1997–98 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
1997–98 season
Chairman Eduardo Atala
Manager Ramón Maradiaga
Apertura Champion
Clausura Champion
Home colours
Away colours
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two halves, Apertura and Clausura. Motagua was capable to win both tournaments, having achieved the first bi-championship in their history.[1]

Contents

Apertura

Main article: 1997–98 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
– GK Diego Vásquez
– GK Hugo Caballero
– GK Noel Valladares
– DF Hernaín Arzú
– DF Reynaldo Clavasquín
– DF Iván Guerrero
– DF Elmer Montoya
– DF Junior Izaguirre
– DF Ninrrol Medina
– DF Milton Reyes
– DF José Romero
– MF Mario Chirinos
– MF Juan Coello
– MF Amado Guevara
No. Position Player
– MF Luis Guifarro
– MF Carlos Bacca
– MF Ariel Leyes
– MF Oscar Lagos
– MF Juan Raudales
– MF Níguel Zúniga
– MF German Rodríguez
– FW Presley Carson
– FW Marlon Hernández
– FW Jairo Martínez
– FW Roberto Asprilla
– FW Francisco Ramírez
– FW Ottavio Santana

Source:[2]

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Platense 20 12 2 6 42 26 +16 38
2 Motagua 20 10 7 3 23 17 +6 37 Qualified to the Final round
3 Olimpia 20 9 9 2 33 21 +12 36

Matches

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ground H H H A H A H A A A A A A H A H A H H H
Result W D D L W W L W W D W W D W D D W L D W
Position 4 4 5 8 6 4 5 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 2010-06-23.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Regular season

Hexagonal

Semifinals

Final

Clausura

Main article: 1997–98 Clausura Honduran Liga Nacional

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
– GK Diego Vásquez
– GK Hugo Caballero
– GK Noel Valladares
– DF Hernaín Arzú
– DF Reynaldo Clavasquín
– DF Iván Guerrero
– DF Elmer Montoya
– DF Junior Izaguirre
– DF Ninrrol Medina
– DF Milton Reyes
– DF José Romero
– MF Mario Chirinos
No. Position Player
– MF Juan Coello
– MF Amado Guevara
– MF Luis Guifarro
– MF Ariel Leyes
– MF Oscar Lagos
– MF Juan Raudales
– MF German Rodríguez
– FW Presley Carson
– FW Marlon Hernández
– FW Jairo Martínez
– FW Francisco Ramírez

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Olimpia 20 13 7 0 46 15 +31 46
2 Motagua 20 14 4 2 39 15 +24 46 Qualified to the Final round
3 Platense 20 8 8 4 39 15 +24 32

Matches

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ground H H H A H A H A A A A A A H A H A H H H
Result W W W L W W W W L D W D W W W W D W D W
Position 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

Last updated: 2010-06-23.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Regular season

Hexagonal

Semifinals

Final

1998 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica

Main article: 1998 Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica

Matches

Preliminary round

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
2 Real España 5 2 3 0 2 0 +2 0111
3 Aurora 5 0 3 2 2 6 −4 052
4 Motagua 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 Eliminated from Final round

References

  1. ^ RSSSF.com – Honduras 1997/98 – 2009-12-11
  2. ^ National-football-teams.com – Club – Motagua Tegucigalpa

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