Motagua 2007-08 apertura season

Infobox Football club season
club = CD Motagua
season = 2007-08 Apertura
league = Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras
league result = Runner-up
manager = flagicon|Honduras Ramon Maradiaga
chairman = flagicon|Honduras Pedro Atala
cup1 = Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras | cup1 result = "Runner-up"
cup2 = Copa Interclubes UNCAF | cup2 result = Champions
league topscorer =
season topscorer =
prevseason = 06-07 Cl.
nextseason = 07-08 Cl.

The 2007-08 apertura Motagua season was the fifty-first season of the Motagua professional football lifetime. Motagua became the league's runner-up being beaten by Marathon. They were also the only team capable of beating CD Victoria, not only once, but twice.

Motagua additional of playing the Honduran league they competed in the last Copa Interclubes.

Major events

Club appearances

*Motagua qualified to participate in the final version of the Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007 via their win in the apertura 2006-07 season.

quad

First-team squad

*The players in bold have senior international caps

Transfers

In

Out

tatistics

Club

The management

Other information

Competitions

Overall

Liga Nacional de Futbol

Classification

tandings

As of November 25, 2007

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2007

First round

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date = 2007-08-07
team1 = Real Estelí flagicon|NIC
score = 0 – 2 | report= [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3896 Report]
team2 = flagicon|HON Motagua
goals1 =
goals2 = Matamoros goal|8
Nascimento goal|76
stadium = Estadio Independencia
Estelí, Nicaragua Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Gerald Henry (BLZ)----footballbox
date = 2007-08-16
team1 = Motagua flagicon|HON
score = 3 – 1 | report= [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3910 Report]
team2 = flagicon|NIC Real Estelí
goals1 = F. Castillo goal|30
Torlacoff goal|45
Rodas goal|54
goals2 = Vega goal|86
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)"Motagua advance 5-1 on aggregate.----

Quaterfinals

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date = 2007-09-18
team1 = Motagua flagicon|HON
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3940 Report]
team2 = flagicon|PAN San Francisco
goals1 = Bryce goal|32
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Attendance: 2,515
Referee: Walter Lopez (GUA)----footballbox
date = 2007-09-26
team1 = San Francisco flagicon|PAN
score = 0 – 1
report = [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=3952 Report]
team2 = flagicon|HON Motagua
goals1 =
goals2 = Rodas goal|85
stadium = Estadio Agustín "Muquita" Sánchez
La Chorrera, Panama Attendance:
Referee: Alexandro Jimenez (CRC)"Motagua advance 2-0 on aggregate.

emifinals

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date = 2007-10-23
team1 = Municipal flagicon|GUA
score = 1 – 3
report = [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=3985 Report]
team2 = flagicon|HON Motagua
goals1 = Ponciano goal|56
goals2 = Guevara goal|27, goal|86
Nascimento goal|73
stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala City, Guatemala
attendance =
referee = Alexandro Jimenez (CRC)----footballbox
date = 2007-10-30
team1 = Motagua flagicon|HON
score = 3 – 2
report = [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=3994 Report]
team2 = flagicon|GUA Municipal
goals1 = Nascimento goal|10
Chávez goal|41
V. Bernardez goal|65
goals2 = Ramirez goal|11
Romero goal|36
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
attendance = 6,784
referee = Roberto Moreno (PAN)

"Motagua advance 6-3 on aggregate and qualifies to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008"

Finals

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date = 2007-11-28
time =
team1 = Saprissa flagicon|CRC
score = 1 – 1
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=4048 Report]
team2 = flagicon|HON Motagua
goals1 = Alpizar goal|8
goals2 = Garcia goal|49
stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José, Costa Rica|attendance =
referee = Carlos Batres (GUA)----footballbox
date = 2007-12-05
time = 20:00
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/matchreport/6824.pdf (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Costa Rica Saprissa
goals1 = Nascimento goal|60
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa
attendance = 35,000
referee = Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Liga Nacional de Futbol apertura 07-08 regular season

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date = 2007-08-12
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 2 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Atletico Olanchano
goals1 = Jocimar Nascimento
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-08-19
time =
team1 = Hispano flagicon|Honduras
score = 2 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Sergio Diduch
Henry Jimenez
goals2 = Amado Guevara
stadium = Estadio Carlos Miranda, Comayagua
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-08-26
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Deportes Savio
goals1 = Luis Rodas
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-08-30
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 0 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Vida
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-09-02
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 4 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Marathon
goals1 = Fernando Castillo goal|1
Luis Rodas
Amado Guevara
Victor Bernardez
goals2 = Emil Martinez
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-09-15
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 2 – 4
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Real España
goals1 = Luis Rodas goal|10
Amado Guevara goal|23
goals2 = Marlon Peña goal|1
Carlos Fretes goal|44
Everaldo Ferreira goal|60, goal|87
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-09-23
time =
team1 = Platense flagicon|Honduras
score = 3 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Excelsior, Puerto Cortes
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-10-07
time =
team1 = Atletico Olanchano flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Ruben Guifarro, Catacamas
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-10-01
time =
team1 = Victoria flagicon|Honduras
score = 2 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Abidan Solis (2)
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-10-04
time =
team1 = Olimpia flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 2
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Tyson Nuñez
goals2 = Walter Lopez
Jocimar Nascimento
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-10-16
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Hispano
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-10-20
time =
team1 = Deportes Savio flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 1
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Harrison Rochez
goals2 = Pedro Aparecido Santana
stadium = Estadio Miraflores, Santa Rosa de Copan
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-10-27
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 2 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Vida
goals1 = Oscar Torlacoff goal|2, goal|4
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-11-07
time =
team1 = Marathon flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 0
report =
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Mitchel Brown goal|24
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
attendance =
referee = ----footballbox
date = 2007-11-04
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 0 – 0
report = [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/pidieron_paz_y_repartieron_golpes (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Olimpia
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance = 15,950
referee = Mario Moncada----footballbox
date = 2007-11-10
time =
team1 = Real España flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 2
report = [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/azul_de_fiesta (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Honduras CD Motagua
goals1 = Melvin Valladares goal|58
goals2 = Jairo Martinez goal|70
Jocimar Nascimento goal|78
stadium = Estadio Francisco Morazan, San Pedro Sula
attendance =
referee = Ricardo Zelaya----footballbox
date = 2007-11-18
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 3 – 1
report = [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/las_aguilas_no_se_resignan (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Platense
goals1 = Jairo Martinez goal|43
Steven Bryce goal|67
Pedrinho goal|82
goals2 = Marcelo Cabrita goal|3
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance = 2,050
referee = Wilson Matute----footballbox
date = 2007-08-12
time =
team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 1 – 0
report = [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/mata_invictos (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Victoria
goals1 = Jocimar Nascimento goal|70
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa
attendance = 5,014
referee = Oscar Moncada----

emifinals

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date = December 1 2007


team1 = flagicon|Honduras Victoria
score = 1 – 1
report= [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/la_jaiba_en_desventaja (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Jaime Rosales goal|20
goals2 = Amado Guevara goal|2
stadium = Estadio Nilmo Edwards
La Ceiba, Honduras
Attendance: 9,634
Referee: Mario Moncada (HON)----footballbox
date = December 9 2007


team1 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
score = 2 – 0
report= [http://www.laprensahn.com/index.php/especiales/2007/torneo_apertura_2006_2007/victoria_el_juguete_del_aguila (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|Honduras Victoria
goals1 = Luis Rodas goal|41
Amado Guevara goal|84
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 11,899
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

Motagua advances to finals 3-1 on aggregate.

Finals

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date = December 15 2007


team1 = Motagua flagicon|Honduras
score = 0 – 0
report=


team2 = flagicon|Honduras Marathon
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 16,042
Referee: Jose Gaspar Molina (HON)----footballbox
date = December 22 2007


team1 = Marathon flagicon|Honduras
score = 2 – 0
report=


team2 = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
goals1 = Mitchel Brown goal|1
Erick Scott goal|78
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Attendance: 26,596
Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (HON)

References

External links

* [http://www.motagua.com/ Motagua Official Website]