The 1999–2000 season was F.C. Motagua's 49th season in existence and the club's 34th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. After finishing in third place last season, the club were looking for their 8th and 9th league title. They also competed in the 1999 UNCAF Interclub Cup.
Overview After manager Ramón Maradiaga took charge of the Honduras national football team, the club hired Mexican coach José Treviño with whom they were able to win the Apertura tournament.LaPrensa.hn – José Treviño nuevo DT del Motagua – 15 August 2013 With the win, Treviño returned to Mexico and assistant coach and former striker Luis Reyes managed to repeat and won the Clausura tournament. This was the second time in history the club was able to retain the title consecutively, after doing so in 1997–98. Internationally, Motagua faced Comunicaciones F.C., Juventus FC, C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo and Deportivo Saprissa in the 1999 UNCAF Interclub Cup, but were unable to proceed from the first round.RSSSF.com – Central American Club Competitions 1999 – 23 July 2015
Players Player name Date of birth and age 1 GK Diego Vásquez 3 DF Reynaldo Clavasquín 4 DF Júnior Izaguirre 5 DF Milton Reyes 6 DF Ninrrol Medina 12 DF Iván Guerrero 17 MF Mario Chirinos 18 DF Jairo Martínez 20 MF Amado Guevara – GK Hugo Caballero – DF Robel Bernárdez – DF Juan Raudales – MF Carlos Muñoz – – MF Óscar Lagos – MF Carlos Salinas – MF José Romero – FW Gustavo Fuentes
Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise
Apertura
Clausura
UNCAF Interclub Cup
By round
Statistics As of 26 August 2000 Competition League 48 23 22 3 65 33 +32 20 11 63.19% Copa Interclubes UNCAF 7 1 4 2 4 6 –2 2 4 19.19% Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% Totals 55 24 26 5 69 39 +30 22 15 59.39%
References
External links Official website