# 1978–79 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1978–79 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 13th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Motagua won the title after defeating Real C.D. España in the finals. It's unclear why no Honduran representation was sent to the 1979 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Nevertheless, Motagua, Real España, Olimpia and Broncos obtained berths to the 1979 Copa Fraternidad.

## 1978–79 teams

* Broncos (Choluteca)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Tiburones (Choluteca, promoted)
* Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Motagua | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Olimpia | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 33 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Real España | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 27 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Marathón | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Platense | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 26 | Qualified to the repechage |
| 6 | Broncos | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 26 | Qualified to the repechage |
| 7 | Universidad | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 26 | |
| 8 | Vida | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 26 | |
| 9 | Victoria | 27 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 24 | |
| 10 | Tiburones | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 18 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ Motagua secured final spot as regular season winner.
* ↑ Top five qualify to final round.
* ↑ Extra match required between Platense and Broncos to decide fifth place.
* ↑ Tiburones relegated.

### Fifth place playoff

* Broncos advanced to Pentagonal on awarded points.

## Final round
### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Motagua | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | |
| 3 | Olimpia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Broncos | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Marathón | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 2 | |
* ↑ Real España qualified to final as winner of Pentagonal.

### Final
## Top scorer

* Salvador Bernárdez (Motagua) with 15 goals

## Squads

Broncos :
| German "Loco" Guzmán | Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta | Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz |
| Marathón |||
| Daniel Argelio Romero | Óscar Machigua | René "Maravilla" Suazo |
| Exequiel "Estupiñán" García | Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez | Manuel Rodríguez |
| David Sánchez | Tomás Wood | Manuel Doblado |
| Leónidas Nolasco | Erick Cabalceta | Rigoberto Castro |
| Richard Kenneth Payne | Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla | Roberto Bailey |
| Ramón "Albañil" Osorio | Francisco Javier Toledo | Julio "Ruso" Bonilla |
| Ricardo Nuila | Osman Peña | Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández |
| Mario López | Carlos "Calín" Morales | Iván Ramos |
| Félix Concepción Carranza | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias | Celso Fredy Güity |
| Porfirio Armando Betancourt | Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez | |
| Motagua |||
| Roger Mayorga | Alcides Morales | Roberto Abrussezze |
| Salvador "Pichini" Bernárdez | Carlos Mejía | Marco Tulio "Coyol" López |
| Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez | Roberto "Muñiña" Escalante | Héctor "Lin" Zelaya |
| René "Kun Fu" Velásquez | Camilo Mejía | Juan Ramón Aguilar |
| Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro | Marco Tulio Andino | Roxne Romero |
| Ennos Pereira | Rigoberto Sosa | Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes |
| Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga | Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya | Antonio Antonio Obando |
| Samuel Rivera | Edgardo Sosa | José Luis Zelaya |
| Mario Moncada | Feliciano Guardado | Mariano Godoy |
| David Bueso | David Medina | Alberto Centurión |
| Olimpia |||
| Belarmino Rivera | Francisco Zelaya Pastrana | Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz |
| Vicente Suazo | Óscar García | Héctor Uclés |
| Víctor Romero | Víctor "Calero" Lozano | Óscar Batíz |
| Adán Amador | Carlos Figueroa | Manuel Gámez |
| Arturo Cáceres | Óscar Banegas | José Amador |
| Joaquín del Arca | Osmán Zelaya | Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand |
| Roger Chavarría | Prudencio "Tecate" Norales | Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez |
| Jorge Alberto "Perro" González | Samuel Montoya | Walter Chávez |
| Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño | Ricardo Carreño | Carlos Maldonado |
| Walter "Estupiñán" Amador | José Antonio García | Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir |
| Platense |||
| Arnulfo Echeverría | Manuel de Jesús Fuentes | Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner |
| Danilo "Pulga" Flores | Arturo Payne | Rubén Rodríguez Peña Llantén |
| Alex Rodríguez | | |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina | Walter Jimminson |
| Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao | José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega | Clinton Campbell |
| Gustavo Portillo | Junior Rashford Costly | Marvin Zúniga |
| Alberto Ferreira da Silva | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Jimmy James Bailey |
| Allan Costly | Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz | Jimmy Steward |
| Edith Hernando Contreras | | |
| Tiburones |||
| Juan Jerezano | "Yuyuga" Flores | David Silva |
| Salustio Pacheco | Alejandro Palacios | "Nilo" Herrera |
| Edgar Alfaro | Agustín Alemán | Pedro Colón |
| José Reynaldo Villagra | Domingo Martínez | |
| Universidad |||
| Roger Mayorga | Otoniel Oliva | Joaquín Pavón Sequeira |
| Mauricio Cruz Jiron | Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá | José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar |
| Victoria |||
| Óscar Figueroa | Reynaldo Mejía Ortega | Camilo Bonifacio |
| Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent | Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya | David Goff |
| Pedro Caetano da Silva | Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga | Francisco Jiménez |
| Miguel Ángel "Primitivo" Ortiz | Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz | Luis Edgardo Meléndez |
| Vida |||
| Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins | Ramón Nectally "Liebre" Guardado | Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo |
| Edgardo Williams | Abraham Osorio | Peter Buchanan |
| Hermenegildo Orellana | César "Cesarín" Aguirre | Marco Tulio "Socadito" Zelaya |
| Carlos Aguirre | Neptally "Liebre" Guardado | Carlos Johnson |
| Carlos Bejarano | Felipe "Embajador" Sánchez | Juan Dolmo Arzú |
| Mario Ardón | Roberto "Macho" Figueroa | Carlos Talbot |
| Manuel Gámez | Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza | Wilfredo Rodríguez |
| Carlos Orlando Caballero | Dennis "Bomba" Hinds | Arnulfo Ardón |
| Matilde Selim Lacayo | Carlos "Comay" Flores | Jesús "Bululo" Carías |
| Jorge Bernárdez | Jaime Morales | Roberto Maradiaga |