1992–93 Honduran Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional
Season	1992–93
Champions	Olimpia (11th)
Relegated	Súper Estrella
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Olimpia; Petrotela
Matches played	155
Goals scored	388 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arriola (12)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 27th 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 winning the regular season and the final round and qualified to the 1994 CONCACAF Champions' Cup along with runners-up C.D. Petrotela.

1992–93 teams

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia^[a]	27	15	7	5	43	27	+16	37	Qualified to the Final round^[b]
2	Petrotela	27	14	8	5	34	20	+14	36
3	Marathón	27	12	8	7	39	22	+17	32
4	Real España	27	11	8	8	51	32	+19	30
5	Motagua	27	10	10	7	41	34	+7	30
6	Platense	27	10	9	8	32	21	+11	29
7	Victoria	27	9	10	8	36	37	−1	28
8	Real Maya	27	8	10	9	37	34	+3	26
9	Vida	27	3	10	14	17	39	−22	16
10	Súper Estrella	27	0	6	21	14	78	−64	6	Relegated to Segunda División^[c]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia clinched final spot as regular season winner.
^ Top 5 qualified to the Final round.
^ Súper Estrella relegated.

Final round

Pentagonal standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Olimpia^[a]	8	6	2	0	15	6	+9	14
2	Marathón	8	3	3	2	11	8	+3	9
3	Motagua	8	2	3	3	10	13	−3	7
4	Petrotela^[b]	8	1	3	4	6	10	−4	5
5	Real España	8	0	5	3	2	7	−5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Olimpia champions as winners of both stages.
^ Petrotela runners-up as second place in regular season.

Results

The matches C.D. Marathón–Real C.D. España and Real España–F.C. Motagua were canceled due to lack of interest and shared points.

Home \ Away	MAR	MOT	OLI	PET	RES
Marathón	—	1–1	1–2	3–1	a
Motagua	2–3	—	0–3	1–1	3–1
Olimpia	2–1	3–1	—	3–2	0–0
Petrotela	0–0	1–2	0–1	—	1–0
Real España	0–2	a	1–1	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 June 1993. Source: Diario Diez
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Top scorer

Jorge Arriola (Real Maya) with 19 goals
Álvaro Izquierdo (Motagua) with 17 goals

Squads

Marathón
Pedro Cubillo	José Luis "Joche" Alvarado	Walter "Gualala" Trejo
Neptaly Turcios	Nicolás Suazo Velásquez	Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo
José Antonio Mejía	Mario Beata	Víctor Coello
Dangelo Daltino Bautista	Vicente Viera	José Ulloa Villatoro
Geovany Durón	Julio Pereira	Mauro Pacheco
Iván Nolasco	Javier Chavarría	Efraín "Pucho" Osorio
Motagua
Renán Aguilera	Julio César Englenton Chuga	Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez
Marvin Fonseca	Alvaro Roberto Izquierdo	Carlos Mejía
Carlos Tejeda	Carlos Zelaya	Jorge "Babington" López
Oscar Duarte	Víctor López	Oscar Pineda Torres
German Bermúdez	Jorge González	Ramón "Monchín" Rodríguez
Oscar Murillo	Walter Lagos Aplícano	Miguel "Hino" Mathews
Gustavo Luca	Henry Guevara	German "Ñato" Rodríguez
Héctor Caballero	Rui Freitas	Presley Carson
Giovanni "Venado" Castro	Donaldo Reyes Guillén	Rosman Calderón
Jorge Romero	Néstor Fernández	Edgar Sierra
Carlos Rodríguez	José Manuel Vallecillo	Víctor Bennet
Saturnino Norales Arzú	Hernaín Arzú	Carlos Matamoros
Marlon Núñez	Fabricio Pérez	Jorge Cruz Murillo
Alex Geovany Ávila	César Augusto "Nene" Obando	Javier Padilla
Ramón Romero	Juan Manuel "Gato" Coello
Olimpia
Oscar Banegas	Belarmino Rivera	Gustavo Gerardo Priori
Carlos José Laje Moreno	Eugenio Dolmo Flores	Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón
Erick Darío Fú Lanza	José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández	Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood
Nestor Peralta	Juan Carlos Espinoza	Dennis Antonio Piedy
Christian Santamaría	Arnold Cruz	Eduardo "Balín" Bennett
Alex Pineda Chacón	Denilson Costa de Oliveira	René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez
José García	Luis Ramón Abdeneve	Denis Caballero
José Antonio García Bernárdez	Gregorio Serrano	Merlyn Membreño
Marlon "Pitufo" Hernández
Petrotela
Juan Pablo Centeno	Geovany Gayle Alarcón	Tomás Róchez
Pastor Martínez	Neptalí Fúnez	Nígel Zúniga
Golbin Bonilla	Miguel Velásquez	Alex Bahr
Carlos Landa	Víctor Orlando Garay	Luis "Gavilán" Cálix
Julio María Lemus	Oscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz	Juan Manuel Anariba
Alberto Bica	Eugenio Dolmo Flores	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre
David Logan	Alfredo Saavedra	Alexis Duarte
Platense
Marlon Javier Monge	Rossel Cacho	Jorge Arita Neals
José Reynaldo Clavasquín	Pedro Álvarez	Héctor Amaya
Selvin Sánchez	Fernando Ferreira	Carlos Roberto Velásquez
Mauricio Edgardo Figueroa	Miguel Ángel "Gallo" Mariano	Raúl Centeno Gamboa
Miguel "Payasito" Gómez	Domingo Drummond	Martín García
Luis Perdomo	Mauricio Figueroa
Real España
Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz	José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos	Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro
Karl Antonio Roland	Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo	Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer
Marco Vinicio "Chacal" Ortega	José Luis "Pili" Aguirre	Carlos Fernando Landa
José Luis López Escobar	Camilo Bonilla Paz	Norman "Tedy" Martínez
Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda	Enrique Daniel Uberti García	Luis Orlando "Caralampio" Vallejo Arguijo
Nahamán Humberto González	Vincio Ortega	Washington Leonardo "Piojo" Hernández
Víctor Martín Castro	Erick Gerardo Gallegos	Milton "Chocolate" Flores
Real Maya
Jorge Arturo Arriola	Nelson Rolando Rosales	Carlos Orlando Caballero
Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez	Edith Hernando "Tibombo" Contreras	Juan Ramon Palacios
Pitio Centeno	Omar Suarez	Idefonso Bonilla
Ramón Chacon	Nelson Martinez	Carlos Cruz Padilla
Nelson Sambula	Miguel "Loco" Seminario
Súper Estrella
Darío Mejía	Ramón Zavala	Héctor Posantes
Erick Rivera	Eduardo Yánez	Víctor Hernán Duarte
Luis Armando Fino	German Quijano	Edgardo "Chacho" Zamora
Geovany Galeas	Edgar Figueroa
Victoria
Jorge "Pollo" González	Alfredo Withaker	Enrique Reneau
Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett	Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga
Vida
Jorge Ernesto Pineda

Trivia

Super Estrella didn't win a single match this season, and had the worst defense ever with 78 goals conceded in 27 games.

References

^ RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009

[table_note_OLI0.61354928957929-2] Olimpia clinched final spot as regular season winner.

[table_note_res_QF0.61354928957929-3] Top 5 qualified to the Final round.

[table_note_res_R0.61354928957929-4] Súper Estrella relegated.

[table_note_OLI0.42097318750851-5] Olimpia champions as winners of both stages.

[table_note_PET0.42097318750851-6] Petrotela runners-up as second place in regular season.

[1] RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95–11 December 2009

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