# 1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 1987–88 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 22nd edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament consisted of two groups of five followed by a 5-team playoff round. Club Deportivo Olimpia successfully defended its 1986–87 title in the final against runner-up C.D. Marathón. Both teams qualified for berths to the 1988 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

## 1987–88 teams

* E.A.C.I. (Isletas)
* Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
* Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
* Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
* Platense (Puerto Cortés)
* Real España (San Pedro Sula)
* Sula (La Lima)
* Universidad (Tegucigalpa, promoted)
* Victoria (La Ceiba)
* Vida (La Ceiba)
* Platense played its home games at Estadio Francisco Morazán due to renovations to Estadio Excélsior.
* E.A.C.I. is from Isletas but played in Olanchito.

## Regular season
### Standings Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Marathón | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 38 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Olimpia | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Victoria | 27 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 32 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Platense | 27 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 22 | |
| 5 | E.A.C.I. | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 16 | Relegated to Segunda División |
* ↑ Marathón clinched Final spot as regular season winner.
* ↑ Marathón, Olimpia and Victoria qualified to the Final round.
* 1 2 Extra match between Olimpia and Victoria required to decide second place.
* ↑ E.A.C.I. relegated to second division.

### Standings Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real España | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 35 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Sula | 27 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 28 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Motagua | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 26 | |
| 4 | Vida | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 21 | |
| 5 | Universidad | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
* ↑ Real España and Sula qualified to the Final round.

### 2nd Place playoff
## Final round
### Pentagonal standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 11 | Qualified to the Final |
| 2 | Real España | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 9 | |
| 3 | Sula | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| 4 | Marathón | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | |
| 5 | Victoria | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 5 | |
* ↑ Olimpia qualified to Final as Pentagonal winner.

### Final

| Marathón | Olimpia |
Erasmo Guerrero :
| RB | – | Pastor Martínez |
| CB | – | Aparicio Colón |
| CB | – | Herminio Villalobos |
| LB | – | Óscar Bardales |
| CM | – | Jorge Chévez |
| DM | – | Marco García |
| CM | – | Richardson Smith |
| AM | – | Leonel Machado |
| CF | – | Eduardo Laing |
| CF | – | Ciro Castillo |
| Manager: |||
| José Herrera |||
Óscar Banegas :
| RB | – | Daniel Zapata |
| CB | – | Alejandro Ruíz |
| CB | – | Patrocinio Sierra |
| LM | – | Raúl Martínez Sambulá |
| DM | – | Erick Fú |
| CM | – | Eduardo Santana |
| CM | – | Juan Carlos Espinoza |
| RW | – | José Mario Figueroa |
| CF | – | Juan Flores |
| LW | – | Eugenio Flores |
| Manager: |||
| Carlos Padilla |||
* Olimpia won 1–0 on aggregate.

## Top scorer

* Gilberto Leonel Machado (Marathón) with 19 goals

## Squads

E.A.C.I. :
| Miguel Angel "Payasito" Gómez | Geovany Rodríguez | Rony Galeas |
| Lincoln Gustavo Alemán | Juan Alberto "Ninja" Padilla Bardales | José Betancourt |
| Luis García | Omar "Carguero" Renderos | Luis Azaneth Ortiz |
| Jorge Sierra | Raul David Fúnez | Edgar Murillo |
| Jorge Sánchez | Víctor Hugo Salgado | Alirio Posas |
| Ernesto Isaula | Héctor Beltrán | Roger Omar "Maisón" Rosales |
| Héctor Manuel Posantes | César Galindo | Jorge Meléndez |
| Tedy Lozano | Cándido Luis "Cubillo" García | Celio Sánchez |
| Rafael "Sietío" Torres Castro | Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata |
| Oscar Santiago "Tigre" Carbajal | Walter Baca Plummer | |
| Marathón |||
| Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero | Gilberto Leonel Machado García | Javier Toledo |
| Pedro Midence | Suamy Álvarez | José Luis "Joche" Alvarado |
| Amílcar Lanza | Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales | Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias |
| Rodolfo Richardson Smith | Herminio Villalobos | Marco "Tono" García |
| Pedro Geovany Midence | Francisco Adelmo Herrera | Fredy Méndez |
| Samuel Figueroa | Tomás Róchez | Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano |
| Jorge Chévez | Fernando Figueroa | Pastor Martínez |
| Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo | Eduardo Laing | Aparicio Colón |
| Óscar "Moro" Bardales | Efraín "Pucho" Osorio | |
| Motagua |||
| Orlin Banegas | Carneiro Da Silva | Amílcar Leonel Suazo |
| Juan Gómez Ortiz | José Mario "Kivo" Almendárez | Eugenio Meléndez |
| Isidro Arriola | Victor Manuel "Pechito" Zelaya | Robson de Moura |
| Manuel "Meme" Chavarria | Oscar "Sapo" Hernandez | Dennis Ponce |
| Jorge Nunes | Celeo "Chimpilin" Herrera | Arnold López |
| Salvador Filo | Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo | Oscar Murillo |
| Olimpia |||
| Óscar Banegas | Fernando Tovar Durón | Raúl Martínez Sambulá |
| José Antonio "Flaco" Hernández | Alejandro "Indio" Ruiz | Eugenio Dolmo Flores |
| Vicente Daniel Viera | Eduardo Santana | Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado |
| Patrocinio Sierra | José Mario "Chueco" Figueroa | Juan Carlos Espinoza |
| Daniel Zapata | Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga | Erick Darío Fú Lanza |
| Juan Flores | Danilo Galindo | Julio Franco |
| Javier Flores | Juan Cruz Murillo | Osman Madrid |
| Platense |||
| Jimmy Steward | Arturo Johnson | Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden |
| Héctor Javier Flores | Jorge Arita Neals | Raúl Centeno Gamboa |
| Carlos Luján | Carlos Aguilar Bonilla | |
| Real España |||
| Julio César "El Tile" Arzú | Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz | José Mauricio "Guicho" Fúnez Barrientos |
| Karl Antonio Roland | Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda | Gilberto Gerónimo Yearwood |
| Junior Rashford Costly | Edith Hernando Contreras | Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews |
| Juan Ramón "Montuca" Castro | Nelson Benavídez | Esteban Pitío Centeno |
| Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo | Javier Chavarría | Edimar Luiz Marques |
| Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón | Carlos Orlando Caballero | |
| Sula |||
| Belarmino Rivera | Marcos Lacayo | Óscar "Tigre" Carbajal |
| Hernán Santiago "Cortes" García Martínez | Luis Alonso Zúniga | Danilo "Pilo" Henríquez |
| Marco Adolfo "Choreta" Ordóñez | Fernando Nuila | Dennis Caballero |
| Óscar "Pito Loco" López | Antonio "Machangay" Amaya López | Marco Antonio Gómez |
| Catarino Amaya | José Manuel Enamorado Díaz | Mario Bustillo |
| Héctor Caballero | Edgardo "Caco" Reyes | Rigoberto Castillo |
| Jorge Fidel "Gringo" Romero | Orlando Pineda | José Luis "Pili" Aguirre |
| Universidad |||
| Juan Jerezano | José Luis Cruz Figueroa | Roberto "Chele" Barahona |
| Fraterno Calderón | Carlos "Carlón" Martínez | Moisés "Tanque" Velázquez |
| Juan Jose Craniotis | Olvin Elvir | Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano |
| Victoria |||
| Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte | Jorge Alberto "Bala" Bennett | José Manuel Vaquedano |
| Renán "Chimbo" Aguilera Contreras | Carlos Roberto "Condorito" Mejía Alvarenga | Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz |
| Ramón Berckling | | |
| Vida |||
| Carlos Ramírez | Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez | Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna |
| Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez | José Emilio Martínez | Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya |
| Óscar Escobar |