1997–98 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
1997–98 season
Chairman	Eduardo Atala
Manager	Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura	Winners
Clausura	Winners
Cup	Runners-up
Grandes de Centroamérica	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

The 1997–98 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two halves, Apertura and Clausura. Motagua was capable to win both tournaments, having achieved the first bi-championship in their history.^[1]

Apertura

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	ARG	Diego Vásquez
–	GK	HON	Hugo Caballero
–	GK	HON	Noel Valladares
–	DF	HON	Hernaín Arzú
–	DF	HON	Reynaldo Clavasquín
–	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
–	DF	HON	Elmer Montoya
–	DF	HON	Júnior Izaguirre
–	DF	HON	Ninrrol Medina
–	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
–	DF	HON	José Romero
–	MF	HON	Mario Chirinos
–	MF	HON	Juan Coello
–	MF	HON	Amado Guevara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	HON	Luis Guifarro
–	MF	COL	Carlos Bacca
–	MF	ARG	Ariel Leyes
–	MF	HON	Óscar Lagos
–	MF	HON	Juan Raudales
–	MF	HON	Níguel Zúniga
–	MF	HON	German Rodríguez
–	FW	HON	Presley Carson
–	FW	HON	Marlon Hernández
–	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
–	FW	COL	Roberto Asprilla
–	FW	HON	Francisco Ramírez
–	FW	BRA	Ottavio Santana

Source:^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense^[a]	20	12	2	6	42	26	+16	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	20	10	7	3	23	17	+6	37
3	Olimpia	20	9	9	2	33	21	+12	36
4	Marathón	20	8	8	4	30	24	+6	32
5	Real España	20	8	8	4	30	26	+4	32

Source:
Notes:

^ Platense 1997 Honduran Cup champions as regular season winner.

Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W
Position	4	4	5	8	6	4	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Regular season

24 August 1997 Round 1	Motagua	1–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Coello			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

31 August 1997 Round 2	Motagua	0–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 September 1997 Round 3	Motagua	1–1	Universidad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Hernández		Lagos	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

14 September 1997 Round 4	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

23 September 1997 Round 5	Motagua	2–1	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Hernández			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

4 October 1997 Round 6	Palestino	3–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)			Asprilla Guevara Guifarro Carson	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

12 October 1997 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

19 October 1997 Round 8	Olimpia	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			88' Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 October 1997 Round 9	Real España	0–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)			Carson Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

26 October 1997 Round 10	Independiente Villela	1–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06)			Clavasquín	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

9 November 1997 Round 11	Vida	0–1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06)			Clavasquín	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

15 November 1997 Round 12	Victoria	2–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06)			Hernández Coello Martínez	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

23 November 1997 Round 13	Universidad	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
			Carson	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 December 1997 Round 14	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Arzú			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 December 1997 Round 15	Real Maya	0–0	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

30 December 1997 Round 16	Motagua	1–1	Palestino	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Carson			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

10 January 1998 Round 17	Marathón	0–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)			Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

18 January 1998 Round 18	Motagua	0–3	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 February 1998 Round 19	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06)	Coello			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 February 1998 Round 20	Motagua	2–1	Independiente Villela	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Leyes Lagos			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Hexagonal

7 March 1998 1st leg	Real España	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

18 March 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Martínez 85'		Cabrera 80'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua 1–1 Real España on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season record.

Semifinals

23 March 1998 1st leg	Olimpia	1–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Costa		Guevara Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

4 April 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season record.

Final

15 April 1998 1st leg	Real España	0–3	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)			Ramírez 21' Lagos 55' Guevara 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

18 April 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Ramírez 20' Guevara 32'		Morales 26'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.

Clausura

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	ARG	Diego Vásquez
–	GK	HON	Hugo Caballero
–	GK	HON	Noel Valladares
–	DF	HON	Hernaín Arzú
–	DF	HON	Reynaldo Clavasquín
–	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
–	DF	HON	Elmer Montoya
–	DF	HON	Júnior Izaguirre
–	DF	HON	Ninrrol Medina
–	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
–	DF	HON	José Romero
–	MF	HON	Mario Chirinos


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	HON	Juan Coello
–	MF	HON	Amado Guevara
–	MF	HON	Luis Guifarro
–	MF	ARG	Ariel Leyes
–	MF	HON	Óscar Lagos
–	MF	HON	Juan Raudales
–	MF	HON	German Rodríguez
–	FW	HON	Presley Carson
–	FW	HON	Marlon Hernández
–	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
–	FW	HON	Francisco Ramírez

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	20	13	7	0	46	15	+31	46	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	20	14	4	2	39	15	+24	46
3	Platense	20	8	8	4	36	30	+6	32
4	Marathón	20	7	9	4	29	28	+1	30
5	Real Maya	20	8	4	8	26	27	−1	28

Source:

Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

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

Regular season

26 April 1998 Round 1	Motagua	2–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

3 May 1998 Round 2	Motagua	1–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Martínez			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 May 1998 Round 3	Motagua	2–1	Universidad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

17 May 1998 Round 4	Platense	3–2	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

7 June 1998 Round 5	Motagua	1–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Martínez 88'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

10 June 1998 Round 6	Real España	2–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

14 June 1998 Round 7	Olimpia	2–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

21 June 1998 Round 8	Independiente Villela	3–3	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Marco Urbina

24 June 1998 Round 9	Motagua	2–0	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

28 June 1998 Round 10	Palestino	0–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

5 July 1998 Round 11	Vida	1–2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

15 July 1998 Round 12	Victoria	0–0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

30 July 1998 Round 13	Universidad	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

2 August 1998 Round 14	Motagua	3–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

8 August 1998 Round 15	Real Maya	0–1	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06)			Guevara	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

13 August 1998 Round 16	Motagua	4–1	Palestino	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
18:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 August 1998 Round 17	Marathón	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

26 August 1998 Round 18	Motagua	2–0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Hernández Guevara			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Marcio Carranza

30 August 1998 Round 19	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Martínez			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Arturo Tábora

6 September 1998 Round 20	Motagua	6–1	Independiente Villela	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Hexagonal

20 September 1998 1st leg	Real Maya	1–4	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

27 September 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	1–1	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

4 October 1998 1st round	Platense	3–3	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

11 October 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	2–1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

18 October 1998 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

25 October 1998 2nd leg	Olimpia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Clavasquín 117'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 1–0 on aggregate.

1997–98 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica

Matches

Honduran qualifying

17 September 1997 Week 1	Motagua	1–1	Real España
	Asprilla		Hernández

8 October 1997 Week 3	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
19:30			55' Velásquez	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Nelson Cálix Starting XI Vásquez Medina Clavasquín Arzú Hernández Guevara Coello Hernández Santana Asprilla Martínez Substitutes Raudales Carson Guifarro

Preliminary round

29 October 1997 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	Comunicaciones	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 November 1997 2nd leg	Comunicaciones	0–0 (3–4 p)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Comunicaciones 0–0 Motagua on aggregate score; Motagua won 4–3 on penalty shootouts.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa	6	2	3	1	6	3	+3	11^[a]	Qualified to Semifinals
2	Real España	5	2	3	0	2	0	+2	11^[b]	Qualified to Semifinals
3	Aurora	5	0	3	2	2	6	−4	5^[c]
4	Motagua	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Source:
Notes:

^ Saprissa two (+2) points added
^ Real España two (+2) points added
^ Aurora two (+2) points added

29 October 1997 Round 1	Motagua	n/p	Aurora	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

6 November 1997 Round 2	Motagua	n/p	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

12 November 1997 Round 3	Motagua	1–1 (3–4 p)	Saprissa	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

20 November 1997 Round 4	Aurora	1–1 (4–2 p)	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio del Ejército

29 November 1997 Round 5	Real España	0–0 (5–4 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

11 December 1997 Round 6	Saprissa	1–0	Motagua	San José, Costa Rica
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

References

^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 1997/98 Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine – 2009-12-11
^ National-football-teams.com – Club – Motagua Tegucigalpa

External links

Motagua Official Website

[table_note_PLA0.1706370726091-3] Platense 1997 Honduran Cup champions as regular season winner.

[table_hth_SAP0.94735708038665-4] Saprissa two (+2) points added

[table_hth_RES0.94735708038665-5] Real España two (+2) points added

[table_hth_AUR0.94735708038665-6] Aurora two (+2) points added

[1] RSSSF.com – Honduras 1997/98 Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine – 2009-12-11

[2] National-football-teams.com – Club – Motagua Tegucigalpa

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