1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 23rd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Real C.D. España won the title after defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1988–89 teams

* Curacao (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Sula (La Lima)
* Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)
* Platense played their home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations at Estadio Excélsior.

## Regular season

### Standings Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olimpia | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 27 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 28 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Victoria | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 26 | |
| 4 | Curacao | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 23 | |
| 5 | Platense | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 22 | |

* ↑ Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.

### Standings Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Real España | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Vida | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Sula | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 23 | |
| 5 | Universidad | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 21 | Relegated to Segunda División |

* ↑ Real España clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
* ↑ Real España, Motagua and Vida qualified to Final round.
* ↑ Universidad relegated to Segunda División.

## Final round

### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olimpia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Real España | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Motagua | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Vida | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Marathón | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | |

* ↑ Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

### Final

| Real España | Olimpia |
| - | - |

Jorge López :

| DF | – | Marco Anariba |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | Karl Roland |
| DF | – | Allan Costly |
| DF | – | Emilson Soto |
| MF | – | José Fúnez |
| MF | – | Luis Cálix |
| MF | – | Carlos Reyes |
| MF | – | Nahamán González |
| FW | – | Juan Anariba |
| FW | – | Rubén Alonso |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Alex Ávila |
| MF | – | Carlos Caballero |
| Manager: |||
| Flavio Ortega |||

Óscar Banegas :

| DF | – | Daniel Zapata |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | Danilo Galindo |
| DF | – | Alejandro Ruiz |
| DF | – | Rudy Williams |
| MF | – | Erick Fú Lanza | 87' |
| MF | – | Nahúm Espinoza | |
| MF | – | Vicente Viera |
| FW | – | Juan Contreras |
| FW | – | Juan Flores |
| FW | – | Javier Flores | |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Eugenio Dolmo | |
| MF | – | Fernando Tovar | |
| Manager: |||
| Estanislao Malinowski |||

* Real España 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate. Real España champions on better regular season record.
* Liga Nacional 1988–89 Champion
* Real España 5th title

## Top scorers

* Miguel Mathews (Motagua) with 8 goals
* Rubén Alonso (Real España) with 8 goals
* Carlos H. Lobo (Curacao) with 8 goals
* Raúl Centeno Gamboa (Platense) with 8 goals

## Squads

Curacao :

| Constantino Reyes | Calos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo | Eduardo Bennett |
| - | - | - |
| César Martínez | Edgar Murillo | Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante |
| Samuel Chávez | Iván Guerra | Francisco "Pancho" González |
| Nelson "Namasigüe" Guevara | Jeremías "Burrito" González | Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo |
| Juan Antonio "Zurdo" Aguilar |
| Marathón |||
| Dangelo Bautista | Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero | Francisco Adelmo Herrera |
| José Luis "Joche" Alvarado | Porfirio Armando Betancourt | José Ulloa Villatoro |
| Eduardo Laing | Óscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz | Pedro Geovany Midence |
| Jorge Suamy Álvarez | José Manuel Enamorado Díaz | Jorge Chévez |
| Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias | Luis Cornet |
| Neptally Turcios | Leonel Machado | Aparicio Colón |
| Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo | | |
| Motagua |||
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | Miguel Antonio Mathews Sargent | Fabricio "Amapala" Pérez |
| Hernaín Arzú | Donaldo "Martillo" Guillén Reyes | Gilberto Yearwood |
| Juan Gómez Ortiz | José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez | Geraldo da Silva |
| Olimpia |||
| Óscar Banegas | Belarmino Rivera | Juan Carlos "Rata" Contreras |
| Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga | Prudencio Norales | Vicente Daniel Viera |
| Ramón Fernández Riera | Jorge Manuel "Bugy" Ulate | Santos "Indio" Ruiz |
| Antonio "Flaco" Hernández | Danilo Galindo | Fernando Tovar |
| Eugenio Dolmo Flores | Alex Pineda Chacón | Raúl Martínez Sambulá |
| Javier Flores | Luis Jaime | Patrocinio Sierra |
| Juan Carlos Pineda Chacón | Daniel Zapata | Rudy Alberto Williams |
| Nahúm Espinoza | Erick Fú Lanza | Darío Mejía |
| Juan Carlos Espinoza | Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado | |
| Platense |||
| Raúl Centeno Gamboa | Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López | Jorge Arita Neals |
| Fernando Nuila | Margarito Bernárdez | |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz | José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos |
| Geovany Gayle Alarcón | Ildefonso Bonilla | Jorge López Silva |
| Rubén Alonso | Nelson Benavídez | Esteban Pitío Centeno |
| Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro | Edith Hernando Contreras | Carlos Fernando Landa |
| Allan Anthony Costly | Alex Geovany Ávila | Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya |
| Nahamán Humberto González | Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba | "Yuca" López |
| Karl Antonio Roland | Enrique Daniel Uberty García | Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo |
| Rigoberto "Rigo" González | Luis "Gavilán" Cálix | Junior Rashford Costly |
| Carlos Reyes | Carlos Orlando Caballero | |
| Sula |||
| Lorenzo Crisanto Batiz | Amílcar Lowe | Gregorio Flores |
| Mario Bustillo | Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal | Manuel Reyes Meraz |
| Fernando Nuila | Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez | Marco "Choreta" Ordóñez |
| Luis Alonso Zúniga | Carlos Aguilar Bonilla | Dennis Caballero |
| Óscar "Pito Loco" López | Catarino Amaya | Marco "Toñito" Gómez |
| Rigoberto Castillo | Emilio "Chespirito" Hernández | Johnny Williams |
| José Luis "Pili" Aguirre | Roger Javier Valladares | Mauricio Camacho |
| Universidad |||
| Gerardo "Cholo" Villalobos | César Adonis Flores | Roberto "Chele" Barahona |
| Fraterno Calderon | Salomón Nazzar | Juan José Craniotis |
| Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano | Iván Canales | Iván Ponce |
| Jorge "Chino" Euceda | Roberto Brites |
| Victoria |||
| Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte | Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett | Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras |
| Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga | Ramón Berckling | |
| Vida |||
| Raúl David Fúnez | Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez | Rudy Pine Pack |
| José Emilio Martínez | Jorge Ernesto Pineda | Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna |
| José Danilo Carías Figueroa | René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez | Carlos Ramírez |
