# 1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1988–89 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 23rd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament was the same as the 1987-88 season. This edition was a rematch of the 22st edition final. Real C.D. España successfully defeated Club Deportivo Olimpia in the final. Title holder and runner-up qualified for berths to the 1989 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1988–89 teams

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

## Regular season
### Standings Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 27 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 28 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Victoria | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 26 | |
| 4 | Curacao | 27 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 23 | |
| 5 | Platense | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 28 | −7 | 22 | |
* ↑ Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.

### Standings Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Vida | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Sula | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 23 | |
| 5 | Universidad | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 21 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ Real España clinched final spot as Regular season winner.
* ↑ Real España, Motagua and Vida qualified to Final round.
* ↑ Universidad relegated to Segunda División.

### Reply for 2nd place
## Final round
### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Real España | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Motagua | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Vida | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Marathón | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | |
* ↑ Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

### Final

| Real España | Olimpia |
Jorge López :
| DF | – | Marco Anariba |
| DF | – | Karl Roland |
| DF | – | Allan Costly |
| DF | – | Emilson Soto |
| MF | – | José Fúnez |
| MF | – | Luis Cálix |
| MF | – | Carlos Reyes |
| MF | – | Nahamán González |
| FW | – | Juan Anariba |
| FW | – | Rubén Alonso |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Alex Ávila |
| MF | – | Carlos Caballero |
| Manager: |||
| Flavio Ortega |||
Óscar Banegas :
| DF | – | Daniel Zapata |
| DF | – | Danilo Galindo |
| DF | – | Alejandro Ruiz |
| DF | – | Rudy Williams |
| MF | – | Erick Fú Lanza | 87' |
| MF | – | Nahúm Espinoza | |
| MF | – | Vicente Viera |
| FW | – | Juan Contreras |
| FW | – | Juan Flores |
| FW | – | Javier Flores | |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | – | Eugenio Dolmo | |
| MF | – | Fernando Tovar | |
| Manager: |||
| Estanislao Malinowski |||
* Real España 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate. Real España champions on better regular season record.
* Liga Nacional 1988–89 Champion
* Real España 5th title

## Top scorers

* Miguel Mathews (Motagua) with 8 goals
* Rubén Alonso (Real España) with 8 goals
* Carlos H. Lobo (Curacao) with 8 goals
* Raúl Centeno Gamboa (Platense) with 8 goals

## Squads

Curacao :
| Constantino Reyes | Calos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo | Eduardo Bennett |
| César Martínez | Edgar Murillo | Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante |
| Samuel Chávez | Iván Guerra | Francisco "Pancho" González |
| Nelson "Namasigüe" Guevara | Jeremías "Burrito" González | Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo |
| Juan Antonio "Zurdo" Aguilar |
| Marathón |||
| Dangelo Bautista | Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero | Francisco Adelmo Herrera |
| José Luis "Joche" Alvarado | Porfirio Armando Betancourt | José Ulloa Villatoro |
| Eduardo Laing | Óscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz | Pedro Geovany Midence |
| Jorge Suamy Álvarez | José Manuel Enamorado Díaz | Jorge Chévez |
| Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias | Luis Cornet |
| Neptally Turcios | Leonel Machado | Aparicio Colón |
| Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo | | |
| Motagua |||
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | Miguel Antonio Mathews Sargent | Fabricio "Amapala" Pérez |
| Hernaín Arzú | Donaldo "Martillo" Guillén Reyes | Gilberto Yearwood |
| Juan Gómez Ortiz | José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez | Geraldo da Silva |
| Olimpia |||
| Óscar Banegas | Belarmino Rivera | Juan Carlos "Rata" Contreras |
| Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga | Prudencio Norales | Vicente Daniel Viera |
| Ramón Fernández Riera | Jorge Manuel "Bugy" Ulate | Santos "Indio" Ruiz |
| Antonio "Flaco" Hernández | Danilo Galindo | Fernando Tovar |
| Eugenio Dolmo Flores | Alex Pineda Chacón | Raúl Martínez Sambulá |
| Javier Flores | Luis Jaime | Patrocinio Sierra |
| Juan Carlos Pineda Chacón | Daniel Zapata | Rudy Alberto Williams |
| Nahúm Espinoza | Erick Fú Lanza | Darío Mejía |
| Juan Carlos Espinoza | Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado | |
| Platense |||
| Raúl Centeno Gamboa | Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López | Jorge Arita Neals |
| Fernando Nuila | Margarito Bernárdez | |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz | José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos |
| Geovany Gayle Alarcón | Ildefonso Bonilla | Jorge López Silva |
| Rubén Alonso | Nelson Benavídez | Esteban Pitío Centeno |
| Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro | Edith Hernando Contreras | Carlos Fernando Landa |
| Allan Anthony Costly | Alex Geovany Ávila | Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya |
| Nahamán Humberto González | Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba | "Yuca" López |
| Karl Antonio Roland | Enrique Daniel Uberty García | Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo |
| Rigoberto "Rigo" González | Luis "Gavilán" Cálix | Junior Rashford Costly |
| Carlos Reyes | Carlos Orlando Caballero | |
| Sula |||
| Lorenzo Crisanto Batiz | Amílcar Lowe | Gregorio Flores |
| Mario Bustillo | Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal | Manuel Reyes Meraz |
| Fernando Nuila | Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez | Marco "Choreta" Ordóñez |
| Luis Alonso Zúniga | Carlos Aguilar Bonilla | Dennis Caballero |
| Óscar "Pito Loco" López | Catarino Amaya | Marco "Toñito" Gómez |
| Rigoberto Castillo | Emilio "Chespirito" Hernández | Johnny Williams |
| José Luis "Pili" Aguirre | Roger Javier Valladares | Mauricio Camacho |
| Universidad |||
| Gerardo "Cholo" Villalobos | César Adonis Flores | Roberto "Chele" Barahona |
| Fraterno Calderon | Salomón Nazzar | Juan José Craniotis |
| Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano | Iván Canales | Iván Ponce |
| Jorge "Chino" Euceda | Roberto Brites |
| Victoria |||
| Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte | Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett | Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras |
| Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga | Ramón Berckling | |
| Vida |||
| Raúl David Fúnez | Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez | Rudy Pine Pack |
| José Emilio Martínez | Jorge Ernesto Pineda | Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna |
| José Danilo Carías Figueroa | René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez | Carlos Ramírez |