2018–19 C.D. Marathón season

The 2018–19 season was C.D. Marathón's 68th season in existence and the club's 53rd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club fought for its 10th league title, in which they failed on both Apertura and Clausura tournaments. Facing also the 2018 Honduran Cup and the 2019 Honduran Supercup, the club went on to win the last one, the first Supercup in their history.

Marathón
2018–19 season
ChairmanOrinson Amaya
ManagerHéctor Vargas
StadiumEstadio Yankel Rosenthal
Apertura4th - Playoffs
Clausura2nd - Semifinals
CupRound of 16
SupercupWinners
CONCACAF Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Justin Arboleda (20)
All: Justin Arboleda (23)
All statistics correct as of 4 March 2019.

Overview

Héctor Vargas renewed his contract on April 23, during the 2017–18 Clausura tournament.[1]

Apertura

Transfers in
PlayerContract dateMoving fromPosition
Carlos Róchez29 May 2018[2] Lobos UPNFMMF
Roy Smith2 June 2018[3] Honduras ProgresoDF
Marlon Ramírez23 June 2018[4] ENPPI SCFW
Carlos Discua27 June 2018[5] MotaguaMF
Jorge Armando Cardona21 July 2018[6] Honduras ProgresoMF

Transfers out
PlayerReleased dateMoving toPosition
John Paul Suazo20 May 2018[7] OlimpiaDF/MF
Júnior Lacayo20 May 2018[8] OlimpiaFW
Daniel Tejeda30 May 2018[9]TBADF
Wilmer Fuentes30 May 2018[10] Honduras ProgresoMF
Johnny Leverón5 June 2018[11] Real C.D. EspañaDF

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Olimpia 18 8 8 2 25 17 +8 32 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
3 UPNFM 18 9 3 6 25 20 +5 30 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Marathón 18 7 7 4 28 22 +6 28
5 Real España 18 7 5 6 31 25 +6 26
6 Platense 18 6 6 6 21 18 +3 24
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHA
ResultDDDWDWDLWWWLWDLLDW
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season
28 July 2018 Round 1Marathón0 – 0VidaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: David Mendoza
4 August 2018 Round 2Lobos UPNFM1 – 1MarathónCholuteca, Choluteca
18:00 Benguché  16' Report Córdova  18' Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse
Referee: Said Martínez
11 August 2018 Round 3Marathón1 – 1OlimpiaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Romero  27' Report Martínez  56' Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Erick Andino
15 August 2018 Round 4Juticalpa0 – 3
Awarded		MarathónJuticalpa, Olancho
19:00 Cabezas  70' Report Discua  83' Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas
Referee: Óscar Moncada
Note: Match awarded to C.D. Marathón with a 3–0 score as a result of Juticalpa F.C. fielding the ineligible player Carlos Palacios. The match originally ended 1–1.[12]
18 August 2018 Round 5Real España1 – 1MarathónSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 Benavidez  90+4' Report Arboleda  32' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
29 August 2018 Round 6Marathón3 – 1Real de MinasSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Córdova  6'
Arboleda  36'
Lahera  67'		 Report Padilla  8' Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
10 October 2018 Round 7Marathón1 – 1MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Arboleda  19' Report López  37' Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Nelson Salgado
9 September 2018 Round 8Platense1 – 0MarathónPuerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00 Arriaga  11' Report Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Referee: David Cruz
12 September 2018 Round 9Marathón3 – 1Honduras ProgresoSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Discua  16'
González  21' (o.g.)
Lahera  74'		 Report Delgado  83' Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
16 September 2018 Round 10Vida0 – 1MarathónLa Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 Report Discua  75' Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Referee: Marlon Díaz
20 September 2018 Round 11Marathón2 – 1Lobos UPNFMSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Lahera  20'
Ramírez  90+1'		 Report Cálix  66' Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Marlon Díaz
30 September 2018 Round 12Olimpia2 – 1MarathónTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 Bengtson  2', 28' Report Discua  83' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Óscar Moncada
6 October 2018 Round 13Marathón4 – 3JuticalpaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Róchez  22'
Arboleda  37'
Lahera  45+3'
Barahona  51' (o.g.)		 Report Güity  45+1'
Cabezas  53'
Moncada  76'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
14 October 2018 Round 14Marathón2 – 2Real EspañaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Arboleda  59' (pen.)
Lahera  90+5'		 Report Benavidez  39'
López  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
22 October 2018 Round 15Real de Minas3 – 1MarathónSiguatepeque, Comayagua
15:00 Flores  8'
Martínez  22'
Julián Galo  80'		 Report Lahera  2' Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila
Referee: Saíd Martínez
29 October 2018 Round 16Motagua1 – 0MarathónTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 Estupiñán  57' Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Óscar Moncada
3 November 2018 Round 17Marathón1 – 1PlatenseSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Romero  84' Report Winchester  17' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Jonfy Vallecillo
11 November 2018 Round 18Honduras Progreso2 – 3MarathónEl Progreso, Yoro
19:00 Tobías  55'
Gutiérrez  67'		 Report Arboleda  35', 52', 85' Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti
Referee: Raúl Castro

Playoffs
14 November 2018 1st legReal España2 – 0MarathónSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06) Benavidez  34' (pen.)
Vuelto  78' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Referee: Nelson Salgado
17 November 2018 2nd legMarathón3 – 2Real EspañaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06) Arboleda  3', 36'
Discua  65'		 Report Tejeda  39'
Oseguera  52'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
  • Real España won 4–3 on aggregate.

Clausura

Transfers in
PlayerContract dateMoving fromPosition
Mayron Flores31 December 2018[13] OlimpiaMF
Caue Fernandes5 January 2018[14]Free agentDF
Carlo Costly17 January 2018[15] OlimpiaFW

Transfers out
PlayerReleased dateMoving toPosition
Roy Smith25 December 2018[16]TBADF
Cristian Cálix27 December 2018[17] AtlasMF
Wilmer Fuentes1 January 2019[18] PlatenseMF

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 18 11 4 3 31 13 +18 37 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Marathón 18 10 4 4 32 24 +8 34
3 Motagua 18 9 4 5 29 15 +14 31 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Real España 18 7 7 4 19 15 +4 28
5 UPNFM 18 6 9 3 22 16 +6 27
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAAHHAHAHAHHAAHA
ResultWWWDDWWWWDWLLDLLWW
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season
12 January 2019 Round 1Marathón3 – 1Lobos UPNFMSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Arboleda  23', 38'
Jhonson  67'		 Report Meléndez  89' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
20 January 2019 Round 2Platense2 – 3MarathónPuerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00 Winchester  13'
Bolaños  25'		 Report Martínez  11'
Solano  38'
Jhonson  86' (pen.)		 Stadium: Estadio Excelsior
26 January 2019 Round 3Marathón1 – 0OlimpiaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Arboleda  87' Report Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
3 February 2019 Round 4Juticalpa1 – 1MarathónJuticalpa, Olancho
14:00 Lanza  81' Report Barrios  12' Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé
Referee: Saíd Martínez
3 February 2019 Round 5Real España1 – 1MarathónSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 Tobías  60' Report Costly  32' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Referee: Raúl Castro
13 February 2019 Round 6Marathón4 – 3VidaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Lahera  6'
Arboleda  38'
Discua  40'
Solano  70'		 Report Padilla  20'
Canales  36'
Hernández  57'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
16 February 2019 Round 7Marathón1 – 0MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Discua  47' Report Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Óscar Moncada
23 February 2019 Round 8Honduras Progreso0 – 1MarathónEl Progreso, Yoro
19:15 Report Costly  20' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti
Referee: David Cruz
3 March 2019 Round 9Marathón2 – 1Real de MinasSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Arboleda  32' (pen.)
Jhonson  45+3'		 Report Andino  74' Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
6 March 2019 Round 10Lobos UPNFM0 – 0MarathónCholuteca, Choluteca
18:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse
Referee: Raúl Castro
10 March 2019 Round 11Marathón2 – 1PlatenseSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Jhonson  56'
Lahera  63'		 Report Nieto  45+2' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Melvin Matamoros
14 March 2019 Round 12Olimpia3 – 0MarathónTegucigalpa, Cortés
19:00 Bengtson  16', 23', 26' Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Raúl Castro
30 March 2019 Round 13Marathón1 – 2JuticalpaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 Arboleda  66' (pen.) Report Techera  16'
Estupiñán  84'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Óscar Moncada
6 April 2019 Round 14Marathón2 – 2Real EspañaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 Costly  3', 61' Report Vuelto  34'
Tejeda  86'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
10 April 2019 Round 15Vida2 – 1MarathónLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:15 Canales  44' (pen.) Report Discua  84' (pen.) Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Referee: Nelson Salgado
14 April 2019 Round 16Motagua5 – 1MarathónTegucigalpa, Cortés
16:00 López  8'
Estigarribia  37', 50'
Andino  58'
Crisanto  85' (pen.)		 Report Arboleda  21' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Erick Andino
17 April 2019 Round 17Marathón6 – 0Honduras ProgresoSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 Discua  34'
Fernandes  39'
Ramírez  57' (pen.)
Solani  78'
Romero  80'
Miranda  88'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Referee: Saíd Martínez
27 April 2019 Round 18Real de Minas0 – 2MarathónDanlí, El Paraíso
15:00 Report Jhonson  43'
Arboleda  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

Semifinals
12 May 2019 1st legMotagua2 – 0MarathónTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Galvaliz  9'
López  64'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Referee: Said Martínez
18 May 2019 2nd legMarathón2 – 2MotaguaSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06) Arboleda  37', 42' Report Estigarribia  47'
Montes  73'		 Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Attendance: 5,450
Referee: Óscar Moncada
  • Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.

President Cup

Round of 64
22 July 2018 Round of 64La Virtud1 – 11MarathónGracias, Lempira
14:00 ¿? Report Lahera
Arboleda
Johnson
Ramírez
Romero
Argueta
¿? 		Stadium: Estadio Marco Augusto Hernández
Referee: Raúl Castro

Round of 32
22 August 2018 Round of 32Brasilia0–1MarathónRío Lindo, Cortés
18:00  89' Arboleda Stadium: Estadio Filiberto Fernández

Round of 16
5 September 2018 Round of 16Real España3–0MarathónSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Referee: Orlando Hernández
Note: Match awarded to Real España with a 3–0 score after Marathón abandoned the field at '88 (0–0) for not accepting a penalty called by the referee.

Honduran Supercup
24 April 2019 Platense0–0
(2–4 p)		MarathónComayagua, Comayagua
18:00 Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Referee: Jonfy Vallecillo
Penalties
Nieto
Reyes
Aguilar
Winshester 		Costly
Banegas
Discua
Vargas
Arboleda

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16
20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) First legMarathón 2–6 Santos LagunaSan Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00
Report
Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Referee: Yadel Martínez
27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) Second legSantos Laguna 5–0
(11–2 agg.)		 MarathónTorreón, Mexico
19:00
Report
Stadium: Corona
Referee: Drew Fischer

Santos Laguna won 11–2 on aggregate.

References
  1. Diario Diez.hn - Héctor Vargas renueva con el Marathón antes de enfrentar al Real España – 23 April 2018
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  3. "Marathón ficha al defensa tico Roy Smith". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. "Marlon "Machuca" Ramírez es fichado por el Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. "OFICIAL_: Carlos Discua se olvida de Motagua y es nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. "Jorge "Ñangui" Cardona, nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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  13. "Altas y bajas: Los últimos fichajes del mercado de pases en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  14. "Oficial: Marathón anuncia el regreso del central uruguayo Caue Fernandes". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  15. "Oficial: Carlo Costly firmó contrato con Marathón: "Estoy agradecido"". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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