1947 Honduran Amateur League

Football league season

Amateur LeagueSeason| 1947

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Dates| 6 July–5 October 1947
Champions| Victoria

← none

1948 →

All statistics correct as of 26 March 2011.

The 1947 Honduran football season was the first edition of the Amateur League, won by C.D. Victoria, after winning the championship round against F.C. Motagua and C.D. Marathón.[1] Victoria was managed by Francisco Detari and some of the club's famous players at that time were Héctor Briza, Julián Fiallos, Mario Artica, Félix Chimilio and Leonardo Godoy. The trophy was known as the Winston Churchill Cup and was delivered by British Prime Minister Rees John Sowler.

## Regional champions

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Regional championship | Champions

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Atlántida | Victoria
Cortés | Marathón
Francisco Morazán | Motagua

### Known results

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Motagua v Olimpia July or August 1947 |  Motagua | 4–3|  Olimpia | Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán

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## National championship round

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Played in a double round-robin format between the regional champions. Also known as the Triangular.[2]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  | Victoria | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 6
2  | Motagua | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
3  | Marathón | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

### Known results

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Motagua v Victoria 1947 |  Motagua | 1–2|  Victoria |

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Motagua v Victoria 1947 |  Motagua | 2–0|  Victoria |

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Victoria v Marathón 1947 |  Victoria | 2–1|  Marathón |

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Victoria v Marathón 1947 |  Victoria | 5–4|  Marathón |

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## Victoria's lineup

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* Héctor Baiza
* Leonidas Ruiz
* Félix Chimilio
* Manuel Vega
* Julián Fiallos
* James Sticker
* Óscar Johnson
* Rich James
* José Castro
* Salomón Cáceres
* Antonio Fiallos
* Abraham Benedit
* Maximiliano García
* Leonardo Godoy
* Ernesto Castillo
* Carlos Sosa
* Felipe Valencia
* Edgardo Galindo
* Cirilo Everet
* Rolando Soto

## References

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1. ^ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2012-01-21 at the Wayback Machine – 19 January 2012
2. ^ DiarioMas.hn – Olimpia vs Motagua en los campeonatos olvidados de 1947 a 1964 – 22 August 2016

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