1968–69 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua

1968–69 season

Chairman

Pedro Atala Simón

Manager

Juan Colecchio

League

Winner

Cup

Winner

Top goalscorer

Abrussezze (16)

Home colours

← 1967–68

1969–70 →

All statistics correct as of 25 September 2011.

The 1968–69 C.D. Motagua season was C.D. Motagua's 4th season in the Honduran Liga Nacional and the 18th overall. Motagua was able to achieve both domestic League and Cup, thus becoming the first Honduran club to win a double.

League

Main article: 1968–69 Honduran Liga Nacional

After three season of poor performance, the club strengthened its squad with well talented Brazilian players, one of them being Roberto Abrussezze who finished top goal-scorer at the end of the season. On 9 March 1969, Motagua secured its first ever professional national championship in the 1–1 draw against all-time archrivals C.D. Olimpia; that result made them unreachable in the standings.^[1]

Squad

All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Salvador Dubois	–	–	0
2	DF	Lenard Welch	–	–	–
3	DF	Marco Banegas	–	–	–
4	DF	Elio Banegas	–	–	–
5	DF	Roberto Jerez	–	–	–
6	FW	Roberto Abruzzesse	(1948-03-29)29 March 1948 (aged 20)	–	–
7	FW	Geraldo Baptista	–	–	–
8	MF	Pedro Colón	–	–	–
9	–	Fermín Navarro	–	–	–
10	FW	Óscar Hernández	–	–	–
11	DF	Nelson Benavídez	–	–	–
12	–	Julio Meza	–	–	–
13	DF	Alfonso Navarro	–	–	–
14	–	Yaponá de Souza	–	0	0
15	FW	Pedro da Silva	–	0	0
16	–	Jesús Castillo	–	–	–
17	MF	Rubén Guifarro	–	–	–
18	FW	Mario Artica	–	0	0
19	–	Rino Fanconi	–	–	–
20	–	Mariano Godoy	–	–	–
21	–	Juan Ramos	–	–	–
22	–	Marco González	–	–	–
23	–	Linauro di Paula	–	0	0

Transfer in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
7	FW	Geraldo Baptista	–
14	–	Yaponá de Souza	–
15	FW	Pedro da Silva	–
18	FW	Mario Artica	none
23	FW	Linauro di Paula	–

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua	27	17	5	5	45	23	+22	39	Champions
2	Olimpia	27	14	8	5	45	20	+25	36
3	Platense	27	15	6	6	40	21	+19	36

Matches

Regular season

Some matches missing, will include when available.

7 April 1968 Round 1	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Abrussezze			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 May 1968 Round 7	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Cárcamo ?' (o.g.)			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

16 June 1968 Round ?	Motagua	1–1	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 August 1968 Round ?	Marathón	2–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
CST				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

18 August 1968 Round ?	Victoria	0–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

8 September 1968 Round 16	Olimpia	0–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST			Hernández Abrussezze	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

9 March 1969 Round ?	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Abrussezze		Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 March 1969 Round ?	Motagua	0–1	Honduras	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round ?	Motagua	3–2	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round ?	Motagua	0–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round ?	Platense	0–4	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
CST				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Cup

Main article: 1968 Honduran Cup

The 1968 Honduran Cup was the first knock-out tournament played in Honduran football, Motagua were seeded in Group A along Atlético Indio, C.D. Atlético Español, C.D. Olimpia and C.D. Victoria from which they advanced to the semifinals; once there, they faced Atlético Indio who defeated 1–0. On 8 December 1968, Motagua captured its first official cup by overcoming C.D. España 4–3 in the final match at Estadio Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula.

Matches

Semifinal

December 1968 Semifinal	Motagua	1 – 0	Atlético Indio
(UTC−06:00)

Motagua won 1–0.

Final

8 December 1968 Final	España	3 – 4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)	Greeneech Marshall Hidalgo		Baptista da Silva Artica Banegas	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

Motagua won 4–3.

References

↑ Motagua.com – Historia – Parte 1 – 19 February 2008

External links

Motagua Official Website

C.D. Motagua

Founded in 1928 Based in Tegucigalpa

Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Reserve team	Águilas del Motagua

Players	Motagua players

Rivalries	Honduran Superclásico Motagua–Real España football rivalry Clásico de las M's

Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Others	Copa Ciclón

Honors (23)

Liga Nacional (13)	1968–69 1970–71 1973–74 1978–79 1991–92 1997–98 A 1997–98 C 1999–00 A 1999–00 C 2001–02 A 2006–07 A 2010–11 C 2014–15 A

Honduran Cup (1)	1968

Honduran Supercup (1)	1999

Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1)	2007

Amateur League (2)	1948 1950–51

Francisco Morazán Championship (5)	1947 1948 1950 1951 1954

Website: www.motagua.com

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