1991–92 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	1991–92
Champions	Motagua (5th)
Relegated	Atlético Indio
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Motagua Real España
Matches played	157
Goals scored	349 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bennett (12)
← 1990–91 1992–93 → All statistics correct as of 5 March 1992.

The 1991–92 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 26th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament was the same as the 1990-91 season and a rematch of the final. C.D. Motagua successfully defended its 1990-91 title in the final^[1] against Real C.D. España.^[2] Both the title holder and the runner-up qualified for berths to the 1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1991–92 teams

• Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
• C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• C.D. Petrotela (Tela)
• C.D. Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Real C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
• Sula (La Lima)
• C.D. Victoria (La Ceiba)
• C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

• Platense played their home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations at Estadio Excélsior.^[3]

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua[a]	27	16	5	6	38	19	+19	37	Qualified to the Final round[b]
2	Real España	27	14	7	6	37	23	+14	35
3	Olimpia	27	14	4	9	39	23	+16	32
4	Marathón	27	9	10	8	32	27	+5	28
5	Platense	27	8	11	8	27	28	−1	27
6	Victoria	27	9	8	10	29	28	+1	26
7	Vida	27	7	10	10	22	31	−9	24
8	Petrotela	27	5	14	8	23	35	−12	24
9	Sula	27	5	9	13	24	39	−15	19
10	Atlético Indio	27	2	14	11	19	37	−18	18	Relegated to Segunda División[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Motagua clinched first spot as regular season winner.
2. Top 5 qualified to the Final round.
3. Atlético Indio relegated.

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	8	6	1	1	15	5	+10	13	Qualified to the Final[a]
2	Olimpia	8	5	1	2	18	9	+9	11
3	Platense	8	2	3	3	10	13	−3	7
4	Marathón	8	2	3	3	12	17	−5	7
5	Motagua	8	0	2	6	3	14	−11	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Real España qualified to the Final as winner of Pentagonal.

Final

Real España v Motagua

29 February 1992 1st leg	Real España	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 CST				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Amílcar Burgos

Real España

Motagua

Motagua v Real España

5 March 1992 1st leg	Motagua	1–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 CST	Ávila 63'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 32,299 Referee: Gonzalo Tejada

Motagua

Real España

GK – Marvin Henríquez RB – Patrocinio Sierra CB – Javier Padilla CB – Mateo Ávila LB – Hernaín Arzú CM 6 Donaldo Reyes CM – Óscar Murillo RM – Fabricio Pérez LM – Miguel Seminario CF – Álex Ávila CF – César Obando Substitutions: DF 13 Edgar Sierra FW 14 Geovanny Castro Manager: Ángel Rodríguez

GK – Wilmer Cruz RB – Marco Anariba CB – Juan Castro CB – Karl Roland LB – Emilson Soto DM – José Fúnez RM – Marco Ortega LM – Washington Hernández RW – Ciro Castillo CF – Luis Vallejo LW – Nahamán González Substitutions: MF 8 Camilo Bonilla MF – Erick Gallegos Manager: Óscar Emigdio Benítez

• Motagua won 1–0 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 1991–92 Champion
C.D. Motagua 5th title

Top scorer

• Eduardo Bennett (Olimpia) with 12 goals

Squads

Atlético Indio
Arnold Vladimir López	Edwin Ponce	Danery Berrios
Cesilio "Chilo" Amaya	Eduardo, Rinaldi	Juan "Pelon" Flores
Julio Cesar Ortega	Oscar Murillo	Jose Valladares
Geremias "Burrito" Gonzalez	Eloy Molina	Mariano. Crisanto
Rogelio. Enamorado	Ambrosio Rochez	Prudencio "Tekate" Norales
Johnatan. Escalante	Victor Rutilio Mercadal	Jose "Leli" Guevara
Marathón
Dangelo Daltino Bautista	Alfredo, Flores	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado
Walter "Gualala" Trejo	Juan. Gómez Ortiz	Fernando. Ferreira
Bayron. Suazo	Rolando Padilla	Marco. Antonio García
Carlos Orlando Caballero	Luis Cornet	Leonel. Machado
José Ulloa Villatoro	Rubén. Baeque	Nicolás Suazo Velásquez
Geovany. Morán	Henry Guevara	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado
Neptaly Turcios	Mauro Pacheco
Motagua
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Carlos Augusto Solís	Alex Geovany Ávila
Patrocinio Sierra Doblado	Miguel Armando Seminario	José "Panterita" Mejía
Pablo Martínez	Carlos Matamoros	Edgar Sierra
Mario Fernández Norales	Miguel Texeira	Jorge Flores
Óscar Murillo	Vicente Viera	German "Ñato" Rodríguez
Juan Ferreira	César Augusto "Nene" Obando	Fabricio Pérez
Giovanni "Venado" Castro	Saturnino Norales Arzú	Juan Carlos "Rata" Contreras
Hernaín Arzú	Donaldo Reyes Guillén	Iván Ponce
Juan "Ninja" Padilla Bardales	David Pereira	Pedro Martínez
Marlon Núñez	Ramón "Monchín" Rodríguez	Mateo Ávila Benedict
Ramón Romero "Romerito"	Alex Alaniz	Julio Tejeda
Olimpia
Belarmino Rivera	Eduardo "Balín" Bennett	Carlos José Laje Moreno
Arnold Cruz	Danilo "Pollo" Galindo	Alex Pineda Chacón
Rudy Alberto Williams	Juan Carlos Espinoza	Fernando Tovar Durón
Dennis Antonio Piedy	Denilson Costa de Oliveira	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Erick Darío Fú Lanza	José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez	Óscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz
Petrotela
Golbin Bonilla	Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Platense
Anthony Hinds Mathews	Rossel Cacho	Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa
Jorge Arita Neals
Real España
Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Nahamán Humberto González	Edith Hernando Contreras
Karl Antonio Roland	Víctor Martín Castro	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre
Norman "Tedy" Martínez	Luis Orlando "Caralampio" Vallejo Arguijo	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo
Erick Gerardo Gallegos	Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega	Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández
Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda	Carlos Fernando Landa	José Luis López Escobar
Camilo Bonilla Paz	Luis Arriola Carter
Sula
Sergio Rubén Busciglio	Víctor Hernán Duarte
Victoria
Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga	Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	Enrique Reneau
Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
Vida
Carlos Ramírez	Rudy Pine Pack	Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez
Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez	Jorge Ernesto Pineda

Known results

Week 1

Real España v Atlético Indio

13 April 1991	Real España	2–1	Atlético Indio	San Pedro Sula
			López	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Victoria v Olimpia

14 April 1991	Victoria	3–5	Olimpia	La Ceiba
	Márquez Buchanan		Bennett Espinoza	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Week 3

Vida v Olimpia

28 April 1991	Vida	2–1	Olimpia	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Week 10

Olimpia v Victoria

18 July 1991	Olimpia	v	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Note: Olimpia didn't show up

Pentagonal

1992-01-04

Real España	2–0	Olimpia
Vallejo Castillo

San Pedro Sula

1992-01-05

Motagua	1–1	Marathón
Castro		Ferreira

Tegucigalpa

1992-01-11

Platense	2–2	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

1992-01-12

Motagua	1–3	Real España

Tegucigalpa

1992-01-15

Marathón	1–1	Real España
Cornet		Ortega

San Pedro Sula

1992-01-23

Olimpia	2–0	Motagua
Cruz Velásquez

Tegucigalpa

1992-01-26

Olimpia	1–3	Marathón
Costa		Baeque Ferreira N. Suazo

Tegucigalpa

1992-01-29

Platense	2–0	Motagua
Mathews Figueroa

San Pedro Sula

1992-02-01

Marathón	2–1	Motagua
Cornet Suazo		Romero

San Pedro Sula

1992-02-02

Olimpia	2–0	Real España
Piedy Costa

Tegucigalpa

1992-02-12

Real España	3–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

1992-02-15

Real España	1–0	Marathón
Anariba

San Pedro Sula

1992-02-16

Motagua	0–1	Olimpia
		Cruz

Tegucigalpa

1992-02-22

Marathón	2–7	Olimpia
Ferreira 62' (pen.) Trejo 75'		Espinoza 36' 87' Chacón 48' 58' Galindo 51' Costa 59' Cruz 70'

San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 2,223

Referee: Arturo Tábora

1992-02-23

Motagua	0–0	Platense

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	3–0	Platense

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

17 April 1991

Platense	0–1	Victoria
		Flores

San Pedro Sula

25 April 1991

Motagua	3–1	Atlético Indio
Castro Obando		Molina

Tegucigalpa

9 June 1991

Tela Timsa	0–3	Real España

Tela

8 August 1991

Atlético Indio	1–1	Motagua
Crisanto		Castro

Tegucigalpa

18 August 1991

Sula	5–1	Victoria

La Lima

26 August 1991

Sula	0–1	Olimpia
		Yearwood

La Lima

5 September 1991

Olimpia	1–2	Real España
		Hernández

Tegucigalpa

22 September 1991

Victoria	2–0	Marathón

La Ceiba

22 September 1991

Motagua	2–0	Real España
Seminario

Tegucigalpa

29 September 1991

Sula	0–1	Olimpia
		Costa 17'

La Lima

29 September 1991

Motagua	2–1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

6 October 1991

Súper Estrella	4–2	Real España

Danlí

6 October 1991

Motagua	1–0	Olimpia
Seminario

Tegucigalpa

27 October 1991

Motagua	0–1	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

31 October 1991

Motagua	1–0	Atlético Indio
Castro

Tegucigalpa

9 November 1991

Real España	0–0	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

24 November 1991

Motagua	7–0	Súper Estrella

Tegucigalpa

27 November 1991

Victoria	1–1	Vida
Lanza

La Ceiba

15 December 1991

Vida	1–2	Tela Timsa

La Ceiba

Motagua	4–0	Platense
Avila Pérez Obando

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	2–0	Vida

Controversies

On 14 April 1991, C.D. Victoria lost at home to C.D. Olimpia on week 1 with a 3–5 score. The game was later protested by Victoria due to the inclusion of Antonio Hernández in the Olimpia's lineup. Hernández, who had been sent off in the last game of the previous season, was inactive for one game. After two months of uncertainty, the Discipline Board decided to ignore Victoria's claim after they received a notification from Olimpia stating that Hernández complied with the suspension in an off-season friendly.^[4]

References

1. RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009
2. LaPrensa.hn–Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine–17 May 2012
3. RadioHouse.hn–Platense arribó a su 56 aniversario de fundación–5 July 2016
4. RadioHouse.hn–CASOS INSÓLITOS DEL FÚTBOL HONDUREÑO–13 October 2016