2007–08 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua

2007–08 season

Chairman

Pedro Atala

Manager

Maradiaga, Pineda, and Clavasquín

Apertura

Runner–up

Clausura

4th

Copa Interclubes UNCAF

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Eliminated in Quarterfinals

Top goalscorer

League: Nascimento (10)
All: Nascimento (14)

Highest home attendance

35,000~

Home colours

Away colours

← 2006–07

2008–09 →

In the 2007–08 season Motagua won their first international trophy in the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007, and were the league's runner-up in the Apertura tournament being beaten by C.D. Marathón. They were the only team to beat C.D. Victoria, doing so twice. In the Clausura tournament they reached the Semifinals.^[1] They also competed in the last CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Apertura

Main article: 2007–08 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

Motagua played its first official game of the season at home with a 2–0 victory over Atlético Olanchano.

Squad

The players in bold have senior international caps.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ricardo Canales
2	DF	Steven Morris
3	DF	Javier Martinez
4	DF	Roy Posas
5	MF	Milton Reyes
6	DF	Oscar Bernárdez
7	MF	Steven Bryce
8	MF	Miguel Castillo
9	FW	Jairo Martínez
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento
11	FW	Oscar Torlacoff
12	MF	Rubén Matamoros
13	MF	José Grant
14	MF	Luis Guzmán
15	MF	Walter López
17	MF	Fernando Castillo
19	DF	Osman Chávez

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Amado Guevara
21	DF	Emilio Izaguirre
22	GK	Donaldo Morales
23	MF	Pedro Santana
24	DF	Víctor Bernárdez (C)
25	GK	Rony García
26	DF	David Molina
27	FW	Jefferson Bernárdez
28	DF	Samir García
29	FW	José Rivera
30	MF	Rubén Rivera
31	FW	Luis Rodas
32	MF	Jorge Claros (VC)
33	DF	Marlon Cruz
34	DF	Aaron Bardales
35	FW	José Valladares
36	MF	Kevin Osorio

Transfer in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Roy Posas (From Hispano)
2	DF	Steve Morris (From Motagua B)
7	MF	Steven Bryce (From Marathón)
15	MF	Walter López (From Olimpia)
19	MF	Osman Chávez (From Platense)

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Amado Guevara (From Chivas USA)
29	MF	José Rivera (From Motagua B)
30	MF	Rubén Rivera (From Motagua B)
31	FW	Luis Rodas (From Achuapa)

Transfer out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
7	FW	Saul Martínez (Released)
13	MF	Víctor Mena (Released)
16	MF	Edy Vásquuez (Died)

No.	Position	Player
–	MF	Juan Tablada (Released)
–	MF	Marvin Paz (Released)
–	MF	Meylin Soto (Retired)

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	18	10	5	3	27	16	+11	35
2	Motagua	18	9	5	4	28	19	+9	32	Qualified to the Final round
3	Victoria	18	7	10	1	22	12	+10	31

Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W
Position	1	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	6	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	2

Last updated: 2007-11-25.
Source: 2007–08 Apertura
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Regular season

2007-08-12 Round 1	Motagua	2 – 0	Atlético Olanchano	Tegucigalpa
	Nascimento Guevara			Attendance: 3,460

2007-08-19 Round 2	Hispano	2 – 1	Motagua	Comayagua
	Jiménez 35' 39'		Guevara 68'	Attendance: 3,722

2010-08-26 Round 3	Motagua	1 – 0	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa
	Rodas 57'			Attendance: 3,026

2010-08-30 Round 4	Vida	0 – 0	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30				Attendance: 3,355

2007-09-02 Round 5	Motagua	4 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Castillo 1' Rodas 23' Guevara 66' Bernárdez 77'		Martínez 53'	Attendance: 5,541

2007-10-04 Round 6	Olimpia	1 – 2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Núñez 24'		López 7' Nascimento 73'	Attendance: 17,799

2007-09-15 Round 7	Motagua	2 – 4	Real España	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Rodas 10' Guevara 23'		Peña 1' Fretes 44' Ferreira 60' 87'	Attendance: 5,651

2007-09-23 Round 8	Platense	3 – 2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés
15:00	Cabrita 24' 75' Zelaya 85'		Santana 52' Rodas 70'	Attendance: 2,081

2007-10-01 Round 9	Victoria	2 – 2	Motagua	La Ceiba
	Solís 89' 90+3'		Nascimento 16' Matamoros 84'	Attendance: 5,020

2007-10-07 Round 10	Atlético Olanchano	1 – 2	Motagua	Catacamas
	Salinas 15'		Torlacoff 25' Nascimento 74'	Attendance: 3,082

2007-10-16 Round 11	Motagua	1 – 1	Hispano	Tegucigalpa
	Rodas 6'		Güity 40'	Attendance: 1,675

2007-10-20 Round 12	Deportes Savio	1 – 1	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán
	Róchez 60'		Santana 44'	Attendance: 3,850

2007-10-27 Round 13	Motagua	2 – 0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Torlacoff 3' 4'			Attendance: 1,737

2007-11-07 Round 14	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Brown 23'			Attendance: 4,603

2007-11-04 Round 15	Motagua	0 – 0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 15,950

2007-11-10 Round 16	Real España	1 – 2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Valladares 58'		Martínez 70' Nascimento 78'	Attendance: 1,945

2007-11-18 Round 17	Motagua	3 – 1	Platense	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Martínez 44' Bryce 61' Santana 82'		Cabrita 3'	Attendance: 2,050

2007-11-25 Round 18	Motagua	1 – 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Nascimento 72'			Attendance: 5,014

Semifinals

2007-12-01 1st leg	Victoria	1 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30	Rosales 20'		Guevara 2'	Attendance: 9,634 Referee: José Gaspar Molina

2007-12-09 2nd leg	Motagua	2 – 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Rodas 42' Guevara 75'			Attendance: 11,899 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

2007-12-16 1st leg	Motagua	0 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Gaspar Molina

2007-12-22 2nd leg	Marathón	2 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Brown 1' Scott 78'			Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Motagua lost 0–2 on aggregate.

Clausura

Main article: 2007–08 Clausura Honduran Liga Nacional

Motagua reached the semifinals. The team had to play some of their home games at Estadio Marcelo Tinoco in Danlí due to major repairs to the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino for the 2010 World Cup qualification.

Squad

The players in bold have senior international caps.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Ricardo Canales
2	DF	Steven Morris
3	DF	Santiago de Alba
4	DF	Roy Posas
5	MF	Milton Reyes
6	DF	Oscar Bernárdez
7	MF	Steven Bryce
8	MF	Miguel Castillo
9	FW	Jairo Martínez
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento
11	FW	Oscar Torlacoff
12	MF	Rubén Matamoros
13	MF	Ronald Martínez
14	MF	Luis Guzmán
15	MF	Walter López
17	MF	Fernando Castillo
18	MF	José Justavino

No.	Position	Player
19	DF	Osman Chávez
21	DF	Emilio Izaguirre
22	GK	Donaldo Morales
23	MF	Daniel Facussé
24	DF	Víctor Bernárdez (C)
25	GK	Rony García
26	DF	David Molina
27	FW	Jefferson Bernárdez
28	DF	Samir García
29	FW	José Rivera
30	MF	Rubén Rivera
31	FW	Luis Rodas
32	MF	Jorge Claros (VC)
33	DF	Marlon Cruz
34	DF	Aaron Bardales
35	FW	José Valladares
36	MF	Kevin Osorio

Transfer in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
3		DF	Santiago de Alba (From San Francisco)
18		MF	José Justavino (From San Francisco)

No.		Position	Player
23		MF	Daniel Facussé (From Motagua B)

Transfer out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Javier Martínez (To Vida)
7	MF	Steven Bryce (Free agent)
13	MF	José Grant (To Victoria)

No.		Position	Player
20		MF	Amado Guevara (To Toronto FC)
23		MF	Pedro Santana (Retired)

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Real España	18	8	4	6	26	22	+4	28
4	Motagua	18	8	3	7	23	19	+4	27	Qualified to the Final round
5	Hispano	18	7	5	6	24	25	−1	26

Matches

Matches by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	7	4	7	6	6	6	4	4

Last updated: 2007-11-25.
Source: 2007–08 Clausura
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Regular season

2008-01-13 Round 1	Motagua	2 – 0	Atlético Olanchano	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Torlacoff 64' Rodas 90+4'			Attendance: 1,909

2008-01-20 Round 2	Motagua	2 – 0	Hispano	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Bernárdez 2' Nascimento 74'			Attendance: 2,529

2008-01-27 Round 3	Olimpia	0 – 1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
16:00			Nascimento 54'	Attendance: 11,934

2008-01-30 Round 4	Motagua	1 – 1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Nascimento 89'		Morán 30'	Attendance: 2,441

2008-02-02 Round 5	Marathón	2 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	de Vasconselos 68' Ferreira 90+2'		Nascimento 50'	Attendance: 2,475

2008-02-10 Round 6	Deportes Savio	0 – 0	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán
				Attendance: 4,033

2008-02-17 Round 7	Motagua	2 – 1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Torlacoff 73' Rodas 79'		Caetano 87'	Attendance: 4,473

2008-02-23 Round 8	Vida	2 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30	Hernández 12' Cardozo 87'		Nascimento 90+1'	Attendance: 3,347

2008-03-02 Round 9	Platense	1 – 0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés
15:00	Cabrita 58'			Attendance: 3,793

2008-03-08 Round 10	Atlético Olanchano	1 – 0	Motagua	Catacamas
	Marín 78'			Attendance: 3,574

2008-04-02 Round 11	Hispano	2 – 0	Motagua	Comayagua
	Jiménez 30' Morales 69'

2008-03-16 Round 12	Motagua	2 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Torlacoff 27' Bernárdez 65'		Velásquez 32'	Attendance: 15,627

2008-03-29 Round 13	Victoria	2 – 0	Motagua	La Ceiba
	Chávez

2008-04-06 Round 14	Motagua	3 – 3	Marathón	Danlí
16:00	Guevara 36' Izaguirre 76' Torlacoff 90'		Furtado 47' Mayorquín 59' da Silva 71'	Attendance: 4,716

2008-04-13 Round 15	Motagua	2 – 0	Deportes Savio	Danlí
	Castillo Nascimento

2008-04-19 Round 16	Real España	2 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Pavón 32' 81'		Nascimento 16'

2008-04-27 Round 17	Motagua	2 – 0	Vida	Danlí
15:00	Nascimento Castillo			Attendance: 2,099

2008-05-03 Round 18	Motagua	3 – 1	Platense	Danlí
15:00	Torlacoff 6' Valladares 9' Bernárdez 21'		Córdova 4'	Attendance: 4,217

Semifinals

2008-05-07 1st leg	Motagua	1 – 4	Olimpia	Danlí
15:00	Matamoros 47'		Bruschi 21' Thomas 49' Núñez 54' Núñez 76'	Attendance: 5,291 Referee: Mario Moncada

2008-05-10 2nd leg	Olimpia	3 – 1	Motagua	Comayagua
19:00	Turcios 19' Bruschi 42' Velásquez 62'		Nacimento 37'	Referee: Beningno Pineda

Motagua lost 2–7 on aggregate.

2007 Copa Interclubes UNCAF

As champions in the 2006–07 Apertura season, C.D. Motagua had the right to participate in the Central American club championship in 2007. Under the management of DT Ramón Maradiaga, the team achieved a record 7 wins and 1 drawn in a total of 8 games, and won their first international trophy.^[2]

Matches

First round

2007-08-07 1st leg	Real Estelí	0 – 2	Motagua	Estelí
			Matamoros 8' Nacimento 76'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerald Henry (BLZ)

2007-08-16 2nd leg	Motagua	3 – 1	Real Estelí	Tegucigalpa
	Castillo 30' Torlacoff 45' Rodas 54'		Vega 86'	Attendance: 3,254 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)

Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarterfinals

2007-09-18 1st leg	Motagua	1 – 0	San Francisco	Tegucigalpa
	Bryce 32'			Attendance: 2,515 Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)

2007-09-26 2nd leg	San Francisco	0 – 1	Motagua	La Chorrera
			Rodas 85'	Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)

Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

2007-10-23 1st leg	Municipal	1 – 3	Motagua	Guatemala City
	Ponciano 56'		Guevara 27' 86' Nascimento 73'	Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)

2007-10-30 2nd leg	Motagua	3 – 2	Municipal	Tegucigalpa
	Nascimento 10' Chávez 41' Bernárdez 65'		Ramírez 11' Romero 36'	Attendance: 6,784 Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

Motagua won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

2007-11-28 1st leg	Saprissa	1 – 1	Motagua	San José
	Alpízar 8'		García 49'	Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

2007-12-05 1st leg	Motagua	1 – 0	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa
	Nascimento 60'			Attendance: 34,254 Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

Motagua won 2–1 on aggregate.

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

After winning the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007, Motagua obtained one of the three Central American tickets to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. On 17 December 2008 CONCACAF announced the pairs for the Quarterfinals, leaving Motagua in the bracket against reigning champions C.F. Pachuca.^[3]

Matches

Quarterfinals

2008-03-11 1st leg	Motagua	0 – 0	Pachuca	Tegucigalpa
				Attendance: 35,846 Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)

2008-03-19 2nd leg	Pachuca	1 – 0	Motagua	Pachuca
	Montes 43'			Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)

Motagua lost 0–1 on aggregate.

References

External links

Motagua Official Website

C.D. Motagua

Founded in 1928 Based in Tegucigalpa

Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Reserve team	Águilas del Motagua

Players	Motagua players

Rivalries	Honduran Superclásico Motagua–Real España football rivalry Clásico de las M's

Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Others	Copa Ciclón

Honors (17)

Liga Nacional (13)	1968–69 1970–71 1973–74 1978–79 1991–92 1997–98 A 1997–98 C 1999–00 A 1999–00 C 2001–02 A 2006–07 A 2010–11 C 2014–15 A

Honduran Cup (1)	1968

Honduran Super Cup (1)	1999

Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1)	2007

Liga Amateur (1)	1949–50

Website: www.motagua.com

2007–08 in Honduran football

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Domestic leagues	Liga Nacional Liga de Ascenso

CONCACAF club competitions	CONCACAF Champions' Cup Copa Interclubes UNCAF

Related to national teams	Results FIFA World Cup qualification Pan American Games CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament FIFA U-17 World Cup

Club seasons

Liga Nacional	Atlético Olanchano Deportes Savio Hispano Marathón Motagua Olimpia Platense Real España Victoria Vida

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