1965–66 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 1965–66 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1965–66 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the inaugural edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The season ran from 18 July 1965 to 23 January 1966. The format of the tournament consisted of a double round-robin schedule. Platense F.C. won the title after defeating España 2–0 in the last round at El Progreso.

## Background

In 1964, a triangular tournament was organized between three clubs from the Liga Dionisio de Herrera between C.D.S. Vida, C.D. Victoria and C.D. Atlántida; having Vida qualified for the 1965–66 league.

## 1965–66 teams

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

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Platense | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 27 | No international qualification |
| 2 | Olimpia | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 26 | |
| 3 | Vida | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 22 | |
| 4 | Troya | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 22 | |
| 5 | España | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 21 | |
| 6 | Honduras | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 19 | |
| 7 | Marathón | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 12 | |
| 8 | La Salle | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 12 | |
| 9 | Motagua | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 10 | |
| 10 | Atlético Español | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 9 | No relegation |

* Winners: Platense (won regular season)
* Runners-up: Olimpia
* Last: Atlético Español (no relegation)
* 1965–66 Liga Nacional winners
* Platense 1st title

## Top scorer

* Henry Grey Fúnez (La Salle) with 14 goals

## Squads

* 1965–66 squads
* Atlético Español
* José Herrera Jorge Rosales Joaquín Bulnes Francisco Gómez Fernando Bulnes Ramón Raudales Arturo Uclés Raúl Cárdenas Jesús Flores Rolando Rodríguez Manuel Bulnes
* España
* Carlos Handal Carlos Acosta Raúl Peri José Colón Armando Palacios Pedro Rivas Dolores Cruz Mariano Aguiluz Vidal Canales Augusto Palacios Mario Sandoval Héctor Gómez Luis Castro Ramón Oviedo Salvador Reyes Javier Rodríguez Insider Rodas
* Honduras
* Gil Valerio René Flores Santos Juárez Jorge Deras Domingo Ramos Rolando Chávez Pablo Perdomo Norris Bodden Andrés Ávila Pedro Deras Getulio Millares
* La Salle
* Ricando Sandoval Víctor Henderson Héctor Castro Ástor Perdomo Leonardo Vásquez Ramón Hernández Carlos Cobos Víctor Castro Luis Metzgen Ricardo Montalván Mario Tróchez Israel Juárez Santiago Rodríguez Salvador Azcúnaga Getulio Millares Miguel Pavón Adalberto Menjívar Henry Fúnez
* Marathón
* Martín Rodríguez Mario Caballero Victoriano Arzú Mauro Caballero Sigfrido Vargas Ernesto Cabús René Cruz Mario Rivera Rafael Maldonado Ernesto López Ernesto Licona Héctor Chávez Julio Fonseca Augusto Domínguez Andrés Arzú Emilio Cruz Pedro Flores Jorge Durón Elías Carbajal
* Motagua
* Porfirio Canales Blanco Jacobo Godoy Nelson Benavídez Alfonso Navarro Marcio Ramos Héctor Chávez Marcos Banegas Elio Banegas Mario García Amado Castillo Fermín Navarro Jorge Berríos Marco Callizo Ernesto Henríquez Juan Martínez Ricardo Cárdenas José Castillo
* Olimpia
* Marco Rosales Ronald Chessman Raúl Suazo Ricardo Reyes Conrado Flores Juan Lanza Reyando Centeno Domingo Ferrera "Pibe" Midence Donaldo Rosales Ricardo Taylor Federico Budde Rafael Dick Carlos Suazo Jorge Bustillo Santiago Tercero Roberto Crisanto
* Platense
* Alexander Guillén Víctor León Santos Díaz Roosevelth Garbuth Carlos Alvarado Raúl Betancourt Gilberto Zavala Carlos Duarte Héctor Hernández José Duarte Félix Guerra Francisco Garay Ricardo Fúnez Gustavo Croisdale Francisco Brocato Pablo Arzú Carlos Romero Tomás Máximo Justo Prieto José Garay José Murillo Julio Anderson Jorge Solís Armando Doblado Miguel Howel
* Troya
* Emilio Calderini Jorge Cabrera
* Vida
* Tomás Marshall Israel Juárez Morris Garden Alberto Amaya Arturo Garden Jesús Fuentes Joe Hendicks Cristóbal Brooks Jesús Blanco Antonio Urbina Óscar Banegas

## Curiosities

On 24 October 1965, the match between F.C. Motagua and C.D. España was interrupted for several minutes due to a deflated ball. Since there were no additional balls, the match had to be briefly suspended while the only ball was being re-inflated in a close by gas station.

