Club Deportivo Platense

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Platense
Image:Platensehon.gif
Full name Club Deportivo Platense
Nickname(s) Tiburón
Los Escualos
Los Selacios
Founded July 4, 1960
Ground Estadio Excelsior,
Puerto Cortés, Honduras
(Capacity 10,000)
Chairman Flag of Honduras Eduardo Ramos
Manager Flag of Honduras Nahún Espinoza
League Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
07-08 Clausura 8th
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Club Deportivo Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960.[1]

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[edit] History

According to the records available, the following people attended Club Platense: René Paíz, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, Manuel Flores, Héctor Sánchez, Rolando Méndez, Samuel Williams, Rodolfo Williams, Ricardo Fúnez , Nelson Larios, Julio Linares, Oscar Pineda, Raúl Betancourt, Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden,Francisco Maldonado, Humberto Dole, Rolando Zavala and Reginaldo Guevara, with the best goals in their individual seasons.All together making their teams make it to history of platense.

In the first meetings of Club Platense, the names of vaious international soccer clubs were included among the choices, from which the official name of the team was taken. Among the choices available were: Leyland, Banfield, Magallanes, and Platense of Argentina; being this last one, the most likable among the founder members of the Club.

In its beginnings, this team had the fortune to include the support of the Tela Railroad Company. The members of Club Platense where for the most part, hired by this company, while they participated with the club. This benefited them a great deal, because in addition to their salary with Tela Railroad Co. Where they received a special treatment for being soccer stars, they also received a salary from the ticket sales, as part of their contracts with Club Platense. That motivated these players, to give 100% in training, as well as in the official games.

After the Honduran National Soccer League was founded in 1964; Club Deportivo Platense became one of its '10 Original Club Members', and one of the most important Clubs of all Honduran Soccer.

By 1965, Club Deportivo Platense already possessed the great and only honor, of being the first champion of the Honduran National Football League. Among the members of the famous team, that won the first championship, were: Gilberto Zavala, Tomas Maximo, Ricardo 'Cañon' Fúnez, Felix 'Mantequilla' Guerra, Raúl Betancourt, Santos 'Kubala' Díaz, Miguel 'El Chino' Hernandez, 'Pichingo' Crosdaile, Francisco Brocatto, Carlos "Care" Alvarado, "Chita" Arzú, León Victor "Escalera" Jallú, among others.

[edit] Second Championship

Training session at Exelsior Stadium in 2005.
Training session at Exelsior Stadium in 2005.

After having obtained the first championship of National League, Club Deportivo Platense, had to wait 36 years to win its second championship. The new format of short tournaments (opening – closure) disputed through semifinals, allowed Platense to dispute the championship; even though it finished second on the final standings. The title was to be fought out, in a series of two games against the most popular team of the country: Club Deportivo Olimpia. The first game disputed in Puerto Cortés, finished with triumph for the 'Tiburón' by scoreboard of 1-0; with goal netted by the Argentine Marcelo Verón. The return game, was won by Club Olimpia by the same scoreboard.- This forced the teams to go to over-time. The champion would be the team that scored the first goal (Golden goal). It was this way, how, with goal of Rony Morales, Club Platense conquered its second championship of National League; to win the global series by scoreboard of 2-1

[edit] Club Honours

[edit] National Level

1965-66, 2000-01 Clausura
1996-97, 2000-01 Apertura, 2002-03 Apertura
1982
1996-97, 1997-98
1996-97, 1997-98

Other Facts

  • First football champion of Honduras (1965-66).

[edit] League and Playoffs Performance

(1994-Present)[1]

Season Position GP W D L GF GA PTS Playoffs Pl. W D L GS GA PTS
1994-95 8th
27
5
10
12
18
28
25
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1995-96 4th
27
10
7
10
29
31
37
Round 1
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
1996-97
3rd
27
13
8
6
28
20
34
Runners-Up
8
4
2
2
13
10
14
1997-98 Apertura
1st
20
12
2
6
42
26
38
Semifinals
4
0
3
1
3
5
3
1997-98 Clausura
3rd
20
8
8
4
36
30
32
Semifinals
4
0
3
1
5
6
3
1998-99 6th
18
7
4
7
23
31
25
Round 1
2
0
1
1
0
3
1
1999-00 Apertura 5th
18
6
7
5
24
24
25
Round 1
2
0
2
0
2
2
2
1999-00 Clausura
2nd
18
10
4
4
39
21
34
Round 1
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
2000-01 Apertura
3rd
18
7
7
4
30
21
28
Runners-Up
6
1
3
2
6
6
6
2000-01 Clausura
2nd
18
11
4
3
26
13
37
Champions
6
3
2
1
9
6
11
2001-02 Apertura
2nd
18
7
6
5
16
14
27
Semifinals
2
0
1
1
2
3
1
2001-02 Clausura
3rd
18
9
4
5
35
25
28
Semifinals
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
2002-03 Apertura
1st
18
12
5
1
42
14
41
Runners-Up
4
1
1
2
4
4
4
2002-03 Clausura 6th
18
4
8
6
18
20
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003-04 Apertura 6th
18
5
7
6
20
23
22
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003-04 Clausura 6th
16
6
2
8
18
22
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2004-05 Apertura 6th
18
6
3
9
21
28
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2004-05 Clausura 6th
17
5
6
6
23
19
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2005-06 Apertura 4th
18
8
3
7
28
34
27
Semifinals
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
2005-06 Clausura 7th
18
5
7
6
19
21
22
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2006-07 Apertura 5th
18
7
8
3
32
29
29
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2006-07 Clausura 6th
17
7
2
8
17
22
23
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007-08 Apertura 9th
18
3
6
9
17
28
15
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007-08 Clausura 8th
18
5
5
8
18
24
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

[edit] All-Time Table

(From 1965-66 to 2007-08)

Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
42 1637 1269 394 455 420 1409 1415 -6

[edit] 36 Game Average

Points Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
46 11 13 12 41 40 +1

[edit] International competition

[edit] CONCACAF Champions' Cup

[edit] CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

  • 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

[edit] Current Squad

Apertura 2007-2008

No. Position Player
Flag of Argentina GK Mariano Graziano
Flag of Honduras GK Sandro Cárcamo
Flag of Honduras GK Marco Tulio Romero
Flag of Honduras DF Luis Urbina
Flag of Honduras DF Francisco Díaz
Flag of Honduras DF Quiarol Arzú
Flag of Honduras DF Odis Borja
Flag of Honduras DF Adán Ramírez
Flag of Honduras DF Manuel Doño
Flag of Honduras DF Gerson Róchez
Flag of Honduras DF Quiarol Arzú
Flag of Honduras DF Efraín Flores
Flag of Honduras DF Dorckhan Núñez
Flag of Honduras MF Marvin Sánchez
No. Position Player
Flag of Honduras MF Bany Lozano
Flag of Argentina MF Martín Morello
Flag of Honduras MF Misael Ruíz
Flag of Honduras MF Irbing Guerrero
Flag of Honduras MF César Zelaya
Flag of Honduras MF David Meza
Flag of Honduras MF Abner Méndez
Flag of Honduras MF Carlos Gutiérrez
Flag of Honduras FW Carlos Will Mejía
Flag of Argentina FW Darío Fabbro
Flag of Brazil FW Marcelo Cabrita
Flag of Honduras FW Eddy Vega
Flag of Honduras FW Edgard Palacios
Flag of Honduras FW Gabriel Hernández

[edit] Squad Changes For 2008/09 Season

In
No. Position Player
Out
No. Position Player

[edit] Trivia

- Honduran Carlos Padilla was the coach when the team won its first championship.

- Argentinian Alberto Romero was the coach when the team won its second championship.

[edit] All time top goal scorers

# Player Goals
1 Raúl Centeno Gamboa 53
2 Juan Manuel Cárcamo 52
3 Francisco Ramírez 47
4 Eduardo Antonio Laing 41
5 Oscar Piedrahita 33
6 Marcelo Ferreira 28
7 Carloso Alvarado 27
8 Dennis Caballero 26
9 Luis Alonso Perdomo 25
10 Marcelo Andres Verón 23

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Juventud y esperanza", Diario La Prensa, 2007-08-10. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. (Spanish) 

[edit] External links