1968–69 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	1968–69
Champions	Motagua (1st)
Relegated	Atlético Español
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Motagua
Matches played	135
Goals scored	344 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abrussezze (16)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 4th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule. C.D. Motagua won the title and qualified to the 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.^[1][2]

1968–69 teams

• C.D. Atlético Español (Tegucigalpa)
• Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
• C.D. Honduras (El Progreso)
• C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• C.D. Victoria (La Ceiba, promoted)
• C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua[a] (C)	27	17	5	5	45	23	+22	39	Qualified to the 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Olimpia[b]	27	14	8	5	45	20	+25	36
3	Platense	27	15	6	6	40	21	+19	36
4	Atlético Indio	27	12	10	5	34	24	+10	34
5	España	27	9	7	11	37	30	+7	25
6	Marathón	27	9	7	11	40	41	−1	25
7	Victoria	27	8	5	14	33	44	−11	21
8	Vida	27	6	9	12	31	47	−16	21
9	Honduras	27	5	8	14	20	53	−33	18
10	Atlético Español (R)	27	3	9	15	19	41	−22	15	Relegated to the Segunda División

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Motagua champions as regular season winner.
2. Olimpia runner-up as finishing second.

1968–69 Liga Nacional champion
C.D. Motagua 1st title

Top scorer

• Roberto Abrussezze (Motagua) with 16 goals

Squads

Atlético Español
Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes	Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz	Héctor Salvador "Chava" Reyes
Atlético Indio
Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara
Real España
Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara	Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal
Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz	Camilo jerez	Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden
Domingo "Mingo" Ramos	Jacobo Sarmiento	Jaime Villegas
Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo	René "Pelón" Orellana	Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Honduras
Alfredo Hawit Banegas	Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín	Óscar Bustamante
Allan Ricardo Young	Marcos Peña	Pedro Deras
Espedito Serafín	José López Paz
Marathón
Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez	"Burro" Deras	René Rodríguez
Alexander "Nina" Guillén	Shuberty "Nel" Castillo	Enrique "Quique" Grey Fúnez
Ramón Cano	Gil "Fátima" Valerio	Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez
Flavio Ortega	Clarival Oliveira	José Shubert
Motagua
Salvador Dubois Leiva	Lenard Wells	Marcos Banegas
Roberto Jérez	Roberto Abrussezze	Geraldo Baptista
Pedro Colón	Fermín "Min" Navarro	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández
Ricardo “Catín” Cárdenas	Ado Baptista	Nelson Benavídez
Julio Meza	Alfonso “Foncho” Navarro	Yoponón de Souza
José Castillo	Rubén Guifarro	Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica
Mariano Godoy	Marco Tulio González	Juan Ramos
Carlos Díaz	Pedro Caetano da Silva	Humberto Maximiliano ”Piquete Amador”
Olimpia
Juan José "Chino" Aguilar	Juan Andino	Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera
José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	René Reyes "Reno" Rodríguez	Juan Ramón Lagos
Raúl Suazo Lagos	Conrado "Chorotega" Flores	Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo
Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales	Selvin Cárcamo	Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros
Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos	Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Platense
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Reynaldo Castro Gil	Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing
Alfonso Zamora	Tomás Máximo	Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez
Jimmy Steward	Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina	Norman Castro
Óscar Marino Piedrahita	Martín Castillo	Pablo "Chita" Arzú
Victoria
Terencio Escobar	José Eduardo Castillo	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega
Anael "Lito" Martínez	Luis Alonso Metzquin	Reynaldo Zúniga
Antonio Muñoz	Carlos Vilorio	Salvador Hernández
Edgardo Bustillo	César "Cesarín" Aguirre	Salvador Ramírez
Roberto Martínez	Óscar García	Antonio Zapata
Luis Bueso	Sergio Jiménez	René "Maravilla" Suazo
Gerardo García	José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza	Gilberto Martínez
Adolfo "Fito" López	Óscar Muñoz	Rigoberto Martínez
Alejandro Palacios	Héctor Mejía	Manuel Bubuch
Sergio "Tito" Martínez	Virgilio Rodríguez	Ciriaco Gutiérrez
José Inés Izaguirre	Armando Motiño	Pablo Villegas
Jesús Urbina	Armando Reyes	Carlos Brown
Jorge "Chino" Suazo	René Bernárdez
Vida
Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto	Gustavo Adolfo "Gorsha" Collins	Óscar Banegas
Mario Murillo	Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya	"Yoyu" Puerto
Alberto "Campeón" Amaya	"Rebelde" Rodríguez	Cristóbal "Craka" Brooks
Jesús "Pun" Fuentes	Gustavo Antonio "Danto" Urbina	Morris Garden
José María "Chema" Salinas

References

1. RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
2. "Se cumplieron 50 años del primer título azul". LaTribuna.hn. La Tribuna. Retrieved 13 March 2019.