2012–13 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua

2012–13 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	José Treviño José Clavasquín Juan Castillo
Apertura	Semifinalist
Clausura	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Hernández (7) All: Hernández (7)
Highest home attendance	9,533
Lowest home attendance	452
Average home league attendance	2,719
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2011–12 2013–14 →
All statistics correct as of 20 April 2013.

The 2012–13 season is F.C. Motagua's 62nd season in existence and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The domestic league will be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura was scheduled to be played in the second half of 2012, while the Clausura in the first half of 2013. Motagua will be looking for its 13th domestic championship. Due to an unsuccessful 2011–12 season, the club won't have international participation.

Overview

The Apertura tournament was played from August to December 2012. On 8 May 2011, the fitness coach Juan Bertani announced his departure from the club,^[1] one day earlier José Treviño was confirmed as manager for the third consecutive tournament.^[2] The first player to sign for the club was César Oseguera who played as midfielder for Atlético Choloma last season. One day later on 10 May, Brazilian forward Jocimar Nascimento returned to the Eagles, Jocimar was a key player for the club from 2006–2009. On the same day, midfielder Abner Méndez joined from C.D.S. Vida.

On 14 May, Motagua acquired 21-year-old forward Eddie Hernández who had a fleeting passage on Sweden with BK Häcken; Hernández is also part of the U-23 national team that will play at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The first player to left the team was Sergio Mendoza on 12 May; Julio de León was also released on 15 May. Roger Mondragón joined Vida on loan, as well as Adán Ramírez who was loaned to C.D. Real Sociedad. After 3 tournaments and one goalscorer award with the blues, Jerry Bengtson signed a 4-year agreement with MLS club New England Revolution.

On 4 July, the league announced the fixtures for the Apertura tournament, Motagua faced C.D. Victoria on round one and lost 1–2, the game was played at Estadio San Jorge in Olanchito due to repairs on Estadio Nilmo Edwards.^[3]

On 20 October, Motagua lost the Honduran Superclásico against archrivals C.D. Olimpia 0–2; three days later, manager José Treviño was sacked due to poor results.^[4] Former defender Reynaldo Clavasquín took over the club. With Clavasquín as manager, Motagua was able to lift its performance considerable and qualified to the playoffs as thirds.

On the second round, Motagua overcame easily over Real C.D. España with a convincing 7–3 aggregate score.^[5] On the semifinals, the team wasn't so lucky and were eliminated by C.D. Victoria after a 3–3 aggregate score, result that was not enough due to a lower finish in the regular season.^[6]

The Clausura tournament was played from January to May 2013. The club's preseason started on 10 December 2012.^[7] Motagua announced that some home games will be played at other venues; their first Clausura game was played at Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos in Choluteca and ended with an unexpected 0–1 defeat against C.D. Real Sociedad.^[8] On 10 March 2013, the club's staff hired former manager Juan de Dios Castillo replacing José Clavasquín.^[9] The poor results were constant throughout the entire tournament, which resulted in another early elimination in the regular season.^[10]

Players

Transfers in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento	Deportes Savio[11]
12	MF	Abner Méndez	Vida[12]
19	MF	César Oseguera	Atlético Choloma[13]
23	FW	Eddie Hernández	BK Häcken[14]
–	FW	Christian Martínez	Real España[15]
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	Real Sociedad[16]
34	DF	Roger Mondragón	Vida
35	MF	Marvin Cálix	Reserves

Transfers out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to
10	MF	Julio de León	Messina[17]
12	DF	Luis Guzmán	Atlético Choloma[18]
18	MF	Roger Mondragón	Vida[19]
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	Universidad de San Carlos[20]
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	New England Revolution[21]
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	Real Sociedad[22]
29	MF	Alejandro Aguiluz	TBD[23]
30	MF	Mishek Ávila	Deportes Savio[24]
12	MF	Abner Méndez	Atlético Choloma[25]
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	Vancouver Whitecaps[26]
–	DF	Héctor García	Deportes Savio

Squad

• Statistics as of 20 April 2013
• Only league matches into account

No.	Pos.	Player name	Date of birth and age	Games played			Goals scored
				< 11/12	12/13	Total	< 11/12	12/13	Total
1	GK	Kerpo de León	(1974-02-25)25 February 1974 (aged 38)	18	6	24	0	0	0
2	DF	Odis Borjas	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 24)	51	27	78	0	0	0
3	DF	Henry Figueroa	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 19)	0	3	3	0	0	0
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 32)	268	32	300	32	0	32
5	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 24)	77	22	99	4	1	5
6	MF	Emilson Cruz	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 24)	29	20	49	0	0	0
7	MF	Carlos Discua	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 27)	30	33	63	8	6	14
8	MF	Carlos Morán	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 27)	24	20	44	2	3	5
9	FW	Georgie Welcome	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 27)	82	25	107	29	5	34
10	FW	Jocimar Nascimento	(1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 33)	99	27	126	31	5	36
11	FW	Melvin Valladares	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 27)	16	25	41	0	6	6
12	MF	Ábner Méndez	(1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23)	0	8	8	0	0	0
13	DF	Nery Medina	(1981-08-05)5 August 1981 (aged 30)	–	26	–	5	5	10
14	FW	Roby Norales	(1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 21)	15	24	39	4	4	8
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 22)	69	14	83	6	3	9
17	MF	Júnior Padilla	(1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 20)	18	9	27	2	0	2
18	MF	Brayan Figueroa	(1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 20)	0	12	12	0	0	0
19	MF	César Oseguera	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 21)	0	37	37	0	3	3
20	MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 36)	225	33	258	66	6	72
21	MF	Alfredo Mejía	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 22)	7	15	22	0	1	1
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 29)	94	35	129	0	0	0
23	FW	Eddie Hernández	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21)	0	23	23	0	7	7
24	DF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 22)	46	27	73	0	1	1
25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 21)	11	0	11	0	0	0
26	MF	Grodbin Benítez	(1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	(1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 25)	37	11	48	2	0	2
29	MF	Marvin Barrios	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 18)	5	27	32	1	1	2
30	MF	Roger Mondragón	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 22)	15	0	15	1	0	1
31	DF	Esdras Padilla	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22)	39	1	40	0	0	0
32	MF	Ronald Martínez	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 21)	39	2	41	2	0	2
33	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 18)	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 18)	2	1	3	0	0	0
35	FW	Javier Norales	(1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	Marvin Cálix	(1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 20)	0	3	3	0	0	0
48	FW	Árnold Meléndez	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 17)	0	3	3	0	0	0
49	DF	Joshua Nieto	(1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 17)	0	6	6	0	0	0
–	FW	Christian Martínez	(1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 21)	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Santos Crisanto	–	0	2	2	0	0	0
Managers		José Treviño	(1960-01-29)29 January 1960 (aged 52)	19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012
		Reynaldo Clavasquín	(1972-01-28)28 January 1972 (aged 40)	23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013
		Juan Castillo	(1951-01-31)31 January 1951 (aged 61)	10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013

Results

Preseason and friendlies

Motagua v Real Estelí

15 July 2012 Friendly	Motagua	0–0	Real Estelí	El Paraíso, El Paraíso
15:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Oro Verde

Atlético Choloma v Motagua

22 July 2012 Friendly	Atlético Choloma	2–2	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Garza 85' Acosta 90+2'		Guevara 7' Nascimento 28'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras

Catacamas v Motagua

22 December 2012 Friendly	Catacamas	0–6	Motagua	Catacamas, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)			Valladares García Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

Atlético Olanchano v Motagua

22 December 2012 Friendly	Atlético Olanchano	1–4	Motagua	Catacamas, Olancho
(UTC−06:00)	Escobar		Nascimento Guevara Ramírez	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro

Honduras v Motagua

5 January 2013 Friendly	Honduras	2–3	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
18:00 (UTC−06:00)	Morales 18' Aguilar 46'		Nascimento 20' 44' Medina 27'	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

Valle v Motagua

12 January 2013 Friendly	Valle	0–2	Motagua	Langue, Valle
(UTC−06:00)			Nascimento Medina

Apertura

Victoria v Motagua

29 July 2012 Week 1	Victoria	2–1	Motagua	Olanchito
15:00 CST	Córdoba 16' Ortiz 80'	Report	Discua 27'	Stadium: Estadio San Jorge Attendance: 3,083 Referee: Orlando Hernández

Motagua v Platense

4 August 2012 Week 2	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
19:00 CST	Oseguera 12' Welcome 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 993 Referee: Erick Andino

Real España v Motagua

11 August 2012 Week 3	Real España	1–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:00 CST	Hansen 53'	Report		Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán Attendance: 1,219 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez Starting XI 1 – de León 2 – Borjas 4 – Izaguirre 7 – Discua  74' 9 – Welcome 12 – Méndez  60' 16 – Leverón 19 – Oseguera 20 – Guevara  39' 21 – Mejía 29 – Barrios Substitutes 11 – Valladares  39' 10 – Nascimento  60' 13 – Medina  74'

Motagua v Olimpia

19 August 2012 Week 5	Motagua	2–2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Valladares 42' Leverón 80' (pen.)	Report	Portillo 40' Bruschi 62'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,666 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Real Sociedad v Motagua

26 August 2012 Week 6	Real Sociedad	2–1	Motagua	Tocoa
14:00 CST	Ramírez 7' Turcios 65' (pen.)	Report	49' Norales	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 2,996 Referee: Armando Castro

Marathón v Motagua

1 September 2012 Week 7	Marathón	1–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
15:30 CST	Meza 34' (pen.)	Report	Morán 19'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Raúl Castro

Motagua v Deportes Savio

9 September 2012 Week 8	Motagua	1–1	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Guevara 13'	Report	Galdámez 72'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,026 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

Atlético Choloma v Motagua

15 September 2012 Week 9	Atlético Choloma	1–2	Motagua	Choloma
16:30 CST	Torlacoff 48'	Report	Morán 47' Leverón 61'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Attendance: 628 Referee: José Pineda

Motagua v Victoria

23 September 2012 Week 10	Motagua	1–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Discua 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Motagua v Real España

7 October 2012 Week 12	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa
16:30 CST	Guevara 14'	Report	Hansen 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,126 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Vida v Motagua

13 October 2012 Week 13	Vida	2–2	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30 CST	Zelaya 26' 60'	Report	Hernández 52' 89'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,517 Referee: Saíd Martínez

Olimpia v Motagua

20 October 2012 Week 14	Olimpia	2–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
19:30 CST	Rojas 32' 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Motagua v Real Sociedad

28 October 2012 Week 15	Motagua	2–0	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Oseguera 16' Guevara 28'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,734 Referee: Orlando Hernández

Motagua v Marathón

4 November 2012 Week 16	Motagua	4–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Leverón 20' (pen.) Discua 32' 54' Hernández 75'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,629 Referee: Armando Castro

Deportes Savio v Motagua

8 November 2012 Week 17	Deportes Savio	0–1	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán
18:30 CST		Report	Welcome 61'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 856 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Real España v Motagua

15 November 2012 Playoffs	Real España	1–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:00 CST	Lobo 38'	Report	Guevara 4' Molina 17' Welcome 23' Medina 56'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 7,666 Referee: Armando Castro

Motagua v Real España

21 November 2012 Playoffs	Motagua	3–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa
19:30 CST	Valladares 7' Welcome 30' (pen.) Medina 76'	Report	Rodas 47' Alvarado 50'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Motagua v Victoria

25 November 2012 Semifinals	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
16:00 CST	Medina 31'	Report	Arias 57'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 9,533 Referee: Erick Andino

Victoria v Motagua

2 December 2012 Semifinals	Victoria	2–2	Motagua	La Ceiba
14:00 CST	Licona 34' Molina 75' (o.g.)	Report	Medina 2' Oseguera 60'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 7,338 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Clausura

Motagua v Real Sociedad

20 January 2013 Round 1	Motagua	0–1	Real Sociedad	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Güity 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos Attendance: 2,614 Referee: Erick Andino

Deportes Savio v Motagua

27 January 2013 Round 2	Deportes Savio	3–2	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)	Arriola 18' Pinto 73' Pineda 89'	Report	Nascimento 37' Mejía 45'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 844 Referee: Orlando Hernández

Vida v Motagua

3 February 2013 Round 4	Vida	0–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Nascimento 18' Guevara 59' Norales 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 806 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Olimpia v Motagua

10 February 2013 Round 5	Olimpia	1–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Caetano 74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 5,969 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Motagua v Atlético Choloma

14 February 2013 Round 6	Motagua	1–0	Atlético Choloma	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Nascimento 61'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 531 Referee: Raúl Castro

Motagua v Marathón

17 February 2013 Round 7	Motagua	1–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Morán 63'	Report	Blanco 46'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,114 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

Platense v Motagua

24 February 2013 Round 8	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Estupiñán 69'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Erick Andino

Motagua v Victoria

27 February 2013 Round 9	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Valladares 4'	Report	Lacayo 40'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Saíd Martínez

Real Sociedad v Motagua

3 March 2013 Round 10	Real Sociedad	2–0	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
13:00 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez 15' 80'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 1,416 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Motagua v Deportes Savio

6 March 2013 Round 11	Motagua	6–0	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Medina 22' Nascimento 28' Guevara 36' Norales 82' Discua 86' 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 853 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Real España v Motagua

9 March 2013 Round 12	Real España	2–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Cardozo 16' 52'	Report	Barahona 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,038 Referee: Mario Moncada

Motagua v Vida

17 March 2013 Round 13	Motagua	3–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Elvir 12' Valladares 58' Nascimento 84'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Saíd Martínez

Motagua v Olimpia

23 March 2013 Round 14	Motagua	2–3	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Valladares 41' Hernández 80'	Report	Oseguera 37' (o.g.) Mejía 60' Portillo 63'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,877 Referee: Armando Castro

Atlético Choloma v Motagua

3 April 2013 Round 15	Atlético Choloma	0–3	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Valladares 5' Norales 60' Hernández 68'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Attendance: 262 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Marathón v Motagua

6 April 2013 Round 16	Marathón	5–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06:00)	Figueroa 8' (o.g.) Castro 15' Acevedo 55' Flores 81' Martínez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 1,084 Referee: Erick Andino

Motagua v Platense

14 April 2013 Round 17	Motagua	2–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Barrios 7' Hernández 53'	Report	Díaz 50'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: Miguel Torres Referee: 1,514

Victoria v Motagua

20 April 2013 Round 18	Victoria	2–2	Motagua	Olanchito, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Rivera 10' Ortiz 64'	Report	Welcome 49' Hernández 51'	Stadium: Estadio San Jorge Attendance: 853 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Statistics

• As of 20 April 2013

References

External links

• Motagua Official Website