Clásico de las M's

Head to Head

The Finals

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2001–02 Apertura

2002–03 Clausura

2007–08 Apertura

El Clásico de las M's (The M's Classic), 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.

As of 5 April 2015^[1]

At Tegucigalpa


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	91	45	28	18	136	87	+49	118
2	Marathón	91	18	28	45	87	136	−49	64

At San Pedro Sula


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	100	43	33	24	147	103	+44	119
2	Motagua	100	24	33	43	103	147	−44	81

In neutral venue (At Danlí and Comayagua)


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

In Playoffs


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

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	Marathón	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	7
2	Motagua	6	1	3	2	3	5	−2	5

In Finals


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

In Regular season


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	162	60	52	50	210	204	+6	172
2	Marathón	162	50	52	60	204	210	−6	152

In postseason


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Marathón	33	12	11	10	35	35	0	35
2	Motagua	33	10	11	12	35	35	0	31

Overall


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	195	70	63	62	245	239	+6	203
2	Marathón	195	62	63	70	239	245	−6	187

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

2nd leg 16 December 2001	Motagua	3 – 2 (5 – 3 p)	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.

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.

Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate.

First Liga Nacional encounter: Marathón 2–0 Motagua (1 August 1965).
First encounter at Tegucigalpa: Motagua 4–1 Marathón (21 November 1965).
First Motagua's victory at San Pedro Sula: Marathón 1–2 Motagua (1967).
Largest Motagua's victory: Motagua 4–0 Marathón (21 March 1971).^[2] and Motagua 4–0 Marathón (4 November 2012)
Largest Marathón's victory: Marathón 5–0 Motagua (6 April 2013).
Game with most goals: Marathón 6–3 Motagua (19 April 2009).
First game at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal: Marathón 1–0 Motagua (22 August 2010).^[3]
First game at Estadio Carlos Miranda: Motagua 0–1 Marathón (14 September 2014).
Biggest away win for Marathón: Motagua 1–4 Marathón (16 October 2011).
Óscar Hernández: scored 13 goals against Marathón.
Gilberto Machado: scored 14 goals against Motagua.

1st leg 12 December 2001

Marathón

Motagua

San Pedro Sula, Cortés

19:30 (UTC−06:00)

Rosales 69' (pen.)

Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán
Attendance: 14,283
Referee: Benigno Pineda

↑ LaPrensa.hn – ¡En el Olímpico se decide! – 16 December 2007
↑ Diez.hn – En el clásico Motagua - Marathón, seguro hay goles – 12 February 2012
↑ Tiempo.hn – Marathón domina a Motagua en SPS – 19 August 2011

Liga Nacional

2014–15 teams	Honduras Marathón Motagua Olimpia Parrillas One Platense Real España Real Sociedad Victoria Vida

Former teams	Atlántida Atlético Choloma Atlético Español Atlético Indio Atlético Morazán / Juventud Morazánica Atlético Olanchano / Campamento Atlético Portuario Broncos Curacao Dandy Deportes Progreseño Deportes Savio E.A.C.I. Federal Hispano Honduras Salzburg Independiente Villela La Salle / San Pedro Lempira Necaxa 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 and statistics Reserves Top goalscorers

Liga Nacional seasons

1960s	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Honduran football derbies

Marathón v Motagua Marathón v Olimpia Marathón v Real España Motagua v Olimpia Motagua v Real España Olimpia v Real España Victoria v 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 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Reserve team	Águilas del Motagua

Players	Motagua players

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

Ground	Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Honors (16)

Liga Nacional (13)	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 2014–15 A

Honduran Cup (1)	1968

Honduran Super Cup (1)	1999

Copa Interclubes UNCAF (1)	2007

Liga Amateur (1)	1949–50

Website: www.motagua.com