The 2014–15 season was F.C. Motagua's 68th season in existence and the club's 49th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football.
Overview Despite being eliminated early last season, the club's board of directors confirmed the continuity of coach Diego Vásquez for the start of the 2014–15 season. On 24 April 2014, Jorge Claros, Eduardo Sosa, Víctor Ortiz and Luis Castro were separated from the club. On 19 May 2014, Pedro Atala announced his resignation after 9 years as the club's president. Julio Gutiérrez took charge on July. On 8 November, Júnior Izaguirre reached 300 games playing for the club, a record at the time; he also scored the winning goal that night in the 2–1 home win over C.D. Victoria. On 7 December, the club qualified for their first final after six tournaments being absent. On 20 December, with a 2–1 aggregate over C.D. Real Sociedad, Motagua conquered its 13th national title by winning the 2014–15 Apertura season.
Players
Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Lucas Gómez 26 April 2014 Universidad de Costa Rica Cristian Hernández 5 January 2015 Valle Israel Silva 13 January 2015 Antigua Ricardo Rosales 29 January 2015 Godoy Cruz
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Luis Castro 24 April 2014 Vida Jorge Claros 24 April 2014 Sporting Kansas City Víctor Ortiz 24 April 2014 Vida Eduardo Sosa 24 April 2014 Unión Aconquija José Varela 30 May 2014 Rentistas David Molina 7 July 2014 Retired Maximiliano Lombardi 11 July 2014 Los Caimanes Dembor Bengtson 16 January 2015 Olimpia Deybi Flores 24 February 2015 Vancouver Whitecaps
Squad Statistics as of 24 May 2015 Player 1 1 GK Sebastián Portigliatti 18 0 33 0 51 0 2 2 DF Juan Montes 18 1 30 0 48 1 3 3 DF Henry Figueroa 35 1 35 1 70 2 4 4 DF Júnior Izaguirre 326 33 38 4 364 37 5 5 DF Marcelo Pereira 0 0 9 0 9 0 6 6 MF Marvin Barrios 41 2 26 0 67 2 7 7 MF Carlos Discua 97 21 43 17 140 38 8 8 DF Orlin Peralta 22 0 22 0 44 0 9 9 FW Román Castillo 19 5 44 29 63 34 – 10 FW Israel Silva 0 0 14 3 14 3 11 11 FW Lucas Gómez 0 0 42 16 42 16 12 12 MF Reinieri Mayorquín 13 1 30 1 43 2 14 14 MF Irvin Reyna 13 0 42 1 55 1 16 16 MF Kevin Maradiaga 0 0 6 0 6 0 17 17 MF Júnior Padilla 50 4 17 0 67 4 18 18 DF Wilmer Crisanto 18 0 39 2 57 2 19 19 DF César Oseguera 56 5 35 0 91 5 21 21 MF Klifox Bernárdez 0 0 7 0 7 0 22 – MF Ramón Amador 3 0 3 0 7 0 23 23 MF Deybi Flores 9 0 13 0 22 0 24 24 DF Omar Elvir 80 2 41 2 121 4 25 25 GK Marlon Licona 27 0 13 0 40 0 26 – DF José García 15 0 6 0 21 0 27 – FW Dembor Bengtson 4 0 2 0 6 0 – 27 MF Ricardo Rosales 0 0 11 1 11 1 33 – GK Harold Fonseca 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 34 FW Kevin López 1 1 24 1 25 2 48 – FW Arnold Meléndez 7 0 0 0 7 0 49 28 DF Joshua Nieto 6 0 4 0 10 0 – 57 FW Foslyn Grant 0 0 3 0 3 0 – – FW Marlon Ramírez 0 0 4 0 4 0 – – GK Cristian Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – FW Roy Hernández – 0 0 1 0 1 0 – – DF Maylor Núñez 0 0 2 0 2 0 Manager Diego Vásquez 23 November 2013–
Results
Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
Clausura
Honduran Cup
External links Official website
References