The 1970–71 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 6th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Motagua won the title and qualified to the 1971 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up Club Deportivo Olimpia.RSSSF.com – Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95 – 11 December 2009
1970–71 teams
Atlético Español (Tegucigalpa, promoted) Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa) España (San Pedro Sula) Lempira de Guaruma (La Lima) Marathón (San Pedro Sula) Motagua (Tegucigalpa) Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) Platense (Puerto Cortés) Victoria (La Ceiba) Vida (La Ceiba)
Regular season
Standings
Championship playoff
GK – Salvador Dubois DF – Nelson Benavídez DF – Julio Meza DF – José Cruz DF – Arnaldo Zelaya MF – Linauro di Paula MF – Rubén Guifarro MF – Hernán Godoy FW – Óscar Hernández FW – Pedro da Silva FW – Tomás Máximo Substitutions: FW – Mario Artica – – Pedro Colón Manager: Carlos Padilla
GK – Roberto Norales DF – Selvin Cárcamo DF – Miguel Matamoros DF – Juan Lanza DF – Juan López MF – Marco Mendoza MF – Ángel Paz MF – Donaldo Rosales FW – Reynaldo Mejía FW – Jorge Urquía FW – Jorge Bran Substitutions: – – Manuel Williams FW – Rigoberto Gómez Manager: José Herrera
Motagua champions as better regular season record.
Top scorer Carlos Alvarado (Vida) with 16 goals
Squads Atlético Español Roberto Abrussezze Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz Flavio Ortega Atlético Indio Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand Espedito Serafín Lempira de Guaruma Jairo López Alcerro Melchor Argeñal Dagoberto Cubero César Augusto Dávila Puerto Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor Amílcar "Mica" López Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez Marathón Roberto Bailey Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez Mauro "Nayo" Caballero Ramón "Moncho" Cano Arnulfo Echeverría Alexander "Nina" Guillén Dennis "Plitis" Lagos Alberto Mancía Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Gil "Fátima" Valerio Allan Ricardo Young Motagua Héctor "Chorro" Acosta Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica Marcos Banegas Nelson Benavídez Ramón "Poquitito" Carbajal Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas Pedro Colón José Luis Cruz Figueroa Pedro Caetano Da Silva Linauro Di Paula Salvador Dubois Leiva Hernán Godoy Mariano Godoy Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro Alfonso Gutiérrez Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Tomás Máximo Julio Meza Alfonso "Foncho" Navarro Salustio Pacheco Alberto "Furia" Solís Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya Olimpia Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes Selvin Cárcamo Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo Juan Isidro "Juanín" Lanza Juan Ventura "La Gata" López Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza Roberto Crisanto "Manga" Norales Reynaldo Mejía Ortega José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales Raúl Suazo Lagos Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir Manuel Candado Williams Platense Carlos "Care" Alvarado Martín Castillo Norman Castro Reynaldo Castro Gil Javier Duarte Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez Oscar Marino Piedrahíta Jimmy Steward Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina Real España Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta José Enrique "Coneja" Cardona Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo Mario "Pelola" López Domingo "Mingo" Ramos Jacobo Sarmiento Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez Jaime Villegas Victoria César "Cesarín" Aguirre René Bernárdez Carlos Brown Manuel Bubuch Luis Bueso Edgardo Bustillo José Eduardo Castillo Terencio Escobar Gerardo García Óscar García Ciriaco Gutiérrez Salvador Hernández José Inés Izaguirre Sergio Jiménez José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza Adolfo "Fito" López Anael "Lito" Martínez Gilberto Martínez Rigoberto Martínez Roberto Martínez Sergio "Tito" Martínez Héctor Mejía Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Luis Alonso Metzquin Armando Motiño Antonio Muñoz Óscar Muñoz Alejandro Palacios Salvador Ramírez Armando Reyes Virgilio Rodríguez Jorge "Chino" Suazo René "Maravilla" Suazo Jesús Urbina Pablo Villegas Carlos Vilorio Antonio Zapata Reynaldo Zúniga Vida Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Manuel Bernárdez Calderón Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden Morris Garden José López Paz Marcos Peña José María "Chema" Salinas
Known results
Round 1
Round 4
Round 27
Unknown rounds
References