1969–70 Honduran Liga Nacional Explained

Competition:Liga Nacional
Season:1969–70
Winners:Olimpia (3rd)
Relegated:Progreso
Continentalcup1:CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Olimpia
League Topscorer:Ortega (18)
Total Goals:362
Matches:135
Prevseason:1968–69
Nextseason:1970–71

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]

1969–70 teams

Regular season

Standings

Top scorer

Squads

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

Known results

Unknown rounds

Notes and References

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