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. Both teams qualified to the 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Liga Nacional

Season	1974–75
Champions	España (1st)
Relegated	Atlético Indio
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	España Motagua
Matches played	187
Goals scored	344 (1.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rodríguez-Peña (15)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

1974–75 teams

• Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Broncos (Choluteca)
• C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
• C.D. Federal (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
• C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	36	18	15	3	44	19	+25	71	Qualified to the Final round
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

Source:
Notes:

• 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

Cuadrangular

España v Motagua

1 December 1974 Round 1	España	0–0 (5–4 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Olimpia v Marathón

1 December 1974 Round 1	Olimpia	2–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)	García Gómez			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

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Marathón v España

8 December 1974 Round 2	Marathón	0–1	España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Olimpia

8 December 1974 Round 2	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)			Williams	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

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España v Olimpia

15 December 1974 Round 3	España	1–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Marathón

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

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
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:
Notes:

• Draws were decided by penalty kicks, 2 points for winner and 1 point for loser.

Final

Motagua v España

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

• Rubén Rodríguez (Platense) with 15 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	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

Round 1

Vida v Motagua

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

España v Federal

Marathón v Platense

Universidad v Broncos

27 January 1974	Universidad	0–2	Broncos	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia v Atlético Indio

Round 7

Olimpia v Vida

	Olimpia	0–2	Vida
CST

Round 12

Marathón v Motagua

Unknown rounds

Broncos v Olimpia

3 February 1974	Broncos	0–0	Olimpia	Choluteca
CST				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

Platense v España

3 February 1974	Platense	0–0	España	Puerto Cortés
CST				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Universidad v Vida

3 February 1974	Universidad	3–2	Vida	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Atlético Indio

España v Motagua

10 February 1974	España	2–2 (4–3 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
CST	Obando			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Broncos

17 February 1974	Motagua	2–1	Broncos
CST	Obando Hernández		Berríos

Motagua v Platense

24 February 1974	Motagua	v	Platense
CST	Obando

Motagua v Universidad

17 March 1974	Motagua	v	Universidad
CST	Obando

España v Broncos

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.

Marathón v Olimpia

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.

Vida v Platense

12 May 1974	Vida	1–2	Platense
CST

Motagua v España

7 July 1974	Motagua	1–1 (1–2 p)	España	Tegucigalpa
CST	Obando			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Broncos v Universidad

España v Platense

28 July 1974	España	1–2	Platense
CST

Platense v Motagua

4 August 1974	Platense	1–1	Motagua
CST

Platense v Olimpia

11 August 1974	Platense	2–2	Olimpia
CST

Platense v Universidad

18 August 1974	Platense	1–1	Universidad
CST

Motagua v Olimpia

Platense v Vida

25 August 1974	Platense	1–0	Vida
CST

Motagua v España

25 August 1974	Motagua	0–0 (?–? p)	España	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Note: España won by penalty shoot-outs, score missing.

Platense v Broncos

1 September 1974	Platense	2–0	Broncos
CST

Atlético Indio v Platense

8 September 1974	Atlético Indio	0–3	Platense
CST

Motagua v Broncos

12 September 1974	Motagua	v	Broncos
CST	Obando

Platense v Federal

15 September 1974	Platense	2–1	Federal
CST

Vida v España

15 September 1974	Vida	0–3	España	La Ceiba
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Motagua v Vida

6 October 1974	Motagua	v	Vida
CST	Obando

Federal v Marathón

20 October 1974	Federal	Awarded	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
CST	Meza			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

España v Motagua

20 October 1974	España	0–0 (3–4 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Atlético Indio

Atlético Indio v Federal

10 November 1974	Atlético Indio	2–1	Federal
CST	Montoya		Bustillo

España v Vida

Vida v Federal

Universidad v Motagua

Federal v Vida

	Federal	0–1	Vida
CST

Olimpia v Broncos

	Olimpia	0–0	Broncos
CST

Olimpia v Universidad

	Olimpia	0–0	Universidad
CST

Olimpia v Platense

	Olimpia	2–1	Platense
CST

Olimpia v España

	Olimpia	0–0	España
CST

Olimpia v Motagua

	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua
CST

Controversy

• 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.