In 1970-71, Motagua

Club Deportivo Motagua

Club Deportivo Motagua is a Honduran football club, located in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán, and plays in the Honduran top division at the Estadio Nacional. The club is one of the most successful and renowned of Honduras...

 won its second title in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

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...

 after finishing in first position in the regular season along with Olimpia

Club Deportivo Olimpia

Club Deportivo Olimpia is a Honduran football and baseball club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. They compete in the Liga Nacional de Honduras, the top division in the country, and play their home matches in the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino...

 with 37 points, an extra match was played between these two having Motagua approaching the championship; the tournament had 27 rounds without playoffs.

1970–71 teams

Atlético Español C.D. Atlético Español Atlético Español is a defunct football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The club competed in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras several times from 1965 until 1971 when C.D. Verdún purchased its franchise.-References:...  (promoted) Atlético Indio Atlético Indio Atlético Indio was an Honduran football club. It was based on Tegucigalpa, Honduras. They were relegated to second division on the 1991-92 season.-Squad:... 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:... Lempira Marathón

Motagua Olimpia Platense Victoria Vida

Standings

|}

• Motagua and Olimpia to play an extra match for the title.
• Victoria relegated to second division.

Championship Playoff

• Motagua champions as better regular season record.

Atlético Español

Roberto Abruzzesse Flavio Ortega

Egdomilio "Milo" Díaz

España

Carlos Luis "Macho" Arrieta Carlos Alberto Acosta "El Indio" Lara José Enrique "Coneja" Cardona Roberto "Campeón" Hidalgo Domingo "Mingo" Ramos

Jacobo Sarmiento Jaime Villegas Dolores Edmundo "Lolo" Cruz Mario "Pelola" López Rigoberto "Aserradero" Velásquez

Lempira

Dagoberto Cubero Robert Anthony "Charola" Gaynor Jairo López Alcerro Samuel de Jesús "Chamel" Tejada

Francisco "Pantera" Velásquez Amílcar "Mica" López César Augusto Dávila Puerto Melchor Argeñal

Marathón

Alexander "Nina" Guillén Martín "Piruleta" Rodríguez Mario Felipe "Cofra" Caballero Alvarez Allan Ricardo Young

Gil "Fátima" Valerio Arnulfo Echeverría Alberto Mancía

Motagua

Ricardo "Catín" Cárdenas Salvador Dubois José Luis Cruz Figueroa Julio Meza Arnaldo "Chuluyo" Zelaya Alfonso "Foncho" Navarro Nelson Benavídez Salustio Pacheco Marcos Banegas Rubén "Chamaco" Guifarro

Linauro Di Paula Mariano Godoy Oscar Rolando "Martillo" Hernández Pedro Caetano da Silva Hernán Godoy Mario Blandón "Tanque" Artica Héctor "Chorro" Acosta Pedro Colón Tomás Máximo Ramón "Poquitito" Carbajal

Olimpia

Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Juan Ventura "La Gata" López Selvin Cárcamo Miguel Angel "Shinola" Matamoros Raúl Suazo Lagos

Angel Ramón Paz José Estanislao "Tanayo" Ortega Jorge Brand Jorge "Indio" Urquía Marco Antonio "Tonín" Mendoza

Platense

Jimmy Stewart Javier Duarte Luis Alonso Guzmán Velásquez Ricardo "Cañón" Fúnez Carlos "Care" Alvarado

Modesto Armando "Sargento" Urbina Norman Castro Martín Castillo Reynaldo Castro Gil Oscar Marino Piedrahíta

Victoria

Terencio Escobar José Eduardo Castillo Reynaldo Mejía Ortega Anael "Lito" Martínez Luis Alonzo Metzquin Reynaldo Zúniga Antonio Muñoz Carlos Vilorio Salvador Hernández Edgardo Bustillo César "Cesarín" Aguirre Salvador Ramírez Roberto Martínez Óscar García Antonio Zapata Luis Bueso Sergio Jiménez René "Maravilla" Suazo Gerardo García

José Francisco "Jotín" Lanza Gilberto Martínez Adolfo "Fito" López Óscar Muñoz Rigoberto Martínez Alejandro Palacios Héctor Mejía Manuel Bubuch Sergio "Tito" Martínez Virgilio Rodríguez Ciriaco Gutiérrez José Inés Izaguirre Armando Motiño Pablo Villegas Jesús Urbina Armando Reyes Carlos Brown Jorge "Chino" Suazo René Bernárdez

Vida

Carlos Humberto Alvarado Osorto Marcos Peña José López Paz Manuel Bernárdez Calderón

José María "Chema" Salinas Morris Garden Arturo Edilson "Junia" Garden

Round 1

Round 4

Unknown rounds