1973–74 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1973–74 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 8th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Motagua won the title on 9 September 1973 in the 1–1 away draw against C.D. España and qualified to the 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Marathón.

Liga Nacional

Season	1973–74
Champions	Motagua (3rd)
Relegated	Troya
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Motagua Marathón
Matches played	135
Goals scored	300 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Blandón (13) Plummer (13)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 teams

• Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
• Broncos (Choluteca)
• España (San Pedro Sula)
• Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Troya (Tegucigalpa)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	27	13	13	1	39	15	+24	39	Qualified to the 1974 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Marathón	27	12	13	2	39	24	+15	37
3	Olimpia	27	10	12	5	37	24	+13	32
4	España	27	11	9	7	35	24	+11	31
5	Vida	27	8	11	8	25	27	−2	27
6	Platense	27	9	8	10	30	28	+2	26
7	Universidad	27	8	9	10	26	28	−2	25
8	Atlético Indio	27	7	11	9	26	29	−3	25
9	Broncos	27	6	6	15	27	51	−24	18
10	Troya	27	3	4	20	16	50	−34	10	Relegated to Segunda División

Source:
Notes:

Top scorers

• Mario Blandón Artica (Motagua) with 13 goals
• Allard Plummer (Marathón) with 13 goals

Squads

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
Broncos
"Coquí" Berríos	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
España
"Mozambique" Alvarez	Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
"Roby" Arzú	Dagoberto Cubero	César Augusto Dávila Puerto
Linauro Di Paula	Arnulfo Echeverría	Flavio Ortega
José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
Gil Rodríguez	Jacobo Sarmiento	Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Jaime Villegas
Marathón
Roberto Bailey	Ramón Cano	Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Alberto Mancía	Wilfredo Medina	Allard Plummer
Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Gil "Fátima" Valerio
Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Marcos Banegas	Adilson Batista	Nelson Benavídez
Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez	Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica	José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Salvador Dubois Leiva	José María "Chema" Durón	Mariano Godoy
Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Alfonso "Garrinchita" Gutiérrez	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
Roger Mayorga	Julio Meza	Angel Antonio "Toño" Obando
Ronald Quilter	Rigoberto Sosa	Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Selvin Cárcamo	Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza	Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	Raúl Suazo Lagos
Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Samuel Sentini
Platense
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez	Martín Castillo
Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
Mario Ortega	Oscar Marino Piedrahíta	Jimmy Steward
Troya
Geraldo Baptista
Universidad
Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz	Roger Macedo	Ramón "Mon" Medina
José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
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
Matilde Selím Lacayo	Jairo López	José López "Rulo" Paz
Tomás "Tommy" Marshall	Mario McKoy	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

Round 1

14 January 1973

Broncos	3–4	Universidad

Choluteca

14 January 1973

Platense	2–4	España
Bernárdez

Puerto Cortés

Round 6

25 February 1973

Olimpia	2–1	Motagua
Rodríguez Brand		Baptista

Tegucigalpa

Round 20

9 August 1973

Marathón	1–2	Platense

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

21 January 1973

Motagua	5–0	Broncos

Tegucigalpa

3 February 1973

Vida	–	Universidad
Garden

15 February 1973

Olimpia	–	Universidad

Tegucigalpa

1 March 1973

España	3–2	Broncos

San Pedro Sula

18 March 1973

España	2–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

1 April 1973

Marathón	2–2	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

8 April 1973

Platense	1–0	Olimpia

Puerto Cortés

15 April 1973

España	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

29 April 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

13 May 1973

Broncos	1–0	Olimpia

Choluteca

20 May 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

8 July 1973

Olimpia	1–1	España

Tegucigalpa

12 July 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Universidad
Gómez		Netto

Tegucigalpa

15 July 1973

Olimpia	0–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

20 July 1973

Motagua	2–0	España
Guifarro Blandón

Tegucigalpa

22 July 1973

Olimpia	1–1	Platense

Tegucigalpa

29 July 1973

Olimpia	5–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

5 August 1973

Olimpia	2–1	Broncos
Rodríguez Banegas		Portillo

Tegucigalpa

12 August 1973

Marathón	1–0	Olimpia
Lagos

San Pedro Sula

29 August 1973

Motagua	2–0	Troya
Batista Durón

Tegucigalpa

9 September 1973

España	1–1	Motagua
Ortega		Hernández

San Pedro Sula

13 September 1973

Motagua	1–1	Broncos

Tegucigalpa

16 September 1973

Olimpia	0–0	España

Tegucigalpa

29 September 1973

Olimpia	5–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	1–0	Broncos

Marathón	2–2	España

San Pedro Sula