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Liga Nacional
Season	1993–94
Champions	Real España (7th)
Relegated	Petrotela
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Real España; Motagua
Matches played	147
Goals scored	301 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pineda (12)
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 28th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule followed by a 6-team playoff round. Real C.D. España won the title^[1]^[2] after winning the regular season and the final round and qualified to the 1995 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Motagua.

1993–94 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España^[a]	27	14	12	1	34	17	+17	40	Qualified to the Final round^[b]
2	Olimpia	27	13	10	4	43	29	+14	36
3	Victoria	27	7	14	6	31	25	+6	28
4	Motagua	27	7	12	8	28	27	+1	26
5	Vida	27	7	12	8	19	32	−13	26
6	Platense	27	7	11	9	29	27	+2	25
7	Real Maya	27	7	11	9	19	20	−1	25
8	Marathón	27	6	12	9	25	29	−4	24
9	Deportes Progreseño	27	6	10	11	26	33	−7	22
10	Petrotela	27	4	10	13	24	39	−15	18	Relegated to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España clinched final spot as regular season winner.
^ Top 6 qualify for final round.
^ Petrotela relegated.

Final round

Hexagonal

1 May 1994 1st leg	Platense	0–4	Real España	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
			Gallegos Velásquez López	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

7 May 1994 2nd leg	Real España	1–1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Gallegos		Caballero	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Real España won 5–1 on aggregated.

1 May 1994 1st leg	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 May 1994 2nd leg	Victoria	0–1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Motagua won 2–1 on aggregated.

1994 1st leg	Vida	2–1	Olimpia	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

8 May 1994 2nd leg	Olimpia	2–3	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Arriola 75' Laje 79'		38' 78' Piedy 87' Marson	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Vida won 5–3 on aggregated.

Triangular standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real España^[a]	4	1	3	0	2	1	+1	5
2	Motagua^[b]	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
3	Vida	4	0	3	1	1	2	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España champions as winner of Regular season and Final round.
^ Motagua runner-up as second place in Triangular.

Top scorer

Alex Pineda Chacón (Olimpia) with 12 goals

Squads

Deportes Progreseño
Gerardo Acosta	José Luis “Joche” Alvarado	Juan Manuel “Nito” Anariba
Pablo Bernárdez	Mario Castillo	Edith Hernando Contreras
Oscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz	Gabriel Figueroa	Marco Antonio “Tono” García
Marco Antonio Gómez	Alberto Güity	Eduardo Laing
Milton “Tyson” Núñez	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	Omar Pérez
Gabriel Pinto
Marathón
Dangelo Daltino Bautista	Melvin Sabillón	Walter "Gualala" Trejo
Alfonso Sabillón	Nicolás Suazo Velásquez	Mario Beata
Luis Orlando "El Chinito" Reyes Santos	José Ulloa Villatoro	Luis Alexander Quezada
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Víctor Coello
Motagua
Julio César Englenton Chuga	Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Marvin Fonseca
Alvaro Roberto Izquierdo	Renán Aguilera	Carlos Mejía
Carlos Tejeda	Carlos Zelaya	Jorge "Babington" López
Oscar Duarte	Víctor López	Oscar Pineda Torres
German Bermúdez	Jorge González	Ramón "Monchín" Rodríguez
Oscar Murillo	Renán Aguilera	Walter Lagos Aplícano
Miguel "Hino" Mathews	Gustavo Luca	Henry Guevara
German "Ñato" Rodríguez	Héctor Caballero	Rui Freitas
Presley Carson	Giovanni "Venado" Castro	Donaldo Reyes Guillén
Rosman Calderón	Jorge Romero	Néstor Fernández
Edgar Sierra	Carlos Rodríguez	José Manuel Vallecillo
Víctor Bennet	Saturnino Norales	Hernaín Arzú
Carlos Matamoros	Marlon Núñez	Fabricio Pérez
Jorge Cruz Murillo	Alex Geovany Ávila	César Augusto "Nene" Obando
Javier Padilla	Ramón Romero	Juan Manuel "Gato" Coello
Olimpia
Alex Pineda Chacón	Carlos José Laje Moreno	José Luis "Flaco" Pineda
Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón	Eduardo Arriola	Christian Santamaría
Rudy Alberto Williams	Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez	Denilson Costa de Oliveira
Merlyn Membreño	Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Petrotela
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Juan Pablo Centeno	Alexis Iván Duarte
Carlos Fernando Landa	Víctor Orlando Garay	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre
Gustavo Cálix	Pastor Martínez	Neptaly Fúnez
Mateo Ávila Benedict	Tomás Róchez	Julio María Lemos
Luis "Gavilán" Cálix	Christian Santamaría	Alfredo Saavedra
David Logan	Edwin Rodríguez	Hibrain Maldonado
Carlos Reyes	Neptalí Funes	Nigel Zuniga
Golbin Bonilla	L. Midence	M. Pitillo
J. Bernárdez	Nelson Sambula	O. Centeno
Platense
Marlon Javier Monge	Rossel Cacho	Miguel Ángel "Gallo" Mariano
José Luis "Runga" Piota	Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa	Carlos Roberto Velásquez
Jorge Arita Neals
Real España
Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	Milton "Chocolate" Flores	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos
Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro	Enrique Daniel Uberti García	Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández
Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega	Víctor Martín Castro	Edward Barahona
Reginaldo Hill	Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega	Javier Guzmán
Sebastiao Da Silva	Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda	Gustavo Adolfo Gallegos
Camilo Bonilla	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer
Luis Danilo Perdomo Velásquez	José Luis López Escobar	Jaime "Indio" Ruiz
Rodolfo Richardson Smith	Luis Arriola Carter	Luis Danilo Perdomo Velásquez
Norman "Tedy" Martínez	Erick Gerardo Gallegos
Real Maya
Juan Fernando Palacios	Juan Ramon Palacios	Jose Luis MArtinez
J. Melendez	Alexander Leroy Wood	Nelson Rosales
Tomas Centeno	M. A. Valdez	Edgar Antonio Figueroa
Edwin Yánez	Oscar Lagos	M. Godoy
Arturo "Pando" Arriola	Víctor Sebastián Zúniga	Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	José Antonio García Bernárdez	Luis Armando Fino
Enrique Reneau	Luis Orellana	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
Vida
Víctor Lorenzo Crisanto "Pata de Rifle" Batiz	Mario Peri	Carlos Güity
Dennis Antonio Piedy	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez	Juan José Larios
Troy Anderson	Miguel Arcángel Güity	Jorge Ernesto Pineda
Raúl Centeno Gamboa	Clayd Lester Marson	Carlos Ramon Matamoros Bustillo

Known results

Week 1

1993-10-03

Platense	4–0	Vida
Velásquez

Puerto Cortés

1993-10-03

Real España	3–1	Motagua
Perdomo Guzmán Soto		Izquierdo

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia	2–1	Marathón
Costa

Tegucigalpa

Week 6

Week 6	Vida	1–0	Real España	La Ceiba
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Triangular

12 May 1994

Motagua	1–1	Real España

Tegucigalpa

21 May 1994

Real España	1–0	Motagua
Hernández

San Pedro Sula

24 May 1994

Vida	0–0	Real España

La Ceiba

Motagua	1–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

6 October 1993	Real España	2–1	Petrotela	San Pedro Sula
	Pavón			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

10 October 1993	Vida	0–1	Victoria	La Ceiba
			Reneau	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Abad Solórzano
Note: Match suspended at 40' (0–1) as Victoria's players tried to attack the referee by not accepting a controversial penalty. Vida was awarded the win.^[3]