2006–07 C.D. Motagua season

The 2006–07 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. F.C. Motagua was able to win its 11th title in the Apertura tournament, giving them the chance to qualify to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.

Motagua
2006–07 season
ChairmanPedro Atala
ManagerRamón Maradiaga
AperturaChampion
Clausura4th
Top goalscorerSantana (14)

Apertura

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After having achieved 31 points in 18 rounds, F.C. Motagua qualified to the Final round in which it faced Hispano F.C. With a 6–1 score on aggregate in favor, they advanced to the Final against city archrival Club Deportivo Olimpia. The "whites" moved their home match to San Pedro Sula, believing they would benefit from the fact that this city has very few Motagua fans; despite that, Motagua displayed one of the best games of the season with a 3–1 final score, and so ensured their eleventh national championship.[1]

Squad

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  • All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.
No. Pos. Player DoB Caps Goals
1 GK   Ricardo Canales (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 24) 0
3 DF   Javier Martínez (1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 34)
9 FW   Jairo Martínez (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 28)
10 FW   Jocimar Nascimento (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27) 0 0
11 FW   Óscar Torlacoff (1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 32)
12 MF   Rubén Matamoros (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 (aged 23)
14 DF   Luis Guzmán (1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 25)
21 MF   Emilio Izaguirre (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 20)
23 FW   Pedro Santana (1973-02-08)8 February 1973 (aged 33)
24 DF   Víctor Bernárdez (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24)
30 DF   Limber Pérez (1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 30)
32 MF   Jorge Claros (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 20)
MF   Víctor Mena (1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 26)
MF   Diogo Fernandes (1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 20) 0

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 10 5 3 26 14 +12 35 Qualified to the Final round
2 Motagua 18 9 4 5 27 22 +5 31
3 Hispano 18 7 9 2 25 14 +11 30
4 Marathón 18 8 6 4 30 20 +10 30
5 Platense 18 7 8 3 32 29 +3 29
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2006. Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHA
ResultLDLWLWWWWLWWDDWDWL
Position1089897543432342222
Updated to match(es) played on 2006-11-26. Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

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13 August 2006 Round 1 Motagua 1–3 Platense Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Paz   14' Mejía   37'
Romero   41'
Costly   70'
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
20 August 2006 Round 2 Hispano 0–0 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06) Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
10 September 2006 Round 5 Olimpia 2–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Bernárdez   13' (o.g.)
Velásquez   50'
Santana   31' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
13 September 2006 Round 6 Broncos UNAH 3–5 Motagua Choluteca, Choluteca
Discua   10'
Bernárdez   56' (o.g.)
Castillo   66'
Martínez   6'   60'   67'
Nascimento   14'   47'
Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
23 September 2006 Round 8 Vida 0–2 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06) Santana   19'
Rodas   30'
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
4 October 2006 Round 10 Platense 2–1 Motagua Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Costly   22'
Medina   83'
Martínez   90+3' Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
22 October 2006 Round 12 Motagua 3–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Santana   45'   56'
Nascimento   60'
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
8 November 2006 Round 13 Victoria 1–1 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
Morán   19' Rodas   17' Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
12 November 2006 Round 15 Motagua 1–0 Broncos UNAH Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Torlacoff   59' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: M. Muñoz
19 November 2006 Round 17 Motagua 2–0 Vida Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Martínez   5'
Reyes   15'
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
26 November 2006 Round 18 Atlético Olanchano 3–0 Motagua Catacamas, Olancho
15:00 (UTC−06) Ferreira   22'
Salinas   65'
Godoy   81'
Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

Semifinals

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3 December 2006 1st leg Hispano 2–1 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
Diduch   24'
Castro   86'
Santana   27' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Referee: Marcio Carranza
7 December 2006 2nd leg Motagua 5–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06) Torlacoff   10'
Martínez   17'   26'
Guzmán   36'
Santana   86' (pen.)
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 13,365
  • Motagua 6–2 Hispano on aggregate.

Final

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10 December 2006 1st leg Motagua 1–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Bernárdez   23' Velásquez   11' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 32,055
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
17 December 2006 2nd leg Olimpia 1–3 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06) Figueroa   21' Bernárdez   39'
Nascimento   56'
Guzmán   90+1'
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Attendance: 38,256
Referee: Mario Moncada
  • Motagua 4–2 Olimpia on aggregate.

Clausura

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With the title in their possession, F.C. Motagua were looking to repeat this performance for the Clausura tournament; in the Regular season, they exhibited a very irregular performance, but still made it to the Semifinals where they lost to Real C.D. España on 5 May 2007 1–4 on aggregate. Only one week later, Edy Vasquez, a permanent player in the Motagua's line-ups, died following a car crash in Tegucigalpa at the age of 23.[3]

Squad

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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   HON Ricardo Canales
2 MF   HON Pedro Fernández
3 DF   HON Javier Martinez
4 FW   HON David Cárcamo
5 MF   HON Milton Reyes
6 DF   HON Óscar Bernárdez
7 DF   HON Víctor Mena
9 FW   HON Jairo Martínez
11 FW   URU Óscar Torlacoff
12 MF   HON Rubén Matamoros
13 MF   HON José Grant
14 MF   HON Luis Guzmán
15 MF   HON Juan Tablada
16 MF   HON Edy Vásquez
17 MF   HON Fernando Castillo
18 DF   HON Marvin Paz
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW   HON Saúl Martínez
21 DF   HON Emilio Izaguirre
22 GK   HON Donaldo Morales
23 MF   BRA Pedro Santana
24 DF   HON Víctor Bernárdez
25 GK   HON Rony García
26 DF   HON David Molina
27 FW   HON Jefferson Bernárdez
29 FW   HON Meilin Soto
30 DF   HON Limber Pérez
31 FW   HON Luis Rodas
32 MF   HON Jorge Claros
33 DF   HON Marlon Cruz
34 MF   HON Aaron Bardales
35 MF   HON René Moncada
36 MF   HON Kevin Osorio

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Marathón 18 11 3 4 32 16 +16 36 Qualified to the Final round[a]
3 Olimpia 18 11 3 4 26 12 +14 36
4 Motagua 18 10 1 7 31 26 +5 31
5 Hispano 18 6 5 7 21 19 +2 23
6 Platense 17 7 2 8 17 22 −5 23[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2007. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Top 4 qualify to the Final round.
  2. ^ The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

Matches

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Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAHHA
ResultWWWLLWWLLDWWWLWLLW
Position111233233343334444
Updated to match(es) played on 2007-04-29. Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

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14 January 2007 Round 1 Platense 0–3 Motagua Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06) Torlacoff   26'
Martínez   64'
Castillo   84'
Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
21 January 2007 Round 2 Motagua 3–2 Vida Catacamas, Olancho
Raudales   71' (o.g.)
Nascimento   82'
Martínez   88'
Costa   46'
Palacios   56'
Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro
Attendance: 2,895
Referee: Marcio Carranza
31 January 2007 Round 4 Victoria 2–0 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
Güity   41'
?   ?'
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
18 February 2007 Round 7 Olimpia 1–2 Motagua Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Morales   60' Claros   10'
Torlacoff   80'
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
24 February 2007 Round 8 Hispano 3–1 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
Fernández   1'   23'
Diduch   68'
Bernárdez   86' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
1 March 2007 Round 9 Motagua 3–4 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06) Santana   25'
Martínez   49'
Bernárdez   79'
Martínez   4'
Bryce   7'   45'
Scott   23'
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
4 March 2007 Round 10 Motagua 2–2 Platense Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Torlacoff   48'   65' Méndez   14'
Ramírez   25'
Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
14 March 2007 Round 11 Vida 1–2 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06) de Souza   9' Nascimento   50'
Bernárdez   62'
Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
31 March 2007 Round 14 Real España 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Pavón   7'
Ferreira   65'
Santana   38' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
4 April 2007 Round 15 Broncos UNAH 1–4 Motagua Choluteca, Choluteca
Cabrera   54' Nascimento   32'   73'
Santana   47'
Castillo   80'
Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

Semifinals

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2 May 2007 1st leg Motagua 1–3 Real España Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06) Santana   66' (pen.) Pavón   12'   33' (pen.)   59' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 10,634
Referee: Benigno Pineda
5 May 2007 2nd leg Real España 1–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Pavón   17' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Mario Moncada
  • Motagua 1–4 Real España on aggregate.

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