1967–68 Honduran Liga Nacional Explained

Competition:Liga Nacional
Season:1967–68
Winners:Olimpia (2nd)
Relegated:Club Deportivo San Pedro
Continentalcup1:CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olimpia
League Topscorer:Garden (13)
Total Goals:257
Matches:91
Prevseason:1966–67
Nextseason:1968–69

The 1967–68 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 3rd 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 1968 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[1]

1967–68 teams

Regular season

Standings

Top scorer

Squads

Atlético Español
Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz Héctor Salvador "Chava" Reyes
Atlético Indio
Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir Gustavo Venegas Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara
España
Mariano Aguiluz Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Vidal Canales
Miguel Rojas Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz René "Pelón" Orellana
Pedro Roberto Rivas Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal Raúl "Ratabú" Peri
Isidro Ávila Colón
Honduras
Pedro Deras David McCalla Jacobo Sarmiento
Reynaldo Castro Gil Óscar Marino Piedrahíta Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín
Marcos Peña Óscar Bustamante Domingo "Mingo" Ramos
Marathón
Alexander "Nina" Guillén Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Julio César "Cucaracha" Fonseca
Gil "Fátima" Valerio Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez José Shubert
Motagua
Roberto Abrussezze Elio Banegas Marcos Banegas
Nelson Benavídez Roberto Benegas Geraldo Baptista
Jorge "Coqui" Berríos Carbajal Amado Castillo
Jesús Castillo Pedro Colón Salvador Dubois Leiva
Francisco "Panchón" Guerra Rubén Guifarro Nelson Jeréz
Roberto Jeréz Julio Meza Alfonso “Foncho” Navarro
Fermín "Min" Navarro Óscar Nolasco Marcio Ramos
Lenard Wells
Olimpia
"Coco" Zaldivar Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales
Raúl Suazo Lagos René "Reno" Rodríguez "Pipe" Barahona
Will García "Leque" Meza Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros
Conrado "Chorotega" Flores Selvin Cárcamo Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
Walter Pearson Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos "Candado" Williams
"Lunarejo" Ramírez Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza Juan Ventura "Gata" López
Ángel "Mon" Paz Reynaldo Mejía Rafael Sauceda
Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza
Platense
Jimmy Steward Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina Martín Castillo
Carlos "Care" Alvarado Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing Tomás Máximo
Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez Pablo "Chita" Arzú
Club Deportivo San Pedro
Víctor Henderson Héctor Castro Astor Perdomo
Leonardo "Guembo" Vásquez Román Hernández Carlos "Calín" Cobos
Víctor Castro Luis Alonso Metzgen Ricardo Montalván
Mario "Bulla" Tróchez Israel "Gato" Juárez Santiago Rodríguez
Salvador Azcúnaga Getulio Millares Miguel "Pelo" Pavón
Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar Enrique "Quique" Grey Fúnez
Vida
Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden Selvin Cárcamo Jesús "Pun" Fuentes
José María "Chema" Salinas Morris Garden Alberto "Campeón" Amaya
Cristóbal "Craka" Brooks

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hondhist.html RSSSF.com – Honduras–Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95