1966–67 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 1966–67 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1966–67 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 2nd 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 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1966–67 teams

* C.D. Atlético Español (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Honduras (El Progreso)
* C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* C.D. San Pedro (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Troya (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 29 | Qualified to the 1967 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 23 | |
| 3 | Vida | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 19 | |
| 4 | España | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 19 | |
| 5 | San Pedro | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 18 | |
| 6 | Honduras | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | Atlético Español | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 16 | |
| 8 | Platense | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 16 | |
| 9 | Motagua | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 13 | |
| 10 | Troya | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 10 | Relegated to the Segunda División |

* ↑ Olimpia champions as regular season winner
* ↑ Marathón runner-up as second place in regular season
* ↑ Troya relegated as finishing last in regular season
* Liga Nacional 1966–67 Champion
* Olimpia 1st title

## Top scorer

* Mauro Caballero (Marathón) with 12 goals

## Squads

* 1966–67 squads
* Atlético Español
* Humberto Amador Salvador Irías
* España
* Mariano Aguiluz Carlos Acosta Vidal Canales José Colón Dolores Cruz Héctor Gómez Carlos Handal René Orellana Armindo Palacios Augusto Palacios Raúl Peri Pedro Rivas Mario Sandoval
* Honduras
* Pedro Deras Domingo Ramos Jacobo Sarmiento Óscar Trejo
* Marathón
* Martín Rodríguez Mauro Caballero José Shubert Emilio Ramos Julio Iglesias Franklin Meza René Cruz Mario Caballero Julio Fonseca Gil Valerio Edgardo Doblado Germán Chávez Arnold Cabús Ramón Cano
* Motagua
* Ricardo Cárdenas José Castillo Amado Castillo Marcos Banegas "Chiquín" Hernández Elio Banegas Marcio Ramos José García Alfonso Navarro Luís Metzquín Nelson Benavídez Jesús Castillo Antonio Jerez Fermín Navarro Roberto Jerez Jacobo Godoy Marco Callizo Jorge Berríos José Miralda Lenard Wells
* Olimpia
* Ronald Chessman Ricardo Taylor Augusto Álvarez Conrado Flores Rigoberto Gómez Ángel Rodríguez Federico Budde Domingo Ferrera Raúl Suazo Roberto Crisanto "Plitis" Bonilla Miguel Matamoros Marco Mendoza Rafael Dick Donaldo Rosales René Rodríguez David McCalla Hermes Bertrand Carlos Suazo Juan Lanza Reynaldo Centeno Marco Rosales Juan Aguilar
* Platense
* Alexander Guillén Víctor León Tomás Máximo Modesto Urbina José Duarte Ricardo Fúnez Pablo Arzú Héctor Hernández Carlos Duarte Félix Guerra Francisco Brocato Eduardo Flashing Carlos Alvarado Jimmy Steward
* San Pedro
* Víctor Handerson Héctor Castro Ástor Perdomo Leonardo Vásquez Román Hernández Carlos Cobos Víctor Castro Luís Metzgen Ricardo Montalván Mario Tróchez Israel Juárez Santiago Rodríguez Salvador Azcúnaga Getulio Millares Miguel Pavón Adalberto Menjívar Enrique Grey
* Troya
* Emilio Calderini
* Vida
* Tomás Marshall Israel Juárez Morris Garden Alberto Amaya Arturo Garden Jesús Fuentes Joe Hendricks Cristóbal Brooks Jesús Blanco Antonio Urbina Óscar Banegas José Salinas

## Trivia

* La Salle changed its name to San Pedro
