The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional was when Marathón won their second championship in the Honduran league

Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening and Closing . One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso...

. Positions in regular season (18 rounds) were irrelevant and Marathón as winner of final round won the title. This is also the season with the less goals scored so far, only 187 goals in 104 games.

1985–86 teams

Juventud de Sula Sula de La Lima Club Sula de La Lima was a Honduran football club based on La Lima, Honduras. They were promoted to first division in 1984-85, the next season they bought Juventud Morazanica's franchise and changed their name to Juventud de Sula... Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense

Real España Real C.D. España Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:... Tela Timsa Petrotela The Club Deportivo Petrotela was a Honduran football team based in Tela, Atlántida. They played in the top division in Honduran football for the first time in the 1985-86 season using the name of Tela Timsa. The club was relegated one year later and returned in 1991-92...  (promoted) Universidad Pumas UNAH Pumas UNAH or simply Universidad was an Honduran football club. They changed their name to Broncos UNAH twice in 1982–83 and 2006–07 and played in Choluteca those two seasons... Victoria Vida

Standings Group A

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• Olimpia and Marathón qualified to the Final round.
• Tela Timsa forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group B.

Standings Group B

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• Vida and Motagua qualified to the Final round.
• Universidad forced to play a relegation playoff against last place from Group A.

Cuadrangular standings

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• Marathón declared champions as winner of cuadrangular.

Relegation playoff

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• Universidad relegated to second division.

Juventud de Sula

Marco Antonio "Machaca" Soriano Jorge Hibrán Maldonado Ramón Edgardo Moradel Zapata

José Manuel Enamorado Díaz Julián Núñez

Marathón

Erasmo "Chícharo" Guerrero Francisco Adelmo Herrera Óscar "Moro" Bardales Ciro Paulino "Palic" Castillo Pastor Martínez Vicente Suazo Herminio Villalobos Osmán Madrid Suamy Álvarez David Ponce Norman Lobo Gilberto Leonel Machado García Amílcar Lanza Erasmo Castillo Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias Richardson Smith

José Luis "Joche" Alvarado Roy Arturo Padilla Bardales Árnold Vladimir López Oswaldo Zaldívar Juan Contreras Aparicio Colón Jorge Martínez Miguel Lanza Mario "El Chino" Romero Nicolas "Nico" Suazo Roy Padilla Bardales Marco "Tono" García Delio Billonay Fajardo Árnold López Pablo Madrid

Motagua

José Luis Cruz Figueroa Juan Gómez Ortiz Marco Tulio "Pollo" Suazo Amílcar Leonel Suazo

Oscar Medina Oswaldo Altamirano Antonio "Toño" Obando Frank Ponce

Olimpia

Juan Alberto Flores Maradiaga Raul Martínez Sambulá Jorge Alberto "Perro" González José Emilio Martínez Fernando Tovar Durón

Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent Juan Carlos Espinoza Carlos "Gigio" Maldonado Roger Javier Valladares

Platense

Manuel Zúniga Juan Jerezano Jorge Arita Neals Wilfredo Brown Tomás Centeno López Iván Chavarría Luis Núñez Carlos Deras Eleázar Peña Noé Meza Florentino Arriola Mauro Rivas Hever Miranda Ramón Cruz Colíndrez Domingo Droumand Pedro Alvarez Marco Antonio Valdez Oscar Claros Guillermo Bernárdez Carlos Zavala

Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden Eugenio Dolmo Flores Obdulio Vásquez Leo Assís Armando Rivera German "Niño" Bernárdez Gerald Vargas Droumond Raúl Centeno Gamboa Luis Rodríguez Juan Ramón Palacios Jorge Irías Martín García Eduardo Gámez Carlos Velásquez Juan "Nito" Anariba Carlos Aguilar Eduardo Laing Eduardo Laing Eduardo Antonio "Tony" Laing is a former Honduran footballer and member of the Honduras national football team, known for his game-tying goal against Northern Ireland in the 1982 FIFA World Cup....  Gerardo "Coco" Urbina German Guzmán

Real España

Wilmer Enrique "Supermán" Cruz José Mauricio Fúnez Barrientos Karl Antonio Roland Esteban Pitío Centeno Luis Laing Junior Rashford Costly Manuel Fuentes López Carlos Orlando Caballero Óscar Machigua Jaime Villegas Luis Fuentes Emilson Soto José Ramos Arnaldo Herrera Pedro Castro

Nelson Benavídez Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez Edgardo Emilson Soto Fajardo Marco Antonio Anariba Zepeda Jimmy Stewart Nahúm Alberto Espinoza Zerón Edith Hernando Contreras Miguel Antonio "Hino" Mathews Edy "Tibombo" Contreras Pablo Orellana Clinton Campbell Ildefonso Bonilla Álex Geovany Ávila Juan Manuel "Nito" Anariba

Tela Timsa

Julio César "Tile" Arzú Raúl David Fúnez Jimmy Bailey Francisco Javier Toledo Víctor Hugo Salgado Luis "Gavilán" Cálix Carlos Acosta Carlos Flores

Mario Coto Allan Anthony Costly Noel Omar Renderos Gustavo Cálix Salvador "Vayoy" Martínez David Fúnez Víctor Laboriel

Victoria

Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte Luis Azneth Ortiz Ramón Berckling

Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz José Manuel Vaquedano David Goff

Vida

valign="top" width=50% Marvin Geovany "Mango" Henríquez ceibeño Wilson Omar Reyes Martínez olanchito Juan Dolmo "Juanito" Arzú rio esteban "Papeto" Lobo ceibeño Ramón "Pollo" Calderón ceibeño Oscar Escobar ceibeño

Rolando "Pipo" Valladares Laguna ceibeño Natividad Morales Barrios ceibeño Matilde Celín Lacayo ceibeño Rudy Williams ceibeño Marco Tulio "Zocadito" Zelaya coyoles central

Round 1

Cuadrangular

Unknown rounds

External links

• RSSSF.com - Honduras - Final Tables 1965/66-1994/95