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1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional

Field	Value
competition	Liga Nacional
season	1979–80
winners	Marathón (1st)
relegated	Portuario
continentalcup1	CONCACAF Champions' Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Marathón
Universidad
continentalcup2	Copa Fraternidad
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Marathón
Universidad
Broncos
Victoria
league topscorer	Norales (15)
total goals	360
matches	158
prevseason	1978–79
nextseason	1980–81
updated	16 December 1979

Universidad Universidad Broncos Victoria

The 1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 14th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Marathón won the title after defeating Universidad in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Marathón, Universidad, C.D. Broncos and C.D. Victoria obtained berths to the 1980 Copa Fraternidad.

1979–80 teams

Broncos (Choluteca)
Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
Platense (Puerto Cortés)
Portuario (Puerto Cortés, promoted)
Real España (San Pedro Sula)
Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
Victoria (La Ceiba)
Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Fifth place playoff

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Final

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HON Ángel Ramón Rodríguez

HON Alfonso Uclés

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HON Alfonso Uclés

HON Ángel Ramón Rodríguez

Top scorer

HON Prudencio "Tecate" Norales (Olimpia) with 15 goals

Squads

Atlético Portuario	Broncos	Marathón
HON Eristeo Gómez	HON Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	HON Aníbal Bravo
HON Carlos "Calín" Morales	HON Orlando "Choloma" Rodríguez	HON Ernesto Bravo
HON Edgardo Núñez	HON Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	CRC Roscoe Charles
HON Pablo Orellana	CRC Erick Cabalceta	HON Ramón Cruz Colindres
HON German "Loco" Guzmán	URU Iván Ramos	ARG Luis Alberto Escaurizza
HON Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
URU Jorge Phoyoú	HON Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	HON Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
ARG Juan Carlos Weber	HON Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	HON Carlos Solís
HON Pablo "Payique" Espinoza	HON Richard Kenneth Payne	HON Alfonso Munguía
HON José Martínez	HON Carlos Guevara	ARG Alberto Merelles
HON Arturo Payne	ARG Roberto Zilkiewicks	HON Celso Güity
HON Porfirio Armando Betancourt	HON Efraín "Pucho" Osorio	HON Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
HON Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	HON Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	HON Félix Concepción Carranza
HON René "Maravilla" Suazo	HON Camilo Mejía	HON Juan Contreras
HON Jorge Sánchez	HON Leónidas Nolasco	HON Carlos "Calín" Morales
HON Francisco Javier Toledo	HON Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	HON Gilberto Leonel Machado García
HON Carlos Mejía
HON Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	HON Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	HON Rigoberto Sosa
HON Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
HON Raúl David Fúnez	HON Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	HON Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
HON José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	HON Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles	HON Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
HON Horacio Parham Castro
HON Juan Jerezano	HON Tony Laing	HON Júnior Rashford Costly
HON Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	HON Edith Hernando Contreras	HON Alex Rodríguez
HON Jimmy Steward	HON Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	HON Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
HON Walter Jimminson	CHI Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	HON Edelmín "Pando" Castro
BRA Alberto Ferreira da Silva	HON José Luis Cruz Figueroa	HON José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
HON Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
NCA Roger Mayorga	HON "Pirata" Fernández	HON Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
HON Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	HON Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado	HON Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
HON José Reynaldo Villagra	HON David Goff	HON Francisco Jiménez
HON Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	HON Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz	COL Marco Tulio López
HON Dennis Hinds	HON Matilde Selím Lacayo	HON Carlos Orlando Caballero
HON Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	HON Junior Mejía

Known results

Round 1

Pentagonal

Unknown rounds

Parham Chavarría
Duarte González Chavarría

Curiosities

On 8 April 1979, Real C.D. España played two games. They lost 1–0 against Universidad at Tegucigalpa in the domestic league and 1–0 against Aurora in Guatemala for the 1979 Copa Fraternidad finals.

References

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hondhist.html RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95] – 11 December 2009
[http://www.radiohouse.hn/casos-insolitos-del-futbol-hondureno/ RadioHouse.hn – CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO] – 13 October 2016

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