2009–10 C.D. Motagua season

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]

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

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   HON Ricardo Canales (vice-captain)
2 DF   HON Gustavo Alvarado
3 DF   URU Guillermo Díaz
4 DF   HON Johnny Leverón
5 DF   HON Milton Reyes
6 MF   URU Mauricio Weber
7 FW   HON Georgie Welcome
8 MF   HON Jorge Claros
9 FW   HON Shannon Welcome
10 FW   ARG Sergio Diduch
11 FW   BRA Marcelo dos Santos
12 DF   HON Iván Guerrero
13 MF   HON Ronald Martínez
14 MF   HON Luis Guzmán
15 DF   HON David Meléndez
17 DF   HON Romel Murillo
18 FW   HON Meller Sánchez
19 MF   HON Emilson Cruz
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   HON Emilio Izaguirre
22 GK   HON Donaldo Morales
23 MF   HON Daniel Lloyd
26 DF   HON David Molina
27 DF   HON Mario Gómez
28 DF   HON Samir García
29 MF   ARG Eugenio Klein
30 MF   HON Rubén Rivera
31 MF   HON Carlos Cruz
32 MF   HON Leonardo Isaula
33 DF   HON Esdras Padilla
35 FW   HON José Valladares
43 FW   HON Jairo Martínez
FW   HON José Rivera
DF   HON Eleazar Padilla
DF   HON Carlos Pineda
MF   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   ARG Sergio Diduch
MF   URU Mauricio Weber
DF   HON Romel Murillo
MF   ARG Eugenio Klein
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   HON Mario Gómez
DF   HON David Meléndez
FW   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   HON Steven Morris
8 MF   HON Miguel Castillo
10 FW   BRA Jocimar Nascimento
11 FW   URU Óscar Torlacoff
12 MF   HON José Burgos
17 MF   HON Fernando Castillo
27 FW   HON Jefferson Bernárdez
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF   ARG Guillermo Santo
36 MF   HON Kevin Osorio
40 MF   HON Víctor Zúniga
42 MF   HON Milton Palacios
44 MF   HON Marvin Sánchez
GK   HON Levon Smith
DF   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  
11 July 2009 Friendly Honduras U-17 0–2 Motagua Siguatepeque
Klein    
11 July 2009 Friendly Honduras U-20 1–2 Motagua Siguatepeque
Rojas   8' Welcome   9'
Diduch  

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   HON Ricardo Canales
2 DF   HON Gustavo Alvarado
3 DF   URU Guillermo Díaz
4 DF   HON Johnny Leverón
5 DF   HON Milton Reyes
6 MF   URU Mauricio Weber
7 FW   HON Georgie Welcome
8 MF   HON Jorge Claros
9 FW   HON Shannon Welcome
10 FW   ARG Sergio Diduch
11 FW   BRA Marcelo dos Santos
12 DF   HON Iván Guerrero
13 MF   HON Ronald Martínez
14 MF   HON Luis Guzmán
15 MF   HON Gabriel Balladares
17 MF   HON Ramón Amador
18 FW   HON Meller Sánchez
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   HON Emilson Cruz
20 MF   HON Amado Guevara
21 DF   HON Emilio Izaguirre
22 GK   HON Donaldo Morales
23 DF   HON Sergio Mendoza
25 GK   HON Marlon Licona
26 DF   HON David Molina
27 DF   HON Mario Gómez
28 DF   HON Samir García
29 MF   HON Alejandro Aguiluz
30 MF   HON Rubén Rivera
31 MF   HON Carlos Cruz
33 DF   HON Esdras Padilla
35 FW   HON José Valladares
36 MF   HON Javier Portillo
37 GK   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   HON Amado Guevara
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   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   HON Romel Murillo
MF   HON David Meléndez
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ARG Eugenio Klein
MF   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   1–2   Motagua San Salvador, El Salvador
CST Zelaya   44'   61' (pen.) Diduch
  70' dos Santos
Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Attendance: 700
9 January 2010 Friendly Juventud Otoreño B 0–8 Motagua Jesús de Otoro, Intibucá
CST       Rivera
  Suazo
  Gómez
  Sánchez
  Alvarado
  Padilla
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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