# 1989–90 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1989–90 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 24th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament was the same as the 1987-88 season and was a rematch of the 23rd edition final. Club Deportivo Olimpia successfully defended its 1989 title after defeating in the final runner-up Real C.D. España. Title holder and runner-up qualified for berths to the 1990 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1989–90 teams

* Curacao (Tegucigalpa)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Sula (La Lima)
* Súper Estrella (Danlí, promoted)
* 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 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 17 | +22 | 40 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Marathón | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Platense | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 25 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Victoria | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 24 | |
| 5 | Súper Estrella | 27 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 22 | |
* ↑ Olimpia clinched Final spot as Regular season winner.
* ↑ Olimpia, Marathón and Platense qualified to Final round.

### Standings Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 31 | 16 | +15 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 28 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Sula | 27 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 21 | To Relegation playoffs |
| 4 | Vida | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 21 | To Relegation playoffs |
| 5 | Curacao | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 21 | To Relegation playoffs |
* ↑ Real España and Motagua qualified to Final round.
* ↑ Sula, Vida and Platense to play a Triangular for relegation.

## Final round
### Relegation standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Sula | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 9 | Vida | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Curacao | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Relegated to Segunda División |

### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 13 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Olimpia | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | |
| 3 | Motagua | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Platense | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Marathón | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | |
* 1 2 3 4 Platense–Motagua and Real España–Marathón were canceled due to irrelevance and shared points.
* ↑ Real España qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

### Final

* Olimpia 1–1 Real España on aggregate; Olimpia champions as better goal difference in Regular season and Final round together.

## Top scorer

* Álex Geovany Ávila (Real España) with 13 goals

## Squads

Marathón :
| Francisco Adelmo Herrera | José Luis "Joche" Alvarado | Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales |
| Oscar Gerardo "Maradona" Cruz | José Ulloa Villatoro | Nicolás Suazo Velásquez |
| Mauro Pacheco | Pastor Martínez | Neptaly Turcios |
| José Manuel Enamorado Díaz | Pedro Geovany Midence | Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo |
| Leonel Machado | | |
| Motagua |||
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | Miguel Antonio Mathews Sargent | Gerardo "Cholo" Villalobos |
| Hernaín Arzú | Rosmán Calderón | Patrocinio Sierra Doblado |
| José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez | | |
| Olimpia |||
| Óscar Banegas | Belarmino Rivera | Carlos José Laje Moreno |
| Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga | Eugenio Dolmo Flores | Santos "Indio" Ruiz |
| José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández | Javier Flores | Alex Pineda Chacón |
| Fernando Tovar Durón | Juan Carlos "Rata" Contreras | Vicente Daniel Viera |
| Juan Carlos Espinoza | Rudy Alberto Williams | Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón |
| Erick Darío Fú Lanza | Darío Mejía | Danilo "Pollo" Galindo |
| Daniel Zapata | | |
| Platense |||
| Marco Antonio Gómez | Raúl Centeno Gamboa | Jorge Arita Neals |
| Real España |||
| Jorge López Silva | Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz |
| José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos | Alex Geovany Ávila | Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda |
| Carlos Orlando Caballero | Luis "Gavilán" Cálix | Nahamán Humberto González |
| Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro | Rigoberto "Rigo" González | Carlos Fernando Landa |
| Camilo Bonilla Paz | Erick Gerardo Gallegos |
| Karl Antonio Roland | Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna | Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo |
| Juan "Nito" Anariba | Edith Hernando Contreras | Marcelino Blanco |
| Sula |||
| Fernando Nuila | Óscar "Pito Loco" López | José Luis "Pili" Aguirre |
| Carlos Aguilar Bonilla | Roger Javier Valladares | Edgardo Geovany "Yura" Róchez |
| Luis Alonso Zúniga | | |
| Súper Estrella |||
| Víctor Orlando Garay | Víctor Hernán Duarte | |
| Victoria |||
| Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett | Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga | Ramón Berckling |
| Enrique Reneau | Mario Lanza | Jorge Manuel Ulate |
| Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras | | |
| Vida |||
| Carlos Ramírez | Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez | Mario Peri |
| Clayburn McKenzie "El Caracol" | Miguel Guity | Peter Buchanan |
| Rudy Pine Pack | "Maizon" Rosales | José Danilo Carías Figueroa |
| René Arturo David "Pupa" Martínez | Jorge Ernesto Pineda |