1976–77 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1976–77 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 11th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. España won the title after defeating C.D. Motagua in the finals.^[1] Both teams qualified to the 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.^[2]

Liga Nacional

Season	1976–77
Champions	España (3rd)
Relegated	Campamento
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	España Motagua
Matches played	149
Goals scored	269 (1.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hernández (10)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

1976–77 teams

• Broncos (Choluteca)
• Campamento (Catacamas, promoted)
• España (San Pedro Sula)
• Federal (Tegucigalpa)
• Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	España[a]	27	15	8	4	32	13	+19	38	Qualified to the Final round[b]
2	Motagua	27	13	9	5	27	12	+15	35
3	Vida	27	14	5	8	28	19	+9	33
4	Marathón	27	9	13	5	40	28	+12	31
5	Olimpia	27	8	14	5	19	10	+9	30
6	Universidad	27	9	9	9	20	21	−1	27
7	Platense	27	6	12	9	13	17	−4	24
8	Federal	27	6	8	13	19	32	−13	20
9	Broncos	27	4	11	12	19	36	−17	19
10	Campamento	27	4	5	18	13	42	−29	13	Relegated to Segunda División[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. España clinched final spot as regular season winner.
2. Top four qualified to final round.
3. Campamento relegated.

Final round

Cuadrangular standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	9	Qualified to the Final[a]
2	España	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	8
3	Marathón	6	2	0	4	9	12	−3	4
4	Vida	6	1	1	4	7	10	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Motagua qualified to final.

Final

Motagua v España

5 December 1976 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Porfirio Guerra

España v Motagua

12 December 1976 2nd leg	España	4–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
CST	Soto 11' Yearwood 66' Ferreira 81' Bailey 89'		72' Maradiaga	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 14,000 (L 55,800.92) Referee: Carlos Ortiz

Top scorer

• Oscar Hernández (Marathón) with 10 goals

Squads

Broncos
Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Salustio Pacheco	Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles	Marco Tulio Rubí
Campamento
Arturo Díaz	Dagoberto Nayra	Alex Rodríguez
José Humberto Tróchez	David Silva
Real España
Jimmy Steward	Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta
Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Jaime Villegas
Ernesto "Tractor" Ramírez	Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez	Julio César Girón
Allan Costly	Gilberto Yearwood	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
Edelmín "Pando" Castro	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega	Edy Bustillo
Alberto Ferreira da Silva	Jimmy James Bailey	Julio Tapia
Andrés Soto Araya	Roberto Martínez "Roby" Arzú	Gil Josué Rodríguez
Rubén Rodríguez-Peña	Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Walter Humberto Jimminson
Julio “Chino” Ortiz	Clinton Campbell	Gustavo Portillo
Luis Oswaldo Altamirano	Marvin Zúniga	Jorge García Rojas
Junior Costly
Federal
Julio Meza	José Ernesto "Toto" Cáceres
Marathón
Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Daniel Argelio Romero
Leroy Foster	Carlos "Calín" Morales	Roscoe Charles
Exequiel "Estupiñán" García	Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Allan Ricardo Young	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
Motagua
Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro	Alfredo Hawit Banegas	Jurandir dos Santos
José Maria "Chema" Durón	Mariano Godoy	Mario Iubini
Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga	Roger Mayorga	Alcides Morales
Ronald Quilter	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	Roxne Romero
Rigoberto Sosa	Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez	Manuel "Candado" Williams
Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
Selvin Cárcamo	Walter Chávez	Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza
Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz
Platense
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Rafael Argeñal	Félix Concepción Carranza
Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero
Mario Ortega	Arturo Payne	Víctor Samuel Rivera
Universidad
José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	Ricardo Nuila	Pablo Candú Palma
Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Vida
Marco Antonio Marcos Peña	José María "Chema" Salinas	Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins
Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins	Oscar "Burra" Acosta	Arturo "Junia" Garden
Morris Garden	Mario McKoy	Manuel Bernárdez Calderón
César "Cesarín" Aguirre	Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez	Mario Murillo
Jesús Octavio Cifuentes	Jairo López	José López "Rulo" Paz
Mario Ardón	Tomás "Tommy" Marshall	Juan David
Edgardo Williams	Vicente Suazo	Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
Peter Buchanan	Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza	Jorge Peralta
Antonio "Danto" Urbina	Hermenegildo Orellana	Ramón Neptaly "Liebre" Guardado
Jorge Caballero	Osman Zelaya	Fredy Delgado
Matilde Selím Lacayo	Marco Antonio Caballero

Known results

Round 1

22 February 1976

Marathón	4–2	Campamento
Foster

San Pedro Sula

22 February 1976

Motagua	–	Universidad
		Williams ?' (o.g.)

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	1–1	Broncos

Round 2

Olimpia	1–0	Universidad

Round 3

Olimpia	0–1	Campamento
		Díaz

Round 4

7 March 1976

Vida	1–0	España

La Ceiba

7 March 1976

Platense	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

7 March 1976

Motagua	1–0	Campamento

Tegucigalpa

Round 5

14 March 1976

Vida	1–0	Campamento

La Ceiba

14 March 1976

Olimpia	1–1	Federal
		Meza

Tegucigalpa

Round 6

21 March 1976

Federal	0–1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

21 March 1976

Olimpia	0–0	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

Round 7

Vida	–	Olimpia

La Ceiba

Round 11

9 May 1976

Broncos	0–0	Universidad

Choluteca

9 May 1976

Marathón	0–0	Platense

San Pedro Sula

9 May 1976

España	1–0	Motagua
Bailey

San Pedro Sula

9 May 1976

Federal	1–0	Campamento
Rodríguez

Tegucigalpa

9 May 1976

Olimpia	0–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

Cuadrangular

17 October 1976

Motagua	1–0	España

Tegucigalpa

24 October 1976

España	3–1	Marathón
Ortega Ferreira		Hernández

San Pedro Sula

31 October 1976

Motagua	1–0	Marathón
Zelaya

Tegucigalpa

7 November 1976

Motagua	2–1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

9 November 1976

Marathón	1–2	España
Bonilla		Rodríguez

San Pedro Sula

21 November 1976

España	0–1	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

28 November 1976

Marathón	4–3	Motagua
Morales López Charles Foster		Álvarez Obando Maradiaga

San Pedro Sula

España	2–1	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Vida	1–2	España

La Ceiba

Vida	1–1	Motagua

La Ceiba

Unknown rounds

Marathón v Motagua

26 February 1976	Marathón	0–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

España v Campamento

29 February 1976	España	0–1	Campamento	San Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Platense v Motagua

14 March 1976	Platense	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Broncos

25 March 1976	Motagua	1–0	Broncos	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Vida

4 April 1976	Motagua	2–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
CST	Obando			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Federal

8 April 1976	Motagua	2–0	Federal	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Vida v Broncos

2 May 1976	Vida	3–1	Broncos	La Ceiba
CST	Caballero			Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Federal v Motagua

2 May 1976	Federal	0–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Campamento

27 May 1976	Motagua	2–0	Campamento	Tegucigalpa
CST	Iubini Zelaya			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua v Vida

6 June 1976	Motagua	1–0	Vida
CST

Broncos v Olimpia

4 July 1976	Broncos	0–0	Olimpia	Choluteca
CST				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

Olimpia v Campamento

18 July 1976	Olimpia	2–0	Campamento	Tegucigalpa
CST	Chávez Brand			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Marathón v Motagua

1 August 1976	Marathón	1–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
CST	Hernández		Obando	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

España v Federal

8 August 1976	España	2–1	Federal	San Pedro Sula
CST			Meza	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Olimpia

22 August 1976	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
CST	Juvini			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

España v Broncos

29 August 1976	España	4–0	Broncos	San Pedro Sula
CST	Villegas			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Marathón v Campamento

5 September 1976	Marathón	7–0	Campamento	San Pedro Sula
CST				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Motagua v Broncos

12 September 1976	Motagua	1–1	Broncos
CST

Broncos v Federal

	Broncos	0–1	Federal	Choluteca
CST				Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

Motagua v Universidad

	Motagua	3–0	Universidad	Tegucigalpa
CST	Sosa Guifarro Zelaya			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Olimpia v Campamento

	Olimpia	0–0	Campamento	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino