1997–98 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
1997–98 season
Chairman	Eduardo Atala
Manager	Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura	Winners
Clausura	Winners
Cup	Runners-up
Grandes de Centroamérica	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two halves, Apertura and Clausura. Motagua was capable to win both tournaments, having achieved the first bi-championship in their history.^[1]

Apertura[edit]

Squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	ARG	Diego Vásquez
–	GK	HON	Hugo Caballero
–	GK	HON	Noel Valladares
–	DF	HON	Hernaín Arzú
–	DF	HON	Reynaldo Clavasquín
–	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
–	DF	HON	Elmer Montoya
–	DF	HON	Júnior Izaguirre
–	DF	HON	Ninrrol Medina
–	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
–	DF	HON	José Romero
–	MF	HON	Mario Chirinos
–	MF	HON	Juan Coello
–	MF	HON	Amado Guevara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	HON	Luis Guifarro
–	MF	COL	Carlos Bacca
–	MF	ARG	Ariel Leyes
–	MF	HON	Óscar Lagos
–	MF	HON	Juan Raudales
–	MF	HON	Níguel Zúniga
–	MF	HON	German Rodríguez
–	FW	HON	Presley Carson
–	FW	HON	Marlon Hernández
–	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
–	FW	COL	Roberto Asprilla
–	FW	HON	Francisco Ramírez
–	FW	BRA	Ottavio Santana

Source:^[2]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense^[a]	20	12	2	6	42	26	+16	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	20	10	7	3	23	17	+6	37
3	Olimpia	20	9	9	2	33	21	+12	36
4	Marathón	20	8	8	4	30	24	+6	32
5	Real España	20	8	8	4	30	26	+4	32

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Platense 1997 Honduran Cup champions as regular season winner.

Matches[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W
Position	4	4	5	8	6	4	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[edit]

24 August 1997 Round 1	Motagua	1–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Coello			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

31 August 1997 Round 2	Motagua	0–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 September 1997 Round 3	Motagua	1–1	Universidad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Hernández		Lagos	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

14 September 1997 Round 4	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

23 September 1997 Round 5	Motagua	2–1	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

4 October 1997 Round 6	Palestino	3–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

12 October 1997 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

19 October 1997 Round 8	Olimpia	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Martínez 88'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 October 1997 Round 9	Real España	0–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

26 October 1997 Round 10	Independiente Villela	1–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

9 November 1997 Round 11	Vida	0–1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

15 November 1997 Round 12	Victoria	2–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

23 November 1997 Round 13	Universidad	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 December 1997 Round 14	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Arzú			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 December 1997 Round 15	Real Maya	0–0	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

30 December 1997 Round 16	Motagua	1–1	Palestino	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

10 January 1998 Round 17	Marathón	0–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

18 January 1998 Round 18	Motagua	0–3	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 February 1998 Round 19	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 February 1998 Round 20	Motagua	2–1	Independiente Villela	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Hexagonal[edit]

7 March 1998 1st leg	Real España	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

18 March 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Martínez 85'		Cabrera 80'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua 1–1 Real España on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season record.

Semifinals[edit]

23 March 1998 1st leg	Olimpia	1–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Costa		Guevara Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

4 April 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season record.

Final[edit]

15 April 1998 1st leg	Real España	0–3	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)			Ramírez 21' Lagos 55' Guevara 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

18 April 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Ramírez 20' Guevara 32'		Morales 26'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.

Clausura[edit]

Squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	ARG	Diego Vásquez
–	GK	HON	Hugo Caballero
–	GK	HON	Noel Valladares
–	DF	HON	Hernaín Arzú
–	DF	HON	Reynaldo Clavasquín
–	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
–	DF	HON	Elmer Montoya
–	DF	HON	Júnior Izaguirre
–	DF	HON	Ninrrol Medina
–	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
–	DF	HON	José Romero
–	MF	HON	Mario Chirinos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	HON	Juan Coello
–	MF	HON	Amado Guevara
–	MF	HON	Luis Guifarro
–	MF	ARG	Ariel Leyes
–	MF	HON	Óscar Lagos
–	MF	HON	Juan Raudales
–	MF	HON	German Rodríguez
–	FW	HON	Presley Carson
–	FW	HON	Marlon Hernández
–	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
–	FW	HON	Francisco Ramírez

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	20	13	7	0	46	15	+31	46	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	20	14	4	2	39	15	+24	46
3	Platense	20	8	8	4	36	30	+6	32
4	Marathón	20	7	9	4	29	28	+1	30
5	Real Maya	20	8	4	8	26	27	−1	28

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[edit]

26 April 1998 Round 1	Motagua	2–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

3 May 1998 Round 2	Motagua	1–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Martínez			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 May 1998 Round 3	Motagua	2–1	Universidad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

17 May 1998 Round 4	Platense	3–2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

7 June 1998 Round 5	Motagua	1–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Martínez 88'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

10 June 1998 Round 6	Real España	2–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

14 June 1998 Round 7	Olimpia	2–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

21 June 1998 Round 8	Independiente Villela	3–3	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Marco Urbina

24 June 1998 Round 9	Motagua	2–0	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

28 June 1998 Round 10	Palestino	0–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

5 July 1998 Round 11	Vida	1–2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

15 July 1998 Round 12	Victoria	0–0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

30 July 1998 Round 13	Universidad	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

2 August 1998 Round 14	Motagua	3–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

8 August 1998 Round 15	Real Maya	0–1	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06)			Guevara	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

13 August 1998 Round 16	Motagua	4–1	Palestino	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
18:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 August 1998 Round 17	Marathón	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

26 August 1998 Round 18	Motagua	2–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

30 August 1998 Round 19	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 September 1998 Round 20	Motagua	6–1	Independiente Villela	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Hexagonal[edit]

20 September 1998 1st leg	Real Maya	1–4	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

27 September 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	1–1	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals[edit]

4 October 1998 1st round	Platense	3–3	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

11 October 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	2–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

18 October 1998 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

25 October 1998 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Clavasquín 117'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 1–0 on aggregate.

1998 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica[edit]

Matches[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

29 October 1997 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	Comunicaciones	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 November 1997 2nd leg	Comunicaciones	0–0 (3–4 p)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Comunicaciones 0–0 Motagua on aggregate score; Motagua won 4–3 on penalty shootouts.

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa	6	2	3	1	6	3	+3	11^[a]	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Real España	5	2	3	0	2	0	+2	11^[b]	Qualified to Semifinals
3	Aurora	5	0	3	2	2	6	−4	5^[c]
4	Motagua	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Saprissa two (+2) points added
^ Real España two (+2) points added
^ Aurora two (+2) points added

29 October 1997 Round 1	Motagua	n/p	Aurora	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 November 1997 Round 2	Motagua	n/p	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

12 November 1997 Round 3	Motagua	1–1 (3–4 p)	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

20 November 1997 Round 4	Aurora	1–1 (4–2 p)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

29 November 1997 Round 5	Real España	0–0 (5–4 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

11 December 1997 Round 6	Saprissa	1–0	Motagua	San José, Costa Rica
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

References[edit]

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 1997/98 Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine – 2009-12-11
^ National-football-teams.com – Club – Motagua Tegucigalpa

External links[edit]

Motagua Official Website

[table_note_PLA0.95886089464597-3] Platense 1997 Honduran Cup champions as regular season winner.

[table_hth_SAP0.91780436687069-4] Saprissa two (+2) points added

[table_hth_RES0.91780436687069-5] Real España two (+2) points added

[table_hth_AUR0.91780436687069-6] Aurora two (+2) points added

[1] RSSSF.com – Honduras 1997/98 Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine – 2009-12-11

[2] National-football-teams.com – Club – Motagua Tegucigalpa

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