| Competition: | Liga Nacional |
| Season: | 1987–88 |
| Winners: | Olimpia (9th) |
| Relegated: | E.A.C.I. |
| Continentalcup1: | CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Olimpia Marathón |
| League Topscorer: | Machado (19) |
| Total Goals: | 304 |
| Matches: | 158 |
| Prevseason: | 1986–87 |
| Nextseason: | 1988–89 |
The 1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 22nd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia successfully defended its 1986–87 title[1] in the final against runner-up C.D. Marathón. Both teams qualified for berths to the 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
| GK | – | Erasmo Guerrero | |
| RB | – | Pastor Martínez | |
| CB | – | Aparicio Colón | |
| CB | – | Herminio Villalobos | |
| LB | – | Óscar Bardales | |
| CM | – | Jorge Chévez | |
| DM | – | Marco García | |
| CM | – | Richardson Smith | |
| AM | – | Leonel Machado | |
| CF | – | Eduardo Laing | |
| CF | – | Ciro Castillo | |
| Manager: | |||
| José Herrera | |||
| GK | – | Óscar Banegas | |
| RB | – | Daniel Zapata | |
| CB | – | Alejandro Ruíz | |
| CB | – | Patrocinio Sierra | |
| LM | – | Raúl Martínez Sambulá | |
| DM | – | Erick Fú | |
| CM | – | ||
| CM | – | Juan Carlos Espinoza | |
| RW | – | José Mario Figueroa | |
| CF | – | Juan Flores | |
| LW | – | Eugenio Flores | |
| Manager: | |||
| Carlos Padilla | |||
| E.A.C.I. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Angel "Payasito" Gómez | Geovany Rodríguez | Rony Galeas | |
| Lincoln Gustavo Alemán | Juan Alberto "Ninja" Padilla Bardales | José Betancourt | |
| Luis García | Omar "Carguero" Renderos | Luis Azaneth Ortiz | |
| Jorge Sierra | Raul David Fúnez | Edgar Murillo | |
| Jorge Sánchez | Víctor Hugo Salgado | Alirio Posas | |
| Ernesto Isaula | Héctor Beltrán | Roger Omar "Maisón" Rosales | |
| Héctor Manuel Posantes | César Galindo | Jorge Meléndez | |
| Tedy Lozano | Cándido Luis "Cubillo" García | Celio Sánchez | |
| Rafael "Sietío" Torres Castro | Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata | ||
| Oscar Santiago "Tigre" Carbajal | Walter Baca Plummer | ||
| Marathón | |||
| Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero | Gilberto Leonel Machado García | Javier Toledo | |
| Pedro Midence | Suamy Álvarez | José Luis "Joche" Alvarado | |
| Amílcar Lanza | Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias | |
| Rodolfo Richardson Smith | Herminio Villalobos | Marco "Tono" García | |
| Pedro Geovany Midence | Francisco Adelmo Herrera | Fredy Méndez | |
| Samuel Figueroa | Tomás Róchez |  Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano | |
| Jorge Chévez | Fernando Figueroa | Pastor Martínez | |
| Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo | Eduardo Laing | Aparicio Colón | |
| Óscar "Moro" Bardales | Efraín "Pucho" Osorio | ||
| Motagua | |||
| Orlin Banegas |  Carneiro Da Silva | Amílcar Leonel Suazo | |
| Juan Gómez Ortiz | José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez | Eugenio Meléndez | |
| Isidro Arriola | Victor Manuel "Pechito" Zelaya | Robson de Moura | |
| Manuel "Meme" Chavarria | Oscar "Sapo" Hernandez | Dennis Ponce | |
| Jorge Nunes | Celeo "Chimpilin" Herrera | Arnold López | |
| Salvador Filo | Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo | Oscar Murillo | |
| Olimpia | |||
| Óscar Banegas | Fernando Tovar Durón | Raúl Martínez Sambulá | |
| José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández | Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz | Eugenio Dolmo Flores | |
| Vicente Daniel Viera | Eduardo Santana | Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado | |
| Patrocinio Sierra | José Mario "Chueco" Figueroa | Juan Carlos Espinoza | |
| Daniel Zapata | Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga | Erick Darío Fú Lanza | |
| Juan Flores | Danilo Galindo | Julio Franco | |
| Javier Flores | Juan Cruz Murillo | Osman Madrid | |
| Platense | |||
| Jimmy Steward | Arturo Johnson | Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden | |
| Héctor Javier Flores | Jorge Arita Neals | Raúl Centeno Gamboa | |
| Carlos Luján | Carlos Aguilar Bonilla | ||
| Real España | |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz | José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos | |
| Karl Antonio Roland | Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda | Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood | |
| Junior Rashford Costly | Edith Hernando Contreras | Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews | |
| Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro | Nelson Benavídez | Esteban Pitío Centeno | |
| Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo | Javier Chavarría | Edimar Luiz Marques | |
| Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón | Carlos Orlando Caballero | ||
| Sula | |||
| Belarmino Rivera | Marcos Lacayo | Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal | |
| Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez | Luis Alonso Zúniga | Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez | |
| Marco Adolfo "Choreta" Ordóñez | Fernando Nuila | Dennis Caballero | |
| Óscar "Pito Loco" López | Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López | Marco Antonio Gómez | |
| Catarino Amaya | José Manuel Enamorado Díaz | Mario Bustillo | |
| Héctor Caballero | Edgardo "Caco" Reyes | Rigoberto Castillo | |
| Jorge Fidel "Gringo" Romero | Orlando Pineda | José Luis "Pili" Aguirre | |
| Universidad | |||
| Juan Jerezano | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Roberto "Chele" Barahona | |
| Fraterno Calderón | Carlos "Carlón" Martínez | Moisés "Tanque" Velázquez | |
| Juan Jose Craniotis | Olvin Elvir | Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano | |
| Victoria | |||
| Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte | Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett | José Manuel Vaquedano | |
| Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras | Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga | Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz | |
| Ramón Berckling | |||
| Vida | |||
| Carlos Ramírez | Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez | Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna | |
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | José Emilio Martínez | Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya | |
| Óscar Escobar | |||