Motagua

2006–07 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura	Champion
Clausura	4th
Top goalscorer	Santana (14)
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The 2006–07 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. F.C. Motagua was able to win its 11th title in the Apertura tournament, giving them the chance to qualify to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.

After having achieved 31 points in 18 rounds, F.C. Motagua qualified to the Final round in which it faced Hispano F.C. With a 6–1 score on aggregate in favor, they advanced to the Final against city archrival Club Deportivo Olimpia. The "whites" moved their home match to San Pedro Sula, believing they would benefit from the fact that this city has very few Motagua fans; despite that, Motagua displayed one of the best games of the season with a 3–1 final score, and so ensured their eleventh national championship.^[1]

• All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Ricardo Canales	(1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 24)	–	0
3	DF	Javier Martínez	(1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 34)	–	–
9	FW	Jairo Martínez	(1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 28)	–	–
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento	(1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27)	0	0
11	FW	Óscar Torlacoff	(1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 32)	–	–
12	MF	Rubén Matamoros	(1982-08-19)19 August 1982 (aged 23)	–	–
14	DF	Luis Guzmán	(1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 25)	–	–
21	MF	Emilio Izaguirre	(1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 20)	–	–
23	FW	Pedro Santana	(1973-02-08)8 February 1973 (aged 33)	–	–
24	DF	Víctor Bernárdez	(1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24)	–	–
30	DF	Limber Pérez	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 30)	–	–
32	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 20)	–	–
–	MF	Víctor Mena	(1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 26)	–	–
–	MF	Diogo Fernandes	(1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 20)	–	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	10	5	3	26	14	+12	35	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	18	9	4	5	27	22	+5	31
3	Hispano	18	7	9	2	25	14	+11	30
4	Marathón	18	8	6	4	30	20	+10	30
5	Platense	18	7	8	3	32	29	+3	29

• Motagua 6–2 Hispano on aggregate.

• Motagua 4–2 Olimpia on aggregate.

With the title in their possession, F.C. Motagua were looking to repeat this performance for the Clausura tournament; in the Regular season, they exhibited a very irregular performance, but still made it to the Semifinals where they lost to Real C.D. España on 5 May 2007 1–4 on aggregate. Only one week later, Edy Vasquez, a permanent player in the Motagua's line-ups, died following a car crash in Tegucigalpa at the age of 23.^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  HON Ricardo Canales 2 MF  HON Pedro Fernández 3 DF  HON Javier Martinez 4 FW  HON David Cárcamo 5 MF  HON Milton Reyes 6 DF  HON Óscar Bernárdez 7 DF  HON Víctor Mena 9 FW  HON Jairo Martínez 11 FW  URU Óscar Torlacoff 12 MF  HON Rubén Matamoros 13 MF  HON José Grant 14 MF  HON Luis Guzmán 15 MF  HON Juan Tablada 16 MF  HON Edy Vásquez 17 MF  HON Fernando Castillo 18 DF  HON Marvin Paz

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  HON Saúl Martínez 21 DF  HON Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK  HON Donaldo Morales 23 MF  BRA Pedro Santana 24 DF  HON Víctor Bernárdez 25 GK  HON Rony García 26 DF  HON David Molina 27 FW  HON Jefferson Bernárdez 29 FW  HON Meilin Soto 30 DF  HON Limber Pérez 31 FW  HON Luis Rodas 32 MF  HON Jorge Claros 33 DF  HON Marlon Cruz 34 MF  HON Aaron Bardales 35 MF  HON René Moncada 36 MF  HON Kevin Osorio

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Marathón	18	11	3	4	32	16	+16	36	Qualified to the Final round[a]
3	Olimpia	18	11	3	4	26	12	+14	36
4	Motagua	18	10	1	7	31	26	+5	31
5	Hispano	18	6	5	7	21	19	+2	23
6	Platense	17	7	2	8	17	22	−5	23[b]

• Motagua 1–4 Real España on aggregate.

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