Honduran Superclásico Explained

Honduran Superclásico
Other Names:	Clásico Capitalino
City Or Region:	Tegucigalpa
Stadiums:	Estadio Nacional
First Contested:	12 March 1929
Teams Involved:	Motagua Olimpia
Most Wins:	Olimpia (99)
Top Scorer:	Velásquez (14)
Mostrecent:
Total:	267
Series:	Olimpia: 99 Drawn: 107 Motagua: 61
Largestvictory:

The Clasico Capitalino (Capital's Derby), also known as the local derby played between F.C. Motagua and C.D. Olimpia. These two teams lead the Honduran Football League as most frequent holders of the championship trophy, and their rivalry is the biggest one in the country. Olimpia wears the white uniform, with blue and red highlights. Their mascot is a lion. Olimpia is the oldest team in the league and holds the largest number of championship titles.

Motagua wears a navy blue uniform. It is nearly as old a team as Olimpia. Motagua’s mascot is an eagle and has the second largest number of championship titles.

The rivalry is so big that in 1949 Carlos Valladares' uniform was burned on the field because he left Motagua to play with Olimpia. The first ever recorded Superclásico was a friendly played on 12 March 1929, when Motagua prevailed 2–1. The first official match was played on 8 August 1965, with Olimpia winning 3–0.

All stats accurate as of match played 6 November 2022.

The Finals

Motagua and Olimpia had faced in nine finals since the beginning of the professional league in 1965–66, 7 won by Motagua and 2 by Olimpia. The extra game played in 1970–71 for the title is not technically a final.

width=100	Season !	width=150	Winners !	width=100	Agg. score !	width=150	Runners-up
	align=right		1–0	align=left	C.D. Olimpia
	align=right		0–0 (6–5 pen.)	align=left	C.D. Olimpia
	align=right		2–2 (3–2 pen.)	align=left	C.D. Olimpia
	align=right		4–2	align=left	C.D. Olimpia
	align=right		3–2	align=left	F.C. Motagua
	align=right		5–3	align=left	C.D. Olimpia
	align=right		2–1	align=left	F.C. Motagua
	align=right		2–1	align=left	C.D. Olimpia
	align=right		3–2	align=left	C.D. Olimpia

Historic matches

Largest victories

Head to Head

This is a list of head to head encounters in every different stages.^[1]

MW = Motagua's win | OW = Olimpia's win | D = Drawn | MG = Motagua's goals | OG = Olimpia's goals

Professional era
width=200	By stage !	width=40	MW !	width=40	OW !	width=40	D !	width=40	MG !	width=40	OG
align=left	Regular season	41	75	75	150	206
align=left	Hexagonales	0	1	1	2	3
align=left	Pentagonales	3	8	7	10	21
align=left	Cuadrangulares	1	2	2	5	6
align=left	Semi-finals	9	10	9	28	30
align=left	Playoff Finals	1	1	2	3	5
align=left	Finals	6	9	3	20	15
align=left	Extra matches	1	1	1	2	3
Totals	61	107	99	221	290
Amateur era
align=left	Played from 1947–1964	10	6	15	43	50
International competitions
align=left	UNCAF / CONCACAF	1	2	2	2	4
Grand totals
All competitions	72	115	116	266	344

Common results

Result	Score	Times
	Tie	0–0	49
	Tie	1–1	49
	Olimpia's win	1–0	36
	Motagua's win	1–0	27
	Olimpia's win	2–1	25
	Motagua's win	2–1	17
	Olimpia's win	2–0	16
	Motagua's win	2–0	9
	Olimpia's win	3–1	9
	Tie	2–2	7
	Olimpia's win	4–1	5
	Motagua's win	3–1	4
	Olimpia's win	3–0	3
	Tie	3–3	2
	Olimpia's win	3–2	2
	Motagua's win	3–2	2
	Olimpia's win	4–0	2
	Olimpia's win	5–4	1
	Motagua's win	4–2	1
	Motagua's win	4–1	1
Total		267

Series won by club

• Won by Olimpia: 37
  • 1965–66, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00 A, 2000–01 C, 2002–03 A, 2003–04 A, 2004–05 A, 2004–05 C, 2005–06 A, 2008–09 C, 2009–10 A, 2010–11 A, 2011–12 A, 2012–13 A, 2012–13 C, 2013–14 C, 2014–15 C, 2015–16 C, 2017–18 C, 2018–19 A, 2019–20 A, 2020–21 A, 2020–21 C.
• Won by Motagua: 21
  • 1968–69, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1999–00 C, 2001–02 A, 2001–02 C, 2002–03 C, 2007–08 A, 2008–09 A, 2009–10 C, 2010–11 C, 2014–15 A, 2015–16 A, 2018–19 C, 2019–20 C, 2021–22 A.
• Series tied: 21
  • 1967–68, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1997–98 A, 1997–98 C, 2000–01 A, 2003–04 C, 2005–06 C, 2006–07 A, 2006–07 C, 2007–08 C, 2013–14 A, 2016–17 A, 2016–17 C, 2017–18 A, 2021–22 C.

Players

All-time top scorers

List of top scorers for both clubs.^[2]

Player	Played for	Goals
		14
		11
	Motagua / Olimpia	10
	Motagua	9
	Olimpia	8
	Olimpia	8
	Olimpia	8
	Olimpia	7
	Motagua / Olimpia	7
	Olimpia	7
	Motagua	7
	Olimpia	6
	Olimpia	6
	Olimpia	6
	Olimpia	6
	Olimpia	6
	Motagua	5
	Motagua	5
	Motagua	5
	Motagua	5
	Motagua	5

Currently active scorers

This is a list of those active players who have scored against one or both teams.

Motagua

Roberto Moreira 7

Marcelo Pereira 3

Eddie Hernández 2, (he also scored 2 goals for Olimpia)

Walter Martínez 2

Óscar García 1

Josué Villafranca 1

Cristopher Meléndez 1

Juan Delgado 1

Mauro Ortiz 1

Olimpia

Jerry Bengtson 7, (he also scored 4 goals for Motagua)

Justin Arboleda 3

Michaell Chirinos 4

Éver Alvarado 1

Matías Garrido 1

Diego Reyes 1

José García 1

José Pinto 1

Brayan Velásquez 1

Gabriel Araújo 1

Jorge Álvarez 1

Players that played for both teams

List of players who switched from one club to the other:^{[3] [4]}

Player	Playing for Motagua	Playing for Olimpia
	missing	missing
	missing	missing
	missing	missing
	1973–74	1971–72
	1976–77	1974–76
	1978	1975–77
	1976–77, 1979–81	1978–79, 1981–82
	1980	1974–76
	1980–81	1979–80
	1981	1980
	1988–89	1986–87, 1991–94
	1989–92	1986–89
	1990s	1980s
	1991–92	1987–89
	1990–91	1988–89
	1991–92	1987–91
	1994–2000, 2007–08, 2010–13	1992–93
	1995–97	1991–95, 1997–2002
	1992–94	1996–97
	1997–98	1992–96, 1998–2001
	1991–1997	1998–2000
	2001, 2007	2000
	1999–2000	2001–02
	2001–02	2001
	2002	1999–2001
	1996–2002	2002–03
	1997–2002, 2004–06	2002–03
	2002–03	1999–2001
	2002–05	missing
	2004–05	2001
	2001	2005–06, 2007–11
	2005–06	2001–02, 2003–04
	1997–2000, 2002–05, 2006–08	2005–06
	2005–06	2000–01, 2003–05
	2005–06	2001–05, 2006, 2007–08
	2005–07	2002–03
	1997–2005	2005–16
	2006	1994–2005
	2003–04	2006
	2006–09	2001–02, 2009–12
	2007–09	2006
	2002–04	2007–08
	2001–02, 2005	2007
	2007–08	2004–07
	2008–09	2005–08
	2000–01	2008–09
	2008–09	2002–08
	2008–09	1999–2008, 2009–15
	2003–05, 2007–08	2009
	2009–12	2006–09
	2004–08	2009
	2006–09, 2012–13	2009–10
	2011	2010
	2011–12	2001
	2011–15, 2016–2018	2006–08, 2009
	2009–10	2011–15, 2020–22
	2002–05, 2012–13	2013–14
	2013–14	2010–12
	2014–17	2007–10, 2012–13
	2015–2020	2010–11, 2012–14
	2015–16	2010–12, 2013–15
	2012–15	2016
	2016	2008–17
	2016	2017
	2014–16, 2018	2018–
	2018	2015–17
	2010–12	2018–
	2013–18	2018–2021
	2019	2012–18
	2012–15, 2016–19	2019–2021
	2009–13	2019–2021
	2013–17, 2022–	2019–2022
	2021–	2009–11
	2021	2014–17, 2018–20
	2018–19	2022–
	2013–21	2022–
	2014–22	2023–
	2023–	2013–19
	2018–22	2023–

Players who scored for both sides

Only nine players have scored goals in this derby wearing both kits.^[5]

• José Januario
• Denilson Costa
• Álvaro Izquierdo
• Marlon Hernández
• José Romero
• Gustavo Fuentes
• Javier Estupiñán
• Jerry Bengtson
• Eddie Hernández

Coaches

Ramón Maradiaga has coached 44 matches against Olimpia winning 15, drawing 14 and losing 15.

Notes and References

1. http://www.tiempo.hn/cronometromundialista/index.php/la-liga/5203-ardera-el-nacional.html TIEMPO.hn - "Arderá" el Nacional
2. http://radiohouse.hn/los-romperredes-del-clasico/ RadioHouse.hn – Los “romperredes” del Clásico
3. Web site: Los "Judas" del Clásico Hondureño. RadioHouse.hn. Radio House. 22 January 2016.
4. Web site: ¿Traición? Los 65 futbolistas que vistieron las camisetas de Olimpia y Motagua. Diez.hn. Diario Diez. 17 January 2018.
5. Web site: Estupiñán séptimo en anotar con ambos clubes en el clásico capitalino. DiarioMas.hn. La Tribuna. 5 February 2018.