C.D. Motagua

      Motagua
      C.D. Motagua badge since 2010.png
      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 (1928-08-29) (84 years ago)
      Ground Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
      Tegucigalpa, Honduras
      (capacity: 35,000)
      Owner Honduras Pedro Atala
      Coach Serbia Risto Vidaković
      League Liga Nacional
      2012–13 (C) 7th
      Home colours
      Away colours

      Current season

      Club Deportivo Motagua is an association football club, located in Tegucigalpa the capital of Honduras. C.D. Motagua, founded 29 August 1928, competes in the Honduran top division at the Estadio Nacional. The club is one of the most successful and renowned of 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 F.C. 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

      Badge used in the 1980s and 1990s.

      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 C.D.S. Vida, where they lost 1–4. 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" (spoiled) 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 C.D. España and being forced to play the finals series where they raise their fourth cup.

      When the Honduras national football team qualified to the 1982 FIFA World Cup 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 1999–2000 Apertura and Clausura. In January 1999, they won the 1997–98 Honduran Super Cup against C.D. 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.

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      The club

      Colours and badge

      Home: 1928–present
      Home: 1984
      Home: 1988
      Away: 2003
      Away: 2007–09
      Away: 2010–11
      Away: 2011–2012
      Alternative: October 2011–present

      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 C.D. Águila, which means to Eagle.

      Stadium

      Main article: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

      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 2006–2007 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 have always 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.

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      Club Rivalries

      Honduran Superclásico

      Main article: Honduran Superclásico

      El Clasico Capitalino (The Capital's Classic) is played between C.D.Olimpia and C.D. 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

      Main article: Clasico 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 C.D. Motagua from Tegucigalpa and C.D. Marathon from San Pedro Sula, two of the most successful and popular football teams in Honduras.

      Motagua–Real España football rivalry

      Main article: 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 play 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).

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      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      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
      2012–13 C 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

      All time top scorers

      • As of 2012–13 Clausura
      No. Player Goals
      1 Honduras Ángel Obando 77
      3 Honduras Amado Guevara 70[4]
      2 Honduras Óscar Hernández 68
      4 Honduras Luis Reyes 54
      5 Honduras Jairo Martínez 50
      6 Honduras Mario Artica 46
      7 Honduras Edwin Castro 40
      8 Chile Mario Juvini 38
      9 Honduras Salvador Bernárdez 37
      10 Honduras José Ramírez 36

      Records

      • As of 2012–13 Clausura
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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

      Main article: 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
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      All-time record vs. opponents

      Domestic level

      Main article: Records and statistics in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

      International level

      • As of 20 October 2011
      Opponent First meeting Last Meeting Pld W D L GF GA GD
      Costa Rica Alajuelense 25 Apr 1992 29 Sep 2011 6 0 1 5 5 16 −11
      El Salvador Alianza ? ??? 1979 3 April 1997 4 0 3 1 5 6 −1
      Panama Árabe Unido 18 Dec 2002 18 Dec 2002 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
      Argentina Arsenal 19 Aug 2008 4 Sep 2008 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5
      El Salvador Atlético Marte 4 May 1986 18 May 1986 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
      Guatemala Aurora ? ??? 1979 20 Nov 1997 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3
      Costa Rica Cartaginés 5 May 1974 19 May 1974 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
      Guatemala Comunicaciones 27 Jul 1986 20 Dec 2002 16 3 10 3 15 17 −2
      Belize Juventus 26 Jun 1993 18 Jul 1999 4 2 2 0 9 2 +7
      United States LA Galaxy 16 Mar 2003 20 Oct 2011 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4
      El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 24 Feb 1999 25 Jul 1999 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
      Honduras Marathón 1 Nov 2002 1 Nov 2002 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
      Mexico Morelia 25 Aug 2011 22 Sep 2011 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6
      Guatemala Municipal 21 Jun 1974 4 Aug 2011 10 4 2 4 11 11 0
      United States NY Pancyprian-Freedoms 10 Apr 1983 26 Apr 1983 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
      Honduras Olimpia ? ??? 1979 ? ??? 1979 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
      Mexico Pachuca 11 Mar 2008 19 Mar 2008 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
      Bermuda Pembroke Hamilton 31 Aug 1986 6 Sep 1986 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2
      Honduras Real España 29 Nov 1997 29 Nov 1997 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
      Nicaragua Real Estelí 7 Aug 2007 16 Aug 2007 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
      Panama San Francisco 18 Sep 2007 26 Sep 2007 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
      El Salvador Santiagueño ? ??? 1979 ? ??? 1979 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4
      Costa Rica Saprissa 25 Apr 1969 5 Dec 2007 15 1 5 9 7 24 −17
      Panama Tauro 17 Aug 2001 23 Oct 2002 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
      Canada Toronto 27 Jul 2010 3 Aug 2010 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1
      Totals 93 23 29 41 91 130 –39
      • Friendly matches not included.
      • Games decided by penalty shootout are counted as ties.
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      Achievements

      Motagua is the second most successful club in Honduras having won 12 domestic leagues since the inauguration of the Honduran Liga Nacional in 1965–66.[5]

      Domestic

      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
      Runners-up (9): 1969–70, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2002–03 C, 2007–08 A, 2009–10 C
      1968
      Runners-up (4): 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998
      1997–98
      1949–50
      Runners-up (2): 1947–48, 1950–51

      International

      2007
      Third Place (1): 2002
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      Former presidents

      • 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 (current)
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      Former managers

      • Hungary Horacio Brummer
      • Honduras Ernesto Henríquez (1965)
      • Honduras Rodolfo Godoy (1966–67, 1969)
      • Argentina Juan Colechio (1968)
      • Honduras José Herrera (1969)
      • Honduras Carlos Padilla (1970–74)
      • Honduras Ángel Rodríguez (1976)
      • Honduras Hermes Romero (1977)
      • Chile Néstor Matamala (1978)
      • Honduras Rodolfo Godoy (1980)
      • Uruguay José Materas (1981)
      • Honduras Carlos Padilla (1982, 1983–90)
      • Honduras Óscar Nolasco (1985)
      • Honduras Rubén Guifarro (1985–87)
      • Honduras Gonzalo Zelaya (1987)
      • Uruguay Carlos Jurado (1990)
      • Honduras Ángel Rodríguez (1991–93)
      • Brazil Roberto Abruzzesse (1993)
      • Honduras Ramón Maradiaga (1993–95)
      • Uruguay Carlos Jurado (1995–96)
      • Uruguay Ernesto Luzardo (1996)
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      Notable former players

      See also Category:Motagua players

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      Current season

      Main article: 2012–13 C.D. Motagua season
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      Squad

      First-team squad

      As of 16 December 2012

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

      No. Position Player
      1 Uruguay GK Kerpo de León
      2 Honduras DF Odis Borjas
      3 Honduras DF Henry Figueroa
      4 Honduras DF Júnior Izaguirre
      5 Honduras DF David Molina
      6 Honduras MF Emilson Cruz
      7 Honduras MF Carlos Discua
      8 Honduras MF Carlos Morán
      9 Honduras FW Georgie Welcome
      10 Brazil FW Jocimar Nascimento
      11 Honduras FW Melvin Valladares
      12 Honduras FW Christian Martínez
      13 Honduras DF Nery Medina
      14 Honduras FW Roby Norales
      15 Honduras MF Ramon Amador
      17 Honduras MF Júnior Padilla
      18 Honduras MF Brayan Figueroa
      No. Position Player
      19 Honduras MF César Oseguera
      20 Honduras MF Amado Guevara
      21 Honduras MF Alfredo Mejía
      22 Honduras GK Donaldo Morales
      23 Honduras FW Eddie Hernández
      24 Honduras MF Omar Elvir
      25 Honduras GK Marlon Licona
      26 Honduras MF Grodbin Benítez
      27 Honduras MF Joshua Nieto
      28 Honduras MF Adán Ramírez
      29 Honduras MF Ricardo Barrios
      30 Honduras DF Roger Mondragon
      31 Honduras MF Esdras Padilla
      32 Honduras MF Ronald Martínez
      33 Honduras GK Harold Fonseca
      34 Honduras MF Marvin Calix
      35 Honduras FW Javier Norales

      Current technical staff

      President Honduras Pedro Atala
      Vice-President Honduras Javier Atala
      Director of Football Honduras Héctor "Lin" Zelaya
      Head Coach Honduras José Clavasquín

      Retired numbers

      Main article: Retired numbers in association football

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

      Out on loan

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

      No. Position Player
      08 Honduras MF Jorge Claros
      No. Position Player
      23 Honduras FW Shannon Welcome
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      References

      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. ^ Amado cerca de ser el máximo goleador azul – La Prensa (Spanish)
      5. ^ www.CICLONHN.com / futmun : Motagua
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