2010–11 C.D. Motagua season

The 2010–11 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The preseason started on late June and the Regular season on 7 August 2010.Diez.hn – Torneo Apertura arrancará el 7 de agosto – 15 May 2010

Overview Before the start of the season, the Honduras national football team competed in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a total of five Motagua players were call to contribute with the national team, these being Canales, Guevara, Izaguirre, Mendoza and Welcome.FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup Honduras Squad List – 1 June 2010 Nevertheless, Canales was set free from the team just after returning from the tournament.DIEZ.hn – Canales: "En Motagua no fueron leales" – 2 July 2010 On 19 October 2010, coach Ramón Maradiaga separated 8 players from the main squad due to poor performance and sent them to the reserve team. These players were the foreign Guillermo Díaz, Mauricio Weber, Charles Córdoba, and Marcelo dos Santos, leaving the team only with domestic players. Ronald Martínez, Meller Sánchez, Rubén Rivera, and Javier Portillo were also dismissed.LaTribuna.hn – Juan Carlos Suazo: Castigados, no separados – 20 October 2010 On 4 November 2010, Motagua lost 0–2 at home against C.D.S. Vida, ending any possibilities of advancing to the final round. This game also set a record of the lowest home attendance of all times for Motagua, with only 97 spectators.

The Clausura tournament for F.C. Motagua started on 16 January 2011 with a 1–1 draw at home against C.D. Necaxa; in this game Roger Mondragón suffered a serious injury on his ankle at the 45th minute of play; it was estimated that Mondragón could be sidelined from 6 months to a year – 16 January 2011 On 7 January 2011 the International Federation of Football History & Statistics published a list of the World's Best Coach of the 1st Decade (2001–2010) and Motagua's current coach at the time, Ramón Maradiaga, appeared on the list ranked 167th.IFFHS.de – The World's Best Coach of the 1st Decade (2001–2010) – 7 January 2011Diez.hn – "Primitivo" Maradiaga, entre los mejores de la década – 7 January 2011 At the end of the regular season, Motagua finished 2nd, earning the right to play on the Semifinals against C.D.S. Vida who finished 3rd.HondurasFutbol.com – Por fin ganó Motagua en Tegucigalpa – 20 April 2011 This was the first time in history that Motagua faced Vida in a semifinal series. On 29 April 2011, the club made official its first signing for the next season; it was announced that the 24-year-old striker Luis Alfredo López signed a one-year contract.RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua ficha por un año al "Comayagua" López – 29 April 2011 In the semifinals, despite a 3–3 draw on aggregate against C.D.S. Vida they had the benefit of the rules and relied on its better Regular season performance. On 30 April 2011, F.C. Motagua earned a ticket to the final after defeating Vida 3–2 in Tegucigalpa, three days before they had lost 0–1 in La Ceiba.Tiempo.hn – ¡Grandeza azul! – 1 May 2011 Once in the final, the wait was over and after more than four years without domestic titles, Motagua managed to beat city rivals C.D. Olimpia 5–3 on aggregate score, thanks to a magnificent performance from Jerry Bengtson who scored three goals in the series.Diez.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011Tiempo.hn – Motagua campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011 – 15 May 2011LaTribuna.hn – ¡Motagua campeón! – 15 May 2011ElHeraldo.hn – Motagua es el nuevo campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011FIFA.com – Big guns fire again in Central America – 25 May 2011 Also, with this achievement, Motagua qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Charles Córdoba 12 May 2010 Vida Jerry Bengtson 26 November 2010 Vida Júnior Izaguirre 30 November 2010 Victoria Carlos Morán 6 December 2010 Victoria David Álvarez 7 January 2011 Hispano Adán Ramírez 7 January 2011 Platense Andrés Copete 21 January 2011 Olimpia Guillermo Ramírez 25 January 2011 Municipal Odis Borjas – Platense Erick Zepeda – Marathón

Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Sergio Diduch 5 June 2010 Hispano Mario Gómez 5 June 2010 Retired Javier Portillo 1 July 2010 Vida Ricardo Canales 2 July 2010 Victoria Emilio Izaguirre 18 August 2010 Celtic Mauricio Weber 19 October 2010 Retired Shannon Welcome 28 December 2010 Hispano Marcelo dos Santos 29 December 2010 Santo André Guillermo Díaz 1 January 2011 Melgar Charles Córdoba 1 January 2011 Necaxa Luís Guzmán 1 January 2011 Necaxa Meller Sánchez 1 January 2011 Free agent Óscar García 1 January 2011 Necaxa José Valladares 10 January 2011 Necaxa Georgie Welcome 28 January 2011 Monaco

Squad Statistics as of 15 May 2011 Only league matches into account Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored GK Walter Flores 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK Harold Fonseca 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 MF Gustavo Alvarado 3 10 13 0 1 1 3 DF Guillermo Díaz 72 6 78 3 0 3 / MF Roger Mondragón 0 14 14 0 1 1 DF Júnior Izaguirre 218 18 236 31 0 31 5 DF Milton Reyes 261 23 284 4 0 4 MF Mauricio Weber 34 4 38 3 0 3 MF David Álvarez 0 2 2 0 0 0 FW Georgie Welcome 64 12 76 23 5 28 MF Guillermo Ramírez 0 16 16 0 3 3 8 MF Jorge Claros – 28 – 1 3 4 FW Shannon Welcome 38 11 49 8 2 10 FW Andrés Copete 0 12 12 0 1 1 FW Charles Córdoba 0 7 7 0 1 1 MF Carlos Morán 0 9 9 0 1 1 FW Marcelo dos Santos 28 9 37 9 1 10 12 MF Iván Guerrero – 37 – 5 0 5 MF Ronald Martínez 16 2 18 1 0 1 14 DF Luís Guzmán – 10 – 3 2 5 15 MF Gabriel Balladares 2 1 3 0 0 0 16 DF Johnny Leverón 24 28 52 3 2 5 17 MF Ramón Amador 2 0 2 0 0 0 MF Meller Sánchez 11 2 13 0 0 0 19 MF Emilson Cruz 9 10 19 0 0 0 20 MF Amado Guevara – 30 – 53 7 60 DF Emilio Izaguirre 143 0 143 4 0 4 MF Odis Borjas 0 21 21 0 0 0 22 GK Donaldo Morales 43 32 75 0 0 0 23 DF Sergio Mendoza 18 33 51 1 2 3 25 GK Marlon Licona 1 8 9 0 0 0 26 DF David Molina 35 14 49 3 0 3 / MF Aly Arriola 0 13 13 0 1 1 FW Jerry Bengtson 0 22 22 0 15 15 DF Óscar García – 9 – 1 0 1 MF Adán Ramírez 0 20 20 0 2 2 29 MF Alejandro Aguiluz 6 0 6 1 0 1 30 MF Rubén Rivera – 6 – 2 0 2 31 FW Carlos Cruz 6 3 9 1 0 1 32 MF Jorge Escobar 0 5 5 0 0 0 33 MF Esdras Padilla 22 13 35 0 0 0 / MF Mario Girón 0 11 11 0 1 1 35 FW José Valladares 4 1 5 2 0 2 36 MF Javier Portillo 40 8 48 0 0 0 37 GK Eduardo Sánchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 / MF Omar Elvir 0 26 26 0 0 0 / MF Christopher Bush – 0 1 1 0 0 0 56 FW Javier Norales – 0 1 1 0 0 0 Manager Ramón Maradiaga 26 November 2009 –

Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise.

Preseason and friendlies

Apertura

Clausura

CONCACAF Champions League

After a two-year absence from international competition, F.C. Motagua participated in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League as invitee; berth originally awarded to Belizean champion, however failed CONCACAF stadium requirements, so the spot vacated was awarded to Honduras (Motagua).CONCACAF.com – Cruz Azul to open CCL Preliminary Round – 9 June 2010 In the preliminary round, Motagua faced Canadians Toronto FC being eliminated after a 2–3 aggregated score.CONCACAF.com – A draw in Honduras pushes Toronto forward – 3 August 2010

References

External links Motagua Official Website