The 1969–70 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 5th 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 1970 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[1]
| Season | 1969–70 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Olimpia (3rd) |
| Relegated | Progreso |
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Olimpia |
| Matches played | 135 |
| Goals scored | 362 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ortega (18) |
← 1968–69 1970–71 → | |
1969–70 teams
editRegular season
editStandings
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpia[a] | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 43 | Qualified to the 1970 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | Marathón | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 40 | +17 | 34 | |
| 4 | Vida | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 28 | |
| 5 | España | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 28 | |
| 6 | Platense | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 23 | |
| 7 | Atlético Indio | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 23 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 20 | |
| 9 | Lempira de Guaruma | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 19 | |
| 10 | Progreso | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 17 | Relegated to the Segunda División |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ Olimpia champions as regular season winner.
Top scorer
edit
Flavio Ortega (Marathón) with 18 goals
Squads
edit| Atlético Indio | ||
|---|---|---|
 Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | ||
| Real España | ||
 Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara |  Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta | Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz |
| Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo | Mario "Pelola" López | César Augusto Dávila Puerto |
| Domingo "Mingo" Ramos | Jacobo Sarmiento | Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez |
| Jaime Villegas | ||
| Lempira de Guaruma | ||
| Dagoberto Cubero | Adolfo "Fito" López | Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez |
| Amílcar "Mica" López | ||
| Marathón | ||
| Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez | Mauro "Nayo" Caballero | Arnulfo Echeverría |
 José Ferreira dos Santos | Alexander "Nina" Guillén | Dennis "Plitis" Lagos |
| Flavio Ortega | Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez | Gil "Fátima" Valerio |
| Motagua | ||
| Roberto Abrussezze | Elio Banegas | Marcos Banegas |
| Geraldo Batista | Nelson Benavídez | Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica |
| Federico Budde | Marco Antonio Calderón | Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas |
| Jesús Castillo | Juan Manuel Coello | Pedro Colón |
| José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz |  Salvador Dubois Leiva |
| Mariano Godoy | Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro | Alfonso "Garrinchita" Gutiérrez |
| Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández | Roberto Jérez | Tomás Máximo |
| Julio Meza | Fermín "Min" Navarro | Giuliano Neto |
| Edgardo Orellana | Linauro di Paula | Carlos Andrés Sanabria |
| Alberto "Furia" Solís | Humberto Maximiliano”Piquete Amador” | Lenard Wells |
| Olimpia | ||
| Amílcar "Verde" Aceituno | Arnulfo "Nuco" Aguilar | Juan Manuel "Chino" Aguilar |
| Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara | Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes | Selvin Cárcamo |
| Rafael Dick | Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera | Conrado "Chorotega" Flores |
| Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo | Alexander "Nina" Guillén | Juan Ramón Lagos |
| Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza | Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros | Ramón "Mon" Medina |
| Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza | Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales | José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega |
| Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz | René Reyes "Reno" Rodríguez | Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales |
| Samuel Santini | Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos | Raúl Suazo Lagos |
| Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir | ||
| Platense | ||
| Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Pablo "Chita" Arzú | Martín Castillo |
| Norman Castro |  Reynaldo Castro Gil | Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing |
| Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez | Oscar Marino Piedrahíta | Tomás Máximo |
| Jimmy Steward | Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina |  Alfonso Zamora |
| Progreso Honduras | ||
| Gilberto "Chorro" Acosta | Norman Castro | Jorge "Burro" Deras |
| Alfredo Doblado | Alfredo Hawit Banegas | José López Paz |
| David McCalla | Ramón Oviedo | Marcos Peña |
| Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín | Gil "Fátima" Valerio | Allan Ricardo Young |
| Victoria | ||
| César "Cesarín" Aguirre | René Bernárdez | Carlos Brown |
| Manuel Bubuch | Luis Bueso | Edgardo Bustillo |
| José Eduardo Castillo | Terencio Escobar | Gerardo García |
| Óscar García | Ciriaco Gutiérrez | Salvador Hernández |
| José Inés Izaguirre | Sergio Jiménez | José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza |
| Adolfo "Fito" López | Anael "Lito" Martínez | Gilberto Martínez |
| Rigoberto Martínez | Roberto Martínez | Sergio "Tito" Martínez |
| Héctor Mejía | Reynaldo Mejía Ortega | Luis Alonso Metzquin |
| Armando Motiño | Antonio Muñoz | Óscar Muñoz |
| Alejandro Palacios | Salvador Ramírez | Armando Reyes |
| Virgilio Rodríguez | Jorge "Chino" Suazo | René "Maravilla" Suazo |
| Jesús Urbina | Pablo Villegas | Carlos Vilorio |
| Antonio Zapata | Reynaldo Zúniga | |
| Vida | ||
| Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto |  Emilio Calderini | Manuel Bernárdez Calderón |
| Jesús "Pun" Fuentes | Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden | Morris Garden |
| José María "Chema" Salinas | Espedito Serafín | |
Trivia
edit- Marathón made 57 goals this season, a record that is still intact.
- Honduras changed its name to Progreso.
Known results
editRound 1
editRound 2
editRound 3
edit| España | 0 – 1 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
Suazo  |
San Pedro Sula
Round 4
editRound 5
editRound 6
edit| Olimpia | 0 – 0 | Motagua |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Round 7
edit| Progreso | 4 – 0 | Victoria |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
Round 8
edit| Progreso | 0 – 1 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| Paz |
San Pedro Sula
Round 9
edit| Vida | 2 – 0 | Lempira |
|---|---|---|
La Ceiba
Round 10
edit| Victoria | 0 – 2 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| Urquía |
La Ceiba
| España | 0 – 2 | Platense |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
Round 11
editRound 12
editRound 13
edit| Motagua | 0 – 1 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| Brand |
Tegucigalpa
Round 14
editRound 15
edit| Olimpia | 0 – 0 | Vida |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Round 16
editRound 17
editRound 18
edit| Olimpia | 1 – 0 | España |
|---|---|---|
| Urquía |
Tegucigalpa
Round 19
editRound 20
editRound 21
edit| Olimpia | 0 – 0 | Atlético Indio |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Round 22
editRound 23
editRound 24
edit| Vida | 0 – 1 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| Urquía |
La Ceiba
Round 25
edit| Olimpia | 0 – 0 | Victoria |
|---|---|---|
Tegucigalpa
Round 26
editRound 27
edit| Progreso | 0 – 0 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
San Pedro Sula
Unknown rounds
edit| Motagua | 1–0 | Platense |
|---|---|---|
| Hernández |
Tegucigalpa
| Marathón | 4–3 | Vida |
|---|---|---|
| Ortega |
| Atlético Indio | 2–3 | Platense |
|---|---|---|
| España | 1–0 | Lempira |
|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo |
San Pedro Sula
References
edit- ^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
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