1971–72 Honduran Liga Nacional

LINA
Season	1971-72
Champions	Olimpia (4th title)
Relegated	Lempira
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Olimpia Vida
Top goalscorer	Carlos Alvarado (14)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

In the 1971–72 season, C.D. Olimpia won its fourth title in the Honduran League after finishing in first position in the regular season with 40 points; the tournament had 27 rounds without playoffs. Olimpia were crowned on 4 June 1972 in the 1–3 away victory over Lempira F.C. at the Estadio Francisco Morazán.^[1]

1971–72 teams

Regular season

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	27	15	10	2	41	18	+23	40	Qualified to the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Vida	27	16	3	8	42	25	+17	35	Qualified to the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	Motagua	27	14	5	8	37	23	+14	33
4	España	27	12	7	8	27	21	+6	31
5	Marathón	27	9	9	9	37	33	+4	27
6	Troya	27	11	5	11	28	36	−8	27
7	Platense	27	5	11	11	30	37	−7	21
8	Verdún	27	5	11	11	10	25	−15	21
9	Atlético Indio	27	3	13	11	23	36	−13	19
10	Lempira	27	5	6	16	24	45	−21	16	Relegated to the Second division

Olimpia 1971–72 champions as regular season winner.
Lempira relegated to second division.

Top scorer

Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 14 goals

Squads

Atlético Indio
Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Real España
Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Dagoberto Cubero	Pedro Caetano Da Silva
Exequiel "Estupiñán" García	Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal	Mario "Pelola" López
Domingo "Mingo" Ramos	Jacobo Sarmiento	Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez
Jaime Villegas
Lempira
Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara	Melchor Argeñal	Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez
César Augusto Dávila Puerto	Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor	Amílcar "Mica" López
Rigoberto Martínez	Eleázar Rodríguez	Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Marathón
Roberto Bailey	Arnulfo Echeverría	Alexander "Nina" Guillén
Dennis "Plitis" Lagos	Alberto Mancía	Flavio Ortega
Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez	Gil "Fátima" Valerio	Allan Ricardo Young
Motagua
Salvador Dubois Leiva	Julio Meza	Nelson Benavídez
Roberto Jérez	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Reynaldo Ismael Colón
Roberto Abrussezze	Alfonso Uclés	Edgardo Orellana
Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Elio Banegas	Mariano Godoy
Héctor "Lin" Zelaya	Lenard Wells	Carlos Andrés Sanabria
Linauro de Paula	Tomás Máximo	Fermín Navarro
Federico Budde	Jesús Castillo	José Luis Cruz Figueroa
Marcos Banegas	Marco Antonio Calderón	Mario Blandón Artica
Ricardo Cárdenas	Juliano Netto	Alberto "Furia" Solís
Egdomilio Díaz	Geraldo Baptista	Alfonso "Garrinchito" Gutiérrez
Juan Manuel Coello	José María "Chema" Durón	Ado Baptista
Olimpia
Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Samuel Sentini
Juan Ventura "La Gata" López	Selvin Cárcamo	Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza
Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros	Marco Antonio "Tonin" Mendoza	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara	Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez	Raúl Suazo Lagos
Platense
Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Miguel "Miguelín" Bernárdez	Martín Castillo
Reynaldo Castro Gil	Jimmy Steward	Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Oscar Teherán	Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Oscar Marino Piedrahíta
Troya
José Domingo "Yuyo" Tróchez
Verdún
Roberto Abrussezze	Geraldo Baptista	Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes
Joaquín "Quin" Bulnes	Manuel "Nell" Bulnes	Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz
José Ferreira Dos Santos	Víctor Armando "Teniente" López	Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar
"Tamalín" Ordóñez	Flavio Ortega Violante	Ronald Quilter
Oscar "Zorro" Velásquez
Victoria
René "Maravilla" Suazo
Vida
Óscar "Burra" Acosta	Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto	Jaime Barahona
Manuel Bernárdez Calderón	Jesús Octavio Cifuentes	Gustavo Adolfo "Gorsha" Collins
Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins	Óscar Alfredo Fariñas	Óscar Omar "Comay" Flores
Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden	Morris Garden	Roberto Hayes Galindo
Humberto Laínez	Jairo López	Marco Antonio Marcos Peña
Tomás "Tommy" Marshall	Mario Murillo	Gilberto René Núñez
José López "Rulo" Paz	José López Zelaya	Wilfredo "Will" Rodríguez
José María "Chema" Salinas	Carlos Sevilla Rodríguez	Gustavo Antonio "Danto" Urbina

Trivia

Atlético Español changed its name to Verdún this season.

Known results

Round 1

Motagua v Verdún

1971-07-12

Motagua	1 – 0	Verdún
Hernández

Tegucigalpa

Lempira v Marathón

Lempira	1 – 0	Marathón
Martínez

Fecha 13

Verdún v España

Verdún	0 – 0	España

Tegucigalpa

Fecha 14

Troya v Verdún

Troya	1 – 0	Verdún

Tegucigalpa

Fecha 15

Platense v Verdún

Platense	1 – 0	Verdún

San Pedro Sula

Fecha 16

Verdún v Motagua

Verdún	0 – 0	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Fecha 17

Atlético Indio v Verdún

Atlético Indio	0 – 0	Verdún

Tegucigalpa

Fecha 18

Verdún v Marathón

Verdún	0 – 4	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

Fecha 19

Verdún v Troya

Verdún	0 – 0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

Fecha 20

Verdún v Atlético Indio

Verdún	0 – 0	Atlético Indio

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

España v Marathón

15 August 1971

España	3–0	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Troya

29 August 1971

Motagua	2–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

Platense v Lempira

12 September 1971

Platense	1–3	Lempira

San Pedro Sula

Olimpia v Atlético Indio

17 October 1971

Olimpia	2–1	Atlético Indio
Matamoros

Tegucigalpa

Platense v Olimpia

31 October 1971

Platense	1–2	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Lempira

9 January 1972

Marathón	5–1	Lempira

San Pedro Sula

Motagua v Platense

16 January 1972

Motagua	2–1	Platense
Cruz

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia v Troya

7 May 1972

Olimpia	5–0	Troya

Tegucigalpa

Lempira v Olimpia

4 June 1972

Lempira	1–3	Olimpia
Mayorga		Mejía Flores

San Pedro Sula

Victoria v Olimpia

Victoria	2–5	Olimpia

La Ceiba

Marathón v Motagua

Marathón	2–2	Motagua
Echeverría

Referee: Cedillos

Lempira v Vida

Lempira	1–4	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Marathón v Lempira

Marathón	3–3	Lempira

San Pedro Sula

España v Lempira

España	2–0	Lempira
Castro Sevilla

San Pedro Sula

Lempira v España

Lempira	2–1	España
Perdomo Martínez		Castro

San Pedro Sula

España v Lempira

España	2–0	Lempira
Sevilla Greenech

San Pedro Sula

España v Motagua

España	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

References

↑ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 22 December 2011

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