1983–84 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	1983–84
Champions	Vida (2nd)
Relegated	Dandy
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Vida Universidad
Matches played	180
Goals scored	336 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Centeno (17)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 18th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a four round-robin schedule. C.D.S. Vida won the title^[1] and qualified to the 1984 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up Universidad.

1983–84 teams

• Dandy (San Pedro Sula)
• Juventud Morazánica (Tegucigalpa)
• Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• Platense (Puerto Cortés, promoted)
• Real España (San Pedro Sula)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• Victoria (La Ceiba)
• Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vida[a]	36	13	18	5	39	28	+11	44	Qualified to the 1984 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Universidad	36	13	14	9	40	26	+14	40
3	Marathón	36	14	12	10	36	32	+4	40
4	Olimpia	36	13	13	10	39	26	+13	39
5	Real España	36	14	11	11	35	30	+5	39
6	Motagua	36	14	8	14	36	36	0	36
7	Victoria	36	12	10	14	31	40	−9	34
8	Platense	36	8	16	12	29	39	−10	32
9	Juventud Morazánica	36	7	15	14	29	44	−15	29
10	Dandy	36	6	15	15	22	35	−13	27	Relegated to Segunda División[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Vida champions as regular season winners.
2. Dandy relegated to second division.

• No post-season this year.

Top scorer

• Raúl Centeno Gamboa (Platense) with 17 goals

Squads

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
Juventud Morazánica
Jorge Hibrán Maldonado	Alfonso Ramón "Niño" López	Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
Pancho Gonzalez	Kaco Reyes	Choreta Ordoñes
Crisanto Batista
Marathón
Hernán Santiago García Martínez	Juan Carlos Weber	Vicente Suazo
Gilberto Leonel Machado García	Celso Fredy Güity	Noel Omar Renderos
Delio Billonay Fajardo	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Oswaldo Zaldívar	Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo
Motagua
Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	Juan Gómez Ortiz	Angel Antonio Obando
Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante	Carlos Cruz Padilla
Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga	Amílcar Leonel Suazo	Frank Ponce
Oscar Medina	Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño	Alcides Morales
José María "Chema" Durón	Feliciano Guardado	Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya
Olimpia
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Jorge Alberto "Perro" González	Edimar Luiz Marques
Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga	José Emilio Martínez	José Mario "Chueco" Figueroa
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Platense
Juan Jerezano	Raúl Centeno Gamboa	Eugenio Dolmo Flores
Alex Rodríguez	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden	Mario Ortega
Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá	Carlos Roberto Deras
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Carlos Alberto Salgado
Junior Rashford Costly	Edith Hernando Contreras	Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
Mario Bonilla	Esteban Pitío Centeno	Jimmy Steward
Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón	Carlos Orlando Caballero
Universidad
José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Victoria
Raúl David Fúnez	Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Luis Alonso Zelaya
David Goff	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Luis Medina	Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins
Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya	Junior Mejía	Natividad Morales Barrios
Jesús "Bululo" Carías	José Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza	Esteban "Tan" Martínez
Cipriano Dueñas	Dennis Erwin "Bomba" Hinds	José Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza
Rudy Alberto Williams	Pablo Palma	Federico "Ico" Martínez
Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú	Armando Vindel	Calos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo
Hermenegildo Orellana	Matilde Selím Lacayo	Joaquín Arrastoa
Danilo Carías	Osmán Zelaya

Known results

Round 1

Juventud Morazánica	1 – 1	Real España
		Bonilla

Marathón	1 – 1	Platense

Unknown rounds

20 February 1983

Victoria	1–0	Platense

La Ceiba

6 March 1983

Platense	2–1	Dandy

Puerto Cortés

14 April 1983

Motagua	1–0	Universidad

22 May 1983

Juventud Morazánica	1–5	Universidad

Tegucigalpa

1 June 1983

Motagua	3–1	Platense

Tegucigalpa

17 July 1983

Motagua	0–1	Dandy

Tegucigalpa

15 September 1983

Olimpia	6–0	Platense
Figueroa Norales

Tegucigalpa

9 October 1983

Motagua	2–1	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

16 October 1983

Universidad	2–0	Motagua
Altamirano

Tegucigalpa

19 October 1983

Olimpia	1–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

23 October 1983

Vida	2–1	Universidad
Zelaya		Altamirano

La Ceiba

23 October 1983

Real España	2–1	Olimpia
Arzú Chavarría		Márquez

San Pedro Sula

Motagua	2–0	Dandy

Tegucigalpa

Dandy	1–2	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

Dandy	1–2	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

References

1. RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009