2014–15 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua

2014–15 season

Chairman

Julio Gutiérrez

Manager

Champions

Runner-up

Third place

Top goalscorer

League: Castillo (29)
All: Castillo (31)

Highest home attendance

34,169

Lowest home attendance

1,482

Average home league attendance

5,325

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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All statistics correct as of 24 May 2015.

The 2014–15 season will be C.D. Motagua's 64th season in existence and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football.

Overview

Despite of being eliminated early last season, the club's board of directors confirmed the continuity of coach Diego Vásquez for the start of the 2014–15 season.^[1] On 24 April 2014, Jorge Claros, Eduardo Sosa, Víctor Ortiz and Luis Castro were separated from the club.^[2] On 19 May 2014, Pedro Atala announced his resignation after 9 years as the club's president.^[3] Julio Gutiérrez took charge on July. On 8 November, Júnior Izaguirre reached 300 games playing for the club, a record at the time; he also scored the winning goal that night in the 2–1 home win over C.D. Victoria. On 7 December, the club qualified for their first final after six tournaments being absent. On 20 December, with a 2–1 aggregate over C.D. Real Sociedad, Motagua conquered its 13th national title by winning the 2014–15 Apertura season.^[4]

Players

Transfers in

Player	Contract date	Moving from
Lucas Gómez	26 April 2014	Universidad de Costa Rica
Cristian Hernández	5 January 2015	Valle
Israel Silva	13 January 2015	Antigua
Ricardo Rosales	29 January 2015	Godoy Cruz

Transfers out

Player	Released date	Moving to
Luis Castro	24 April 2014	Vida
Jorge Claros	24 April 2014	Sporting Kansas City
Víctor Ortiz	24 April 2014	Vida
Eduardo Sosa	24 April 2014	Unión Aconquija
José Varela	30 May 2014	Rentistas
David Molina	7 July 2014	TBD
Maximiliano Lombardi	11 July 2014	Los Caimanes
Dembor Bengtson	16 January 2015	Olimpia
Deybi Flores	24 February 2015	Vancouver Whitecaps

Squad

Statistics as of 24 May 2015

A#	C#	Pos.	Player	DoB	As of 2013–14		2014–15		Totals
1	1	GK	Sebastián Portigliatti	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 29)	18	0	33	0	51	0
2	2	DF	Juan Montes	(1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 28)	18	1	30	0	48	1
3	3	DF	Henry Figueroa	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 21)	35	1	35	1	70	2
4	4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 34)	286	33	38	4	324	37
5	5	DF	Marcelo Pereira	(1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 19)	0	0	9	0	9	0
6	6	MF	Marvin Barrios	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 20)	41	2	26	0	67	2
7	7	MF	Carlos Discua	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 29)	97	21	43	17	140	38
8	8	DF	Orlin Peralta	(1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 24)	22	0	22	0	44	0
9	9	FW	Román Castillo	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 22)	19	5	44	29	63	34
–	10	FW	Israel Silva	(1981-06-24)24 June 1981 (aged 33)	0	0	14	2	14	2
11	11	FW	Lucas Gómez	(1987-10-06)6 October 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	42	16	42	16
12	12	MF	Reinieri Mayorquín	(1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 24)	13	1	30	1	43	2
14	14	MF	Irvin Reyna	(1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 27)	13	0	42	1	55	1
16	16	MF	Kevin Maradiaga	(1994-01-19)19 January 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	6	0	6	0
17	17	MF	Júnior Padilla	(1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 22)	50	4	17	0	67	4
18	18	DF	Wilmer Crisanto	(1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 25)	18	0	39	2	57	2
19	19	DF	César Oseguera	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 23)	56	5	35	0	91	5
21	21	MF	Klifox Bernárdez	(1994-09-18)18 September 1994 (aged 19)	0	0	7	0	7	0
22	–	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 20)	3	0	3	0	7	0
23	23	MF	Deybi Flores	(1996-06-16)16 June 1996 (aged 18)	9	0	13	0	22	0
24	24	DF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 24)	80	2	41	2	120	4
25	25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 23)	27	0	13	0	40	0
26	–	DF	José García	(1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 23)	15	0	6	0	21	0
27	–	FW	Dembor Bengtson	(1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 19)	4	0	2	0	6	0
–	27	MF	Ricardo Rosales	–	0	0	11	1	11	1
33	–	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 20)	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	FW	Kevin López	(1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 18)	1	1	24	1	25	2
48	–	FW	Arnold Meléndez	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 19)	7	0	0	0	7	0
49	28	DF	Joshua Nieto	(1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 19)	6	0	4	0	10	0
–	–	FW	Marlon Ramírez	–	0	0	4	0	4	0
–	–	GK	Cristian Hernández	(1996-10-09)9 October 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	FW	Roy Hernández	–	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	–	FW	Foslyn Grant	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 15)	0	0	3	0	3	0
–	–	DF	Maylor Núñez	(1996-07-05)5 July 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	2	0	2	0
Manager			Diego Vásquez	(1971-07-03)3 July 1971 (aged 42)	23 November 2013–

Results

Preseason and friendlies

20 July 2014 Friendly	León Libertador	0–1	Motagua	Choluteca, Choluteca
		Report	81' Amador	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

26 July 2014 Friendly	Alianza	2–2	Motagua	San Salvador, El Salvador
				Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

10 January 2015 Friendly	Dragón	0–1	Motagua	San Miguel, El Salvador
		Report	79' dos Santos	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Apertura

Main article: 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional § Apertura

3 August 2014 Round 1	Real Sociedad	1–1	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
	Zúniga 32'	Report	37' Elvir	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Ángel Cruz

10 August 2014 Round 2	Motagua	4–1	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 35' 43' 63' Castillo 77'	Report	Isaula 90' Tejeda	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,943 Referee: Marlon Díaz

17 August 2014 Round 3	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez 35' López 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,691 Referee: Orlando Hernández

24 August 2014 Round 4	Real España	5–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Acosta 31' 47' Figueroa 71' (o.g.) Róchez 75' Lobo 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,279 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

31 August 2014 Round 5	Motagua	1–4	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez 64'	Report	17' Quioto Guerra 39' 45+2' Lozano 58' Acevedo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,185 Referee: Armando Castro

6 September 2014 Round 6	Vida	0–1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
		Report	17' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,328 Referee: Miguel Torres

14 September 2014 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Comayagua, Comayagua
		Report	20' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 2,101 Referee: Armando Castro

21 September 2014 Round 8	Victoria	0–2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
		Report	42' Discua 84' Crisanto	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Raúl Castro

1 October 2014 Round 9	Motagua	1–1	Parrillas One	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo pen.' (90+4)	Report	57' Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,857 Referee: Geovanny Martínez

5 October 2014 Round 10	Motagua	4–1	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez 8' 69' 90' Castillo 45'	Report	28' Tobías	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Nelson Salgado

10 October 2014 Round 11	Honduras Progreso	1–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
	León 21'	Report	56' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Attendance: 2,929 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

15 October 2014 Round 12	Platense	2–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Altamirano 17' de León 44' (pen.)	Report	54' (pen.) Discua	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: Raúl Castro

19 October 2014 Round 13	Motagua	5–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Reyna 21' Castillo 38' 81' Mayorquín 66' Crisanto 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Armando Castro

26 October 2014 Round 14	Olimpia	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
		Report	Discua 45' (pen.) Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

30 October 2014 Round 15	Motagua	1–2	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez 86'	Report	15' 63' Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Miguel Torres

2 November 2014 Round 16	Marathón	3–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Puerto 34' Barrios 39' Martínez 52'	Report	55' (pen.) Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Erick Andino

8 November 2014 Round 17	Motagua	2–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo 19' Izaguirre 29' (pen.)	Report	6' Crisanto	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Miguel Torres

15 November 2014 Round 18	Parrillas One	2–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Zavala 26' Romero 71'	Report	48' Castillo 72' Elvir	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

20 November 2014 Playoff	Platense	1–2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Aguilar 13'	Report	25' Figueroa 45' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Orlando Hernández

23 November 2014 Playoff	Motagua	2–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo 74' 90+2'	Report	33' de León	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Orlando Hernández

30 November 2014 Semifinals	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 21'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 11,864 Referee: Said Martínez

7 December 2014 Semifinals	Olimpia	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Quioto 38'	Report	62' Discua	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Armando Castro

14 December 2014 Final	Real Sociedad	0–0	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Referee: Óscar Moncada

20 December 2014 Final	Motagua	2–1	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 19' Castillo 44'	Report	36' Munguía	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,169 Referee: Armando Castro

Clausura

Main article: 2014–15 Honduran Liga Nacional § Clausura

18 January 2015 Round 1	Platense	2–2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Osorio 16' Cardona 63'	Report	8' Gómez 12' Discua	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,158 Referee: Said Martínez

25 January 2015 Round 2	Motagua	3–4	Parrillas One	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo 43' 56' Gómez 59'	Report	44' Bermúdez 72' Álvarez 86' Bernárdez 90+2' López	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,714 Referee: Nelson Salgado

31 January 2015 Round 3	Marathón	0–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
		Report	38' 45' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Said Martínez

22 February 2015 Round 4	Motagua	3–1	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 5' Izaguirre 48' (pen.) Castillo 70'	Report	64' Arriola	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,922 Referee: Nelson Salgado

15 February 2015 Round 5	Olimpia	3–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Quioto 47' Leguizamón 61' Elis 90'	Report	4' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,927 Referee: Raúl Castro

18 February 2015 Round 6	Victoria	2–2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
	Crisanto 19' Andino 39'	Report	24' Castillo 75' Silva	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

1 March 2015 Round 7	Motagua	2–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez 68' Discua 89'	Report	8' (pen.) Cardozo 25' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,829 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

7 March 2015 Round 8	Vida	0–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
		Report	29' Discua 44' Castillo 55' (pen.) Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Raúl Castro

11 March 2015 Round 9	Motagua	3–2	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Matute 6' (o.g.) Discua 86' Silva 90+2'	Report	27' Munguía 41' (pen.) Clark	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,973 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

15 March 2015 Round 10	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo 39' Gómez 43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,575 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

21 March 2015 Round 11	Parrillas One	1–2	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
	Rodríguez 27'	Report	12' 65' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Raúl Castro

5 April 2015 Round 12	Motagua	3–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo 29' Gómez 45+1' Rosales 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,445 Referee: Óscar Moncada

8 April 2015 Round 13	Honduras Progreso	0–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
		Report	72' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Attendance: 1,606 Referee: Erick Andino

12 April 2015 Round 14	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 45'	Report	90' Lozano	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 11,025 Referee: Óscar Moncada

15 April 2015 Round 15	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 41' Castillo 49' 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,708 Referee: Armando Castro

18 April 2015 Round 16	Real España	1–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Cardozo 67'	Report	23' Discua 60' Silva	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 3,766 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

25 April 2015 Round 17	Motagua	2–1	Vida	Comayagua, Comayagua
	Castillo 40' Izaguirre 90' (pen.)	Report	73' Riascos	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Said Martínez

2 May 2015 Round 18	Real Sociedad	1–0	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
	Batiz 16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

13 May 2015 Semifinals	Victoria	1–0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
	Andino 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Raúl Castro

16 May 2015 Semifinals	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez 17' Castillo 25' 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,798 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

20 May 2015 Final	Motagua	1–2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua 87'	Report	8' (pen.) 27' Lozano	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 4,523 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

24 May 2015 Final	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Honduran Cup

Main article: 2015 Honduran Cup

7 February 2015 Round of 64	Alianza de Becerra	0–1	Motagua	San Francisco, Olancho
			30' Núñez	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Hawit Banegas Attendance: 2,500

25 February 2015 Round of 32	Atlético Calvario	1–4	Motagua	Langue, Valle
	Flores 86'		9' Padilla 46' 61' Castillo 51' López	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Alberto Arias

18 March 2015 Round of 16	Atlético Olanchano	1–4	Motagua	Catacamas, Olancho
	Jiménez 15'		6' Gómez 51' Rosales 77' Silva 88' (pen.) Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

25 March 2015 Quarterfinals	Atlético Esperanzano	3–2	Motagua	La Esperanza, Intibucá
	Flores 22' Ramos 25' Garay 84' (pen.)		37' Silva 87' (pen.) Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Romualdo Bueso

28 March 2015 Quarterfinals	Motagua	3–0	Atlético Esperanzano	Catacamas, Olancho
	Reyna 29' Elvir 45' Gómez 61'			Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

1 April 2015 Semifinals	Platense	2–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Aguilar 34' Lalín 49'		85' Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

29 April 2015 Semifinals	Motagua	1–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Izaguirre 59' (pen.)		74' (pen.) Abadía	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

8 May 2015 Third Place	Motagua	4–3	Villanueva	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
	Izaguirre ?' (pen.) Grant 46' Rosales 57' Crisanto 80' (pen.)		45' 69' Zelaya 55' Oseguera	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

External links

Official website

References

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 (23)

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 Supercup (1)	1999

Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1)	2007

Amateur League (2)	1948 1950–51

Francisco Morazán Championship (5)	1947 1948 1950 1951 1954

Website: www.motagua.com

2014–15 in Honduran football

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Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Liga de Ascenso

Domestic cups	Honduran Cup (2015)

CONCACAF club competitions	Champions League

Related to national teams	Results FIFA World Cup CONCACAF Gold Cup Copa Centroamericana Central American and Caribbean Games CONCACAF U-20 Championship CONCACAF U-17 Championship FIFA U-20 World Cup

Club seasons

Liga Nacional	Honduras Marathón Motagua Olimpia Parrillas One Platense Real España Real Sociedad Victoria Vida

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