1984–85 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1984–85
Champions	Olimpia (7th)
Relegated	Sula
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia; Vida
Matches played	192
Goals scored	355 (1.85 per match)
Top goalscorer	Centeno (17)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 19th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a four round-robin schedule followed by a 4-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title^[1] after winning both rounds and qualified to the 1985 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D.S. Vida.

1984–85 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^[a]	36	13	18	5	41	31	+10	44	Qualified to the Final round^[b]
2	Vida	36	13	16	7	44	35	+9	42
3	Victoria	36	14	12	10	44	33	+11	40
4	Marathón	36	12	14	10	36	27	+9	38
5	Motagua	36	11	13	12	30	33	−3	35
6	Platense	36	6	23	7	26	29	−3	35
7	Universidad	36	9	16	11	35	39	−4	34
8	Juventud Morazánica	36	6	20	10	27	34	−7	32
9	Real España	36	9	14	13	26	34	−8	32
10	Sula	36	8	12	16	27	41	−14	28	Relegated to the Second division^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia clinched a spot for final match.
^ Top four qualify for final round.
^ Sula relegated to second division.

Final round

Cuadrangular standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olimpia^[a]	6	5	0	1	7	2	+5	10
2	Vida	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6
3	Victoria	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	4
4	Marathón	6	1	2	3	2	5	−3	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia automatic champions as winner of regular season and final round.
No final match was necessary.

Top scorer

Luis O. Altamirano (Universidad) with 13 goals

Squads

Juventud Morazánica
Oscar Villegas,	Jorge Hibrán Maldonado	Alfonso Ramón "Niño" López
Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata	Francisco Pancho Gonzalez	Kaco Reyes
"Tigre" Carbajal	Choreta Ordoñez	Crisanto Batista
Felix Cáceres	Gilberto Ramírez	Samuel Rivera
Martin Lacayo	Pedro Manzanares
Marathón
Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias
Marco Antonio "Tono" García	Oswaldo Zaldívar	Marco Antonio Chávez
Delio Billonay Fajardo	Noel Omar Renderos	Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Pablo Madrid
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Nelson Quiroz
Motagua
José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
Junior Rashford Costly	Juan Gómez Ortiz	Oscar Medina
Amílcar Leonel Suazo	Frank Ponce
Olimpia
Juan Néstor Dorony	Carlos Solís	Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga	Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz	Arturo Recarte Cáceres
José Emilio Martínez	José Mario "Chueco" Figueroa	Óscar Banegas
Bayardo Martínez	Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes	Víctor Romero
Fernando Tovar	Víctor López	Armando Aguilar
Luis Arriola	Daniel Zapata	Ramón "Pilín" Bran
Jorge Alberto "Perro" González	Osman Madrid	Juan Carlos Espinoza
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Roger Javier Valladares	Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado
Belarmino Rivera	Benito Suazo	José González
Rigoberto Ruiz	Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Darío Mejía
Mario Castellanos
Platense
Juan Jerezano	Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden	Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Nelson "Hungaro" Larios	Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Carlos Roberto Deras
Carlos Javier Marquez
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Jimmy Steward
Karl Antonio Roland	Jorge Arzú	David Maldonado
Manuel Fuentes López	Carlos Orlando Caballero	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo
Nelson Benavídez	Hernán Santiago García Martínez	Esteban Pitío Centeno
Luis Laing	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón	Edith Hernando Contreras
Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
Sula
Raúl David Fúnez	Marco Antonio "Machaca" Soriano	Fernando Nuila
Carlos "Perro" Zavala	Luis Alonso Zúniga	Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López
José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Armando "Quebrado" Martínez	Manuel de Jesús Rivera
Celso Fredy Güity	Carlos Aguilar Bonilla
Universidad
Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano	Julián Núñez	José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo
Salomón Nazzar	Olman Flores	Guillermo Salazar
Víctor Rutilio Mercadal	Jorge "Chino" Euceda	Nelson "La Titi" Pavón Castillo
Samuel "Chucho" Armijo	Roberto "Chele" Barahona	Víctor Romero
David Bueso
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Carlos Ramón Monchín" Rodríguez	Luis Azneth Ortiz
Luis Alonso Zelaya	David Goff	Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
César Martínez	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Ramón Berckling
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Natividad Morales Barrios
Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya	Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna	Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú
Matilde Selím Lacayo	Junior Mejía

Known results

Round 1

1984-02-19

Juventud Morazánica	0–1	Real España
		Arzú

1984-02-19

Platense	0–0	Marathón

Puerto Cortés

Cuadrangular

21 November 1984

Marathón	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

25 November 1984

Victoria	2–0	Marathón
Zelaya

La Ceiba

2 December 1984

Vida	3–0	Victoria
Valladares

La Ceiba

2 December 1984

Olimpia	1–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

5 December 1984

Vida	0–1	Olimpia
		Dorony 84' (pen)

La Ceiba

9 December 1984

Olimpia	0–0	Victoria

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds

19 February 1984

Sula	1–1	Juventud Morazánica

El Progreso

22 February 1984

Olimpia	–	Real España
		Fuentes

Tegucigalpa

9 March 1984

Marathón	4–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

7 April 1984

Motagua	2–2	Vida
		Acosta

Tegucigalpa

5 May 1984

Motagua	1–0	Marathón
Reyes

Tegucigalpa

16 May 1984

Olimpia	3–0	Marathón

Tegucigalpa

13 June 1984

Olimpia	2–0	Sula

15 July 1984

Motagua	2–1	Victoria
Suazo Maradiaga		Ulruch

Tegucigalpa

22 July 1984

Vida	5–1	Juventud Morazánica

La Ceiba

28 July 1984

Real España	1–1	Sula

San Pedro Sula

2 August 1984

Victoria	4–0	Vida

La Ceiba

5 August 1984

Marathón	2–3	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

12 August 1984

Real España	1–0	Marathón
Maldonado

San Pedro Sula

19 August 1984

Marathón	5–0	Olimpia
Bueso García Renderos Machado

San Pedro Sula

Referee: Óscar Chávez

22 August 1984

Vida	2–2	Real España

San Pedro Sula

26 August 1984

Motagua	2–1	Sula
Chavarría Costly		Enamorado

Tegucigalpa

5 September 1984

Sula	2–0	Vida
Vindel

San Pedro Sula

5 September 1984

19:30

Motagua	1–3	Juventud Morazánica
Suazo		Reyes Zapata Manzanares

Tegucigalpa

30 September 1984

Real España	1–1	Olimpia
Centeno	^[2]	Martínez

San Pedro Sula

Referee: Joaquín Ricardo Ortiz

28 October 1984

Sula	0–1	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

11 November 1984

Universidad	3–2	Olimpia

Tegucigalpa

Vida	3–0	Real España

Vida	3–0	Sula

References

^ RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009
^ Match suspended at 85' (1–1) as Olimpia abandoned the field for not accepting a late penalty. Real España was awarded the win.

[table_note_OLI0.095263090029016-2] Olimpia clinched a spot for final match.

[table_note_res_QF0.095263090029016-3] Top four qualify for final round.

[table_note_res_R0.095263090029016-4] Sula relegated to second division.

[table_note_OLI0.99341667676038-5] Olimpia automatic champions as winner of regular season and final round.
No final match was necessary.

[1] RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009

[6] Match suspended at 85' (1–1) as Olimpia abandoned the field for not accepting a late penalty. Real España was awarded the win.

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