1978–79 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season	1978-79
Champions	Motagua (4th title)
Relegated	Tiburones
CONCACAF Champions Cup	None
Copa Fraternidad	Motagua España Olimpia Broncos
Top goalscorer	Salvador Bernárdez (15)
← 1977-78 1979-80 →

In 1978-79 Motagua won its fourth championship in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras after beating Real España in the final. The tournament had 27 rounds in the regular season and the top five qualified to the Final round. Motagua and Real España won the regular season and the final round respectively and decided the title in a two legs final series.

1978-79 teams

Real España
Tiburones (promoted)
Universidad
Victoria
Vida

Regular season

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	27	13	12	2	34	16	+18	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Olimpia	27	13	7	7	29	17	+12	33
3	Real España	27	8	11	8	20	17	+3	27
4	Marathón	27	7	12	8	26	26	0	26
5	Platense	27	8	10	9	21	23	−2	26	Qualified to the repechage
6	Broncos	27	5	16	6	17	19	−2	26	Qualified to the repechage
7	Universidad	27	8	10	9	17	20	−3	26
8	Vida	27	7	12	8	23	27	−4	26
9	Victoria	27	5	14	8	20	29	−9	24
10	Tiburones	27	4	10	13	20	34	−14	18	Relegated to the Second division

Motagua secured final spot as regular season winner.
Top five qualify to final round.
Extra match required between Platense and Broncos to decide fifth place.
Tiburones relegated.

Fifth place playoff

12 October 1978 Playoff	Broncos	0 – 1	Platense	El Progreso, Yoro
(UTC−06:00)		Awarded to Broncos^[1]	Flores	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

Broncos advanced to Pentagonal on awarded points.

Final round

Pentagonal standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	8	5	3	0	14	6	+8	13	Qualified to the Final
2	Motagua	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	9
3	Olimpia	8	2	4	2	6	5	+1	8
4	Broncos	8	2	4	2	12	13	−1	8
5	Marathón	8	0	2	6	3	15	−12	2

Real España qualified to final as winner of Pentagonal.

Final

Motagua v Real España

1979-01-25

Motagua	1 - 0	Real España
Bernárdez

Tegucigalpa

Real España v Motagua

1979-01-28

Real España	1 - 4	Motagua
Bailey		Reyes Maradiaga

San Pedro Sula
Referee: Carlos Roberto Ortiz Pérez

Top scorer

Salvador Bernárdez (Motagua) with 15 goals

Squads

Broncos
German "Loco" Guzmán	Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Marathón
Daniel Argelio Romero	Óscar Machigua	René "Maravilla" Suazo
Exequiel "Estupiñán" García	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Manuel Rodríguez
David Sánchez	Tomás Wood	Manuel Doblado
Leónidas Nolasco	Erick Cabalceta	Rigoberto Castro
Richard Kenneth Payne	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Roberto Bailey
Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	Francisco Javier Toledo	Julio "Ruso" Bonilla
Ricardo Nuila	Osman Peña	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
Mario López	Carlos "Calín" Morales	Iván Ramos
Félix Concepción Carranza	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Celso Fredy Güity
Porfirio Armando Betancourt	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez
Motagua
Roger Mayorga	Alcides Morales	Roberto Abrussezze
Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez	Carlos Mejía	Marco Tulio "Coyol" López
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez	Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
René "Kun Fu" Velásquez	Camilo Mejía	Juan Ramón Aguilar
Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Marco Tulio Andino	Roxne Romero
Ennos Pereira	Rigoberto Sosa	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga	Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	Antonio Antonio Obando
Samuel Rivera	Edgardo Sosa	José Luis Zelaya
Mario Moncada	Feliciano Guardado	Mariano Godoy
David Bueso	David Medina	Alberto Centurión
Olimpia
Belarmino Rivera	Francisco Zelaya Pastrana	Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz
Vicente Suazo	Óscar García	Héctor Uclés
Víctor Romero	Víctor "Calero" Lozano	Óscar Batíz
Adán Amador	Carlos Figueroa	Manuel Gámez
Arturo Cáceres	Óscar Banegas	José Amador
Joaquín del Arca	Osmán Zelaya	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Roger Chavarría	Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez
Jorge Alberto "Perro" González	Samuel Montoya	Walter Chávez
Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño	Ricardo Carreño	Carlos Maldonado
Walter "Estupiñán" Amador	José Antonio García	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Platense
Arnulfo Echeverría	Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Danilo "Pulga" Flores	Arturo Payne	Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén
Alex Rodríguez
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	Walter Jimminson
Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Clinton Campbell
Gustavo Portillo	Junior Rashford Costly	Marvin Zúniga
Alberto Ferreira da Silva	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Jimmy James Bailey
Allan Costly	Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz	Jimmy Steward
Edith Hernando Contreras
Tiburones
Juan Jerezano	"Yuyuga" Flores	David Silva
Salustio Pacheco	Alejandro Palacios	"Nilo" Herrera
Edgar Alfaro	Agustín Alemán	Pedro Colón
José Reynaldo Villagra	Domingo Martínez
Universidad
Roger Mayorga	Otoniel Oliva	Joaquín Pavón Sequeira
Mauricio Cruz Jiron	Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Victoria
Óscar Figueroa	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Camilo Bonifacio
Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya	David Goff
Pedro Caetano da Silva	Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	Francisco Jiménez
Miguel Ángel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz	Luis Edgardo Meléndez
Vida
Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins	Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado	Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo
Edgardo Williams	Abraham Osorio	Peter Buchanan
Hermenegildo Orellana	César "Cesarín" Aguirre	Marco Tulio "Socadito" Zelaya
Carlos Aguirre	Neptaly "Liebre" Guardado	Carlos Johnson
Carlos Bejarano	Felipe "Embajador" Sánchez	Juan Dolmo Arzú
Mario Ardón	Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	Carlos Talbot
Manuel Gámez	Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza	Wilfredo Rodríguez
Carlos Orlando Caballero	Dennis "Bomba" Hinds	Arnulfo Ardón
Matilde Selim Lacayo	Carlos "Comay" Flores	Jesús "Bululo" Carías
Jorge Bernárdez	Jaime Morales	Roberto Maradiaga

Known results

Round 1

Real España v Tiburones

Real España	2 – 0	Tiburones
Pavón

Pentagonal place playoff

Platense v Broncos

Platense	1 – 0	Broncos

Pentagonal

Marathón v Olimpia

1978-10-22

Marathón	1 – 1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Real España v Olimpia

1978-10-26

Real España	0 – 0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Real España v Broncos

1978-10-28

Real España	4 – 3	Broncos
Costly Bailey Jiminson		Altamirano Arzú Cruz

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Marathón

1978-10-29

Motagua	2 – 0	Marathón
Bernárdez López

Danlí

Real España v Motagua

1978-11-05

Real España	4 – 2	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Broncos

1978-11-09

Marathón	2 – 3	Broncos

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Real España

1978-11-12

Marathón	0 – 1	Real España
		Bailey

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Motagua

1978-11-12

Olimpia	1 – 0	Motagua
Gámez

Tegucigalpa

Marathón v Motagua

1978-11-19

Marathón	0 – 3	Motagua
		Escalante Godoy Obando

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Real España

1979-01-07

Olimpia	0 – 0	Real España

Tegucigalpa

Real España v Marathón

1979-01-10

Real España	3 – 0	Marathón
Bailey Jimminson

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Marathón

1979-01-14

Olimpia	2 – 0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Olimpia

1979-01-17

Motagua	1 – 0	Olimpia
Obando

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Real España

1979-01-21

Motagua	0 – 1	Real España

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

Victoria v Vida

19 February 1978

Victoria	1–1	Vida
Meléndez

La Ceiba

Broncos v Tiburones

5 March 1978

Broncos	0–1	Tiburones
		Herrera

Choluteca

Marathón v Olimpia

29 March 1978

Marathón	3–1	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Platense v Motagua

9 April 1978

Platense	2–0	Motagua

Puerto Cortés

Tiburones v Marathón

9 April 1978

Tiburones	1–2	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Platense v Marathón

23 April 1978

Platense	1–1	Marathón

Puerto Cortés

Tiburones v Broncos

7 May 1978

Tiburones	1–1	Broncos
Arzú		Martínez

Choluteca

Marathón v Real España

7 May 1978

Marathón	1–0	Real España
Peña

El Progreso

Platense v Real España

4 June 1978

Platense	1–2	Real España

Puerto Cortés

Olimpia v Marathón

25 June 1978

Olimpia	0–1	Marathón
		Osorio

Tegucigalpa

Motagua v Universidad

31 July 1978

Motagua	2–1	Universidad

Danlí

Platense v Marathón

6 August 1978

Platense	1–0	Marathón
Castillo

Puerto Cortés

Olimpia v Universidad

6 August 1978

Olimpia	0–0	Universidad

Danlí

Motagua v Platense

27 August 1978

Motagua	4–0	Platense
Reyes Maradiaga Bernárdez

Danlí

Broncos v Tiburones

10 September 1978

Broncos	1–1	Tiburones
Altamirano		Palacios

Choluteca

Real España v Marathón

10 September 1978

Real España	3–0	Marathón
Bailey Tapia Portillo

El Progreso

Motagua v Olimpia

10 September 1978

Motagua	0–0	Olimpia

Danlí

Tiburones v Motagua

24 September 1978

Tiburones	0–3	Motagua
		Maradiaga Reyes Centurión

Choluteca

Real España v Olimpia

1 October 1978

Real España	0–2	Olimpia
		Norales González

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Victoria

3 October 1978

Motagua	4–2	Victoria
López Reyes Bernárdez		Amaya Zelaya 0' (a.g.)

Danlí

Platense v Broncos

12 October 1978

Platense	2–1	Broncos

El Progreso

Marathón v Universidad

Marathón	0–1	Universidad

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Olimpia

Motagua	1–0	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

References

↑ The game was suspended at 85' as Platense retired for not accepting a late penalty against them; the league decided to award the points to Broncos.

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