# 1976–77 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1976–77 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 11th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. España won the title after defeating C.D. Motagua in the finals. Both teams qualified to the 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1976–77 teams

* Broncos (Choluteca)
* Campamento (Catacamas, promoted)
* España (San Pedro Sula)
* Federal (Tegucigalpa)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
* Vida (La Ceiba)

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | España | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 12 | +15 | 35 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Vida | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 33 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Marathón | 27 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Olimpia | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 30 | |
| 6 | Universidad | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 7 | Platense | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 24 | |
| 8 | Federal | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 20 | |
| 9 | Broncos | 27 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 19 | |
| 10 | Campamento | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 13 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ España clinched final spot as regular season winner.
* ↑ Top four qualified to final round.
* ↑ Campamento relegated.

## Final round
### Cuadrangular standings

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

### Final
## Top scorer

* Oscar Hernández (Marathón) with 10 goals

## Squads

Broncos :
| Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez | Salustio Pacheco | Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz |
| Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles | Marco Tulio Rubí | |
| Campamento |||
| Arturo Díaz | Dagoberto Nayra | Alex Rodríguez |
| José Humberto Tróchez | David Silva | |
| Real España |||
| Jimmy Steward | Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta |
| Mauricio "Mozambique" Alvarez | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Jaime Villegas |
| Ernesto "Tractor" Ramírez | Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez | Julio César Girón |
| Allan Costly | Gilberto Yearwood | Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina |
| Edelmín "Pando" Castro | José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega | Edy Bustillo |
| Alberto Ferreira da Silva | Jimmy James Bailey | Julio Tapia |
| Andrés Soto Araya | Roberto Martínez "Roby" Arzú | Gil Josué Rodríguez |
| Rubén Rodríguez-Peña | Reynaldo Mejía Ortega | Walter Humberto Jimminson |
| Julio “Chino” Ortiz | Clinton Campbell | Gustavo Portillo |
| Luis Oswaldo Altamirano | Marvin Zúniga | Jorge García Rojas |
| Junior Costly | | |
| Federal |||
| Julio Meza | José Ernesto "Toto" Cáceres | |
| Marathón |||
| Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández | Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez | Daniel Argelio Romero |
| Leroy Foster | Carlos "Calín" Morales | Roscoe Charles |
| Exequiel "Estupiñán" García | Ramón "Albañil" Osorio | Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla |
| Allan Ricardo Young | Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent | |
| Motagua |||
| Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro | Alfredo Hawit Banegas | Jurandir dos Santos |
| José Maria "Chema" Durón | Mariano Godoy | Mario Iubini |
| Ramón Enrique "Primitivo" Maradiaga | Roger Mayorga | Alcides Morales |
| Ronald Quilter | Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes | Roxne Romero |
| Rigoberto Sosa | Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez | Manuel "Candado" Williams |
| Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya | Héctor "Lin" Zelaya | |
| Olimpia |||
| Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Jorge Alberto "Cejas" Brand Guevara | Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand |
| Selvin Cárcamo | Walter Chávez | Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza |
| Ángel Ramón "Mon" Paz | | |
| Platense |||
| Carlos "Care" Alvarado | Rafael Argeñal | Félix Concepción Carranza |
| Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner | Manuel de Jesús Fuentes | Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero |
| Mario Ortega | Arturo Payne | Víctor Samuel Rivera |
| Universidad |||
| José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar | Ricardo Nuila | Pablo Candú Palma |
| Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá | | |
| Vida |||
| Marco Antonio Marcos Peña | José María "Chema" Salinas | Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins |
| Zacarías "Frijolito" Collins | Oscar "Burra" Acosta | Arturo "Junia" Garden |
| Morris Garden | Mario McKoy | Manuel Bernárdez Calderón |
| César "Cesarín" Aguirre | Wilfredo "Wil" Rodríguez | Mario Murillo |
| Jesús Octavio Cifuentes | Jairo López | José López "Rulo" Paz |
| Mario Ardón | Tomás "Tommy" Marshall | Juan David |
| Edgardo Williams | Vicente Suazo | Dennis "Bomba" Hinds |
| Peter Buchanan | Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza | Jorge Peralta |
| Antonio "Danto" Urbina | Hermenegildo Orellana | Ramón Neptaly "Liebre" Guardado |
| Jorge Caballero | Osman Zelaya | Fredy Delgado |
| Matilde Selím Lacayo | Marco Antonio Caballero |