1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional
{{infobox football league season
| competition = Liga Nacional
| season = 1981–82
| logo =
| winners = Vida (1st)
| relegated = Platense
Universidad
| continentalcup1 = CONCACAF Champions' Cup
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Vida
| continentalcup2 = Copa Fraternidad
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Vida
Atlético Morazán
Marathón
Real España
| league topscorer = Altamirano (15)
| total goals = 405
| matches = 173
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| prevseason = 1980–81
| nextseason = 1982–83
| updated = 28 October 1981
}}
The 1981–82 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 16th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D.S. Vida won the title after defeating Atlético Morazán in the finals[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hondhist.html RSSSF.com–Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95]–11 December 2009 and qualified to the 1982 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Vida, Atlético Morazán, C.D. Marathón and Real C.D. España obtained berths to the 1982 Copa Fraternidad.
1981–82 teams
{{colbegin}}
- Atlético Morazán (Tegucigalpa)
- Broncos (Choluteca)
- Independiente (San Pedro Sula, promoted)
- Marathón (San Pedro Sula)
- Motagua (Tegucigalpa)
- Olimpia (Tegucigalpa)
- Platense (Puerto Cortés)
- Real España (San Pedro Sula)
- Universidad (Tegucigalpa)
- Victoria (La Ceiba)
- Vida (La Ceiba)
{{colend}}
Regular season
=Standings=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|winpoints=2
|team1=AMO|name_AMO=Atlético Morazán
|team2=MOT|name_MOT=Motagua
|team3=VID|name_VID=Vida
|team4=MAR|name_MAR=Marathón
|team5=BRO|name_BRO=Broncos
|team6=RES|name_RES=Real España
|team7=OLI|name_OLI=Olimpia
|team8=VIC|name_VIC=Victoria
|team9=IND|name_IND=Independiente
|team10=BUN|name_BUN=Universidad
|team11=PLA|name_PLA=Platense
|win_AMO=14|draw_AMO=11|loss_AMO=5|gf_AMO=39|ga_AMO=28
|win_MOT=15|draw_MOT=8|loss_MOT=7|gf_MOT=35|ga_MOT=25
|win_VID=14|draw_VID=10|loss_VID=6|gf_VID=32|ga_VID=26
|win_MAR=10|draw_MAR=13|loss_MAR=7|gf_MAR=41|ga_MAR=31
|win_BRO=13|draw_BRO=6|loss_BRO=11|gf_BRO=36|ga_BRO=32
|win_RES=10|draw_RES=11|loss_RES=9|gf_RES=38|ga_RES=36
|win_OLI=9|draw_OLI=9|loss_OLI=12|gf_OLI=32|ga_OLI=35
|win_VIC=8|draw_VIC=10|loss_VIC=12|gf_VIC=33|ga_VIC=43
|win_IND=6|draw_IND=13|loss_IND=11|gf_IND=34|ga_IND=41
|win_BUN=6|draw_BUN=11|loss_BUN=13|gf_BUN=21|ga_BUN=26
|win_PLA=4|draw_PLA=10|loss_PLA=16|gf_PLA=26|ga_PLA=44
|note_AMO=Atlético Morazán secured Final place as Regular season winner.
|col_QF=#D0F0C0|text_QF=Qualified to the Final round
|result1=QF|result2=QF|result3=QF|result4=QF|result5=QF
|note_res_QF=Top 5 qualify to Final round.
|col_R=#FFCCCC|text_R=Relegated to Segunda División
|result10=R|result11=R
|note_res_R=Universidad and Platense relegated to second division.
|update=complete|source=
}}
Final round
=Pentagonal standings=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|winpoints=2
|team1=MOT|name_MOT=Motagua
|team2=VID|name_VID=Vida
|team3=MAR|name_MAR=Marathón
|team4=BRO|name_BRO=Broncos
|team5=AMO|name_AMO=Atlético Morazán
|win_MOT=4|draw_MOT=3|loss_MOT=1|gf_MOT=14|ga_MOT=7
|win_VID=3|draw_VID=5|loss_VID=0|gf_VID=11|ga_VID=7
|win_MAR=2|draw_MAR=5|loss_MAR=1|gf_MAR=5|ga_MAR=5
|win_BRO=0|draw_BRO=6|loss_BRO=2|gf_BRO=0|ga_BRO=1
|win_AMO=0|draw_AMO=3|loss_AMO=5|gf_AMO=2|ga_AMO=12
|hth_BRO=The game between Broncos and Motagua in Choluteca on 11 October was awarded to Motagua as Broncos didn't show up.
|hth_MOT=BRO
|col_RP=#D0F0C0|text_RP=Forced to a replay
|result1=RP|result2=RP
|note_res_RP=Motagua and Vida had to play an extra match in a neutral venue to qualify to the Final.
|update=complete|source=
}}
=Replay=
{{footballbox collapsible
| date = 18 October 1981
| time = 15:00
| round = Replay
| team1 = Motagua
| score = 0–1
| report =
| team2 = Vida
| goals1 =
| goals2 = {{goal|31}} Mendoza
| location = San Pedro Sula, Cortés
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
- Vida won Replay and advanced to the Final.
=Final=
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| date = 25 October 1981
| time =
| round = 1st leg
| team1 = Atlético Morazán
| score = 1–3
| report =
| team2 = Vida
| goals1 = Velásquez {{goal}}
| goals2 = {{goal}} Lacayo
{{goal}} Mendoza
{{goal}} Carías
| location = San Pedro Sula, Cortés
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance = 9,000
| referee = Rodolfo Martínez
| nobars = Y
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
| date = 28 October 1981
| time =
| round = 2nd leg
| team1 = Vida
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = Atlético Morazán
| goals1 = Mendoza {{goal|67|pen.}}
| goals2 =
| location = La Ceiba, Atlántida
| stadium = Estadio Nilmo Edwards
| attendance = 7,965
| referee = Jorge Irías
| nobars = Y
}}
- Vida won 4–1 on aggregated score.
Top scorer
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Luis O. Altamirano (Broncos) with 15 goals
Squads
border="0" |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! width="900" colspan="3" | Atlético Morazán |
{{flagicon|HON}} Moisés "Tanque" Velásquez
| {{flagicon|HON}} Francisco "Pancho" González | {{flagicon|HON}} José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega |
{{flagicon|CHI}} Joaquín Arrastoa
| {{flagicon|HON}} José Luis Cruz Figueroa | {{flagicon|CHI}} Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao |
{{flagicon|HON}} Noel Omar Renderos
| | |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! width="900" colspan="3" | Broncos |
{{flagicon|ARG}} Luis Oswaldo "Che" Altamirano
| {{flagicon|HON}} José Marcial "Canelo" Murillo | {{flagicon|HON}} Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Independiente de San Pedro Sula |
{{flagicon|HON}} José Mauricio Fúnez Barrientos
| {{flagicon|HON}} Jorge Martínez | {{flagicon|HON}} Felipe "Nicio" Rivera |
{{flagicon|HON}} Roberto Herrera Moreno
| {{flagicon|HON}} Marco Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina | {{flagicon|HON}} Alberto Perich |
{{flagicon|HON}} José Ramón Hinds
| {{flagicon|HON}} Rodolfo "Mirandinha" Smith | |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Marathón |
{{flagicon|URU}} Albert Fay
| {{flagicon|HON}} Darío Cribas | {{flagicon|HON}} Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez |
{{flagicon|HON}} Oswaldo Zaldívar
| {{flagicon|HON}} Arturo Payne | {{flagicon|HON}} José Angel Peña |
{{flagicon|HON}} Herminio Villalobos
| {{flagicon|HON}} Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla | {{flagicon|HON}} Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias |
{{flagicon|HON}} Celso Fredy Güity
| {{flagicon|HON}} Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent | {{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Mejía |
{{flagicon|HON}} Gilberto Leonel Machado García
| {{flagicon|HON}} Francisco Javier Toledo | |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Motagua |
{{flagicon|HON}} Alcides Morales
| {{flagicon|CHI}} Mario Hernán Juviny Carreño | {{flagicon|HON}} Héctor Ramón Chávez |
{{flagicon|HON}} Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes
| {{flagicon|HON}} José María "Chema" Durón | {{flagicon|HON}} Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Olimpia |
{{flagicon|HON}} Belarmino Rivera
| {{flagicon|HON}} Óscar Banegas | {{flagicon|CRC}} Carlos Solano |
{{flagicon|HON}} Félix Concepción Carranza
| {{flagicon|HON}} Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand | {{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Solís |
{{flagicon|HON}} Jorge Alberto "Perro" González
| {{flagicon|HON}} Jorge Brand | {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson de Moraes |
{{flagicon|HON}} Richard Kenneth Payne
| | |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Platense |
{{flagicon|HON}} Modesto Ayestas
| {{flagicon|SLV}} Luis Baltazar Ramírez "Pelé" Zapata | {{flagicon|HON}} Juan Jerezano |
{{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Roberto Deras
| {{flagicon|HON}} Jorge Luis Mancía | {{flagicon|HON}} Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden |
{{flagicon|HON}} Ramón Cruz Colindres
| {{flagicon|HON}} Alex Rodríguez | |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Real España |
{{flagicon|HON}} Julio César "El Tile" Arzú
| {{flagicon|CRC}} Didier Gutiérrez | {{flagicon|HON}} Hernán Zelaya |
{{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Saúl Bonilla
| {{flagicon|HON}} Junior Rashford Costly | {{flagicon|HON}} Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz |
{{flagicon|HON}} Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews
| {{flagicon|HON}} Walter Humberto Jimminson Warren | {{flagicon|HON}} Javier Chavarría |
{{flagicon|HON}} Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
| {{flagicon|HON}} Jimmy Steward | {{flagicon|HON}} Edith Hernando Contreras |
{{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Orlando Caballero
| {{flagicon|HON}} Héctor "Lin" Zelaya | {{flagicon|HON}} Efraín Pucho Osorio |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Universidad |
{{flagicon|HON}} Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Edimar Luiz Marques | {{flagicon|HON}} José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Victoria |
{{flagicon|HON}} Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte
| {{flagicon|HON}} Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga | {{flagicon|HON}} José Reynaldo Villagra |
{{flagicon|HON}} Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz
| {{flagicon|HON}} Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya | {{flagicon|HON}} David Goff |
bgcolor="f1f1f1"
! colspan="3" | Vida |
{{flagicon|HON}} Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez
| {{flagicon|HON}} Martín Lacayo | {{flagicon|HON}} Gustavo Adolfo "Gorcha" Collins |
{{flagicon|HON}} Natividad Morales Barrios
| {{flagicon|HON}} Carlos Humberto "Papeto" Lobo | {{flagicon|HON}} Matilde Selím Lacayo |
{{flagicon|HON}} Junior Mejía
| {{flagicon|HON}} José Enrique "Palanca" Mendoza | {{flagicon|HON}} Jesús Carías |
{{flagicon|HON}} Dennis "Bomba" Hinds
| {{flagicon|HON}} Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado | {{flagicon|HON}} Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú |
{{flagicon|HON}} Roberto "Macho" Figueroa |
Trivia
- There was a total of 405 goals this season, a record still unbeaten.
Known results
=Week 1=
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| team1 = Real España
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = Victoria
| goals1 = Chavarría {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
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| team1 = Motagua
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = Platense
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
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=Week 2=
=Week 3=
=Week 4=
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| date =
| time =
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| team1 = Independiente
| score = 1–1
| report =
| team2 = Platense
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
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=Week 5=
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| team1 = Real España
| score = 1–1
| report =
| team2 = Platense
| goals1 =
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
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=Week 6=
=Week 7=
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| date =
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| team1 = Marathón
| score = 1–1
| report =
| team2 = Platense
| goals1 =
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
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=Week 29=
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| date = 2 August 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Atlético Morazán
| score = 2–0
| report =
| team2 = Platense
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
=Pentagonal=
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| date = 2 September 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Motagua
| score = 1–1
| report =
| team2 = Marathón
| goals1 = Durón {{goal}}
| goals2 = {{goal}} Villalobos
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
| date = 13 September 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Motagua
| score = 2–0
| report =
| team2 = Atlético Morazán
| goals1 = Velásquez {{goal}}
Yubini {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 11 October 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Broncos
| score =
| report =
| team2 = Motagua
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| location = Choluteca
| stadium = Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
| result = V
| note = Broncos didn't show up. Points awarded to Motagua
}}
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| date = 15 October 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Marathón
| score = 1–3
| report =
| team2 = Motagua
| goals1 = Bailey {{goal}}
| goals2 = {{goal}} Juviny
{{goal}} Guardado
{{goal}} Januario
| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
=Regular season=
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| date = 15 February 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Olimpia
| score = 0–0
| report =
| team2 = Independiente
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 22 February 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Marathón
| score = 3–2
| report =
| team2 = Real España
| goals1 =
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 15 March 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Broncos
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = Motagua
| goals1 =
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| location = Choluteca
| stadium = Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 29 April 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Marathón
| score = 4–0
| report =
| team2 = Motagua
| goals1 = Güity {{goal}} {{goal}}
Zaldívar {{goal}}
Bailey {{goal}}
| goals2 =
| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 6 May 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Marathón
| score = 5–1
| report =
| team2 = Victoria
| goals1 =
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 6 May 1981
| time =
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| team1 = Real España
| score = 2–2
| report =
| team2 = Platense
| goals1 =
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 6 May 1981
| time =
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| team1 = Broncos
| score = 4–3
| report =
| team2 = Independiente
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 6 May 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Motagua
| score = 3–2
| report =
| team2 = Atlético Morazán
| goals1 =
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| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
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| date = 10 May 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Broncos
| score = 2–0
| report =
| team2 = Motagua
| goals1 =
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| location = Choluteca
| stadium = Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 1 July 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Marathón
| score = 2–1
| report =
| team2 = Olimpia
| goals1 = Bailey {{goal|}}
Güity {{goal|}}
| goals2 = {{goal|}} Alvarado
| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio General Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
| referee = Arnold Moeses
| nobars = Y
| note = Match suspended at 75' (2–1) as Olimpia abandoned the field after the referee disallowed a goal from Carlos Solano. Result stood.{{cite web |title=Las 'corridas' históricas de clubes hondureños en partidos oficiales |url=http://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldehonduras/1213904-498/las-corridas-hist%C3%B3ricas-de-clubes-hondure%C3%B1os-en-partidos-oficiales |website=Diez.hn |publisher=Diario Diez |accessdate=6 September 2018}}
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| date = 5 July 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Olimpia
| score = 2–3
| report =
| team2 = Atlético Morazán
| goals1 =
| goals2 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}} Renderos
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
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| date = 22 July 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Independiente
| score = 2–0
| report =
| team2 = Real España
| goals1 =
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
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| date = 22 July 1981
| time =
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| team1 = Marathón
| score = 1–1
| report =
| team2 = Vida
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| location = San Pedro Sula
| stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazán
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 2 August 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Motagua
| score = 1–0
| report =
| team2 = Real España
| goals1 = Obando {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| date = 9 August 1981
| time =
| round =
| team1 = Olimpia
| score = 2–1
| report =
| team2 = Universidad
| goals1 =
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| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
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| team1 = Motagua
| score = 2–0
| report =
| team2 = Olimpia
| goals1 = Obando {{goal|}}
Yanuario {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
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| team1 = Motagua
| score = 2–1
| report =
| team2 = Olimpia
| goals1 = Obando {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| location = Tegucigalpa
| stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
| attendance =
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| nobars = Y
}}
=Unknown rounds=
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| date =
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| team1 = Vida
| score = 3–2
| report =
| team2 = Motagua
| goals1 =
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| location = La Ceiba
| stadium = Estadio Nilmo Edwards
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = Y
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Honduran Liga Nacional}}
{{1981–82 in Honduran football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1981-82 Honduran Liga Nacional}}
Category:Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras seasons