2014–15 C.D. Motagua season

The 2014–15 season was F.C. Motagua's 68th season in existence and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football.

Motagua

2014–15 season
Chairman	Julio Gutiérrez
Manager	Diego Vásquez
Apertura	Champions
Clausura	Runner-up
Cup	Third place
Top goalscorer	League: Castillo (29) All: Castillo (31)
Highest home attendance	34,169
Lowest home attendance	1,482
Average home league attendance	5,325
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2015.

Overview

Despite of being eliminated early last season, the club's board of directors confirmed the continuity of coach Diego Vásquez for the start of the 2014–15 season.[1] On 24 April 2014, Jorge Claros, Eduardo Sosa, Víctor Ortiz and Luis Castro were separated from the club.[2] On 19 May 2014, Pedro Atala announced his resignation after 9 years as the club's president.[3] Julio Gutiérrez took charge on July. On 8 November, Júnior Izaguirre reached 300 games playing for the club, a record at the time; he also scored the winning goal that night in the 2–1 home win over C.D. Victoria. On 7 December, the club qualified for their first final after six tournaments being absent. On 20 December, with a 2–1 aggregate over C.D. Real Sociedad, Motagua conquered its 13th national title by winning the 2014–15 Apertura season.[4]

Players

Transfers in

Player	Contract date	Moving from
Lucas Gómez	26 April 2014	Universidad de Costa Rica
Cristian Hernández	5 January 2015	Valle
Israel Silva	13 January 2015	Antigua
Ricardo Rosales	29 January 2015	Godoy Cruz

Transfers out

Player	Released date	Moving to
Luis Castro	24 April 2014	Vida
Jorge Claros	24 April 2014	Sporting Kansas City
Víctor Ortiz	24 April 2014	Vida
Eduardo Sosa	24 April 2014	Unión Aconquija
José Varela	30 May 2014	Rentistas
David Molina	7 July 2014	Retired
Maximiliano Lombardi	11 July 2014	Los Caimanes
Dembor Bengtson	16 January 2015	Olimpia
Deybi Flores	24 February 2015	Vancouver Whitecaps

Squad

• Statistics as of 24 May 2015

A#	C#	Pos.	Player	DoB	As of 2013–14		2014–15		Totals
1	1	GK	Sebastián Portigliatti	1 March 1985 (aged 29)	18	0	33	0	51	0
2	2	DF	Juan Montes	26 October 1985 (aged 28)	18	1	30	0	48	1
3	3	DF	Henry Figueroa	28 December 1992 (aged 21)	35	1	35	1	70	2
4	4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	12 August 1979 (aged 34)	326	33	38	4	364	37
5	5	DF	Marcelo Pereira	27 May 1995 (aged 19)	0	0	9	0	9	0
6	6	MF	Marvin Barrios	22 February 1994 (aged 20)	41	2	26	0	67	2
7	7	MF	Carlos Discua	20 September 1984 (aged 29)	97	21	43	17	140	38
8	8	DF	Orlin Peralta	12 February 1990 (aged 24)	22	0	22	0	44	0
9	9	FW	Román Castillo	20 November 1991 (aged 22)	19	5	44	29	63	34
–	10	FW	Israel Silva	24 June 1981 (aged 33)	0	0	14	2	14	2
11	11	FW	Lucas Gómez	6 October 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	42	16	42	16
12	12	MF	Reinieri Mayorquín	13 July 1989 (aged 24)	13	1	30	1	43	2
14	14	MF	Irvin Reyna	7 June 1987 (aged 27)	13	0	42	1	55	1
16	16	MF	Kevin Maradiaga	19 January 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	6	0	6	0
17	17	MF	Júnior Padilla	4 April 1992 (aged 22)	50	4	17	0	67	4
18	18	DF	Wilmer Crisanto	24 June 1989 (aged 25)	18	0	39	2	57	2
19	19	DF	César Oseguera	20 July 1990 (aged 23)	56	5	35	0	91	5
21	21	MF	Klifox Bernárdez	18 September 1994 (aged 19)	0	0	7	0	7	0
22	–	MF	Ramón Amador	23 January 1994 (aged 20)	3	0	3	0	7	0
23	23	MF	Deybi Flores	16 June 1996 (aged 18)	9	0	13	0	22	0
24	24	DF	Omar Elvir	28 September 1989 (aged 24)	80	2	41	2	121	4
25	25	GK	Marlon Licona	9 February 1991 (aged 23)	27	0	13	0	40	0
26	–	DF	José García	23 December 1990 (aged 23)	15	0	6	0	21	0
27	–	FW	Dembor Bengtson	3 September 1994 (aged 19)	4	0	2	0	6	0
–	27	MF	Ricardo Rosales	6 June 1993 (aged 21)	0	0	11	1	11	1
33	–	GK	Harold Fonseca	8 October 1993 (aged 20)	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	FW	Kevin López	3 February 1996 (aged 18)	1	1	24	1	25	2
48	–	FW	Arnold Meléndez	23 August 1994 (aged 19)	7	0	0	0	7	0
49	28	DF	Joshua Nieto	3 September 1994 (aged 19)	6	0	4	0	10	0
–	57	FW	Foslyn Grant	4 October 1998 (aged 15)	0	0	3	0	3	0
–	–	FW	Marlon Ramírez	17 April 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	4	0	4	0
–	–	GK	Cristian Hernández	9 October 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	0	0	0	0
–	–	FW	Roy Hernández	–	0	0	1	0	1	0
–	–	DF	Maylor Núñez	5 July 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	2	0	2	0
Manager			Diego Vásquez	3 July 1971 (aged 42)	23 November 2013–

Results

Preseason and friendlies

20 July 2014 Friendly	León Libertador	0–1	Motagua	Choluteca, Choluteca
		Report	81' Amador	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos

26 July 2014 Friendly	Alianza	2–2	Motagua	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Díaz Yeladián		Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán

10 January 2015 Friendly	Dragón	0–1	Motagua	San Miguel, El Salvador
		Report	79' dos Santos	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

Apertura

3 August 2014 Round 1	Real Sociedad	1–1	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
	Zúniga  32'	Report	37' Elvir	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Ángel Cruz

10 August 2014 Round 2	Motagua	4–1	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  35'  43'  63' Castillo  77'	Report	Isaula  90' Tejeda	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,943 Referee: Marlon Díaz
Note: Carlos Discua scored F.C. Motagua's 2000th goal in the league.

17 August 2014 Round 3	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez  35' López  78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,691 Referee: Orlando Hernández

24 August 2014 Round 4	Real España	5–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Acosta  31'  47' Figueroa  71' (o.g.) Róchez  75' Lobo  85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,279 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

31 August 2014 Round 5	Motagua	1–4	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez  64'	Report	17' Quioto Guerra  39'  45+2' Lozano  58' Acevedo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,185 Referee: Armando Castro

6 September 2014 Round 6	Vida	0–1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
		Report	17' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,328 Referee: Miguel Torres

14 September 2014 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Comayagua, Comayagua
		Report	20' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 2,101 Referee: Armando Castro

21 September 2014 Round 8	Victoria	0–2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
		Report	42' Discua  84' Crisanto	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Raúl Castro

1 October 2014 Round 9	Motagua	1–1	Parrillas One	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo  pen.' (90+4)	Report	57' Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,857 Referee: Geovanny Martínez

5 October 2014 Round 10	Motagua	4–1	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez  8'  69'  90' Castillo  45'	Report	28' Tobías	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,482 Referee: Nelson Salgado

10 October 2014 Round 11	Honduras Progreso	1–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
	León  21'	Report	56' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Attendance: 2,929 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

15 October 2014 Round 12	Platense	2–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Altamirano  17' de León  44' (pen.)	Report	54' (pen.) Discua	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: Raúl Castro

19 October 2014 Round 13	Motagua	5–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Reyna  21' Castillo  38'  81' Mayorquín  66' Crisanto  70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Armando Castro

26 October 2014 Round 14	Olimpia	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
		Report	Discua  45' (pen.) Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

30 October 2014 Round 15	Motagua	1–2	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez  86'	Report	15'  63' Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Miguel Torres

2 November 2014 Round 16	Marathón	3–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Puerto  34' Barrios  39' Martínez  52'	Report	55' (pen.) Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Erick Andino

8 November 2014 Round 17	Motagua	2–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo  19' Izaguirre  29' (pen.)	Report	6' Crisanto	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Miguel Torres

15 November 2014 Round 18	Parrillas One	2–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Zavala  26' Romero  71'	Report	48' Castillo  72' Elvir	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

20 November 2014 Playoff	Platense	1–2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Aguilar  13'	Report	25' Figueroa  45' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Orlando Hernández

23 November 2014 Playoff	Motagua	2–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo  74'  90+2'	Report	33' de León	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Orlando Hernández

30 November 2014 Semifinals	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  21'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 11,864 Referee: Said Martínez

7 December 2014 Semifinals	Olimpia	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Quioto  38'	Report	62' Discua	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Armando Castro

14 December 2014 Final	Real Sociedad	0–0	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Referee: Óscar Moncada

20 December 2014 Final	Motagua	2–1	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  19' Castillo  44'	Report	36' Munguía	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 34,169 Referee: Armando Castro

Clausura

18 January 2015 Round 1	Platense	2–2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Osorio  16' Cardona  63'	Report	8' Gómez  12' Discua	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,158 Referee: Said Martínez

25 January 2015 Round 2	Motagua	3–4	Parrillas One	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo  43'  56' Gómez  59'	Report	44' Bermúdez  72' Álvarez  86' Bernárdez  90+2' López	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,714 Referee: Nelson Salgado

31 January 2015 Round 3	Marathón	0–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
		Report	38'  45' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Said Martínez

22 February 2015 Round 4	Motagua	3–1	Honduras Progreso	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  5' Izaguirre  48' (pen.) Castillo  70'	Report	64' Arriola	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,922 Referee: Nelson Salgado

15 February 2015 Round 5	Olimpia	3–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Quioto  47' Leguizamón  61' Elis  90'	Report	4' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,927 Referee: Raúl Castro

18 February 2015 Round 6	Victoria	2–2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
	Crisanto  19' Andino  39'	Report	24' Castillo  75' Silva	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

1 March 2015 Round 7	Motagua	2–2	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez  68' Discua  89'	Report	8' (pen.) Cardozo  25' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,829 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

7 March 2015 Round 8	Vida	0–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
		Report	29' Discua  44' Castillo  55' (pen.) Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Raúl Castro

11 March 2015 Round 9	Motagua	3–2	Real Sociedad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Matute  6' (o.g.) Discua  86' Silva  90+2'	Report	27' Munguía  41' (pen.) Clark	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,973 Referee: Manuel Zelaya

15 March 2015 Round 10	Motagua	2–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo  39' Gómez  43'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,575 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

21 March 2015 Round 11	Parrillas One	1–2	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
	Rodríguez  27'	Report	12'  65' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Raúl Castro

5 April 2015 Round 12	Motagua	3–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Castillo  29' Gómez  45+1' Rosales  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,445 Referee: Óscar Moncada

8 April 2015 Round 13	Honduras Progreso	0–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
		Report	72' Castillo	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Attendance: 1,606 Referee: Erick Andino

12 April 2015 Round 14	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  45'	Report	90' Lozano	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 11,025 Referee: Óscar Moncada

15 April 2015 Round 15	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  41' Castillo  49'  85'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,708 Referee: Armando Castro

18 April 2015 Round 16	Real España	1–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
	Cardozo  67'	Report	23' Discua  60' Silva	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 3,766 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

25 April 2015 Round 17	Motagua	2–1	Vida	Comayagua, Comayagua
	Castillo  40' Izaguirre  90' (pen.)	Report	73' Riascos	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 2,369 Referee: Said Martínez

2 May 2015 Round 18	Real Sociedad	1–0	Motagua	Tocoa, Colón
	Batiz  16'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón Attendance: 3,984 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

13 May 2015 Semifinals	Victoria	1–0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
	Andino  67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Raúl Castro

16 May 2015 Semifinals	Motagua	3–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Gómez  17' Castillo  25'  54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,798 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

20 May 2015 Final	Motagua	1–2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Discua  87'	Report	8' (pen.)  27' Lozano	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 4,523 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

24 May 2015 Final	Olimpia	0–0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Honduran Cup

7 February 2015 Round of 64	Alianza de Becerra	0–1	Motagua	San Francisco, Olancho
			30' Núñez	Stadium: Estadio Alfredo Hawit Banegas Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Starting XI 1 – Portigliatti 4 – Izaguirre 5 – Pereira 8 – Peralta 10 – Silva  67' 12 – Mayorquín 16 – Maradiaga  90' 17 – Padilla  75' 24 – Elvir  70' – Núñez – Ramírez Substitutes 11 – Gómez  67' 19 – Oseguera  70' 14 – Reyna  75' – Bernárdez  90'

25 February 2015 Round of 32	Atlético Calvario	1–4	Motagua	Langue, Valle
	Flores  86'		9' Padilla  46'  61' Castillo  51' López	Stadium: Estadio Jorge Alberto Arias Referee: Starting XI 25 – Licona  65' 5 – Pereira 6 – Barrios  67' 10 – Silva 16 – Maradiaga  46' 17 – Padilla 19 – Oseguera  60' 21 – Bernárdez 27 – Rosales 34 – López – Núñez Substitutes 9 – Castillo  46' 3 – Figueroa  60' – Hernández  65' 12 – Mayorquín  67'

18 March 2015 Round of 16	Atlético Olanchano	1–4	Motagua	Catacamas, Olancho
	Jiménez  15'		6' Gómez  51' Rosales  77' Silva  88' (pen.) Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro Referee: Starting XI 25 – Licona 2 – Montes 4 – Izaguirre 6 – Barrios 10 – Silva 11 – Gómez 14 – Reyna 17 – Padilla 19 – Oseguera 24 – Elvir 27 – Rosales

25 March 2015 Quarterfinals	Atlético Esperanzano	3–2	Motagua	La Esperanza, Intibucá
	Flores  22' Ramos  25' Garay  84' (pen.)		37' Silva  87' (pen.) Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Romualdo Bueso Referee: Starting XI 25 – Licona 2 – Montes 4 – Izaguirre 6 – Barrios 10 – Silva 12 – Mayorquín 17 – Padilla 19 – Oseguera 21 – Bernárdez 27 – Rosales – Ramírez

28 March 2015 Quarterfinals	Motagua	3–0	Atlético Esperanzano	Catacamas, Olancho
	Reyna  29' Elvir  45' Gómez  61'			Stadium: Estadio Rubén Guifarro Referee: Starting XI 1 – Portigliatti 2 – Montes 4 – Izaguirre 5 – Pereira 8 – Peralta 10 – Silva 11 – Gómez 14 – Reyna 24 – Elvir 27 – Rosales 34 – López

1 April 2015 Semifinals	Platense	2–1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
	Aguilar  34' Lalín  49'		85' Izaguirre	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: Starting XI 25 – Licona 2 – Montes 4 – Izaguirre 5 – Pereira 6 – Barrios 7 – Discua 9 – Castillo 11 – Gómez 12 – Mayorquín 14 – Reyna 24 – Elvir

29 April 2015 Semifinals	Motagua	1–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
	Izaguirre  59' (pen.)		74' (pen.) Abadía	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada Starting XI 1 – Portigliatti 2 – Montes  80' 3 – Figueroa 4 – Izaguirre 7 – Discua 9 – Castillo 11 – Gómez 12 – Mayorquín  77' 14 – Reyna 18 – Crisanto  60' 24 – Elvir Substitutes 34 – López  60' 27 – Rosales  77' 19 – Oseguera  80'

8 May 2015 Third Place	Motagua	4–3	Villanueva	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
	Izaguirre  ?' (pen.) Grant  46' Rosales  57' Crisanto  80' (pen.)		45'  69' Zelaya  55' Oseguera	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Referee: Héctor Rodríguez Starting XI 1 – Portigliatti 3 – Figueroa 4 – Izaguirre 7 – Discua 8 – Peralta 14 – Reyna 18 – Crisanto 19 – Oseguera 24 – Elvir 28 – Nieto 57 – Grant

External links

• Official website

References

1. Motagua.com – Junta Directiva ratifica a Diego Vásquez como DT
2. Motagua.com – Primeras bajas para el próximo torneo
3. Motagua.com – Comunicado Oficial Sobre la Presidencia de Motagua
4. Motagua.com – Motagua Campeón: La "13" es de la buena suerte