2009–10 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
2009–10 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Juan de Dios Castillo and Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura	4th
Clausura	Runner-up
Top goalscorer	Welcome (17)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 F.C. Motagua season was the fifty-fifth season of Motagua's professional football lifetime. It consisted of two halves, the Apertura, which ran from July to November 2009, and the Clausura, which ran from January to May 2010.^[1]

Apertura[]

During the preseason, several members of the team were poisoning presenting stomach pain and four of them were interned in a clinic. Iván Guerrero, Johnny Leverón, and , were the players that were taken to the hospital due to severe dehydration. The rest of the team took a medical evaluation at the headquarters of the club. Following this incident, the coach Juan de Dios Castillo has suspended training for a couple of days.^[2]

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 (vice-captain)
2	DF	HON	Gustavo Alvarado
3	DF	URU	Guillermo Díaz
4	DF	HON	Johnny Leverón
5	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
6	MF	URU	Mauricio Weber
7	FW	HON	Georgie Welcome
8	MF	HON	Jorge Claros
9	FW	HON	Shannon Welcome
10	FW	ARG	Sergio Diduch
11	FW	BRA	Marcelo dos Santos
12	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
13	MF	HON
14	MF	HON	Luis Guzmán
15	DF	HON
17	DF	HON
18	FW	HON	Meller Sánchez
19	MF	HON	Emilson Cruz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	HON	Emilio Izaguirre
22	GK	HON	Donaldo Morales
23	MF	HON
26	DF	HON	David Molina
27	DF	HON	Mario Gómez
28	DF	HON	Samir García
29	MF	ARG	Eugenio Klein
30	MF	HON	Rubén Rivera
31	MF	HON
32	MF	HON	Leonardo Isaula
33	DF	HON	Esdras Padilla
35	FW	HON	José Valladares
43	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
—	FW	HON	José Rivera
—	DF	HON	Eleazar Padilla
—	DF	HON	Carlos Pineda
—	MF	HON	Javier Portillo

Transfers 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
—	FW	ARG	Sergio Diduch
—	MF	URU	Mauricio Weber
—	DF	HON
—	MF	ARG	Eugenio Klein


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	HON	Mario Gómez
—	DF	HON
—	FW	BRA	Marcelo dos Santos

Transfers 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
2	DF	HON	Steven Morris
8	MF	HON	Miguel Castillo
10	FW	BRA	Jocimar Nascimento
11	FW	URU	Óscar Torlacoff
12	MF	HON	José Burgos
17	MF	HON	Fernando Castillo
27	FW	HON	Jefferson Bernárdez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	ARG	Guillermo Santo
36	MF	HON
40	MF	HON
42	MF	HON
44	MF	HON	Marvin Sánchez
—	GK	HON
—	DF	BRA	Nilberto da Silva

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	18	11	5	2	32	16	+16	38	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Motagua	18	10	5	3	31	14	+17	35
3	Olimpia	18	8	6	4	29	16	+13	30
4	Real España	18	9	3	6	26	20	+6	30
5	Victoria	18	7	5	6	22	27	−5	26

Updated to match(es) played on November 4, 2009. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[]

Pre-season[]

19 June 2009 Friendly	Honduras U-17	0–4	Motagua	showLa Esperanza
			Diduch Rivera Molina Valladares

11 July 2009 Friendly	Honduras U-17	0–2	Motagua	showSiguatepeque
			Klein

11 July 2009 Friendly	Honduras U-20	1–2	Motagua	showSiguatepeque
	Rojas 8'		Welcome 9' Diduch

Regular season[]

19 July 2009 Round 1	Motagua	2–0	Real Juventud	showTegucigalpa
	Isaula 35' Welcome 53'			Attendance: 2,946 Referee:

22 July 2009 Round 2	Motagua	3–1	Deportes Savio	showTegucigalpa
	Isaula 8' 20' dos Santos 89'		59'	Attendance: 1,600 Referee:

26 July 2009 Round 3	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
				Attendance: 11,053 Referee:

2 August 2009 Round 4	Motagua	1–2	Vida	showTegucigalpa
	dos Santos 28'		Bengtson 54' Córdoba 76'	Attendance: 1,856 Referee:

8 August 2009 Round 5	Marathón	2–0	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
	27' Brown 75'			Attendance: 1,374 Referee:

16 August 2009 Round 6	Platense	2–2	Motagua	showPuerto Cortés
	17' Róchez 41'		Leverón 43' Welcome 75'	Attendance: 1,977 Referee:

23 August 2009 Round 7	Motagua	1–0	Real España	showTegucigalpa
	Isaula 78' (pen.)			Attendance: 2,659 Referee:

29 August 2009 Round 8	Victoria	0–4	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
			Weber 12' Guzmán 26' Welcome 42' Diduch 49'	Attendance: 2,985 Referee:

2 September 2009 Round 9	Hispano	2–2	Motagua	showComayagua
	27' (pen) 54'		Weber 29' Diduch 50' (pen.)	Referee: Ronald Hernández

13 September 2009 Round 10	Real Juventud	0–3	Motagua	showSanta Bárbara
			Welcome 41' Diduch 56' Welcome 81'	Attendance: 581 Referee:

20 September 2009 Round 11	Deportes Savio	0–2	Motagua	showSanta Rosa de Copán
			Welcome 71' Welcome 82'	Attendance: 1,194 Referee:

4 October 2009 Round 12	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
			de Souza 85'	Attendance: 8,803 Referee:

7 October 2009 Round 13	Vida	1–1	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
	Bengtson 68'		Welcome 11'	Attendance: 1,687 Referee:

18 October 2009 Round 14	Motagua	2–2	Marathón	showTegucigalpa
	Welcome 75' 78'		Mejía 6' Martínez 26'	Attendance: 2,257 Referee:

25 October 2009 Round 15	Motagua	2–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa
	Welcome 23' Izaguirre 34'			Attendance: 2,105 Referee:

28 October 2009 Round 16	Real España	1–2	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
	53'		Diduch 27' Welcome 38'	Attendance: 2,508 Referee:

1 November 2009 Round 17	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	showTegucigalpa
	Welcome 5' 47' Leverón 69'			Attendance: 2,792 Referee:

4 November 2009 Round 18	Motagua	1–0	Hispano	showTegucigalpa
	Díaz 6'			Attendance: 1,341 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Semifinals[]

7 November 2009 1st leg	Olimpia	0–1	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
			Diduch 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,408 Referee:

10 November 2009 2nd leg	Motagua	0–2	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
19:30			Rojas 14' Turcios 85'	Attendance: Not reported Referee:

Motagua 1–2 Olimpia on aggregate.

Clausura[]

The 2009–10 Clausura season for C.D. Motagua was somewhat bittersweet, they manage to finish on first position in the Regular season, an honor not accomplished since December 2001; they overcame in Semifinals beating C.D. Platense with difficulties; however lost in the Final against Club Deportivo Olimpia in spite of having shown great football.

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	DF	HON	Gustavo Alvarado
3	DF	URU	Guillermo Díaz
4	DF	HON	Johnny Leverón
5	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
6	MF	URU	Mauricio Weber
7	FW	HON	Georgie Welcome
8	MF	HON	Jorge Claros
9	FW	HON	Shannon Welcome
10	FW	ARG	Sergio Diduch
11	FW	BRA	Marcelo dos Santos
12	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
13	MF	HON
14	MF	HON	Luis Guzmán
15	MF	HON
17	MF	HON
18	FW	HON	Meller Sánchez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	HON	Emilson Cruz
20	MF	HON	Amado Guevara
21	DF	HON	Emilio Izaguirre
22	GK	HON	Donaldo Morales
23	DF	HON	Sergio Mendoza
25	GK	HON	Marlon Licona
26	DF	HON	David Molina
27	DF	HON	Mario Gómez
28	DF	HON	Samir García
29	MF	HON	Alejandro Aguiluz
30	MF	HON	Rubén Rivera
31	MF	HON
33	DF	HON	Esdras Padilla
35	FW	HON	José Valladares
36	MF	HON	Javier Portillo
37	GK	HON

Transfers 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
—	MF	HON	Amado Guevara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	HON	Sergio Mendoza

Transfers 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
—	DF	HON
—	MF	HON


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ARG	Eugenio Klein
—	MF	HON	Leonardo Isaula

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	18	11	3	4	28	15	+13	36	Advanced to the Final Stage
2	Olimpia	18	8	8	2	26	11	+15	32
3	Vida	18	8	4	6	25	20	+5	28
4	Platense	18	7	7	4	23	19	+4	28
5	Hispano	18	8	3	7	22	22	0	27

Updated to match(es) played on April 17, 2010. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[]

Pre-season[]

30 December 2009 Friendly	Alianza	1–2	Motagua	showSan Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Zelaya 44'		61' (pen.) Diduch 70' dos Santos	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 700

9 January 2010 Friendly		0–8	Motagua	showJesús de Otoro, Intibucá
CST			Rivera Gómez Sánchez Alvarado Padilla

9 January 2010 Friendly		2–7	Motagua	showJesús de Otoro, Intibucá
CST			dos Santos Leverón Welcome Diduch Weber

15 January 2010 Friendly		0–3	Motagua	showJocón, Yoro
CST			Valladares dos Santos Reyes

17 January 2010 Friendly	Social Sol	1–2	Motagua	showOlanchito, Yoro
CST	19'		51' Welcome 56' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio San Jorge

23 January 2010 Friendly	D.C. United	4–2	Motagua	showMiami, United States
EST	Gros 6' Gómez 34' Emílio 65' DeRoux 74'		23' V. Bernárdez 90' J. Bernárdez	Stadium: Tropical Park

Regular season[]

30 January 2010 Round 1	Victoria	1–0	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
19:30	Copete 89'			Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Armando Castro show Starting XI 22 – Morales 3 – Díaz 4 – Leverón 6 – Weber 7 – G. Welcome 8 – Claros 10 – Diduch 12 – Guerrero 20 – Guevara 21 – Izaguirre 28 – García Substitutes 9 – S. Welcome 11 – dos Santos

3 February 2010 Round 2	Motagua	3–1	Real Juventud	showTegucigalpa
19:30	dos Santos 38' 90' Welcome 78'		Grant 52'	Attendance: 2,389 Referee:

6 February 2010 Round 3	Marathón	3–4	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
19:30	Ramírez 57' (pen.) 75' Mejía 82'		Welcome 12' Norales 38' (o.g.) dos Santos 41' Aguiluz 88'	Attendance: 3,034 Referee: show Starting XI 22 – Morales 3 – Díaz 4 – Leverón 6 – Weber 7 – Welcome 8 – Claros 11 – dos Santos 12 – Guerrero 20 – Guevara 21 – Izaguirre 23 – Mendoza

14 February 2010 Round 4	Hispano	3–1	Motagua	showComayagua
	Flores 25' 60' (pen.) 86'		Guevara 79'	Attendance: 4,829 Referee: Armando Castro

17 February 2010 Round 5	Motagua	1–0	Real España	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Leverón 37'			Attendance: 2,676 Referee:

21 February 2010 Round 6	Vida	0–1	Motagua	showLa Ceiba
15:00			Diduch 45+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,572 Referee:

28 February 2010 Round 7	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
16:00	dos Santos 60'			Attendance: 16,673 Referee:

7 March 2010 Round 8	Platense	2–1	Motagua	showPuerto Cortés
15:00	Róchez 33' 81'		Díaz 90'	Attendance: 3,668 Referee:

11 March 2010 Round 9	Motagua	1–1	Deportes Savio	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Welcome 45+1'		Smith 10'	Attendance: 1,551 Referee:

14 March 2010 Round 10	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Welcome 12' Diduch 14' 56'			Attendance: 2,034 Referee:

17 March 2010 Round 11	Real Juventud	0–3	Motagua	showSanta Bárbara
			Welcome 17' 30' Weber 62'	Attendance: 1,028 Referee:

21 March 2010 Round 12	Motagua	1–0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Welcome 32'			Attendance: 4,019 Referee:

28 March 2010 Round 13	Motagua	1–0	Hispano	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Diduch 13'			Attendance: 2,548 Referee:

31 March 2010 Round 14	Real España	2–1	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula
19:30	Pavón 39' (pen.) 73'		22' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,571 Referee:

7 April 2010 Round 15	Motagua	3–2	Vida	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Welcome 25' Guevara 38' Guerrero 64'		50' 71' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,042 Referee:

11 April 2010 Round 16	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 11,824 Referee: Armando Castro

14 April 2010 Round 17	Motagua	3–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Mendoza 14' dos Santos 81' Martínez 90'			Attendance: 1,098 Referee:

17 April 2010 Round 18	Deportes Savio	0–0	Motagua	showSanta Rosa de Copán
				Attendance: 2,260 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Semifinals[]

25 April 2010 1st leg	Platense	2–2	Motagua	showPuerto Cortés
15:00	Roóches 49' 63'		dos Santos 14' Guevara 16'	Attendance: 3,560 Referee:

28 April 2010 2nd leg	Motagua	0–0	Platense	showTegucigalpa
19:30				Attendance: 6,159 Referee:

Motagua 2–2 Platense on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season performance.

Final[]

2 May 2010 1st leg	Olimpia	3–1	Motagua	showTegucigalpa
16:00	Tilguath 23' Rojas 40' 58'		dos Santos 73'	Attendance: 14,178 Referee: Armando Castro

8 May 2010 2nd leg	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	showTegucigalpa
19:30	Welcome 38'			Attendance: 16,299 Referee:

Motagua 2–3 Olimpia on aggregate.

References[]

^ DIEZ.hn – Motagua inicia hoy pretemporada en Siguatepeque – 2010-01-03
^ LaPrensa.hn – Deshidratados 4 jugadores del ciclón azul Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine – 2009-06-22

External links[]

Motagua Official Website

[1] DIEZ.hn – Motagua inicia hoy pretemporada en Siguatepeque – 2010-01-03

[2] LaPrensa.hn – Deshidratados 4 jugadores del ciclón azul Archived 2009-06-26 at the Wayback Machine – 2009-06-22

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Founded in 1928 Based in Tegucigalpa
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Honduran Supercup (2)	1999 2017
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