2017–18 C.D. Marathón season

Marathón
2017–18 season
Chairman
Manager	Héctor Vargas
Stadium	Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Apertura	1st - Semi-finals
Clausura	1st - Champions
Cup	Not played
Supercup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Arboleda (24); All: Arboleda (24)
Highest home attendance	9,200 vs. Motagua; (19 May 2019)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 16 October 2017.

The 2017–18 season was C.D. Marathón's 67th season in existence and the club's 52nd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club got their 9th league title, ending an 8-year drought without league title. They also competed for the 2017 Honduran Supercup, ending as runner-ups.

Overview[]

Héctor Vargas was hired as new coach, after Manuel Keosseián resigned on June 6.^[1]

Apertura[]

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	John Bodden
29	GK	PAN	José Calderón
–	GK	HON	Denovan Torres
2	DF	HON	Bryan Barrios
12	DF	HON
4	DF	BRA
23	DF	HON	Johnny Leverón
21	DF	HON
3	DF	HON	Samuel Córdova
15	DF	HON
16	MF	HON	Allan Banegas
17	MF	HON	Wilmer Fuentes
38	MF	HON
48	MF	HON	Cristian Cálix


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	HON	Mario Berríos
10	MF	HON
6	MF	HON
7	MF	HON	Juan Josué Rodríguez
28	MF	HON
33	MF	HON
11	MF	HON
20	MF	HON
27	FW	COL	Justin Arboleda
24	FW	CUB	Yaudel Lahera
8	FW	HON	Júnior Lacayo
14	FW	HON
22	FW	HON	Henry Romero
58	FW	HON

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	18	11	1	6	27	21	+6	34	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Motagua	18	9	6	3	31	21	+10	33	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	Olimpia	18	9	4	5	27	15	+12	31	Qualification to the Second round
4	Real España	18	9	2	7	31	25	+6	29
5	Juticalpa	18	8	4	6	39	30	+9	28

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2017. Source:^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2017. Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[]

6 August 2017 Round 1	Vida	1 – 1	Marathón	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00	75'	Report	Arboleda 63'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

12 August 2017 Round 2	Marathón	1 – 0	Platense	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés Department
15:30	Arboleda 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Raúl Castro

2 September 2017 Round 3	Motagua	1 – 0	Marathón	showComayagua, Comayagua
18:00	Vega 44'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Referee: Nelson Salgado

26 August 2017 Round 4	Marathón	3 – 2	Juticalpa	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Lacayo 82' 90' Lahera 86'	Report	Tinoco 25' Lanza 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Armando Castro

9 September 2017 Round 5	Real España	4 – 0	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Zalazar 41' (pen.) 73' 90' López 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Saíd Martínez

13 September 2017 Round 6	Honduras Progreso	4 – 3	Marathón	showEl Progreso, Yoro
19:15	11' Barrios 33' Sánchez 73' Britto 80'	Report	Rodríguez 4' (pen.) Arboleda 10' Banegas 83'	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Melvin Matamoros

17 September 2017 Round 7	Marathón	3 – 2	Olimpia	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Arboleda 48' 74' Cálix 69'	Report	Costly 14' 19'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

23 September 2017 Round 8	Lobos UPNFM	0 – 1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00		Report	28'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Armando Castro

27 September 2017 Round 9	Marathón	2 – 0	Real Sociedad	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Leverón 17' Cálix 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Ángel Cruz

30 September 2017 Round 10	Marathón	1 – 0	Vida	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Arboleda 39'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Saíd Martínez

15 October 2017 Round 11	Platense	0 – 3	Marathón	showPuerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00		Report	Arboleda 39' (pen.) Lahera 78' Lacayo 88'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

21 October 2017 Round 12	Marathón	1 – 2	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Arboleda 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Castillo 79' Crisanto 89'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Óscar Moncada

25 October 2017 Round 13	Juticalpa	3 – 0	Marathón	showJuticalpa, Olancho
19:00	Tinoco 42' Lanza 45+1' Güity 85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas Referee: Orlando Hernández

29 October 2017 Round 14	Marathón	1 – 0	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Lahera 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Raúl Castro

4 November 2017 Round 15	Marathón	1 – 0	Honduras Progreso	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Romero 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Erick Andino

19 November 2017 Round 16	Olimpia	0 – 1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00			Arboleda 86'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Nelson Salgado

11 November 2017 Round 17	Marathón	5 – 0	Lobos UPNFM	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Romero 6' Arboleda 53' (pen.) 66' (pen.) Berríos 60' Lahera 63'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Orlando Hernández

23 November 2017 Round 18	Real Sociedad	2 – 0	C.D. Marathón	showTocoa, Colón
19:00	Welcome 9' Reyes 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Referee: Armando Castro

Semifinals[]

13 December 2017 1st leg	Real España	3 – 0	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)	Delgado 43' 69' 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

23 December 2017 2nd leg	Marathón	3 – 1	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)	Lacayo 52' Arboleda 55' (p.) 62' (p.)	Report	Martínez 10'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Saíd Martínez

Real España won 4–3 on aggregate.

Clausura[]

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	John Bodden
–	GK	HON	Denovan Torres
2	DF	HON	Bryan Barrios
12	DF	HON
29	DF	HON	Bryan Johnson
23	DF	HON	Johnny Leverón
21	DF	HON
3	DF	HON	Samuel Córdova
15	DF	HON
16	MF	HON	Allan Banegas
17	MF	HON	Wilmer Fuentes
38	MF	HON
48	MF	HON	Cristian Cálix
30	MF	HON


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	HON
6	MF	HON
47	MF	HON
7	MF	HON	Juan Josué Rodríguez
28	MF	HON
33	MF	HON
11	MF	HON
20	MF	HON
27	FW	COL	Justin Arboleda
24	FW	CUB	Yaudel Lahera
8	FW	HON	Júnior Lacayo
14	FW	HON
22	FW	HON	Henry Romero
58	FW	HON

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marathón	18	11	4	3	35	23	+12	37	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Motagua	18	10	4	4	29	17	+12	34	Qualification to the Semifinals
3	Olimpia	18	9	6	3	34	19	+15	33	Qualification to the Second round
4	Real España	18	7	7	4	22	19	+3	28
5	Honduras Progreso	18	8	2	8	22	30	−8	26

Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2018. Source:^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2018. Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[]

21 January 2018 Round 1	Platense	2 – 4	Marathón	showPuerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00	10' Hay 65' (pen.)	Report	Lacayo 43' 45+1' Romero 60' 83'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

24 January 2018 Round 2	Marathón	3 – 2	Lobos UPNFM	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Romero 7' 81' Rodríguez 23'	Report	Róchez 51' 89'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Erick Andino

28 January 2018 Round 3	Olimpia	1 – 1	Marathón	showComayagua, Comayagua
16:00	Chirinos 48'	Report	Lacayo 8'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Referee: Manuel Zelaya

21 February 2018 Round 4	Marathón	2 – 1	Juticalpa	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	36' Arboleda 46'	Report	Lanza 41'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

3 February 2018 Round 5	Marathón	1 – 1	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	1'	Report	Vargas 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Óscar Moncada

7 February 2018 Round 6	Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Marathón	showTocoa, Colón
15:00	Britto 1'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Referee: Marlon Díaz

11 February 2018 Round 7	Motagua	3 – 0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00	20' Castillo 36' 73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Erick Andino

14 February 2018 Round 8	Marathón	2 – 2	Vida	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 47' Lacayo 61'	Report	Charles 32' 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Orlando Hernández

18 February 2018 Round 9	Honduras Progreso	2 – 5	Marathón	showEl Progreso, Yoro
18:00	Arboleda 16' (o.g.) 37'	Report	Lacayo 18' 77' Arboleda 45+1' 73' Cálix 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

25 February 2018 Round 10	Marathón	3 – 0	Platense	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Banegas 35' 45+1' Arboleda 76' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

5 March 2018 Round 11	Lobos UPNFM	1 – 2	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00	Padilla 67'	Report	Rodríguez 56' Arboleda 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Melvin Matamoros

11 March 2018 Round 12	Marathón	3 – 1	Olimpia	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Leverón 66' (pen.) Lahera 77' 84'	Report	Chirinos 47'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 3,515 Referee: Nelson Salgado

17 March 2018 Round 13	Juticalpa	2 – 0	Marathón	showJuticalpa, Olancho
18:00	Lanza 33' (pen.) 70'	Report		Stadium: Referee: David Cruz

24 March 2018 Round 14	Real España	1 – 1	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	11'	Report	6'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

24 March 2018 Round 15	Marathón	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Leverón 48' Lacayo 56' Arboleda 65'	Report	Melgares 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 April 2018 Round 16	Marathón	2 – 1	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 70' (pen.) 80'	Report	Castillo 21'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

11 April 2018 Round 17	Vida	0 – 1	Marathón	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:15		Report	Arboleda 64'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Raúl Castro

15 April 2018 Round 18	Marathón	2 – 1	Honduras Progreso	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Rodríguez 29' Arboleda 36' (pen.)	Report	19'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Erick Andino

Semifinals[]

28 April 2018 1st leg	Real España	0 – 1	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06)		Report	Arboleda 50'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Melvin Matamoros

5 May 2018 2nd leg	Marathón	2 – 1	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)	Leverón 4' (pen.) Lahera 50'	Report	Martínez 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 5,545 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Marathón won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final[]

13 May 2018 1st leg	Motagua	1 – 1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Discua 27'	Report	41'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee:

19 May 2018 2nd leg	Marathón	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
14:00 (UTC−06)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Óscar Moncada
	Penalties
	Leverón Banegas Rodríguez Johnson		Crisanto Montes Martínez Pereira Elvir Mayorquín

Top scorers[]

Player	Goals
Justin Arboleda	24
Júnior Lacayo	10
Yaudel Lahera	6
Henry Romero	4

Juan Josué Rodríguez
Johnny Leverón
Cristian Cálix	3
Allan Banegas	2
Mario Berríos*	1

References[]

^ Diario La Prensa.hn - Primicia: Héctor Vargas, nuevo DT del Marathón en reemplazo de Keosseián – 6 June 2017

[1] Diario La Prensa.hn - Primicia: Héctor Vargas, nuevo DT del Marathón en reemplazo de Keosseián – 6 June 2017

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