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2010–11 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura	7th
Clausura	Winners
CONCACAF Champions League	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Jerry Bengtson (15) All: Jerry Bengtson (15)
Highest home attendance	12,462
Lowest home attendance	97
Average home league attendance	3,677
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All statistics correct as of 15 May 2011.

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.

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. Nevertheless, Canales was set free from the team just after returning from the tournament. 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Also, with this achievement, Motagua qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

Players

Transfers in

Player	Contract date	Moving from
Charles Córdoba	12 May 2010	Vida
Jerry Bengtson	26 November 2010	Vida
Júnior Izaguirre	30 November 2010	Victoria
Carlos Morán	6 December 2010	Victoria
David Álvarez	7 January 2011	Hispano
Adán Ramírez	7 January 2011	Platense
Andrés Copete	21 January 2011	Olimpia
Guillermo Ramírez	25 January 2011	Municipal
Odis Borjas	–	Platense
Erick Zepeda	–	Marathón

Transfers out

Player	Released date	Moving to
Sergio Diduch	5 June 2010	Hispano
Mario Gómez	5 June 2010	Retired
Javier Portillo	1 July 2010	Vida
Ricardo Canales	2 July 2010	Victoria
Emilio Izaguirre	18 August 2010	Celtic
Mauricio Weber	19 October 2010	Retired
Shannon Welcome	28 December 2010	Hispano
Marcelo dos Santos	29 December 2010	Santo André
Guillermo Díaz	1 January 2011	Melgar
Charles Córdoba	1 January 2011	Necaxa
Luís Guzmán	1 January 2011	Necaxa
Meller Sánchez	1 January 2011	Free agent
Óscar García	1 January 2011	Necaxa
José Valladares	10 January 2011	Necaxa
Georgie Welcome	28 January 2011	Monaco

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Player name	Date of birth and age	Games played			Goals scored
				< 09/10	10/11	Total	< 09/10	10/11	Total
1	GK	Walter Flores	(1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 23)	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 16)	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF	Gustavo Alvarado	(1990-11-10)10 November 1990 (aged 19)	3	10	13	0	1	1
3	DF	Guillermo Díaz	(1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 30)	72	6	78	3	0	3
4 / 18	MF	Roger Mondragón	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 20)	0	14	14	0	1	1
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 30)	218	18	236	31	0	31
5	DF	Milton Reyes	(1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 36)	261	23	284	4	0	4
6	MF	Mauricio Weber	(1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 27)	34	4	38	3	0	3
6	MF	David Álvarez	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 24)	0	2	2	0	0	0
7	FW	Georgie Welcome	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 25)	64	12	76	23	5	28
7	MF	Guillermo Ramírez	(1978-03-26)26 March 1978 (aged 32)	0	16	16	0	3	3
8	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 24)	–	28	–	1	3	4
9	FW	Shannon Welcome	(1988-11-22)22 November 1988 (aged 21)	38	11	49	8	2	10
9	FW	Andrés Copete	(1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 26)	0	12	12	0	1	1
10	FW	Charles Córdoba	(1982-09-15)15 September 1982 (aged 27)	0	7	7	0	1	1
10	MF	Carlos Morán	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 25)	0	9	9	0	1	1
11	FW	Marcelo dos Santos	(1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 31)	28	9	37	9	1	10
12	MF	Iván Guerrero	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 32)	–	37	–	5	0	5
13	MF	Ronald Martínez	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 19)	16	2	18	1	0	1
14	DF	Luís Guzmán	(1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 29)	–	10	–	3	2	5
15	MF	Gabriel Balladares	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 18)	2	1	3	0	0	0
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 20)	24	28	52	3	2	5
17	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 16)	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF	Meller Sánchez	(1988-07-28)28 July 1988 (aged 21)	11	2	13	0	0	0
19	MF	Emilson Cruz	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 22)	9	10	19	0	0	0
20	MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 34)	–	30	–	53	7	60
21	DF	Emilio Izaguirre	(1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 24)	143	0	143	4	0	4
21	MF	Odis Borjas	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 22)	0	21	21	0	0	0
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 27)	43	32	75	0	0	0
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 29)	18	33	51	1	2	3
25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 19)	1	8	9	0	0	0
26	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 22)	35	14	49	3	0	3
27 / 11	MF	Aly Arriola	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 22)	0	13	13	0	1	1
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	(1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 23)	0	22	22	0	15	15
28	DF	Óscar García	(1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 30)	–	9	–	1	0	1
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	(1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 23)	0	20	20	0	2	2
29	MF	Alejandro Aguiluz	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 17)	6	0	6	1	0	1
30	MF	Rubén Rivera	(1987-05-18)18 May 1987 (aged 23)	–	6	–	2	0	2
31	FW	Carlos Cruz	(1990-11-02)2 November 1990 (aged 19)	6	3	9	1	0	1
32	MF	Jorge Escobar	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (aged 19)	0	5	5	0	0	0
33	MF	Esdras Padilla	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 20)	22	13	35	0	0	0
34 / 13	MF	Mario Girón	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 20)	0	11	11	0	1	1
35	FW	José Valladares	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 20)	4	1	5	2	0	2
36	MF	Javier Portillo	(1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 29)	40	8	48	0	0	0
37	GK	Eduardo Sánchez	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 22)	0	0	0	0	0	0
38 / 24	MF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 20)	0	26	26	0	0	0
42 / 41	MF	Christopher Bush	–	0	1	1	0	0	0
56	FW	Javier Norales	–	0	1	1	0	0	0
Manager		Ramón Maradiaga	(1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 55)	26 November 2009 –

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	1–1	Motagua	San Miguel, El Salvador
	Álvarez 23'	Report	26' Arriola	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

12 January 2011 Friendly	Comunicaciones	2–0	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

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

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

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

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). In the preliminary round, Motagua faced Canadians Toronto FC being eliminated after a 2–3 aggregated score.

27 July 2010 Preliminary round	Toronto FC	1–0	Motagua	Toronto, Canada
20:00 EST	Barrett 20'	Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,891 Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA) Starting XI 22 – Morales 3 – Díaz 6 – Weber  76' 7 – Welcome 8 – Claros 10 – Córdoba  46' 12 – Guerrero 16 – Leverón 20 – Guevara  46' 21 – Izaguirre 23 – Mendoza Substitutes 36 – Portillo  46' 13 – Martínez  46' 5 – Reyes  76'

3 August 2010 Preliminary round	Motagua	2–2	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) Starting XI 22 – Morales 3 – Díaz  84' 6 – Weber  65' 8 – Claros 10 – Córdoba  62' 11 – dos Santos 12 – Guerrero 16 – Leverón 20 – Guevara 21 – Izaguirre 23 – Mendoza Substitutes 9 – Welcome  62' 36 – Portillo  65' 5 – Reyes  84'

References

1. Diez.hn – Torneo Apertura arrancará el 7 de agosto Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine – 15 May 2010
2. FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup Honduras Squad List – 1 June 2010
3. DIEZ.hn – Canales: "En Motagua no fueron leales" Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine – 2 July 2010
4. LaTribuna.hn – Juan Carlos Suazo: Castigados, no separados Archived 2010-10-25 at the Wayback Machine – 20 October 2010
5. LaPrensa.hn – Grave lesión del jugador Roger Mondragón – 16 January 2011
6. IFFHS.de – The World's Best Coach of the 1st Decade (2001–2010) – 7 January 2011
7. Diez.hn – "Primitivo" Maradiaga, entre los mejores de la década Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine – 7 January 2011
8. HondurasFutbol.com – Por fin ganó Motagua en Tegucigalpa – 20 April 2011
9. RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua ficha por un año al "Comayagua" López Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine – 29 April 2011
10. Tiempo.hn – ¡Grandeza azul! – 1 May 2011
11. Diez.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011
12. Tiempo.hn – Motagua campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011
13. LaPrensa.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011
14. LaTribuna.hn – ¡Motagua campeón! – 15 May 2011
15. ElHeraldo.hn – Motagua es el nuevo campeón de Honduras Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine – 15 May 2011
16. FIFA.com – Big guns fire again in Central America – 25 May 2011
17. CONCACAF.com – Cruz Azul to open CCL Preliminary Round Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 9 June 2010
18. CONCACAF.com – A draw in Honduras pushes Toronto forward Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine – 3 August 2010

External links

• Motagua Official Website

• F.C. Motagua seasons
• Honduran football clubs 2010–11 season
• 2010–11 in Honduran football
• 21st century in Tegucigalpa