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2019–20 F.C. Motagua season - Wikipedia

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Motagua
2019–20 season
ChairmanEduardo Atala
ManagerDiego Vásquez
StadiumNacional
AperturaFinal 5 Round
Clausura1st
Honduran CupNot held
CONCACAF LeagueRunners-up
CONCACAF Champions LeagueRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague: Moreira (15)
All: Moreira (17)
All statistics correct as of 29 April 2020.

The 2019–20 season is F.C. Motagua's 73rd season in existence and the club's 54th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also compete for the 2019 Honduran Cup, the 2019 CONCACAF League.[1] and the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

Coach Diego Vásquez renewed his contract, he will be leading the team for his 12th consecutive tournament. Vásquez reached 240+ consecutive games as Motagua's manager, a club's and league record. In August 2019, the club announced the re-signing of defender Emilio Izaguirre, who returned to Motagua almost a decade later after his successful venture at Celtic F.C. On 25 September 2019, the club officially qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through their participation at the 2019 CONCACAF League.[2] On 31 October, Motagua qualified to their 2nd straight CONCACAF League final after defeating Alianza F.C. with a 4–1 aggregated score. However, in the final series, they weren't able to conquer the tournament as they lost to Deportivo Saprissa with a 0–1 aggregate score.[3] In the Apertura tournament, Motagua was able to qualify to the Final 5 Stage (Pentagonal), however felt short against C.D. Olimpia and failed to qualify to their seventh straight final series.[4]

In the second semester of the season, F.C. Motagua faced Atlanta United FC in the Round of 16 at the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, where they couldn't advance after falling 1–4 on aggregated score.[5]

The 2019–20 home, away and third kits were published on 27 June. On 1 October, the club released an all-pink jersey to support breast cancer awareness.

Manufacturer Main sponsor
Joma Pepsi

Home

Away

Alternative

Goalkeeper

Player Contract date Moving from
Honduras Óscar Salas 27 June 2019[6] Honduras Juticalpa
Honduras Jack Baptiste 24 July 2019 United States Loudoun United
Honduras Félix Crisanto 26 July 2019[7] Mexico BUAP
Honduras Henry Ayala 8 August 2019 Honduras Juticalpa
Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 9 August 2019[8] Scotland Celtic
Honduras Josué Villafranca 23 December 2019 Honduras Vida
Honduras Marcelo Canales 4 January 2020[9] Honduras Vida
Argentina Gonzalo Klusener 11 January 2020 Argentina Independiente Rivadavia
Honduras Wesly Decas 20 January 2020 United States Atlanta United 2
Honduras Rubilio Castillo 30 January 2020 Portugal Tondela
Player Released date Moving to
Honduras Harrinson Bernárdez 15 July 2019 Honduras Real de Minas
Honduras Éverson López 15 July 2019 Honduras Real de Minas
Honduras Josué Villafranca 28 July 2019 Honduras Vida[10]
Argentina Marcelo Estigarribia 17 December 2019[11] Argentina Belgrano
Honduras Óscar Salas[12] 19 December 2019 Honduras Vida
Honduras Henry Ayala 19 December 2019 Honduras Platense
Honduras Carlos Sánchez 19 December 2019 Honduras Vida
Honduras Jack Baptiste 6 January 2020 Honduras Real de Minas
Honduras César Romero 6 January 2020 Honduras Real de Minas
Honduras Denil Maldonado 17 January 2020 Mexico Pachuca[13]
  • Statistics as of 14 March 2020
  • Only league matches into account
No. Pos. Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored
< 18/19 19/20 Total < 18/19 19/20 Total
1 GK Honduras Hugo Caballero 5 January 1997 (aged 22) 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Honduras Juan Montes 26 October 1985 (aged 33) 216 24 240 12 2 14
3 DF Honduras Emilio Izaguirre 10 May 1986 (aged 33) 143 17 160 4 1 5
4 MF Honduras Sergio Peña 9 May 1987 (aged 32) 23 27 50 1 2 3
5 DF Honduras Marcelo Pereira 27 May 1995 (aged 24) 94 28 122 8 1 9
6 MF Honduras Reinieri Mayorquín 13 July 1989 (aged 29) 182 19 201 10 2 12
7 MF Honduras Erick Andino 21 July 1989 (aged 29) 125 2 127 34 0 34
8 MF Honduras Walter Martínez 26 March 1991 (aged 28) 72 31 103 9 0 9
9 FW Argentina Gonzalo Klusener 21 October 1983 (aged 35) 0 11 11 0 4 4
10 MF Argentina Matías Galvaliz 6 June 1989 (aged 30) 35 26 61 2 4 6
11 FW Honduras Marco Vega 14 April 1987 (aged 32) 93 19 112 16 4 20
12 MF Honduras Raúl Santos 2 August 1992 (aged 26) 57 17 74 0 0 0
14 DF Honduras Klifox Bernárdez 14 May 1997 (aged 22) 44 3 47 0 0 0
15 MF Honduras Juan Gómez 3 April 2000 (aged 19) 0 2 2 0 0 0
16 MF Honduras Héctor Castellanos 28 December 1992 (aged 26) 141 17 158 1 0 1
17 MF Honduras Denil Maldonado 25 May 1998 (aged 21) 49 11 60 1 1 2
17 DF Honduras Wesly Decas 11 August 1999 (aged 19) 0 3 3 0 0 0
18 DF Honduras Wilmer Crisanto 24 June 1989 (aged 30) 199 23 222 18 1 19
19 GK Argentina Jonathan Rougier 29 October 1987 (aged 31) 92 26 118 0 0 0
21 FW Paraguay Roberto Moreira 6 May 1987 (aged 32) 44 30 74 21 15 36
22 FW Argentina Marcelo Estigarribia 10 April 1995 (aged 24) 18 20 38 7 7 14
23 MF Honduras Jack Baptiste 20 December 1999 (aged 19) 10 3 13 0 0 0
24 DF Honduras Omar Elvir 28 September 1989 (aged 29) 255 21 276 10 0 10
25 GK Honduras Marlon Licona 9 February 1991 (aged 28) 79 9 88 0 0 0
26 MF Honduras Óscar Salas 8 December 1993 (aged 25) 0 10 10 0 0 0
26 FW Honduras Josué Villafranca 16 December 1999 (aged 19) 6 2 8 1 0 1
27 DF Honduras Félix Crisanto 9 September 1990 (aged 28) 99 24 123 5 2 7
28 MF Honduras Ángel Barrios 27 October 2000 (aged 18) 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 FW Honduras Rubilio Castillo 26 November 1991 (aged 27) 154 7 161 84 5 89
30 DF Honduras Henry Ayala 31 January 1996 (aged 23) 0 1 1 0 0 0
31 MF Honduras Carlos Sánchez 22 August 1990 (aged 28) 12 3 15 0 0 0
31 MF Honduras Marcelo Canales 6 January 1991 (aged 28) 0 3 3 0 0 0
32 MF Honduras Jonathan Núñez 26 November 2001 (aged 17) 2 5 7 0 0 0
33 DF Honduras Albert Galindo 21 October 2001 (aged 17) 0 1 1 0 0 0
34 FW Honduras Kevin López 3 February 1996 (aged 23) 126 30 156 22 7 29
35 DF Honduras Cristopher Meléndez 25 November 1997 (aged 21) 24 14 38 0 0 0
Manager Argentina Diego Vásquez 3 July 1971 (aged 47) 23 November 2013–

Goalkeeper's action

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  • As of 14 March 2020
Goalkeeper Years evaluated Games Goals Per.
Argentina Jonathan Rougier 2017–present 118 112 0.949
Honduras Marlon Licona 2010–2017, 2018–present 88 99 1.125
  • As of 17 November 2019

This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2019–20 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions.

Player Team Event Caps Goals
Félix Crisanto Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 3 0
Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 2 0
Marcelo Pereira Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 1 0
Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 2 0
Emilio Izaguirre Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 2 0
Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 1 1
Kevin López Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 0 0
Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 1 0
Raúl Santos Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 0 0
Héctor Castellanos Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 1 0
Denil Maldonado Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 2 0
Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 2 0
Under-23 2019 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2 0
Under-23 2019 Pan American Games 5 1
Cristopher Meléndez Under-23 2019 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2 0
Under-23 2019 Pan American Games 1 0

All times are local CST unless stated otherwise

Preseason and friendlies

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CONCACAF Champions League

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultWLWDLWWWWWWLLWLDDDWWDLWWWWDLDWW
Position34343333211233333333333333333333

Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

  • As of 14 March 2020
Competition GP GW GD GL GF GA GD CS SG Per
League 35 20 7 8 61 36 +25 12 7 63.81%
Honduran Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%
CONCACAF League 8 3 4 1 9 4 +5 4 3 54.17%
CONCACAF Champions League 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3 0 1 16.67%
Others 8 6 0 2 32 6 +26 4 1 75.00%
Totals 53 29 12 12 103 50 +53 20 12 62.26%
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  10. ^ "Josué Villafranca revela que jugará en el Vida y no en el Real de Minas". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Motagua confirma adiós de Estigarribia". LaTribuna.hn. La Tribuna. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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