1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1988–89
Champions	Real España (5th)
Relegated	Universidad
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Real España; Olimpia
Matches played	158
Goals scored	268 (1.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mathews (8); Alonso (8); Lobo (8); Centeno (8)
	← 1987–88 1989–90 → All statistics correct as of 24 December 1988.

The 1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 23rd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Real C.D. España won the title^[1] after defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1988–89 teams[edit]

Platense played their home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations at Estadio Excélsior.^[2]

Regular season[edit]

Standings Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	27	10	12	5	25	17	+8	32	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
2	Marathón	27	7	14	6	21	17	+4	28	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
3	Victoria	27	7	12	8	21	21	0	26
4	Curacao	27	5	13	9	21	31	−10	23
5	Platense	27	5	12	10	21	28	−7	22

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.

Standings Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España^[a]	27	13	10	4	32	19	+13	36	Qualified to the Final round^[b]
2	Motagua	27	10	12	5	26	18	+8	32
3	Vida	27	9	9	9	19	18	+1	27
4	Sula	27	7	9	11	28	34	−6	23
5	Universidad	27	7	7	13	15	26	−11	21	Relegated to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
^ Real España, Motagua and Vida qualified to Final round.
^ Universidad relegated to Segunda División.

Reply for 2nd place[edit]

19 October 1988 Replay	Olimpia	2–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Norales Flores			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Final round[edit]

Pentagonal standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	8	4	4	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualified to the Final round^[a]
2	Real España	8	3	4	1	7	3	+4	10
3	Motagua	8	2	4	2	4	6	−2	8
4	Vida	8	2	2	4	6	9	−3	6
5	Marathón	8	1	2	5	8	12	−4	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

Final[edit]

14 December 1988 1st leg	Olimpia	2–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Contreras Flores			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Gonzalo Tejada

24 December 1988 2nd leg	Real España	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Anariba Ávila			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Rodolfo Martínez

Real España

Olimpia



GK	–	Jorge López
DF	–	Marco Anariba
DF	–	Karl Roland
DF	–	Allan Costly
DF	–	Emilson Soto
MF	–	José Fúnez
MF	–	Luis Cálix
MF	–	Carlos Reyes
MF	–	Nahamán González
FW	–	Juan Anariba
FW	–	Rubén Alonso
Substitutions:
FW	–	Alex Ávila
MF	–	Carlos Caballero
Manager:
Flavio Ortega



GK	–	Óscar Banegas
DF	–	Daniel Zapata
DF	–	Danilo Galindo
DF	–	Alejandro Ruiz
DF	–	Rudy Williams
MF	–	Erick Fú Lanza	87'
MF	–	Nahúm Espinoza
MF	–	Vicente Viera
FW	–	Juan Contreras
FW	–	Juan Flores
FW	–	Javier Flores
Substitutions:
FW	–	Eugenio Dolmo
MF	–	Fernando Tovar
Manager:
Estanislao Malinowski

Real España 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate. Real España champions on better regular season record.

Liga Nacional 1988–89 Champion
Real España 5th title

Top scorers[edit]

Miguel Mathews (Motagua) with 8 goals
Rubén Alonso (Real España) with 8 goals
Carlos H. Lobo (Curacao) with 8 goals
Raúl Centeno Gamboa (Platense) with 8 goals

Squads[edit]

Curacao
Constantino Reyes	Calos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo	Eduardo Bennett
César Martínez	Edgar Murillo	Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante
Samuel Chávez	Iván Guerra	Francisco "Pancho" González
Nelson "Namasigüe" Guevara	Jeremías "Burrito" González	Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo
Juan Antonio "Zurdo" Aguilar
Marathón
Dangelo Bautista	Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero	Francisco Adelmo Herrera
José Luis "Joche" Alvarado	Porfirio Armando Betancourt	José Ulloa Villatoro
Eduardo Laing	Óscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz	Pedro Geovany Midence
Jorge Suamy Álvarez	José Manuel Enamorado Díaz	Jorge Chévez
Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Luis Cornet
Neptally Turcios	Leonel Machado	Aparicio Colón
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo
Motagua
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Miguel Antonio Mathews Sargent	Fabricio "Amapala" Pérez
Hernaín Arzú	Donaldo "Martillo" Guillén Reyes	Gilberto Yearwood
Juan Gómez Ortiz	José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez	Geraldo da Silva
Olimpia
Óscar Banegas	Belarmino Rivera	Juan Carlos "Rata" Contreras
Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga	Prudencio Norales	Vicente Daniel Viera
Ramón Fernández Riera	Jorge Manuel "Bugy" Ulate	Santos "Indio" Ruiz
Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Danilo Galindo	Fernando Tovar
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Alex Pineda Chacón	Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Javier Flores	Luis Jaime	Patrocinio Sierra
Juan Carlos Pineda Chacón	Daniel Zapata	Rudy Alberto Williams
Nahúm Espinoza	Erick Fú Lanza	Darío Mejía
Juan Carlos Espinoza	Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado
Platense
Raúl Centeno Gamboa	Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López	Jorge Arita Neals
Fernando Nuila	Margarito Bernárdez
Real España
Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos
Geovany Gayle Alarcón	Ildefonso Bonilla	Jorge López Silva
Rubén Alonso	Nelson Benavídez	Esteban Pitío Centeno
Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro	Edith Hernando Contreras	Carlos Fernando Landa
Allan Anthony Costly	Alex Geovany Ávila	Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya
Nahamán Humberto González	Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba	"Yuca" López
Karl Antonio Roland	Enrique Daniel Uberty García	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo
Rigoberto "Rigo" González	Luis "Gavilán" Cálix	Junior Rashford Costly
Carlos Reyes	Carlos Orlando Caballero
Sula
Lorenzo Crisanto Batiz	Amílcar Lowe	Gregorio Flores
Mario Bustillo	Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal	Manuel Reyes Meraz
Fernando Nuila	Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez	Marco "Choreta" Ordóñez
Luis Alonso Zúniga	Carlos Aguilar Bonilla	Dennis Caballero
Óscar "Pito Loco" López	Catarino Amaya	Marco "Toñito" Gómez
Rigoberto Castillo	Emilio "Chespirito" Hernández	Johnny Williams
José Luis "Pili" Aguirre	Roger Javier Valladares	Mauricio Camacho
Universidad
Gerardo "Cholo" Villalobos	César Adonis Flores	Roberto "Chele" Barahona
Fraterno Calderon	Salomón Nazzar	Juan José Craniotis
Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano	Iván Canales	Iván Ponce
Jorge "Chino" Euceda	Roberto Brites
Victoria
Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras
Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga	Ramón Berckling
Vida
Raúl David Fúnez	Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez	Rudy Pine Pack
José Emilio Martínez	Jorge Ernesto Pineda	Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna
José Danilo Carías Figueroa	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez	Carlos Ramírez

Known results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Victoria	1–0	Curacao
Bennett

La Ceiba

27 February 1988

Marathón	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

Relegation playoffs[edit]

Curacao	1–2	Sula

Tegucigalpa

Sula	0–0	Vida

San Pedro Sula

Pentagonal[edit]

22 October 1988

Real España	0–1	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

26 October 1988

Marathón	0–0	Real España

San Pedro Sula

27 October 1988

Olimpia	0–0	Motagua

Tegucigalpa

29 October 1988

Marathón	1–2	Olimpia
Cornet		Sierra Fernández

San Pedro Sula

30 October 1988

Vida	1–2	Motagua

La Ceiba

3 November 1988

Motagua	0–2	Marathón
		Machado Castillo

Tegucigalpa

6 November 1988

Olimpia	0–0	Real España

Tegucigalpa

10 November 1988

Marathón	0–0	Motagua

San Pedro Sula

19 November 1988

Motagua	1–2	Real España

Tegucigalpa

23 November 1988

Real España	0–0	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

30 November 1988

Real España	3–2	Marathón
Uberty Alonzo Cálix		Machado Cornet

San Pedro Sula

30 November 1988

Motagua	1–1	Olimpia
Pérez		Contreras

Tegucigalpa

7 December 1988

Olimpia	2–1	Marathón
Contreras Flores		Laing

Tegucigalpa

Unknown rounds[edit]

2 March 1988

Real España	2–1	Sula

San Pedro Sula

3 March 1988

Olimpia	1–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

6 March 1988

Vida	1–0	Universidad

La Ceiba

12 March 1988

Real España	1–2	Vida
Uberti

San Pedro Sula

20 March 1988

Vida	4–1	Platense

La Ceiba

24 March 1988

Olimpia	2–0	Curacao

Tegucigalpa

26 March 1988

Real España	1–1	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

27 March 1988

Vida	1–0	Victoria

La Ceiba

20 July 1988

Marathón	2–0	Curacao

San Pedro Sula

4 August 1988

Curacao	1–1	Sula

Tegucigalpa

31 August 1988

Sula	1–1	Universidad

San Pedro Sula

17 September 1988

Platense	1–0	Victoria

San Pedro Sula

18 September 1988

Vida	0–1	Marathón
		Machado

La Ceiba

29 September 1988

Motagua	1–1	Curacao

Tegucigalpa

1 October 1988

Sula	1–3	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

13 October 1988

Real España	6–2	Sula
Anariba Landa Chavarría		Valladares

San Pedro Sula

Motagua	3–0	Universidad
Reyes Yearwood

Tegucigalpa

References[edit]

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
^ RadioHouse.hn – Platense arribó a su 56 aniversario de fundación – 5 July 2016

[table_note_res_QF0.86477717471531-3] Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.

[table_note_RES0.29464814080608-4] Real España clinched final spot as Regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.29464814080608-5] Real España, Motagua and Vida qualified to Final round.

[table_note_res_R0.29464814080608-6] Universidad relegated to Segunda División.

[table_note_res_QF0.0831557675652-7] Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

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

[2] RadioHouse.hn – Platense arribó a su 56 aniversario de fundación – 5 July 2016

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