2010–11 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
2010–11 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura	7th
Clausura	Champion
CONCACAF Champions League	Eliminated in the 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
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →
	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.^[1]

Apertura

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.^[2] Nevertheless, Canales was set free from the team just after returning from the tournament.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.

Squad

All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Walter Flores	(1987-01-22)22 January 1987 (aged 23)	0	0
2	MF	Gustavo Alvarado	(1990-11-10)10 November 1990 (aged 19)	3	0
3	DF	Guillermo Díaz	(1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 30)	72	3
4	MF	Roger Mondragón	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 20)	0	0
5	DF	Milton Reyes	(1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 36)	–	4
6	MF	Mauricio Weber	(1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 27)	34	3
7	FW	Georgie Welcome	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 25)	64	23
8	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 24)	–	1
9	FW	Shannon Welcome	(1988-11-22)22 November 1988 (aged 21)	38	8
10	FW	Charles Córdoba	(1982-09-15)15 September 1982 (aged 27)	0	0
11	FW	Marcelo dos Santos	(1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 31)	28	9
12	MF	Iván Guerrero	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 32)	–	5
13	MF	Ronald Martínez	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 20)	16	1
14	DF	Luis Guzmán	(1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 29)	–	3
15	MF	Gabriel Balladares	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 18)	2	0
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 20)	24	3
17	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 16)	2	0
18	MF	Meller Sánchez	(1988-07-28)28 July 1988 (aged 22)	11	0
19	MF	Emilson Cruz	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 22)	9	0
20	MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 34)	–	53
21	DF	Emilio Izaguirre (Sold Aug 2010 to Celtic F.C.)	(1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 24)	143	4
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 27)	43	0
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 29)	18	1
25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 19)	1	0
26	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 22)	35	3
27	MF	Aly Arriola	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 22)	0	0
28	DF	Samir García	(1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 30)	–	1
29	MF	Alejandro Aguiluz	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 17)	6	1
30	MF	Rubén Rivera	(1987-05-18)18 May 1987 (aged 23)	–	2
31	FW	Carlos Cruz	(1990-11-02)2 November 1990 (aged 19)	6	1
32	MF	Jorge Escobar	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (aged 19)	0	0
33	MF	Esdras Padilla	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 20)	22	0
34	MF	Mario Girón	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 20)	0	0
35	FW	José Valladares	(1989-07-16)16 July 1989 (aged 21)	4	2
36	MF	Javier Portillo	(1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 29)	40	0
37	GK	Eduardo Sánchez	(1987-09-23)23 September 1987 (aged 22)	0	0
38	MF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 20)	0	0
41	MF	Christopher Bush	–	0	0
56	FW	Javier Norales	–	0	0

Transfer in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
10	FW	Charles Córdoba	Vida

Transfer out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to
1	GK	Ricardo Canales	Victoria^[5]
10	FW	Sergio Diduch	Hispano
21	DF	Emilio Izaguirre	Celtic^[6]
27	DF	Mario Gómez	Free agent

Squad stats

Note: these stats include league games only.
As of 19 November 2010.

No.	Player	App.
2	Alvarado	9	1	2	0
3	Díaz	6	0	1	0
4	Mondragón	13	1	2	0
5	Reyes	10	0	4	1
6	Weber	4	0	0	0
7	G. Welcome	12	5	1	0
8	Claros	13	2	6	1
9	S. Welcome	11	2	0	0
10	Córdoba	7	1	3	0
11	dos Santos	9	1	0	0
12	Guerrero	15	0	1	0
13	Martínez	2	0	0	0
14	Guzmán	10	2	1	0
15	Balladares	1	0	0	0
16	Leverón	12	1	2	0
18	Sánchez	2	0	0	0
19	Cruz	6	0	2	0
20	Guevara	10	2	1	1
22	Morales	11	0	0	0
23	Mendoza	13	0	2	1
25	Licona	7	0	0	0
26	Molina	13	0	3	1
27	Arriola	7	1	0	0
28	García	9	0	2	0
30	Rivera	6	0	0	0
31	Cruz	3	0	1	0
32	Escobar	2	0	0	0
33	Padilla	5	0	0	0
34	Girón	3	0	0	0
35	Valladares	1	0	0	0
36	Portillo	8	0	1	1
38	Elvir	6	0	0	0
41	Bush	1	0	0	0
56	Norales	1	0	0	0

Standings

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Matches

Results by round

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Pre-season

1 August 2010 Friendly	Hispano	2 – 1	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Flores 60' Angulo 86'	Report	dos Santos 27'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

Regular season

8 August 2010 Round 1	Necaxa	3 – 0	Motagua	Danlí, El Paraíso
14:30 (UTC−06:00)	Licona 25' 39' Navas 44'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Oscar Moncada

15 August 2010 Round 2	Motagua	2 – 2	Hispano	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Hill 65' (o.g.) dos Santos 90+4'	Report	Genovese 34' Cacho 42'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Oscar Hernández

22 August 2010 Round 3	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06:00)	Diamond 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 3,808 Referee: José Molina

29 August 2010 Round 4	Motagua	1 – 0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Córdoba 45+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Mario Moncada

5 September 2010 Round 5	Olimpia	1 – 1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bruschi 67'	Report	Welcome 76'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,193 Referee: Benigno Pineda

11 September 2010 Round 6	Vida	2 – 2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Ruiz 12' Lozano 86'	Report	Welcome 66' Mondragón 88'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 3,337 Referee: Geovany Mendoza

19 September 2010 Round 7	Motagua	1 – 1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Welcome 52'	Report	Martínez 67'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,461 Referee: Armando Castro

29 September 2010 Round 8	Victoria	2 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
20:00 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez 1' Mena 44'	Report	Welcome 38'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 1,225 Referee: José Molina

3 October 2010 Round 9	Deportes Savio	2 – 2	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
14:00 (UTC−06:00)	Solórzano 10' Costa 65'	Report	Claros 43' 86'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 1,264 Referee: Geovani Mendoza

10 October 2010 Round 10	Motagua	1 – 0	Necaxa	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,870 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

17 October 2010 Round 11	Hispano	2 – 0	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Flores 44' 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 2,213 Referee: Erick Andino

24 October 2010 Round 12	Motagua	3 – 2	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Norales 34' (o.g.) Guevara 45' Guzmán 79'	Report	Flores 26' Palacios 90'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 474 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

27 October 2010 Round 13	Platense	2 – 1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Pereira 28' Róches 49'	Report	Welcome 34'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Miguel Torres

31 October 2010 Round 14	Motagua	1 – 2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Arriola 13'	Report	Rojas 15' Días 65'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 8,269 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

4 November 2010 Round 15	Motagua	0 – 2	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Bengtson 10' (pen.) 87'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 97 Referee: Benigno Pineda

7 November 2010 Round 16	Real España	1 – 1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Mattoso 51'	Report	Welcome 45'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 897 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

14 November 2010 Round 17	Motagua	3 – 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Alvarado 1' Welcome 65' Guzmán 70'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 394 Referee: Giovanni Mendoza

19 November 2010 Round 18	Motagua	1 – 0	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Leverón 35' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: Not reported Referee: Manuel Zelaya

Clausura

The Clausura tournament for 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^[7]

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.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

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, C.D. 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.^[12]

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.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] Also, with this achievement, Motagua qualified to the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League.

Squad

All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 16)	0	0
2	MF	Gustavo Alvarado	(1990-11-10)10 November 1990 (aged 20)	12	1
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 31)	–	31
5	DF	Milton Reyes	(1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 36)	–	4
6	MF	David Álvarez	(1985-12-05)5 December 1985 (aged 25)	0	0
7	MF	Guillermo Ramírez	(1978-03-26)26 March 1978 (aged 32)	0	0
8	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 25)	–	4
9	FW	Mauricio Copete	(1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 27)	0	0
10	MF	Carlos Morán	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 26)	0	0
11	MF	Aly Arriola	(1987-09-22)22 September 1987 (aged 23)	7	1
12	MF	Iván Guerrero	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 33)	–	5
13	MF	Mario Girón	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 20)	3	0
15	MF	Gabriel Balladares	(1991-12-14)14 December 1991 (aged 19)	3	0
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 20)	36	4
17	MF	Ramón Amador	(1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 16)	2	0
18	MF	Roger Mondragón	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 21)	13	1
19	MF	Emilson Cruz	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 23)	15	0
20	MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 34)	–	55
21	MF	Odis Borjas	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 23)	0	0
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 28)	54	0
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 29)	31	1
24	MF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 21)	6	0
25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 19)	8	0
26	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 22)	48	3
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	(1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 23)	0	0
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	(1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 24)	0	0
29	MF	Alejandro Aguiluz	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 18)	6	1
31	FW	Carlos Cruz	(1990-11-02)2 November 1990 (aged 20)	9	1
32	MF	Jorge Escobar	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (aged 19)	2	0
33	MF	Esdras Padilla	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 21)	27	0
37	GK	Eduardo Sánchez	(1987-09-23)23 September 1987 (aged 23)	0	0
41	MF	Christopher Bush	–	1	0
56	FW	Javier Norales	–	1	0
–	MF	Erick Zepeda	(1990-06-20)20 June 1990 (aged 20)	0	0

Transfer in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	Victoria^[19]
6	MF	David Álvarez	Marathón
7	MF	Guillermo Ramírez	Municipal^[20]
9	FW	Mauricio Copete	Olimpia^[21]
10	MF	Carlos Morán	Victoria^[22]
21	MF	Odis Borjas	Platense
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	Vida
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	Platense^[23]
–	MF	Erick Zepeda	Marathón

Transfer out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to
3	DF	Guillermo Díaz	Melgar^[24]
6	MF	Mauricio Weber	Free agent
7	FW	Georgie Welcome	AS Monaco^[25]
9	FW	Shannon Welcome	Hispano^[26]
10	FW	Charles Córdoba	Necaxa^[27]
11	FW	Marcelo dos Santos	Santo André
13	MF	Ronald Martínez	Free agent
14	MF	Luis Guzmán	Necaxa^[28]
18	MF	Meller Sánchez	Free agent
28	DF	Samir García	Free agent
30	MF	Rubén Rivera	Free agent
35	FW	José Valladares	Necaxa^[29]
36	MF	Javier Portillo	Vida^[30]

Squad stats

Note: these stats include league games only.
As of 15 May 2011

No.	Player	App.
2	Alvarado	1	0	0	0
4	Izaguirre	18	0	3	0
5	Reyes	13	0	3	0
6	Álvarez	2	0	0	0
7	G. Ramírez	16	3	4	0
8	Claros	15	1	6	2
9	Copete	12	1	1	0
10	Morán	9	1	0	0
11	Arriola	6	0	0	0
12	Guerrero	22	0	1	0
13	Girón	8	1	1	0
16	Leverón	16	1	3	0
18	Mondragón	1	0	0	0
19	E. Cruz	4	0	0	0
20	Guevara	20	5	5	1
21	Borjas	21	0	4	0
22	Morales	21	0	0	0
23	Mendoza	20	2	6	0
24	Elvir	20	0	0	0
25	Licona	1	0	0	0
26	Molina	1	0	0	0
27	Bengtson	22	15	4	0
28	A. Ramírez	20	2	1	0
32	Escobar	3	0	0	0
33	Padilla	8	0	1	0

Standings

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Matches

Results by round

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Pre-season

19 December 2010 Friendly	Hispano	0 – 1	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
(UTC−06:00)		Report	Arriola 56'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

8 January 2011 Friendly	Águila	1 – 1	Motagua	San Miguel, El Salvador
(UTC−06:00)	Álvarez 23'	Report	Arriola 26'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Francisco Barraza

12 January 2011 Friendly	Comunicaciones	2 – 0	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Márquez 65' (pen.) Discua 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso

Regular season

16 January 2011 Round 1	Motagua	1 – 1	Necaxa	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara 23'	Report	Córdoba 31'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,039 Referee: Ronald Hernández

23 January 2011 Round 2	Hispano	0 – 0	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 4,234 Referee: Raúl Castro

30 January 2011 Round 3	Motagua	1 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 8'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,639 Referee: Benigno Pineda

2 February 2011 Round 4	Platense	1 – 3	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Rivera 24'	Report	A. Ramírez 31' G. Ramírez 72' Bengtson 76'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,427 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

6 February 2011 Round 5	Motagua	2 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Mattoso 6' (o.g.) Bengtson 34'	Report	López 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 9,366 Referee: Benigno Pineda

13 February 2011 Round 6	Motagua	2 – 0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 26' 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,702 Referee: Raúl Castro

19 February 2011 Round 7	Real España	2 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Valladares 72' Rodas 76'	Report	Bengtson 88'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 2,799 Referee: Benigno Pineda

27 February 2011 Round 8	Motagua	0 – 2	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Zelaya 26' Arzú 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,582 Referee: Raúl Castro

2 March 2011 Round 9	Deportes Savio	3 – 3	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
17:30 (UTC−06:00)	López 23' Costa 46' 66' (pen.)	Report	Bengtson 53' Ramírez 57' Morán 60'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 2,109 Referee: Ronald Hernández

6 March 2011 Round 10	Necaxa	0 – 1	Motagua	Danlí, El Paraíso
14:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Claros 66'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Armando Castro

13 March 2011 Round 11	Motagua	0 – 0	Hispano	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,926 Referee: Erick Andino

20 March 2011 Round 12	Marathón	0 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Guevara 83'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Armando Castro

23 March 2011 Round 13	Motagua	1 – 1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 13'	Report	Hernández 85'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Ronald Hernández

26 March 2011 Round 14	Vida	0 – 0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 4,075 Referee: Raúl Castro

3 April 2011 Round 15	Olimpia	1 – 1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Turcios 90'	Report	Leverón 84'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 11,095 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

10 April 2011 Round 16	Motagua	2 – 3	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 16' Mendoza 40'	Report	J. Rodríguez 66' 89' D. Rodríguez 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,710 Referee: José Molina

17 April 2011 Round 17	Victoria	1 – 2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:30 (UTC−06:00)	Crisanto 57'	Report	Mendoza 73' Girón 85'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 785 Referee: Miguel Torres

20 April 2011 Round 18	Motagua	4 – 1	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:30 (UTC−06:00)	Ramírez 12' Guevara 32' Bengtson 48' 71'	Report	Patiño 6'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 111 Referee: Ronald Hernández

Semifinals

27 April 2011 1st leg	Vida	1 – 0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Altamirano 78'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 6,067 Referee: Miguel Torres

30 April 2011 2nd leg	Motagua	3 – 2	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 41' (pen.) Ramírez 80' Copete 90+2'	Report	Genovese 58' Castro 71'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Erick Andino

Motagua 3–3 Vida on aggregate score; Motagua advances on better Regular season performance

Final

8 May 2011 1st leg	Motagua	2 – 2	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:30 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara 42' Bengtson 67'	Report	Caetano 10' Bruschi 74'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 12,462 Referee: Raúl Castro

15 May 2011 2nd leg	Olimpia	1 – 3	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
17:00 (UTC−06:00)	de Souza 29'	Report	Bengtson 16' 90+3' (pen.) Guevara 46'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 23,326 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

Motagua won 5–3 on aggregate score.

2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League

After a two-year absence from international competition, 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).^[31] In the Preliminary round, Motagua faced Canadians Toronto FC being eliminated after a 2–3 aggregated score.^[32]

Matches

Preliminary round

27 July 2010 1st leg	Toronto FC	1 – 0	Motagua	Toronto, Canada
20:00 (DST)	Barrett 20'	Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,891 Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA)

3 August 2010 2nd leg	Motagua	2 – 2	Toronto FC	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
18:00 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara 6' 63'	Report	De Rosario 59' Barrett 79'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Luis Rodríguez (PAN)

Motagua lost 2–3 on aggregate.

References

^ Diez.hn – Torneo Apertura arrancará el 7 de agosto – 15 May 2010
^ FIFA.com – 2010 FIFA World Cup Honduras Squad List – 1 June 2010
^ DIEZ.hn – Canales: "En Motagua no fueron leales" – 2 July 2010
^ LaTribuna.hn – Juan Carlos Suazo: Castigados, no separados – 20 October 2010
^ LaPrensa.hn – Canales tiene nueva casa – 23 July 2010
^ Diez.hn – Emilio ya entrena con el Celtic – 18 August 2010
^ LaPrensa.hn – Grave lesión del jugador Roger Mondragón – 16 January 2011
^ IFFHS.de – The World's Best Coach of the 1st Decade (2001–2010) – 7 January 2011
^ Diez.hn – "Primitivo" Maradiaga, entre los mejores de la década – 7 January 2011
^ HondurasFutbol.com – Por fin ganó Motagua en Tegucigalpa – 20 April 2011
^ RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua ficha por un año al "Comayagua" López – 29 April 2011
^ Tiempo.hn – ¡Grandeza azul! – 1 May 2011
^ Diez.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011
^ Tiempo.hn – Motagua campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011
^ LaTribuna.hn – ¡Motagua campeón! – 15 May 2011
^ ElHeraldo.hn – Motagua es el nuevo campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011
^ FIFA.com – Big guns fire again in Central America – 25 May 2011
^ LaTribuna.hn – Motagua se sigue armando – 30 November 2010
^ Tiempo.hn – "Pando" Ramírez al Motagua – 25 January 2011
^ Diez.hn – Mauricio Copete fichó con Motagua – 22 January 2011
^ Diez.hn – Motagua trabaja en silencio en Siguatepeque – 15 December 2010
^ Diez.hn – Tribunal falla a favor de Adán Ramírez y jugará con Motagua – 7 January 2011
^ FootballSquads.co.uk – FootballSquads - FBC Melgar - 2011
^ Asm-fc.com – Georgie Welcome prêté – 28 January 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Shannon Welcome quedó fuera del Motagua – 28 December 2010
^ LaTribuna.hn – Necaxa viajará a Danlí a jugar amistosos – 29 December 2010
^ LaTribuna.hn – Guzmán y Chávez jugarán con Necaxa – 10 December 2010
^ LaTribuna.hn – 15 días esperarán a Harrison Roches – 10 January 2011
^ Diez.hn – Javier Portillo llega al Vida por seis meses – 10 December 2010
^ CONCACAF.com – Cruz Azul to open CCL Preliminary Round – 9 June 2010
^ CONCACAF.com – A draw in Honduras pushes Toronto forward – 3 August 2010

External links

Motagua Official Website

[1] Diez.hn – Torneo Apertura arrancará el 7 de agosto – 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" – 2 July 2010

[4] LaTribuna.hn – Juan Carlos Suazo: Castigados, no separados – 20 October 2010

[5] LaPrensa.hn – Canales tiene nueva casa – 23 July 2010

[6] Diez.hn – Emilio ya entrena con el Celtic – 18 August 2010

[7] LaPrensa.hn – Grave lesión del jugador Roger Mondragón – 16 January 2011

[8] IFFHS.de – The World's Best Coach of the 1st Decade (2001–2010) – 7 January 2011

[9] Diez.hn – "Primitivo" Maradiaga, entre los mejores de la década – 7 January 2011

[10] HondurasFutbol.com – Por fin ganó Motagua en Tegucigalpa – 20 April 2011

[11] RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua ficha por un año al "Comayagua" López – 29 April 2011

[12] Tiempo.hn – ¡Grandeza azul! – 1 May 2011

[13] Diez.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011

[14] Tiempo.hn – Motagua campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011

[15] LaPrensa.hn – ¡Motagua, nuevo campeón de Honduras! – 15 May 2011

[16] LaTribuna.hn – ¡Motagua campeón! – 15 May 2011

[17] ElHeraldo.hn – Motagua es el nuevo campeón de Honduras – 15 May 2011

[18] FIFA.com – Big guns fire again in Central America – 25 May 2011

[19] LaTribuna.hn – Motagua se sigue armando – 30 November 2010

[20] Tiempo.hn – "Pando" Ramírez al Motagua – 25 January 2011

[21] Diez.hn – Mauricio Copete fichó con Motagua – 22 January 2011

[22] Diez.hn – Motagua trabaja en silencio en Siguatepeque – 15 December 2010

[23] Diez.hn – Tribunal falla a favor de Adán Ramírez y jugará con Motagua – 7 January 2011

[24] FootballSquads.co.uk – FootballSquads - FBC Melgar - 2011

[25] Asm-fc.com – Georgie Welcome prêté – 28 January 2011

[26] LaPrensa.hn – Shannon Welcome quedó fuera del Motagua – 28 December 2010

[27] LaTribuna.hn – Necaxa viajará a Danlí a jugar amistosos – 29 December 2010

[28] LaTribuna.hn – Guzmán y Chávez jugarán con Necaxa – 10 December 2010

[29] LaTribuna.hn – 15 días esperarán a Harrison Roches – 10 January 2011

[30] Diez.hn – Javier Portillo llega al Vida por seis meses – 10 December 2010

[31] CONCACAF.com – Cruz Azul to open CCL Preliminary Round – 9 June 2010

[32] CONCACAF.com – A draw in Honduras pushes Toronto forward – 3 August 2010

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