Liga Nacional 1979-80 Week 1 Sunday, 11 March 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 2-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 13-19-14 (36:38) Notes: Week 2 Sunday, 18 March 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Marathón [Ramón Maradiaga x2 | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 18-17-8 (65:46) Notes: Week 3 Sunday, 8 April 1979 Estadio Excélsior, Puerto Cortés. Attendance: Atlético Portuario 0-3 Motagua [ | Ángel Obando x2, Luís Reyes] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 1-0-0 (3:0) Notes: Week 4 Sunday, 29 April 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-2 Universidad [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-7-7 (25:18) Notes: Week 5 Sunday, 6 May 1979 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Victoria 2-2 Motagua [ | David Medina x2] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-4-2 (34:19) Notes: Week 6 Sunday, 13 May 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-2 Vida [Rigoberto Sosa x2, Salvador Bernárdez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 19-15-8 (55:39) Notes: Week 7 Sunday, 20 May 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Real España [Salvador Bernárdez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 17-23-13 (47:43) Notes: Week 8 Thursday, 31 May 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-1 Platense [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 20-6-12 (48:32) Notes: Week 9 Sunday, 3 June 1979 Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos, Choluteca. Attendance: Broncos 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-11-1 (27:12) Notes: Week 10 Sunday, 10 June 1979 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Vida 0-1 Motagua [ | Salvador Bernárdez] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 20-15-8 (56:39) Notes: Week 11 Sunday, 17 June 1979 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Real España 3-2 Motagua [ | Rigoberto Sosa, Salvador Bernárdez] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 17-23-14 (49:46) Notes: Week 12 Sunday, 1 July 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-2 Olimpia [Eduardo Esquivel | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 13-19-15 (37:40) Notes: Eduardo Esquivel scored his first goal for the club Week 13 Sunday, 8 July 1979 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Atlético Portuario 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 1-1-0 (3:0) Notes: Week 14 Sunday, 15 July 1979 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 18-17-9 (65:47) Notes: Week 15 Sunday, 22 July 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Broncos [Jorge Centurión, Salvador Bernárdez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 11-11-1 (29:13) Notes: Week 16 Sunday, 29 July 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Universidad 0-1 Motagua [ | Ángel Obando] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 11-7-7 (26:18) Notes: Week 17 Sunday, 5 August 1979 Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba. Attendance: Victoria 1-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 10-4-3 (34:20) Notes: Week 18 Sunday, 12 August 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-2 Platense [David Medina, Salvador Bernárdez | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 20-7-12 (50:34) Notes: Week 19 Sunday, 19 August 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 3-3 Atlético Portuario [Luís Reyes, Héctor Zelaya, Ramón Maradiaga | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 1-3-0 (6:3) Notes: Week 20 Sunday, 26 August 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 1-0 Real España [Jorge Centurión | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 18-23-14 (50:46) Notes: Week 21 Sunday, 2 September 1979 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Marathón 0-0 Motagua [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 18-18-9 (65:47) Notes: Week 22 Sunday, 9 September 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Olimpia 2-1 Motagua [ | Luís Reyes] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 13-19-16 (38:42) Notes: Week 23 Sunday, 16 September 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-1 Universidad [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 11-7-8 (26:19) Notes: Week 24 Sunday, 23 September 1979 Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula. Attendance: Platense 1-1 Motagua [ | Jorge Centurión] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 20-8-12 (51:35) Notes: Week 25 Sunday, 30 September 1979 Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos, Choluteca. Attendance: Broncos 1-1 Motagua [ | David Bueso] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 11-11-1 (29:13) Notes: Week 26 Sunday, 7 October 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 2-1 Victoria [Jorge Montenegro, Héctor Zelaya | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 11-4-3 (36:21) Notes: Jorge Montenegro scored his first goal for the club Week 27 Sunday, 14 October 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Motagua 0-0 Vida [ | ] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 20-16-8 (56:39) Notes: Standings R Club G W D L F A +/- Pt Finish 1 Marathón 27 17 3 7 40 23 +17 37 Qualified to Final round 2 Olimpia 27 13 7 7 43 36 +7 33 Qualified to Final round 3 Broncos 27 11 8 8 32 27 +5 30 Qualified to Final round 4 Victoria 27 10 7 10 34 30 +4 27 Qualified to Final round ----------------------------------------------------------- 5 Motagua 27 9 9 9 29 29 0 27 Playoff 6 Universidad 27 9 9 9 22 22 0 27 Playoff ----------------------------------------------------------- 7 Platense 27 7 12 8 27 31 -4 26 8 Real España 27 7 9 11 28 23 +5 23 9 Vida 27 6 9 12 30 38 -8 21 ----------------------------------------------------------- 10 Atlético Portuario 27 6 7 14 29 55 -26 19 Relegated Playoff Wednesday, 17 October 1979 Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa. Attendance: Universidad 2-1 Motagua [ | Ángel Obando] Starting XI: DT: Referee: New record: 11-7-9 (27:21) Notes: Squad N Player Pos DOB Héctor Zelaya * - - Héctor Zelaya ** DF 12 August 1958 Rigoberto Sosa MF 12 January 1951 Ángel Obando FW - Ramón Maradiaga MF 30 October 1954 Luís Reyes FW 19 March 1958 Salvador Bernárdez MF 6 January 1954 David Bueso MF 5 May 1955 David Medina - - Jorge Centurión (ARG) - - Eduardo Esquivel - - Jorge Montenegro - - * Nicknamed "Lin", not to be confused with Héctor "Pecho de Águila" Zelaya ** Nicknamed "Pecho de Águila", not to be confused with Héctor "Lin" Zelaya Top goalscorers N Player Goals 1 Salvador Bernárdez 6 2 Ángel Obando 4 3 Ramón Maradiaga 3 Luís Reyes 3 David Medina 3 Rigoberto Sosa 3 Jorge Centurión 3 8 Héctor Zelaya 2 9 Eduardo Esquivel 1 David Bueso 1 Jorge Montenegro 1 Home