 Round 3 Motagua 1–1
(?–? p)
Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00) Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Note: Marathón won by penalty shoot-outs, score missing.

Cuadrangular standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 España 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 8 Qualified to the Final[a]
2 Olimpia 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Motagua 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2
4 Marathón 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Cuadrangular won by España and clinched final spot.
  • Draws were decided by penalty kicks, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.

Final

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22 December 1974 Final Motagua 0–1 España Tegucigalpa
15:00 CST
 
 
 
 
 

Starting XI
(GK) Mayorga
Durón
Quilter
Banegas
Zelaya
Godoy
Guifarro
Obando
Hernández
Blandón
  Sosa
Substitutes
  Bernárdez

Coach
Padilla (HON)
  84' Pavón
 
 
 
 
 
 

Starting XI
Arrieta (GK)
Álvarez
Villegas
Consany
Dávila
Pavón
Yearwood
Castro
Bailey  
Echeverría  
Ferreira
Substitutes
Ortega  
Rodríguez  
Coach
(HON) Herrera
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Porfirio Guerra
Note: Played in a single match.
Liga Nacional
1974–75 Champion
C.D. España
1st title

Top scorer

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Squads

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Atlético Indio
  Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno   Víctor Hugo Álvarez   Luis Brand
  Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand   Marco Antonio Calderón   Ricardo Calona
  Pedro "Poquitito" Carbajal   Miguel Angel Escalante   Jorge "Cruz Azul" Escoto
  "Yuyuga" Flores   Joaquín Enrique "Quicón" Fonseca   Francisco "Panchón" Guerra
  Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez   Marco Tulio "Coyol" López   Joaquín "Alianza" Maldonado
  Carlos Arturo Matute   David Levy McCalla   Aquiles Mendoza
  Héctor "Yeto" Montoya   Oscar Nolasco   Roy Posas
  Orlando "Calavera" Rodríguez   Expedito Serafín   Jorge Sierra
  Edgardo Sosa   Ramón Ugarte   José Armando Ayala
Broncos
  Wilfredo Caballero   Wilson Fernández Da Silva   Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
  Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles   Marco Tulio Gonzales   Javier "el Uno" Rodríguez
  Jacobo Sarmiento   Jose Boanerges Villalobos Moreno
Real España
  Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez   Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta   Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
  Jimmy James Bailey   Julio Campos   José Edelmín "Pando" Castro
  Carlos Roberto Consany   Dagoberto Cubero   César Augusto Dávila Puerto
  Arnulfo Echeverría   Alberto Ferreira da Silva   Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
  José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega   Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina   José López "Rulo" Paz
  Washington Pereira   Gil Josué Rodríguez   Jaime Villegas
  Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Federal
  Ramón Bustillo   Roberto "Toto" Cáceres   Pedro Caetano Da Silva
  Arturo del Carmen Díaz   Dagoberto Espinal   Leroy Foster
  Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez   Gustavo Izaguirre   Carlos Arturo Matute
  Julio Meza   Manuel "Micobrinco" Rodríguez   Oscar Teherán
  Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez   Orlando "Bimbo" Vásquez   Francisco Zelaya Pastrana
Marathón
  Rafael Argeñal   Mauro "Nayo" Caballero   Miguel Angel "Pianito" Castro
  Linauro Di Paula   Julio César "Cucaracha" Fonseca   Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
  Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez   Alberto Mancía   Wilfredo Medina
  Allard Plummer   Daniel Argelio Romero   Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
  Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
  Marcos Banegas   Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica   José Luis Cruz Figueroa
  Salvador Dubois Leiva   José María "Chema" Durón   Mariano Godoy
  Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro   Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández   Roger Mayorga
  Angel Antonio "Toño" Obando   Ronald Quilter   Rigoberto Sosa
  Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez   Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya   Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
  Dennis Allen   Selvin Cárcamo   Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
  Óscar García   Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez   Alfredo Hawit Banegas
  Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros   Reynaldo Mejía Ortega   Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza
  Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz   Manuel "Candado" Williams   Samuel Sentini
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   "Che" Guerrero   Juan Noyola
  Mario Ortega   Arturo Payne   Oscar Piedrahíta
  Roberto Rich   Samuel Rivera   Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
  Jimmy Steward
Universidad
  Santos "Cocodrilo" González   Roger Macedo   David Levy McCalla
  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

Known results

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Round 1

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27 January 1974 Vida 0–1 Motagua La Ceiba
CST   Sosa Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Round 7

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Round 12

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Unknown rounds

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17 February 1974 Motagua 2–1 Broncos
CST Obando  
Hernández  
  Berríos
24 February 1974 Motagua v Platense
CST Obando    
31 March 1974 España 1–0 Broncos San Pedro Sula
Tegucigalpa
CST Bailey   Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Referee: Rolando Núñez
Note: Suspended at 45' (1–0) in San Pedro Sula on 17 March due to crowd trouble. Remaining 45 minutes were resumed on 31 March at Tegucigalpa. Result stood.
31 March 1974 Marathón 0–0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
CST Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Carlos Cedillos
Note: Game rescheduled from 17 March due to crowd trouble at San Pedro Sula.
12 May 1974 Vida 1–2 Platense
CST
28 July 1974 España 1–2 Platense
CST
4 August 1974 Platense 1–1 Motagua
CST
11 August 1974 Platense 2–2 Olimpia
CST
18 August 1974 Platense 1–1 Universidad
CST
25 August 1974 Platense 1–0 Vida
CST
25 August 1974 Motagua 0–0
(?–? p)
España Tegucigalpa
CST Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Note: España won by penalty shoot-outs, score missing.
1 September 1974 Platense 2–0 Broncos
CST
12 September 1974 Motagua v Broncos
CST Obando  
15 September 1974 Platense 2–1 Federal
CST
15 September 1974 Vida 0–3 España La Ceiba
CST Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
6 October 1974 Motagua v Vida
CST Obando  

Controversy

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  • According to the regulations of the competition, the final series (enforced for the first time this season) were supposed to be played in a home and away format. However, after C.D. España defeated C.D. Motagua 0–1 in the first leg, they traveled back to San Pedro Sula claiming the title and went on to celebrate in front of their fan base, thus misunderstanding the newly implemented rules. Motagua's president Pedro Atala Simón in order to avoid further conflicts, desisted in playing the second leg and granted the title which at that time represented the first championship to España and to the city of San Pedro Sula itself.[4]

References

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  1. ^ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 19 February 2009
  2. ^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
  3. ^ RadioHouse.hn – Récords de Liga Nacional en 15 de septiembre – 15 September 2015
  4. ^ "Séptima final entre Motagua y Real España". LaTribuna.hn. La Tribuna. Retrieved 26 December 2017.