Liga Nacional 1965-66
Week 1
Sunday, 18 July 1965
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Vida 4-1 Motagua
[Morris Garden 64', Cristóbal Brooks 75', 82', Jesús Blanco 85 | Amado Castillo 9']
Starting XI: Porfirio Canales (GK)
Jacobo Godoy
Nelson Benavídez
Alfonso Navarro
Marcos Banegas
Fermín Navarro (Fausto Shan)
Héctor Chávez
Mario García
Francisco Martínez (Marcio Ramos)
Amado Castillo
Elio Banegas
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee: Raúl Cubas
New record: 0-0-1 (1:4)
Notes: Amado Castillo scored his first league goal
Week 2
Sunday, 25 July 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-1 Troya
[Francisco Martínez | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-1-0 (1:1)
Notes: Francisco Martínez scored his first league goal
Week 3
Sunday, 1 August 1965
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 2-0 Motagua
[Mario Rivera, Rafael Maldonado]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-1 (0:2)
Notes:
Week 4
Sunday, 8 August 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 3-0 Motagua
[Carlos Suazo, Donaldo Rosales, Ricardo Taylor]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-1 (0:3)
Notes:
Week 5
Sunday, 15 August 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-2 Platense
[Francisco Garay, Carlos Doblado]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-1 (0:2)
Notes:
Week 6
Sunday, 22 August 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 Honduras
[Getulio Millares]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-1 (0:1)
Notes:
Week 7
Sunday, 29 August 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-2 Atlético Español
[Raúl Cárdenas, Francisco Gómez]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-1 (0:2)
Notes:
Week 8
Sunday, 5 September 1965
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
España 0-2 Motagua
[Elio Banegas x2]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 1-0-0 (2:0)
Notes: Motagua obtained their first ever victory in Liga Nacional. Elio Banegas scored his first league goals
Week 9
Sunday, 12 September 1965
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
La Salle 2-1 Motagua
[ | Amado Castillo]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-1 (1:2)
Notes:
Week 10
Tuesday, 12 October 1965
Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance:
Platense 2-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-2 (0:4)
Notes:
Week 11
Sunday, 17 October 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Troya 2-1 Motagua
[ | Jacobo Godoy]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-1-1 (2:3)
Notes: Amado Castillo scored his first league goal
Week 12
Sunday, 24 October 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-1 España
[Jorge Berríos | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 1-1-0 (3:1)
Notes: Jorge Berríos scored his first league goal
Week 13
Sunday, 14 November 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Atlético Español 1-1 Motagua
[ | Jorge Berríos]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-1-1 (1:3)
Notes:
Week 14
Sunday, 21 November 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 4-1 Marathón
[Jorge Berríos x2, Amado Castillo, Héctor Chávez | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 1-0-1 (4:3)
Notes: Jorge Berríos bacame the club's league top scorer with 4 goals. This marked the club's largest league victory so far
Week 15
Sunday, 5 December 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 Olimpia
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-2 (0:4)
Notes:
Week 16
Sunday, 12 December 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 La Salle
[Fermín Navarro, Jorge Berríos]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 1-0-1 (3:2)
Notes: Fermín Navarro scored his first league goal
Week 17
Sunday, 26 December 1965
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-0 Vida
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-1-1 (1:4)
Notes:
Week 18
Sunday, 16 January 1966
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Honduras 1-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Ernesto Enríquez
Referee:
New record: 0-0-2 (0:2)
Notes:
Standings
R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish
1 Platense 18 11 5 2 42 23 +19 27 Winners
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2 Olimpia 18 10 6 2 35 14 +21 26
3 Vida 18 8 6 4 24 17 +7 22
4 Troya 18 8 6 4 18 14 +4 22
5 España 18 9 3 6 29 20 +9 21
6 Honduras 18 8 3 7 26 25 +1 19
7 Marathón 18 5 2 11 22 35 -13 12
8 La Salle 18 5 2 11 28 50 -22 12
9 Motagua 18 3 4 11 14 25 -11 10
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10 Atlético Español 18 2 5 11 28 45 -17 9 No relegation
Squad
N Player Pos DOB
Porfirio Canales GK -
Jacobo Godoy MF -
Nelson Benavídez - -
Alfonso Navarro - -
Marcos Banegas - -
Fermín Navarro - -
Fausto Shan - -
Héctor Chávez - -
Mario García - -
Francisco Martínez - -
Marcio Ramos - -
Amado Castillo FW -
Elio Banegas - -
Marco Callizo - -
Ernesto Enríquez - -
Juan Martínez - -
Ricardo Cárdenas GK -
José Castillo - -
Top goalscorers
N Player Goals
1 Jorge Berríos 5
2 Amado Castillo 3
3 Elio Banegas 2
4 Jacobo Godoy 1
Fermín Navarro 1
Héctor Chávez 1
Francisco Martínez 1
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