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 capable 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
Main article: 2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional § Apertura

After having achieved 31 points in 18 rounds, F.C. Motagua qualified to the Final round in which 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
  • All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.
No.Pos.PlayerDoBCapsGoals
1GK Ricardo Canales (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 24)–0
3DF Javier Martínez (1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 34)––
9FW Jairo Martínez (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 28)––
10FW Jocimar Nascimento (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27)00
11FW Óscar Torlacoff (1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 32)––
12MF Rubén Matamoros (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 (aged 23)––
14DF Luis Guzmán (1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 25)––
21MF Emilio Izaguirre (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 20)––
23FW Pedro Santana (1973-02-08)8 February 1973 (aged 33)––
24DF Víctor Bernárdez (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24)––
30DF Limber Pérez (1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 30)––
32MF 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
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:

Matches

Results by round
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
13 August 2006 Round 1Motagua1–3PlatenseTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Paz  14' Mejía  37'
Romero  41'
Costly  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
20 August 2006 Round 2Hispano0–0MotaguaComayagua, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06) Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
27 August 2006 Round 3Marathón4–0MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
W. Martínez  28'  79'
E. Martínez  75'
Ramírez  84'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
3 September 2006 Round 4Motagua2–1VictoriaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) J.O. Martínez  16'
J.M. Martínez  89'		 Pacini  37' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
10 September 2006 Round 5Olimpia2–1MotaguaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Bernárdez  13' (o.g.)
Velásquez  50'		 Santana  31' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
13 September 2006 Round 6Broncos UNAH3–5MotaguaCholuteca, Choluteca
Discua  10'
Bernárdez  56' (o.g.)
Castillo  66'		 Martínez  6'  60'  67'
Nascimento  14'  47'		 Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
17 September 2006 Round 7Motagua2–0Real EspañaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Fernández  64'
Torlacoff  82'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
23 September 2006 Round 8Vida0–2MotaguaLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06) Santana  19'
Rodas  30'		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
1 October 2006 Round 9Motagua1–0Atlético OlanchanoTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Santana  83' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
4 October 2006 Round 10Platense2–1MotaguaPuerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Costly  22'
Medina  83'		 Martínez  90+3' Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
15 October 2006 Round 11Motagua2–0HispanoTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Vásquez  15'
Nascimento  55'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
22 October 2006 Round 12Motagua3–0MarathónTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Santana  45'  56'
Nascimento  60'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
8 November 2006 Round 13Victoria1–1MotaguaLa Ceiba, Atlántida
Morán  19' Rodas  17' Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
5 November 2006 Round 14Motagua2–2OlimpiaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Nascimento  8'
Santana  17'		 Palacios  33'
Velásquez  64'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
12 November 2006 Round 15Motagua1–0Broncos UNAHTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Torlacoff  59' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: M. Muñoz
15 November 2006 Round 16Real España1–1MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Martínez  35' Nascimento  43' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
19 November 2006 Round 17Motagua2–0VidaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Martínez  5'
Reyes  15'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
26 November 2006 Round 18Atlético Olanchano3–0MotaguaCatacamas, Olancho
15:00 (UTC−06) Ferreira  22'
Salinas  65'
Godoy  81'		 Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

Semifinals
3 December 2006 1st legHispano2–1MotaguaComayagua, Comayagua
Diduch  24'
Castro  86'		 Santana  27' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Referee: Marcio Carranza
7 December 2006 2nd legMotagua5–0HispanoTegucigalpa, 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
10 December 2006 1st legMotagua1–1OlimpiaTegucigalpa, 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 legOlimpia1–3MotaguaSan 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
Main article: 2006–07 Honduran Liga Nacional § Clausura

With the title in their possession, F.C. Motagua were looking to repeat for the Clausura tournament; in the Regular season, they exhibited a very irregular performance, 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

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

Standings
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2007. Source:
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

Results by round
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
14 January 2007 Round 1Platense0–3MotaguaPuerto Cortés, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06) Torlacoff  26'
Martínez  64'
Castillo  84'		 Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
21 January 2007 Round 2Motagua3–2VidaCatacamas, Olancho
Raudales  71' (o.g.)
Nascimento  82'
Martínez  88'		 Costa  46'
Palacios  56'		 Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro
Attendance: 2,895
Referee: Marcio Carranza
28 January 2007 Round 3Atlético Olanchano1–2MotaguaCatacamas, Olancho
Ramos  51' Reyes  59'
Torlacoff  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro
31 January 2007 Round 4Victoria2–0MotaguaLa Ceiba, Atlántida
Güity  41'
?  ?'		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
3 February 2007 Round 5Motagua0–1Real EspañaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Lalín  82' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
11 February 2007 Round 6Motagua1–0Broncos UNAHTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Bernárdez  68' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
18 February 2007 Round 7Olimpia1–2MotaguaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Morales  60' Claros  10'
Torlacoff  80'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
24 February 2007 Round 8Hispano3–1MotaguaComayagua, Comayagua
Fernández  1'  23'
Diduch  68'		 Bernárdez  86' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
1 March 2007 Round 9Motagua3–4MarathónTegucigalpa, 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 10Motagua2–2PlatenseTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Torlacoff  48'  65' Méndez  14'
Ramírez  25'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
14 March 2007 Round 11Vida1–2MotaguaLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06) de Souza  9' Nascimento  50'
Bernárdez  62'		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
18 March 2007 Round 12Motagua5–1Atlético OlanchanoTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Claros  21'
Santana  32'  56'
Izaguirre  70'
Martínez  82'		 Ferreira  90+1' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
22 March 2007 Round 13Motagua1–0VictoriaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06) Reyes  38' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
31 March 2007 Round 14Real España2–1MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Pavón  7'
Ferreira  65'		 Santana  38' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
4 April 2007 Round 15Broncos UNAH1–4MotaguaCholuteca, Choluteca
Cabrera  54' Nascimento  32'  73'
Santana  47'
Castillo  80'		 Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
15 April 2007 Round 16Motagua0–4OlimpiaTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Velásquez  16'
Palacios  48'
Navas  55'
Cárcamo  82'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
22 April 2007 Round 17Motagua0–1HispanoTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Diduch  30' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
29 April 2007 Round 18Marathón0–1MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06) Grant  67' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Semifinals
2 May 2007 1st legMotagua1–3Real EspañaTegucigalpa, 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 legReal España1–0MotaguaSan 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.

References
  1. Terra.com–3–1. El Motagua gana el Campeonato de Apertura al vencer al Olimpia–2006-12-18
  2. RSSSF.com - Honduras 2006/07
  3. FIFA.com–Gone but not forgotten–2008-01-03
  4. RSSSF.com - Honduras 2006/07
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