1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional

Season	1977–78
Champions	Olimpia (5th)
Relegated	Federal
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	None
Matches played	158
Goals scored	294 (1.86 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carreño (10)
← 1976–77 1978–79 → All statistics correct as of 18 December 1977.

The 1977–78 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 12th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals.^[1] It's unclear why no Honduran representation was sent to the 1978 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia[a]	27	11	12	4	30	20	+10	34	Qualified to the Final round[b]
2	Vida	27	10	12	5	27	20	+7	32
3	Real España	27	9	13	5	27	18	+9	31
4	Motagua	27	11	8	8	27	21	+6	30
5	Universidad	27	10	8	9	25	23	+2	28	Qualified to the repechage[c]
6	Broncos	27	8	12	7	26	24	+2	28
7	Marathón	27	7	10	10	22	29	−7	24
8	Victoria	27	5	12	10	17	25	−8	22
9	Platense	27	6	9	12	27	36	−9	21
10	Federal	27	4	12	11	20	32	−12	20	Relegated to the Segunda División[d]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	8	4	4	0	14	5	+9	12	Qualified to the Final[a]
2	Motagua	8	3	4	1	11	9	+2	10
3	Olimpia	8	2	4	2	10	7	+3	8
4	Vida	8	1	3	4	4	10	−6	5
5	Universidad	8	2	1	5	5	13	−8	5

Real España

Olimpia

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Olimpia

Real España

• Olimpia won 2–0 on aggregate score.

Liga Nacional 1977–78 Champion
C.D. Olimpia 5th title

• 10 goals:

Mario Juvini Carreño (Motagua)

• 8 goals:

Prudencio Norales (Olimpia)

• 7 goals:

Jurandir Dosantos (Marathón)

• 6 goals:

Armando Valenchina (Vida)

Daniel Sambulá (Universidad)

Mario Mairena (Federal)

Salvador Bernárdez (Motagua)

Luis Walter Chávez (Olimpia)

Broncos
German "Loco" Guzmán	Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta	Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles
Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Real España
Jimmy Steward	Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
Walter Humberto Jimminson	Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén	Gustavo Portillo	Marvin Zúniga
Alberto Ferreira da Silva	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	Jaime Villegas
Reynaldo Mejía Ortega	Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez	Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Gil Rodríguez
Federal
José Alvarez	Víctor Hugo Álvarez	Roberto “Babington” Barahona
José Rafael Irías	Marcos Lacayo	José Lanza
Julio Meza	Mario Roberto Mairena	Enrique “Fantasma” Mendoza
Ronald Quilter	Jerry Slosher	León Ugarte
Orlando “Bimbo” Vásquez	Francisco “Pantera” Velásquez	Tomás Wood
Francisco Zelaya Pastrana
Marathón
Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Jurandir Dosantos
Exequiel "Estupiñán" García	Roscoe Charles	Daniel Argelio Romero
Carlos "Calín" Morales	Roberto Bailey	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Porfirio Armando Betancourt	Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla
Ricardo Nuila	Richard Kenneth Payne
Motagua
Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga	Roger Mayorga	Mario Hernán Juvini Carreño
Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez	Rigoberto Sosa	Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	Ennos Pereira
Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez
Olimpia
Belarmino Rivera	Orlando Banegas	Luis Walter Chávez
Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz	Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez	Óscar García
Héctor Orlando Uclés	César Bordinhao	José Ortiz
Moisés Velásquez	Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz	René Enamorado
Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand	Net Jonhy Chavarría
Ernesto Paes de Oliveira	Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Arturo Recarte Cáceres
Luis Alonso Minochio	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir	Selvin Cárcamo
Santos "Indio" Ruíz	Vicente Suazo	Roger Chavarría
Platense
Luis Enrique "Banana" Alvarez	Dagoberto Tejeda	Antonio "El Camalote" Dueñas
Mario Ortega	Rafael Argeñal	Arnulfo Echeverría
Manuel de Jesús Fuentes	Arturo Payne	Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner
Carlos "Care" Alvarado	Eduardo Laing	Erasmo “Chícharo” Guerrero
Domingo Drummond	Rigoberto Castro	German “Cacique” Castro
Julio “Ruso” Bonilla	Julio Álvarez
Universidad
Roberto "Pirata" Fernández	José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Victoria
Dagoberto Tejeda	Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	Carlos "Cuco" Flores
Francisco Jiménez	Jorge Irías	German Güity
Miguel Lanza	David Goff	José Cruz
Julio César Girón	Roberto Urbina	Benedicto Ordóñez
Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya	José Cálix	Camilo Bonifacio
Pedro Caetano da Silva	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Miguel "Primitivo" Ortiz
Armando Acosta	Claudio Castro	Rigoberto "Indio" Ruiz
Santos "Coco" González	Jorge Cálix	Gustavo Amaya
Jerry Jhonson	Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz
Vida
Mario Ardón	Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	Ramón Nectally "Liebre" Guardado
Matilde Selím Lacayo	Armando Valenchina