1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 20th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 4-team playoff round. C.D. Marathón won the title[1] after winning the final round and qualified to the 1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with C.D. Motagua.

Liga Nacional
Season1985–86
ChampionsMarathón (2nd)
RelegatedUniversidad
CONCACAF Champions' CupMarathón
Motagua
Matches played104
Goals scored186 (1.79 per match)
Top goalscorerFlores (9)

1985–86 teams

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Regular season

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Standings Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 8 7 3 20 11 +9 23 Qualified to the Final round[a]
2 Marathón 18 8 7 3 23 15 +8 23
3 Platense 18 4 10 4 15 16 −1 18
4 Victoria 18 5 7 6 11 14 −3 17
5 Tela Timsa 18 5 4 9 12 20 −8 14 Relegation playoff[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.
  2. ^ Tela Timsa forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group B.

Standings Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vida 18 7 8 3 24 12 +12 22 Qualified to the Final round[a]
2 Motagua 18 5 9 4 12 17 −5 19
3 Real España 18 5 7 6 22 20 +2 17
4 Juventud de Sula 18 4 7 7 10 16 −6 15
5 Universidad 18 4 4 10 13 22 −9 12 Relegation playoff[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Vida and Motagua qualified to the Final round.
  2. ^ Universidad forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group A.

Final round

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Cuadrangular standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Marathón[a] 6 4 1 1 7 5 +2 9
2 Vida 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 7
3 Motagua 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6
4 Olimpia 6 0 2 4 4 8 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Marathón declared champions as winner of cuadrangular.

Results

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Home \ Away MAR MOT OLI VID
Marathón 2–1 1–1 1–0
Motagua 2–0 2–1 0–0
Olimpia 0–1 1–1 0–1
Vida 1–2 2–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation playoff

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  • Universidad relegated to second division.

Top scorer

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Squads

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Juventud de Sula
  Marco Antonio "Machaca" Soriano   Jorge Hibrán Maldonado   Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
  José Manuel Enamorado Díaz   Julián Núñez   Pedro Manzanares
  Celso Fredy Güity   Antonio "Machangay" Amaya   Jimmy Stewart
Marathón
  Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero   Francisco Adelmo Herrera   Óscar "Moro" Bardales
  Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo   Pastor Martínez   Vicente Suazo
  Herminio Villalobos   Osmán Madrid   Suamy Álvarez
  David Ponce   Norman Lobo   Gilberto Leonel Machado García
  Amílcar Lanza   Erasmo Castillo   Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
  Rodolfo Richardson Smith   José Luis "Joche" Alvarado   Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales
  Árnold Vladimir López   Oswaldo Zaldívar   Juan Contreras
  Aparicio Colón   Jorge Martínez   Miguel Lanza
  Mario "El Chino" Romero   Nicolas "Nico" Suazo   Roy Padilla Bardales
  Marco "Tono" García   Delio Billonay Fajardo
  Árnold López   Pablo Madrid
Motagua
  José Luis Cruz Figueroa   Juan Gómez Ortiz   Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo
  Amílcar Leonel Suazo   Oscar Medina   Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
  Antonio "Toño" Obando   Frank Ponce   Eber Ramírez
  Luis Cruz   Isidro Arriola   Orlin Banegas
  Antonio Obando   Olvin Elvir   Reynaldo Colon
  Ernesto "Neto" Isaula   Karl Benneth   Moisés "Tanque" Velasquez
  roberto "Muñiña" Escalante
Olimpia
  Raúl Martínez Sambulá   Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga   Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
  José Emilio Martínez   Fernando Tovar Durón   Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
  Juan Carlos Espinoza   Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado   Roger Javier Valladares
  Óscar Banegas   Juan Ramón Soler   Osman Madrid
  Antonio "Flaco" Hernández   Francisco "Pancho" González   Dario Mejía
  Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
Platense
  Manuel Zúniga   Juan Jerezano   Jorge Arita Neals
  Wilfredo Brown   Tomás Centeno López   Iván Chavarría
  Luis Núñez   Carlos Deras   Eleázar Peña
  Noé Meza   Florentino Arriola   Mauro Rivas
  Hever Miranda   Ramón Cruz Colíndrez   Domingo Drummond
  Pedro Alvarez   Marco Antonio Valdez   Oscar Claros
  Guillermo Bernárdez   Carlos Zavala   Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
  Eugenio Dolmo Flores   Obdulio Vásquez   Leo Assís
  Armando Rivera   German "Niño" Bernárdez   Gerald Vargas Droumond
  Raúl Centeno Gamboa   Luis Rodríguez   Juan Ramón Palacios
  Jorge Irías   Martín García   Eduardo Gámez
  Carlos Velásquez   Juan "Nito" Anariba   Carlos Aguilar
  Eduardo Laing   Gerardo "Coco" Urbina   German Guzmán
Real España
  José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez   Wilmer "Supermán" Cruz   Karl Antonio Roland
  Esteban Centeno Pitillo   Luis Laing   Junior Rashford Costly
  Manuel Fuentes López   Carlos Orlando Caballero   Óscar Machigua
  Jaime Villegas   Luis Fuentes   José Ramos
  Arnaldo Herrera   Pedro Castro   Nelson Benavídez
  Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez   Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo   Marco "Maco" Antonio Anariba
  Jimmy Steward   Nahúm Alberto Espinoza   Edith Hernando "Tibombo" Contreras
  Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews   Moisés "El Chafa" Barahona   Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba
  Clinton Campbell   Ildefonso Bonilla   Álex Geovany Ávila
  Pablo Orellana
Tela Timsa
  Julio César "El Tile" Arzú   Raúl David Fúnez   Jimmy James Bailey
  Francisco Javier Toledo   Víctor Hugo Salgado   Luis "Gavilán" Cálix
  Carlos Acosta   Carlos Flores   Mario Coto
  Allan Anthony Costly   Noel Omar "Carguero" Renderos   Gustavo Cálix
  Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez   Víctor Laboriel
Universidad
  José Omar Macedo   José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo   Antonio Aguilar
  Olman Flores   Osorto   Samuel Armijo
  Salomón Nazzar   Hector Orlando Ortega   Iván Canales
  Roberto "Chele" Barahona   Víctor Romero   Jorge Montenegro
Victoria
  Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte   Luis Azneth Ortiz   Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
  Ramón Berckling   José Manuel Vaquedano   David Goff
Vida
  Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez   Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez   Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
  Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo   Ramón "Pollo" Calderón   Oscar Escobar
  Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna   Natividad Morales Barrios   Matilde Selím Lacayo
  Rudy Alberto Williams   Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya

Trivia

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  • The clubs were divided into two groups of five for the first time in the League.
  • Positions in the regular season were irrelevant. The team with most points in the Final round were declared champions.
  • This was the season with the less goals scored so far, only 187 goals in 104 games.[2]
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References

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  1. ^ RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009
  2. ^ LaPrensa.hn–Viene el gol 16,000 Archived December 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine–7 August 2010 (in Spanish)