- 2007–08 C.D. Motagua season
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Motagua 2007–08 (A & C) season Chairman Pedro Atala Manager Maradiaga, Pineda, and Clavasquín Apertura Runner–up Clausura 4th Copa Interclubes UNCAF Champion CONCACAF Champions' Cup Eliminated in Quarterfinals Top goalscorer League: Nascimento (10)
All: Nascimento (14)Highest home attendance 35,000~ Home coloursAway colours← 2006–07 2008–09 → The 2007–08 season will be well remembered for the Motagua fans, after having achieved their first international trophy in the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007; the team also became the league's runner-up in the Apertura tournament being beaten by C.D. Marathón. They were also the only team capable of beating C.D. Victoria, not only once, but twice. In the Clausura tournament they reached the Semifinals.[1] In addition to playing the Honduran league and the Copa Interclubes they also competed in the last CONCACAF Champions' Cup dispute.
Contents
Apertura
Main article: 2007–08 Apertura Honduran Liga NacionalMotagua played its first official game of the season at home with a 2–0 victory over Atlético Olanchano.
Squad
- The players in bold have senior international caps.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Ricardo Canales 2 DF Steven Morris 3 DF Javier Martinez 4 DF Roy Posas 5 MF Milton Reyes 6 DF Oscar Bernárdez 7 MF Steven Bryce 8 MF Miguel Castillo 9 FW Jairo Martínez 10 FW Jocimar Nascimento 11 FW Oscar Torlacoff 12 MF Rubén Matamoros 13 MF José Grant 14 MF Luis Guzmán 15 MF Walter López 17 MF Fernando Castillo 19 DF Osman Chávez No. Position Player 20 MF Amado Guevara 21 DF Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK Donaldo Morales 23 MF Pedro Santana 24 DF Víctor Bernárdez (C) 25 GK Rony García 26 DF David Molina 27 FW Jefferson Bernárdez 28 DF Samir García 29 FW José Rivera 30 MF Rubén Rivera 31 FW Luis Rodas 32 MF Jorge Claros (VC) 33 DF Marlon Cruz 34 DF Aaron Bardales 35 FW José Valladares 36 MF Kevin Osorio Transfer in
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 4 DF Roy Posas (From Hispano) 2 DF Steve Morris (From Motagua B) 7 MF Steven Bryce (From Marathón) 15 MF Walter López (From Olimpia) 19 MF Osman Chávez (From Platense) No. Position Player 20 MF Amado Guevara (From Chivas USA) 29 MF José Rivera (From Motagua B) 30 MF Rubén Rivera (From Motagua B) 31 FW Luis Rodas (From Achuapa) Transfer out
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 7 FW Saul Martínez (Released) 13 MF Víctor Mena (Released) 16 MF Edy Vásquuez (Died) No. Position Player – MF Juan Tablada (Released) – MF Marvin Paz (Released) – MF Meylin Soto (Retired) Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Marathón 18 10 5 3 27 16 +11 35 2 Motagua 18 9 5 4 28 19 +9 32 Qualified to the Final round 3 Victoria 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31 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 H A H A A A H A H A H A H H Result W L W D W W L L D W D D W L D W W W Position 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 3 2 Last updated: 2007-11-25.
Source: 2007–08 Apertura
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Regular season
Round 1 2007-08-12 Motagua 2 – 0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa Nascimento
GuevaraAttendance: 3,460
Round 2 2007-08-19 Hispano 2 – 1 Motagua Comayagua Jiménez 35' 39' Guevara 68' Attendance: 3,722
Round 3 2010-08-26 Motagua 1 – 0 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa Rodas 57' Attendance: 3,026
Round 4 2010-08-30 Vida 0 – 0 Motagua La Ceiba 19:30 Attendance: 3,355
Round 5 2007-09-02 Motagua 4 – 1 Marathón Tegucigalpa 16:00 Castillo 1'
Rodas 23'
Guevara 66'
Bernárdez 77'Martínez 53' Attendance: 5,541
Round 6 2007-10-04 Olimpia 1 – 2 Motagua Tegucigalpa 19:30 Núñez 24' López 7'
Nascimento 73'Attendance: 17,799
Round 7 2007-09-15 Motagua 2 – 4 Real España Tegucigalpa 19:30 Rodas 10'
Guevara 23'Peña 1'
Fretes 44'
Ferreira 60' 87'Attendance: 5,651
Round 8 2007-09-23 Platense 3 – 2 Motagua Puerto Cortés 15:00 Cabrita 24' 75'
Zelaya 85'Santana 52'
Rodas 70'Attendance: 2,081
Round 9 2007-10-01 Victoria 2 – 2 Motagua La Ceiba Solís 89' 90+3' Nascimento 16'
Matamoros 84'Attendance: 5,020
Round 10 2007-10-07 Atlético Olanchano 1 – 2 Motagua Catacamas Salinas 15' Torlacoff 25'
Nascimento 74'Attendance: 3,082
Round 11 2007-10-16 Motagua 1 – 1 Hispano Tegucigalpa Rodas 6' Güity 40' Attendance: 1,675
Round 12 2007-10-20 Deportes Savio 1 – 1 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán Róchez 60' Santana 44' Attendance: 3,850
Round 13 2007-10-27 Motagua 2 – 0 Vida Tegucigalpa 19:30 Torlacoff 3' 4' Attendance: 1,737
Round 14 2007-11-07 Marathón 1 – 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Brown 23' Attendance: 4,603
Round 15 2007-11-04 Motagua 0 – 0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa 16:00 Attendance: 15,950
Round 16 2007-11-10 Real España 1 – 2 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Valladares 58' Martínez 70'
Nascimento 78'Attendance: 1,945
Round 17 2007-11-18 Motagua 3 – 1 Platense Tegucigalpa 16:00 Martínez 44'
Bryce 61'
Santana 82'Cabrita 3' Attendance: 2,050
Round 18 2007-11-25 Motagua 1 – 0 Victoria Tegucigalpa 16:00 Nascimento 72' Attendance: 5,014 Semifinals
1st leg 2007-12-01 Victoria 1 – 1 Motagua La Ceiba 19:30 Rosales 20' Guevara 2' Attendance: 9,634
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
2nd leg 2007-12-09 Motagua 2 – 0 Victoria Tegucigalpa 16:00 Rodas 42'
Guevara 75'Attendance: 11,899
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya- Motagua won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
1st leg 2007-12-16 Motagua 0 – 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa 16:00 Attendance: 16,042
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
2nd leg 2007-12-22 Marathón 2 – 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Brown 1'
Scott 78'Attendance: 26,596
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya- Motagua lost 0–2 on aggregate.
Clausura
Main article: 2007–08 Clausura Honduran Liga NacionalAfter having achieve the silver medal in the Apertura tournament, Motagua were looking to improve its previous campaign for the second half of the season. However they managed only to reach the semifinals. The team had to play some of their home games at Estadio Marcelo Tinoco in Danlí due to major repairs to the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino for the 2010 World Cup qualification.
Squad
- The players in bold have senior international caps.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Ricardo Canales 2 DF Steven Morris 3 DF Santiago de Alba 4 DF Roy Posas 5 MF Milton Reyes 6 DF Oscar Bernárdez 7 MF Steven Bryce 8 MF Miguel Castillo 9 FW Jairo Martínez 10 FW Jocimar Nascimento 11 FW Oscar Torlacoff 12 MF Rubén Matamoros 13 MF Ronald Martínez 14 MF Luis Guzmán 15 MF Walter López 17 MF Fernando Castillo 18 MF José Justavino No. Position Player 19 DF Osman Chávez 21 DF Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK Donaldo Morales 23 MF Daniel Facussé 24 DF Víctor Bernárdez (C) 25 GK Rony García 26 DF David Molina 27 FW Jefferson Bernárdez 28 DF Samir García 29 FW José Rivera 30 MF Rubén Rivera 31 FW Luis Rodas 32 MF Jorge Claros (VC) 33 DF Marlon Cruz 34 DF Aaron Bardales 35 FW José Valladares 36 MF Kevin Osorio Transfer in
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 3 DF Santiago de Alba (From San Francisco) 18 MF José Justavino (From San Francisco) No. Position Player 23 MF Daniel Facussé (From Motagua B) Transfer out
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 3 DF Javier Martínez (To Vida) 7 MF Steven Bryce (Free agent) 13 MF José Grant (To Victoria) No. Position Player 20 MF Amado Guevara (To Toronto FC) 23 MF Pedro Santana (Retired) Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 3 Real España 18 8 4 6 26 22 +4 28 4 Motagua 18 8 3 7 23 19 +4 27 Qualified to the Final round 5 Hispano 18 7 5 6 24 25 −1 26 Matches
Matches by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Ground H H A H A A H A A A A H A H H A H H Result W W W D L D W L L L L W L D W L W W Position 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 7 4 7 6 6 6 4 4 Last updated: 2007-11-25.
Source: 2007–08 Clausura
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Regular season
Round 1 2008-01-13 Motagua 2 – 0 Atlético Olanchano Tegucigalpa 16:00 Torlacoff 64'
Rodas 90+4'Attendance: 1,909
Round 2 2008-01-20 Motagua 2 – 0 Hispano Tegucigalpa 16:00 Bernárdez 2'
Nascimento 74'Attendance: 2,529
Round 3 2008-01-27 Olimpia 0 – 1 Motagua Tegucigalpa 16:00 Nascimento 54' Attendance: 11,934
Round 4 2008-01-30 Motagua 1 – 1 Victoria Tegucigalpa 19:30 Nascimento 89' Morán 30' Attendance: 2,441
Round 5 2008-02-02 Marathón 2 – 1 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 de Vasconselos 68'
Ferreira 90+2'Nascimento 50' Attendance: 2,475
Round 6 2008-02-10 Deportes Savio 0 – 0 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán Attendance: 4,033
Round 7 2008-02-17 Motagua 2 – 1 Real España Tegucigalpa 16:00 Torlacoff 73'
Rodas 79'Caetano 87' Attendance: 4,473
Round 8 2008-02-23 Vida 2 – 1 Motagua La Ceiba 19:30 Hernández 12'
Cardozo 87'Nascimento 90+1' Attendance: 3,347
Round 9 2008-03-02 Platense 1 – 0 Motagua Puerto Cortés 15:00 Cabrita 58' Attendance: 3,793
Round 10 2008-03-08 Atlético Olanchano 1 – 0 Motagua Catacamas Marín 78' Attendance: 3,574
Round 11 2008-04-02 Hispano 2 – 0 Motagua Comayagua Jiménez 30'
Morales 69'
Round 12 2008-03-16 Motagua 2 – 1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa 16:00 Torlacoff 27'
Bernárdez 65'Velásquez 32' Attendance: 15,627
Round 13 2008-03-29 Victoria 2 – 0 Motagua La Ceiba Chávez
Round 14 2008-04-06 Motagua 3 – 3 Marathón Danlí 16:00 Guevara 36'
Izaguirre 76'
Torlacoff 90'Furtado 47'
Mayorquín 59'
da Silva 71'Attendance: 4,716
Round 15 2008-04-13 Motagua 2 – 0 Deportes Savio Danlí Castillo
Nascimento
Round 16 2008-04-19 Real España 2 – 1 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Pavón 32' 81' Nascimento 16'
Round 17 2008-04-27 Motagua 2 – 0 Vida Danlí 15:00 Nascimento
CastilloAttendance: 2,099
Round 18 2008-05-03 Motagua 3 – 1 Platense Danlí 15:00 Torlacoff 6'
Valladares 9'
Bernárdez 21'Córdova 4' Attendance: 4,217 Semifinals
1st leg 2008-05-07 Motagua 1 – 4 Olimpia Danlí 15:00 Matamoros 47' Bruschi 21'
Thomas 49'
Núñez 54'
Núñez 76'Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Mario Moncada
2nd leg 2008-05-10 Olimpia 3 – 1 Motagua Comayagua 19:00 Turcios 19'
Bruschi 42'
Velásquez 62'Nacimento 37' Referee: Beningno Pineda - Motagua lost 2–7 on aggregate.
2007 Copa Interclubes UNCAF
As champions in the 2006–07 Apertura season, C.D. Motagua had the right to participate in the Central American club championship in 2007. Under the management of DT Ramón Maradiaga, the team imposed a record of 7 wins and 1 drawn in a total of 8 games, and lifted their first international trophy in their history.[2]
Matches
First round
1st leg 2007-08-07 Real Estelí 0 – 2 Motagua Estelí Matamoros 8'
Nacimento 76'Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (BLZ)
2nd leg 2007-08-16 Motagua 3 – 1 Real Estelí Tegucigalpa Castillo 30'
Torlacoff 45'
Rodas 54'Vega 86' Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)- Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.
Quarterfinals
1st leg 2007-09-18 Motagua 1 – 0 San Francisco Tegucigalpa Bryce 32' Attendance: 2,515
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)
2nd leg 2007-09-26 San Francisco 0 – 1 Motagua La Chorrera, Panama|La Chorrera Rodas 85' Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC) - Motagua won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semifinals
1st leg 2007-10-23 Municipal 1 – 3 Motagua Guatemala City Ponciano 56' Guevara 27' 86'
Nascimento 73'Referee: Alexandro Jiménez (CRC)
2nd leg 2007-10-30 Motagua 3 – 2 Municipal Tegucigalpa Nascimento 10'
Chávez 41'
Bernárdez 65'Ramírez 11'
Romero 36'Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)- Motagua won 6–3 on aggregate.
Final
1st leg 2007-11-28 Saprissa 1 – 1 Motagua San José Alpízar 8' García 49' Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)
1st leg 2007-12-05 Motagua 1 – 0 Saprissa Tegucigalpa Nascimento 60' Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)- Motagua won 2–1 on aggregate.
2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
After winning the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007, Motagua obtained one of the three Central American tickets to the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup. On 17 December 2008 CONCACAF announced the pairs for the Quarterfinals, leaving Motagua in the bracket against reigning champions C.F. Pachuca.[3]
Matches
Quarterfinals
1st leg 2008-03-11 Motagua 0 – 0 Pachuca Tegucigalpa Attendance: 35,846
Referee: Elmar Rodas (GUA)
2nd leg 2008-03-19 Pachuca 1 – 0 Motagua Pachuca Montes 43' Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)- Motagua lost 0–1 on aggregate.
References
External links
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