Platense F.C.

Platense
Full name Platense Football Club Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable
Nickname(s) Tiburón
Los Escualos
Los Selacios
Founded 4 July 1960
Ground Estadio Excelsior,
Puerto Cortés, Honduras
Capacity 10,000
Owner Honduras Selim Canahuati
Chairman Honduras Allan Ramos
Manager Uruguay Germando Adinolfi
League Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
2013 Clausura 5th

Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés.

The club was founded on 4 July 1960[1] and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football League. Their home venue is the Estadio Excelsior.

History

Officially Platense Sport Club was founded on July 4, 1960, in the neighborhood of Campo Rojo, Puerto Cortés. At first, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía and Roosevelt Garbut attended at the home of Mr. Rene Paiz to found a new football team. They were joined by Manuel Flores, Héctor Sánchez, Rolando Méndez, Samuel Williams, Rudolph Williams, Ricardo Fúnez, Julio Linares, Óscar Pineda, Raúl Betancourt, Francisco Maldonado, Humberto Dole, Rolando Zavala and Reginaldo Guevara.[2]

In the first meetings of Club Platense, the names of various international football 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; the last was the most liked among the founder members of the club.

In its beginnings, this team had the fortune to have the support of the Tela Railroad Company. The members of Club Platense were, 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. 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.

First Championship

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.

Second Championship

Training session at Excelsior Stadium in 2005.

After having obtained the first championship of National League, Club Deportivo Platense had to wait 36 years until 2000-2001 for its second. The new format of short tournaments (opening – closure) with semifinals allowed Platense to compete for the championship, even though it finished second in the final standings. The title was to be fought in a series of two games against the most popular team of the country, Club Deportivo Olimpia. The first game was in Puerto Cortés and finished with a victory for the 'Tiburón' by the score of 1-0 with the goal netted by the Argentine Marcelo Verón. The return game was won by Club Olimpia by the same score. This forced the teams to go to over-time. The champion would be the team that scored the first goal (Golden goal). Then with a goal by Rony Morales, Club Platense conquered its second championship of the National League.[3]

Relegation prevented and Platense F.C. formed

In June 2012, C.D. Platense was relegated but merged with C.D. Necaxa to become the newly named Platense F.C. and stay in the National League.[4]

Achievements

Domestic

1965-66, Clausura 2001
Runners-up (3): 1996-97, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2002
1982
1996, 1997
Runners-up (2): 1996-97, 1997-98

Honours

League and Playoffs Performance

(1994–Present)

Season Position GP W D L GF GA PTS Playoffs Pl. W D L GS GA PTS
1994-958th
27
5
10
12
18
28
25
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1995-964th
27
10
7
10
29
31
37
First Round
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
Semi-Finals
4
0
3
1
3
5
3
1997-98 Clausura
3rd
20
8
8
4
36
30
32
Semi-Finals
4
0
3
1
5
6
3
1998-996th
18
7
4
7
23
31
25
First Round
2
0
1
1
0
3
1
1999-00 Apertura5th
18
6
7
5
24
24
25
First Round
2
0
2
0
2
2
2
1999-00 Clausura
2nd
18
10
4
4
39
21
34
First Round
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
Semi-Finals
2
0
1
1
2
3
1
2001-02 Clausura
3rd
18
9
4
5
35
25
28
Semi-Finals
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 Clausura6th
18
4
8
6
18
20
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003-04 Apertura6th
18
5
7
6
20
23
22
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003-04 Clausura6th
16
6
2
8
18
22
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2004-05 Apertura6th
18
6
3
9
21
28
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2004-05 Clausura6th
17
5
6
6
23
19
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2005-06 Apertura4th
18
8
3
7
28
34
27
Semi-Finals
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
2005-06 Clausura7th
18
5
7
6
19
21
22
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2006-07 Apertura5th
18
7
8
3
32
29
29
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2006-07 Clausura6th
17
7
2
8
17
22
23
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007-08 Apertura9th
18
3
6
9
17
28
15
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|-
2007-08 Clausura8th
18
5
5
8
18
24
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2008-09 Apertura7th
18
6
5
7
22
26
23
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2008-09 Clausura9th
17
4
6
7
20
26
18
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2009-10 Apertura6th
18
6
6
6
23
25
24
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2009-10 Clausura4th
18
7
7
4
23
19
28
Semi-Finals
2
0
2
0
2
2
2
2010–11 Apertura5th
18
8
2
8
20
22
26
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2010–11 Clausura9th
18
4
5
9
21
29
17
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2011-12 Apertura8th
18
6
3
9
14
23
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2011–12 Clausura10th
18
1
8
9
14
32
11
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2012-13 Apertura8th
18
4
8
6
15
22
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2012-13 Clausura5th
18
7
3
8
21
24
24
Semi-Finals
4
1
3
0
4
2
6

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

36 Game Average

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

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v. Guatemala Aurora FC -- 4:3, 0:1 (Aurora advance on away goals rule)
First Round v. Guatemala Aurora FC -- 2:1
First Round v. Guatemala Aurora FC -- 2:1
First Round v. Belize Real Verdes -- 0:0
First Round v. Belize Real Verdes -- 6:0
First Round v. El Salvador C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo -- 0:1
Second Round v. Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa -- 1:3
Second Round v. Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones -- 3:1
Second Round v. Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa -- 0:0
Second Round v. Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones -- 1:2

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

First Round v. Belize Juventus -- 0:1, 4:1 (Platense advance 4:2 on aggregate)
Second Round v. Curaçao CRKSV Jong Colombia -- 3:1, 7:0 (Platense advance 10:1 on aggregate)
Final Round v. Honduras CD Olimpia -- 3:3
Final Round v. Guatemala CSD Municipal -- 0:0

Current squad

Clausura 2013 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Honduras GK Wilfred Brown
2 Honduras FW Nahún Solís
3 Colombia FW Javier Estupiñán
4 Honduras DF Juan Pablo Montes
5 Honduras DF Edwin Yobani Avila
6 Honduras DF Luis Fernando Palacios
7 Honduras DF Rony Morales
8 Honduras MF Jaime Rosales
9 Honduras FW Christian Lara
10 Honduras MF Marvin Sánchez
11 Honduras FW José Ricardo Casildo
12 Honduras GK Adalid Puerto
13 Honduras FW Bayron Méndez
14 Honduras MF Ronmel Corea
15 Honduras DF Bryan Arturo Johnson
16 Honduras MF Jorge Jesús Cardona
17 Honduras MF Victor Zúniga
18 Colombia FW Stiven Jiménez
19 Honduras FW John Erlick Beaumont
20 Honduras MF Walter Castro
21 Honduras FW Francisco Antonio López
22 Honduras DF Irbin Guerrero
No. Position Player
23 Honduras MF David Mendoza
24 Honduras GK José Mariano Pineda
25 Honduras MF Dagoberto Oliva
26 Honduras DF Nixon Duarte
27 Honduras FW Jerrick Díaz
28 Honduras GK Edin Pacheco
29 Honduras MF Ronald Vladimir García
30 Honduras FW Ian Osorio
32 Honduras MF Leonel Flores
33 Honduras MF Kevin Johnson
36 Honduras DF Senen Mejía
38 Honduras DF Edson Serrano
40 Honduras MF Joshua Vargas
41 Honduras MF Brandon Payne
43 Honduras MF Santos Solórzano
44 Honduras MF Luis Fernando Herrera
45 Honduras MF Dedimyr Rodríguez
47 Honduras DF Milton Antonio Garay
53 Honduras FW Yester Alcerro
55 Honduras MF Bani Lozano
58 Honduras MF Marcos Olivera

List Of Coaches

All time top goal scorers

[15]

# Player Goals
1 Honduras Juan Manuel Cárcamo 65
2 Honduras Francisco Ramírez 54
3 Honduras Raúl Centeno Gamboa 53
4 Honduras Eduardo Laing 45
5 Colombia Oscar Piedrahita 33
6 Brazil Marcelo Ferreira 28
7 Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado 27
8 Honduras Dennis Caballero 26
9 Honduras Luis Alonso Perdomo 25
10 Argentina Marcelo Verón 23

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Old logo

References

  1. ↑ "Juventud y esperanza" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-08-10. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  2. ↑ 53 años cumplió el “Tiburón” - La Tribuna (Spanish)
  3. ↑ A 12 años del segundo título “escualo” - La Tribuna (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Oficial la fusión Platense-Necaxa - La Tribuna (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Argentino Alfaro reemplazará a su compatriota Romero en Platense de Honduras - Terra (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Nahum Espinoza firmaría nuevo contrato con Platense - La Tribuna (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Rubén Guifarro toma las riendas del Platense - La Prensa (Spanish)
  8. ↑ Vargas firmó con Platense - La Tribuna (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Jairo Ríos, nuevo técnico del Platense - Diez (Spanish)
  10. ↑ Carlos de Toro, nuevo técnico de Platense - La Prensa (Spanish)
  11. ↑ Roque Alfaro, nuevo técnico del Platense - La Prensa (Spanish)
  12. ↑ Argentinos de Platense se van porque les dicen “paquetes” - La Tribuna (Spanish)
  13. ↑ Hernán García ya no es técnico de Platense - Diez (Spanish)
  14. ↑ Germando Adinolfi, nuevo entrenador del Platense - La Prensa (Spanish)
  15. ↑ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)

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