Liga Nacional 1971-72
Week 1
Sunday, 11 July 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-0 Verdún
[Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 1-0-0 (1:0)
Notes:
Week 2
Sunday, 18 July 1971
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 2-2 Motagua
[ | Óscar Hernández x2]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 9-3-4 (32:24)
Notes:
Week 3
Sunday, 25 July 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 3-1 Atlético Indio
[Linauro di Paula x2, Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 4-6-2 (12:10)
Notes:
Week 4
Sunday, 1 August 1971
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Lempira 2-0 Motagua
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Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 4-2-1 (13:5)
Notes:
Week 5
Sunday, 15 August 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 0-1 Motagua
[ | Rubén Guifarro]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 5-5-7 (15:18)
Notes:
Week 6
Sunday, 22 August 1971
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
España 0-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 8-6-2 (19:10)
Notes:
Week 7
Sunday, 29 August 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-0 Troya
[Ado Baptista, José Durón | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-1-3 (6:5)
Notes: Both Ado Baptista and José Durón scored their first goals for the club
Week 8
Sunday, 5 September 1971
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Platense 1-0 Motagua
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Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 5-2-9 (13:18)
Notes:
Week 9
Sunday, 12 September 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-1 Vida
[Ado Baptista, Tomás Máximo | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 6-5-5 (22:22)
Notes:
Week 10
Sunday, 17 October 1971
Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance:
Vida 1-2 Motagua
[ | Rubén Guifarro, Tomás Máximo]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 7-5-5 (24:23)
Notes:
Week 11
Sunday, 24 October 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 España
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 8-6-3 (19:11)
Notes:
Week 12
Sunday, 31 October 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 Marathón
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 9-3-5 (32:25)
Notes:
Week 13
Sunday, 14 November 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Troya 2-0 Motagua
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-1-4 (6:7)
Notes:
Week 14
Sunday, 12 November 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Atlético Indio 2-1 Motagua
[ | Mario Blandón]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 4-6-3 (13:12)
Notes:
Week 15
Sunday, 19 December 1971
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 4-1 Lempira
[Óscar Hernández, Mario Blandón, Rubén Guifarro, Luís Cruz | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 5-2-1 (17:6)
Notes: Luís Cruz scored his first goal for the club
Week 16
Sunday, 16 January 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: 4,180
Motagua 2-1 Platense
[Mario Blandón, Luís Cruz pen | Piedrahita 83']
Starting XI: Ricardo Cárdenas (GK)
"Chuluyo" Zelaya
Julio Meza
José Cruz
José Durón
Mariano Godoy
Rubén Guifarro
Óscar Hernández
Geraldo Baptista (Marco González)
Mario Blandón
Alfonso Gutiérrez (Héctor Zelaya)
DT:
Referee: Midence
New record: 6-2-9 (15:19)
Notes:
Week 17
Sunday, 6 February 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Verdún 0-0 Motagua
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Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 1-1-0 (1:0)
Notes:
Week 18
Sunday, 13 February 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 0-1 Olimpia
[ | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 5-5-8 (15:19)
Notes:
Week 19
Sunday, 5 March 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-0 Lempira
[Mario Blandón | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 6-2-1 (18:6)
Notes:
Week 20
Sunday, 12 March 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 3-0 Vida
[Mario Blandón x2, Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 8-5-5 (27:23)
Notes:
Week 21
Sunday, 9 April 1972
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
España 1-3 Motagua
[ | Mario Blandón, Rubén Guifarro, Mariano Godoy]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 9-6-3 (22:12)
Notes: Mariano Godoy scored his first league goal for the club
Week 22
Sunday, 16 April 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-2 Troya
[Óscar Hernández | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-1-5 (7:9)
Notes:
Week 23
Sunday, 30 April 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Olimpia 1-1 Motagua
[ | Óscar Hernández]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 5-6-8 (16:20)
Notes:
Week 24
Sunday, 7 May 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 2-1 Platense
[Óscar Hernández x2 | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 7-2-9 (17:20)
Notes:
Week 25
Sunday, 14 May 1972
Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance:
Marathón 1-1 Motagua
[ | Rubén Guifarro]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 9-4-5 (33:26)
Notes:
Week 26
Sunday, 28 May 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 4-0 Verdún
[Héctor Zelaya, Mario Blandón, Marco González, Rubén Guifarro | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 2-1-0 (5:0)
Notes: Both Héctor Zelaya and Marco González scored their first goals for the club
Week 27
Sunday, 4 June 1972
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance:
Motagua 1-0 Atlético Indio
[Marco González | ]
Starting XI:
DT:
Referee:
New record: 5-6-3 (14:12)
Notes:
Standings
R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish
1 Olimpia 27 15 10 2 41 18 +23 40 Winners
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2 Vida 27 16 3 8 42 25 +17 35
3 Motagua 27 14 5 8 37 23 +14 33
4 España 27 12 7 8 27 21 +6 31
5 Marathón 27 9 9 9 37 33 +4 27
6 Troya 27 11 5 11 28 36 -8 27
7 Platense 27 5 11 11 30 37 -7 21
8 Verdún 27 5 11 11 10 25 -15 21
9 Atlético Indio 27 3 13 11 23 36 -13 19
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10 Lempira 27 5 6 16 24 45 -21 16 Relegated
Squad
N Player Pos DOB
Salvador Dubois (NCA) GK 15 August 1935
Nelson Benavídez - -
Rubén Guifarro MF 15 October 1946
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) - -
Tomás Máximo - -
Hernán Godoy (CHI) FW 14 May 1941
Roberto Jeréz - -
Roberto Abrussezze (BRA) FW 29 March 1948
Héctor Zelaya * DF -
Federico Budde - -
Ricardo Cárdenas GK -
Egdomilio Díaz - -
Juan Coello ** - -
Julio Meza DF -
Alfonso Uclés MF -
Elio Banegas - -
Lenard Welsh - -
Jesús Castillo - -
Marco Calderón - -
Geraldo Baptista (BRA) - -
José Durón - -
Reynaldo Colón - -
Edgardo Orellana - -
Carlos Sanabria - -
Fermín Navarro - -
Alfonso Gutiérrez (CHI) - -
Ado Baptista (BRA) - -
Marco González - -
* Nicknamed "Lin", not to be confused with Héctor "Pecho de Águila" Zelaya
** Not to be confused with Juan "Gato" Coello, born 1976
Top goalscorers
N Player Goals
1 Óscar Hernández 10
2 Mario Blandón 8
3 Rubén Guifarro 6
4 Linauro di Paula 2
Ado Baptista 2
Tomás Máximo 2
Luís Cruz 2
Marco González 2
9 José Durón 1
Mariano Godoy 1
Héctor Zelaya 1
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