# 1990–91 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1990–91 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 25th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robins followed by a 5-team playoff round.
Club Deportivo Olimpia unsuccessfully defended its 1989 title losing in a replay match to Motagua.
Real C.D. España won the title defeating in the final C.D. Motagua. Both title holder and runner-up qualified for berths to the 1991 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1990–91 teams

* Curacao (Tegucigalpa)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Sula (La Lima)
* Súper Estrella (Danlí)
* Tela Timsa (Tela, promoted)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)
* Platense played their home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations at Estadio Excélsior.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 27 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 39 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Olimpia | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 37 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Platense | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Motagua | 27 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 26 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 6 | Victoria | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 22 | |
| 7 | Vida | 27 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tela Timsa | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 21 | |
| 9 | Súper Estrella | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 21 | |
| 10 | Sula | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 18 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ Real España clinched final spot as regular season winner.
* ↑ Top 5 qualify for final round.
* ↑ Sula relegated to Segunda División.

## Final round
### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Forced to a Replay |
| 2 | Motagua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Forced to a Replay |
| 3 | Real España | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 10 | |
| 4 | Platense | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 | |
| 5 | Marathón | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
* ↑ Olimpia and Motagua to play an extra match to break the tie.

### Replay

* Motagua qualified to the Final.

### Final
## Top scorer

* Luis Orlando Vallejo (Real España) with 12 goals

## Squads

Marathón :
| Francisco Adelmo Herrera | José Luis "Joche" Alvarado | Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales |
| José Ulloa Villatoro | Neptaly Turcios | Marco "Tono" García |
| José Manuel Enamorado Díaz | Pedro Geovany Midence | Nicolás Suazo Velásquez |
| Francisco Adelmo Herrera | Leonel Machado | Pastor Martínez |
| Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett | Juan Gómez Ortiz | Oscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz |
| Mauro Pacheco | Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo | |
| Motagua |||
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | Oscar Murillo | Patrocinio Sierra Doblado |
| Fabricio Pérez | Hernaín Arzú | Giovanni "Venado" Castro |
| Fernando Rinaldi | César Augusto "Nene" Obando | Miguel Antonio Mathews Sargent |
| Olimpia |||
| Belarmino Rivera | Óscar Banegas | Eduardo "Balín" Bennett |
| Carlos José Laje Moreno | Alejandro Ruíz | Suamy Martínez |
| Eduardo Arriola | Wilmer Neal "Matador" Velásquez | Rolando Reyes Vásquez |
| Daniel Zapata | Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón | Erick Darío Fú Lanza |
| Arnold Cruz | Néstor Peralta | Danilo "Pollo" Galindo |
| Juan Carlos Espinoza | Santos Alejandro "El Indio" Ruíz | Martín Stuart |
| Armando Aguilar | Eduardo Sosa | Dennis Antonio Piedy |
| Vicente Daniel Viera | Fernando Tovar Durón | Alex Pineda Chacón |
| Platense |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz | Miguel "Payasito" Gómez |
| German "Niño" Bernárdez | Jorge Arita Neals | Rossel Antonio Cacho |
| Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez | Dennis Caballero | Selvin Sánchez Reyes |
| Raúl Centeno Gamboa | |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos | Rodolfo Richardson Smith |
| Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro | Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba | Jorge López Silva |
| Rafael González | Alex Geovany Ávila | Geovany Gayle Alarcón |
| Luis "Gavilán" Cálix | Nahamán Humberto González | Erick Gerardo Gallegos |
| Rigoberto González | Ramón "Primitivo" Maradiaga | Luis Orlando "Caralampio" Vallejo Arguijo |
| Karl Antonio Roland | Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo | José Luis "Pili" Aguirre |
| Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda | Carlos Fernando Landa | Allan Anthony Costly |
| Camilo Bonilla Paz | Carlos Orlando Caballero | Edy "Tibombo" Contreras |
| Sula |||
| Marco Antonio "Toñito" Gómez | Noel Omar Renderos | Óscar "Pito Loco" López |
| Luis Alonso Zúniga | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias | Fernando Nuila |
| Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez | Carlos Aguilar Bonilla | |
| Súper Estrella |||
| Víctor Hernán Duarte | Eduardo "Tanque" Ramírez | Darío Mejía |
| Ramon Zavala | German Pérez | Misael Pinto |
| Edgardo "Chacho" Zamora | Jorge "Pando" Arriola | Prudencio "Tecate" Norales |
| Suammy Álvarez | Carlos Cruz Padilla | |
| Tela Timsa |||
| Golbin Bonilla | Carlos Flores | Samuel "Samy" Rivera |
| Renan "Chimbo" Aguilera | Ernesto "Neto" Isaula | Mateo Ávila |
| Ibrahím Maldonado | Víctor Garay |
| Victoria |||
| Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía | Enrique Reneau | Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras |
| Vida |||
| Carlos Ramírez | Rudy Pine Pack | José Danilo Carías Figueroa |
| René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez | Jorge Ernesto Pineda |