# 1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 16th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D.S. Vida won the title after defeating Atlético Morazán in the finals and qualified to the 1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Vida, Atlético Morazán, C.D. Marathón and Real C.D. España obtained berths to the 1982 Copa Fraternidad.

## 1981–82 teams

* Atlético Morazán (Tegucigalpa)
* Broncos (Choluteca)
* Independiente (San Pedro Sula, promoted)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* 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 | Atlético Morazán | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 39 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Vida | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Marathón | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 33 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Broncos | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 6 | Real España | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 31 | |
| 7 | Olimpia | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 27 | |
| 8 | Victoria | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 26 | |
| 9 | Independiente | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 25 | |
| 10 | Universidad | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | Relegated to Segunda División |
| 11 | Platense | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 18 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ Atlético Morazán secured Final place as Regular season winner.
* ↑ Top 5 qualify to Final round.
* ↑ Universidad and Platense relegated to second division.

## Final round
### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Motagua | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Forced to a replay |
| 2 | Vida | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Forced to a replay |
| 3 | Marathón | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | Broncos | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Atlético Morazán | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | |
* 1 2 The game between Broncos and Motagua in Choluteca on 11 October was awarded to Motagua as Broncos didn't show up.
* ↑ Motagua and Vida had to play an extra match in a neutral venue to qualify to the Final.

### Replay

* Vida won Replay and advanced to the Final.

### Final

* Vida won 4–1 on aggregated score.

## Top scorer

* Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 15 goals

## Squads

Atlético Morazán :
| Moisés "Tanque" Velásquez | Francisco "Pancho" González | José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega |
| Joaquín Arrastoa | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao |
| Noel Omar Renderos | | |
| Broncos |||
| Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano | José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo | Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz |
| Independiente de San Pedro Sula |||
| José Mauricio Fúnez Barrientos | Jorge Martínez | Felipe "Nicio" Rivera |
| Roberto Herrera Moreno | Marco Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina | Alberto Perich |
| José Ramón Hinds | Rodolfo "Mirandinha" Smith | |
| Marathón |||
| Albert Fay | Darío Cribas | Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez |
| Oswaldo Zaldívar | Arturo Payne | José Angel Peña |
| Herminio Villalobos | Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias |
| Celso Fredy Güity | Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent | Carlos Mejía |
| Gilberto Leonel Machado García | Francisco Javier Toledo | |
| Motagua |||
| Alcides Morales | Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño | Héctor Ramón Chávez |
| Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes | José María "Chema" Durón | Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya |
| Olimpia |||
| Belarmino Rivera | Óscar Banegas | Carlos Solano |
| Félix Concepción Carranza | Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | Carlos Solís |
| Jorge Alberto "Perro" González | Jorge Brand | Nelson de Moraes |
| Richard Kenneth Payne | | |
| Platense |||
| Modesto Ayestas | Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata | Juan Jerezano |
| Carlos Roberto Deras | Jorge Luis Mancía | Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden |
| Ramón Cruz Colindres | Alex Rodríguez | |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Didier Gutiérrez | Hernán Zelaya |
| Carlos Saúl Bonilla | Junior Rashford Costly | Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz |
| Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews | Walter Humberto Jimminson Warren | Javier Chavarría |
| Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina | Jimmy Steward | Edith Hernando Contreras |
| Carlos Orlando Caballero | Héctor "Lin" Zelaya | Efraín Pucho Osorio |
| Universidad |||
| Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá | Edimar Luiz Marques | José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar |
| Victoria |||
| Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte | Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga | José Reynaldo Villagra |
| Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz | Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya | David Goff |
| Vida |||
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | Martín Lacayo | Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins |
| Natividad Morales Barrios | Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo | Matilde Selím Lacayo |
| Junior Mejía | José Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza | Jesús Carías |
| Dennis "Bomba" Hinds | Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado | Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú |
| Roberto "Macho" Figueroa |

## Trivia

* There was a total of 405 goals this season, a record still unbeaten.