1995–96 Honduran Liga Nacional

Football league season

Liga Nacional
Season	1995–96
Champions	Olimpia (12th)
Relegated	Broncos
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia Real España
Matches played	149
Goals scored	338 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Castro (14)
← 1994–95 1996–97 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 1996.

The 1995–96 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 30th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. Club Deportivo Olimpia won the title^[1] after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

1995–96 teams

Broncos
Independiente Villela (promoted)
Marathón
Motagua
Olimpia
Platense
Real España
Real Maya
Victoria
Vida

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^[a]	27	12	11	4	48	25	+23	47	Qualification for Final Round^[b]
2	Victoria	27	12	10	5	38	27	+11	46
3	Motagua	27	11	7	9	36	28	+8	40
4	Platense	27	10	7	10	29	31	−2	37
5	Marathón	27	9	9	9	32	31	+1	36
6	Real España	27	9	9	9	32	33	−1	36
7	Real Maya	27	6	14	7	27	27	0	32
8	Vida	27	5	14	8	25	37	−12	29
9	Independiente Villela	27	4	15	8	24	32	−8	27
10	Broncos	27	3	12	12	19	39	−20	21	Relegation to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia secured Final spot.
^ Top 6 qualify to Final round.
^ Broncos relegated to Segunda División.

Final round

Hexagonal

Platense v Motagua

14 April 1996 1st leg	Platense	2–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Craniotis Piota		Castro	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Motagua v Platense

18 April 1996 2nd leg	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castro Guifarro			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 3–2 on aggregated.

Real España v Olimpia

17 April 1996 1st leg	Real España	0–0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Craniotis Piota		Castro	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Olimpia v Real España

21 April 1996 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
			97' Castro	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: ~22,000

Real España won 1–0 on aggregated.

Marathón v Victoria

20 April 1996 1st leg	Marathón	0–0	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Victoria v Marathón

April 1996 2nd leg	Victoria	2–0	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Victoria won 2–0 on aggregated.

Triangular

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	4	2	2	7	6	+1	6	Qualification for Final^[a]
2	Victoria	4	2	2	5	5	0	6
3	Motagua	4	2	2	5	6	−1	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España qualifies to the Final.

Real España v Victoria

April 1996	Real España	1–0	Victoria	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Victoria v Motagua

1 May 1996	Victoria	1–0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Motagua v Real España

5 May 1996	Motagua	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Victoria v Real España

May 1996	Victoria	3–2	Real España	La Ceiba, Atlántida
				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

Motagua v Victoria

12 May 1996	Motagua	2–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Real España v Motagua

15 May 1996	Real España	3–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Aplícano Ruiz Bonilla 90'		Sierra	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Final

Played between winners of regular season and final round.

Real España v Olimpia

19 May 1996	Real España	0–3	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
			6' 79' Santamaría 67' Arriola	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Olimpia v Real España

26 May 1996	Olimpia	0–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 30,500

Olimpia

Real España



GK	–	Carlos Prono
RB	–	Norberto Martínez
CB	–	Samuel Caballero
CB	–	Merlyn Membreño
LB	–	??
CM	–	Juan Carlos Espinoza
RM	–	Nahúm Espinoza
LM	–	Christian Santamaría
AM	–	Alex Pineda Chacón
CF	–	Eduardo Arriola
CF	–	Marlon Hernández
Substitutions:
DF	–	??
MF	–	??
FW	–	??
Manager:
José Herrera



GK	–	Milton Flores
RB	–	César Clother
CB	–	José Luis López
CB	–	Walter Aplícano
LB	–	Leonardo Morales
DM	–	Mauricio Fúnez
DM	–	Javier Rodríguez
RM	–	Washington Hernández
LM	–	Richardson Smith
AM	–	Gustavo Gallegos
CF	–	Orvin Cabrera
Substitutions:
DF	–	??
MF	–	??
FW	–	??
Manager:
Héctor Hugo Eugui

Olimpia won 3–0 on aggregated.

Top scorer

Geovanny Castro (Motagua) with 14 goals

Squads

Broncos
Fidel Mejía	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre	Carlos Coreas
Julio César Chávez
Independiente Villela
Enrique Daniel Uberti García	Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo
Adalto Da Silva	Julio César Pereira	Washington Rodríguez
Pedro Cubillo
Marathón
Dangelo Daltino Bautista	José Cristiano Pinheiro de Araujo	Walter "Gualala" Trejo
José Ulloa Villatoro	Antonio Rudón Arita	Pompilio Cacho Valerio
Edwin Alexander Medina	Julio César Santos	Jorge Ferdín
Wilmer Andrés Roque	Carlos Aragón	Víctor Coello
Jurandir de Jesús Damascena	Luis Orlando "El Chinito" Reyes Santos	José Erasmo "Urco" Crisanto Castillo
Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega	César Adonis Flores	Behiker Bustillo
Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo	Octavio Santana	Mario Beata
Motagua
Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	Giovanni "Venado" Castro	Ramón "Romerito" Romero
Mario Chirinos	Oscar Valencia	Edgar Sierra
Denilson Costa de Oliveira	Víctor Sebastián Zúniga	Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya
Paulo César de Oliveira	David Wendell
Olimpia
Gustavo Cálix	Carlos Enrique Prono	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Eduardo Arriola	Christian Santamaría	Merlyn Membreño
Juan Carlos Espinoza	Norberto Martinez	Carlos José Laje Moreno
Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Danilo "Pollo" Galindo	Jorge Samuel Caballero
Marlon "Pitufo" Hernández	Alex Pineda Chacón	John Bermeo
Platense
Óscar René Contreras	Marco Antonio Mejía	Jorge Arita Neals
Erick Jerezano Jackson	Alexis Iván Duarte	José Luis "Runga" Piota
Franklin Delgado	Ricardo James	Fernando Bolívar
Ferdín Sánchez Samaniego	Sergio Díaz	Carlos Bechtoldt
Real España
Luis Antonio López	Erick Villanueva	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos
Gustavo Adolfo Gallegos	Walter Lagos Aplícano	Camilo Bonilla
José "Picardía" Padilla	Marlon Javier Monge	Víctor Martín Castro
Edgar Antonio Figueroa	Luis Orlando "Caralampio" Vallejo Arguijo	Miguel Ángel "Gallo" Mariano
Jaime Ruiz	José Luis López	César Clother
Víctor de los Santos	Edward "Güicho" Barahona	Raúl Dolmo
Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández	Milton "Chocolate" Flores
Real Maya
Nelson Rolando Rosales	Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez	Gustavo Ochoa
Francisco Acuña
Victoria
Raúl Martínez Sambulá	Enrique Reneau	César Castro
Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras	Floyd Guthrie	Pércival Piggott
Álvaro Izquierdo
Vida
Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez	Rossel Cacho	Irineo Núñez
Clayd Lester Marson	Nigel Zúniga	Carlos Monchín Rodríguez
Raúl Centeno Gamboa	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez	Dennis Antonio Piedy
Jorge Ernesto Pineda	Carlos Matamoros	Pablo Valencia

Known results

Round 1

Marathón	2–2	Real Maya
Castillo

San Pedro Sula

Unknown rounds

17 September 1995

Platense	1–0	Real España

Puerto Cortés

Referee: Óscar Javier Bardales

20 September 1995

Olimpia	0–0	Vida

Tegucigalpa

24 September 1995

Real Maya	1–1	Olimpia
Rosa

Siguatepeque

24 September 1995

Vida	1–0	Independiente

La Ceiba

30 September 1995

Real España	2–1	Independiente

San Pedro Sula

22 October 1995

Olimpia	1–1	Independiente

Tegucigalpa

Referee: Óscar Leónidas Díaz

4 November 1995

Real España	3–2	Olimpia
Pavón

San Pedro Sula

5 November 1995

Broncos	3–2	Independiente
		Uberti

Choluteca

11 November 1995

Independiente	1–1	Marathón

San Pedro Sula

26 November 1995

Real Maya	1–2	Marathón

Siguatepeque

2 December 1995

Marathón	0–0	Broncos

San Pedro Sula

4 December 1995

Real España	–	Olimpia

San Pedro Sula

8 December 1995

Motagua	3–1	Vida

Tegucigalpa

10 December 1995

Victoria	3–1	Real Maya
Benguché Izquierdo Centeno		Lagos

La Ceiba

Attendance: 1,603

6 January 1996

Independiente	0–1	Olimpia
		Espinoza

San Pedro Sula

21 January 1996

Olimpia	7–0	Real España
M. Hernández Flores

Tegucigalpa

4 February 1996

Platense	1–0	Real España

Puerto Cortés

25 February 1996

Broncos	2–0	Vida

Choluteca

26 February 1996

Motagua	0–2	Real España

Tegucigalpa

17 March 1996

Vida	0–5	Real España

La Ceiba

Motagua	3–1	Platense

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 1995/96 – 11 December 2009

Honduran Liga Nacional

2023–24 teams

Former teams

Seasons

1960s	← Amateur League 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
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