2008–09 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
2008–09 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Jaime de la Pava
Apertura	4th
Clausura	8th
Copa Sudamericana	First stage
Top goalscorer	Torlacoff (8)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

For the 2008–09 C.D. Motagua season, F.C. Motagua played in three competitions, the Apertura tournament, the Clausura, and they were also invited to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.

Apertura[]

The 2008–09 Apertura Motagua season was the fifty-third season of the Motagua professional football lifetime. Motagua were looking for the 12th championship. They also attended the 2008 Copa Sudamericana because of Deportivo Saprissa's withdrawal due to the match-day fixtures collide with CONCACAF Champions League's. For this season Motagua were full with families. Miguel Castillo and Fernando Castillo are brothers, Eleazar Padilla and Esdras Padilla are brothers, Rubén Antonio Rivera and José Carlos Rivera are brothers, Víctor Bernárdez, Jefferson Bernárdez and are cousins, Shannon Welcome and Georgie Welcome are cousins. Jaime de la Pava replaced Ramón Maradiaga after he left to coach Guatemala national football team. Edmilson da Silva Melo was cut off the team since he received an injury that would leave him out for the rest of the tournament. On 11 September Luis Rodas and Roy Posas were cut off the team due to indecent behavior under the influence of alcohol.

Squad[]

The players in bold have senior international caps.

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	DF	HON	Steven Morris
3	DF	URU	Guillermo Díaz
4	DF	HON	Roy Posas
5	MF	HON	Reynaldo Tilguath (VC)
6	DF	HON	Óscar Bernárdez
7	FW	HON	Georgie Welcome
8	MF	HON	Miguel Castillo
9	FW	HON	Shannon Welcome
10	FW	BRA	Jocimar Nascimento
11	FW	URU	Óscar Torlacoff
12	MF	HON	José Burgos
13	MF	HON
14	MF	HON	Luis Guzmán
15	MF	BRA	Nilberto da Silva
17	MF	HON	Fernando Castillo
18	MF	HON	Meller Sánchez
19	DF	HON	Emilson Cruz
21	DF	HON	Emilio Izaguirre
22	GK	HON	Donaldo Morales


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	HON
24	DF	HON	Víctor Bernárdez (C)
26	DF	HON	David Molina
27	FW	HON	Jefferson Bernárdez
28	DF	HON	Samir García
29	FW	HON	José Rivera
30	MF	HON	Rubén Rivera
31	FW	HON	Luis Rodas
32	MF	HON	Jorge Claros (VC)
33	DF	HON	Esdras Padilla
34	DF	HON	Aarón Bardales
35	FW	HON	José Valladares
36	MF	HON
40	MF	HON
42	MF	HON
43	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
–	GK	HON
–	DF	HON	Víctor Mena
–	DF	HON	Eleazar Padilla
–	DF	HON	Carlos Pineda

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
3	DF	URU	Guillermo Díaz (From Juventud de Las Piedras)
5	MF	HON	Reynaldo Tilguath (From Olimpia)
7	FW	HON	Georgie Welcome (From Arsenal)
9	FW	HON	Shannon Welcome (From Arsenal)
12	MF	HON	José Burgos (From Olimpia)
15	DF	BRA	Nilberto da Silva (From Marathón)
18	MF	HON	Meller Sánchez (From Motagua B)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	HON	Emilson Cruz (From Motagua B)
33	DF	HON	Esdras Padilla (From Hispano)
–	GK	HON	(From Arsenal)
–	DF	HON	Víctor Mena (From Hispano)
–	DF	HON	Eleazar Padilla (From Hispano)
–	DF	HON	Carlos Pineda (From Motagua B)

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	COL	Santiago de Alba (To San Francisco)
5	DF	HON	Milton Reyes (Free agent)
12	MF	HON	Rubén Matamoros (To Hispano)
15	MF	HON	Walter López (To Platense)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	PAN	José Justavino (To Arabe Unido)
19	DF	HON	Osman Chávez (To Platense)
32	FW	HON	Luis Rodas (To Suchitepéquez)

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	18	10	6	2	33	18	+15	38^[a]	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Marathón	18	9	5	4	26	20	+6	32
3	Motagua	18	9	3	6	24	21	+3	30
4	Olimpia	18	8	5	5	19	17	+2	29
5	Deportes Savio	18	8	5	5	24	19	+5	28^[b]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Real España +2 points.
^ Deportes Savio −1 point.

Matches[]

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L

Source: Motagua
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pre-season[]

21 June 2008 Friendly

Motagua

0–0

Real Juventud

Siguatepeque

28 June 2008 Friendly	Hispano	2–2	Motagua	showComayagua
	Isaula 24' ?'		Rodas 26' Rivera

29 June 2008 Friendly	Atlético Independiente	0–4	Motagua	showSiguatepeque
			Nascimento Castillo Valladares

2 July 2008 Friendly	Motagua	3–0		showDanlí
	Tilguath Posas

5 July 2008 Friendly	Deportes Savio	0–2	Motagua	showSiguatepeque
			Torlacoff 22' Castillo 63'

6 July 2008 Friendly	Atlético Esperanzano	0–1	Motagua	showLa Esperanza
			Nascimento 22'

9 July 2008 Friendly	Real España	0–1	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
			Sánchez

12 July 2008 Friendly		0–2	Motagua	show
			Valladares Welcome

13 July 2008 Friendly	Nacaome All-Star	0–7	Motagua	show
			Castillo Torlacoff Tilguath Welcome da Silva

20 July 2008 Friendly	Motagua	2–1	Ocotal	showDanlí
	Torlacoff 24' Nascimento 63'		90'

Regular season[]

26 July 2008 Round 1	Victoria	0–4	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
19:30			Rivera 25' Torlacoff 31' 46' Castillo 66'	Attendance: 3,355 Referee:
Note: Coach Jaime de la Pava made his official debut in front of the club.

31 July 2008 Round 2	Motagua	2–1	Hispano	showDanlí
14:00	Torlacoff 6' 73' (o.g.)		71'	Attendance: 1,363 Referee:

3 August 2008 Round 3	Real Juventud	1–1	Motagua	showSanta Bárbara
14:00	24'		Nascimento 56'	Attendance: 3,305 Referee:

6 August 2008 Round 4	Motagua	0–0	Real España	showDanlí
14:00				Attendance: 2,090 Referee:

9 August 2008 Round 5	Vida	1–1	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
19:30	Vargas 21'		da Silva 29'	Attendance: 2,709 Referee:

11 September 2008 Round 6	Motagua	2–0	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Nascimento 54' Welcome 72'			Attendance: 4,714 Referee:

23 August 2008 Round 7	Marathón	4–0	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
19:30	Norales 21' Martínez 61' Núñez 67' Sabillón 80'			Attendance: 2,187 Referee:

24 September 2008 Round 8	Motagua	1–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Nascimento 60'			Attendance: 916 Referee:

7 September 2008 Round 9	Motagua	0–2	Deportes Savio	showTegucigalpa
16:00			38' Róchez 68'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee:

15 September 2008 Round 10	Motagua	0–4	Victoria	showDanlí
14:00			Cárcamo 11' Morán 37' 90+1' Weber 85'	Attendance: 1,330

21 September 2008 Round 11	Hispano	1–3	Motagua	showComayagua
17:00	Isaula 81'		Nascimento 10' Torlacoff 83' 88'	Attendance: 2,248 Referee:

28 September 2008 Round 12	Motagua	2–1	Real Juventud	showSiguatepeque
15:30	Tilguath 50' Nascimento 66'		21'	Attendance: 1,154 Referee:

4 October 2008 Round 13	Real España	3–2	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
19:30	Medina 22' 25' Ferreira 76'		Tilguath 28' Molina 30'	Attendance: 5,436 Referee:

5 November 2008 Round 14	Motagua	1–0	Vida	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Molina 24'			Attendance: 1,675 Referee:

2 November 2008 Round 15	Olimpia	0–2	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
16:00			Bernárdez 82' Welcome 87'	Attendance: 10,760 Referee:

9 November 2008 Round 16	Motagua	2–0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Welcome 15' Torlacoff 81'			Attendance: 4,836 Referee:

16 November 2008 Round 17	Platense	1–0	Motagua	showPuerto Cortés
15:00	27'			Attendance: 1,326

22 November 2008 Round 18	Deportes Savio	2–1	Motagua	showSanta Rosa de Copán
15:00	Zepeda 30' 88'		Valladares 84'	Attendance: 1,920 Referee:

Semifinals[]

27 November 2008 1st leg	Motagua	1–0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Castillo 64'			Attendance: 7,112 Referee:

3 December 2008 2nd leg	Marathón	1–0	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
19:30	Norales 57'			Attendance: 7,643 Referee:

Marathón 1–1 Motagua on aggregate; Motagua eliminated due to lower position in the Regular season.

Clausura[]

The 2008-09 Clausura F.C. Motagua season was the fifty-fourth season of the Motagua professional football lifetime. Motagua were looking for the 12th league championship. After finishing in semifinals they were looking to become champions next year by signing big names such as Amado Guevara, Ramón Núñez, Marvin Sánchez, Banny Lozano, , Leonardo Isaula, bringing back Osman Chavez and signing the internationals Mario Jardel, Guillermo Santo and Alberto Blanco. Also they will be losing important starting players, Victor Bernardez, Miguel Castillo and Fernando Castillo. The club's idol, Amado Guevara, joined on a loan because of MLS break. In order to sign more foreign players, Motagua wanted to naturalize Óscar Torlacoff and/or not enroll Nilberto da Silva because of his injury that leaves him off for half of the season.

Squad[]

The players in bold have senior international caps.

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 (VC)
2	DF	HON	Steven Morris
3	DF	URU	Guillermo Díaz
4	DF	HON	Johnny Leverón
5	MF	HON	Reynaldo Tilguath (VC)
6	DF	HON	Leonardo Isaula
7	FW	HON	Georgie Welcome
8	MF	HON	Miguel Castillo
9	FW	HON	Shannon Welcome
10	FW	BRA	Jocimar Nascimento
11	FW	URU	Óscar Torlacoff
12	MF	HON	José Burgos
13	MF	HON
14	MF	HON	Luis Guzmán
17	MF	HON	Fernando Castillo
18	MF	HON	Meller Sánchez
19	DF	HON	Emilson Cruz
20	MF	HON	Amado Guevara (C)
21	DF	HON	Emilio Izaguirre
22	GK	HON	Donaldo Morales
23	MF	HON


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	HON	David Molina
27	FW	HON	Jefferson Bernárdez
29	MF	ARG	Guillermo Santo
30	MF	HON	Rubén Rivera
32	MF	HON	Jorge Claros
33	DF	HON	Esdras Padilla
34	DF	HON	Aarón Bardales
35	FW	HON	José Valladares
36	MF	HON	Javier Portillo
40	MF	HON
42	MF	HON
43	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
44	MF	HON	Marvin Sánchez
–	FW	HON	José Rivera
–	MF	HON
–	GK	HON
–	DF	HON	Víctor Mena
–	DF	HON	Eleazar Padilla
–	DF	HON	Carlos Pineda
–	DF	BRA	Nilberto da Silva

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
4	DF	HON	Johnny Leverón (Free agent)
6	MF	HON	Leonardo Isaula (From Hispano)
20	MF	HON	Amado Guevara (From Toronto FC)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	ARG	Guillermo Santo (From Chacarita Juniors)
36	MF	HON	Javier Portillo (From Hispano)
44	MF	HON	Marvin Sánchez (From Platense)

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
6	DF	HON	Óscar Bernárdez (To Vida)
24	DF	HON	Víctor Bernárdez (To Anderlecht)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	DF	HON	Samir García (To Motagua B)

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Deportes Savio	18	5	5	8	17	21	−4	20
7	Real Juventud	18	4	7	7	15	21	−6	19
8	Motagua	18	4	7	7	13	21	−8	19
9	Platense	17	4	6	7	20	26	−6	18^[a]
10	Hispano	17	3	2	12	18	37	−19	11^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b The match between Platense and Hispano from Round 18 was not played due to lack of interest.

Matches[]

Pre-season[]

28 December 2008 Friendly	Hispano	1–2	Motagua	showComayagua
14:00			Burgos Bernárdez

28 December 2008 Friendly	Hispano	1–4	Motagua	showComayagua
16:00	Ruiz		Nascimento Welcome

Regular season[]

11 January 2009 Round 1	Motagua	0–0	Real Juventud	showTegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 3,157 Referee:

18 January 2009 Round 2	Deportes Savio	0–0	Motagua	showSanta Rosa de Copán
14:00				Attendance: 1,542 Referee:

25 January 2009 Round 3	Motagua	1–0	Hispano	showComayagua
16:00	Torlacoff 89' (pen.)			Attendance: 2,637 Referee: Armando Castro

1 February 2009 Round 4	Vida	0–0	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
15:30				Attendance: 2,594 Referee:

8 February 2009 Round 5	Motagua	1–0	Real España	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Welcome 67'			Attendance: 3,778 Referee:

15 February 2009 Round 6	Olimpia	1–0	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Thomas 76' (pen.)			Attendance: 9,463 Referee:

22 February 2009 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa
16:00			Palacios 55'	Attendance: 2,798

25 February 2009 Round 8	Platense	4–3	Motagua	showPuerto Cortés
19:30	Lozano 15' (pen.) 38' 45' 63'		5' Torlacoff 35' (pen.) Welcome 75'	Attendance: 1,287

1 March 2009 Round 9	Victoria	1–1	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
15:00	Morán 75'		Welcome 72'	Attendance: 1,662

8 March 2009 Round 10	Real Juventud	1–1	Motagua	showSanta Bárbara
14:00	Córdoba 78'		Molina 45'	Attendance: 1,159

11 March 2009 Round 11	Motagua	0–2	Deportes Savio	showTegucigalpa
16:00			Díaz 81' (o.g.) Costa 87'	Attendance: 1,281

14 March 2009 Round 12	Hispano	1–2	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Díaz 86' (o.g.)		Welcome 6' Isaula 65'	Attendance: 1,137

22 March 2009 Round 13	Motagua	0–0	Vida	showTegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 1,659 Referee:

4 April 2009 Round 14	Real España	0–0	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
19:30				Attendance: 2,133 Referee:

16 April 2009 Round 15	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
16:00			Calderón 70'	Attendance: 7,358 Referee:

19 April 2009 Round 16	Marathón	6–3	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
18:00	Scott 20' 50' Chávez 42' Mejía 44' Sabillón 67' Núñez 85'		11' Rivera 52' Díaz 72'	Attendance: 3,246 Referee:

26 April 2009 Round 17	Motagua	1–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa
15:30	Izaguirre 17'			Attendance: 1,930

2 May 2009 Round 18	Motagua	0–3	Victoria	showTegucigalpa
15:30			Güity 18' Copete 32' Discua 45'	Attendance: 859

2008 Copa Sudamericana[]

On June 2008 CONMEBOL announced the participation of F.C. Motagua in the 2008 Copa Sudamericana as invitee. At that time Motagua was the Central American team with the best performance achieved at the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and were not taking part in the next season.^[1]

Matches[]

First Round[]

19 August 2008 1st leg	Arsenal	4–0	Motagua	showBuenos Aires
20:30	Leguizamón 41' (pen.) 73' Mosquera 76' Sava 80'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: (URU)

4 September 2008 2nd leg	Motagua	1–2	Arsenal	showTegucigalpa
21:10	Nascimento 18'		Gómez 25' Coria 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Juan Soto (VEN)

Motagua 1–6 Arsenal on aggregate.

References[]

^ Copalibertadores.com – Equipo hondureño participará en la Copa Sudamericana 2008 Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-06-23

External links[]

Motagua Official Website

[table_hth_RES0.89069205144918-1] Real España +2 points.

[table_hth_SAV0.89069205144918-2] Deportes Savio −1 point.

[table_hth_PLA0.85715078742111-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b The match between Platense and Hispano from Round 18 was not played due to lack of interest.

[4] Copalibertadores.com – Equipo hondureño participará en la Copa Sudamericana 2008 Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-06-23

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