Club Deportivo Victoria

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clubname = Victoria


fullname = Club Deportivo Victoria
nickname = "Jaibas Bravas"
"Lecheros"
founded = November 15, 1935
ground = Estadio Ceibeño,
La Ceiba, Honduras
capacity = 15,000
chairman = flagicon|Honduras Cesar Nastash Butto
manager = flagicon|Honduras Javier Padilla
league = Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
season = 07-08 Clausura
position = 6th
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Club Deportivo Victoria is an Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. The club has been champions 1 time and 1 time runner-up.

History

Club Deportivo Victoria was founded on November 15, 1935 in La Ceiba. The club started out as the Instituto Manuel Bonilla which later was renamed Club Deportivo Victoria. The club was founded by the Hungarian Francisco Detari Olah. He first started out as a soccer player in Puerto Cortez with Excelsior soccer club (now known as Platense), eventually being nationalized to play with the Honduran national team. He then took over the Instituto Manuel Bonilla and the club won the first national tournament in 1947 beating Motagua 3-2. His legacy is still remember in La Ceiba as the guy who made Victoria who they are now. Later Cesar Nasthas became president leading Victoria to their league title in the 1994-1995 league. [cite news |title = Soñar es gratis |url = http://www.laprensa.hn/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/sonar_es_gratis |publisher = Diario La Prensa |date = 2007-08-10 |accessdate = 2007-08-11 |language = Spanish ]

In 1995, the club managed to win their first championship in 47 years by defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in a two-legged final. The club has also had some international success. In 2006, they manage to beat Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica on their way to finish in fourth place in the UNCAF tournament.

Honours

National Level

*Champions at Liga Amateur de Honduras: 1 :: 1947-48
*Champions at Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 1:: 1994-95
*Runner Up at Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 1:: 2005-06 Clausura
*Runner Up at Honduran Cup: 2:: 1992-93, 1996-97

International Level

*4th place at Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 1:: 2006

All Time Top scorers

(As of 29 March, 2007)
* Luis Alonso "Chorompo" Zúniga (39 goals)
* Enrique Reneau (37 goals)
* Reynaldo Mejía (33 goals)
* Héctor “Tanqueta” Flores (31 goals)

Longest unbeaten record

* 18 games

* Victoria was relegated in 2002-03 Clausura but bought Honduras Salzburg franchise for next season.

All Time Records Apertura/Clausura Format (1997/1998 +)

Current Squad

"Apertura 2007-2008"

References