1982–83 Honduran Liga Nacional
# 1982–83 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1982–83 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 17th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season, with the exception that no final series were played. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after finishing first in the final round and qualified to the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Motagua.

## 1982–83 teams

* Atlético Morazán (Tegucigalpa)
* Broncos UNAH (Choluteca)
* C.D. Dandy (San Pedro Sula, promoted)
* Independiente (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Real C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Victoria (La Ceiba)
* C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olimpia | 27 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 33 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Real España | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Vida | 27 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Victoria | 27 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 29 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 6 | Atlético Morazán | 27 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 27 | |
| 7 | Dandy | 27 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 26 | |
| 8 | Broncos UNAH | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 22 | |
| 9 | Marathón | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 22 | |
| 10 | Independiente | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 20 | Relegated to Segunda División |

* ↑ Olimpia secured Final spot as Regular season winner.
* ↑ Top five qualify to Final round.
* ↑ Independiente relegated to second division.

## Final round

### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olimpia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 11 | Qualified to the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 2 | Motagua | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | Qualified to the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 3 | Real España | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Victoria | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 | |
| 5 | Vida | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | |

* ↑ Olimpia 1982–83 champions.

### Final

* No final series was necessary as Olimpia won both regular season and final round.

## Top scorer

* Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos UNAH) with 13 goals

## Squads

Atlético Morazán :

| José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz | Noel Omar Renderos |
| - | - | - |
| Marco A. Ordóñez | Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata | Delio Billonay Fajardo |
| Broncos |||
| Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano | José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo | José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar |
| Dandy |||
| Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez | Rigoberto Escalón | Oscar Villegas |
| Efraín "Pucho" Osorio | Roberto Escalón | Oscar Núñez |
| Oscar Montoya | Carlos Castellanos | René Orellana |
| Orlando Garay | Ricardo Castro | Carlos Flores |
| Edward Kisling | Carlos Alvarez | Jorge Martínez |
| Carlos Banegas | Roberto Moreno | Oscar "Hormiga" Muñoz |
| José Molina | Carlos Ramírez | Roger Valladares |
| Eleázar Peña | Jorge "Chino" Euceda | Claudio Romano Castro |
| Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá | Apolonio Sambulá | Arnold Connor Costly |
| Arnaldo Guevara | Oscar Torres | Benedito Tiburcio |
| Julio "Banana" Alvarez | Marcial Bonilla | Roberto Castellanos |
| Oscar Machigua | Oscar "Chino" Brizuela | Mario Bustillo |
| Oscar Ríos | Luis Guerrero | Noé Meza |
| Pastor Martínez | Benito Suazo | Luis Guzmán |
| Julio "Chino" Ortiz | Francisco Sandoval | Oscar Orellana |
| Guillermo Bernárdez | Manuel Rivera | Oscar "Pito Loco" López |
| Independiente |||
| Jorge Martínez | Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina | Rodolfo "Mirandinha" Smith |
| Edimar Luiz Marques | Roberto Herrera Moreno | |
| Marathon |||
| Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao | Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales | Rodolfo 🇺🇾Machado Maciel |
| Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent | Arturo Payne | Othoniel Romero "Romerito" |
| Gilberto Leonel Machado García | Celso Fredy Güity | Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez |
| Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias | Félix Concepción Carranza | Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla |
| José Angel Peña | Oscar René "Hormiga" Muñoz | Oswaldo Zaldívar |
| Motagua |||
| Jorge Montenegro | Angel Antonio Obando | Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes |
| Karl Bennett Williams | Moisés "Tanque" Velásquez | Roberto Escalante |
| Luis Medina | Amílcar Leonel Suazo | |
| Olimpia |||
| Oscar Banegas | José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos | Oscar Garcia |
| Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir | Roberto "Pirata" Fernández | "Nilo" Martínez |
| Prudencio "Tecate" Norales | Emilio Martínez | Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga |
| Alberto Merelles | Víctor Romero | Héctor Uclés |
| Alberto Centurión | Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño | Jorge Alberto "Perro" González |
| Alejandro Ruiz | Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | Oscar Medina |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Hernán Zelaya | Anthony "Hino" Hinds Mathews |
| Carlos Saúl Bonilla | Junior Rashford Costly | Edith Hernando Contreras |
| Carlos Orlando Caballero | Esteban Pitío Centeno | Marcos Campbell |
| Carlos Alberto Salgado | Jimmy Steward | Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón |
| Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz | | |
| Victoria |||
| Raúl David Fúnez | Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte | Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya |
| David Goff | Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz | Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga |
| José Reynaldo Villagra | Víctor Calero Lozano | |
| Vida |||
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | Alex Banegas | Matilde Selím Lacayo |
| Roberto "Macho" Figueroa | Junior Mejía | Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado |
| Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya |

## Known results

### Round 27

gol de Rodolfo Machado uruguayo jugador de Marathon

