C.D. Motagua

Motagua
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Full name	Club Deportivo Motagua
Nickname(s)	Ciclón Azul (Blue Cyclone); Aguilas (Eagles); Azul Profundo (Deep Blue); Los Mimados (The Loved Ones)
Founded	29 August 1928; 95 years ago
Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino; Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Capacity	35,000
Chairman	Julio Gutiérrez Arévalo
Coach	Diego Vásquez
League	Liga Nacional
2014–15	2nd
	Current season

Club Deportivo Motagua (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈtaɣwa]) is an association football club, located in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras.

C.D. Motagua was founded on 29 August 1928 and competes in the Honduran top division playing its home games at the Estadio Nacional. The club is one of the most successful and renowned ones in Honduras.

History

Foundation

The club was founded on 29 August 1928 as the idea of Marco Antonio Ponce and supported by Marco Antonio Rosa at a meeting held in the house of Mrs. Marta Vélez de Ramos; located next to the Bank of London and Montreal, taking advantage of the disintegrated clubs América, Honduras Atlética and Águila. That day, they decided to call all members of these clubs to form Motagua. In the same meeting the Board of directors headed by Marco Antonio Rose and the doctor Alejandro Lara followed by another group of personalities were elected. This board of directors supported the female basketball, baseball and athletics teams.

First game

The first game was against Tejeros del España of the Guanacaste neighborhood, held on 25 November 1928 in the football field La Isla.^[1] The final result was 1–1. The referee of the encounter was Herasmo Velásquez and the Motagua team captain was Constantine Gálvez "Tatino". The team was managed by Daniel Bustillo.

First International game: On 9 April 1939 against Costa Rican side Orión at the San Felipe field in Tegucigalpa; Motagua were managed by Honduran coach Lurio Martínez and won the match 3–0 with three goals from "Gorgojo" Ramos.^[2] Lurio Martinez's favored player, Julio Valladares, was injured and was out 3 games. Valladares scored a total of 40 goals for the team.

Club history

The "blues", were founded on 29 August 1928 as an idea of the poet Marco Antonio Ponce and supported by Marco Antonio Rosa, and is a fusion of the disintegrated teams America, Honduras, Atlético and Aguila; and being inspired by the Motagua River which in those days was being disputed between Guatemala and Honduras, thus gave rise to its name, and is nowadays one of the teams with most achievements, popular and oldest of Honduras.

The metropolitan club is one of the best in Honduras and Central America and has already accumulated several championships, being also a well-known competitor in international tournaments like the CONCACAF Champions League, where it has participated in many occasions but still has not been able to reach a final; In 1986 it had its best finish getting the fifth place.

The team debuted professionally in the 1965–66 season, it was on 18 July in La Ceiba against Vida, where they won 1–0. Three years later they got their first professional championship under the management of coach Rodolfo Godoy. This year Motagua also won the first ever Honduran Cup, winning the double that season.

The so-called "Mimados" repeated in 1970–71 and 1973–74, these being one of the best times of the club. Unfortunately in 1972–73 the championship was declared null, depriving Motagua to get another title that was almost conquered.

After having achieved the regular season in 1978–79, Motagua qualified to the final stage falling behind Real España and being forced to play the finals series where they raise their fourth cup.

When the Honduras qualified to the World Cup Finals in 1982 for the first time in its history, most of the players came from Motagua and Real España, a total of five Motagua players attended to the World Cup. Also worth mentioning that the first goal for Honduras in the mentioned cup was converted by one of these players, Héctor Zelaya against the host Spain in that remembered 1–1 draw.

They spent 13 long years until the 1991–92 season to lift another trophy in one of the most special moments in Motagua's history breaking the drought of wins. In 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998 obtained four second places in the discontinued Honduran Cup.

In 1997–98 the league brought the innovative Apertura and Clausura system, and Motagua was able to achieve both titles, being this the first time to get two leagues in a row, only two years later successfully achieved the 1999–00 Apertura and Clausura. In January 1999, they won the 1997–98 Honduran Super Cup against CD Platense.

In 2000 again Motagua contribute to the National team offering 6 players to the Olympic National team, and Honduras achieves for the first time the right to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

The last two league titles came in the 2006–07 Apertura and 2010–11 Clausura season after defeating neighbors Olimpia twice.^[3] On December 2007, they won their first international competition at the 2007 Copa Interclubes UNCAF, winning it undefeated.

In their football record, Motagua was crowned in 17 opportunities, this number includes amateur and professional tournaments, and is one of the clubs that has given more glory to Honduran football by forming players of high level contributing to the different National teams, as well as in foreign clubs.

The club

Colours and badges

Home: 1928–present	Home: 1984	Home: 1988	Away: 2003	Away: 2007–09	Away: 2010–11	Away: 2011–12	Alternative: 2011–13	Away: 2013–14

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1980's–present	1990's	2010–13	2013–14

Motagua's traditional colour is dark blue representing the blue waters of the Motagua River. This is because that at the time the club was founded, the Motagua River was in dispute between Honduras and Guatemala. Since 2011, Motagua plays all their games in pink jerseys for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month during the month of October.

The Motagua badge has a blue eagle. This is because one of the desitengrated club that united to become Motagua was named CD Águila, which means to Eagle.

Stadium

Motagua plays their home matches at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. The stadium is named after the Honduran president Tiburcio Carías. The stadium is divided into Sol Norte, Sol Sur, Sol Centro, Preferencia, Silla and Palco. The Motaguan supporters "La Revo" are located at Sol Norte and the "Macro Azurra" sits in Sol Centro.

Traditions

There are some traditions within the Motagua institution.

Debuting players– When a new player debuts, he must shave his head. This is optional, most of the players that do shave are recently promoted from the reserve team or are young of age.

New Signings– Usually on the first day of training new players are surrounded by their teammates and are kicked.

Supporters

Motagua has many supporters throughout Honduras. Motagua has one Barra Brava and three other supporters' groups. The barra brava is "Los Revolucionarios del Motagua 1928", who call themselves "La Revo". This fan group has "bandas" or smaller groups inside La Revo such as (from Tegucigalpa) "Los Fuser", "Los Dementes", "Escuadron 57", "Comando 21", "Los Poltershe", "Irreverentes", "Capone", "Infernales", "Danger's", "Anarkia", etc. (from Comayagua) "C26", (from San Pedro Sula) "Los Del Norte", (from La Ceiba) "Revo Ceiba", (from Choluteca) "Revo Choluteca", (from El Progreso) "Revo Progreso", (from Siguatepeque) "Revo Sigua". All of the "bandas" hang "mantas" or huge pieces of cloth saying their banda's name inside the stadium. They also hang one with the barra's website and many of Che Guevara. Matches from Motagua against Olimpia it's illegal to hang these mantas because some of the members go to steal them and cause great scandal so police prefer banning this. La Revo don't cause many scandals between other barras bravas in Honduras only with Olimpia's Ultra Fiel. Throughout 2006–07 La Revo had problems with Marathon's Furia Verde but they came to peace under the same belief in all of Honduras. "Por Una Honduras Libre De Chucos" which translates to "For a Honduras free of Dirtbags" (Chucos being Olimpia). Marathon, Real España and Motagua's barra bravas all have a manta with this phrase.

Another of the biggest fan group is named "Macro Azurra" which is supported by the club. They can be easily be spotted in the stadium because they generally always have blue ballons. This group is bigger in the northern territory and is sponsored by the club and by Fed-Ex.

There are also two smaller groups one being "Fortaleza Azul" and "JAH" which stands for "Justicia Amor y Humildad" which means "Justice Love and Humbleness". JAH is a religious based fan group which was founded by seven members of the Jehová es Nuestro Pastor church. JAH say that their trips are paid by God.

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
1928–1986	unknown	none
1987–1989		Pepsi
1990–1992		Castillo Galo
1993		Esso Super Oil
1994–95		Banco Ficohsa
1996	Umbro	Banco Ficohsa
1997–98	ABA Sport	Pepsi
1999–00	Joma	Pepsi
2001		Imperial
2002–present		Pepsi

Club Rivalries

Honduran Superclásico

El Clasico Capitalino (The Capital's Classic) is played between Olimpia and CD Motagua. Their matches are also known as El Clasico Local (The Local Classic) in Tegucigalpa. There is a huge rivalry between the clubs and their fans; (La Ultra Fiel [of Olimpia] and La Revo [of Motagua]).

Clásico de las M's

El Clásico de las M's (The Classic of the M's) or El Derbi de las M's (The "M" Derby), is a derby football match played between Motagua from Tegucigalpa and Marathón from San Pedro Sula, two of the most successful and popular football teams in Honduras.

Motagua–Real España football rivalry

The Motagua–Real España classic is not as fierce as the other two already mentioned as these both teams have a good relationship with each other from the players, to the board and the fans; however they had played six intense league finals, three won by each side.

Short Lived

One smaller rivalry, which might be called extinct, was against Universidad (also known as UNAH). The club named Universidad, represented the Honduran National Autonomous University in Tegucigalpa, and therefore shared the city with Motagua. This inspired a local derby until UNAH was relocated to Choluteca. UNAH in various occasions left Motagua out of the play-offs, intensifying the rivalry. This derby can now be called extinct since Universidad were relegated to the Liga de Ascenso. The club was eventually sold to, and renamed, Universidad Pedagogica Nacional-Francisco Morázan (also known as UPN-FM) (National Pedagogical University-Francisco Morázan).

Achievements

Motagua is the second most successful club in Honduras having won 13 domestic leagues since the inauguration of the Honduran Liga Nacional in 1965–66.^[4]

Domestic

Honduran Liga Nacional: 13

1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C, 1999–00 A, 1999–00 C, 2001–02 A, 2006–07 A, 2010–11 C, 2014–15 A

Runners-up (11): 1969–70, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2002–03 C, 2007–08 A, 2009–10 C, 2014–15 C, 2015–16 A

Honduran Cup: 1

1968

Runners-up (4): 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998

Honduran Super Cup: 1

1999

Honduran Liga Amateur: 1

1949–50

Runners-up (2): 1947–48, 1950–51

International

Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 1

2007

Third Place (1): 2002

League and cups performance

Regular season										Post season									Cup	Supercup
Season	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/–	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/–	Pos.	Pos.
1965–66	9th	18	3	4	11	11	26	10	–15	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1966–67	9th	18	5	3	10	24	31	13	–7	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1967–68	6th	18	6	5	7	22	21	17	+1	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1968–69	Champions	27	17	5	5	45	23	39	+22	No Post season this year									Champions	Not held
1969–70	Runner-up	27	13	9	5	38	26	35	+12	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1970–71	1st	27	13	11	3	43	18	37	+25	Champions	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	Not held	Not held
1971–72	3rd	27	14	5	8	37	23	33	+14	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1972–73	1st	9	6	3	0	18	7	15	+11	No Post season this year									4th	Not held
1973–74	Champions	27	13	13	1	39	15	39	+24	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1974–75	1st	36	18	15	3	44	19	71	+25	Runner-up	4	0	2	2	1	3	2	–2	Not held	Not held
1975–76	2nd	27	8	14	4	27	18	32	+9	3rd	7	2	4	1	5	4	8	+1	Not held	Not held
1976–77	2nd	27	13	9	5	27	12	35	+15	Runner-up	8	4	2	2	10	10	10	0	Not held	Not held
1977–78	4th	27	11	8	8	27	21	30	+6	3rd	8	3	4	1	11	9	10	+2	Not held	Not held
1978–79	1st	27	13	12	2	34	15	38	+19	Champions	10	6	1	3	17	9	13	+8	Not held	Not held
1979–80	5th	27	9	9	9	29	29	27	0	6th	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	–1	Not held	Not held
1980–81	6th	27	6	15	6	32	31	27	+1	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
1981–82	2nd	30	15	8	7	35	25	38	+10	3rd	9	4	3	2	14	8	11	+6	Not held	Not held
1982–83	2nd	27	9	13	5	31	28	31	+3	Runner-up	8	2	5	1	13	7	9	+6	Not held	Not held
1983–84	6th	36	14	8	14	36	36	36	0	No Post season this year									Not held	Not held
1984–85	5th	36	11	13	12	30	33	35	–3	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
1985–86	4th	18	5	9	4	12	17	19	–5	3rd	6	2	2	2	6	6	6	0	Not held	Not held
1986–87	6th	27	8	12	7	27	26	28	+1	Eliminated	1	0	0	1	3	5	0	–2	Not held	Not held
1987–88	6th	27	9	8	10	32	37	26	–5	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
1988–89	3rd	27	10	12	5	26	18	32	+8	3rd	8	2	4	2	4	6	8	–2	Not held	Not held
1989–90	4th	27	9	10	8	29	23	28	+6	3rd	8	2	3	3	5	8	7	–3	Not held	Not held
1990–91	5th	27	6	14	7	26	23	26	+3	Runner-up	11	5	4	2	8	5	14	+3	Not held	Not held
1991–92	1st	27	16	5	6	38	19	37	+19	Champions	10	1	3	6	4	14	5	–10	Not held	Not held
1992–93	5th	27	10	10	7	41	34	30	+7	3rd	8	2	3	3	10	13	7	–3	5th	Not held
1993–94	4th	27	7	12	8	28	27	26	+1	Runner-up	6	2	3	1	5	4	7	+1	Runner-up	Not held
1994–95	2nd	27	15	9	3	42	21	54	+21	4th	2	1	0	1	4	4	3	0	3rd	Not held
1995–96	3rd	27	11	7	9	36	28	40	+8	4th	6	3	0	3	8	8	9	0	Runner-up	Not held
1996–97	4th	27	11	9	7	37	25	42	+12	6th	2	0	1	1	3	4	1	–1	4th	Didn't enter
1997–98 A	2nd	20	10	7	3	23	17	37	+6	Champions	6	3	2	1	8	4	11	+4	Runner-up	Champions
1997–98 C	2nd	20	14	4	2	39	15	46	+24	Champions	6	3	3	0	11	6	12	+5	Runner-up	Champions
1998–99	2nd	18	7	7	4	24	20	28	+4	3rd	4	2	0	2	5	7	6	–2	Runner-up	Not held
1999–00 A	1st	18	10	7	1	39	16	37	+23	Champions	6	2	4	0	6	3	10	+3	Not held	Not held
1999–00 C	3rd	18	9	7	2	26	17	34	+9	Champions	6	2	4	0	8	6	10	+2	Not held	Not held
2000–01 A	2nd	18	7	8	3	20	15	29	+5	5th	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	–1	Not held	Not held
2000–01 C	7th	18	2	12	4	23	27	18	–4	6th	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	–1	Not held	Not held
2001–02 A	1st	18	8	8	2	22	13	32	+9	Champions	4	2	0	2	7	6	6	+1	Not held	Not held
2001–02 C	8th	18	4	7	7	12	16	19	–4	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2002–03 A	5th	18	7	5	6	24	23	26	+1	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2002–03 C	4th	18	7	8	3	19	13	29	+6	Runner-up	4	1	1	2	5	6	4	–1	Not held	Not held
2003–04 A	5th	18	7	3	8	22	22	24	0	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2003–04 C	5th	16	6	5	5	22	20	23	+2	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2004–05 A	9th	18	4	6	8	20	25	18	–5	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2004–05 C	5th	18	4	11	3	18	18	23	0	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2005–06 A	10th	18	3	5	10	16	26	14	–10	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2005–06 C	4th	18	8	5	5	24	20	29	+4	3rd	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	0	Not held	Not held
2006–07 A	2nd	18	9	4	5	27	22	31	+5	Champions	4	2	1	1	10	4	7	+6	Not held	Not held
2006–07 C	4th	18	10	1	7	31	26	31	+5	4th	2	0	0	2	1	4	0	–3	Not held	Not held
2007–08 A	2nd	18	9	5	4	28	19	32	+9	Runner-up	4	1	2	1	3	3	5	0	Not held	Not held
2007–08 C	4th	18	8	3	7	23	19	27	+4	4th	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	–5	Not held	Not held
2008–09 A	3rd	18	9	3	6	24	21	30	+3	4th	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	0	Not held	Not held
2008–09 C	8th	18	4	7	7	13	21	19	–8	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2009–10 A	2nd	18	10	5	3	31	14	35	+17	4th	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	–1	Not held	Not held
2009–10 C	1st	18	11	3	4	28	15	36	+13	Runner-up	4	1	2	1	4	5	5	–1	Not held	Not held
2010–11 A	7th	18	5	6	7	21	25	21	–4	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2010–11 C	2nd	18	8	7	3	25	17	31	+8	Champions	4	2	1	1	8	6	7	+2	Not held	Not held
2011–12 A	7th	18	6	4	8	20	19	22	+1	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2011–12 C	2nd	18	7	11	0	22	10	32	+12	3rd	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	–2	Not held	Not held
2012–13 A	3rd	18	6	8	4	21	15	26	+6	3rd	4	2	2	0	10	6	8	+4	Not held	Not held
2012–13 C	7th	18	6	4	8	27	23	22	+4	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2013–14 A	9th	18	5	6	7	25	27	21	–2	Didn't enter									Not held	Not held
2013–14 C	4th	18	8	5	5	20	16	29	+4	6th	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	–1	Not held	Not held
2014–15 A	3rd	18	8	4	6	30	25	28	+5	Champions	6	4	2	0	8	4	14	+4	3rd	Not held
2014–15 C	2nd	18	11	4	3	37	21	37	+16	Runner-up	4	1	1	2	4	3	4	+1	3rd	Not held
2015–16 A	2nd	18	9	5	4	41	25	32	+16	Runner-up	4	0	4	0	6	6	4	0	TBD	Canceled
2015–16 C	TBD	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	TBD									TBD	Canceled

All time top scorers

As of 2015–16 Apertura

No.	Player	Goals
1	Ángel Obando	77
2	Amado Guevara	70^[5]
3	Óscar Hernández	68
4	Luis Reyes	54
5	Jairo Martínez	50
6	Mario Artica	46
7	Edwin Castro	40
8	Georgie Welcome	39
9	Mario Juvini	38
10	Carlos Discua	38

Records

As of 2015–16 Apertura
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Description	Record
Least numbers of goals conceded in a season	12
Most games undefeated	32
Least losses in a season	1
Most wins in a season	18
Most goals scored in a season	51
Most losses in a season	13
Biggest defeat	0–5
Biggest win	7–0
Most goals conceded in a season	47
Best position in league	1st
Most goals in same match	8
Least wins in a season	2
Least number of goals in a season	12
Worst position in league	10th

Performance at Copa Interclubes UNCAF

Season	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/–
1999	8th of 11	7	1	4	2	4	6	7	–2
2000	Didn't enter
2001	7th of 8	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	–2
2002	3rd of 12	6	3	1	2	10	11	10	–1
2003	Didn't enter
2004	Didn't enter
2005	Didn't enter
2006	Didn't enter
2007	1st of 16	8	7	1	0	15	5	22	+10
2008–	discontinued
Totals	5th of 48	24	11	7	6	30	25	40	+5

Appearances at international tournaments

Season	UNCAF	CONCACAF	CONMEBOL
1969		Y details
1971		Y details
1974		Y details
1977		Y details
1979	Y details
1983		Y details
1986		Y details
1991		Y details
1992		Y details
1993		Y details
1995		Y details
1996	Y details
1997	Y details
1998	Y details
1999	Y details
2001	Y details	Y details
2002	Y details
2003		Y details
2007	Y details
2008		Y details	Y details
2010–11		Y details
2011–12		Y details
2015–16		Y details

All-time record vs. opponents

Domestic level

International level

As of 20 October 2015

Opponent	First meeting	Last Meeting	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alajuelense	25 Apr 1992	29 Sep 2011	6	0	1	5	5	16	−11
Alianza	? ??? 1979	3 Apr 1997	4	0	3	1	5	6	−1
América	5 Aug 2015	20 Oct 2015	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4
Árabe Unido	18 Dec 2002	18 Dec 2002	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Arsenal	19 Aug 2008	4 Sep 2008	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Atlético Marte	4 May 1986	18 May 1986	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Aurora	? ??? 1979	20 Nov 1997	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
Cartaginés	5 May 1974	19 May 1974	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Comunicaciones	27 Jul 1986	20 Dec 2002	16	3	10	3	15	17	−2
Juventus	26 Jun 1993	18 Jul 1999	4	2	2	0	9	2	+7
LA Galaxy	16 Mar 2003	20 Oct 2011	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4
Luis Ángel Firpo	24 Feb 1999	25 Jul 1999	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Marathón	1 Nov 2002	1 Nov 2002	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Morelia	25 Aug 2011	22 Sep 2011	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Municipal	21 Jun 1974	4 Aug 2011	10	4	2	4	11	11	0
NY Pancyprian-Freedoms	10 Apr 1983	26 Apr 1983	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Olimpia	? ??? 1979	? ??? 1979	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Pachuca	11 Mar 2008	19 Mar 2008	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Pembroke Hamilton	31 Aug 1986	6 Sep 1986	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Real España	29 Nov 1997	29 Nov 1997	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Real Estelí	7 Aug 2007	16 Aug 2007	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
San Francisco	18 Sep 2007	26 Sep 2007	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Santiagueño	? ??? 1979	? ??? 1979	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
Saprissa	25 Apr 1969	5 Dec 2007	15	1	5	9	7	24	−17
Tauro	17 Aug 2001	23 Oct 2002	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Toronto	27 Jul 2010	3 Aug 2010	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Walter Ferretti	27 Aug 2015	24 Sep 2015	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
Totals			96	25	30	41	96	132	–36

Friendly matches not included.
Games decided by penalty shootout are counted as ties.

Current season

Squad

First-team squad

As of 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sebastián Portigliatti
2	DF	Juan Pablo Montes
3	DF	Henry Figueroa
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre
5	DF	Marcelo Pereira
6	MF	Ricardo Barrios
7	MF	Carlos Discua
8	DF	Orlin Peralta
9	FW	Rubilio Castillo
10	FW	Israel Silva
11	FW	Lucas Gómez
12	MF	Reinieri Mayorquín
14	MF	Irvin Reyna

No.	Position	Player
16	FW	Kevin Maradiaga
17	MF	Júnior Padilla
18	DF	Wilmer Crisanto
19	DF	César Oseguera
21	DF	Klifox Bernárdez
24	DF	Omar Elvir
25	GK	Marlon Licona
27	MF	Ricardo Rosales
28	MF	Joshua Nieto
30	MF	René López
34	FW	Kevin López
-	GK	Cristian Hernández

Current technical staff

Retired numbers

16 – Edy Vásquez, retired for 2 years (2007–09) in memorian of Edy Vásquez's death.

20 – Amado Guevara, retired.

Former presidents

Executive President	Eduardo Atala
Financial President	Juan Carlos Suazo
Director of Football	Marvin Fonseca
Public Relations and Social Media Manager	Walter Araujo
Commercial and Marketing Manager	Luis Brevé
Administration and Finances Manager	Fabián Ordoñez

Marco Antonio Rosa Edgardo Zúniga Manuel Cáceres Celestino Cáceres Gonzalo Carías César Romero Antonio Urquía Juda Guzmán Silverio Henríquez Lurio Martínez Carlos Arriaga Carlos Amador Carlos Cruz Mario Rivera López Joaquín González Octasiano Valerio Horacio Fortín	Saturnino Vidaurreta Heriberto Gómez Tulio Bueso Fausto Flores Gustavo Adolfo Alvarado Pedro Atala Simón Salvador Lamas Juan Ángel Arias Cristóbal Simón Francisco Zepeda Leónidas Rosa Bautista Jorge Abudoj Eduardo Atala Marco Tulio Gutiérrez Javier Atala Pedro Atala Julio Gutiérrez (current)

Former managers

Horacio Brummer
Ernesto Henríquez (1965)
Rodolfo Godoy (1966–67, 1969)
Juan Colechio (1968)
José Herrera (1969)
Carlos Padilla (1970–74)
Ángel Rodríguez (1976)
Hermes Romero (1977)
Néstor Matamala (1978)
Rodolfo Godoy (1980)
José Materas (1981)
Carlos Padilla (1982, 1983–90)
Óscar Nolasco (1985)
Rubén Guifarro (1985–87)
Gonzalo Zelaya (1987)
Carlos Jurado (1990)

Ángel Rodríguez (1991–93)
Roberto Abruzzesse (1993)
Ramón Maradiaga (1993–95)
Carlos Jurado (1995–96)
Ernesto Luzardo (1996)
Ramón Maradiaga (1997–99)
José Treviño (1999–00)
Luis "Chito" Reyes (2000)
Óscar Benítez (2000–01)
Óscar "Cocli" Salgado (2001)
Julio González (2001)
Gilberto Yearwood (2001–02)
Alejandro Domínguez (2003)
Hernaín Arzú (2003)
Flavio Ortega (2004)
Edwin Pavón (2005)

Javier Padilla (2005)
Germán Cornejo (2005)
Ramón Maradiaga (2006–07)
Jorge Pineda (2008)
Reynaldo Clavasquín (2008)
Jaime de la Pava (2008–09)
Juan Castillo (2009)
Ramón Maradiaga (July 2009 – Sept 11)
Luis "Chito" Reyes (2011)
José Treviño (Sept 2011–12)
Reynaldo Clavasquín (2012–13)
Juan Castillo (2013)
Risto Vidaković (2013)
Milton Reyes (2013)
Diego Vásquez (2013–)

Notable former players

See also Category:Motagua players

References

↑ Motagua.com – MOTAGUA UN SENTIMIENTO ENTRE EL PUEBLO – 14 April 2012
↑ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 7 September 2011
↑ FIFA.com – Big guns fire again in Central America – 25 May 2011
↑ www.CICLONHN.com / futmun : Motagua
↑ Amado cerca de ser el máximo goleador azul – La Prensa (Spanish)

External links

[1] Motagua.com – MOTAGUA UN SENTIMIENTO ENTRE EL PUEBLO – 14 April 2012

[2] LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 7 September 2011

[3] FIFA.com – Big guns fire again in Central America – 25 May 2011

[4] www.CICLONHN.com / futmun : Motagua

[5] Amado cerca de ser el máximo goleador azul – La Prensa (Spanish)

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v t e C.D. Motagua
Founded in 1928 Based in Tegucigalpa
Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Reserve team	Águilas del Motagua
Players	Motagua players
Rivalries	Honduran Superclásico Motagua–Real España football rivalry Clásico de las M's
Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Others	Copa Ciclón
Honors (17)
Liga Nacional (13)	1968–69 1970–71 1973–74 1978–79 1991–92 1997–98 A 1997–98 C 1999–00 A 1999–00 C 2001–02 A 2006–07 A 2010–11 C 2014–15 A
Honduran Cup (1)	1968
Honduran Super Cup (1)	1999
Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1)	2007
Liga Amateur (1)	1949–50
Website: www.motagua.com

v t e Liga Amateur de Honduras
Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64
Former clubs	Abacá Aduana Deportivo Atlético Independiente España Federal Hibueras Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Salamar Sula Victoria Vida