2007–08 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
2007–08 season
ChairmanPedro Atala
ManagerMaradiaga, Pineda, and Clavasquín
AperturaRunner–up
Clausura4th
UNCAF Interclub CupWinners
CONCACAF Champions' CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Nascimento (10)
All: Nascimento (14)
Highest home attendance35,000~

In the 2007–08 season Motagua won their first international trophy in the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, and were the league's runner-up in the Apertura tournament being beaten by C.D. Marathón. They were the only team to beat C.D. Victoria, doing so twice. In the Clausura tournament they reached the Semifinals.[1] They also competed in the last CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Squad

Transfer in

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
2 DF Honduras HON Steven Morris (From Motagua B)
3 DF Colombia COL Santiago de Alba (From San Francisco)
4 DF Honduras HON Roy Posas (From Hispano)
7 MF Costa Rica CRC Steven Bryce (From Marathón)
15 MF Honduras HON Walter López (From Olimpia)
18 MF Panama PAN José Justavino (From San Francisco)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Honduras HON Osman Chávez (From Platense)
20 MF Honduras HON Amado Guevara (From Chivas USA)
23 MF Honduras HON Daniel Facussé (From Motagua B)
29 MF Honduras HON José Rivera (From Motagua B)
30 MF Honduras HON Rubén Rivera (From Motagua B)
31 FW Honduras HON Luis Rodas (From Achuapa)

Transfer out

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
3 DF Honduras HON Javier Martínez (To Vida)
7 MF Costa Rica CRC Steven Bryce (Free agent)
7 FW Honduras HON Saúl Martínez (Released)
13 MF Honduras HON Víctor Mena (Released)
13 MF Honduras HON José Grant (To Victoria)
16 MF Honduras HON Edy Vásquez (Died)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Honduras HON Amado Guevara (To Toronto FC)
23 MF Brazil BRA Pedro Santana (Retired)
– MF Honduras HON Juan Tablada (Released)
– MF Honduras HON Marvin Paz (Released)
– MF Honduras HON Meylin Soto (Retired)
No. Pos. Player name Date of birth and age
1 GK Honduras Ricardo Canales (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 25)
2 DF Honduras Steven Morris (1986-04-14)14 April 1986 (aged 21)
3 DF Honduras Javier Martínez (1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 35)
4 DF Honduras Roy Posas (1984-03-14)14 March 1984 (aged 23)
5 DF Honduras Milton Reyes (1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 33)
6 DF Honduras Óscar Bernárdez (1983-12-30)30 December 1983 (aged 23)
7 MF Costa Rica Steven Bryce (1977-08-16)16 August 1977 (aged 29)
8 MF Honduras Miguel Castillo (1983-09-30)30 September 1983 (aged 23)
9 FW Honduras Jairo Martínez (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 29)
10 FW Brazil Jocimar Nascimento (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 28)
11 FW Uruguay Óscar Torlacoff (1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 33)
12 MF Honduras Rubén Matamoros (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 (aged 24)
13 MF Honduras José Grant (1983-04-08)8 April 1983 (aged 24)
14 MF Honduras Luis Guzmán (1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 26)
15 MF Honduras Walter López (1977-09-01)1 September 1977 (aged 29)
17 MF Honduras Fernando Castillo (1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (aged 22)
19 DF Honduras Osman Chávez (1984-07-29)29 July 1984 (aged 22)
20 MF Honduras Amado Guevara (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 31)
21 DF Honduras Emilio Izaguirre (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 21)
22 GK Honduras Donaldo Morales (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 24)
23 FW Brazil Pedro Santana (1973-02-08)8 February 1973 (aged 34)
24 DF Honduras Víctor Bernárdez (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 25)
25 GK Honduras Rony García (1982-11-13)13 November 1982 (aged 24)
26 DF Honduras David Molina (1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 19)
27 FW Honduras Jefferson Bernárdez (1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 20)
28 DF Honduras Óscar García (1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 27)
29 FW Honduras José Rivera (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 18)
30 MF Honduras Rubén Rivera (1987-05-18)18 May 1987 (aged 20)
31 FW Honduras Luis Rodas (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 22)
32 MF Honduras Jorge Claros (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 21)
33 DF Honduras Marlon Cruz –
34 DF Honduras Aarón Bardales (1985-12-03)3 December 1985 (aged 21)
35 FW Honduras José Valladares (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 17)
36 MF Honduras Kevin Osorio (1987-07-12)12 July 1987 (aged 19)

Apertura

Main article: 2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional

Motagua played its first official game of the season at home with a 2–0 victory over Atlético Olanchano.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 18 10 5 3 27 16 +11 35 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Motagua 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32
3 Victoria 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31
4 Olimpia 18 6 9 3 19 13 +6 27
5 Deportes Savio 18 5 7 6 14 15 −1 22
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2007. Source: [citation needed]

Matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHH
ResultWLWDWWLLDWDDWLDWWW
Position133222356224334432
Updated to match(es) played on 2007-11-25. Source: 2007–08 Apertura
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

12 August 2007 Round 1 Motagua 2–0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa
Nascimento
Guevara 		Attendance: 3,460
19 August 2007 Round 2 Hispano 2–1 Motagua Comayagua
Jiménez 35' 39' Guevara 68' Attendance: 3,722
26 August 2007 Round 3 Motagua 1–0 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa
Rodas 57' Attendance: 3,026
30 August 2007 Round 4 Vida 0–0 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Attendance: 3,355
2 September 2007 Round 5 Motagua 4–1 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Castillo 1'
Rodas 23'
Guevara 66'
Bernárdez 77'		 Martínez 53' Attendance: 5,541
4 October 2007 Round 6 Olimpia 1–2 Motagua Tegucigalpa
19:30 Núñez 24' López 7'
Nascimento 73'		 Attendance: 17,799
15 September 2007 Round 7 Motagua 2–4 Real España Tegucigalpa
19:30 Rodas 10'
Guevara 23'		 Peña 1'
Fretes 44'
Ferreira 60' 87'		 Attendance: 5,651
23 September 2007 Round 8 Platense 3–2 Motagua Puerto Cortés
15:00 dos Santos 24' 75'
Zelaya 85'		 Santana 52'
Rodas 70'		 Attendance: 2,081
1 October 2007 Round 9 Victoria 2–2 Motagua La Ceiba
Solís 89' 90+3' Nascimento 16'
Matamoros 84'		 Attendance: 5,020
7 October 2007 Round 10 Atlético Olanchano 1–2 Motagua Catacamas
Salinas 15' Torlacoff 25'
Nascimento 74'		 Attendance: 3,082
16 October 2007 Round 11 Motagua 1–1 Hispano Tegucigalpa
Rodas 6' Güity 40' Attendance: 1,675
20 October 2007 Round 12 Deportes Savio 1–1 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
Róchez 60' Santana 44' Attendance: 3,850
27 October 2007 Round 13 Motagua 2–0 Vida Tegucigalpa
19:30 Torlacoff 3' 4' Attendance: 1,737
7 November 2007 Round 14 Marathón 1–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Brown 23' Attendance: 4,603
4 November 2007 Round 15 Motagua 0–0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
16:00 Attendance: 15,950
10 November 2007 Round 16 Real España 1–2 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Valladares 58' Martínez 70'
Nascimento 78'		 Attendance: 1,945
18 November 2007 Round 17 Motagua 3–1 Platense Tegucigalpa
16:00 Martínez 44'
Bryce 61'
Santana 82'		 dos Santos 3' Attendance: 2,050
25 November 2007 Round 18 Motagua 1–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
16:00 Nascimento 72' Attendance: 5,014

Semifinals

1 December 2007 1st leg Victoria 1–1 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Rosales 20' Guevara 2' Attendance: 9,634
Referee: José Molina
9 December 2007 2nd leg Motagua 2–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
16:00 Rodas 42'
Guevara 75'		 Attendance: 11,899
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
  • Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

16 December 2007 1st leg Motagua 0–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Attendance: 16,042
Referee: José Molina
22 December 2007 2nd leg Marathón 2–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Brown 1'
Scott 78'		 Attendance: 26,596
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
  • Motagua lost 0–2 on aggregate.

Clausura

Main article: 2007–08 Honduran Liga Nacional

Motagua reached the semifinals. The team had to play some of their home games at Estadio Marcelo Tinoco in Danlí due to major repairs to the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino for the 2010 World Cup qualification.

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Marathón 18 9 3 6 30 23 +7 30 Qualification to the Semifinals
3 Real España 18 8 4 6 26 22 +4 28
4 Motagua 18 8 3 7 23 19 +4 27
5 Hispano 18 7 5 6 24 25 −1 26
6 Victoria 18 6 6 6 17 17 0 24
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source: [citation needed]

Matches

Matches by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHHAHAAHAAAAHAHHAHH
ResultWWWDLDWLLLLWLDWLWW
Position111111113574766644
Updated to match(es) played on 2007-11-25. Source: 2007–08 Clausura
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

13 January 2008 Round 1 Motagua 2–0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Torlacoff 64'
Rodas 90+4'		 Attendance: 1,909
20 January 2008 Round 2 Motagua 2–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Bernárdez 2'
Nascimento 74'		 Attendance: 2,529
27 January 2008 Round 3 Olimpia 0–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
16:00 Nascimento 54' Attendance: 11,934
30 January 2008 Round 4 Motagua 1–1 Victoria Tegucigalpa
19:30 Nascimento 89' Morán 30' Attendance: 2,441
2 February 2008 Round 5 Marathón 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 de Vasconselos 68'
Ferreira 90+2'		 Nascimento 50' Attendance: 2,475
10 February 2008 Round 6 Deportes Savio 0–0 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
Attendance: 4,033
17 February 2008 Round 7 Motagua 2–1 Real España Tegucigalpa
16:00 Torlacoff 73'
Rodas 79'		 Caetano 87' Attendance: 4,473
23 February 2008 Round 8 Vida 2–1 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Hernández 12'
Cardozo 87'		 Nascimento 90+1' Attendance: 3,347
2 March 2008 Round 9 Platense 1–0 Motagua Puerto Cortés
15:00 dos Santos 58' Attendance: 3,793
8 March 2008 Round 10 Atlético Olanchano 1–0 Motagua Catacamas
Marín 78' Attendance: 3,574
2 April 2008 Round 11 Hispano 2–0 Motagua Comayagua
Jiménez 30'
Morales 69'
16 March 2008 Round 12 Motagua 2–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
16:00 Torlacoff 27'
Bernárdez 65'		 Velásquez 32' Attendance: 15,627
29 March 2008 Round 13 Victoria 2–0 Motagua La Ceiba
Chávez 60' 90'
6 April 2008 Round 14 Motagua 3–3 Marathón Danlí
16:00 Guevara 36'
Izaguirre 76'
Torlacoff 90'		 Furtado 47'
Mayorquín 59'
da Silva 71'		 Attendance: 4,716
13 April 2008 Round 15 Motagua 2–0 Deportes Savio Danlí
Castillo 16'
Nascimento 56'
19 April 2008 Round 16 Real España 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Pavón 32' 81' Nascimento 16'
27 April 2008 Round 17 Motagua 2–0 Vida Danlí
15:00 Nascimento 44'
Castillo 90'		 Attendance: 2,099
3 May 2008 Round 18 Motagua 3–1 Platense Danlí
15:00 Torlacoff 6'
Valladares 9'
Bernárdez 21'		 Córdova 4' Attendance: 4,217

Semifinals

7 May 2008 1st leg Motagua 1–4 Olimpia Danlí
15:00 Matamoros 47' Bruschi 21'
Thomas 49'
R. Núñez 54'
M. Núñez 76'		 Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Mario Moncada
10 May 2008 2nd leg Olimpia 3–1 Motagua Comayagua
19:00 Turcios 19'
Bruschi 42'
Velásquez 62'		 Nacimento 37' Referee: Beningno Pineda
  • Motagua lost 2–7 on aggregate.

2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup

As champions in the 2006–07 Apertura season, F.C. Motagua had the right to participate in the Central American club championship in 2007. Under the management of DT Ramón Maradiaga, the team achieved a record 7 wins and 1 drawn in a total of 8 games, and won their first international trophy.[2]

Matches

First round

7 August 2007 1st leg Real Estelí Nicaragua 0–2 Honduras Motagua Estelí
Matamoros 8'
Nascimento 76'		 Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (BLZ)
16 August 2007 2nd leg Motagua Honduras 3–1 Nicaragua Real Estelí Tegucigalpa
Castillo 30'
Torlacoff 45'
Rodas 54'		 Vega 86' Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)
  • Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

18 September 2007 1st leg Motagua Honduras 1–0 Panama San Francisco Tegucigalpa
Bryce 32' Attendance: 2,515
Referee: Walter López (GUA)
Starting XI
26 September 2007 2nd leg San Francisco Panama 0–1 Honduras Motagua La Chorrera
Rodas 85' Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)
  • Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

23 October 2007 1st leg Municipal Guatemala 1–3 Honduras Motagua Guatemala City
Ponciano 56' Guevara 27' 86'
Nascimento 73'		 Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)
30 October 2007 2nd leg Motagua Honduras 3–2 Guatemala Municipal Tegucigalpa
Nascimento 10'
Chávez 41'
Bernárdez 65'		 Ramírez 11'
Romero 36'		 Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)
  • Motagua won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

28 November 2007 1st leg Saprissa Costa Rica 1–1 Honduras Motagua San José
Alpízar 8' García 49' Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
Starting XI
5 December 2007 1st leg Motagua Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica Saprissa Tegucigalpa
Nascimento 60' Attendance: 34,254
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)
  • Motagua won 2–1 on aggregate.

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

After winning the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, F.C. Motagua obtained one of the three Central American tickets to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. On 17 December 2008 CONCACAF announced the pairs for the Quarterfinals, leaving Motagua in the bracket against reigning champions C.F. Pachuca.[3]

Matches

Quarterfinals

11 March 2008 1st leg Motagua Honduras 0–0 Mexico Pachuca Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 35,846
Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
19 March 2008 2nd leg Pachuca Mexico 1–0 Honduras Motagua Pachuca
Montes 43' Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)
Starting XI
  • Motagua lost 0–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 2007/08
  2. ^ RSSSF.com–Central American Club Competitions 2007/08
  3. ^ "CONCACAF.com–2008 Champions' Cup". Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2010-06-15.