1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 20th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 4-team playoff round. C.D. Marathón won the title^[1] after winning the final round and qualified to the 1986 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with C.D. Motagua.

Liga Nacional

Season	1985–86
Champions	Marathón (2nd)
Relegated	Universidad
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Marathón Motagua
Matches played	104
Goals scored	186 (1.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Flores (9)
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

1985–86 teams

• Juventud de Sula (La Lima)
• Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
• Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
• Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
• Platense (Puerto Cortés)
• Real España (San Pedro Sula)
• Tela Timsa (Tela, promoted)
• Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
• Victoria (La Ceiba)
• Vida (La Ceiba)

Regular season

Standings Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	8	7	3	20	11	+9	23	Qualified to the Final round[a]
2	Marathón	18	8	7	3	23	15	+8	23
3	Platense	18	4	10	4	15	16	−1	18
4	Victoria	18	5	7	6	11	14	−3	17
5	Tela Timsa	18	5	4	9	12	20	−8	14	Relegation playoff[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.
2. Tela Timsa forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group B.

Standings Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vida	18	7	8	3	24	12	+12	22	Qualified to the Final round[a]
2	Motagua	18	5	9	4	12	17	−5	19
3	Real España	18	5	7	6	22	20	+2	17
4	Juventud de Sula	18	4	7	7	10	16	−6	15
5	Universidad	18	4	4	10	13	22	−9	12	Relegation playoff[b]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Vida and Motagua qualified to the Final round.
2. Universidad forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group A.

Final round

Cuadrangular standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón[a]	6	4	1	1	7	5	+2	9
2	Vida	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	7
3	Motagua	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6
4	Olimpia	6	0	2	4	4	8	−4	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Marathón declared champions as winner of cuadrangular.

Results

Home \ Away	MAR	MOT	OLI	VID
Marathón	—	2–1	1–1	1–0
Motagua	2–0	—	2–1	0–0
Olimpia	0–1	1–1	—	0–1
Vida	1–2	2–0	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation playoff

Universidad v Tela Timsa

1st leg	Universidad	0–0	Tela Timsa	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Tela Timsa v Universidad

2nd leg	Tela Timsa	1–0	Universidad	Tela, Atlántida
CST				Stadium: Estadio León Gómez

• Universidad relegated to second division.

Top scorer

• Juan Flores (Olimpia) with 9 goals

Squads

Juventud de Sula
Marco Antonio "Machaca" Soriano	Jorge Hibrán Maldonado	Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata
José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Julián Núñez	Pedro Manzanares
Celso Fredy Güity	Antonio "Machangay" Amaya	Jimmy Stewart
Marathón
Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero	Francisco Adelmo Herrera	Óscar "Moro" Bardales
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Pastor Martínez	Vicente Suazo
Herminio Villalobos	Osmán Madrid	Suamy Álvarez
David Ponce	Norman Lobo	Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Amílcar Lanza	Erasmo Castillo	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Rodolfo Richardson Smith	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales
Árnold Vladimir López	Oswaldo Zaldívar	Juan Contreras
Aparicio Colón	Jorge Martínez	Miguel Lanza
Mario "El Chino" Romero	Nicolas "Nico" Suazo	Roy Padilla Bardales
Marco "Tono" García	Delio Billonay Fajardo
Árnold López	Pablo Madrid
Motagua
José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Juan Gómez Ortiz	Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo
Amílcar Leonel Suazo	Oscar Medina	Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
Antonio "Toño" Obando	Frank Ponce	Eber Ramírez
Luis Cruz	Isidro Arriola	Orlin Banegas
Antonio Obando	Olvin Elvir	Reynaldo Colon
Ernesto "Neto" Isaula	Karl Benneth	Moisés "Tanque" Velasquez
roberto "Muñiña" Escalante
Olimpia
Raúl Martínez Sambulá	Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga	Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
José Emilio Martínez	Fernando Tovar Durón	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent
Juan Carlos Espinoza	Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado	Roger Javier Valladares
Óscar Banegas	Juan Ramón Soler	Osman Madrid
Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Francisco "Pancho" González	Dario Mejía
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales
Platense
Manuel Zúniga	Juan Jerezano	Jorge Arita Neals
Wilfredo Brown	Tomás Centeno López	Iván Chavarría
Luis Núñez	Carlos Deras	Eleázar Peña
Noé Meza	Florentino Arriola	Mauro Rivas
Hever Miranda	Ramón Cruz Colíndrez	Domingo Drummond
Pedro Alvarez	Marco Antonio Valdez	Oscar Claros
Guillermo Bernárdez	Carlos Zavala	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Obdulio Vásquez	Leo Assís
Armando Rivera	German "Niño" Bernárdez	Gerald Vargas Droumond
Raúl Centeno Gamboa	Luis Rodríguez	Juan Ramón Palacios
Jorge Irías	Martín García	Eduardo Gámez
Carlos Velásquez	Juan "Nito" Anariba	Carlos Aguilar
Eduardo Laing	Gerardo "Coco" Urbina	German Guzmán
Real España
José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez	Wilmer "Supermán" Cruz	Karl Antonio Roland
Esteban Centeno Pitillo	Luis Laing	Junior Rashford Costly
Manuel Fuentes López	Carlos Orlando Caballero	Óscar Machigua
Jaime Villegas	Luis Fuentes	José Ramos
Arnaldo Herrera	Pedro Castro	Nelson Benavídez
Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Marco "Maco" Antonio Anariba
Jimmy Steward	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza	Edith Hernando "Tibombo" Contreras
Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews	Moisés "El Chafa" Barahona	Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba
Clinton Campbell	Ildefonso Bonilla	Álex Geovany Ávila
Pablo Orellana
Tela Timsa
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Raúl David Fúnez	Jimmy James Bailey
Francisco Javier Toledo	Víctor Hugo Salgado	Luis "Gavilán" Cálix
Carlos Acosta	Carlos Flores	Mario Coto
Allan Anthony Costly	Noel Omar "Carguero" Renderos	Gustavo Cálix
Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez	Víctor Laboriel
Universidad
José Omar Macedo	José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo	Antonio Aguilar
Olman Flores	Osorto	Samuel Armijo
Salomón Nazzar	Hector Orlando Ortega	Iván Canales
Roberto "Chele" Barahona	Víctor Romero	Jorge Montenegro
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Luis Azneth Ortiz	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Ramón Berckling	José Manuel Vaquedano	David Goff
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo	Ramón "Pollo" Calderón	Oscar Escobar
Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna	Natividad Morales Barrios	Matilde Selím Lacayo
Rudy Alberto Williams	Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya

Trivia

• The clubs were divided into two groups of five for the first time in the League.
• Positions in the regular season were irrelevant. The team with most points in the Final round were declared champions.
• This was the season with the less goals scored so far, only 187 goals in 104 games.^[2]

External links

• Official League website