2018–19 C.D. Marathón season

Marathón
2018–19 season
Chairman
Manager	Héctor Vargas
Stadium	Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Apertura	4th - Playoffs
Clausura	2nd - Semifinals
Cup	Round of 16
Supercup	Winners
CONCACAF Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Justin Arboleda (20); All: Justin Arboleda (23)
	Home colours
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	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 4 March 2019.

The 2018–19 season was C.D. Marathón's 68th season in existence and the club's 53rd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club fought for its 10th league title, in which they failed on both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Facing also the 2018 Honduran Cup and the 2019 Honduran Supercup, the club went on to win the last one, the first Supercup in their history.

Overview[]

Héctor Vargas renewed his contract on April 23, during the 2017–18 Clausura tournament.^[1]

Apertura[]

Transfers in[]

Player	Contract date	Moving from	Position
	29 May 2018^[2]	Lobos UPNFM	MF
Roy Smith	2 June 2018^[3]	Honduras Progreso	DF
Marlon Ramírez	23 June 2018^[4]	ENPPI SC	FW
Carlos Discua	27 June 2018^[5]	Motagua	MF
	21 July 2018^[6]	Honduras Progreso	MF

Transfers out[]

Player	Released date	Moving to	Position
	20 May 2018^[7]	Olimpia	DF/MF
Júnior Lacayo	20 May 2018^[8]	Olimpia	FW
	30 May 2018^[9]	TBA	DF
Wilmer Fuentes	30 May 2018^[10]	Honduras Progreso	MF
Johnny Leverón	5 June 2018^[11]	Real C.D. España	DF

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Olimpia	18	8	8	2	25	17	+8	32	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	UPNFM	18	9	3	6	25	20	+5	30	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Marathón	18	7	7	4	28	22	+6	28
5	Real España	18	7	5	6	31	25	+6	26
6	Platense	18	6	6	6	21	18	+3	24

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[]

Results by round[]

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[]

28 July 2018 Round 1	Marathón	0 – 0	Vida	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: David Mendoza

4 August 2018 Round 2	Lobos UPNFM	1 – 1	Marathón	showCholuteca, Choluteca
18:00	Benguché 16'	Report	18'	Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse Referee: Said Martínez

11 August 2018 Round 3	Marathón	1 – 1	Olimpia	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Romero 27'	Report	Martínez 56'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Erick Andino

15 August 2018 Round 4	Juticalpa	0 – 3 Awarded	Marathón	showJuticalpa, Olancho
19:00	70'	Report	Discua 83'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas Referee: Óscar Moncada
Note: Match awarded to C.D. Marathón with a 3–0 score as a result of Juticalpa F.C. fielding the ineligible player Carlos Palacios. The match originally ended 1–1.^[12]

18 August 2018 Round 5	Real España	1 – 1	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Benavidez 90+4'	Report	Arboleda 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

29 August 2018 Round 6	Marathón	3 – 1	Real de Minas	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	6' Arboleda 36' Lahera 67'	Report	8'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

10 October 2018 Round 7	Marathón	1 – 1	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 19'	Report	López 37'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Nelson Salgado

9 September 2018 Round 8	Platense	1 – 0	Marathón	showPuerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00	Arriaga 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: David Cruz

12 September 2018 Round 9	Marathón	3 – 1	Honduras Progreso	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Discua 16' 21' (o.g.) Lahera 74'	Report	Delgado 83'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

16 September 2018 Round 10	Vida	0 – 1	Marathón	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00		Report	Discua 75'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Marlon Díaz

20 September 2018 Round 11	Marathón	2 – 1	Lobos UPNFM	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Lahera 20' Ramírez 90+1'	Report	66'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Marlon Díaz

30 September 2018 Round 12	Olimpia	2 – 1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00	Bengtson 2', 28'	Report	Discua 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 October 2018 Round 13	Marathón	4 – 3	Juticalpa	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	22' Arboleda 37' Lahera 45+3' Barahona 51' (o.g.)	Report	Güity 45+1' 53' 76'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

14 October 2018 Round 14	Marathón	2 – 2	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 59' (pen.) Lahera 90+5'	Report	Benavidez 39' López 70'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

22 October 2018 Round 15	Real de Minas	3 – 1	Marathón	showSiguatepeque, Comayagua
15:00	8' 22' 80'	Report	Lahera 2'	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Referee: Saíd Martínez

29 October 2018 Round 16	Motagua	1 – 0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00	Estupiñán 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

3 November 2018 Round 17	Marathón	1 – 1	Platense	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Romero 84'	Report	Winchester 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Jonfy Vallecillo

11 November 2018 Round 18	Honduras Progreso	2 – 3	Marathón	showEl Progreso, Yoro
19:00	55' Gutiérrez 67'	Report	Arboleda 35', 52', 85'	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Raúl Castro

Playoffs[]

14 November 2018 1st leg	Real España	2 – 0	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06)	Benavidez 34' (pen.) Vuelto 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Nelson Salgado

17 November 2018 2nd leg	Marathón	3 – 2	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)	Arboleda 3', 36' Discua 65'	Report	Tejeda 39' 52'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Real España won 4–3 on aggregate.

Clausura[]

Transfers in[]

Player	Contract date	Moving from	Position
	31 December 2018^[13]	Olimpia	MF
Caue Fernandes	5 January 2018^[14]	Free agent	DF
Carlo Costly	17 January 2018^[15]	Olimpia	FW

Transfers out[]

Player	Released date	Moving to	Position
Roy Smith	25 December 2018^[16]	TBA	DF
Cristian Cálix	27 December 2018^[17]	Atlas	MF
Wilmer Fuentes	1 January 2019^[18]	Platense	MF

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	4	3	31	13	+18	37	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
2	Marathón	18	10	4	4	32	24	+8	34	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	Motagua	18	9	4	5	29	15	+14	31	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Real España	18	7	7	4	19	15	+4	28
5	UPNFM	18	6	9	3	22	16	+6	27

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches[]

Results by round[]

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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season[]

12 January 2019 Round 1	Marathón	3 – 1	Lobos UPNFM	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 23', 38' 67'	Report	89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

20 January 2019 Round 2	Platense	2 – 3	Marathón	showPuerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00	Winchester 13' Bolaños 25'	Report	11' Solano 38' 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Excelsior

26 January 2019 Round 3	Marathón	1 – 0	Olimpia	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

3 February 2019 Round 4	Juticalpa	1 – 1	Marathón	showJuticalpa, Olancho
14:00	Lanza 81'	Report	Barrios 12'	Stadium: Referee: Saíd Martínez

3 February 2019 Round 5	Real España	1 – 1	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	60'	Report	Costly 32'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Raúl Castro

13 February 2019 Round 6	Marathón	4 – 3	Vida	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Lahera 6' Arboleda 38' Discua 40' Solano 70'	Report	Padilla 20' Canales 36' Hernández 57'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

16 February 2019 Round 7	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Discua 47'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Óscar Moncada

23 February 2019 Round 8	Honduras Progreso	0 – 1	Marathón	showEl Progreso, Yoro
19:15		Report	Costly 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: David Cruz

3 March 2019 Round 9	Marathón	2 – 1	Real de Minas	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 32' (pen.) 45+3'	Report	74'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

6 March 2019 Round 10	Lobos UPNFM	0 – 0	Marathón	showCholuteca, Choluteca
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse Referee: Raúl Castro

10 March 2019 Round 11	Marathón	2 – 1	Platense	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	56' Lahera 63'	Report	45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

14 March 2019 Round 12	Olimpia	3 – 0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Cortés
19:00	Bengtson 16', 23', 26'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Raúl Castro

30 March 2019 Round 13	Marathón	1 – 2	Juticalpa	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 66' (pen.)	Report	16' Estupiñán 84'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 April 2019 Round 14	Marathón	2 – 2	Real España	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Costly 3', 61'	Report	Vuelto 34' Tejeda 86'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

10 April 2019 Round 15	Vida	2 – 1	Marathón	showLa Ceiba, Atlántida
19:15	Canales 44' (pen.)	Report	Discua 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Nelson Salgado

14 April 2019 Round 16	Motagua	5 – 1	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Cortés
16:00	López 8' Estigarribia 37', 50' Andino 58' 85' (pen.)	Report	Arboleda 21'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Erick Andino

17 April 2019 Round 17	Marathón	6 – 0	Honduras Progreso	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Discua 34' Fernandes 39' Ramírez 57' (pen.) 78' Romero 80' 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Saíd Martínez

27 April 2019 Round 18	Real de Minas	0 – 2	Marathón	showDanlí, El Paraíso
15:00		Report	43' Arboleda 70'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

Semifinals[]

12 May 2019 1st leg	Motagua	2 – 0	Marathón	showTegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Galvaliz 9' López 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Said Martínez

18 May 2019 2nd leg	Marathón	2 – 2	Motagua	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)	Arboleda 37', 42'	Report	Estigarribia 47' Montes 73'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.

President Cup[]

Round of 64[]

22 July 2018 Round of 64		1 – 11	Marathón	showGracias, Lempira
14:00	¿?	Report	Lahera Arboleda Johnson Ramírez Romero ¿?	Stadium: Referee: Raúl Castro

Round of 32[]

22 August 2018 Round of 32		0–1	Marathón	show, Cortés
18:00			89' Arboleda	Stadium:

Round of 16[]

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Real España	3–0	Marathón	showSan Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Orlando Hernández
Note: Match awarded to Real España with a 3–0 score after Marathón abandoned the field at '88 (0–0) for not accepting a penalty called by the referee.

Honduran Supercup[]

24 April 2019	Platense	0–0 (2–4 p)	Marathón	showComayagua, Comayagua
18:00				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Referee: Jonfy Vallecillo
	Penalties
	Reyes Winshester		Costly Banegas Discua Arboleda

CONCACAF Champions League[]

Round of 16[]

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) First leg	Marathón	2–6	Santos Laguna	showSan Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00	Banegas 43' 45+1' Ramírez 50' Arboleda 73' 74'	Report	14' Abella 20', 32', 38' Correa 49' Dória 61' Moreno 68' Furch 84' Rivas	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee:

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) Second leg	Santos Laguna	5–0 (11–2 agg.)	Marathón	showTorreón, Mexico
19:00	Moreno 19' Furch 22' Rivas 31' Aguirre 82' de Buen 85' (pen.)	Report	25' 30' Córdova 65' 68' Banegas	Stadium: Corona Referee: Drew Fischer

Santos Laguna won 11–2 on aggregate.

References[]

^ Diario Diez.hn - Héctor Vargas renueva con el Marathón antes de enfrentar al Real España – 23 April 2018
^ "Marathón sorprende y anuncia fichaje de Carlos Róchez, exjugador de la UPN". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Marathón ficha al defensa tico Roy Smith". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Marlon "Machuca" Ramírez es fichado por el Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "OFICIAL_: Carlos Discua se olvida de Motagua y es nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Jorge "Ñangui" Cardona, nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Johnny Leverón es el nuevo fichaje del Real España". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "En la "mesa" Marathón gana su segundo partido". DiarioMas.hn. Diario Mas. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
^ "Altas y bajas: Los últimos fichajes del mercado de pases en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Oficial: Marathón anuncia el regreso del central uruguayo Caue Fernandes". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Oficial: Carlo Costly firmó contrato con Marathón: "Estoy agradecido"". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "Marathón busca sustituto de Roy Smith". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Oficial: Atlas anuncia a Cristian Cálix como nuevo refuerzo para el Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "El panorama de Platense de cara al Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[1] Diario Diez.hn - Héctor Vargas renueva con el Marathón antes de enfrentar al Real España – 23 April 2018

[2] "Marathón sorprende y anuncia fichaje de Carlos Róchez, exjugador de la UPN". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[3] "Marathón ficha al defensa tico Roy Smith". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[4] "Marlon "Machuca" Ramírez es fichado por el Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[5] "OFICIAL_: Carlos Discua se olvida de Motagua y es nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[6] "Jorge "Ñangui" Cardona, nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[7] "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[8] "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[9] "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[10] "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[11] "Johnny Leverón es el nuevo fichaje del Real España". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[12] "En la "mesa" Marathón gana su segundo partido". DiarioMas.hn. Diario Mas. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[13] "Altas y bajas: Los últimos fichajes del mercado de pases en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[14] "Oficial: Marathón anuncia el regreso del central uruguayo Caue Fernandes". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[15] "Oficial: Carlo Costly firmó contrato con Marathón: "Estoy agradecido"". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

[16] "Marathón busca sustituto de Roy Smith". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[17] "Oficial: Atlas anuncia a Cristian Cálix como nuevo refuerzo para el Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[18] "El panorama de Platense de cara al Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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