- 2008–09 C.D. Motagua season
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Motagua 2008–09 (A & C) season Chairman Pedro Atala Manager Jaime de la Pava Apertura 4th Clausura 8th Copa Sudamericana Eliminated in First stage Top goalscorer Torlacoff (8) 
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours← 2007–08 2009–10 → For the 2008–09 C.D. Motagua season, the team played in three competitions, the Apertura tournament, the Clausura, and they were also invited to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.
Contents
Apertura
Main article: 2008–09 Apertura Honduran Liga NacionalThe 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 C.D. 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 Oscar Bernárdez 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 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 Guillermo Díaz 4 DF Roy Posas 5 MF Reynaldo Tilguath (VC) 6 DF Oscar Bernárdez 7 FW Georgie Welcome 8 MF Miguel Castillo 9 FW Shannon Welcome 10 
FW Jocimar Nascimento 11 FW Oscar Torlacoff 12 MF José Burgos 13 MF Ronald Martínez 14 MF Luis Guzmán 15 MF Nilberto da Silva 17 MF Fernando Castillo 18 MF Meller Sánchez 19 DF Emilson Cruz 21 DF Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK Donaldo Morales No. Position Player 23 MF Daniel Facussé 24 DF Víctor Bernárdez (C) 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 Esdras Padilla 34 DF Aarón Bardales 35 FW José Valladares 36 MF Kevin Osorio 40 MF Víctor Zúniga 42 MF Milton Palacios 43 FW Jairo Martínez – GK Levon Smith – DF Víctor Mena – DF Eleazar Padilla – DF Carlos Pineda 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 Guillermo Díaz (From Juventud de Las Piedras) 5 MF Reynaldo Tilguath (From Olimpia) 7 FW Georgie Welcome (From Arsenal) 9 FW Shannon Welcome (From Arsenal) 12 MF José Manuel Burgos (From Olimpia) 15 DF Nilberto da Silva (From Marathón) 18 MF Meller Sánchez (From Motagua B) No. Position Player 19 MF Emilson Cruz (From Motagua B) 33 DF Esdras Padilla (From Hispano) – GK Levon Smith (From Arsenal) – DF Víctor Mena (From Hispano) – DF Eleazar Padilla (From Hispano) – DF Carlos Pineda (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 Santiago de Alba (To San Francisco) 5 DF Milton Reyes (Free agent) 12 MF Rubén Matamoros (To Hispano) 15 MF Walter López (To Platense) No. Position Player 18 
MF José Justavino (To Arabe Unido) 19 DF Osman Chávez (To Platense) 32 FW Luis Rodas (To Suchitepéquez) Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 2 Marathón 18 9 5 4 26 20 +6 32 3 Motagua 18 9 3 6 24 21 +3 30 Qualified to the Final round 4 Olimpia 18 8 5 5 19 17 +2 29 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
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Pre-season
Friendly 2008-06-21 Motagua 0 – 0 Real Juventud Siguatepeque
Friendly 2008-06-28 Hispano 2 – 2 Motagua Comayagua Isaula 
24' ?'Rodas 26'
Rivera
Friendly 2008-06-29 Atlético Independiente 0 – 4 Motagua Siguatepeque Nascimento
Castillo
Valladares
Friendly 2008-07-02 Motagua 3 – 0 San Isidro Danlí Tilguath
Posas
Friendly 2008-07-05 Deportes Savio 0 – 2 Motagua Siguatepeque Torlacoff 22'
Castillo 63'
Friendly 2008-07-06 Atlético Esperanzano 0 – 1 Motagua La Esperanza Nascimento 22'
Friendly 2008-07-09 Real España 0 – 1 Motagua San Pedro Sula Sánchez
Friendly 2008-07-12 Heneca 0 – 2 Motagua San Lorenzo Valladares
Welcome
Friendly 2008-07-13 Nacaome All-Star 0 – 7 Motagua Nacaome Castillo
Torlacoff
Tilguath
Welcome
da Silva
Friendly 2008-07-20 Motagua 2 – 1 
OcotalDanlí Torlacoff 24'
Nascimento 63'Isaula 90'Regular season
Round 1 2008-07-26 Victoria 0 – 4 Motagua La Ceiba 19:30 Rivera 25'
Torlacoff 31' 46'
Castillo 66'Attendance: 3,355
Referee: Armando Castro
Round 2 2008-07-31 Motagua 2 – 1 Hispano Danlí 14:00 Torlacoff 6'
Arzú 73' (o.g.)Cabecao 71'Attendance: 1,363
Referee: José Sandoval
Round 3 2008-08-03 Real Juventud 1 – 1 Motagua Santa Bárbara 14:00 Gómez 24'Nascimento 56'Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
Round 4 2008-08-06 Motagua 0 – 0 Real España Danlí 14:00 Attendance: 2,090
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
Round 5 2008-08-09 Vida 1 – 1 Motagua La Ceiba 19:30 Vargas 21'da Silva 29'Attendance: 2,709
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
Round 6 2008-09-11 Motagua 2 – 0 Olimpia Tegucigalpa 19:30 Nascimento 54'
Welcome 72'Attendance: 4,714
Referee: Benigno Pineda
Round 7 2008-08-23 Marathón 4 – 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Norales 21'
Martínez 61'
Núñez 67'
Sabillón 80'Attendance: 2,187
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
Round 8 2008-09-24 Motagua 1 – 0 Platense Tegucigalpa 19:30 Nascimento 60'Referee: Mario Moncada
Round 9 2008-09-07 Motagua 0 – 2 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa 16:00 Núñez 38'
Róchez 68'Attendance: 1,550
Referee: Ronald Hernández
Round 10 2008-09-15 Motagua 0 – 4 Victoria Danlí 14:00 Cárcamo 11'
Morán 37' 90+1'
Weber 85'
Round 11 2008-09-21 Hispano 1 – 3 Motagua Comayagua 17:00 Isaula 81'Nascimento 10'
Torlacoff 83' 88'Attendance: 2,248
Referee: Benigno Pineda
Round 12 2008-09-28 Motagua 2 – 1 Real Juventud Siguatepeque 15:30 Tilguath 50'
Nascimento 66'del Cid 21'Attendance: 1,154
Referee: Marlon Muñoz
Round 13 2008-10-04 Real España 3 – 2 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Medina 22' 25'
Ferreira 76'Tilguath 28'
Molina 30'Attendance: 5,436
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya
Round 14 2008-11-05 Motagua 1 – 0 Vida Tegucigalpa 19:30 Molina 24'Attendance: 1,675
Referee: Wilson Matute
Round 15 2008-11-02 Olimpia 0 – 2 Motagua Tegucigalpa 16:00 Bernárdez 82'
Welcome 87'Attendance: 10,760
Referee: Oscar Moncada
Round 16 2008-11-09 Motagua 2 – 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa 16:00 Welcome 15'
Torlacoff 81'Attendance: 4,836
Referee: Mario Moncada
Round 17 2008-11-16 Platense 1 – 0 Motagua Puerto Cortés 15:00 Zepeda 27'Attendance: 1,326
Round 18 2008-11-22 Deportes Savio 2 – 1 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán 15:00 Zepeda 30' 88'Valladares 84'Attendance: 1,920
Referee: José Gaspar MolinaSemifinals
1st leg 2008-11-27 Motagua 1 – 0 Marathón Tegucigalpa 19:30 Castillo 64'Attendance: 7,112
Referee: Geovany Mendoza
2nd leg 2008-12-03 Marathón 1 – 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Norales 57'Attendance: 7,643
Referee: Oscar Moncada- Marathón 1–1 Motagua on aggregate; Motagua eliminated due to lower position in the Regular season.
Clausura
Main article: 2008–09 Clausura Honduran Liga NacionalThe 2008-09 Clausura Motagua season will be the fifty-fourth season of the Motagua professional football lifetime. Motagua are looking for the 12th championship. After finishing in semifinals they are looking to become champions next year by signing big names such as Amado Guevara, Ramón Núñez, Marvin Sánchez, Banny Lozano, Javier Portillo, 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 Oscar 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 has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 GK Ricardo Canales (VC) 2 DF Steven Morris 3 DF Guillermo Díaz 4 DF Johnny Leverón 5 MF Reynaldo Tilguath (VC) 6 DF Leonardo Isaula 7 FW Georgie Welcome 8 MF Miguel Castillo 9 FW Shannon Welcome 10 FW Jocimar Nascimento 11 FW Oscar Torlacoff 12 MF José Burgos 13 MF Ronald Martínez 14 MF Luis Guzmán 17 MF Fernando Castillo 18 MF Meller Sánchez 19 DF Emilson Cruz 20 MF Amado Guevara (C) 21 DF Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK Donaldo Morales 23 MF Daniel Facussé No. Position Player 26 DF David Molina 27 FW Jefferson Bernárdez 29 
MF Guillermo Santo 30 MF Rubén Rivera 32 MF Jorge Claros 33 DF Esdras Padilla 34 DF Aarón Bardales 35 FW José Valladares 36 MF Javier Portillo 40 MF Víctor Zúniga 42 MF Milton Palacios 43 FW Jairo Martínez 44 MF Marvin Sánchez – FW José Rivera – MF Kevin Osorio – GK Levon Smith – DF Víctor Mena – DF Eleazar Padilla – DF Carlos Pineda – DF Nilberto da Silva 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 Johnny Leverón (Free agent) 6 MF Leonardo Isaula (From Hispano) 20 MF Amado Guevara (From Toronto FC) No. Position Player 29 MF Guillermo Santo (From Chacarita Juniors) 36 MF Javier Portillo (From Hispano) 44 MF Marvin Sánchez (From Platense) 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 6 DF Oscar Bernárdez (To Vida) 24 DF Víctor Bernárdez (To Anderlecht) No. Position Player 28 DF Samir García (To Motagua B) Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 7 Real Juventud 18 4 7 7 15 21 −6 19 8 Motagua 18 4 7 7 13 21 −8 19 Eliminated from the Final round 9 Platense 17 4 6 7 20 26 −6 18 Matches
Pre-season
Friendly 2008-12-28 Hispano 1 – 2 Motagua Comayagua 14:00 Membreño Burgos
Bernárdez
Friendly 2008-12-28 Hispano 1 – 4 Motagua Comayagua 16:00 Ruiz Nascimento
Welcome Regular season
Round 1 2009-01-11 Motagua 0 – 0 Real Juventud Tegucigalpa 16:00 Attendance: 3,157
Referee: Luis Flores
Round 2 2009-01-18 Deportes Savio 0 – 0 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán 14:00 Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Miguel Torres
Round 3 2009-01-25 Motagua 1 – 0 Hispano Comayagua 16:00 Torlacoff 89' (pen.)Attendance: 2,637
Referee: Armando Castro
Round 4 2009-02-01 Vida 0 – 0 Motagua La Ceiba 15:30 Attendance: 2,594
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
Round 5 2009-02-08 Motagua 1 – 0 Real España Tegucigalpa 16:00 Welcome 67'Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Oscar Moncada
Round 6 2009-02-15 Olimpia 1 – 0 Motagua Tegucigalpa 16:00 Thomas 76' (pen.)Attendance: 9,463
Referee: José Gaspar Molina
Round 7 2009-02-22 Motagua 0 – 1 Marathón Tegucigalpa 16:00 Palacios 55'Attendance: 2,798
Round 8 2009-02-25 Platense 4 – 3 Motagua Puerto Cortés 19:30 Lozano 15' (pen.)
Ramírez 38' 45'
Ruiz 63'Cruz 5'
Torlacoff 35' (pen.)
Welcome 75'Attendance: 1,287
Round 9 2009-03-01 Victoria 1 – 1 Motagua La Ceiba 15:00 Morán 75'Welcome 72'Attendance: 1,662
Round 10 2009-03-08 Real Juventud 1 – 1 Motagua Santa Bárbara 14:00 Córdoba 78'Molina 45'Attendance: 1,159
Round 11 2009-03-11 Motagua 0 – 2 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa 16:00 Díaz 81' (o.g.)
Costa 87'Attendance: 1,281
Round 12 2009-03-14 Hispano 1 – 2 Motagua Tegucigalpa 19:30 Díaz 86' (pen.)Welcome 6'
Isaula 65'Attendance: 1,137
Round 13 2009-03-22 Motagua 0 – 0 Vida Tegucigalpa 16:00 Attendance: 1,659
Referee: Geovani Mendoza
Round 14 2009-04-04 Real España 0 – 0 Motagua San Pedro Sula 19:30 Attendance: 2,133
Referee: Benigno Pineda
Round 15 2009-04-16 Motagua 0 – 1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa 16:00 Calderón 70'Attendance: 7,358
Referee: Mario Moncada
Round 16 2009-04-19 Marathón 6 – 3 Motagua San Pedro Sula 18:00 Scott 20' 50'
Chávez 42'
Mejía 44'
Sabillón 67'
Núñez 85'Lloyd 11'
Rivera 52'
Díaz 72'Attendance: 3,246
Referee: Marlon Muñoz
Round 17 2009-04-26 Motagua 1 – 0 Platense Tegucigalpa 15:30 Izaguirre 17'Attendance: 1,930
Round 18 2009-05-02 Motagua 0 – 3 Victoria Tegucigalpa 15:30 Güity 18'
Copete 32'
Discua 45'Attendance: 859 2008 Copa Sudamericana
Main article: 2008 Copa SudamericanaOn June 2008 CONMEBOL announced the participation of C.D. 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
1st leg 2008-08-19 Arsenal 4 – 0 MotaguaBuenos Aires 20:30 Leguizamón 41' (pen.) 73'
Mosquera 76'
Sava 80'Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fernando Cabrera (URU)
2nd leg 2008-09-04 Motagua 1 – 2 ArsenalTegucigalpa 21:10 Nascimento 18'Gómez 25'
Coria 78' (pen.)Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Juan Soto (VEN)- Motagua 1–6 Arsenal on aggregate.
References
External links
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