2013–14 C.D. Motagua season

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Motagua
2013–14 season
ChairmanPedro Atala
ManagerRisto Vidaković
Milton Reyes
Diego Vásquez
Apertura9th
ClausuraPlayoffs
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lombardi (5)

All:
Lombardi (5)
Highest home attendance4,341
Lowest home attendance990
Average home league attendance2,930
All statistics correct as of 10 November 2013.

The 2013–14 season was F.C. Motagua's 63rd season in existence and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The domestic league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura was scheduled to be played in the second half of 2013, while the Clausura in the first half of 2014. Motagua were looking for its 13th domestic championship. Due to an unsuccessful 2012–13 season, the club won't have international participation.

Overview[edit]

Right after being eliminated from the 2012–13 season, one of the club's director, Nelson Abdalah, announced that manager Juan Castillo would continue coaching for this season,[1] nevertheless, on 20 May 2013, president Pedro Atala announced Serbian Risto Vidaković as the new club's manager.[2] On 18 September 2013, the club released their new anthem called "Mi Corazón" (My Heart) interpreted by Luis Bustillo.[3] On 6 November, Vidaković was sacked due to poor results[4] and former player Milton Reyes took over.

Players[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Player Contract date Moving from
Colombia Luis Castro 14 May 2013 Honduras Marathón[5]
El Salvador José Gutiérrez 15 May 2013 El Salvador Águila[6]
Honduras Juan Montes 15 May 2013 Honduras Platense[7]
Honduras Ricardo Canales 14 June 2013 Honduras Atlético Choloma[8]
Honduras Orlin Peralta 26 June 2013 Honduras Vida[9]
Uruguay Maximiliano Lombardi 4 July 2013 Uruguay Progreso[10]
Uruguay José Varela 25 July 2013 Ecuador Liga de Loja[11]
Honduras Jorge Claros 13 August 2013 Scotland Hibernian[12]
Honduras Wilmer Crisanto 27 November 2013 Honduras Victoria[13]
Argentina Sebastián Portigliatti 2 December 2013 Argentina Jorge Newbery[14]
Honduras Román Castillo 4 December 2013 Honduras Vida[15]
Argentina Eduardo Sosa 5 December 2013 Argentina Desamparados[16]
Honduras Reinieri Mayorquín 9 December 2013 Honduras Lepaera[17]
Honduras Víctor Ortiz 16 December 2013 Honduras Victoria[18]
Honduras Irvin Reyna 26 December 2013 Honduras Olimpia[19]

Transfers out[edit]

Player Released date Moving to
Honduras Odis Borjas 30 April 2013 Honduras Platense
Uruguay Kerpo de León 30 April 2013 Retired
Honduras Roger Mondragón 30 April 2013 Honduras Vida
Honduras Carlos Morán 30 April 2013 Honduras Vida
Brazil Jocimar Nascimento 30 April 2013 Tajikistan Istiqlol Dushanbe
Honduras Adán Ramírez 30 April 2013 TBD
Honduras Esdras Padilla 30 May 2013 TBD
Honduras Eduardo Sánchez 30 May 2013 TBD
Honduras Amado Guevara 13 June 2013 Honduras Icevic B (basketball)
Honduras Donaldo Morales 13 June 2013 Guatemala Malacateco
Honduras Emilson Cruz 12 July 2013 TBD
Honduras Ronald Martínez 12 July 2013 TBD
Honduras Shannon Welcome 12 July 2013 Honduras Vida
Honduras Nery Medina 21 July 2013 Honduras Olimpia
Honduras Georgie Welcome 2 December 2013 Honduras Platense
Honduras Roby Norales 2 December 2013 Honduras Vida
El Salvador José Gutiérrez 2 December 2013 El Salvador Alianza
Honduras Grodbin Benítez 2 December 2013 TBD
Honduras Ricardo Canales 2 December 2013 Honduras Vida
Honduras Brayan Figueroa 2 December 2013 TBD
Honduras Melvin Valladares 2 December 2013 Honduras Victoria
Honduras Marvin Cálix 2 December 2013 TBD
Honduras Eddie Hernández 4 December 2013 Honduras Vida
Honduras Alfredo Mejía 26 December 2013 Honduras Marathón

Squad[edit]

  • Statistics as of 20 April 2014
A# C# Pos. Player DoB As of 2012–13 2013–14 Totals
1 GK Honduras Ricardo Canales (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 31) 89 0 4 0 93 0
1 GK Argentina Sebastián Portigliatti (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 28) 0 0 18 0 18 0
2 2 DF Honduras Juan Montes (1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 27) 0 0 18 1 18 1
3 3 DF Honduras Henry Figueroa (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 20) 3 0 32 1 35 1
4 4 DF Honduras Júnior Izaguirre (1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 33) 300 32 26 1 326 33
5 5 DF Honduras David Molina (1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 25) 99 5 1 0 100 5
6 MF Honduras Marvin Barrios (1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 19) 32 2 9 0 41 2
7 7 MF Honduras Carlos Discua (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 28) 63 14 34 7 97 21
8 8 MF Honduras Jorge Claros (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 27) 140 6 24 0 164 6
9 FW Honduras Georgie Welcome (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 28) 107 34 15 4 122 38
9 FW Honduras Román Castillo (1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 21) 0 0 19 5 19 5
10 10 MF Uruguay Maximiliano Lombardi (1987-05-11)11 May 1987 (aged 26) 0 0 33 9 33 9
11 MF Honduras Melvin Valladares (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 29) 41 6 14 1 55 7
11 FW Argentina Eduardo Sosa (1982-05-16)16 May 1982 (aged 31) 0 0 12 1 12 1
12 MF El Salvador José Gutiérrez (1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 23) 0 0 9 0 9 0
12 MF Honduras Reinieri Mayorquín (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 24) 0 0 13 1 13 1
13 MF Honduras Grodbin Benítez (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 20) 0 0 2 0 2 0
14 FW Honduras Roby Norales (1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 22) 39 8 7 0 46 8
14 MF Honduras Irvin Reyna (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 26) 0 0 13 0 13 0
15 MF Honduras Marvin Cálix (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 21) 3 0 0 0 3 0
16 16 DF Colombia Luis Castro (1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 28) 0 0 11 0 11 0
17 MF Honduras Júnior Padilla (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 21) 27 2 23 2 50 4
18 DF Honduras Brayan Figueroa (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 21) 12 0 5 0 17 0
18 DF Honduras Wilmer Crisanto (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 24) 0 0 18 0 18 0
19 19 DF Honduras César Oseguera (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 23) 37 3 19 2 56 5
21 MF Honduras Alfredo Mejía (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 23) 22 1 7 1 29 2
22 22 FW Uruguay José Varela (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 25) 0 0 29 7 29 7
23 FW Honduras Eddie Hernández (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 22) 23 7 12 0 35 7
24 24 DF Honduras Omar Elvir (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 23) 73 1 7 1 80 2
25 25 GK Honduras Marlon Licona (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 22) 11 0 16 0 27 0
26 26 DF Honduras José García (1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 22) 0 0 15 0 15 0
27 27 DF Honduras Orlin Peralta (1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 23) 0 0 22 0 22 0
28 DF Honduras Carlos Turcios (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20) 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Honduras Brayan García (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 20) 5 0 0 0 5 0
29 FW Honduras Víctor Ortiz (1990-05-21)21 May 1990 (aged 23) 0 0 14 0 14 0
31 MF Honduras Ramón Amador (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 19) 3 0 0 0 3 0
33 GK Honduras Harold Fonseca (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 FW Honduras Arnold Meléndez (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 18) 3 0 4 0 7 0
49 DF Honduras Joshua Nieto (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18) 6 0 0 0 6 0
DF Honduras Santos Crisanto 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF Honduras Deybi Flores (1996-06-16)16 June 1996 (aged 17) 0 0 9 0 9 0
FW Honduras Dembor Bengtson (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18) 0 0 4 0 4 0
FW Honduras Kevin López (1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 17) 0 0 1 1 1 1
Managers Serbia Risto Vidaković (1969-01-05)5 January 1969 (aged 44) 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013
Honduras Milton Reyes (interim) (1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 39) 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013
Argentina Diego Vásquez (1971-07-03)3 July 1971 (aged 42) 23 November 2013–

Reserve Team Squad[edit]

  • Statistics as of 2 December 2013
A# C# Pos. Player DoB As of 2012–13 2013–14 Totals
28 DF Honduras Carlos Turcios (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20) 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Honduras Brayan García (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 20) 5 0 0 0 5 0
31 MF Honduras Ramón Amador (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 19) 3 0 0 0 3 0
33 GK Honduras Harold Fonseca (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 FW Honduras Arnold Meléndez (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 18) 3 0 3 0 6 0
49 DF Honduras Joshua Nieto (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18) 6 0 0 0 6 0

Results[edit]

Preseason and friendlies[edit]

22 June 2013 Friendly Motagua Honduras 1–1 Nicaragua Juventus Estadio Birichiche
Hernández 4' Tiempo.hn 90' Martínez
27 July 2013 Friendly Marathón 0–1 Motagua Estadio Carlos Miranda
35' Norales Attendance: ~150

Apertura[edit]

11 August 2013 Round 1 Deportes Savio 1–0 Motagua Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes
Lasso 27' Soccerway Attendance: 1,349
Referee: Orlando Hernández
14 August 2013 Round 2 Motagua 4–2 Vida Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Welcome 10' 28'
Varela 59'
Oseguera 90+4'
Soccerway 24' Castillo
90+1' Quioto
Attendance: 2,477
Referee: Erick Andino
18 August 2013 Round 3 Marathón 1–1 Motagua Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Flores 35' Soccerway 12' Valladares Attendance: 2,309
Referee: Manuel Zelaya
1 September 2013 Round 5 Olimpia 2–1 Motagua Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Bermúdez 10'
Mejía 34'
Soccerway 66' Discua Attendance: 5,142
Referee: Raúl Castro
8 September 2013 Round 6 Parrillas One 1–2 Motagua Estadio León Gómez
Parham 74' Soccerway 44' Lombardi
60' Discua
Attendance: 2,250
Referee: Armando Castro
18 September 2013 Round 7 Motagua 2–1 Real España Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Montes 45+2'
Varela 55'
Soccerway 33' Rodas Attendance: 3,228
Referee: Miguel Torres
22 September 2013 Round 8 Victoria 3–2 Motagua Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Elvir 28'
Hoyos 57' 90'
Ortiz soccer ball with red X
Soccerway 16' Varela
29' Lombardi
Attendance: 822
Referee: Óscar Moncada
29 September 2013 Round 9 Motagua 2–2 Platense Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Welcome 33' 77' Soccerway 62' (pen.) 72' de León Attendance: 2,937
Referee: Erick Andino
6 October 2013 Round 11 Vida 2–1 Motagua Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Castillo 10'
Montero 29'
Soccerway 36' (pen.) Lombardi Attendance: 1,131
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
10 November 2013 Round 18 Platense 1–0 Motagua Estadio Excélsior
García 11' Soccerway Referee: Erick Andino

Clausura[edit]

19 January 2014 Round 2 Motagua 1–0 Real Sociedad Estadio Carlos Miranda
Izaguirre 14' Soccerway Attendance: 5,190
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
5 February 2014 Round 6 Victoria 1–0 Motagua Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Castro 88' (o.g.) Soccerway Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
15 February 2014 Round 8 Vida 0–1 Motagua Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Soccerway 28' Varela Referee: Raúl Castro

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Diez.hn – El martes se define el futuro en Motagua[permanent dead link] – 21 April 2013
  2. ^ LaTribuna.hn – Vidaković, el nuevo entrenador de Motagua Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine – 20 May 2013
  3. ^ LaPrensa.hn – Vídeo: "Mi corazón sólo late por vos" el nuevo himno del Motagua – 19 September 2013
  4. ^ LaPrensa.hn – Risto Vidakovic, despedido del Motagua – 6 November 2013
  5. ^ ElHeraldo.hn – Luis Castro, primer fichaje del Motagua – 14 May 2013
  6. ^ Tiempo.hn – El salvadoreño Isidro Gutiérrez ficha con el Motagua Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today – 15 May 2013
  7. ^ Diez.hn – Juan Pablo Montes logra acuerdo con Motagua Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today – 15 May 2013
  8. ^ DiarioMas.hn – Motagua presentó al "Gato" Canales Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today – 14 June 2013
  9. ^ Motagua.com – ORLIN PERALTA FIRMA 3 AÑOS CON MOTAGUA – 26 June 2013
  10. ^ Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Motagua ficha a volante uruguayo – 4 July 2013
  11. ^ Tiempo.hn – José Pablo Varela: "Keosseian me habló bien de Honduras"[permanent dead link] – 25 July 2013
  12. ^ Diez.hn – "No es un retroceso jugar en Motagua" Archived 2013-08-14 at archive.today – 13 August 2013
  13. ^ Motagua.com – Wilmer Crisanto firma con el Ciclón – 27 November 2013
  14. ^ Motagua.com – Wilmer Crisanto firma con el Ciclón – 2 December 2013
  15. ^ RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua compra un goleador al Vida: Rubilio Castillo – 4 December 2013
  16. ^ Diez.hn – Eduardo Sosa firmaría por un año con Motagua – 5 December 2013
  17. ^ LaPrensa.hn – Reinieri Mayorquín firmó por un año con Motagua – 9 December 2013
  18. ^ ElHeraldo.hn – Víctor Ortiz: "Motagua es un gran reto para mí" – 16 December 2013
  19. ^ LaTribuna.hn – Irving Reyna a Motagua Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine – 26 December 2013