The 1965–66 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the inaugural edition of the
Honduran Liga Nacional
Honduran may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Honduras
* Hondurans, persons from Honduras or of Honduran descent
* Honduran population, see Ethnicity in Honduras
* Honduran Spanish, the language spoken in Honduras
* Honduran cuisine
* ...
. The season ran from 18 July 1965 to 23 January 1966. The format of the tournament consisted of a double
round-robin schedule.
Platense F.C.
Platense Fútbol Club or simply Platense is a Honduran Association football, football club, located in Platense, Puerto Cortés, Cortés Department, Cortés.
The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Liga ...
won the title after defeating
España
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2–0 in the last round at
El Progreso
El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 120,600 (2023 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Yoro (department), Yoro.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Su ...
.
Background
In 1964, a triangular tournament was organized between three clubs from the ''Liga Dionisio de Herrera'' between
C.D.S. Vida
Club Deportivo y Social Vida, or simply Vida, was a Honduran professional Association football, football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida (department), Atlántida. The club last competed in the Honduran Liga Nacional de Ascenso, Liga Nacional d ...
,
C.D. Victoria and
C.D. Atlántida
Club Deportivo Atlántida is a Honduran soccer club based on La Ceiba, Honduras, founded in 1927.
The club currently plays in the Honduran Liga Mayor, Honduran third division.
History
In 1964, a triangular tournament was organized between three ...
; having Vida qualified for the 1965–66 league.
1965–66 teams
*
Atlético Español
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*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
(
Tegucigalpa
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)
*
España
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(
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701, ...
)
*
Honduras
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(
El Progreso
El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 120,600 (2023 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Yoro (department), Yoro.
Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Su ...
)
*
La Salle (
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701, ...
)
*
Marathón (
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 701, ...
)
*
Motagua
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The Motagua Rive ...
(
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...
)
*
Olimpia (
Tegucigalpa
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)
*
Platense (
Puerto Cortés
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)
*
Troya (
Tegucigalpa
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)
*
Vida
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Geography
* Vida (Gradačac), village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Lake Vida, Victoria Valley, Antarctica
* U.S. settled places:
** Vida, Montana
** Vida, Oregon
** Vida, Missour ...
(
La Ceiba
La Ceiba () is a municipality, the capital of the Honduran department of Atlántida (department), Atlántida, and a port city on the northern Caribbean coast in Honduras. It forms part of the southeastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras. With ...
)
Regular season
Standings
* ''Winners:
Platense (won regular season)''
* ''Runners-up:
Olimpia''
* ''Last:
Atlético Español
Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to:
Sports Teams Athletico
*Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
*Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...
(no relegation)''
Round 1
Round 2
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Round 7
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Round 8
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Top scorer
* Henry Grey Fúnez (
La Salle) with 14 goals
Squads
Curiosities
On 24 October 1965, the match between
F.C. Motagua and
C.D. España was interrupted for several minutes due to a deflated
ball
A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but sometimes ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for s ...
. Since there were no additional balls, the match had to be briefly suspended while the only ball was being re-inflated in a close by gas station.
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13 October 2016
References
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1965–66 in Honduran football
Honduras
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