2013–14 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
2013–14 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Risto Vidaković; Milton Reyes; Diego Vásquez
Apertura	9th
Clausura	Playoffs
Top goalscorer	League: ; Lombardi (5); All: ; Lombardi (5)
Highest home attendance	4,341
Lowest home attendance	990
Average home league attendance	2,930
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →
	All statistics correct as of 10 November 2013.

The 2013–14 season was F.C. Motagua's 63rd season in existence and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The domestic league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura was scheduled to be played in the second half of 2013, while the Clausura in the first half of 2014. Motagua were looking for its 13th domestic championship. Due to an unsuccessful 2012–13 season, the club won't have international participation.

Overview

Right after being eliminated from the 2012–13 season, one of the club's director, Nelson Abdalah, announced that manager Juan Castillo would continue coaching for this season,^[1] nevertheless, on 20 May 2013, president Pedro Atala announced Serbian Risto Vidaković as the new club's manager.^[2] On 18 September 2013, the club released their new anthem called "Mi Corazón" (My Heart) interpreted by Luis Bustillo.^[3] On 6 November, Vidaković was sacked due to poor results^[4] and former player Milton Reyes took over.

Players

Transfers in

Player	Contract date	Moving from
Luis Castro	14 May 2013	Marathón^[5]
José Gutiérrez	15 May 2013	Águila^[6]
Juan Montes	15 May 2013	Platense^[7]
Ricardo Canales	14 June 2013	Atlético Choloma^[8]
Orlin Peralta	26 June 2013	Vida^[9]
Maximiliano Lombardi	4 July 2013	Progreso^[10]
José Varela	25 July 2013	Liga de Loja^[11]
Jorge Claros	13 August 2013	Hibernian^[12]
Wilmer Crisanto	27 November 2013	Victoria^[13]
Sebastián Portigliatti	2 December 2013	Jorge Newbery^[14]
Román Castillo	4 December 2013	Vida^[15]
Eduardo Sosa	5 December 2013	Desamparados^[16]
Reinieri Mayorquín	9 December 2013	Lepaera^[17]
Víctor Ortiz	16 December 2013	Victoria^[18]
Irvin Reyna	26 December 2013	Olimpia^[19]

Transfers out

Player	Released date	Moving to
Odis Borjas	30 April 2013	Platense
Kerpo de León	30 April 2013	Retired
Roger Mondragón	30 April 2013	Vida
Carlos Morán	30 April 2013	Vida
Jocimar Nascimento	30 April 2013	Istiqlol Dushanbe
Adán Ramírez	30 April 2013	TBD
Esdras Padilla	30 May 2013	TBD
Eduardo Sánchez	30 May 2013	TBD
Amado Guevara	13 June 2013	Icevic B (basketball)
Donaldo Morales	13 June 2013	Malacateco
Emilson Cruz	12 July 2013	TBD
Ronald Martínez	12 July 2013	TBD
Shannon Welcome	12 July 2013	Vida
Nery Medina	21 July 2013	Olimpia
Georgie Welcome	2 December 2013	Platense
Roby Norales	2 December 2013	Vida
José Gutiérrez	2 December 2013	Alianza
Grodbin Benítez	2 December 2013	TBD
Ricardo Canales	2 December 2013	Vida
Brayan Figueroa	2 December 2013	TBD
Melvin Valladares	2 December 2013	Victoria
Marvin Cálix	2 December 2013	TBD
Eddie Hernández	4 December 2013	Vida
Alfredo Mejía	26 December 2013	Marathón

Squad

Statistics as of 20 April 2014

A#	C#	Pos.	Player	DoB	As of 2012–13		2013–14		Totals
1	–	GK	Ricardo Canales	(1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 31)	89	0	4	0	93	0
–	1	GK	Sebastián Portigliatti	(1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 28)	0	0	18	0	18	0
2	2	DF	Juan Montes	(1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 27)	0	0	18	1	18	1
3	3	DF	Henry Figueroa	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 20)	3	0	32	1	35	1
4	4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 33)	300	32	26	1	326	33
5	5	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 25)	99	5	1	0	100	5
6	–	MF	Marvin Barrios	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 19)	32	2	9	0	41	2
7	7	MF	Carlos Discua	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 28)	63	14	34	7	97	21
8	8	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 27)	140	6	24	0	164	6
9	–	FW	Georgie Welcome	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 28)	107	34	15	4	122	38
–	9	FW	Román Castillo	(1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 21)	0	0	19	5	19	5
10	10	MF	Maximiliano Lombardi	(1987-05-11)11 May 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	33	9	33	9
11	–	MF	Melvin Valladares	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 29)	41	6	14	1	55	7
–	11	FW	Eduardo Sosa	(1982-05-16)16 May 1982 (aged 31)	0	0	12	1	12	1
12	–	MF	José Gutiérrez	(1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 23)	0	0	9	0	9	0
–	12	MF	Reinieri Mayorquín	(1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 24)	0	0	13	1	13	1
13	–	MF	Grodbin Benítez	(1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 20)	0	0	2	0	2	0
14	–	FW	Roby Norales	(1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 22)	39	8	7	0	46	8
–	14	MF	Irvin Reyna	(1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	13	0	13	0
15	–	MF	Marvin Cálix	(1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 21)	3	0	0	0	3	0
16	16	DF	Luis Castro	(1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 28)	0	0	11	0	11	0
17	–	MF	Júnior Padilla	(1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 21)	27	2	23	2	50	4
18	–	DF	Brayan Figueroa	(1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 21)	12	0	5	0	17	0
–	18	DF	Wilmer Crisanto	(1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 24)	0	0	18	0	18	0
19	19	DF	César Oseguera	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 23)	37	3	19	2	56	5
21	–	MF	Alfredo Mejía	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 23)	22	1	7	1	29	2
22	22	FW	José Varela	(1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 25)	0	0	29	7	29	7
23	–	FW	Eddie Hernández	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 22)	23	7	12	0	35	7
24	24	DF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 23)	73	1	7	1	80	2
25	25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 22)	11	0	16	0	27	0
26	26	DF	José García	(1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 22)	0	0	15	0	15	0
27	27	DF	Orlin Peralta	(1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 23)	0	0	22	0	22	0
28	–	DF	Carlos Turcios	(1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20)	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	–	DF	Brayan García	(1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 20)	5	0	0	0	5	0
–	29	FW	Víctor Ortiz	(1990-05-21)21 May 1990 (aged 23)	0	0	14	0	14	0
31	–	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 19)	3	0	0	0	3	0
33	–	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	–	FW	Arnold Meléndez	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 18)	3	0	4	0	7	0
49	–	DF	Joshua Nieto	(1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18)	6	0	0	0	6	0
–	–	DF	Santos Crisanto	–	2	0	0	0	2	0
–	–	MF	Deybi Flores	(1996-06-16)16 June 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	9	0	9	0
–	–	FW	Dembor Bengtson	(1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18)	0	0	4	0	4	0
–	–	FW	Kevin López	(1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	1	1	1	1
Managers			Risto Vidaković	(1969-01-05)5 January 1969 (aged 44)	20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013
			Milton Reyes (interim)	(1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 39)	6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013
			Diego Vásquez	(1971-07-03)3 July 1971 (aged 42)	23 November 2013–

Reserve Team Squad

Statistics as of 2 December 2013

A#	C#	Pos.	Player	DoB	As of 2012–13	2013–14	Totals
28	–	DF	Carlos Turcios	(1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20)	0	0	0
29	–	DF	Brayan García	(1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 20)	5	0	5
31	–	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 19)	3	0	3
33	–	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19)	0	0	0
48	–	FW	Arnold Meléndez	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 18)	3	3	6
49	–	DF	Joshua Nieto	(1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18)	6	0	6

Results

Preseason and friendlies

22 June 2013 Friendly	Motagua	1–1	Juventus	Estadio Birichiche
	Hernández 4'	Tiempo.hn	90' Martínez

29 June 2013 Friendly	Motagua	2–0	Real Estelí	Estadio Marcelo Tinoco
	Discua 30' (pen.) Welcome 78'	LaPrensa.hn		Referee: Saíd Martínez

7 July 2013 Friendly	Comayagua	1–5	Motagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda
	Meza 57'		44' (pen.) Discua ?' Figueroa 77' (o.g.) Raudales ?' Padilla 88' Hernández

13 July 2013 Friendly	León Libertador	1–5	Motagua	Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos
	Coello		Norales Gutiérrez Valladares Welcome

17 July 2013 Friendly	Motagua	2–0	Pumas San Isidro	Estadio Birichiche
	Hernández Gutiérrez

20 July 2013 Friendly	Honduras	2–2	Motagua	Estadio Humberto Micheletti
			50' 60' Welcome

27 July 2013 Friendly	Marathón	0–1	Motagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda
			35' Norales	Attendance: ~150

31 July 2013

Alianza

0–0

Motagua

Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

30 December 2013 Friendly	Motagua	5–1	Atlético Independiente	Complejo Pedro Atala
	Castillo Figueroa Sosa Crisanto Varela

5 January 2014 Friendly	Comayagua	0–3	Motagua	Estadio Carlos Miranda
			Castillo

Apertura

11 August 2013 Round 1	Deportes Savio	1–0	Motagua	Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes
	Lasso 27'	Soccerway		Attendance: 1,349 Referee: Orlando Hernández

14 August 2013 Round 2	Motagua	4–2	Vida	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Welcome 10' 28' Varela 59' Oseguera 90+4'	Soccerway	24' Castillo 90+1' Quioto	Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Erick Andino

18 August 2013 Round 3	Marathón	1–1	Motagua	Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
	Flores 35'	Soccerway	12' Valladares	Attendance: 2,309 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

25 August 2013 Round 4	Motagua	3–3	Real Sociedad	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Discua 32' Figueroa 35' Lombardi 53'	Soccerway	62' (pen.) González 79' Munguía 87' Zelaya	Attendance: 4,341 Referee: Geoby Martínez

1 September 2013 Round 5	Olimpia	2–1	Motagua	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Bermúdez 10' Mejía 34'	Soccerway	66' Discua	Attendance: 5,142 Referee: Raúl Castro

8 September 2013 Round 6	Parrillas One	1–2	Motagua	Estadio León Gómez
	Parham 74'	Soccerway	44' Lombardi 60' Discua	Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Armando Castro

18 September 2013 Round 7	Motagua	2–1	Real España	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Montes 45+2' Varela 55'	Soccerway	33' Rodas	Attendance: 3,228 Referee: Miguel Torres

22 September 2013 Round 8	Victoria	3–2	Motagua	Estadio Nilmo Edwards
	Elvir 28' Hoyos 57' 90' Ortiz	Soccerway	16' Varela 29' Lombardi	Attendance: 822 Referee: Óscar Moncada

29 September 2013 Round 9	Motagua	2–2	Platense	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Welcome 33' 77'	Soccerway	62' (pen.) 72' de León	Attendance: 2,937 Referee: Erick Andino

2 October 2013 Round 10	Motagua	0–1	Deportes Savio	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
		Soccerway	90+1' (pen.) Fortín	Attendance: 990 Referee: Ronald Hernández

6 October 2013 Round 11	Vida	2–1	Motagua	Estadio Nilmo Edwards
	Castillo 10' Montero 29'	Soccerway	36' (pen.) Lombardi	Attendance: 1,131 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

13 October 2013 Round 12	Motagua	3–2	Marathón	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Welcome 6' Padilla 55' Oseguera 72'	Soccerway	12' Berríos 90+1' Osorio	Referee: Orlando Hernández

20 October 2013 Round 13	Real Sociedad	1–1	Motagua	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón
	Clark 34'	Soccerway	84' (pen.) Discua	Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

27 October 2013 Round 14	Motagua	2–1	Olimpia	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Lombardi 46' Varela 69'	Soccerway	80' Bruschi	Referee: Melvin Matamoros

30 October 2013 Round 15	Motagua	0–0	Parrillas One	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
		Soccerway		Referee: Jorge Topete

3 November 2013 Round 16	Real España	2–0	Motagua	Estadio Francisco Morazán
	Cardozo 20' (pen.) Martínez 65'	Soccerway		Referee: Armando Castro

6 November 2013 Round 17	Motagua	1–1	Victoria	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Discua 70'	Soccerway	30' (pen.) Guaita	Referee: Melvin Matamoros

10 November 2013 Round 18	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Estadio Excélsior
	García 11'	Soccerway		Referee: Erick Andino

Clausura

12 January 2014 Round 1	Deportes Savio	0–1	Motagua	Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes
		Soccerway	19' Mayorquín	Attendance: 1,297 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

19 January 2014 Round 2	Motagua	1–0	Real Sociedad	Estadio Carlos Miranda
	Izaguirre 14'	Soccerway		Attendance: 5,190 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

25 January 2014 Round 3	Marathón	3–3	Motagua	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
	Reyes 15' Mejía 57' Martínez 81'	Soccerway	31' Discua 49' Varela 88' (pen.) Castillo	Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

29 January 2014 Round 4	Motagua	0–0	Platense	Estadio Carlos Miranda
		Soccerway		Referee: Orlando Hernández

2 February 2014 Round 5	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
		Soccerway		Referee: Óscar Moncada

5 February 2014 Round 6	Victoria	1–0	Motagua	Estadio Nilmo Edwards
	Castro 88' (o.g.)	Soccerway		Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

9 February 2014 Round 7	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Castillo 38'	Soccerway	81' Alemán	Referee: Mario Moncada

15 February 2014 Round 8	Vida	0–1	Motagua	Estadio Nilmo Edwards
		Soccerway	28' Varela	Referee: Raúl Castro

23 February 2014 Round 9	Motagua	0–2	Parrillas One	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
		Soccerway	86' Estupiñán 90+4' Córdoba	Referee: Manuel Zelaya

2 March 2014 Round 10	Motagua	1–0	Deportes Savio	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Varela 38'	Soccerway		Referee: Erick Andino

9 March 2014 Round 11	Real Sociedad	3–2	Motagua	Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón
	R. Martínez 42' H. Martínez 66' Zelaya 78'	Soccerway	15' Discua 87' Castillo	Referee: Miguel Torres

15 March 2014 Round 12	Motagua	1–1	Marathón	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Castillo 19'	Soccerway	56' (pen.) Berríos	Referee: Óscar Moncada

19 March 2014 Round 13	Platense	0–1	Motagua	Estadio Excélsior
		Soccerway	80' Lombardi	Referee: Miguel Torres

23 March 2014 Round 14	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
		Soccerway	81' Lozano	Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

26 March 2014 Round 15	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Castillo 39' Lombardi 54' 64'	Soccerway		Referee: Orlando Hernández

29 March 2014 Round 16	Real España	2–0	Motagua	Estadio Francisco Morazán
	Alemán 35' Róchez 90+2'	Soccerway		Referee: Saíd Martínez

6 April 2014 Round 17	Motagua	3–1	Vida	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
	Lombardi 36' Valle 46' (o.g.) Sosa 48'	Soccerway	81' Alba	Referee: Óscar Moncada

13 April 2014 Round 18	Parrillas One	1–2	Motagua	Estadio León Gómez
	Córdoba 29'	Soccerway	3' Padilla 90' López	Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

16 April 2014 Playoff	Marathón	2–1	Motagua	Estadio Francisco Morazán
	Espinoza 24' Guevara 78'	Soccerway	42' Elvir	Referee: Saíd Martínez

20 April 2014 Playoff	Motagua	0–0	Marathón	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
		Soccerway		Referee: Manuel Zelaya

External links

Official website

References

^ Diez.hn – El martes se define el futuro en Motagua^{[permanent dead link]} – 21 April 2013
^ LaTribuna.hn – Vidaković, el nuevo entrenador de Motagua Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine – 20 May 2013
^ LaPrensa.hn – Vídeo: "Mi corazón sólo late por vos" el nuevo himno del Motagua – 19 September 2013
^ LaPrensa.hn – Risto Vidakovic, despedido del Motagua – 6 November 2013
^ ElHeraldo.hn – Luis Castro, primer fichaje del Motagua – 14 May 2013
^ Tiempo.hn – El salvadoreño Isidro Gutiérrez ficha con el Motagua Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today – 15 May 2013
^ Diez.hn – Juan Pablo Montes logra acuerdo con Motagua Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today – 15 May 2013
^ DiarioMas.hn – Motagua presentó al "Gato" Canales Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today – 14 June 2013
^ Motagua.com – ORLIN PERALTA FIRMA 3 AÑOS CON MOTAGUA – 26 June 2013
^ Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Motagua ficha a volante uruguayo – 4 July 2013
^ Tiempo.hn – José Pablo Varela: "Keosseian me habló bien de Honduras"^{[permanent dead link]} – 25 July 2013
^ Diez.hn – "No es un retroceso jugar en Motagua" Archived 2013-08-14 at archive.today – 13 August 2013
^ Motagua.com – Wilmer Crisanto firma con el Ciclón – 27 November 2013
^ Motagua.com – Wilmer Crisanto firma con el Ciclón – 2 December 2013
^ RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua compra un goleador al Vida: Rubilio Castillo – 4 December 2013
^ Diez.hn – Eduardo Sosa firmaría por un año con Motagua – 5 December 2013
^ LaPrensa.hn – Reinieri Mayorquín firmó por un año con Motagua – 9 December 2013
^ ElHeraldo.hn – Víctor Ortiz: "Motagua es un gran reto para mí" – 16 December 2013
^ LaTribuna.hn – Irving Reyna a Motagua Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine – 26 December 2013

[1] Diez.hn – El martes se define el futuro en Motagua^{[permanent dead link]} – 21 April 2013

[2] LaTribuna.hn – Vidaković, el nuevo entrenador de Motagua Archived 2013-09-26 at the Wayback Machine – 20 May 2013

[3] LaPrensa.hn – Vídeo: "Mi corazón sólo late por vos" el nuevo himno del Motagua – 19 September 2013

[4] LaPrensa.hn – Risto Vidakovic, despedido del Motagua – 6 November 2013

[5] ElHeraldo.hn – Luis Castro, primer fichaje del Motagua – 14 May 2013

[6] Tiempo.hn – El salvadoreño Isidro Gutiérrez ficha con el Motagua Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today – 15 May 2013

[7] Diez.hn – Juan Pablo Montes logra acuerdo con Motagua Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today – 15 May 2013

[8] DiarioMas.hn – Motagua presentó al "Gato" Canales Archived 2013-06-15 at archive.today – 14 June 2013

[9] Motagua.com – ORLIN PERALTA FIRMA 3 AÑOS CON MOTAGUA – 26 June 2013

[10] Diez.hn – OFICIAL: Motagua ficha a volante uruguayo – 4 July 2013

[11] Tiempo.hn – José Pablo Varela: "Keosseian me habló bien de Honduras"^{[permanent dead link]} – 25 July 2013

[12] Diez.hn – "No es un retroceso jugar en Motagua" Archived 2013-08-14 at archive.today – 13 August 2013

[13] Motagua.com – Wilmer Crisanto firma con el Ciclón – 27 November 2013

[14] Motagua.com – Wilmer Crisanto firma con el Ciclón – 2 December 2013

[15] RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua compra un goleador al Vida: Rubilio Castillo – 4 December 2013

[16] Diez.hn – Eduardo Sosa firmaría por un año con Motagua – 5 December 2013

[17] LaPrensa.hn – Reinieri Mayorquín firmó por un año con Motagua – 9 December 2013

[18] ElHeraldo.hn – Víctor Ortiz: "Motagua es un gran reto para mí" – 16 December 2013

[19] LaTribuna.hn – Irving Reyna a Motagua Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine – 26 December 2013

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