Motagua–Real España football rivalry

C.D. Motagua – Real C.D. España

First contested	España 0–2 Motagua (15 September 1965)
Most recent meeting	Real España 1–2 Motagua (18 April 2015)
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Number of meetings	206
All-time series (Liga Nacional only)	73–64–69 Motagua
Largest victory	Real España 5–0 Motagua (24 August 2014) Motagua 5–0 Real España (19 October 2014)

Motagua vs. Real España, is a classic football match played between C.D. Motagua from Tegucigalpa and Real C.D. España from San Pedro Sula, two of the most successful and popular football teams from Honduras. The Motagua–Real España classic is not as fierce as the other two already mentioned as these both teams have a good relationship with each other from the players, to the board and the fans; however they had play six intense league finals, three won by each side. These two teams played the first ever final in Liga Nacional in the 1974–75 season.^[1]

The finals

Motagua and Real España had played six finals since the beginning of the Professional League in 1965–66, 3 won for each side.

1974–75 season

1st leg 22 December 1974	Motagua	0 – 1	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Pavón  86'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Porfirio Guerra

• Real España won 1–0 on aggregate. Played in one leg.

1976–77 season

1st leg 5 December 1976	Motagua	0 – 0	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Pavón  86'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Porfirio Guerra

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2nd leg 12 December 1976	España	4 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Soto  11' Yearwood  66' Ferreira  81' Bailey  89'		Maradiaga  72'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 14,000 (L. 55,800.92) Referee: Carlos Ortiz

• Real España won 1–0 on aggregate.

1978–79 season

1st leg 25 January 1979	Motagua	1 – 0	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
(UTC−06:00)	Bernárdez			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

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2nd leg 28 January 1979	España	1 – 4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
(UTC−06:00)	Bailey		Reyes Maradiaga	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Carlos Ortiz

• Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.

1990–91 season

1st leg 10 February 1991	Motagua	0 – 0	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

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2nd leg 16 February 1991	España	2 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Smith		Murillo	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

• Real España won 2–1 on aggregate.

1991–92 season

1st leg 29 February 1992	España	0 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

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2nd leg 5 March 1992	Motagua	1 – 0	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Avila			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 32,299

• Motagua won 1–0 on aggregate.

1997–98 Apertura season

1st leg 15 April 1998	España	0 – 3	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)			Ramírez  21' Lagos  55' Guevara  89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

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2nd leg 18 April 1998	Motagua	2 – 1	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Ramírez  20' Guevara  32'		Morales  26'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

• Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.

Head to Head

• As of 18 April 2015

At Tegucigalpa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	102	46	29	27	124	90	+34	121
2	Real España	102	27	29	46	90	124	−34	83

At San Pedro Sula

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real España	101	42	32	27	133	104	+29	116
2	Motagua	101	27	32	42	104	133	−29	86

In neutral venue

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
2	Real España	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3

Overall

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motagua	206	73	64	69	229	224	+5	210
2	Real España	206	69	64	73	224	229	−5	202

Trivia

• First game in Liga Nacional: Held on 5 September 1965 at San Pedro Sula, Motagua defeated España 0–2 with two goals from Elio Banegas.
• Motagua's largest home win: 5–0 in 2014–15.
• Real España's largest away win: 2–4 in 2007–08.
• First game at Tegucigalpa: Motagua 1–1 España in 1965–66.
• First Real España's home win: 2–0 in 1966–67.
• Motagua's largest away win: 0–4 in 1999–00.
• Real España's largest home win: 5–0 in 2014–15.
• Motagua's best goalscorer against Real España: Ángel Obando with 9 goals.
• Real España's better goalscorer against Motagua: Jimmy Bailey with 10 goals.
• Players that had score with both teams: Júnior Costly, Miguel Matthews, Gilberto Yearwood, Geovanny Ávila and Pedro Aparecido Santana.

External links

• Motagua
• Real España

References

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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

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