2016–17 C.D. Motagua season

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Motagua
2016–17 season
ChairmanEduardo Atala
ManagerDiego Vásquez
AperturaWinners
ClausuraWinners
CupRound of 64
Top goalscorerLeague: Castillo (18)
All: Castillo (18)
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017.

The 2016–17 season was F.C. Motagua's 70th season in existence and the club's 51st consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club announced the continuation of Diego Vásquez as the team's head coach for his 4th consecutive season.[1]

Overview

This season, the club fought for its 14th league and 2nd domestic cup. During the preseason, a new badge was unveiled to be used starting this season.[2] On 2 July, the club's president Eduardo Atala confirmed an exhibition game against current Copa Libertadores winners at that time and South American giants River Plate. The game was played at Orlando, United States.[3] The Apertura schedule was unveiled on the second week of July and the club decided to return their home games on Sundays afternoon[4] after their last season experiment of playing on Saturdays seeking for better assistances didn't throw the expected results. In week 6, Motagua faced C.D. Social Sol at home; in the 50' minute (0–0), the referee decided to suspend the match due to heavy rain which caused a power outage. The remaining 40 minutes were played the following morning, landing in the club's 88th anniversary. Román Castillo who had lost his younger brother a week prior, decided the match with a late goal at the 90th+5 minute.[5] On 25 September, Motagua had to move its home game against C.D. Honduras Progreso to Catacamas due to a religious event that took place at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino.[6] This match at Catacamas marked history in the Honduran Liga Nacional as the first game ever officiated by a female referee.[7] On week 17, a 2–2 away tie against Real C.D. España defined Motagua's 4th place in the regular season standings and therefore, a berth to the playoffs phase.[8] Once in the playoffs, Motagua defeated C.D. Marathón away in postseason for the first time since November 1990;[9] however, the access to the semifinals didn't turn out that easy as Motagua had to rely on a late and controversial penalty in the second leg to advance with a 3–3 global score.[10] In the semifinals Motagua faced city rivals Club Deportivo Olimpia for another edition of the Honduran Superclásico, resulting in the fourth time these two teams meet in this stage in the last three years. With a 2–1 aggregated score, Motagua moved on and qualified to their 19th league final in history.[11] On 18 December, Motagua obtained their 14th national championship after defeating Platense F.C. in an unprecedented final.[12][13] It was also the first time a league title was decided at Puerto Cortés. With the win, the team secured a spot for next season's CONCACAF club competitions. Motagua started the Clausura tournament playing at Puerto Cortés losing 1–2 against Platense. On 21 January, Motagua traveled to Goascorán to play against Gremio F.C. for the first round of the 2017 Honduran Cup, a competition which ended way too early for Motagua's aspirations as they lost in penalty shootouts against a club that plays in third division.[14] On 8 February, Diego Vásquez broke an all-time Liga Nacional record as the coach with the most number of consecutive games leading a team, totaling 140 games, surpassing Julio González (139 with C.D. Victoria). On 19 February, Motagua suffered their biggest defeat ever in Tocoa in the 0–4 loss to C.D. Real Sociedad.[15] This result also marked the 11th unsuccessful try to obtain a victory at this venue since Real Sociedad's promotion in 2012. On 13 March, the club announced through their social media that Argentinian midfielder Santiago Vergara was being treated in a local health center as he was diagnosed with leukemia.[16] Once in the post-season, Motagua defeated Real España for the first time ever in a semifinal. Despite losing key players from their roster, Motagua was capable of finishing the Clausura tournament with 14 unbeaten games in a row, a performance that resulted in their 15th league championship and a season's double. The Clausura final was played against C.D. Honduras Progreso, which marked their second meeting at this stage in less than two years. Motagua established a record as the largest goal difference in a final's global score (7–1). With the win, the team secured a spot for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. Before the start of the final match against Honduras Progreso, the selling of fake tickets in the black market triggered a chaos among the fans inside and outside the stadium. Those still outside with ticket in hand precipitated towards one of the gates forming a human avalanche that killed 4 people due to asphyxiation.[17]

Kit

The 2016–17 kits were officially published on 12 July, one day before their friendly meeting against River Plate. Joma stayed as the kits manufacturer for the 17th straight season and Pepsi as the main sponsor. Other sponsors include Claro, Diunsa, Gatorade and Retlan. In April, a special kit allusive to the 14th championship was released to be used for the rest of the season.[18]

Manufacturer Main sponsor
Joma Pepsi

Players

Transfers in

Player Contract date Moving from
Honduras Román Castillo 1 June 2016 Mexico Correcaminos UAT[19]
Honduras Arnold Meléndez 1 June 2016 Honduras Gimnástico
Honduras Harold Fonseca 7 June 2016 Honduras Juticalpa[20]
Honduras Carlos Discua 8 June 2016 Costa Rica Alajuelense[21]
Argentina Martín Pucheta 8 June 2016 Argentina Deportivo Maipú[22]
Honduras Marco Vega 25 June 2016 Honduras Real Sociedad[23]
Honduras Deybi Flores 9 August 2016 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps[24]
Argentina Jonathan Rougier 7 January 2017 Argentina Pronunciamiento[25]

Transfers out

Player Released date Moving to
Honduras Néstor Martínez 19 May 2016 Honduras Platense[26]
Honduras José Fiallos 19 May 2016 TBD
Honduras Keller Andino 19 May 2016 TBD
Honduras Orlin Peralta 19 May 2016 TBD
Brazil Israel Silva 25 May 2016 Honduras Marathón[27]
Argentina Lucas Gómez 31 May 2016 Costa Rica Alajuelense[28]
Argentina Sebastián Portigliatti 1 June 2016 Honduras Juticalpa[29]
Honduras Maylor Núñez 18 July 2016 Honduras Platense[30]
Honduras Júnior Izaguirre 20 December 2016 Retired
Honduras Deybi Flores 20 December 2016 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
Honduras Arnold Meléndez 6 January 2017 TBD
Honduras Joshua Nieto 6 January 2017 TBD

Squad

  • Statistics as of 28 May 2017
  • Only league matches into account
No. Pos. Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored
< 15/16 16/17 T < 15/16 16/17 T
1 GK Honduras Harold Fonseca (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 22) 0 16 16 0 0 0
2 DF Honduras Juan Montes (1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 30) 89 42 131 4 4 8
3 DF Honduras Henry Figueroa (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 23) 98 31 129 2 0 2
4 DF Honduras Júnior Izaguirre (1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 36) 398 6 404 37 0 37
5 DF Honduras Marcelo Pereira (1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 21) 22 28 50 1 2 3
6 MF Honduras Reinieri Mayorquín (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 26) 73 37 110 5 3 8
7 MF Honduras Carlos Discua (1984-09-27)27 September 1984 (aged 31) 140 42 182 38 11 49
8 MF Honduras Deybi Flores (1996-06-16)16 June 1996 (aged 20) 22 5 27 0 0 0
9 FW Honduras Román Castillo (1991-11-26)26 November 1991 (aged 24) 66 32 98 35 18 53
10 MF Honduras Erick Andino (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 26) 33 37 70 10 15 25
11 FW Honduras Marco Vega (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 29) 0 37 37 0 8 8
14 FW Honduras Irvin Reyna (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 29) 91 28 119 2 1 3
15 FW Honduras Arnold Meléndez (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 21) 7 0 7 0 0 0
16 MF Honduras Héctor Castellanos (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 23) 33 40 73 0 1 1
17 DF Honduras Denil Maldonado (1998-05-25)25 May 1998 (aged 18) 1 3 4 0 0 0
18 DF Honduras Wilmer Crisanto (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 27) 96 36 132 5 7 12
19 MF Honduras Eli Reyna (1996-09-11)11 September 1996 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 GK Argentina Jonathan Rougier (1987-10-29)29 October 1987 (aged 28) 0 20 20 0 0 0
21 FW Honduras Foslyn Grant (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 17) 12 4 16 1 0 1
22 MF Argentina Santiago Vergara (1991-09-15)15 September 1991 (aged 24) 41 31 72 8 4 12
23 DF Argentina Martín Pucheta (1988-02-10)10 February 1988 (aged 28) 0 20 20 0 0 0
24 DF Honduras Omar Elvir (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 26) 157 41 198 6 2 8
25 GK Honduras Marlon Licona (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 25) 56 11 67 0 0 0
26 DF Honduras Henry Güity (1996-06-24)24 June 1996 (aged 20) 4 0 4 0 0 0
27 DF Honduras Félix Crisanto (1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 25) 32 32 64 1 4 5
28 MF Honduras Joshua Nieto (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 21) 18 1 19 0 0 0
31 DF Honduras Klifox Bernárdez (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 19) 2 24 26 0 0 0
32 MF Honduras Marvin Ávila (2002-03-06)6 March 2002 (aged 14) 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Honduras Cristian Hernández (1996-09-22)22 September 1996 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Honduras Kevin López (1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 20) 47 22 69 7 3 10
35 DF Honduras Cristopher Meléndez (1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 18) 0 7 7 0 0 0
Manager Argentina Diego Vásquez (1971-07-03)3 July 1971 (aged 44) 23 November 2013–
RESERVES TEAM
No. Pos. Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored
< 15/16 16/17 T < 15/16 16/17 T
15 FW Honduras Denilson Castillo (1998-04-29)29 April 1998 (aged 18) 0 2 2 0 0 0
36 MF Honduras Edward Centeno (1999-08-02)2 August 1999 (aged 16) 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Honduras Carlos García (1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Honduras Harrinson Bernárdez (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 19) 2 1 3 0 0 0
39 FW Honduras Juan Pastrana (2000-08-11)11 August 2000 (aged 15) 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF Honduras José Murillo (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 MF Honduras Jack Jean Baptiste (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 (aged 16) 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 MF Honduras Carlos Mayorquín (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 MF Honduras Wilmer Sandoval (1998-01-04)4 January 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 GK Honduras Elin Agurcia (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF Honduras Cid Bodden (1997-03-01)1 March 1997 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF Honduras Josué Villafranca (1999-12-16)16 December 1999 (aged 16) 0 1 1 0 0 0
48 DF Honduras Brayan Velásquez (1998-02-26)26 February 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW Honduras Manuel Iglesias (1999-05-23)23 May 1999 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 MF Honduras Jonathan Galo (1998-02-10)10 February 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 MF Honduras Óscar Romero (1999-02-23)23 February 1999 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 MF Honduras Daniel Hill (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 MF Honduras César Romero (1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 17) 0 2 2 0 0 0
54 DF Honduras Anthony Cervantes (1997-08-10)10 August 1997 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 MF Honduras Bayron Varela (2000-07-01)1 July 2000 (aged 16) 0 0 0 0 0 0
56 MF Honduras José Canaca (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 16) 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 MF Honduras Kevin Castro (1998-10-09)9 October 1998 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 GK Honduras Marcos Torres (1999-01-26)26 January 1999 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
59 GK Honduras Hugo Caballero (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 19) 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 GK Honduras José Rodríguez (1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
61 MF Honduras Jessell Pineda (1998-04-05)5 April 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Honduras Hodi Bonilla (1999-03-20)20 March 1999 (aged 17) 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Honduras Erikxon Fuentes (1998-02-24)24 February 1998 (aged 18) 0 0 0 0 0 0

Results

Preseason and friendlies

Apertura

10 August 2016 Round 3 Juticalpa 0–0 Motagua Juticalpa, Olancho
18:00 CST Report Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
Attendance: 3,294
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Starting XI
21 September 2016 Round 9 Vida 0–1 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:00 CST Report File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Montes Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 1,570
Referee: Armando Castro
Starting XI
25 September 2016 Round 10 Motagua 0–0 Honduras Progreso Catacamas, Olancho
15:00 CST Report Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro
Attendance: 2,760
Referee: Melissa Borjas
Starting XI
11 December 2016 Final Motagua 1–0 Platense Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST Vergara File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+3' Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 22,637
Referee: Raúl Castro
Starting XI

Clausura

8 February 2017 Round 6 Juticalpa 0–0 Motagua Juticalpa, Olancho
19:00 CST Report Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
Attendance: 3,734
Referee: Nelson Salgado
19 April 2017 Round 13 Vida 0–1 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:00 CST Report File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Pereira Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Raúl Castro
Starting XI

Honduran Cup

By round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHA
ResultWWDWLWLDWDDDLDLWDWLWDWDDWLWWDDWDWWWD
Position111121333334444444444444444433333333
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

  • As of 28 May 2017
Competition GP GW GD GL GS GC GD CS SG Per
League 46 22 17 7 83 54 +29 15 4 60.14%
Cup 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 33.33%
Others 8 5 1 2 20 10 +10 2 2 66.67%
Totals 55 27 19 9 104 65 +39 17 6 60.61%

External links

References

  1. LaPrensa.hn – Diego Vásquez es fatificado en el Motagua – 19 May 2016
  2. Diez.hn – Motagua evoluciona su logotipo y elimina las estrellas – 20 June 2016
  3. LaPaginaMillonaria.com – Motagua será rival de River – 2 July 2016
  4. DiarioMas.hn – Motagua volverá a jugar domingos por la tarde – 11 July 2016
  5. Diez.hn – Motagua vence al Social Sol con un golazo de Rubilio Castillo y es líder en Honduras – 29 August 2016
  6. Diez.hn – Motagua se va para Catacamas, la directiva espera un llenazo – 23 September 2016
  7. ElHeraldo.hn – Una mujer árbitro pitará por primera vez un partido de Liga Nacional en Honduras – 23 September 2016
  8. Tiempo.hn – Real España rescata un empate ante Motagua en el último minuto – 5 November 2016
  9. RadioHouse.hn – Octavo cruce Motagua-Marathón, cuarta llave Real España-Real Sociedad – 20 November 2016
  10. ElHeraldo.hn – Motagua perdió 1-2 ante Marathón pero está en semifinales por el reglamento – 27 November 2016
  11. LaPrensa.hn – Motagua elimina al Olimpia y avanza a la final del fútbol hondureño – 4 December 2016
  12. Terra.com – El Motagua campeón del Apertura de Honduras al ganar la final ante Platense – 18 December 2016
  13. RadioHRN.hn – Motagua campeón del Apertura Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine – 18 December 2016
  14. ElHeraldo.hn – Un humilde Gremio FC eliminó a Motagua de la tercera edición de la Copa Presidente – 21 January 2017
  15. Diez.hn – Real Sociedad humilla a Motagua y mantiene su hegemonía en Tocoa – 19 February 2017
  16. Tiempo.hn – ¡TERRIBLE! Jugador del Motagua Santiago Vergara es diagnosticado con Leucemia – 13 March 2017
  17. LaTribuna.hn – Los momentos de dolor en la final del fútbol de Honduras (Video) – 28 May 2017
  18. Diez.hn – Motagua estrenará camiseta el domingo ante Olimpia – 31 March 2017
  19. ElHeraldo.hn – El delantero Rubilio Castillo regresa a Motagua – 1 June 2016
  20. Tiempo.hn – El portero Harold Fonseca regresa a Motagua – 7 June 2016
  21. Tiempo.hn – OFICIAL: Carlos “Chino” Discua regresa al Motagua – 8 June 2016
  22. Tiempo.hn – Defensor Martin Pucheta, nuevo refuerzo del Motagua – 8 June 2016
  23. LaTribuna.hn – Motagua presentó a Marco Vega – 25 June 2016
  24. TheProvince.com – Whitecaps loan Deybi Flores to Motagua – 9 August 2016
  25. Tiempo.hn – ¡Motagua confirma contratación de arquero argentino! – 7 January 2017
  26. LaPrensa.hn – Motagua anuncia las primeras bajas – 19 May 2016
  27. RadioHouse.hn – ¡Israel Silva no continuará en el Motagua! – 25 May 2016
  28. Diez.hn – Oficial: Lucas Gómez anuncia que no regresa al Motagua – 31 May 2016
  29. Diez.hn – Sebastián Portigliatti tampoco seguirá con el Motagua – 1 June 2016
  30. DiarioMas.hn – Clavasquín: Platense será protagonista – 18 July 2016