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]
| 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 → | |
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