Club Deportivo Victoria is a Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. They have enjoyed success in the past having won the Honduran first division once. They currently play in the Honduran first division.

CD Victoria
Full nameClub Deportivo Victoria
Nickname(s)Jaibas Bravas (Fierce Blue Crabs)
Lecheros (Milkers)
Founded15 November 1935; 88 years ago (1935-11-15)
GroundEstadio Ceibeño
La Ceiba, Honduras
Capacity18,000
ChairmanHonduras Javier Cruz
ManagerArgentina Hernán Medina
LeagueLiga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras
WebsiteClub website

History edit

Club Deportivo Victoria was founded on 15 November 1935 in La Ceiba. The club started out as the Instituto Manuel Bonilla which later was renamed Club Deportivo Victoria. The club was founded by Jose Felix Sosa Sosa, native of La Ceiba. Throughout his lifetime he received several accolades, and awards for being the rightful founder as in later years he was no longer involved in the club. Due to power struggles with friends of the club he decided to retire early. [1]

Later Miguel J. Kawas became president leading Victoria to their league title in the 1994–95 league.[2]

In 1995, the club won their first championship in 47 years by defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in a two-legged final. The club has also had some international success. In 2006, they manage to beat Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica on their way to finish in fourth place in the UNCAF tournament.[citation needed]

Club rivalries edit

Clásico Ceibeño edit

El Clásico Ceibeño (La Ceiba derby) is a football match played between Victoria and Vida, both teams from La Ceiba, Honduras. For the first season of professional football, a triangular tournament was organized to decide who would represent La Ceiba in the national league. The tournament was held between three clubs from the Liga Dionisio de Herrera, Vida, Victoria and Atlántida. Vida ultimately qualified for the 1965–66 league intensifying the derby.[citation needed]

Achievements edit

All time top scorers edit

As of 8 September 2012
R Player GS
1   Rossell "Rochi" Matute 55
2   Luis Mario 40
3   Enrique Reneau 38
4   Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores 35
5   Eduardo Bennett 34
6   Renán Bengoché 33
7   Alejandro Naif 32
8   Reynaldo Mejía 29
9   Álvaro Izquierdo 27
10   Jorge Bennett 27
11   Luis Ramírez 24
??   Mitchel Brown 16

International competition edit

First Round v.   San Francisco – 1:0, 3:1
Quarter-finals v.   Deportivo Saprissa – 0:1, 2:0
Semi-finals v.   Olimpia – 2:2, 0:2
3rd place v.   Marquense – 0:3, 1:1
First Round v.   Corozal Victory FC – 1:3, 2:4
Second Round v.   Árabe Unido – 1:0, 2:2
Third Round v.   Cruz Azul – 1:0, 0:2

League performance edit

Regular season Postseason
Season P Pld W D L F A GD Pts Ded P Pld W D L F A GD Pts
1968–69 7th 27 8 5 14 33 44 −11 21 No postseason
1969–70 8th 27 7 6 14 34 51 −17 20 No postseason
1970–71 10th 27 3 8 16 28 54 −26 14 No postseason
1977–78 8th 27 5 12 10 17 25 −8 22 Did not enter
1978–79 9th 27 5 14 8 20 29 −9 24 Did not enter
1979–80 4th 27 10 7 10 34 30 +4 27 3rd 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 8
1980–81 5th 27 10 8 9 27 33 −6 28 5th 8 0 2 6 3 14 −11 2
1981–82 8th 30 8 10 12 33 43 −10 26 Did not enter
1982–83 5th 27 7 15 5 21 15 +6 29 4th 8 2 3 3 6 12 −6 7
1983–84 7th 36 12 10 14 31 40 −9 34 No postseason
1984–85 3rd 36 14 12 10 44 33 +11 40 3rd 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 4
1985–86 7th 18 5 7 6 11 14 −3 17 Did not enter
1986–87 9th 27 5 11 11 23 30 −7 21 Did not enter
1987–88 4th 27 10 12 5 26 23 +3 32 5th 8 1 3 4 4 12 −8 5
1988–89 6th 27 7 12 8 21 21 0 26 Did not enter
1989–90 6th 27 6 12 9 17 18 −1 24 Did not enter
1990–91 6th 27 6 10 11 18 25 −7 22 Did not enter
1991–92 6th 27 9 8 10 29 28 +1 26 Did not enter
1992–93 7th 27 9 10 8 36 37 −1 28 Did not enter
1993–94 3rd 27 7 14 6 31 25 +6 28 4th 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
1994–95 5th 27 9 10 8 29 29 0 37 Champion 8 5 2 1 14 8 +6 17
1995–96 2nd 27 12 10 5 38 27 +11 46 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
1996–97 2nd 27 13 8 6 35 24 +11 47 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 8 –1 10
1997–98 A 7th 20 5 9 6 25 28 −3 24 Did not enter
1997–98 C 6th 20 6 8 6 24 25 −1 26 3rd 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
1998–99 5th 18 6 7 5 25 22 +3 25 4th 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4
1999–00 A 3rd 18 8 7 3 25 19 +6 31 3rd 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6
1999–00 C 4th 18 6 6 6 25 21 +4 24 6th 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
2000–01 A 7th 18 5 6 7 25 24 +1 21 Did not enter
2000–01 C 6th 18 4 8 6 24 28 −4 20 5th 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
2001–02 A 6th 18 5 9 4 28 26 +2 24 Did not enter
2001–02 C 4th 18 6 7 5 19 21 −2 25 3rd 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1 1
2002–03 A 10th 18 2 6 10 15 26 −11 11 −1 Did not enter
2002–03 C 8th 18 3 8 7 18 27 −9 17 Did not enter
2003–04 A 8th 18 3 7 8 19 29 −10 16 Did not enter
2003–04 C 2nd 16 9 2 5 26 20 +6 29 4th 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
2004–05 A 4th 18 8 7 3 32 26 +6 31 4th 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0
2004–05 C 8th 18 5 6 7 19 24 −5 21 Did not enter
2005–06 A 2nd 18 9 3 6 30 27 +3 30 4th 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
2005–06 C 2nd 18 8 7 3 31 18 +13 31 2nd 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5
2006–07 A 8th 18 5 4 9 21 28 −7 19 Did not enter
2006–07 C 9th 17 3 5 9 14 22 −8 14 Did not enter
2007–08 A 3rd 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31 4th 2 0 1 1 1 3 −1 1
2007–08 C 6th 18 6 6 6 17 17 0 24 Did not enter
2008–09 A 8th 18 6 4 8 22 27 −5 22 Did not enter
2008–09 C 5th 18 6 7 5 24 21 +3 25 Did not enter
2009–10 A 5th 18 7 5 6 22 27 −5 26 Did not enter
2009–10 C 10th 18 2 5 11 15 37 −22 11 Did not enter
2010–11 A 1st 18 10 2 6 26 24 +2 32 4th 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
2010–11 C 10th 18 3 5 10 25 35 −10 14 Did not enter
2011–12 A 9th 18 5 4 9 21 25 −4 19 Did not enter
2011–12 C 7th 18 7 1 10 28 28 0 22 Did not enter
2012–13 A 2nd 18 10 2 6 26 24 +2 32 2nd 4 0 3 1 2 6 -4 3
2012–13 C 3rd 18 6 7 5 24 25 –1 25 4th 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
2013–14 A 7th 18 7 3 8 25 26 −1 24 Did not enter
2013–14 C 6th 18 5 8 5 17 20 −3 23 4th 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6
2014–15 A 10th 18 3 7 8 22 34 −12 16 Did not enter
2014–15 C 4th 18 6 7 5 26 22 +4 25 3rd 4 3 0 1 3 3 0 9
2015–16 A 9th 18 4 7 7 20 35 −15 19 Did not enter
2015–16 C 10th 18 1 4 13 10 47 −37 7 Did not enter

Current squad edit

As of 20 August 2023

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 David Velásquez (captain)
3 DF   HON Milton Núñez
4 MF   HON Júnior García
6 MF   HON Carlos Matute
7 FW   HON Alexy Vega
8 MF   HON Héctor Aranda
10 FW   ARG Gaspar Triverio
12 FW   HON Yosimar Maradiaga
13 MF   HON Maynor Colón
14 FW   HON Carlos Bernárdez
15 FW   HON Carlos Arzú
17 DF   HON Marlon Flores
18 DF   HON Diego Rodríguez
20 MF   HON Marcelo Espinal
21 MF   HON Luis Meléndez
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   HON Pablo Álvarez
23 GK   HON Esaú Flores
24 DF   HON Marlon Suazo
25 MF   HON Orlando Cornejo
27 DF   HON Óscar Suazo
28 MF   HON Luis Antúnez
30 FW   COL Luis Hurtado
31 FW   HON Marlon Ramírez
32 MF   HON Kelly Colón
77 GK   HON Edwin Marín
- GK   HON Marlon Licona
- GK   SKN Julani Archibald
- DF   HON Dabirson Castillo
- MF   HON Luis Garrido
- FW   HON Frelys López

Records edit

List of coaches edit

Affiliated clubs edit

References edit

  1. ^ Edición Feria Isidro. "Galería de Inmortales del Deporte Ceibeño". La Prensa, La Ceiba, 20 May 1992,p.28
  2. ^ "Soñar es gratis" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 10 August 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  3. ^ ¡Juan Luis está aquí! Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Tato" Ortiz ya es historia en el Victoria Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Entre dudas incia el Victoria – Diez (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Victoria presenta al técnico Nahúm Espinoza Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Victoria presentó a su nuevo entrenador Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Héctor Vargas ya es el nuevo entrenador del Victoria – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  9. ^ "Oficial: Wilmer Cruz es nuevo técnico del Victoria de la Liga de Ascenso". diez.hn. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

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