1982–83 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1982–83
Champions	Olimpia (6th)
Relegated	Independiente
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia; Motagua
Matches played	155
Goals scored	310 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Altamirano (13)
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 17th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season, with the exception that no final series were played. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after finishing first in the final round^[1] and qualified to the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Motagua.

1982–83 teams[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^[a]	27	11	11	5	33	17	+16	33	Qualified to the Final round^[b]
2	Motagua	27	9	13	5	31	28	+3	31
3	Real España	27	9	12	6	35	28	+7	30
4	Vida	27	5	20	2	24	21	+3	30
5	Victoria	27	7	15	5	21	15	+6	29
6	Atlético Morazán	27	7	13	7	26	33	−7	27
7	Dandy	27	6	14	7	20	22	−2	26
8	Broncos UNAH	27	5	12	10	30	36	−6	22
9	Marathón	27	6	10	11	24	31	−7	22
10	Independiente	27	6	8	13	25	38	−13	20	Relegated to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia secured Final spot as Regular season winner.
^ Top five qualify to Final round.
^ Independiente relegated to second division.

Final round[edit]

Pentagonal standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^[a]	8	4	3	1	7	6	+1	11	Qualified to the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Motagua	8	2	5	1	13	7	+6	9	Qualified to the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
3	Real España	8	4	1	3	9	7	+2	9
4	Victoria	8	2	3	3	6	12	−6	7
5	Vida	8	1	2	5	6	10	−4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia 1982–83 champions.

Final[edit]

No final series was necessary as Olimpia won both regular season and final round.

Top scorer[edit]

Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos UNAH) with 13 goals

Squads[edit]

Atlético Morazán
José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz	Noel Omar Renderos
Marco A. Ordóñez	Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata	Delio Billonay Fajardo
Broncos
Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano	José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar
Dandy
Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Rigoberto Escalón	Oscar Villegas
Efraín "Pucho" Osorio	Roberto Escalón	Oscar Núñez
Oscar Montoya	Carlos Castellanos	René Orellana
Orlando Garay	Ricardo Castro	Carlos Flores
Edward Kisling	Carlos Alvarez	Jorge Martínez
Carlos Banegas	Roberto Moreno	Oscar "Hormiga" Muñoz
José Molina	Carlos Ramírez	Roger Valladares
Eleázar Peña	Jorge "Chino" Euceda	Claudio Romano Castro
Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá	Apolonio Sambulá	Arnold Connor Costly
Arnaldo Guevara	Oscar Torres	Benedito Tiburcio
Julio "Banana" Alvarez	Marcial Bonilla	Roberto Castellanos
Oscar Machigua	Oscar "Chino" Brizuela	Mario Bustillo
Oscar Ríos	Luis Guerrero	Noé Meza
Pastor Martínez	Benito Suazo	Luis Guzmán
Julio "Chino" Ortiz	Francisco Sandoval	Oscar Orellana
Guillermo Bernárdez	Manuel Rivera	Oscar "Pito Loco" López
Independiente
Jorge Martínez	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina	Rodolfo "Mirandinha" Smith
Edimar Luiz Marques	Roberto Herrera Moreno
Marathon
Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	Rodolfo 🇺🇾Machado Maciel
Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Arturo Payne	Othoniel Romero "Romerito"
Gilberto Leonel Machado García	Celso Fredy Güity	Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez
Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Félix Concepción Carranza	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
José Angel Peña	Oscar René "Hormiga" Muñoz	Oswaldo Zaldívar
Motagua
Jorge Montenegro	Angel Antonio Obando	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
Karl Bennett Williams	Moisés "Tanque" Velásquez	Roberto Escalante
Luis Medina	Amílcar Leonel Suazo
Olimpia
Oscar Banegas	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Oscar Garcia
Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Roberto "Pirata" Fernández	"Nilo" Martínez
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Emilio Martínez	Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga
Alberto Merelles	Víctor Romero	Héctor Uclés
Alberto Centurión	Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño	Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
Alejandro Ruiz	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Oscar Medina
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Hernán Zelaya	Anthony "Hino" Hinds Mathews
Carlos Saúl Bonilla	Junior Rashford Costly	Edith Hernando Contreras
Carlos Orlando Caballero	Esteban Pitío Centeno	Marcos Campbell
Carlos Alberto Salgado	Jimmy Steward	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
Victoria
Raúl David Fúnez	Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
David Goff	Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga
José Reynaldo Villagra	Víctor Calero Lozano
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Alex Banegas	Matilde Selím Lacayo
Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	Junior Mejía	Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado
Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya

Known results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Atlético Morazán	2–0	Motagua
Ordóñez

Tegucigalpa

Universidad	2–2	Olimpia

Round 2[edit]

Olimpia	0–0	Vida

Round 3[edit]

1982-02-28

Marathón	1–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

Round 4[edit]

Olimpia	0–1	Real España

Round 9[edit]

1982-04-18

Marathón	–	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Round 14[edit]

1982-05-16

Atlético Morazán	0–0	Marathón

1982-05-16

Dandy	1–0	Independiente

1982-05-16

Vida	0–0	Olimpia

La Ceiba

1982-05-16

Real España	1–0	Broncos UNAH

San Pedro Sula

1982-05-16

Motagua	0–0	Victoria

Tegucigalpa

Round 27[edit]

Marathón	2–1	Independiente

San Pedro Sula

gol de Rodolfo Machado uruguayo jugador de Marathon

Pentagonal[edit]

12 September 1982	Real España	1–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula
	Matthews			Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

12 September 1982	Motagua	7–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
	Reyes Velásquez Escalante Medina Montenegro		Ortiz	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

21 September 1982	Olimpia	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
	Norales		Bennett	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

26 September 1982	Motagua	0–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

17 October 1982	Olimpia	0–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Orestes Aguilar
Note: Match suspended at 85' (0–0) as Real España abandoned the field for not accepting a late penalty. Olimpia was awarded the win.^[2]

31 October 1982	Real España	2–1	Vida	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

31 October 1982	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
	Reyes		Norales	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 November 1982	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

14 November 1982

Victoria

0–0

Olimpia

14 November 1982	Real España	1–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
				Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán

Olimpia

1–1

Victoria

Unknown rounds[edit]

28 March 1982

Olimpia	4–0	Atlético Morazán

Tegucigalpa

25 April 1982

Independiente	0–3	Victoria
		Calero

San Pedro Sula

12 May 1982

Olimpia	1–1	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

19 May 1982

Real España	1–3	Victoria
Centeno		Girón Lanza Zúniga

San Pedro Sula

6 June 1982

Olimpia	5–2	Atlético Morazán
		Renderos

Tegucigalpa

18 July 1982

Real España	2–2	Independiente

San Pedro Sula

1 August 1982

Real España	5–1	Universidad

San Pedro Sula

8 August 1982

Marathón	–	Dandy
	Marathón didn't show up

San Pedro Sula

22 August 1982

Olimpia	–	Atlético Morazán

Tegucigalpa

Olimpia	0–0	Real España

Motagua	2–2	Marathón
Montenegro Obando		Bernárdez Carranza

References[edit]

^ RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009
^ "Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[table_note_OLI0.3363854486199-2] Olimpia secured Final spot as Regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.3363854486199-3] Top five qualify to Final round.

[table_note_res_R0.3363854486199-4] Independiente relegated to second division.

[table_note_OLI0.8902248488228-5] Olimpia 1982–83 champions.

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

[6] "Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

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