Liga Nacional 1969-70

Week 1
Sunday, 29 June 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-0 Platense
[Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 4-0-6 (11:14)
Notes:

Week 2
Sunday, 13 July 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 Lempira
[Roberto Abrussezze, Linauro di Paula | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 1-0-0 (2:0)
Notes: Linauro di Paula scored his first goal for the club

Week 3
Sunday, 31 August 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 España
[Roberto Abrussezze x2 | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 6-2-2 (13:8)
Notes:

Week 4
Sunday, 7 September 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-3 Vida
[Roberto Abrussezze | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-3-5 (10:17)
Notes:

Week 5
Sunday, 14 September 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-2 Atlético Indio
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 1-3-2 (3:6)
Notes:

Week 6
Thursday, 18 September 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 3-2-5 (10:13)
Notes:

Week 7
Sunday, 21 September 1969
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 1-1 Motagua
[ | Rubén Guifarro]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 6-2-2 (20:14)
Notes:

Week 8
Sunday, 28 September 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-0 Victoria
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-1-1 (6:3)
Notes:

Week 9
Sunday, 5 October 1969
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Progreso 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-3-5 (12:12)
Notes:

Week 10
Sunday, 19 October 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-1 Lempira
[Mario Blandón | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-0-0 (4:1)
Notes: Mario Blandón scored his first goal for the club

Week 11
Sunday, 26 October 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-4 Marathón
[Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 6-2-3 (21:18)
Notes:

Week 12
Sunday, 2 November 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 3-1 España
[Geraldo Baptista x2, Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 7-2-2 (16:9)
Notes:

Week 13
Thursday, 13 November 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 Olimpia
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 3-2-6 (10:14)
Notes:

Week 14
Sunday, 16 November 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 Vida
[Mario Blandón, Linauro di Paula | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 3-3-5 (12:17)
Notes:

Week 15
Sunday, 23 November 1969
Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance:
Platense 1-1 Motagua
[ | Juan Coello]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 4-1-6 (12:15)
Notes: Juan Coello scored his first goal for the club

Week 16
Sunday, 14 December 1969
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Victoria 3-5 Motagua
[César Aguirre, Alejandro Palacios | Geraldo Baptista x3, Mario Blandón, Marcos Banegas]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 3-1-1 (11:6)
Notes: Geraldo Baptista scored his first hat-trick for the club

Week 17
Sunday, 21 December 1969
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Atlético Indio 0-1 Motagua
[ | Linauro di Paula]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 2-3-2 (4:6)
Notes:

Week 18
Sunday, 4 January 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Progreso 1-2 Motagua
[ | Juliano Netto x2]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 3-3-5 (14:13)
Notes: Juliano Netto scored his first goal for the club

Week 19
Sunday, 18 January 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-0 Platense
[Roselverh Garbutt (o.g.) | ]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 5-1-6 (13:15)
Notes: This was FC Motagua's 100th game in league history

Week 20
Sunday, 25 January 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 3-2 Progreso
[Luís Guifarro, Linauro di Paula, Pedro Colón | ]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 4-3-5 (17:15)
Notes:

Week 21
Sunday, 1 February 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-0 Vida
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 3-4-5 (12:17)
Notes:

Week 22
Sunday, 8 February 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 2-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 6-2-4 (21:20)
Notes:

Week 23
Sunday, 15 February 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 1-1 Motagua
[ | Mario Blandón]
Starting XI:
DT: José Herrera
Referee:
New record: 3-3-6 (11:15)
Notes:

Week 24
Sunday, 8 March 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 4-2 Victoria
[Luís Guifarro x2, Óscar Hernández, Mario Blandón | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 4-1-1 (15:8)
Notes:

Week 25
Sunday, 15 March 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
España 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 7-3-2 (16:9)
Notes:

Week 26
Sunday, 29 March 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-1 Atlético Indio
[Mario Blandón | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-4-2 (5:7)
Notes:

Week 27
Sunday, 5 April 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 4-0 Lempira
[Geraldo Baptista, Pedro Colón, Mario Blandón, Luís Guifarro | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 3-0-0 (8:1)
Notes:

Standings
R  Club                      G   W   D   L   F   A   +/- Pt   Finish
1  Olimpia                   27  16  11  0   38  16  +22 43   Winners
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2  Motagua                   27  13  9   5   38  26  +12 35
3  Marathón                  27  15  4   8   57  40  +17 34
4  Vida                      27  12  4   11  41  36  +5  28
5  España                    27  10  8   9   29  27  +2  28
6  Platense                  27  6   11  10  34  38  -4  23
7  Atlético Indio            27  8   7   12  30  38  -8  23
8  Victoria                  27  7   6   14  34  51  -17 20
9  Lempira                   27  7   5   15  33  45  -12 19
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10 Progreso                  27  5   7   15  28  45  -17 17   Relegated

Squad
N  Player                    Pos  DOB
   Salvador Dubois (NCA)     GK   15 August 1935
   Roberto Abrussezze (BRA)  FW   29 March 1948
   Nelson Benavídez          -    -
   Fermín Navarro            -    -
   Lenard Welsh              -    -
   Pedro Colón               -    -
   Rubén Guifarro            MF   15 October 1946
   Julio Meza                -    -
   Marcos Banegas            -    -
   Geraldo Baptista (BRA)    -    -
   Roberto Jeréz             -    -
   Ricardo Cárdenas          -    -
   Mariano Godoy             -    -
   Óscar Hernández           FW   10 June 1950
   Mario Blandón             -    -
   Humberto Amador           -    -
   Federico Budde            -    -
   Jesús Castillo            -    -
   José Cruz                 DF   9 February 1952
   Edgardo Orellana          -    -
   Jorge Solís               DF   1 January 1935
   Elio Banegas              -    -
   Marco Calderón            -    -
   Juan Coello               -    -
   Egdomilio Díaz            -    -
   Linauro di Paula (BRA)    -    -
   Alfonso Gutiérrez (CHI)   -    -
   Tomás Máximo              -    -
   Juliano Netto (BRA)       -    -
   Carlos Sanabria           -    -
   Lenard Welsh              -    -

Top goalscorers
N  Player                    Goals
1  Mario Blandón             8
2  Geraldo Baptista          6
3  Rubén Guifarro            5
4  Óscar Hernández           4
   Roberto Abrussezze        4
   Linauro di Paula          4
7  Juliano Netto             2
   Pedro Colón               2
9  Juan Coello               1
   Marcos Banegas            1
   Roselverh Garbutt (o.g.)  1

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