The format of the tournament remained the same as the previous season.
Marathón won the title after defeating Universidad in the finals.
[1] Both teams qualified to the 1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
Victoria obtained berths to the 1980 Copa Fraternidad.
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.