Liga Nacional 1970-71
Week 1
Sunday, 19 July 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-1 Atlético Indio
[Pedro da Silva | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 2-5-2 (6:8)
Notes:
Week 2
Sunday, 2 August 1970
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Victoria 2-4 Motagua
[ | Mario Blandón, Pedro da Silva, Hernán Godoy, Óscar Hernández]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-1-1 (19:10)
Notes: Hernán Godoy scored his first goal for the club
Week 3
Sunday, 9 August 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-0 Platense
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-2-6 (13:15)
Notes:
Week 4
Sunday, 16 August 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 2-4 Motagua
[ | Tomás Máximo, Linauro di Paula, Óscar Hernández, Mario Blandón]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 7-2-4 (25:22)
Notes: Tomás Máximo scored his first goal for the club
Week 5
Sunday, 23 August 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 1-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 3-3-7 (11:16)
Notes:
Week 6
Sunday, 30 August 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
España 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 7-4-2 (16:9)
Notes:
Week 7
Sunday, 6 September 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 5-0 Atlético Español
[Pedro da Silva x3, Mario Blandón x2 | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-3-3 (14:7)
Notes: Pedro da Silva scored his first hat-trick for the club
Week 8
Sunday, 13 September 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Lempira 1-1 Motagua
[ | Mario Blandón]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 3-1-0 (9:2)
Notes:
Week 9
Sunday, 27 September 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 3-0 Vida
[Hernán Godoy x2, Pedro da Silva | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-4-5 (15:17)
Notes:
Week 10
Sunday, 4 October 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Platense 1-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-2-7 (13:16)
Notes:
Week 11
Sunday, 11 October 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Atlético Indio 1-1 Motagua
[Pedro da Silva | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 2-6-2 (7:9)
Notes:
Week 12
Sunday, 18 October 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Atlético Español 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-4-3 (14:7)
Notes:
Week 13
Sunday, 1 November 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-1 Olimpia
[Tomás Máximo, Hernán Godoy | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-3-7 (13:17)
Notes:
Week 14
Sunday, 8 November 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 España
[Pedro da Silva, Hernán Godoy | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 8-4-2 (18:9)
Notes:
Week 15
Sunday, 22 November 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 3-0 Lempira
[Hernán Godoy, Tomás Máximo, Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-1-0 (12:2)
Notes:
Week 16
Sunday, 29 November 1970
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 0-1 Motagua
[ | Pedro da Silva]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 8-2-4 (26:22)
Notes:
Week 17
Sunday, 6 December 1970
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-1 Victoria
[Linauro di Paula | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-2-1 (20:11)
Notes:
Week 18
Sunday, 20 December 1970
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Vida 1-2 Motagua
[ | Rubén Guifarro, Pedro da Silva]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-4-5 (17:18)
Notes:
Week 19
Sunday, 10 January 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-0 Atlético Español
[Hernán Godoy | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-4-3 (15:7)
Notes:
Week 20
Sunday, 17 January 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 Atlético Indio
[Linauro di Paula, Tomás Máximo | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 3-6-2 (9:9)
Notes:
Week 21
Sunday, 24 January 1971
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Vida 3-3 Motagua
[ | Óscar Hernández, Linauro di Paula, Hernán Godoy]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-5-5 (20:21)
Notes:
Week 22
Sunday, 31 January 1971
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
España 1-1 Motagua
[ | Óscar Hernández]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 8-5-2 (19:10)
Notes:
Week 23
Sunday, 7 February 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-4-7 (13:17)
Notes:
Week 24
Sunday, 14 February 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 Platense
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 5-2-8 (13:17)
Notes:
Week 25
Sunday, 7 March 1971
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Victoria 0-1 Motagua
[ | Tomás Máximo]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 6-2-1 (21:11)
Notes:
Week 26
Sunday, 14 March 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-1 Lempira
[Hernán Godoy | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 4-2-0 (13:3)
Notes:
Week 27
Sunday, 21 March 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 4-0 Marathón
[Óscar Hernández x2, Mario Blandón, Hernán Godoy | ]
Starting XI:
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee:
New record: 9-2-4 (30:22)
Notes:
Standings
R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish
1 Motagua 27 13 11 3 43 18 +25 37 Qualified to Playoff
2 Olimpia 27 16 5 6 43 19 +24 37 Qualified to Playoff
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3 Marathón 27 12 8 7 35 25 +10 32
4 España 27 10 10 7 36 29 +7 30
5 Vida 27 10 10 7 38 32 +6 30
6 Platense 27 8 11 8 25 29 -4 27
7 Atlético Indio 27 8 7 12 29 34 -5 23
8 Atlético Español 27 6 9 12 29 47 -18 21
9 Lempira 27 5 9 13 25 44 -19 19
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10 Victoria 27 3 8 16 28 54 -26 14 Relegated
Playoff
Sunday, 25 April 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: 16,680
Motagua 1-1 Olimpia
[Pedro Colón 117' | Jorge Brand 96']
Starting XI: Salvador Dubois (GK)
Nelson Benavídez
Julio Meza
Luís Cruz
Arnaldo Zelaya
Linauro di Paula
Rubén Guifarro
Óscar Hernández (Mario Blandón)
Hernán Godoy (Pedro Colón)
Pedro da Silva
Tomás Máximo
DT: Carlos Padilla
Referee: Roberto Morales
New record: 4-5-7 (14:18)
Notes: Motagua won 1970-71 season on better regular season goal difference
Squad
N Player Pos DOB
Salvador Dubois (NCA) GK 15 August 1935
Nelson Benavídez - -
Pedro Colón - -
Rubén Guifarro MF 15 October 1946
Julio Meza - -
Marcos Banegas - -
Mariano Godoy - -
Óscar Hernández FW 10 June 1950
Mario Blandón - -
José Cruz DF 9 February 1952
Jorge Solís DF 1 January 1935
Linauro di Paula (BRA) - -
Alfonso Gutiérrez (CHI) - -
Tomás Máximo - -
Héctor Acosta - -
Alfonso Navarro - -
Arnaldo Zelaya - -
Ramón Carvajal - -
Salustio Pacheco - -
Pedro da Silva (BRA) - -
Hernán Godoy (CHI) FW 14 May 1941
Top goalscorers
N Player Goals
1 Pedro da Silva 10
Hernán Godoy 10
3 Óscar Hernández 7
4 Mario Blandón 6
5 Tomás Máximo 5
6 Linauro di Paula 4
7 Rubén Guifarro 1
Pedro Colón 1
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