Clasico de las M's

El Clasico de las Emes (The "M" Derby), is a classic football match played between C.D. Motagua from Tegucigalpa and C.D. Marathón from San Pedro Sula, two of the most successful and popular football teams in Honduras.

1 Head to Head
2 The Finals
3 Trivia
4 The last match
5 References

Head to Head

As of 16 October 2011^[1]

By venue

In Tegucigalpa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	83	42	24	17	123	80	+43	108
2	Marathón	83	17	24	42	80	123	−43	58

In San Pedro Sula

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	91	40	29	22	132	93	+39	109
2	Motagua	91	22	29	40	93	132	−39	73

In neutral venue (All in Danlí)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	4
2	Marathón	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

By stage

In Pentagonales

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	14	6	5	3	19	12	+7	17
2	Marathón	14	3	5	6	12	19	−7	11

In Cuadrangulares

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	5
2	Marathón	5	2	1	2	7	8	−1	5

In Semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
2	Marathón	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4

In Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	9
2	Marathón	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	3

Totals

In Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	148	55	46	47	188	185	+3	156
2	Marathón	148	47	46	55	185	188	−3	140

In postseason

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	29	10	9	10	34	31	+3	29
2	Marathón	29	10	9	10	31	34	−3	29

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	177	65	55	57	222	216	+6	185
2	Marathón	177	57	55	65	216	222	−6	169

The Finals

Motagua and Marathon have played 3 finals. Two won by Marathón and one by Motagua.

2001–02 Apertura

Main article: 2001–02 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

1st leg 12 December 2001	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Rosales 69' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 14,283 Referee: Benigno Pineda

2nd leg 16 December 2001	Motagua	3 – 2 (5 – 3 pen)	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Pacini 22' Izaguirre 44' (pen.) 56' (pen.)		Rosales 18' (pen.) Oliva 81'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 20,423 Referee: Oscar Bardales
		Penalties
	Leyes Medina Pacini Turcios Izaguirre		Cacho Zúniga Oliva Martínez

Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.

2002–03 Clausura

Main article: 2002–03 Clausura Honduran Liga Nacional

1st leg 23 May 2003	Motagua	0 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Martínez 65'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 21,691 Referee: Oscar Bardales

2nd leg 1 June 2006	Marathón	3 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho 44' Costa 60' 89'		Oseguera 40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 35,745 Referee: Marcio Carranza

Marathón won 4–1 on aggregate.

2007–08 Apertura

Main article: 2007–08 Apertura Honduran Liga Nacional

1st leg 16 December 2007	Motagua	0 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Molina

2nd leg 22 December 2007	Marathón	2 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Brown 1' Scott 78'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate.

Trivia

First game in Liga Nacional: Marathón 2–0 Motagua in San Pedro Sula with two goals from Mario Rivera and Rafael Maldonado on 1 August 1965.
First game in Tegucigalpa: on 21 November 1965 ended in a 4–1 victory for Motagua and the scorer were 2 from Jorge Berrios, Amado Castillo and Hector Chavez. The goal from Marathon was from Mauro "Nayo" Caballero.
First Motagua's victory in San Pedro Sula: 1967, Marathón 1–2 Motagua with a double from Roberto Abrusezze, Mauro Caballero scored for the greens.
Oscar "Martillo" Hernández: scored 13 goals against Marathón.
Gilberto Leonel Machado: scored 14 goals against Motagua.
Games with most goals: 19 April 2009 Marathón 6–3 Motagua in San Pedro Sula, nine goals in total.
First game at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal: 22 August 2010 Marathón 1–0 Motagua.^[2]
Biggest away win for Marathón: 16 October 2011 Motagua 1–4 Marathón

The last match

2011–12 A 16 October 2011	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 Referee: Armando Castro

References

^ LaPrensa.hn – ¡En el Olímpico se decide! – 16 December 2007
^ Tiempo.hn – Marathón domina a Motagua en SPS – 19 August 2011

Liga Nacional

2011–12 teams	Atlético Choloma · Deportes Savio · Marathón · Motagua · Necaxa · Olimpia · Platense · Real España · Victoria · Vida

Former teams	Atlántida · Atlético Español · Atlético Indio · Atlético Morazán / Juventud Morazánica · Atlético Olanchano / Campamento · Atlético Portuario · Broncos · Curacao · Dandy · Deportes Progreseño · E.A.C.I. · Federal · Hispano · Honduras / Progreso · Honduras Salzburg · Independiente Villela · La Salle / San Pedro · Lempira · Palestino · Real Comayagua · Real Juventud · Real Maya / Real Patepluma · Sula / Juventud de Sula · Súper Estrella · Tela Timsa / Petrotela · Tiburones · Troya · Universidad / Broncos UNAH · Valencia · Verdún

League system · Promotion and relegation · Records · Reserves · Top goalscorers

Liga Nacional seasons

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 (A · C) · 2008–09 (A · C) · 2009–10 · 2010–11 · 2011–12

Honduran football derbies

Marathón vs. Motagua · Marathón vs. Olimpia · Marathón vs. Real España · Motagua vs. Olimpia · Motagua vs. Real España · Olimpia vs. Real España · Victoria vs. Vida

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

Reserve team	Águilas del Motagua

Players	Motagua players

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

Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Honors (16)

Liga Nacional (12)	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

Honduran Cup (1)	1968

Honduran Super Cup (1)	1998

Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1)	2007

Liga Amateur (1)	1949–50

Website: www.motagua.com