2009–10 C.D. Motagua season

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Motagua
2009–10 season
ChairmanPedro Atala
ManagerJuan de Dios Castillo and Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura4th
ClausuraRunner-up
Top goalscorerWelcome (17)

The 2009–10 F.C. Motagua season was the fifty-fifth season of Motagua's professional football lifetime. It consisted of two halves, the Apertura, which ran from July to November 2009, and the Clausura, which ran from January to May 2010.[1]

Apertura[edit]

During the preseason, several members of the team were poisoning presenting stomach pain and four of them were interned in a clinic. Iván Guerrero, Johnny Leverón, Romel Murillo and Carlos Padilla, were the players that were taken to the hospital due to severe dehydration. The rest of the team took a medical evaluation at the headquarters of the club. Following this incident, the coach Juan de Dios Castillo has suspended training for a couple of days.[2]

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
1 GK Honduras HON Ricardo Canales (vice-captain)
2 DF Honduras HON Gustavo Alvarado
3 DF Uruguay URU Guillermo Díaz
4 DF Honduras HON Johnny Leverón
5 DF Honduras HON Milton Reyes
6 MF Uruguay URU Mauricio Weber
7 FW Honduras HON Georgie Welcome
8 MF Honduras HON Jorge Claros
9 FW Honduras HON Shannon Welcome
10 FW Argentina ARG Sergio Diduch
11 FW Brazil BRA Marcelo dos Santos
12 DF Honduras HON Iván Guerrero
13 MF Honduras HON Ronald Martínez
14 MF Honduras HON Luis Guzmán
15 DF Honduras HON David Meléndez
17 DF Honduras HON Romel Murillo
18 FW Honduras HON Meller Sánchez
19 MF Honduras HON Emilson Cruz
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Honduras HON Emilio Izaguirre
22 GK Honduras HON Donaldo Morales
23 MF Honduras HON Daniel Lloyd
26 DF Honduras HON David Molina
27 DF Honduras HON Mario Gómez
28 DF Honduras HON Samir García
29 MF Argentina ARG Eugenio Klein
30 MF Honduras HON Rubén Rivera
31 MF Honduras HON Carlos Cruz
32 MF Honduras HON Leonardo Isaula
33 DF Honduras HON Esdras Padilla
35 FW Honduras HON José Valladares
43 FW Honduras HON Jairo Martínez
FW Honduras HON José Rivera
DF Honduras HON Eleazar Padilla
DF Honduras HON Carlos Pineda
MF Honduras HON Javier Portillo

Transfers in[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
FW Argentina ARG Sergio Diduch
MF Uruguay URU Mauricio Weber
DF Honduras HON Romel Murillo
MF Argentina ARG Eugenio Klein
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Honduras HON Mario Gómez
DF Honduras HON David Meléndez
FW Brazil BRA Marcelo dos Santos

Transfers out[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
2 DF Honduras HON Steven Morris
8 MF Honduras HON Miguel Castillo
10 FW Brazil BRA Jocimar Nascimento
11 FW Uruguay URU Óscar Torlacoff
12 MF Honduras HON José Burgos
17 MF Honduras HON Fernando Castillo
27 FW Honduras HON Jefferson Bernárdez
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Argentina ARG Guillermo Santo
36 MF Honduras HON Kevin Osorio
40 MF Honduras HON Víctor Zúniga
42 MF Honduras HON Milton Palacios
44 MF Honduras HON Marvin Sánchez
GK Honduras HON Levon Smith
DF Brazil BRA Nilberto da Silva

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 18 11 5 2 32 16 +16 38 Advanced to the Final Stage
2 Motagua 18 10 5 3 31 14 +17 35
3 Olimpia 18 8 6 4 29 16 +13 30
4 Real España 18 9 3 6 26 20 +6 30
5 Victoria 18 7 5 6 22 27 −5 26
Updated to match(es) played on November 4, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

19 June 2009 Friendly Honduras U-17 0–4 Motagua La Esperanza
Diduch
Rivera
Molina
Valladares

Regular season[edit]

19 July 2009 Round 1 Motagua 2–0 Real Juventud Tegucigalpa
Isaula 35'
Welcome 53'
Attendance: 2,946
Referee: Rolando Hernández
22 July 2009 Round 2 Motagua 3–1 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa
Isaula 8' 20'
dos Santos 89'
López 59' Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Marvin Matamoros
26 July 2009 Round 3 Olimpia 0–0 Motagua Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 11,053
Referee: Gaspar Molina
2 August 2009 Round 4 Motagua 1–2 Vida Tegucigalpa
dos Santos 28' Bengtson 54'
Córdoba 76'
Attendance: 1,856
Referee: José Sandoval
8 August 2009 Round 5 Marathón 2–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Paz 27'
Brown 75'
Attendance: 1,374
Referee: José Molina
16 August 2009 Round 6 Platense 2–2 Motagua Puerto Cortés
Savonek 17'
Róchez 41'
Leverón 43'
Welcome 75'
Attendance: 1,977
Referee: José Cálix
23 August 2009 Round 7 Motagua 1–0 Real España Tegucigalpa
Isaula 78' (pen.) Attendance: 2,659
Referee: José Molina
29 August 2009 Round 8 Victoria 0–4 Motagua La Ceiba
Weber 12'
Guzmán 26'
Welcome 42'
Diduch 49'
Attendance: 2,985
Referee: Evaristo Soriano
2 September 2009 Round 9 Hispano 2–2 Motagua Comayagua
Jiménez 27' (pen)
Morales 54'
Weber 29'
Diduch 50' (pen.)
Referee: Ronald Hernández
13 September 2009 Round 10 Real Juventud 0–3 Motagua Santa Bárbara
Welcome 41'
Diduch 56'
Welcome 81'
Attendance: 581
Referee: Óscar Moncada
20 September 2009 Round 11 Deportes Savio 0–2 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
Welcome 71'
Welcome 82'
Attendance: 1,194
Referee: José Sandoval
4 October 2009 Round 12 Motagua 0–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
de Souza 85' Attendance: 8,803
Referee: Óscar Moncada
7 October 2009 Round 13 Vida 1–1 Motagua La Ceiba
Bengtson 68' Welcome 11' Attendance: 1,687
Referee: José Sandoval
18 October 2009 Round 14 Motagua 2–2 Marathón Tegucigalpa
Welcome 75' 78' Mejía 6'
Martínez 26'
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
25 October 2009 Round 15 Motagua 2–0 Platense Tegucigalpa
Welcome 23'
Izaguirre 34'
Attendance: 2,105
Referee: José Cálix
28 October 2009 Round 16 Real España 1–2 Motagua San Pedro Sula
Delgado 53' Diduch 27'
Welcome 38'
Attendance: 2,508
Referee: José Sandoval
1 November 2009 Round 17 Motagua 3–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
Welcome 5' 47'
Leverón 69'
Attendance: 2,792
Referee: Óscar Moncada
4 November 2009 Round 18 Motagua 1–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa
Díaz 6' Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Semifinals[edit]

7 November 2009 1st leg Olimpia 0–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
Diduch 41' (pen.) Attendance: 6,408
Referee: Óscar Moncada
10 November 2009 2nd leg Motagua 0–2 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
19:30 Rojas 14'
Turcios 85'
Attendance: Not reported
Referee: Benigno Pineda
  • Motagua 1–2 Olimpia on aggregate.

Clausura[edit]

The 2009–10 Clausura season for C.D. Motagua was somewhat bittersweet, they manage to finish on first position in the Regular season, an honor not accomplished since December 2001; they overcame in Semifinals beating C.D. Platense with difficulties; however lost in the Final against Club Deportivo Olimpia in spite of having shown great football.

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
1 GK Honduras HON Ricardo Canales
2 DF Honduras HON Gustavo Alvarado
3 DF Uruguay URU Guillermo Díaz
4 DF Honduras HON Johnny Leverón
5 DF Honduras HON Milton Reyes
6 MF Uruguay URU Mauricio Weber
7 FW Honduras HON Georgie Welcome
8 MF Honduras HON Jorge Claros
9 FW Honduras HON Shannon Welcome
10 FW Argentina ARG Sergio Diduch
11 FW Brazil BRA Marcelo dos Santos
12 DF Honduras HON Iván Guerrero
13 MF Honduras HON Ronald Martínez
14 MF Honduras HON Luis Guzmán
15 MF Honduras HON Gabriel Balladares
17 MF Honduras HON Ramón Amador
18 FW Honduras HON Meller Sánchez
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Honduras HON Emilson Cruz
20 MF Honduras HON Amado Guevara
21 DF Honduras HON Emilio Izaguirre
22 GK Honduras HON Donaldo Morales
23 DF Honduras HON Sergio Mendoza
25 GK Honduras HON Marlon Licona
26 DF Honduras HON David Molina
27 DF Honduras HON Mario Gómez
28 DF Honduras HON Samir García
29 MF Honduras HON Alejandro Aguiluz
30 MF Honduras HON Rubén Rivera
31 MF Honduras HON Carlos Cruz
33 DF Honduras HON Esdras Padilla
35 FW Honduras HON José Valladares
36 MF Honduras HON Javier Portillo
37 GK Honduras HON Eduardo Sánchez

Transfers in[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
MF Honduras HON Amado Guevara
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Honduras HON Sergio Mendoza

Transfers out[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
DF Honduras HON Romel Murillo
MF Honduras HON David Meléndez
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Argentina ARG Eugenio Klein
MF Honduras HON Leonardo Isaula

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Motagua 18 11 3 4 28 15 +13 36 Advanced to the Final Stage
2 Olimpia 18 8 8 2 26 11 +15 32
3 Vida 18 8 4 6 25 20 +5 28
4 Platense 18 7 7 4 23 19 +4 28
5 Hispano 18 8 3 7 22 22 0 27
Updated to match(es) played on April 17, 2010. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

30 December 2009 Friendly Alianza El Salvador 1–2 Honduras Motagua San Salvador, El Salvador
CST Zelaya 44' 61' (pen.) Diduch
70' dos Santos
Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 700
15 January 2010 Friendly Jocón 0–3 Motagua Jocón, Yoro
CST Valladares
dos Santos
Reyes
17 January 2010 Friendly Social Sol 1–2 Motagua Olanchito, Yoro
CST Romero 19' 51' Welcome
56' Martínez
Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

Regular season[edit]

30 January 2010 Round 1 Victoria 1–0 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Copete 89' Attendance: 3,589
Referee: Armando Castro
Starting XI
3 February 2010 Round 2 Motagua 3–1 Real Juventud Tegucigalpa
19:30 dos Santos 38' 90'
Welcome 78'
Grant 52' Attendance: 2,389
Referee: Wilson Matute
6 February 2010 Round 3 Marathón 3–4 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Ramírez 57' (pen.)
Palacios 75'
Mejía 82'
Welcome 12'
Norales 38' (o.g.)
dos Santos 41'
Aguiluz 88'
Attendance: 3,034
Referee: José Pineda
Starting XI
14 February 2010 Round 4 Hispano 3–1 Motagua Comayagua
Flores 25' 60' (pen.) 86' Guevara 79' Attendance: 4,829
Referee: Armando Castro
17 February 2010 Round 5 Motagua 1–0 Real España Tegucigalpa
19:30 Leverón 37' Attendance: 2,676
Referee: Benigno Pineda
21 February 2010 Round 6 Vida 0–1 Motagua La Ceiba
15:00 Diduch 45+3' (pen.) Attendance: 4,572
Referee: Mario Moncada
28 February 2010 Round 7 Motagua 1–0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
16:00 dos Santos 60' Attendance: 16,673
Referee: Benigno Pineda
7 March 2010 Round 8 Platense 2–1 Motagua Puerto Cortés
15:00 Róchez 33'
Kurley 81'
Díaz 90' Attendance: 3,668
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
11 March 2010 Round 9 Motagua 1–1 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa
19:30 Welcome 45+1' Smith 10' Attendance: 1,551
Referee: Wilson Matute
14 March 2010 Round 10 Motagua 3–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
16:00 Welcome 12'
Diduch 14' 56'
Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Miguel Torres
17 March 2010 Round 11 Real Juventud 0–3 Motagua Santa Bárbara
Welcome 17' 30'
Weber 62'
Attendance: 1,028
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
21 March 2010 Round 12 Motagua 1–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Welcome 32' Attendance: 4,019
Referee: José Molina
28 March 2010 Round 13 Motagua 1–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Diduch 13' Attendance: 2,548
Referee: Erick Andino
31 March 2010 Round 14 Real España 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Pavón 39' (pen.) 73' Delgado 22' (o.g.) Attendance: 6,571
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
7 April 2010 Round 15 Motagua 3–2 Vida Tegucigalpa
19:30 Welcome 25'
Guevara 38'
Guerrero 64'
Bangtson 50' 71' (pen.) Attendance: 2,042
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
11 April 2010 Round 16 Olimpia 0–0 Motagua Tegucigalpa
16:00 Attendance: 11,824
Referee: Armando Castro
14 April 2010 Round 17 Motagua 3–0 Platense Tegucigalpa
19:30 Mendoza 14'
dos Santos 81'
Martínez 90'
Attendance: 1,098
Referee: Benigno Pineda
17 April 2010 Round 18 Deportes Savio 0–0 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
Attendance: 2,260
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Semifinals[edit]

25 April 2010 1st leg Platense 2–2 Motagua Puerto Cortés
15:00 Roóches 49' 63' dos Santos 14'
Guevara 16'
Attendance: 3,560
Referee: Óscar Moncada
28 April 2010 2nd leg Motagua 0–0 Platense Tegucigalpa
19:30 Attendance: 6,159
Referee: Marlon Muñoz
  • Motagua 2–2 Platense on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season performance.

Final[edit]

2 May 2010 1st leg Olimpia 3–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
16:00 Tilguath 23'
Rojas 40' 58'
dos Santos 73' Attendance: 14,178
Referee: Armando Castro
8 May 2010 2nd leg Motagua 1–0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
19:30 Welcome 38' Attendance: 16,299
Referee: Benigno Pineda
  • Motagua 2–3 Olimpia on aggregate.

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