Liga Nacional

Season	1979–80
Champions	Marathón (1st)
Relegated	Portuario
CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Marathón Universidad
Copa Fraternidad	Marathón Universidad Broncos Victoria
Matches played	158
Goals scored	360 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Norales (15)
← 1978–79 1980–81 → All statistics correct as of 16 December 1979.

The 1979–80 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 14th edition of the Honduran Liga Nacional. The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season. C.D. Marathón won the title after defeating Universidad in the finals.^[1] Both teams qualified to the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. Additionally, Marathón, Universidad, C.D. Broncos and C.D. Victoria obtained berths to the 1980 Copa Fraternidad.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón[a]	27	17	3	7	40	23	+17	37	Qualified to the Final round[b]
2	Olimpia	27	13	7	7	43	36	+7	33
3	Broncos	27	11	8	8	32	27	+5	30
4	Victoria	27	10	7	10	34	30	+4	27
5	Motagua	27	9	9	9	29	29	0	27	Forced to playoff[c]
6	Universidad	27	9	9	9	22	22	0	27
7	Platense	27	7	12	8	27	31	−4	26
8	Real España	27	7	9	11	28	23	+5	23
9	Vida	27	6	9	12	30	38	−8	21
10	Portuario	27	6	7	14	29	55	−26	19	Relegated to Segunda División[d]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Universidad	8	4	4	0	7	3	+4	12	Qualified to the Final[a]
2	Victoria	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	8
3	Marathón	8	3	1	4	12	11	+1	7
4	Broncos	8	2	3	3	8	11	−3	7
5	Olimpia	8	2	2	4	4	6	−2	6

Marathón

Universidad

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Universidad

Marathón

• Prudencio "Tecate" Norales (Olimpia) with 15 goals

Atlético Portuario
Eristeo Gómez	Jorge Alberto "Camioncito" Duarte	Aníbal Bravo
Carlos "Calín" Morales	Orlando "Choloma" Rodríguez	Ernesto Bravo
Edgardo Núñez	Óscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández	Roscoe Charles
Pablo Orellana	Erick Cabalceta	Ramón Cruz Colindres
Broncos
German "Loco" Guzmán	Iván Ramos	Luis Alberto Escaurizza
Cruz Ramón Serrano "Guaya" Cruz
Marathón
Jorge Phoyoú	Roberto Reynaldo "Robot" Bailey Sargent	Hernán Santiago "Cortés" García Martínez
Juan Carlos Weber	Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez	Carlos Solís
Pablo "Payique" Espinoza	Richard Kenneth Payne	Alfonso Munguía
José Martínez	Carlos Guevara	Alberto Merelles
Arturo Payne	Roberto Zilkiewicks	Celso Güity
Porfirio Armando Betancourt	Efraín "Pucho" Osorio	Exequiel "Estupiñán" García
Ramón "Albañil" Osorio	Jorge Alberto "Cuca" Bueso Iglesias	Félix Concepción Carranza
René "Maravilla" Suazo	Camilo Mejía	Juan Contreras
Jorge Sánchez	Leónidas Nolasco	Carlos "Calín" Morales
Francisco Javier Toledo	Arturo Torres "Pacharaca" Bonilla	Gilberto Leonel Machado García
Carlos Mejía
Motagua
Héctor Ramón "Pecho de Aguila" Zelaya	Luis Alberto "Chito" Reyes	Rigoberto Sosa
Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
Olimpia
Raúl David Fúnez	Prudencio "Tecate" Norales	Ramón Antonio "Pilín" Brand
José Salomón "Turco" Nazzar	Jorge Alberto "Perro" Gonzáles	Jorge Alberto "Indio" Urquía Elvir
Horacio Parham Castro
Platense
Juan Jerezano	Tony Laing	Júnior Rashford Costly
Tomás Cedricks Ewens "Quito" Wagner	Edith Hernando Contreras	Alex Rodríguez
Real España
Jimmy Steward	Julio César "El Tile" Arzú	Antonio "Gato" Pavón Molina
Walter Jimminson	Julio del Carmen Tapia Callao	Edelmín "Pando" Castro
Alberto Ferreira da Silva	José Luis Cruz Figueroa	José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega
Julio Roberto "Chino" Ortiz
Universidad
Roger Mayorga	"Pirata" Fernández	Daniel "Diablo" Sambulá
Victoria
Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga	Ramón Nectaly "Liebre" Guardado	Efraín Martínez "Diablillo" Amaya
José Reynaldo Villagra	David Goff	Francisco Jiménez
Miguel Angel "Primitivo" Ortiz	Fausto Humberto "Chiva" Ruiz	Marco Tulio López
Vida
Dennis Hinds	Matilde Selím Lacayo	Carlos Orlando Caballero
Roberto "Macho" Figueroa	Junior Mejía

On 8 April 1979, Real C.D. España played two games. They lost 1–0 against Universidad at Tegucigalpa in the domestic league and 1–0 against Aurora in Guatemala for the 1979 Copa Fraternidad finals.^[2]