List of F.C. Motagua records and statistics
F.C. Motagua is a Honduran professional football club based in Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán. The club was founded in 1928.[1] Motagua currently plays in the Honduran Liga Nacional, the top tier of Honduran football. They have not been out of the top tier since 1965, the year the league was inaugurated. They have also been involved in CONCACAF football since they qualified to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1969.[2]
This list encompasses the major honours won by Motagua and records set by the club, their managers and their players. The player records section includes details of the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions. It also records notable achievements by Motagua players on the international stage.
All stats accurate as of match played 10 October 2018.
Honours
F.C. Motagua is the second most successful club in Honduras having won 15 domestic leagues since the inauguration of the Honduran Liga Nacional in 1965–66.[3]
- → National level
- Winners (15): 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C, 1999–2000 A, 1999–2000 C, 2001–02 A, 2006–07 A, 2010–11 C, 2014–15 A, 2016–17 A, 2016–17 C
- Runners-up (13): 1969–70, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2002–03 C, 2007–08 A, 2009–10 C, 2014–15 C, 2015–16 A, 2017–18 A, 2017–18 C
- → Regional level
- Winners (5): 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954
- → International level
Players
- Most appearances:
Júnior Izaguirre – 364 between 1997–2005 and 2011–2016[4]
- Most goals scored:
Román Castillo – 81 between 2014–present
- Most goals scored in one season:
Román Castillo – 29 in 2014–15
- Goalkeeper with longest clean-sheet:
Roger Mayorga – 838 minutes in 10 games in 1976[5]
- First league scorer:
- First Honduran Cup scorer:
- missing, 1968
- First Honduran Supercup scorer:
Juan Coello, 13 January 1999
- First international competition scorer:
League top goalscorers
Roberto Abrussezze – 16 goals in 1968–69 Mario Blandón – 16 goals (shared) in 1973–74 Mario Carreño – 10 goals in 1977–78 Salvador Bernárdez – 15 goals in 1978–79 Miguel Matthews – 8 goals (shared) in 1988–89 Álex Ávila – 14 goals in 1994–95 Geovanny Castro – 14 goals in 1995–96 Denilson Costa – 13 goals in 1996–97 Amado Guevara – 15 goals (shared) in 1997–98 C Jerry Bengtson – 15 goals in 2010–11 C Román Castillo – 29 goals in 2014–15
Best goalkeepers
Salvador Dubois – 1970–71 Roger Mayorga – 1973–74 Roger Mayorga – 1974–75 Alcides Morales – 1978–79 Alcides Morales – 1981–82 Marvin Henríquez – 1991–92 Diego Vásquez – 1997–98 A Diego Vásquez – 1997–98 C Ricardo Canales – 2006–07 A Ricardo Canales – 2008–09 A Donaldo Morales – 2012–13 Sebastián Portigliatti – 2014–15 Jonathan Rougier – 2017–18
Managerial records
- First ever coach:
- Most successful coach:
Ramón Maradiaga – 4 leagues, 1 Honduran Supercup and 1 UNCAF Interclub Cup
- Most consecutive games as coach:
Diego Vásquez – 212 games (2014–present)
Team records
Matches
Category | First match | Last match | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liga Nacional | 18 July 1965 | vs Vida | 1–4 | 10 October 2018 | vs Marathón | 1–1 |
Honduran Cup | 1968 | vs missing | missing | 22 July 2018 | vs Las Delicias | 1–2 |
Honduran Supercup | 13 January 1999 | vs Platense | 1–0 | 2 August 2017 | vs Marathón | 2–1 |
CONCACAF Champions League | 25 April 1969 | vs | 0–4 | 27 February 2018 | vs | 1–1 |
CONCACAF Giants Cup | 7 March 2001 | vs | 0–4 | 14 March 2001 | vs | 1–1 |
CONCACAF League | 31 July 2018 | vs | 2–0 | 27 September 2018 | vs | 2–0 |
Copa Fraternidad | 11 February 1979 | vs | 1–1 | 1979 | vs | 2–4 |
Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica | 19 February 1997 | vs | 0–0 (4–5 pen.) | 11 December 1997 | vs | 0–1 |
UNCAF Interclub Cup | 21 February 1999 | vs | 0–0 | 5 December 2007 | vs | 1–0 |
Copa Sudamericana | 19 August 2008 | vs | 0–4 | 4 September 2008 | vs | 1–2 |
Domestic friendly | 25 November 1928 | vs Tejeros del España | 1–1 | 13 January 2018 | vs Broncos del Sur | 1–0 |
International friendly | 9 April 1939 | vs | 3–0 | 15 July 2018 | vs | 2–2 (2–4 pen.) |
Others:
- Biggest domestic win: Motagua 7–0 Súper Estrella, 24 November 1991
- Biggest international win: Motagua 5–0 Juventus FC, 30 June 1993
- Biggest domestic defeat: Motagua 0–5 C.D.S. Vida, 23 October 1985. C.D. Marathón 5–0 Motagua, 6 April 2013. Real C.D. España 5–0 Motagua, 24 August 2014
- Biggest international defeat: Deportivo Saprissa 4–0 Motagua, 25 April 1969. C.S.D. Municipal 4–0 Motagua, 28 June 1974. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense 4–0 Motagua, 22 December 2002. Arsenal de Sarandí 4–0 Motagua, 19 August 2008. Monarcas Morelia 4–0 Motagua, 25 August 2011. Club América 4–0 Motagua, 5 August 2015
Streaks
- Longest unbeaten runs:
- 33 games from February 1973 to April 1974
- 23 games from November 2011 to May 2012
- 21 games from June 1998 to January 1999
- 21 games from February 2017 to September 2017
- Longest winless run:
- 13 games from April 2001 to July 2001
Others
- Highest home attendance: 37,371 v Club Deportivo Olimpia, 26 August 2000
- Highest away attendance: 38,256 v Club Deportivo Olimpia, 17 December 2006
- Lowest home attendance: 0 v Club Deportivo Olimpia, 23 December 2017
- Lowest away attendance: 0 v Club Deportivo Olimpia, 20 December 2017
References
- ↑ "LA HISTORIA EN FOTOS – MOTAGUA". La Tribuna. 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ↑ "Central American Club Competitions 1969". RSSSF. 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ↑ "HISTORIA Motagua Campeón". Motagua Campeón. 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
- ↑ "Júnior Izaguirre, leyenda en el Motagua". La Prensa. 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "Salón de la Fama del Deporte Nicaragüense". Salón de la Fama.