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:

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 1 Motagua 1–3 Platense Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Paz  14' Mejía  37'
Romero  41'
Costly  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
20 August 2006 Round 2 Hispano 0–0 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06) Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
27 August 2006 Round 3 Marathón 4–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
W. Martínez  28'  79'
E. Martínez  75'
Ramírez  84'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
3 September 2006 Round 4 Motagua 2–1 Victoria Tegucigalpa, 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 5 Olimpia 2–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Bernárdez  13' (o.g.)
Velásquez  50'		 Santana  31' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
13 September 2006 Round 6 Broncos UNAH 3–5 Motagua Choluteca, 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 7 Motagua 2–0 Real España Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Fernández  64'
Torlacoff  82'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
23 September 2006 Round 8 Vida 0–2 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06) Santana  19'
Rodas  30'		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
1 October 2006 Round 9 Motagua 1–0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Santana  83' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
4 October 2006 Round 10 Platense 2–1 Motagua Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Costly  22'
Medina  83'		 Martínez  90+3' Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
15 October 2006 Round 11 Motagua 2–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Vásquez  15'
Nascimento  55'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
22 October 2006 Round 12 Motagua 3–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Santana  45'  56'
Nascimento  60'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
8 November 2006 Round 13 Victoria 1–1 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
Morán  19' Rodas  17' Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
5 November 2006 Round 14 Motagua 2–2 Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Nascimento  8'
Santana  17'		 Palacios  33'
Velásquez  64'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
12 November 2006 Round 15 Motagua 1–0 Broncos UNAH Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Torlacoff  59' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: M. Muñoz
15 November 2006 Round 16 Real España 1–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Martínez  35' Nascimento  43' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
19 November 2006 Round 17 Motagua 2–0 Vida Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Martínez  5'
Reyes  15'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
26 November 2006 Round 18 Atlético Olanchano 3–0 Motagua Catacamas, Olancho
15:00 (UTC−06) Ferreira  22'
Salinas  65'
Godoy  81'		 Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

Semifinals
3 December 2006 1st leg Hispano 2–1 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
Diduch  24'
Castro  86'		 Santana  27' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Referee: Marcio Carranza
7 December 2006 2nd leg Motagua 5–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa, 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 leg Motagua 1–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa, 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 leg Olimpia 1–3 Motagua San 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  HON Ricardo Canales
2 MF  HON Pedro Fernández
3 DF  HON Javier Martinez
4 FW  HON David Cárcamo
5 MF  HON Milton Reyes
6 DF  HON Óscar Bernárdez
7 DF  HON Víctor Mena
9 FW  HON Jairo Martínez
11 FW  URU Óscar Torlacoff
12 MF  HON Rubén Matamoros
13 MF  HON José Grant
14 MF  HON Luis Guzmán
15 MF  HON Juan Tablada
16 MF  HON Edy Vásquez
17 MF  HON Fernando Castillo
18 DF  HON Marvin Paz
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  HON Saúl Martínez
21 DF  HON Emilio Izaguirre
22 GK  HON Donaldo Morales
23 MF  BRA Pedro Santana
24 DF  HON Víctor Bernárdez
25 GK  HON Rony García
26 DF  HON David Molina
27 FW  HON Jefferson Bernárdez
29 FW  HON Meilin Soto
30 DF  HON Limber Pérez
31 FW  HON Luis Rodas
32 MF  HON Jorge Claros
33 DF  HON Marlon Cruz
34 MF  HON Aaron Bardales
35 MF  HON René Moncada
36 MF  HON 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.

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 1 Platense 0–3 Motagua Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06) Torlacoff  26'
Martínez  64'
Castillo  84'		 Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
21 January 2007 Round 2 Motagua 3–2 Vida Catacamas, 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 3 Atlético Olanchano 1–2 Motagua Catacamas, Olancho
Ramos  51' Reyes  59'
Torlacoff  70'		 Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro
31 January 2007 Round 4 Victoria 2–0 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
Güity  41'
?  ?'		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
3 February 2007 Round 5 Motagua 0–1 Real España Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Lalín  82' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
11 February 2007 Round 6 Motagua 1–0 Broncos UNAH Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Bernárdez  68' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
18 February 2007 Round 7 Olimpia 1–2 Motagua Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Morales  60' Claros  10'
Torlacoff  80'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
24 February 2007 Round 8 Hispano 3–1 Motagua Comayagua, Comayagua
Fernández  1'  23'
Diduch  68'		 Bernárdez  86' Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
1 March 2007 Round 9 Motagua 3–4 Marathón Tegucigalpa, 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 10 Motagua 2–2 Platense Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Torlacoff  48'  65' Méndez  14'
Ramírez  25'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
14 March 2007 Round 11 Vida 1–2 Motagua La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06) de Souza  9' Nascimento  50'
Bernárdez  62'		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
18 March 2007 Round 12 Motagua 5–1 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa, 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 13 Motagua 1–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06) Reyes  38' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
31 March 2007 Round 14 Real España 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06) Pavón  7'
Ferreira  65'		 Santana  38' Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
4 April 2007 Round 15 Broncos UNAH 1–4 Motagua Choluteca, Choluteca
Cabrera  54' Nascimento  32'  73'
Santana  47'
Castillo  80'		 Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
15 April 2007 Round 16 Motagua 0–4 Olimpia Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Velásquez  16'
Palacios  48'
Navas  55'
Cárcamo  82'		 Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
22 April 2007 Round 17 Motagua 0–1 Hispano Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06) Diduch  30' Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
29 April 2007 Round 18 Marathón 0–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06) Grant  67' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

Semifinals
2 May 2007 1st leg Motagua 1–3 Real España Tegucigalpa, 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 leg Real España 1–0 Motagua San 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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