2012–13 C.D. Motagua season

The 2012–13 season is F.C. Motagua's 62nd season in existence and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The domestic league will be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura was scheduled to be played in the second half of 2012, while the Clausura in the first half of 2013. Motagua will be looking for its 13th domestic championship. Due to an unsuccessful 2011–12 season, the club won't have international participation.

Motagua

2012–13 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	José Treviño José Clavasquín Juan Castillo
Apertura	Semifinalist
Clausura	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Hernández (7) All: Hernández (7)
Highest home attendance	9,533
Lowest home attendance	452
Average home league attendance	2,719
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 20 April 2013.

Overview

The Apertura tournament was played from August to December 2012. On 8 May 2011, the fitness coach Juan Bertani announced his departure from the club,[1] one day earlier José Treviño was confirmed as manager for the third consecutive tournament.[2] The first player to sign for the club was César Oseguera who played as midfielder for Atlético Choloma last season. One day later on 10 May, Brazilian forward Jocimar Nascimento returned to the Eagles, Jocimar was a key player for the club from 2006–2009. On the same day, midfielder Abner Méndez joined from C.D.S. Vida.

On 14 May, Motagua acquired 21-year-old forward Eddie Hernández who had a fleeting passage on Sweden with BK Häcken; Hernández is also part of the U-23 national team that will play at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The first player to left the team was Sergio Mendoza on 12 May; Julio de León was also released on 15 May. Roger Mondragón joined Vida on loan, as well as Adán Ramírez who was loaned to C.D. Real Sociedad. After 3 tournaments and one goalscorer award with the blues, Jerry Bengtson signed a 4-year agreement with MLS club New England Revolution.

On 4 July, the league announced the fixtures for the Apertura tournament, Motagua faced C.D. Victoria on round one and lost 1–2, the game was played at Estadio San Jorge in Olanchito due to repairs on Estadio Nilmo Edwards.[3]

On 20 October, Motagua lost the Honduran Superclásico against archrivals C.D. Olimpia 0–2; three days later, manager José Treviño was sacked due to poor results.[4] Former defender Reynaldo Clavasquín took over the club. With Clavasquín as manager, Motagua was able to lift its performance considerable and qualified to the playoffs as thirds.

On the second round, Motagua overcame easily over Real C.D. España with a convincing 7–3 aggregate score.[5] On the semifinals, the team wasn't so lucky and were eliminated by C.D. Victoria after a 3–3 aggregate score, result that was not enough due to a lower finish in the regular season.[6]

The Clausura tournament was played from January to May 2013. The club's preseason started on 10 December 2012.[7] Motagua announced that some home games will be played at other venues; their first Clausura game was played at Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos in Choluteca and ended with an unexpected 0–1 defeat against C.D. Real Sociedad.[8] On 10 March 2013, the club's staff hired former manager Juan de Dios Castillo replacing José Clavasquín.[9] The poor results were constant throughout the entire tournament, which resulted in another early elimination in the regular season.[10]

Players

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento	Deportes Savio[11]
12	MF	Abner Méndez	Vida[12]
19	MF	César Oseguera	Atlético Choloma[13]
23	FW	Eddie Hernández	BK Häcken[14]
–	FW	Christian Martínez	Real España[15]
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	Real Sociedad[16]
34	DF	Roger Mondragón	Vida
35	MF	Marvin Cálix	Reserves

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to
10	MF	Julio de León	Messina[17]
12	DF	Luis Guzmán	Atlético Choloma[18]
18	MF	Roger Mondragón	Vida[19]
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	Universidad de San Carlos[20]
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	New England Revolution[21]
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	Real Sociedad[22]
29	MF	Alejandro Aguiluz	TBD[23]
30	MF	Mishek Ávila	Deportes Savio[24]
12	MF	Abner Méndez	Atlético Choloma[25]
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	Vancouver Whitecaps[26]
–	DF	Héctor García	Deportes Savio

Squad

• Statistics as of 20 April 2013
• Only league matches into account

No.	Pos.	Player name	Date of birth and age	Games played			Goals scored
				< 11/12	12/13	Total	< 11/12	12/13	Total
1	GK	Kerpo de León	25 February 1974 (aged 38)	18	6	24	0	0	0
2	DF	Odis Borjas	3 October 1987 (aged 24)	51	27	78	0	0	0
3	DF	Henry Figueroa	28 December 1992 (aged 19)	0	3	3	0	0	0
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	12 August 1979 (aged 32)	268	32	300	32	0	32
5	DF	David Molina	14 March 1988 (aged 24)	77	22	99	4	1	5
6	MF	Emilson Cruz	24 October 1987 (aged 24)	29	20	49	0	0	0
7	MF	Carlos Discua	20 September 1984 (aged 27)	30	33	63	8	6	14
8	MF	Carlos Morán	19 July 1984 (aged 27)	24	20	44	2	3	5
9	FW	Georgie Welcome	9 March 1985 (aged 27)	82	25	107	29	5	34
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento	18 January 1979 (aged 33)	99	27	126	31	5	36
11	FW	Melvin Valladares	14 July 1984 (aged 27)	16	25	41	0	6	6
12	MF	Ábner Méndez	1 August 1988 (aged 23)	0	8	8	0	0	0
13	DF	Nery Medina	5 August 1981 (aged 30)	–	26	–	5	5	10
14	FW	Roby Norales	25 January 1991 (aged 21)	15	24	39	4	4	8
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	7 February 1990 (aged 22)	69	14	83	6	3	9
17	MF	Júnior Padilla	4 April 1992 (aged 20)	18	9	27	2	0	2
18	MF	Brayan Figueroa	28 March 1992 (aged 20)	0	12	12	0	0	0
19	MF	César Oseguera	20 July 1990 (aged 21)	0	37	37	0	3	3
20	MF	Amado Guevara	2 May 1976 (aged 36)	225	33	258	66	6	72
21	MF	Alfredo Mejía	3 April 1990 (aged 22)	7	15	22	0	1	1
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	13 October 1982 (aged 29)	94	35	129	0	0	0
23	FW	Eddie Hernández	27 February 1991 (aged 21)	0	23	23	0	7	7
24	DF	Omar Elvir	28 September 1989 (aged 22)	46	27	73	0	1	1
25	GK	Marlon Licona	9 February 1991 (aged 21)	11	0	11	0	0	0
26	MF	Grodbin Benítez	2 April 1993 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	28 August 1986 (aged 25)	37	11	48	2	0	2
29	MF	Marvin Barrios	22 February 1994 (aged 18)	5	27	32	1	1	2
30	MF	Roger Mondragón	20 September 1989 (aged 22)	15	0	15	1	0	1
31	DF	Esdras Padilla	4 September 1989 (aged 22)	39	1	40	0	0	0
32	MF	Ronald Martínez	26 July 1990 (aged 21)	39	2	41	2	0	2
33	GK	Harold Fonseca	8 October 1993 (aged 18)	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Ramón Amador	23 January 1994 (aged 18)	2	1	3	0	0	0
35	FW	Javier Norales	20 November 1992 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Marvin Cálix	6 January 1992 (aged 20)	0	3	3	0	0	0
48	FW	Árnold Meléndez	23 August 1994 (aged 17)	0	3	3	0	0	0
49	DF	Joshua Nieto	3 September 1994 (aged 17)	0	6	6	0	0	0
–	FW	Christian Martínez	8 September 1990 (aged 21)	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Santos Crisanto	–	0	2	2	0	0	0
Managers		José Treviño	29 January 1960 (aged 52)	19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012
		Reynaldo Clavasquín	28 January 1972 (aged 40)	23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013
		Juan Castillo	31 January 1951 (aged 61)	10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013

Results

Preseason and friendlies

15 July 2012 Friendly	Motagua	0–0	Real Estelí	El Paraíso, El Paraíso
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Oro Verde

21 July 2012 Friendly	Hispano	1–4	Motagua
(UTC−06:00)

22 July 2012 Friendly	Atlético Choloma	2–2	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Garza  85' Acosta  90+2'		Guevara  7' Nascimento  28'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras

22 December 2012 Friendly	Catacamas	0–6	Motagua	Catacamas, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)			Valladares García Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

22 December 2012 Friendly	Atlético Olanchano	1–4	Motagua	Catacamas, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)	Escobar		Nascimento Guevara Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

29 December 2012 Friendly	Comayagua	0–8	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

29 December 2012 Friendly	Comayagua	0–3	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
18:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

5 January 2013 Friendly	Honduras	2–3	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
18:00 (UTC−06:00)	Morales  18' Aguilar 46'		Nascimento  20'  44' Medina 27'	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

12 January 2013 Friendly	Valle	0–2	Motagua	Langue, Valle
(UTC−06:00)			Nascimento Medina

Apertura

29 July 2012 Week 1	Victoria	2–1	Motagua	Olanchito
15:00 CST	Córdoba  16' Ortiz  80'	Report	Discua  27'	Stadium: Estadio San Jorge Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Orlando Hernández

4 August 2012 Week 2	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
19:00 CST	Oseguera  12' Welcome  70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 993 Referee: Erick Andino

11 August 2012 Week 3	Real España	1–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:00 CST	Hansen  53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Attendance: 1,219 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez Starting XI 1 – de León 2 – Borjas 4 – Izaguirre 7 – Discua  74' 9 – Welcome 12 – Méndez  60' 16 – Leverón 19 – Oseguera 20 – Guevara  39' 21 – Mejía 29 – Barrios Substitutes 11 – Valladares  39' 10 – Nascimento  60' 13 – Medina  74'

16 August 2012 Week 4	Motagua	0–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
19:00 CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 452 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

19 August 2012 Week 5	Motagua	2–2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Valladares  42' Leverón  80' (pen.)	Report	Portillo  40' Bruschi  62'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,666 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

26 August 2012 Week 6	Real Sociedad	2–1	Motagua	Tocoa
14:00 CST	Ramírez  7' Turcios  65' (pen.)	Report	49' Norales	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 2,996 Referee: Armando Castro

1 September 2012 Week 7	Marathón	1–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
15:30 CST	Meza  34' (pen.)	Report	Morán  19'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Raúl Castro

9 September 2012 Week 8	Motagua	1–1	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Guevara  13'	Report	Galdámez  72'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

15 September 2012 Week 9	Atlético Choloma	1–2	Motagua	Choloma
16:30 CST	Torlacoff  48'	Report	Morán  47' Leverón  61'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Attendance: 628 Referee: José Pineda

23 September 2012 Week 10	Motagua	1–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Discua  54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

30 September 2012 Week 11	Platense	0–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés
15:00 CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 1,528 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

7 October 2012 Week 12	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
16:30 CST	Guevara  14'	Report	Hansen  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,126 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

13 October 2012 Week 13	Vida	2–2	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30 CST	Zelaya  26'  60'	Report	Hernández  52'  89'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,517 Referee: Saíd Martínez

20 October 2012 Week 14	Olimpia	2–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
19:30 CST	Rojas  32'  50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

28 October 2012 Week 15	Motagua	2–0	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Oseguera  16' Guevara  28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,734 Referee: Orlando Hernández

4 November 2012 Week 16	Motagua	4–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Leverón  20' (pen.) Discua  32'  54' Hernández  75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Armando Castro

8 November 2012 Week 17	Deportes Savio	0–1	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán
18:30 CST		Report	Welcome  61'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 856 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

11 November 2012 Week 18	Motagua	0–0	Atlético Choloma	Tegucigalpa
15:00 CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,433 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

15 November 2012 Playoffs	Real España	1–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:00 CST	Lobo  38'	Report	Guevara  4' Molina  17' Welcome  23' Medina  56'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 7,666 Referee: Armando Castro

21 November 2012 Playoffs	Motagua	3–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa
19:30 CST	Valladares  7' Welcome  30' (pen.) Medina  76'	Report	Rodas  47' Alvarado  50'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

25 November 2012 Semifinals	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Medina  31'	Report	Arias  57'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 9,533 Referee: Erick Andino

2 December 2012 Semifinals	Victoria	2–2	Motagua	La Ceiba
14:00 CST	Licona  34' Molina  75' (o.g.)	Report	Medina  2' Oseguera  60'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Clausura

20 January 2013 Round 1	Motagua	0–1	Real Sociedad	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Güity  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos Attendance: 2,614 Referee: Erick Andino

27 January 2013 Round 2	Deportes Savio	3–2	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)	Arriola  18' Pinto  73' Pineda  89'	Report	Nascimento  37' Mejía  45'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 844 Referee: Orlando Hernández

30 January 2013 Round 3	Motagua	0–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,794 Referee: Saíd Martínez

3 February 2013 Round 4	Vida	0–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Nascimento  18' Guevara  59' Norales  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 806 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

10 February 2013 Round 5	Olimpia	1–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Caetano  74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 5,969 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

14 February 2013 Round 6	Motagua	1–0	Atlético Choloma	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Nascimento  61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 531 Referee: Raúl Castro

17 February 2013 Round 7	Motagua	1–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Morán  63'	Report	Blanco  46'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

24 February 2013 Round 8	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Estupiñán  69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Erick Andino

27 February 2013 Round 9	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Valladares  4'	Report	Lacayo  40'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Saíd Martínez

3 March 2013 Round 10	Real Sociedad	2–0	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
13:00 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez  15'  80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 1,416 Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 March 2013 Round 11	Motagua	6–0	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Medina  22' Nascimento  28' Guevara  36' Norales  82' Discua  86'  89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 853 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

9 March 2013 Round 12	Real España	2–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Cardozo  16'  52'	Report	Barahona  25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,038 Referee: Mario Moncada

17 March 2013 Round 13	Motagua	3–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Elvir  12' Valladares  58' Nascimento  84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Saíd Martínez

23 March 2013 Round 14	Motagua	2–3	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Valladares  41' Hernández  80'	Report	Oseguera  37' (o.g.) Mejía  60' Portillo  63'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Armando Castro

3 April 2013 Round 15	Atlético Choloma	0–3	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Valladares  5' Norales  60' Hernández  68'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Attendance: 262 Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 April 2013 Round 16	Marathón	5–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06:00)	Figueroa  8' (o.g.) Castro  15' Acevedo  55' Flores  81' Martínez  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Erick Andino

14 April 2013 Round 17	Motagua	2–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Barrios  7' Hernández  53'	Report	Díaz  50'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: Miguel Torres Referee: 1,514

20 April 2013 Round 18	Victoria	2–2	Motagua	Olanchito, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Rivera  10' Ortiz  64'	Report	Welcome  49' Hernández  51'	Stadium: Estadio San Jorge Attendance: 853 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Statistics

• As of 20 April 2013

Competition	GP	GW	GD	GL	GS	GC	GD	CS	SG	Per
League	40	14	14	12	48	38	+10	14	11	46.67%
Others	9	7	2	0	32	6	+26	5	1	85.19%
Totals	49	21	16	12	80	44	+36	19	12	53.74%

References

1. Diez.hn–Bertani, primera baja del Motagua–8 May 2012
2. Diez.hn–Motagua ratifica a "Pepe" Treviño–7 May 2012
3. Tiempo.hn–Real España le dará la bienvenida al benjamín–4 July 2012
4. LaPrensa.hn–"Pepe" Treviño fuera del Motagua–23 October 2012
5. LaPrensa.hn–Motagua certificó su boleto a las semifinales con otro triunfo–22 November 2012
6. LaPrensa.hn–Victoria hace historia y está en la final–2 December 2012
7. Diez.hn–Motagua arranca el 10 de diciembre y busca delantero–3 December 2012
8. Diez.hn–Real Sociedad sorprende y gana a Motagua Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine–20 January 2013
9. Tiempo.hn–Juan de Dios Castillo es el nuevo técnico del Motagua Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine–10 March 2013
10. LaTribuna.hn–Motagua se quedó fuera Archived 2014-03-12 at the Wayback Machine–20 April 2013
11. Diez.hn–Jocimar Nascimiento regresa al Motagua–9 May 2012
12. Diez.hn–Abner Méndez anuncia que jugará con el Motagua Archived 2012-07-29 at Archive.today–10 May 2012
13. Diez.hn–César Oseguera primer fichaje de Motagua–9 May 2012
14. LaTribuna.hn–Motagua adquiere a Eddie Hernández Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine–14 June 2012
15. Diez.hn– Motagua inscribe a Cristian Martínez en Liga Nacional–24 August 2012
16. LaPrensa.hn–Adán Ramírez regresa al Motagua–10 December 2012
17. LaPrensa.hn–Rambo de León, a la quinta división de Italia con el Messina–20 July 2012
18. Diez.hn–En esta semana habrá recorte de plantel en Motagua–27 May 2012
19. LaTribuna.hn–Welcome (Shannon) fuera de Motagua Archived June 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine–25 June 2012
20. Diez.hn–Sergio Mendoza se despide de Motagua–12 May 2012
21. Motagua.com–Jerry Bengtson pasa al New England Revolution de la MLS–2 July 2012
22. Diez.hn–Motagua manda a Adán Ramírez al Real Sociedad–27 June 2012
23. ElHeraldo.hn–Pepe Treviño solicitó cuatro fogueos para Motagua–29 May 2012
24. ElHeraldo.hn–El Motagua ya mueve el balón–26 June 2012
25. Diez.hn–Ramón Romero será el asistente de Clavasquín en Motagua–4 December 2012
26. Diez.hn–Johnny Leverón queda fuera del Motagua Archived 2013-02-17 at Archive.today–15 December 2012

External links

• Motagua Official Website