1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 12th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals. It's unclear why no Honduran representation was sent to the 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1977–78 teams

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

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olimpia | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 34 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Vida | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Real España | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Motagua | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Universidad | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 28 | Qualified to the repechage |
| 6 | Broncos | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 28 | Qualified to the repechage |
| 7 | Marathón | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 24 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 22 | |
| 9 | Platense | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 21 | |
| 10 | Federal | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 20 | Relegated to the Segunda División |

* ↑ Olimpia won regular season and clinched a spot in final match.
* ↑ Top 5 qualify for final round.
* ↑ Universidad and Broncos fought for 5th place.
* ↑ Federal relegated to second division.

## Final round

### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Real España | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 12 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Motagua | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | |
| 4 | Vida | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 5 | |
| 5 | Universidad | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | |

* ↑ Real España won pentagonal and clinched final spot against Olimpia.

### Final

| Real España | Olimpia |
| - | - |
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Padilla |||
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Cruz |||
| Olimpia | Real España |

Belarmino Rivera :

| DF | – | Santos Ruiz |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | Vicente Suazo |
| DF | – | Óscar García |
| DF | – | Héctor Uclés |
| MF | – | Roger Chavarría |
| MF | – | Ramón Brand |
| MF | – | Luis Minochio |
| FW | – | Prudencio Norales |
| FW | – | Walter Chávez |
| FW | – | Rigoberto Gómez |
| Substitutions: |||
| – | – | Ángel Paz |
| – | – | René Enamorado |
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Cruz |||
| Substitutions: |||
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Padilla |||

* Olimpia won 2–0 on aggregate score.
* Liga Nacional 1977–78 Champion
* C.D. Olimpia 5th title

## Top goalscorers

* 10 goals:

    Mario Juvini Carreño (Motagua)
* 8 goals:

    Prudencio Norales (Olimpia)
* 7 goals:

    Jurandir Dosantos (Marathón)
* 6 goals:

    Armando Valenchina (Vida)
    Daniel Sambulá (Universidad)
    Mario Mairena (Federal)
    Salvador Bernárdez (Motagua)
    Luis Walter Chávez (Olimpia)

## Squads

Broncos :

| German "Loco" Guzmán | Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta | Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles |
| - | - | - |
| Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz | | |
| Real España |||
| Jimmy Steward | Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina |
| Walter Humberto Jimminson | Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao | José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega |
| Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén | Gustavo Portillo | Marvin Zúniga |
| Alberto Ferreira da Silva | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Jaime Villegas |
| Reynaldo Mejía Ortega | Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez | Edelmín "Pando" Castro |
| Gil Rodríguez | | |
| Federal |||
| José Alvarez | Víctor Hugo Álvarez | Roberto “Babington” Barahona |
| José Rafael Irías | Marcos Lacayo | José Lanza |
| Julio Meza | Mario Roberto Mairena | Enrique “Fantasma” Mendoza |
| Ronald Quilter | Jerry Slosher | León Ugarte |
| Orlando “Bimbo” Vásquez | Francisco “Pantera” Velásquez | Tomás Wood |
| Francisco Zelaya Pastrana | | |
| Marathón |||
| Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández | Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez | Jurandir Dosantos |
| Exequiel "Estupiñán" García | Roscoe Charles | Daniel Argelio Romero |
| Carlos "Calín" Morales | Roberto Bailey | Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez |
| Porfirio Armando Betancourt | Ramón "Albañil" Osorio | Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla |
| Ricardo Nuila | Richard Kenneth Payne | |
| Motagua |||
| Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga | Roger Mayorga | Mario Hernán Juvini Carreño |
| Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez | Rigoberto Sosa | Héctor "Lin" Zelaya |
| Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya | Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes | Ennos Pereira |
| Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez | | |
| Olimpia |||
| Belarmino Rivera | Orlando Banegas | Luis Walter Chávez |
| Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz | Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez | Óscar García |
| Héctor Orlando Uclés | César Bordinhao | José Ortiz |
| Moisés Velásquez | Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz | René Enamorado |
| Prudencio "Tecate" Norales | Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | Net Jonhy Chavarría |
| Ernesto Paes de Oliveira | Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Arturo Recarte Cáceres |
| Luis Alonso Minochio | Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir | Selvin Cárcamo |
| Santos "Indio" Ruíz | Vicente Suazo | Roger Chavarría |
| Platense |||
| Luis Enrique "Banana" Alvarez | Dagoberto Tejeda | Antonio "El Camalote" Dueñas |
| Mario Ortega | Rafael Argeñal | Arnulfo Echeverría |
| Manuel de Jesús Fuentes | Arturo Payne | Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner |
| Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Eduardo Laing | Erasmo “Chícharo” Guerrero |
| Domingo Drummond | Rigoberto Castro | German “Cacique” Castro |
| Julio “Ruso” Bonilla | Julio Álvarez | |
| Universidad |||
| Roberto "Pirata" Fernández | José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar | Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá |
| Victoria |||
| Dagoberto Tejeda | Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga | Carlos "Cuco" Flores |
| Francisco Jiménez | Jorge Irías | German Güity |
| Miguel Lanza | David Goff | José Cruz |
| Julio César Girón | Roberto Urbina | Benedicto Ordóñez |
| Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya | José Cálix | Camilo Bonifacio |
| Pedro Caetano da Silva | Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent | Miguel "Primitivo" Ortiz |
| Armando Acosta | Claudio Castro | Rigoberto "Indio" Ruiz |
| Santos "Coco" González | Jorge Cálix | Gustavo Amaya |
| Jerry Jhonson | Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz | |
| Vida |||
| Mario Ardón | Roberto "Macho" Figueroa | Ramón Nectally "Liebre" Guardado |
| Matilde Selím Lacayo | Armando Valenchina |
