Liga Nacional 1973-74 Week 1 Thursday, 18 January 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Troya [Óscar Hernández | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 3-1-5 (8:9) Notes: Week 2 Sunday, 21 January 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 5-0 Broncos [Mario Blandón x3, Alfonso Gutiérrez, Óscar Hernández | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 1-0-0 (5:0) Notes: Mario Blandón scored his first hat-trick for the club Week 3 Thursday, 1 February 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-1 Universidad [Mario Blandón, Rubén Guifarro, Alfonso Gutiérrez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 1-0-0 (3:1) Notes: Week 4 Sunday, 18 February 1973 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Platense 0-1 Motagua [ | Alfonso Gutiérrez] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 8-2-9 (18:20) Notes: Week 5 Sunday, 25 February 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 2-1 Motagua [ | Ado Baptista] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 5-6-9 (17:22) Notes: Week 6 Thursday, 1 March 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Atlético Indio [Óscar Hernández, Mario Blandón | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 6-6-3 (16:12) Notes: Week 7 Thursday, 8 March 1973 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-5-5 (33:26) Notes: Week 8 Thursday, 15 March 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-1 Vida [Ado Baptista x2, Alfonso Gutiérrez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-5-5 (30:24) Notes: Week 9 Sunday, 15 April 1973 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: España 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-7-3 (22:12) Notes: Week 10 Sunday, 29 April 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Universidad 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 1-1-0 (3:1) Notes: Week 11 Sunday, 13 May 1973 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-6-5 (30:24) Notes: Week 12 Sunday, 20 May 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Olimpia [Mario Blandón | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 5-7-9 (18:23) Notes: Week 13 Sunday, 27 May 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Platense [Mario Blandón | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-2-9 (19:20) Notes: Week 14 Sunday, 3 June 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Troya 1-1 Motagua [ | Mariano Godoy] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 3-2-5 (9:10) Notes: Week 15 Sunday, 17 June 1973 Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos, Choluteca. Attendance: Broncos 2-4 Motagua [ | Mario Blandón, Arnaldo Zelaya, Óscar Hernández, Rigoberto Sosa] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 2-0-0 (9:2) Notes: Both Arnaldo Zelaya and Rigoberto Sosa scored their first goals for the club Week 16 Thursday, 21 June 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Marathón [Óscar Hernández | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-6-5 (34:27) Notes: Week 17 Thursday, 19 July 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 España [Mario Blandón, Rubén Guifarro | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-7-3 (24:12) Notes: Week 18 Thursday, 26 July 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Atlético Indio 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 6-7-3 (16:12) Notes: Week 19 Sunday, 5 August 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Universidad [Óscar Hernández, Mario Blandón | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 2-1-0 (5:1) Notes: Week 20 Thursday, 9 August 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-0 Troya [Óscar Hernández, Mariano Godoy | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 4-2-5 (11:10) Notes: Week 21 Sunday, 12 August 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-2 Platense [Mario Blandón x2, Ronald Quilter | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-2-9 (22:22) Notes: Ronald Quilter scored his first goal for the club Week 22 Sunday, 26 August 1973 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 0-2 Motagua [ | Rigoberto Sosa, Mario Blandón] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-6-5 (36:27) Notes: Week 23 Sunday, 2 September 1973 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 1-1 Motagua [ | Mariano Godoy] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 9-7-5 (31:25) Notes: Week 24 Tuesday, 4 September 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 5-8-9 (18:23) Notes: Week 25 Thursday, 6 September 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Atlético Indio [Mariano Godoy | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 6-8-3 (17:13) Notes: Week 26 Sunday, 9 September 1973 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: España 1-1 Motagua [ | Óscar Hernández] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-8-3 (25:13) Notes: Week 27 Thursday, 13 September 1973 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-1 Broncos [Héctor Zelaya | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 2-1-0 (10:3) Notes: Standings R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish 1 Motagua 27 13 13 1 39 15 +24 39 Winners ----------------------------------------------------------- 2 Marathón 27 12 13 2 39 24 +15 37 3 Olimpia 27 10 12 5 37 24 +13 32 4 España 27 11 9 7 35 24 +11 31 5 Vida 27 8 11 8 25 27 -2 27 6 Platense 27 9 8 10 30 28 +2 26 7 Universidad 27 8 9 10 26 28 -2 25 8 Atlético Indio 27 7 11 9 26 29 -3 25 9 Broncos 27 6 6 15 27 51 -24 18 ----------------------------------------------------------- 10 Troya 27 3 4 20 16 50 -34 10 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 Héctor Zelaya * - - Julio Meza - - Ado Baptista (BRA) - - José Durón - - Alfonso Gutiérrez (CHI) - - Salvador Bernárdez MF 6 January 1954 Roger Mayorga (NCA) GK 10 July 1946 Ronald Quilter - - Arnaldo Zelaya - - Rigoberto Sosa MF 12 January 1951 Ángel Obando FW - Francisco Velásquez GK - * Nicknamed "Lin", not to be confused with Héctor "Pecho de Águila" Zelaya Top goalscorers N Player Goals 1 Mario Blandón 13 2 Óscar Hernández 8 3 Alfonso Gutiérrez 4 Mariano Godoy 4 5 Ado Baptista 3 6 Rubén Guifarro 2 Rigoberto Sosa 2 8 Arnaldo Zelaya 1 Ronald Quilter 1 Héctor Zelaya 1 Home