1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marathón | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 37 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Olimpia | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 33 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Broncos | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Victoria | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Motagua | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 27 | Forced to playoff |
| 6 | Universidad | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 27 | Forced to playoff |
| 7 | Platense | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Real España | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 23 | |
| 9 | Vida | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 21 | |
| 10 | Portuario | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 55 | −26 | 19 | Relegated to Segunda División |

* ↑ Marathón clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
* ↑ Top five qualify to Final round.
* ↑ Extra match required between Motagua and Universidad for fifth place.
* ↑ Portuario relegated to second division.

## Final round

### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Universidad | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 12 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Victoria | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Marathón | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Broncos | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | |
| 5 | Olimpia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |

* ↑ Universidad qualified to the final as Final round winners.

### Final

| Marathón | Universidad |
| - | - |

Jorge Phoyoú :

| RB | – | René Suazo |
| - | - | - |
| CB | – | Richard Payne |
| CB | – | Hernán García |
| LB | – | José Martínez |
| CM | – | Javier Toledo |
| CM | – | Alberto Merelles |
| AM | – | Arturo Bonilla |
| RF | – | Félix Carranza |
| CF | – | Roberto Bailey |
| LF | – | Jorge Bueso |
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Ángel Ramón Rodríguez |||

Roger Mayorga :

| DF | – | – |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | – |
| DF | – | – |
| DF | – | – |
| MF | – | – |
| MF | – | – |
| MF | – | Fabricio Amador |
| MF | – | – |
| FW | – | Daniel Sambulá |
| FW | – | – |
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Alfonso Uclés |||
| Universidad | Marathón |

Roger Mayorga :

| DF | – | – |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | – |
| DF | – | – |
| DF | – | – |
| MF | – | – |
| MF | – | – |
| MF | – | Fabricio Amador |
| MF | – | – |
| FW | – | Daniel Sambulá |
| FW | – | – |
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Alfonso Uclés |||

Jorge Phoyoú :

| RB | – | René Suazo |
| - | - | - |
| CB | – | Richard Payne |
| CB | – | Hernán García |
| LB | – | Ramón Osorio |
| CM | – | Javier Toledo |
| CM | – | Alberto Merelles |
| AM | – | Arturo Bonilla |
| LF | – | Jorge Bueso |
| CF | – | Roberto Bailey |
| RF | – | Félix Carranza |
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Ángel Ramón Rodríguez |||

## Top scorer

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

## Squads

Atlético Portuario :

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

## 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.

