2007–08 C.D. Motagua season

In the 2007–08 season Motagua won their first international trophy in the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, 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.

Motagua
2007–08 season
ChairmanPedro Atala
ManagerMaradiaga, Pineda, and Clavasquín
AperturaRunner–up
Clausura4th
UNCAF Interclub CupWinners
CONCACAF Champions' CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Nascimento (10)
All: Nascimento (14)
Highest home attendance35,000~

Squad

Transfer in

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  HON Steven Morris (From Motagua B)
3 DF  COL Santiago de Alba (From San Francisco)
4 DF  HON Roy Posas (From Hispano)
7 MF  CRC Steven Bryce (From Marathón)
15 MF  HON Walter López (From Olimpia)
18 MF  PAN José Justavino (From San Francisco)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  HON Osman Chávez (From Platense)
20 MF  HON Amado Guevara (From Chivas USA)
23 MF  HON Daniel Facussé (From Motagua B)
29 MF  HON José Rivera (From Motagua B)
30 MF  HON Rubén Rivera (From Motagua B)
31 FW  HON 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. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  HON Javier Martínez (To Vida)
7 MF  CRC Steven Bryce (Free agent)
7 FW  HON Saúl Martínez (Released)
13 MF  HON Víctor Mena (Released)
13 MF  HON José Grant (To Victoria)
16 MF  HON Edy Vásquez (Died)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  HON Amado Guevara (To Toronto FC)
23 MF  BRA Pedro Santana (Retired)
MF  HON Juan Tablada (Released)
MF  HON Marvin Paz (Released)
MF  HON Meylin Soto (Retired)
No.Pos.Player nameDate of birth and age
1GK Ricardo Canales (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 25)
2DF Steven Morris (1986-04-14)14 April 1986 (aged 21)
3DF Javier Martínez (1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 35)
4DF Roy Posas (1984-03-14)14 March 1984 (aged 23)
5DF Milton Reyes (1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 33)
6DF Óscar Bernárdez (1983-12-30)30 December 1983 (aged 23)
7MF Steven Bryce (1977-08-16)16 August 1977 (aged 29)
8MF Miguel Castillo (1983-09-30)30 September 1983 (aged 23)
9FW Jairo Martínez (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 29)
10FW Jocimar Nascimento (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 28)
11FW Óscar Torlacoff (1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 33)
12MF Rubén Matamoros (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 (aged 24)
13MF José Grant (1983-04-08)8 April 1983 (aged 24)
14MF Luis Guzmán (1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 26)
15MF Walter López (1977-09-01)1 September 1977 (aged 29)
17MF Fernando Castillo (1984-12-11)11 December 1984 (aged 22)
19DF Osman Chávez (1984-07-29)29 July 1984 (aged 22)
20MF Amado Guevara (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 31)
21DF Emilio Izaguirre (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 21)
22GK Donaldo Morales (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 24)
23FW Pedro Santana (1973-02-08)8 February 1973 (aged 34)
24DF Víctor Bernárdez (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 25)
25GK Rony García (1982-11-13)13 November 1982 (aged 24)
26DF David Molina (1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 19)
27FW Jefferson Bernárdez (1987-03-27)27 March 1987 (aged 20)
28DF Óscar García (1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 27)
29FW José Rivera (1988-07-11)11 July 1988 (aged 18)
30MF Rubén Rivera (1987-05-18)18 May 1987 (aged 20)
31FW Luis Rodas (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 22)
32MF Jorge Claros (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 21)
33DF Marlon Cruz
34DF Aarón Bardales (1985-12-03)3 December 1985 (aged 21)
35FW José Valladares (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 17)
36MF Kevin Osorio (1987-07-12)12 July 1987 (aged 19)

Apertura

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

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marathón 18 10 5 3 27 16 +11 35 Qualification to the Semifinals
2 Motagua 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32
3 Victoria 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31
4 Olimpia 18 6 9 3 19 13 +6 27
5 Deportes Savio 18 5 7 6 14 15 1 22
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2007. Source:

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHH
ResultWLWDWWLLDWDDWLDWWW
Position133222356224334432
Updated to match(es) played on 2007-11-25. Source: 2007–08 Apertura
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

12 August 2007 Round 1 Motagua 2–0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa
Nascimento
Guevara
Attendance: 3,460
19 August 2007 Round 2 Hispano 2–1 Motagua Comayagua
Jiménez  35'  39' Guevara  68' Attendance: 3,722
26 August 2007 Round 3 Motagua 1–0 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa
Rodas  57' Attendance: 3,026
30 August 2007 Round 4 Vida 0–0 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Attendance: 3,355
2 September 2007 Round 5 Motagua 4–1 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Castillo  1'
Rodas  23'
Guevara  66'
Bernárdez  77'
Martínez  53' Attendance: 5,541
4 October 2007 Round 6 Olimpia 1–2 Motagua Tegucigalpa
19:30 Núñez  24' López  7'
Nascimento  73'
Attendance: 17,799
15 September 2007 Round 7 Motagua 2–4 Real España Tegucigalpa
19:30 Rodas  10'
Guevara  23'
Peña  1'
Fretes  44'
Ferreira  60'  87'
Attendance: 5,651
23 September 2007 Round 8 Platense 3–2 Motagua Puerto Cortés
15:00 dos Santos  24'  75'
Zelaya  85'
Santana  52'
Rodas  70'
Attendance: 2,081
1 October 2007 Round 9 Victoria 2–2 Motagua La Ceiba
Solís  89'  90+3' Nascimento  16'
Matamoros  84'
Attendance: 5,020
7 October 2007 Round 10 Atlético Olanchano 1–2 Motagua Catacamas
Salinas  15' Torlacoff  25'
Nascimento  74'
Attendance: 3,082
16 October 2007 Round 11 Motagua 1–1 Hispano Tegucigalpa
Rodas  6' Güity  40' Attendance: 1,675
20 October 2007 Round 12 Deportes Savio 1–1 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
Róchez  60' Santana  44' Attendance: 3,850
27 October 2007 Round 13 Motagua 2–0 Vida Tegucigalpa
19:30 Torlacoff  3'  4' Attendance: 1,737
7 November 2007 Round 14 Marathón 1–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Brown  23' Attendance: 4,603
4 November 2007 Round 15 Motagua 0–0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
16:00 Attendance: 15,950
10 November 2007 Round 16 Real España 1–2 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Valladares  58' Martínez  70'
Nascimento  78'
Attendance: 1,945
18 November 2007 Round 17 Motagua 3–1 Platense Tegucigalpa
16:00 Martínez  44'
Bryce  61'
Santana  82'
dos Santos  3' Attendance: 2,050
25 November 2007 Round 18 Motagua 1–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
16:00 Nascimento  72' Attendance: 5,014

Semifinals

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

16 December 2007 1st leg Motagua 0–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Attendance: 16,042
Referee: José Molina
22 December 2007 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

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.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Marathón 18 9 3 6 30 23 +7 30 Qualification to the Semifinals
3 Real España 18 8 4 6 26 22 +4 28
4 Motagua 18 8 3 7 23 19 +4 27
5 Hispano 18 7 5 6 24 25 1 26
6 Victoria 18 6 6 6 17 17 0 24
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2008. Source:

Matches by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHHAHAAHAAAAHAHHAHH
ResultWWWDLDWLLLLWLDWLWW
Position111111113574766644
Updated to match(es) played on 2007-11-25. Source: 2007–08 Clausura
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

13 January 2008 Round 1 Motagua 2–0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Torlacoff  64'
Rodas  90+4'
Attendance: 1,909
20 January 2008 Round 2 Motagua 2–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Bernárdez  2'
Nascimento  74'
Attendance: 2,529
27 January 2008 Round 3 Olimpia 0–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
16:00 Nascimento  54' Attendance: 11,934
30 January 2008 Round 4 Motagua 1–1 Victoria Tegucigalpa
19:30 Nascimento  89' Morán  30' Attendance: 2,441
2 February 2008 Round 5 Marathón 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 de Vasconselos  68'
Ferreira  90+2'
Nascimento  50' Attendance: 2,475
10 February 2008 Round 6 Deportes Savio 0–0 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
Attendance: 4,033
17 February 2008 Round 7 Motagua 2–1 Real España Tegucigalpa
16:00 Torlacoff  73'
Rodas  79'
Caetano  87' Attendance: 4,473
23 February 2008 Round 8 Vida 2–1 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Hernández  12'
Cardozo  87'
Nascimento  90+1' Attendance: 3,347
2 March 2008 Round 9 Platense 1–0 Motagua Puerto Cortés
15:00 dos Santos  58' Attendance: 3,793
8 March 2008 Round 10 Atlético Olanchano 1–0 Motagua Catacamas
Marín  78' Attendance: 3,574
2 April 2008 Round 11 Hispano 2–0 Motagua Comayagua
Jiménez  30'
Morales  69'
16 March 2008 Round 12 Motagua 2–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
16:00 Torlacoff  27'
Bernárdez  65'
Velásquez  32' Attendance: 15,627
29 March 2008 Round 13 Victoria 2–0 Motagua La Ceiba
Chávez
6 April 2008 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
13 April 2008 Round 15 Motagua 2–0 Deportes Savio Danlí
Castillo  16'
Nascimento  56'
19 April 2008 Round 16 Real España 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Pavón  32'  81' Nascimento  16'
27 April 2008 Round 17 Motagua 2–0 Vida Danlí
15:00 Nascimento
Castillo
Attendance: 2,099
3 May 2008 Round 18 Motagua 3–1 Platense Danlí
15:00 Torlacoff  6'
Valladares  9'
Bernárdez  21'
Córdova  4' Attendance: 4,217

Semifinals

7 May 2008 1st leg Motagua 1–4 Olimpia Danlí
15:00 Matamoros  47' Bruschi  21'
Thomas  49'
R. Núñez  54'
M. Núñez  76'
Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Mario Moncada
10 May 2008 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 UNCAF Interclub Cup

As champions in the 2006–07 Apertura season, F.C. 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]

First round

7 August 2007 1st leg Real Estelí 0–2 Motagua Estelí
Matamoros  8'
Nascimento  76'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (BLZ)
16 August 2007 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

18 September 2007 1st leg Motagua 1–0 San Francisco Tegucigalpa
Bryce  32' Attendance: 2,515
Referee: Walter López (GUA)
26 September 2007 2nd leg San Francisco 0–1 Motagua La Chorrera
Rodas  85' Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)
  • Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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

28 November 2007 1st leg Saprissa 1–1 Motagua San José
Alpízar  8' García  49' Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
5 December 2007 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 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup, F.C. 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]

Quarterfinals

11 March 2008 1st leg Motagua 0–0 Pachuca Tegucigalpa
Attendance: 35,846
Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
19 March 2008 2nd leg Pachuca 1–0 Motagua Pachuca
Montes  43' Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)
  • Motagua lost 0–1 on aggregate.

References

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