# 1968–69 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1968–69 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 4th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of a three round-robin schedule. C.D. Motagua won the title and qualified to the 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1968–69 teams

* C.D. Atlético Español (Tegucigalpa)
* Atlético Indio (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. España (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Honduras (El Progreso)
* C.D. Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* C.D. Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* C.D. Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* C.D. Victoria (La Ceiba, promoted)
* C.D.S. Vida (La Ceiba)

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Motagua (C) | 27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 39 | Qualified to the 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup |
| 2 | Olimpia | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 36 | |
| 3 | Platense | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 36 | |
| 4 | Atlético Indio | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 34 | |
| 5 | España | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 25 | |
| 6 | Marathón | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 25 | |
| 7 | Victoria | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 21 | |
| 8 | Vida | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 21 | |
| 9 | Honduras | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 18 | |
| 10 | Atlético Español (R) | 27 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 41 | −22 | 15 | Relegated to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Motagua champions as regular season winner.
* ↑ Olimpia runner-up as finishing second.
* 1968–69 Liga Nacional champion
* C.D. Motagua 1st title

## Top scorer

* Roberto Abrussezze (Motagua) with 16 goals

## Squads

Atlético Español :
| Fernando "Azulejo" Bulnes | Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz | Héctor Salvador "Chava" Reyes |
| Atlético Indio |||
| Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir | Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara |
| Real España |||
| Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta | Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara | Carlos Francisco "Chico Chico" Handal |
| Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz | Camilo jerez | Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden |
| Domingo "Mingo" Ramos | Jacobo Sarmiento | Jaime Villegas |
| Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo | René "Pelón" Orellana | Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez |
| Honduras |||
| Alfredo Hawit Banegas | Jorge Alberto Suazo Marín | Óscar Bustamante |
| Allan Ricardo Young | Marcos Peña | Pedro Deras |
| Espedito Serafín | José López Paz | |
| Marathón |||
| Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez | "Burro" Deras | René Rodríguez |
| Alexander "Nina" Guillén | Shuberty "Nel" Castillo | Enrique "Quique" Grey Fúnez |
| Ramón Cano | Gil "Fátima" Valerio | Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Álvarez |
| Flavio Ortega | Clarival Oliveira | José Shubert |
| Motagua |||
| Salvador Dubois Leiva | Lenard Wells | Marcos Banegas |
| Roberto Jérez | Roberto Abrussezze | Geraldo Baptista |
| Pedro Colón | Fermín "Min" Navarro | Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández |
| Ricardo “Catín” Cárdenas | Ado Baptista | Nelson Benavídez |
| Julio Meza | Alfonso “Foncho” Navarro | Yoponón de Souza |
| José Castillo | Rubén Guifarro | Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica |
| Mariano Godoy | Marco Tulio González | Juan Ramos |
| Carlos Díaz | Pedro Caetano da Silva | Humberto Maximiliano ”Piquete Amador” |
| Olimpia |||
| Juan José "Chino" Aguilar | Juan Andino | Domingo "Toncontín" Ferrera |
| José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega | René Reyes "Reno" Rodríguez | Juan Ramón Lagos |
| Raúl Suazo Lagos | Conrado "Chorotega" Flores | Rigoberto "Shula" Gómez Murillo |
| Donaldo "Coyoles" Rosales | Selvin Cárcamo | Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros |
| Carlos "Calistrín" Suazo Lagos | Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza | Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir |
| Platense |||
| Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Reynaldo Castro Gil | Eduardo "Basuka" Flashing |
| Alfonso Zamora | Tomás Máximo | Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez |
| Jimmy Steward | Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina | Norman Castro |
| Óscar Marino Piedrahita | Martín Castillo | Pablo "Chita" Arzú |
| Victoria |||
| Terencio Escobar | José Eduardo Castillo | Reynaldo Mejía Ortega |
| Anael "Lito" Martínez | Luis Alonso Metzquin | Reynaldo Zúniga |
| Antonio Muñoz | Carlos Vilorio | Salvador Hernández |
| Edgardo Bustillo | César "Cesarín" Aguirre | Salvador Ramírez |
| Roberto Martínez | Óscar García | Antonio Zapata |
| Luis Bueso | Sergio Jiménez | René "Maravilla" Suazo |
| Gerardo García | José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza | Gilberto Martínez |
| Adolfo "Fito" López | Óscar Muñoz | Rigoberto Martínez |
| Alejandro Palacios | Héctor Mejía | Manuel Bubuch |
| Sergio "Tito" Martínez | Virgilio Rodríguez | Ciriaco Gutiérrez |
| José Inés Izaguirre | Armando Motiño | Pablo Villegas |
| Jesús Urbina | Armando Reyes | Carlos Brown |
| Jorge "Chino" Suazo | René Bernárdez | |
| Vida |||
| Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto | Gustavo Adolfo "Gorsha" Collins | Óscar Banegas |
| Mario Murillo | Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya | "Yoyu" Puerto |
| Alberto "Campeón" Amaya | "Rebelde" Rodríguez | Cristóbal "Craka" Brooks |
| Jesús "Pun" Fuentes | Gustavo Antonio "Danto" Urbina | Morris Garden |
| José María "Chema" Salinas | |