2011–12 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
2011–12 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala
Manager	Ramón Maradiaga; Luis Reyes; José Treviño
Apertura	7th
Clausura	Semifinalist
CONCACAF Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Bengtson (11); All: Bengtson (13)
Highest home attendance	14,000
Lowest home attendance	99
Average home league attendance	3,235
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →
	All statistics correct as of 5 May 2012.

The 2011–12 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran Liga Nacional was C.D. Motagua's 61st season in its history; the domestic league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura started on 7 August, but due to its participation in the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League, their first official game was played on 28 July 2011.^[1] Motagua, as title holders, were looking for its 13th domestic championship, and its first CONCACAF achievement. The pre-season started on 20 June 2011.^[2]^[3]

Apertura

The club announced its first signing on 29 April 2011, Honduran striker Luis López arrived for a one-year contract.^[4] Also, 37-year-old goalkeeper es [Kerpo de León] joined after a prominent performance at C.D.S. Vida. On 3 June, Honduran midfielder Carlos Discua was transferred from Guatemalan side C.S.D. Comunicaciones.^[5] In the evening of 15 June 2011, midfielder Jorge Claros was shot twice in the head and clavicle by two unidentified persons who tried to steal his car in a neighbor in San Pedro Sula, Claros escaped injured but in a stable condition.^[6] On 22 August, the club signed 22-year-old Colombian striker John Palacios from ASA.^[7]

Motagua's first game in the league was on 7 August at Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos against C.D. Necaxa losing 0–1.^[8] On 16 August, due to poor performance both in the league and the Champions League, the club's president Pedro Atala took the decision to separate Ramón Maradiaga as manager;^[9] leaving Luis Reyes as a temporary replacement. Three days later, on 19 September, Mexican coach José Treviño arrived as new manager for the rest of the season;^[10] while Colombian striker John Palacios left the team just one month after his signing arguing differences with teammates.^[11]

On 22 September, the club released a pink jersey to be worn on all the games from October, in a way to support the fight against breast cancer.^[12] On 3 October, striker Jerry Bengtson appeared 50th on The World's Top Goal Scorer 2011 list published by the IFFHS.^[13] On 11 October, the Disciplinary Commission forced Motagua to play its home game against C.D. Marathón in a neutral venue due to the incidents occurred on 9 October at the Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in the Honduran Superclásico against C.D. Olimpia where one unidentified Motagua fan throw an object to the field injuring rival's player Carlos Mejía at the end of the match;^[14] however, Motagua appeal to the decision and the penalization was revoked on 13 October.^[15]

On 19 November, Motagua was eliminated from the postseason despite winning the last four games in a row;^[16] this disqualification was the 13th in Motagua's history.

Squad

All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Kerpo de León	(1974-02-25)25 February 1974 (aged 37)	0	0
2	DF	Odis Borjas	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 23)	21	0
3	DF	René Banegas	(1990-11-06)6 November 1990 (aged 20)	0	0
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 31)	–	31
5	DF	Milton Reyes	(1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 37)	–	4
6	MF	Emilson Cruz	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 23)	19	0
7	MF	Carlos Discua	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 26)	0	0
8	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 25)	–	5
9	FW	Luis López	(1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 24)	0	0
10	MF	Carlos Morán	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 27)	9	1
11	MF	Guillermo Ramírez	(1978-03-26)26 March 1978 (aged 33)	16	3
12	MF	Iván Guerrero	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 33)	–	5
13	MF	Mario Girón	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 21)	12	1
14	FW	Roby Norales	(1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 20)	0	0
15	DF	Brayan García	(1993-03-26)26 March 1993 (aged 18)	0	0
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 21)	52	5
17	MF	Junior Padilla	(1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 19)	0	0
18	MF	Roger Mondragón	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 21)	14	1
20	MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 35)	–	60
21	FW	Aly Arriola	(1989-09-22)22 September 1989 (aged 21)	13	1
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 28)	75	0
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 30)	51	3
24	MF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 21)	26	0
25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 20)	9	0
26	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 23)	49	3
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	(1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 24)	22	15
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	(1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 24)	20	2
29	MF	Jorge Escobar	(1991-03-19)19 March 1991 (aged 20)	5	0
30	FW	Marty Wood	(1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 21)	0	0
31	DF	Esdras Padilla	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 21)	35	0
32	MF	Ronald Martínez	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 21)	18	1
33	FW	John Palacios	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 22)	0	0
63	MF	Mishek Ávila	(1992-01-12)12 January 1992 (aged 19)	0	0

Transfer in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
1	GK	Kerpo de León	Vida^[17]
7	MF	Carlos Discua	Comunicaciones
9	FW	Luis López	FK Srem
33	FW	John Palacios	ASA

Transfer out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to
2	MF	Gustavo Alvarado	USA college scholarship^[18]
6	MF	David Álvarez	Free agent^[19]
9	FW	Mauricio Copete	Victoria^[20]
31	FW	Carlos Cruz	USA college scholarship^[21]
33	FW	John Palacios	Inti Gas

Squad stats

Note: these stats include league games only
As of 19 November 2011

No.	Player	App.
1	de León	9	0	2	0
2	Borjas	14	0	2	0
4	Izaguirre	13	0	2	0
5	Reyes	7	0	3	0
6	Cruz	3	0	0	0
7	Discua	11	2	0	0
8	Claros	12	1	6	1
9	López	7	0	0	0
10	Morán	12	1	2	0
11	G. Ramírez	8	0	0	0
12	Guerrero	15	0	0	0
13	Girón	4	0	0	0
14	Norales	4	3	0	0
15	García	5	0	1	0
16	Leverón	8	0	0	1
17	J. Padilla	12	1	2	0
18	Mondragón	1	0	0	0
20	Guevara	16	2	2	0
21	Arriola	6	0	0	0
22	Morales	8	0	0	0
23	Mendoza	13	0	0	1
24	Elvir	5	0	0	0
25	Licona	2	0	0	0
26	Molina	12	0	1	0
27	Bengtson	14	9	4	1
28	A. Ramírez	8	0	2	0
30	Wood	1	0	0	0
31	E. Padilla	3	0	1	0
32	Martínez	10	0	4	0
33	Palacios	3	0	0	0
63	Ávila	5	1	2	1

Standings

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Matches

Results by round

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Pre-season and friendlies

2 July 2011 Friendly	Marquense	3 – 1	Motagua	San Marcos, Guatemala
12:00 (UTC−06:00)	de Oliveira 46' 52' Murga 59'	Report	López 73'	Stadium: Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada Attendance: 3,000

3 July 2011 Friendly	Juventud Retalteca	0 – 1	Motagua	Retalhuleu, Guatemala
11:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Norales 83'	Stadium: Estadio Dr. Óscar Monterroso Izaguirre Attendance: 1,000

5 July 2011 Friendly	Comunicaciones	2 – 1	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Ramírez 15' Márquez 78'	Report	Ramírez 83'	Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 1,684

10 July 2011 Friendly	Motagua	3 – 0	Real España	San Luis, Santa Bárbara
12:00 (UTC−06:00)	Guevara 41' Ramírez 54' Bengtson 65'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Fausto Rodríguez

15 July 2011 Friendly	Hispano	1 – 0	Motagua	Comayagua, Comayagua
18:00 (UTC−06:00)	Torlacoff 31'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda

17 July 2011 Friendly	Alianza	0 – 0	Motagua	San Salvador, El Salvador
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

23 July 2011 Friendly	Motagua	3 – 2	Olimpia	New Orleans, United States
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 35' Ramírez 63' Discua 78'	Report	Bruschi 25' García 60'	Stadium: Tad Gormley Stadium Attendance: 8,000

4 September 2011 Friendly	América	4 – 1	Motagua	New Orleans, United States
18:00 (UTC−06:00)	Sánchez 28' 41' Martínez 45' Corral 78'	Report	Guerrero 57'	Stadium: Tad Gormley Stadium Attendance: 2,500

Regular season

7 August 2011 Round 1	Necaxa	1 – 0	Motagua	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bardales 17'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos Attendance: 4,754 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

13 August 2011 Round 2	Atlético Choloma	1 – 1	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
18:00 (UTC-06:00)	Güity 60'	Report	Guevara 22'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Attendance: 2,090 Referee: Benigno Pineda

21 August 2011 Round 3	Marathón	2 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06:00)	Discua 31' (o.g.) Vega 50'	Report	Bengtson 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 4,445 Referee: Miguel Torres

28 August 2011 Round 4	Motagua	2 – 0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:30 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 30' 81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 319 Referee: José Molina

9 October 2011 Round 5	Olimpia	1 – 1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Tilguath 45' (pen.)	Report	Morán 25'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,336 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

7 September 2011 Round 6	Vida	2 – 0	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Nascimento 56' Córdoba 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Benigno Pineda

12 October 2011 Round 7	Motagua	0 – 2	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Pavón 42' Colón 88'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Orlando Hernández

18 September 2011 Round 8	Victoria	2 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Oliva 10' Velásquez 90+2'	Report	Bengtson 35'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 877 Referee: Armando Castro

25 September 2011 Round 9	Motagua	2 – 1	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 34' Claros 83'	Report	Rápalo 46'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,467 Referee: Orlando Hernández

2 October 2011 Round 10	Motagua	1 – 1	Necaxa	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 64'	Report	Medina 16'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 923 Referee: Ronald Hernández

5 October 2011 Round 11	Motagua	0 – 0	Atlético Choloma	Comayagua, Comayagua
18:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Attendance: 1,607 Referee: Erick Andino

16 October 2011 Round 12	Motagua	1 – 4	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Padilla 89'	Report	Martínez 12' 25' Berríos 16' Cardozo 60'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 724 Referee: Armando Castro

23 October 2011 Round 13	Platense	1 – 0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Díaz 74'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 1,238 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

30 October 2011 Round 14	Motagua	0 – 1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Bruschi 73'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,042 Referee: Armando Castro

2 November 2011 Round 15	Motagua	3 – 0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 18' 19' Discua 42'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 99 Referee: Miguel Torres

5 November 2011 Round 16	Real España	0 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Bengtson 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 3,941 Referee: Raúl Castro

13 November 2011 Round 17	Motagua	3 – 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Norales 37' 86' Ávila 67'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

19 November 2011 Round 18	Deportes Savio	0 – 3	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Discua 43' Guevara 47' Norales 83'	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 3,337 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

Clausura

The Clausura tournament was scheduled to be played from January to May 2012. Manager José Treviño declared interest in signing Brazilian striker José Dias but later desisted; the club announced on 5 December 2011 to have signed Honduran strikers Georgie Welcome and Melvin Valladares who came from Mexican clubs Club Atlas and Dorados de Sinaloa respectively. One day later Arnold Peralta also joined from C.D.S. Vida but due to wages disagreements, the midfielder refused to sign. The Clausura fixtures were announced on 8 December, and Motagua faced C.D. Necaxa away on round 1.^[22]

In December 2011, the IFFHS published a list of "The World's Top Goal Scorer 2011", and Motagua's striker Jerry Bengtson appeared in the list ranked 24th.^[23]

Motagua initiated the Clausura tournament with a 2–2 away draw against Necaxa at Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos.^[24] In round 12, Motagua defeated Real C.D. España 2–0 at Tegucigalpa, breaking their own 1974 record for the longest unbeaten start in a season,^[25] streak that lasted until 5 May totaling 19 games undefeated. The qualification to the second round was acquired on 14 April at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal in the 0–1 away victory over C.D. Marathón.^[26] Motagua won two more games after that and became the second team in the history of the league that finished the regular season without defeats; C.D. Olimpia had already done it twice in 1969–70 and 1997–98 Clausura.^[27]

As second placed at the end of the regular season, Motagua obtained an automatic ticket to the semifinals; the opponent was decided from the previous round, where Marathón beat Vida. Once in the semifinals, Motagua were unable to surpass Marathón and lost 0–2 on aggregate score,^[28] this being the second consecutive time that they were prematurely eliminated. With only one defeat in the season, Motagua matched the records obtained in 1973–74 and 1999–2000 A. Also, due to great performance from both goalkeepers Donaldo Morales and Kerpo de León, Motagua broke its own record of least goals conceded in a season, with only 12; the previous record was 15 conceded goals in 1973–74.

In the Reserves tournament, the youth team captured the 2011–12 Clausura season.^[29]

Squad

All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.^[30]

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Kerpo de León	(1974-02-25)25 February 1974 (aged 37)	9	0
2	DF	Odis Borjas	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 24)	35	0
3	MF	Héctor García	(1992-03-11)11 March 1992 (aged 19)	0	0
4	DF	Júnior Izaguirre	(1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 32)	–	31
5	DF	David Molina	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 23)	61	3
6	MF	Emilson Cruz	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 24)	22	0
7	MF	Carlos Discua	(1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 27)	11	2
8	MF	Jorge Claros	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 25)	–	6
9	FW	Georgie Welcome	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 26)	76	28
10	MF	Julio de León	(1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 32)	0	0
11	FW	Melvin Valladares	(1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 27)	0	0
12	DF	Luis Guzmán	(1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 31)	–	5
13	DF	Nery Medina	(1981-08-05)5 August 1981 (aged 30)	–	5
14	FW	Roby Norales	(1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 20)	4	3
16	DF	Johnny Leverón	(1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 21)	60	5
17	MF	Junior Padilla	(1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 19)	12	1
18	MF	Roger Mondragón	(1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 22)	15	1
19	DF	Henry Figueroa	(1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 19)	0	0
20	MF	Amado Guevara	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 35)	–	62
21	MF	Alfredo Mejía	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 21)	0	0
22	GK	Donaldo Morales	(1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 29)	83	0
23	DF	Sergio Mendoza	(1981-05-23)23 May 1981 (aged 30)	64	3
24	MF	Omar Elvir	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 22)	31	0
25	GK	Marlon Licona	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 20)	11	0
26	MF	Grodbin Benítez	(1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 18)	0	0
27	FW	Jerry Bengtson	(1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 24)	36	24
28	MF	Adán Ramírez	(1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 25)	28	2
29	MF	Alejandro Aguiluz	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 19)	6	1
30	MF	Mishek Ávila	(1992-01-12)12 January 1992 (aged 19)	5	1
31	DF	Esdras Padilla	(1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22)	38	0
32	MF	Ronald Martínez	(1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 21)	28	1
33	GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 18)	0	0
34	MF	Carlos Morán	(1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 27)	21	2
35	FW	Javier Norales	(1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 19)	0	0
36	MF	Brayan Figueroa	(1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 19)	0	0
52	MF	Marvin Barrios	(1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 17)	0	0
–	DF	Yeer Gutiérrez	(1992-08-24)24 August 1992 (aged 19)	0	0

Transfer in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
9	FW	Georgie Welcome	Atlas^[31]
10	MF	Julio de León	Shandong Luneng^[32]
11	FW	Melvin Valladares	Dorados^[33]
12	MF	Luis Guzmán	Necaxa^[34]
13	DF	Nery Medina	Necaxa^[35]
21	MF	Alfredo Mejía	Real España

Transfer out

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving to
3	DF	René Banegas	Deportes Savio^[36]
5	DF	Milton Reyes	Retired
8	MF	Jorge Claros	Hibernian^[37]
9	FW	Luis López	Coatepeque
11	MF	Guillermo Ramírez	Heredia
12	DF	Iván Guerrero	Chicago Fire ^[38]
13	MF	Mario Girón	Atlético Choloma
15	DF	Bryan García	TBD
21	FW	Aly Arriola	Deportes Savio
29	MF	Jorge Escobar	TBD
30	FW	Marty Wood	TBD

Squad stats

Note: these stats include league games only
As of 5 May 2012

No.	Player	App.
1	K. de León	9	0	2	0
2	Borjas	16	0	5	0
4	Izaguirre	19	1	1	0
5	Molina	16	1	1	0
6	Cruz	7	0	1	0
7	Discua	19	6	1	0
8	Claros	2	0	0	0
9	Welcome	6	1	3	1
10	J. de León	13	2	5	0
11	Valladares	16	0	1	0
12	Guzmán	1	0	0	0
13	Medina	11	0	1	1
14	Norales	11	1	0	0
16	Leverón	9	1	5	0
17	J. Padilla	6	1	0	0
20	Guevara	17	2	4	1
21	Mejía	7	0	4	0
22	Morales	11	0	0	0
23	Mendoza	15	1	1	0
24	Elvir	15	0	1	0
26	Molina	1	0	0	0
27	Bengtson	18	2	3	0
28	Ramírez	9	0	0	0
30	Ávila	5	0	2	0
31	E. Padilla	1	0	0	0
32	Martínez	11	1	3	0
34	Morán	3	0	0	0
52	Barrios	5	1	2	0

Standings

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Matches

Results by round

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Pre-season

23 December 2011 Friendly	Motagua	2 – 0	Valencia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

28 December 2011 Friendly	Platense	1 – 3	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06:00)	Filho 31'		Leverón 18' 73' Padilla 63'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

29 December 2011 Friendly	Atlético Choloma	1 – 1	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
17:00 (UTC−06:00)	Oviedo 63'		Bengtson 53'	Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras

30 December 2011 Friendly	Marathón	0 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
10:00 (UTC−06:00)			Guevara 55'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

Regular season

8 January 2012 Round 1	Necaxa	2 – 2	Motagua	Choluteca, Choluteca
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Licona 48' (pen.) Urmeneta 61'	Report	Discua 10' Leverón 32'	Stadium: Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos Attendance: 3,030 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

14 January 2012 Round 2	Motagua	1 – 1	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Discua 28'	Report	Cardona 14'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 2,839 Referee: Said Martínez

21 January 2012 Round 3	Real España	1 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Pavón 65' (pen.)	Report	Guevara 49'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 6,230 Referee: Armando Castro

29 January 2012 Round 4	Motagua	1 – 0	Atlético Choloma	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Molina 50'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,148 Referee: Benigno Pineda

5 February 2012 Round 5	Olimpia	0 – 0	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 15,788 Referee: Armando Castro

8 February 2012 Round 6	Vida	1 – 1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Córdoba 14'	Report	de León 84'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 3,779 Referee: Geovanny Mendoza

12 February 2012 Round 7	Motagua	1 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	de León 50'	Report	Ramírez 88'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Raúl Castro

19 February 2012 Round 8	Victoria	1 – 2	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Mena 6'	Report	Norales 62' Bengtson 76'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Attendance: 1,569 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

26 February 2012 Round 9	Motagua	0 – 0	Deportes Savio	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,169 Referee: Erick Andino

4 March 2012 Round 10	Motagua	2 – 0	Necaxa	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Martínez 5' Discua 52'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,206 Referee: Armando Castro

11 March 2012 Round 11	Platense	1 – 1	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	López 49'	Report	Bengtson 71'	Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Erick Andino

17 March 2012 Round 12	Motagua	2 – 0	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Discua 22' 27'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 3,414 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

21 March 2012 Round 13	Atlético Choloma	0 – 0	Motagua	Choloma, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Rubén Deras Attendance: 815 Referee: Erick Andino

25 March 2012 Round 14	Motagua	0 – 0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 7,303 Referee: Raúl Castro

1 April 2012 Round 15	Motagua	1 – 1	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Padilla 79'	Report	Córdoba 86'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Orlando Hernández

14 April 2012 Round 16	Marathón	0 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Mendoza 29'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 2,459 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

18 April 2012 Round 17	Motagua	2 – 0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Discua 21' Guevara 58'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,290 Referee: José Molina

22 April 2012 Round 18	Deportes Savio	1 – 4	Motagua	Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán
15:00 (UTC−06:00)	Mejía 55'	Report	Izaguirre 17' Barrios 34' Welcome 40' Galdámez 68' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Sergio Antonio Reyes Attendance: 1,699 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Semifinals

2 May 2012 1st leg	Marathón	0 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 5,795 Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

5 May 2012 2nd leg	Motagua	0 – 2	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Berríos 20' Brown 76'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 5,732 Referee: Raúl Castro

Motagua lost 0–2 on aggregate score.

2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

As 2010–11 Clausura champions in the league, Motagua qualified to the Preliminary Round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. On 24 June 2011, CONCACAF announced the first stage schedule which paired Motagua against C.S.D. Municipal.^[39] On 4 August 2011, Motagua advanced to the Group phase after a 4–2 score on aggregate over Municipal.^[40] Once in the Group phase, things went upside down for Motagua and on 22 September, they were mathematically eliminated from quarterfinal contention after losing 0–2 against Monarcas Morelia at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino.^[41] At the end of the group phase, Motagua not only were eliminated, but finished last with zero points with a sixth straight loss.^[42]

Matches

Preliminary round

28 July 2011 1st leg	Motagua	4 – 0	Municipal	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 42' Borjas 56' Guevara 68' Ramírez 73'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

4 August 2011 2nd leg	Municipal	2 – 0	Motagua	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00 (UTC−06:00)	Romero 32' 43' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ricardo Arellano (MEX)

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate score.

Group phase

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16 August 2011 Round 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 0	Motagua	Carson, United States
19:00 (UTC−08:00)	Cristman 12' Donovan 60'	Report		Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 8,196 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR)

25 August 2011 Round 2	Morelia	4 – 0	Motagua	Morelia, Mexico
21:00 (UTC−06:00)	Márquez 2' Rojas 50' Jiménez 70' Lugo 72'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Morelos Attendance: 5,463 Referee: Elmer Bonilla (SLV)

15 September 2011 Round 3	Motagua	2 – 4	Alajuelense	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00 (UTC−06:00)	Bengtson 5' Guevara 67'	Report	Valle 41' McDonald 51' Guevara 84' 85'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Paul Delgadillo (MEX)

22 September 2011 Round 4	Motagua	0 – 2	Morelia	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Corona 55' Manso 58'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 1,752 Referee: Javier Santos (PUR)

29 September 2011 Round 5	Alajuelense	1 – 0	Motagua	Alajuela, Costa Rica
20:00 (UTC−06:00)	McDonald 27'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Attendance: 9,099 Referee: Valdin Legister (JAM)

20 October 2011 Round 6	Motagua	0 – 1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00 (UTC−06:00)		Report	Juninho 29'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Walter López (GUA)

References

^ CONCACAF.com – Seven clinch berths in Champions League – 16 May 2011
^ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – El campeón se presenta en Catacamas – 22 May 2011
^ LaTribuna.hn – Azules pasan pruebas físicas y médicas – 20 June 2011
^ RadioAmericahn.net – Motagua ficha por un año al "Comayagua" López – 29 April 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – "Chino" Discua a Motagua – 3 June 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Jorge Claros, operado con éxito tras atentado – 16 June 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Llegó el delantero colombiano de Motagua – 22 August 2011
^ Diez.hn – Necaxa le estrenó la corona a Motagua – 7 August 2011
^ Diez.hn – Primitivo Maradiaga, fuera del Motagua – 16 August 2011
^ RadioHRN.hn – Pepe Treviño es el nuevo entrenador de Motagua – 19 September 2011
^ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – Palacios abandonó a Motagua – 19 September 2011
^ Diez.hn – "Estoy ilusionado de regresar a Motagua" – 22 September 2011
^ IFFHS.de – The World's Top Goal Scorer 2011 – 3 October 2011
^ Tiempo.hn – Motagua multado y castigado con un juego – 11 October 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Levantan la sanción al estadio Nacional – 13 October 2011
^ LaTribuna.hn – Motagua murió con las botas puestas – 19 October 2011
^ Diez.hn – Kerpo de León, nuevo fichaje de Motagua – 27 May 2011
^ LaTribuna.hn – Cruz y Alvarado se van – 20 June 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Se va Copete y Colingo – 7 June 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Se va Copete y Colingo – 7 June 2011
^ LaTribuna.hn – Cruz y Alvarado se van – 20 June 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – La Liga Nacional define el calendario del Torneo Clausura 2012 – 8 December 2011
^ IFFHS.de – The World's Top Goal Scorer 2011 – 31 December 2011
^ ElHeraldo.hn – Necaxa sacó la garra y rescata un punto ante Motagua – 8 January 2012
^ LaPrensa.hn – Motagua supera invicto de 1974 – 20 March 2012
^ Hondurasfutbol.com – Motagua enrumba a la punta y estanca de nuevo al Marathón
^ ElHeraldo.hn – A definir posición para la liguilla del Clausura – 21 April 2012
^ LaPrensa.hn – Marathón ahoga al Motagua y es el primer finalista en Honduras – 5 May 2012
^ Lnphonduras.com – AGUILITAS EN LA CIMA – 24 May 2012
^ LNPHonduras.com – Listado Oficial de Jugadores Inscritos – 2 March 2012
^ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – Georgie Welcome se queda en Motagua – 4 December 2011
^ LaPrensa.hn – Motagua sorprende a todos y ficha a Rambo de León por un año – 16 January 2012
^ ElHeraldo.hn – Melvin Valladares, la nueva contratación de Motagua – 5 December 2011
^ LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – "Lucho" Guzmán regresa al "nido" – 9 December 2011
^ ElHeraldo.hn – Se forma un nuevo ciclón – 12 December 2011
^ ElHeraldo.hn – El Heraldo revela la lista negra de "Pepe" Treviño – 22 November 2011
^ Sport.stv.tv – Jorge Claros completes Hibernian loan move – 31 January 2012
^ Diez.hn – Iván Guerrero deja al Motagua – 22 November 2011
^ CONCACAF.com – San Francisco-Seattle to open Champions League – 24 June 2011
^ CONCACAF.com – Motagua reaches CCL Group Stage despite loss – 4 August 2011
^ CONCACAF.com – Morelia eliminates Motagua from CCL 2-0 – 22 September 2011
^ CONCACAF.com – Galaxy completes CCL quarterfinal field – 20 October 2011

External links

Motagua Official Website

[1] CONCACAF.com – Seven clinch berths in Champions League – 16 May 2011

[2] LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – El campeón se presenta en Catacamas – 22 May 2011

[3] LaTribuna.hn – Azules pasan pruebas físicas y médicas – 20 June 2011

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

[5] LaPrensa.hn – "Chino" Discua a Motagua – 3 June 2011

[6] LaPrensa.hn – Jorge Claros, operado con éxito tras atentado – 16 June 2011

[7] LaPrensa.hn – Llegó el delantero colombiano de Motagua – 22 August 2011

[8] Diez.hn – Necaxa le estrenó la corona a Motagua – 7 August 2011

[9] Diez.hn – Primitivo Maradiaga, fuera del Motagua – 16 August 2011

[10] RadioHRN.hn – Pepe Treviño es el nuevo entrenador de Motagua – 19 September 2011

[11] LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – Palacios abandonó a Motagua – 19 September 2011

[12] Diez.hn – "Estoy ilusionado de regresar a Motagua" – 22 September 2011

[13] IFFHS.de – The World's Top Goal Scorer 2011 – 3 October 2011

[14] Tiempo.hn – Motagua multado y castigado con un juego – 11 October 2011

[15] LaPrensa.hn – Levantan la sanción al estadio Nacional – 13 October 2011

[16] LaTribuna.hn – Motagua murió con las botas puestas – 19 October 2011

[17] Diez.hn – Kerpo de León, nuevo fichaje de Motagua – 27 May 2011

[18] LaTribuna.hn – Cruz y Alvarado se van – 20 June 2011

[19] LaPrensa.hn – Se va Copete y Colingo – 7 June 2011

[20] LaPrensa.hn – Se va Copete y Colingo – 7 June 2011

[21] LaTribuna.hn – Cruz y Alvarado se van – 20 June 2011

[22] LaPrensa.hn – La Liga Nacional define el calendario del Torneo Clausura 2012 – 8 December 2011

[23] IFFHS.de – The World's Top Goal Scorer 2011 – 31 December 2011

[24] ElHeraldo.hn – Necaxa sacó la garra y rescata un punto ante Motagua – 8 January 2012

[25] LaPrensa.hn – Motagua supera invicto de 1974 – 20 March 2012

[26] Hondurasfutbol.com – Motagua enrumba a la punta y estanca de nuevo al Marathón

[27] ElHeraldo.hn – A definir posición para la liguilla del Clausura – 21 April 2012

[28] LaPrensa.hn – Marathón ahoga al Motagua y es el primer finalista en Honduras – 5 May 2012

[29] Lnphonduras.com – AGUILITAS EN LA CIMA – 24 May 2012

[30] LNPHonduras.com – Listado Oficial de Jugadores Inscritos – 2 March 2012

[31] LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – Georgie Welcome se queda en Motagua – 4 December 2011

[32] LaPrensa.hn – Motagua sorprende a todos y ficha a Rambo de León por un año – 16 January 2012

[33] ElHeraldo.hn – Melvin Valladares, la nueva contratación de Motagua – 5 December 2011

[34] LaTribunaDeportiva.hn – "Lucho" Guzmán regresa al "nido" – 9 December 2011

[35] ElHeraldo.hn – Se forma un nuevo ciclón – 12 December 2011

[36] ElHeraldo.hn – El Heraldo revela la lista negra de "Pepe" Treviño – 22 November 2011

[37] Sport.stv.tv – Jorge Claros completes Hibernian loan move – 31 January 2012

[38] Diez.hn – Iván Guerrero deja al Motagua – 22 November 2011

[39] CONCACAF.com – San Francisco-Seattle to open Champions League – 24 June 2011

[40] CONCACAF.com – Motagua reaches CCL Group Stage despite loss – 4 August 2011

[41] CONCACAF.com – Morelia eliminates Motagua from CCL 2-0 – 22 September 2011

[42] CONCACAF.com – Galaxy completes CCL quarterfinal field – 20 October 2011

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