2010–11_C.D._Motagua_season

2010–11 C.D. Motagua season

2010–11 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua 2010–11 football 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.[1]

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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.[2] Nevertheless, Canales was set free from the team just after returning from the tournament.[3] 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.[4] 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[5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11][12][13][14][15][16] Also, with this achievement, Motagua qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

Players

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Squad

  • Statistics as of 15 May 2011
  • Only league matches into account
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Results

All times are local CST unless stated otherwise.

Preseason and friendlies

1 August 2010 Friendly Hispano 2–1 Motagua Comayagua
16:00 Flores 60'
Angulo 86'		 Report 27' dos Santos Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
19 December 2010 Friendly Hispano 0–1 Motagua Comayagua
Report 50' Arriola Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
8 January 2011 Friendly Águila El Salvador 1–1 Honduras Motagua San Miguel, El Salvador
Álvarez 23' Report 26' Arriola Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza
12 January 2011 Friendly Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–0 Honduras Motagua Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:00 Márquez 65' (pen.)
Discua 89'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso

Apertura

8 August 2010 Week 1 Necaxa 3–0 Motagua Danlí
14:30 Licona 25' 39'
Navas 44'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco
Attendance: 2,880
Referee: Óscar Moncada
15 August 2010 Week 2 Motagua 2–2 Hispano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Hill 65' (o.g.)
dos Santos 90+4'		 Report 34' Genovese
42' Cacho		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,110
Referee: Óscar Hernández
22 August 2010 Week 3 Marathón 1–0 Motagua San Pedro Sula
15:30 Diamond 90+3' Report Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Attendance: 3,808
Referee: José Molina
29 August 2010 Week 4 Motagua 1–0 Platense Tegucigalpa
16:00 Córdoba 45+3' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,094
Referee: Mario Moncada
5 September 2010 Week 5 Olimpia 1–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
15:00 Bruschi 67' Report 76' Welcome Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 6,193
Referee: José Pineda
11 September 2010 Week 6 Vida 2–2 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Ruiz 12'
Lozano 86'		 Report 66' Welcome
88' Mondragón		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 3,337
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
19 September 2010 Week 7 Motagua 1–1 Real España Tegucigalpa
16:00 Welcome 52' Report 67' Martínez Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,461
Referee: Armando Castro
29 September 2010 Week 8 Victoria 2–1 Motagua La Ceiba
20:00 Martínez 1'
Mena 44'		 Report 38' Welcome Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 1,225
Referee: José Molina
3 October 2010 Week 9 Deportes Savio 2–2 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
14:00 Solórzano 10'
Costa 65'		 Report 43' 86' Claros Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes
Attendance: 1,264
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
10 October 2010 Week 10 Motagua 1–0 Necaxa Tegucigalpa
16:00 Guevara 11' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,870
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
17 October 2010 Week 11 Hispano 2–0 Motagua Comayagua
15:00 Flores 44' 67' Report Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Attendance: 2,213
Referee: Erick Andino
24 October 2010 Week 12 Motagua 3–2 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Norales 34' (o.g.)
Guevara 45'
Guzmán 79'		 Report 26' Flores
90' Palacios		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 474
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
27 October 2010 Week 13 Platense 2–1 Motagua Puerto Cortés
19:30 Pereira 28'
Róchez 49'		 Report 34' Welcome Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Miguel Torres
31 October 2010 Week 14 Motagua 1–2 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
19:30 Arriola 13' Report 15' Rojas
65' Días		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 8,269
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
4 November 2010 Week 15 Motagua 0–2 Vida Tegucigalpa
19:00 Report 10' (pen.) 87' Bengtson Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 97
Referee: José Pineda
7 November 2010 Week 16 Real España 1–1 Motagua Puerto Cortés
16:00 Caetano 51' Report 45' Welcome Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Attendance: 897
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
14 November 2010 Week 17 Motagua 3–0 Victoria Tegucigalpa
15:00 Alvarado 1'
Welcome 65'
Guzmán 70'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 394
Referee: Geovanny Mendoza
19 November 2010 Week 18 Motagua 1–0 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa
19:00 Leverón 35' (pen.) Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: Not reported
Referee: Manuel Zelaya

Clausura

16 January 2011 Week 1 Motagua 1–1 Necaxa Tegucigalpa
16:00 Guevara 23' Report 31' Córdoba Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 3,039
Referee: Ronald Hernández
23 January 2011 Week 2 Hispano 0–0 Motagua Comayagua
15:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda
Attendance: 4,234
Referee: Raúl Castro
30 January 2011 Week 3 Motagua 1–0 Marathón Tegucigalpa
16:00 Bengtson 8' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 6,639
Referee: José Pineda
2 February 2011 Week 4 Platense 1–3 Motagua Puerto Cortés
19:30 Rivera 24' Report 31' Ramírez
72' Ramírez
76' Bengtson		 Stadium: Estadio Excélsior
Attendance: 2,427
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
6 February 2011 Week 5 Motagua 2–1 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
15:00 Caetano 6' (o.g.)
Bengtson 34'		 Report 90+1' López Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 9,366
Referee: José Pineda
13 February 2011 Week 6 Motagua 2–0 Vida Tegucigalpa
16:00 Bengtson 26' 57' Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Raúl Castro
19 February 2011 Week 7 Real España 2–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
19:30 Valladares 72'
Rodas 76'		 Report 88' Bengtson Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
Attendance: 2,799
Referee: José Pineda
27 February 2011 Week 8 Motagua 0–2 Victoria Tegucigalpa
16:00 Report 26' Zelaya
90+1' Arzú		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 2,582
Referee: Raúl Castro
2 March 2011 Week 9 Deportes Savio 3–3 Motagua Santa Rosa de Copán
17:30 López 23'
Costa 46' 66' (pen.)		 Report 53' Bengtson
57' Ramírez
60' Morán		 Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes
Attendance: 2,109
Referee: Ronald Hernández
6 March 2011 Week 10 Necaxa 0–1 Motagua Danlí
14:00 Report 66' Claros Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Armando Castro
13 March 2011 Week 11 Motagua 0–0 Hispano Tegucigalpa
16:00 Report Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,926
Referee: Erick Andino
20 March 2011 Week 12 Marathón 0–1 Motagua San Pedro Sula
15:30 Report 83' Guevara Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Attendance: 3,011
Referee: Armando Castro
23 March 2011 Week 13 Motagua 1–1 Platense Tegucigalpa
19:30 Bengtson 13' Report 85' Hernández Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 1,406
Referee: Ronald Hernández
26 March 2011 Week 14 Vida 0–0 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Report Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 4,075
Referee: Raúl Castro
3 April 2011 Week 15 Olimpia 1–1 Motagua Tegucigalpa
16:00 Turcios 90' Report 84' Leverón Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 11,095
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
10 April 2011 Week 16 Motagua 2–3 Real España Tegucigalpa
16:00 Bengtson 16'
Mendoza 40'		 Report 66' 89' Rodríguez
90+1' Rodríguez		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 2,710
Referee: José Molina
17 April 2011 Week 17 Victoria 1–2 Motagua La Ceiba
15:30 Crisanto 57' Report 73' Mendoza
85' Girón		 Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 785
Referee: Miguel Torres
20 April 2011 Week 18 Motagua 4–1 Deportes Savio Tegucigalpa
15:30 Ramírez 12'
Guevara 32'
Bengtson 48' 71'		 Report 6' Patiño Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 111
Referee: Ronald Hernández
27 April 2011 Semifinals Vida 1–0 Motagua La Ceiba
19:30 Altamirano 78' Report Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards
Attendance: 6,067
Referee: Miguel Torres
30 April 2011 Semifinals Motagua 3–2 Vida Tegucigalpa
19:30 Bengtson 41' (pen.)
Ramírez 80'
Copete 90+2'		 Report 58' Genovese
71' Castro		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 6,836
Referee: Erick Andino
Note: After a 3–3 score on aggregate, F.C. Motagua advanced on better regular season performance.
8 May 2011 Final Motagua 2–2 Olimpia Tegucigalpa
16:30 Guevara 42'
Bengtson 67'		 Report 10' Caetano
74' Bruschi		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 12,462
Referee: Raúl Castro
15 May 2011 Final Olimpia 1–3 Motagua Tegucigalpa
17:00 de Souza 29' Report 16' 90+3' (pen.) Bengtson
46' Guevara		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 23,326
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez
Note: F.C. Motagua won their 12th league title after a 5–3 on aggregate score.

CONCACAF Champions League

Main article: 2010–11 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).[17] In the preliminary round, Motagua faced Canadians Toronto FC being eliminated after a 2–3 aggregated score.[18]

27 July 2010 Preliminary round Toronto FC Canada 1–0 Honduras Motagua Toronto, Canada
20:00 EST Barrett 20' Report Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 18,891
Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA)
3 August 2010 Preliminary round Motagua Honduras 2–2 Canada Toronto FC Tegucigalpa, Honduras
18:00 Guevara 6' 63' Report 59' De Rosario
79' Barrett		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Luis Rodríguez (PAN)

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    FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup Honduras Squad List – 1 June 2010
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    LaPrensa.hn – Grave lesión del jugador Roger Mondragón – 16 January 2011
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