2006–07 C.D. Motagua season explained

Club:Motagua
Season:2006–07
Manager:Ramón Maradiaga
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Pedro Atala
Chrtitle:Chairman
League:Apertura
League Result:Champion
League2:Clausura
League2 Result:4th
League Topscorer:Santana (14)
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Prevseason:2005–06
Nextseason:2007–08

The 2006–07 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. F.C. Motagua was able to win its 11th title in the Apertura tournament, giving them the chance to qualify to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.

Apertura

After having achieved 31 points in 18 rounds, F.C. Motagua qualified to the Final round in which it faced Hispano F.C. With a 6–1 score on aggregate in favor, they advanced to the Final against city archrival Club Deportivo Olimpia. The "whites" moved their home match to San Pedro Sula, believing they would benefit from the fact that this city has very few Motagua fans; despite that, Motagua displayed one of the best games of the season with a 3–1 final score, and so ensured their eleventh national championship.[1]

Squad

No. Pos. Player DoB Caps Goals
1 GK August 13, 2006 0
3 DF August 13, 2006
9 FW August 13, 2006
10 FW August 13, 2006 0 0
11 FW August 13, 2006
12 MF August 13, 2006
14 DF Luis Guzmán August 13, 2006
21 MF August 13, 2006
23 FW August 13, 2006
24 DF August 13, 2006
30 DF August 13, 2006
32 MF August 13, 2006
MF August 13, 2006
MF August 13, 2006 0

Matches

Semifinals

Final

Clausura

With the title in their possession, F.C. Motagua were looking to repeat this performance for the Clausura tournament; in the Regular season, they exhibited a very irregular performance, but still made it to the Semifinals where they lost to Real C.D. España on 5 May 2007 1–4 on aggregate. Only one week later, Edy Vasquez, a permanent player in the Motagua's line-ups, died following a car crash in Tegucigalpa at the age of 23.[2]

Matches

Semifinals

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.terra.com/deportes/articulo/html/fox341712.htm Terra.com–3–1. El Motagua gana el Campeonato de Apertura al vencer al Olimpia
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080104082204/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=666976.html FIFA.com–Gone but not forgotten