| Season | 1975–76 |
|---|---|
| Champions | España (2nd) |
| Relegated | Atlántida |
| CONCACAF Champions' Cup | España Olimpia |
| Matches | 149 |
| Goals | 368 (2.47 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | López (11) |
1976–77 → | |
The1975–76 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 10th edition of theHonduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a threeround-robin schedule followed by a 4-team playoff round.C.D. España won the title after defeatingClub Deportivo Olimpia in the finals. Both teams qualified to the1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpia[a] | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 9 | +26 | 40 | Qualified to the Final round[b] |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 32 | |
| 3 | España | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 31 | |
| 4 | Universidad | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 30 | |
| 5 | Platense | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 29 | |
| 6 | Broncos | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 29 | |
| 7 | Vida | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 24 | |
| 8 | Marathón | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 23 | |
| 9 | Federal | 27 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 21 | |
| 10 | Atlántida | 27 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 48 | −36 | 11 | Relegated toSegunda División[c] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | España | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7[a] | Qualified to the Final playoff |
| 2 | Motagua | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7[a] | |
| 3 | Universidad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Olimpia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
Marco Tulio "Coyol" López (Olimpia) with 11 goals| Atlántida | ||
|---|---|---|
| Óscar Acosta | German "Niño" Bernárdez | Arnulfo "Yuyuga" Flores |
| Eduardo Gámez | Carlos "Papeto" Lobo | Mario "Flecha" López |
| Camilo Mejía | "Diablo" Ramos | Apolonio Sambulá |
| Jorge Sierra | Osman Zelaya | |
| Broncos | ||
| Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez | Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles | "Yeto" Montoya |
| Jacobo Sarmiento | ||
| Real España | ||
 Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta | Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Jimmy James Bailey |
| Ramón Cano | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Arnulfo Echeverría |
 Alberto Ferreira da Silva | Walter Humberto Jimminson | Roger Macedo |
| José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega | Reynaldo Mejía Ortega | Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina |
| José López "Rulo" Paz | Ernesto "Tractor" Ramírez | Gil Josué Rodríguez |
| Jimmy Steward | Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood | |
| Federal | ||
| José Ernesto "Toto" Cáceres |  Alfonso "Garrincha" Gutiérrez | Julio Meza |
 Oscar Teherán | ||
| Marathón | ||
| Antonio Almendárez | Roberto Bailey | Carlos Banegas |
| Julio "Ruso" Bonilla | Mario Bonilla | Mauro "Nayo" Caballero |
| Francisco Castillo | Miguel Castillo | Roscoe Charles |
| Miguel Chavarría | César Augusto "Papi" Dávila Puerto | Antonio "Camalote" Dueñas |
| Pablo "Payique" Espinoza | Héctor Julián Fiallos | Wilfredo Garay |
| Exequiel "Estupiñán" García |  Reynaldo González | Bleer Greeneech |
| Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez | Óscar McLean | Wilfredo Medina |
| Adalberto "Chino" Menjívar | Ramón "Albañil" Osorio | Andro Piña |
| Allard Plummer | Jaime Ramírez Jr. |  Daniel Argelio Romero |
| Eduardo Ruiz | Francisco Ruiz | Rafael "Avioneta" Sauceda |
| Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla | Luis Urbina | Óscar Urbina |
| Gil "Fátima" Valerio | Allan Ricardo Young | Bertín Zelaya |
| Motagua | ||
| Víctor Hugo Alvarez | Marcos Banegas | Salvador Bernárdez |
| José María "Chema" Durón | Mariano Godoy | Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro |
| Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández |  Roger Mayorga | Angel Antonio "Toño" Obando |
| Ronald Quilter | Edgardo Sosa | Rigoberto Sosa |
| Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez | Héctor "Lin" Zelaya | |
| Olimpia | ||
| Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | Selvin Cárcamo | Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz |
| Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez | Alfredo Hawit Banegas | Marco Tulio "Coyol" López |
| Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza | Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz | Samuel Santini |
| Platense | ||
| Alejandro Aguirre | Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Neptaly Argeñal |
| Rafael Argeñal | Eduardo Castillo | Martín Castillo |
| "Cacique" Castro | "Rigo" Castro | Ricardo Castro |
| Jhony Chavarría | Arturo Coto | Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner |
| "Cuco" Flores | Manuel de Jesús Fuentes | "Toro" Garay |
| Rossvelth Garbut | Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero | Juan Noyola |
| Mario Ortega | Arturo Payne | Oscar Piedrahíta |
| Roberto Rich | Víctor Samuel Rivera | Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén |
| Jimmy Steward | ||
| Universidad | ||
| Roger Macedo | Ramón "Mon" Medina | José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar |
| Ricardo Nuila | Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá | Roberto Virgilio Santos |
| Vida | ||
| Óscar "Burra" Acosta | César "Cesarín" Aguirre | Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto |
| Manuel Bernárdez Calderón | Peter Buchanan | Jorge Caballero |
 Jesús Octavio Cifuentes | Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins | Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins |
| Juan David | Fredy Delgado | Arturo "Junia" Garden |
| Morris Garden | Ramón Neptally "Liebre" Guardado | Dennis "Bomba" Hinds |
| Mario McKoy | Matilde Selím Lacayo | Jairo López |
| José López "Rulo" Paz | Tomás "Tommy" Marshall | Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza |
| Mario Murillo | Hermenegildo Orellana | Marco Antonio Marcos Peña |
| Jorge Peralta | Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez | José María "Chema" Salinas |
| Vicente Suazo | Antonio "Danto" Urbina | Edgardo Williams |
| Osman Zelaya | ||
| 13 February 1975 | Motagua | 2–0 | Atlántida | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Obando Godoy | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| Platense | – | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| España | 1–0 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| Castro |
| Motagua | 1–0 | España |
|---|---|---|
| Olimpia | 0–0 | Universidad |
|---|---|---|
| España | 0–0 | Motagua |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad | 0–4 | Olimpia |
|---|---|---|
| España | 0–0 | Motagua |
|---|---|---|
| 16 February 1975 | Olimpia | 5–0 | Federal | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 23 February 1975 | Olimpia | 4–1 | Broncos | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Hawit Gómez López Allen | Fernandes | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 9 March 1975 | Platense | 5–1 | Federal | Puerto Cortés |
| CST | Meza | Stadium:Estadio Excélsior |
| 9 March 1975 | Motagua | 0–1 | España | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 16 March 1975 | Vida | 2–1 | Atlántida | La Ceiba |
| CST | Aguirre Alvarado | López | Stadium:Estadio Nilmo Edwards |
| 6 April 1975 | Marathón | 0–1 | Olimpia | San Pedro Sula |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio General Francisco Morazán |
| 10 April 1975 | Motagua | v | Federal | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Obando | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 13 April 1975 | Federal | 1–1 | Universidad | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 20 April 1975 | Universidad | 5–1 | Atlántida | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 18 May 1975 | España | 4–0 | Motagua | San Pedro Sula |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio General Francisco Morazán |
| 29 June 1975 | Universidad | 1–0 | Marathón | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Sambulá | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 6 July 1975 | Motagua | v | Olimpia | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Obando | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 31 July 1975 | Universidad | v | Federal | |
| CST |
| 3 August 1975 | Marathón | 1–1 | Atlántida | San Pedro Sula |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio General Francisco Morazán |
| 24 August 1975 | Federal | 1–1 | Vida | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 24 August 1975 | Olimpia | 0–0 | Motagua | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 12 October 1975 | Broncos | v | Atlántida | Choluteca |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos | |||
| Note: Atlántida didn't show up | ||||
| 12 October 1975 | Federal | 2–0 | Platense | Tegucigalpa |
| CST | Stadium:Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino |
| 23 October 1975 | Vida | 2–3 | Marathón | La Ceiba San Pedro Sula |
| CST | Orellana | Stadium:Estadio Nilmo Edwards Estadio General Francisco Morazán | ||
| Note: Match suspended at 15' in La Ceiba on 19 October. Remaining 75' played 4 days later in San Pedro Sula. | ||||