2008–09 C.D. Motagua season

For the 2008–09 C.D. Motagua season, F.C. Motagua played in three competitions, the Apertura tournament, the Clausura, and they were also invited to the 2008 Copa Sudamericana.

Motagua

2008–09 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Jaime de la Pava
Apertura	4th
Clausura	8th
Copa Sudamericana	First stage
Top goalscorer	Torlacoff (8)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Apertura

Main article: 2008–09 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 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 Deportivo 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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  HON Ricardo Canales 2 DF  HON Steven Morris 3 DF  URU Guillermo Díaz 4 DF  HON Roy Posas 5 MF  HON Reynaldo Tilguath (VC) 6 DF  HON Óscar Bernárdez 7 FW  HON Georgie Welcome 8 MF  HON Miguel Castillo 9 FW  HON Shannon Welcome 10 FW  BRA Jocimar Nascimento 11 FW  URU Óscar Torlacoff 12 MF  HON José Burgos 13 MF  HON Ronald Martínez 14 MF  HON Luis Guzmán 15 MF  BRA Nilberto da Silva 17 MF  HON Fernando Castillo 18 MF  HON Meller Sánchez 19 DF  HON Emilson Cruz 21 DF  HON Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK  HON Donaldo Morales

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  HON Daniel Facussé 24 DF  HON Víctor Bernárdez (C) 26 DF  HON David Molina 27 FW  HON Jefferson Bernárdez 28 DF  HON Samir García 29 FW  HON José Rivera 30 MF  HON Rubén Rivera 31 FW  HON Luis Rodas 32 MF  HON Jorge Claros (VC) 33 DF  HON Esdras Padilla 34 DF  HON Aarón Bardales 35 FW  HON José Valladares 36 MF  HON Kevin Osorio 40 MF  HON Víctor Zúniga 42 MF  HON Milton Palacios 43 FW  HON Jairo Martínez – GK  HON Levon Smith – DF  HON Víctor Mena – DF  HON Eleazar Padilla – DF  HON Carlos Pineda

Transfer in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  URU Guillermo Díaz (From Juventud de Las Piedras) 5 MF  HON Reynaldo Tilguath (From Olimpia) 7 FW  HON Georgie Welcome (From Arsenal) 9 FW  HON Shannon Welcome (From Arsenal) 12 MF  HON José Burgos (From Olimpia) 15 DF  BRA Nilberto da Silva (From Marathón) 18 MF  HON Meller Sánchez (From Motagua B)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  HON Emilson Cruz (From Motagua B) 33 DF  HON Esdras Padilla (From Hispano) – GK  HON Levon Smith (From Arsenal) – DF  HON Víctor Mena (From Hispano) – DF  HON Eleazar Padilla (From Hispano) – DF  HON Carlos Pineda (From Motagua B)

Transfer out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  COL Santiago de Alba (To San Francisco) 5 DF  HON Milton Reyes (Free agent) 12 MF  HON Rubén Matamoros (To Hispano) 15 MF  HON Walter López (To Platense)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  PAN José Justavino (To Arabe Unido) 19 DF  HON Osman Chávez (To Platense) 32 FW  HON Luis Rodas (To Suchitepéquez)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real España	18	10	6	2	33	18	+15	38[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification to the Semifinals
2	Marathón	18	9	5	4	26	20	+6	32
3	Motagua	18	9	3	6	24	21	+3	30
4	Olimpia	18	8	5	5	19	17	+2	29
5	Deportes Savio	18	8	5	5	24	19	+5	28[lower-alpha 2]

Source:
Notes:

1. Real España +2 points.
2. Deportes Savio −1 point.

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
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Pre-season

Motagua v Real Juventud

21 June 2008 Friendly

Motagua

0–0

Real Juventud

Siguatepeque

Hispano v Motagua

28 June 2008 Friendly	Hispano	2–2	Motagua	Comayagua
	Isaula  24'  ?'		Rodas  26' Rivera

Atlético Independiente v Motagua

29 June 2008 Friendly	Atlético Independiente	0–4	Motagua	Siguatepeque
			Nascimento Castillo Valladares

Motagua v San Isidro

2 July 2008 Friendly	Motagua	3–0	San Isidro	Danlí
	Tilguath Posas

Deportes Savio v Motagua

5 July 2008 Friendly	Deportes Savio	0–2	Motagua	Siguatepeque
			Torlacoff  22' Castillo  63'

Atlético Esperanzano v Motagua

6 July 2008 Friendly	Atlético Esperanzano	0–1	Motagua	La Esperanza
			Nascimento  22'

Real España v Motagua

9 July 2008 Friendly	Real España	0–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
			Sánchez

Heneca v Motagua

12 July 2008 Friendly	Heneca	0–2	Motagua	San Lorenzo
			Valladares Welcome

Nacaome All-Star v Motagua

13 July 2008 Friendly	Nacaome All-Star	0–7	Motagua	Nacaome
			Castillo Torlacoff Tilguath Welcome da Silva

Motagua v Ocotal

20 July 2008 Friendly	Motagua	2–1	Ocotal	Danlí
	Torlacoff  24' Nascimento  63'		Isaula  90'

Regular season

Victoria v Motagua

26 July 2008 Round 1	Victoria	0–4	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30			Rivera  25' Torlacoff  31'  46' Castillo  66'	Attendance: 3,355 Referee: Armando Castro
Note: Coach Jaime de la Pava made his official debut in front of the club.

Motagua v Hispano

31 July 2008 Round 2	Motagua	2–1	Hispano	Danlí
14:00	Torlacoff  6' Arzú  73' (o.g.)		Cabecao  71'	Attendance: 1,363 Referee: José Sandoval

Real Juventud v Motagua

3 August 2008 Round 3	Real Juventud	1–1	Motagua	Santa Bárbara
14:00	Gómez  24'		Nascimento  56'	Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Motagua v Real España

6 August 2008 Round 4	Motagua	0–0	Real España	Danlí
14:00				Attendance: 2,090 Referee: José Molina

Vida v Motagua

9 August 2008 Round 5	Vida	1–1	Motagua	La Ceiba
19:30	Vargas  21'		da Silva  29'	Attendance: 2,709 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Motagua v Olimpia

11 September 2008 Round 6	Motagua	2–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Nascimento  54' Welcome  72'			Attendance: 4,714 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Marathón v Motagua

23 August 2008 Round 7	Marathón	4–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Norales  21' Martínez  61' Núñez  67' Sabillón  80'			Attendance: 2,187 Referee: José Molina

Motagua v Platense

24 September 2008 Round 8	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Nascimento  60'			Attendance: 916 Referee: Mario Moncada

Motagua v Deportes Savio

7 September 2008 Round 9	Motagua	0–2	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa
16:00			Núñez  38' Róchez  68'	Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Ronald Hernández

Motagua v Victoria

15 September 2008 Round 10	Motagua	0–4	Victoria	Danlí
14:00			Cárcamo  11' Morán  37'  90+1' Weber  85'	Attendance: 1,330

Hispano v Motagua

21 September 2008 Round 11	Hispano	1–3	Motagua	Comayagua
17:00	Isaula  81'		Nascimento  10' Torlacoff  83'  88'	Attendance: 2,248 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Motagua v Real Juventud

28 September 2008 Round 12	Motagua	2–1	Real Juventud	Siguatepeque
15:30	Tilguath  50' Nascimento  66'		del Cid  21'	Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Marlon Muñoz

Real España v Motagua

4 October 2008 Round 13	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

Motagua v Vida

5 November 2008 Round 14	Motagua	1–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Molina  24'			Attendance: 1,675 Referee: Wilson Matute

Olimpia v Motagua

2 November 2008 Round 15	Olimpia	0–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
16:00			Bernárdez  82' Welcome  87'	Attendance: 10,760 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Motagua v Marathón

9 November 2008 Round 16	Motagua	2–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Welcome  15' Torlacoff  81'			Attendance: 4,836 Referee: Mario Moncada

Platense v Motagua

16 November 2008 Round 17	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés
15:00	Zepeda  27'			Attendance: 1,326

Deportes Savio v Motagua

22 November 2008 Round 18	Deportes Savio	2–1	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán
15:00	Zepeda  30'  88'		Valladares  84'	Attendance: 1,920 Referee: José Molina

Semifinals

Motagua v Marathón

27 November 2008 1st leg	Motagua	1–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Castillo  64'			Attendance: 7,112 Referee: Geovany Mendoza

Marathón v Motagua

3 December 2008 2nd leg	Marathón	1–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30	Norales  57'			Attendance: 7,643 Referee: Óscar Moncada

• Marathón 1–1 Motagua on aggregate; Motagua eliminated due to lower position in the Regular season.

Clausura

Main article: 2008–09 Honduran Liga Nacional

The 2008-09 Clausura F.C. Motagua season was the fifty-fourth season of the Motagua professional football lifetime. Motagua were looking for the 12th league championship. After finishing in semifinals they were 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 Óscar 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 defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  HON Ricardo Canales (VC) 2 DF  HON Steven Morris 3 DF  URU Guillermo Díaz 4 DF  HON Johnny Leverón 5 MF  HON Reynaldo Tilguath (VC) 6 DF  HON Leonardo Isaula 7 FW  HON Georgie Welcome 8 MF  HON Miguel Castillo 9 FW  HON Shannon Welcome 10 FW  BRA Jocimar Nascimento 11 FW  URU Óscar Torlacoff 12 MF  HON José Burgos 13 MF  HON Ronald Martínez 14 MF  HON Luis Guzmán 17 MF  HON Fernando Castillo 18 MF  HON Meller Sánchez 19 DF  HON Emilson Cruz 20 MF  HON Amado Guevara (C) 21 DF  HON Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK  HON Donaldo Morales 23 MF  HON Daniel Facussé

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF  HON David Molina 27 FW  HON Jefferson Bernárdez 29 MF  ARG Guillermo Santo 30 MF  HON Rubén Rivera 32 MF  HON Jorge Claros 33 DF  HON Esdras Padilla 34 DF  HON Aarón Bardales 35 FW  HON José Valladares 36 MF  HON Javier Portillo 40 MF  HON Víctor Zúniga 42 MF  HON Milton Palacios 43 FW  HON Jairo Martínez 44 MF  HON Marvin Sánchez – FW  HON José Rivera – MF  HON Kevin Osorio – GK  HON Levon Smith – DF  HON Víctor Mena – DF  HON Eleazar Padilla – DF  HON Carlos Pineda – DF  BRA Nilberto da Silva

Transfer in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  HON Johnny Leverón (Free agent) 6 MF  HON Leonardo Isaula (From Hispano) 20 MF  HON Amado Guevara (From Toronto FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ARG Guillermo Santo (From Chacarita Juniors) 36 MF  HON Javier Portillo (From Hispano) 44 MF  HON Marvin Sánchez (From Platense)

Transfer out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  HON Óscar Bernárdez (To Vida) 24 DF  HON Víctor Bernárdez (To Anderlecht)

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 DF  HON Samir García (To Motagua B)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Deportes Savio	18	5	5	8	17	21	−4	20
7	Real Juventud	18	4	7	7	15	21	−6	19
8	Motagua	18	4	7	7	13	21	−8	19
9	Platense	17	4	6	7	20	26	−6	18[lower-alpha 1]
10	Hispano	17	3	2	12	18	37	−19	11[lower-alpha 1]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2009. Source:
Notes:

1. The match between Platense and Hispano from Round 18 was not played due to lack of interest.

Matches

Pre-season

Hispano v Motagua

28 December 2008 Friendly	Hispano	1–2	Motagua	Comayagua
14:00	Membreño		Burgos Bernárdez

Hispano v Motagua

28 December 2008 Friendly	Hispano	1–4	Motagua	Comayagua
16:00	Ruiz		Nascimento Welcome

Regular season

Motagua v Real Juventud

11 January 2009 Round 1	Motagua	0–0	Real Juventud	Tegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 3,157 Referee: Luis Flores

Deportes Savio v Motagua

18 January 2009 Round 2	Deportes Savio	0–0	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán
14:00				Attendance: 1,542 Referee: Miguel Torres

Motagua v Hispano

25 January 2009 Round 3	Motagua	1–0	Hispano	Comayagua
16:00	Torlacoff  89' (pen.)			Attendance: 2,637 Referee: Armando Castro

Vida v Motagua

1 February 2009 Round 4	Vida	0–0	Motagua	La Ceiba
15:30				Attendance: 2,594 Referee: José Molina

Motagua v Real España

8 February 2009 Round 5	Motagua	1–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Welcome  67'			Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Olimpia v Motagua

15 February 2009 Round 6	Olimpia	1–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
16:00	Thomas  76' (pen.)			Attendance: 9,463 Referee: José Molina

Motagua v Marathón

22 February 2009 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa
16:00			Palacios  55'	Attendance: 2,798

Platense v Motagua

25 February 2009 Round 8	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

Victoria v Motagua

1 March 2009 Round 9	Victoria	1–1	Motagua	La Ceiba
15:00	Morán  75'		Welcome  72'	Attendance: 1,662

Real Juventud v Motagua

8 March 2009 Round 10	Real Juventud	1–1	Motagua	Santa Bárbara
14:00	Córdoba  78'		Molina  45'	Attendance: 1,159

Motagua v Deportes Savio

11 March 2009 Round 11	Motagua	0–2	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa
16:00			Díaz  81' (o.g.) Costa  87'	Attendance: 1,281

Hispano v Motagua

14 March 2009 Round 12	Hispano	1–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa
19:30	Díaz  86' (o.g.)		Welcome  6' Isaula  65'	Attendance: 1,137

Motagua v Vida

22 March 2009 Round 13	Motagua	0–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa
16:00				Attendance: 1,659 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Real España v Motagua

4 April 2009 Round 14	Real España	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
19:30				Attendance: 2,133 Referee: Benigno Pineda

Motagua v Olimpia

16 April 2009 Round 15	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
16:00			Calderón  70'	Attendance: 7,358 Referee: Mario Moncada

Marathón v Motagua

19 April 2009 Round 16	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

Motagua v Platense

26 April 2009 Round 17	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa
15:30	Izaguirre  17'			Attendance: 1,930

Motagua v Victoria

2 May 2009 Round 18	Motagua	0–3	Victoria	Tegucigalpa
15:30			Güity  18' Copete  32' Discua  45'	Attendance: 859

2008 Copa Sudamericana

Main article: 2008 Copa Sudamericana

On June 2008 CONMEBOL announced the participation of F.C. 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

Arsenal v Motagua

19 August 2008 1st leg	Arsenal	4–0	Motagua	Buenos Aires
20:30	Leguizamón  41' (pen.)  73' Mosquera  76' Sava  80'			Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Fernando Cabrera (URU)

Motagua v Arsenal

4 September 2008 2nd leg	Motagua	1–2	Arsenal	Tegucigalpa
21:10	Nascimento  18'		Gómez  25' Coria  78' (pen.)	Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Juan Soto (VEN)

• Motagua 1–6 Arsenal on aggregate.

References

1. Copalibertadores.com – Equipo hondureño participará en la Copa Sudamericana 2008 Archived 2010-08-08 at the Wayback Machine – 2008-06-23

External links

• Motagua Official Website