The 2019–20 season is F.C. Motagua's 73rd season in existence and the club's 54th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also compete for the 2019 Honduran Cup, the 2019 CONCACAF League. and the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.
Overview Coach Diego Vásquez renewed his contract, he will be leading the team for his 12th consecutive tournament. Vásquez reached 240+ consecutive games as Motagua's manager, a club's and league record. In August 2019, the club announced the re-signing of defender Emilio Izaguirre, who returned to Motagua almost a decade later after his successful venture at Celtic F.C. On 25 September 2019, the club officially qualified to the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League through their participation at the 2019 CONCACAF League. On 31 October, Motagua qualified to their 2nd straight CONCACAF League final after defeating Alianza F.C. with a 4–1 aggregated score. However, in the final series, they weren't able to conquer the tournament as they lost to Deportivo Saprissa with a 0–1 aggregate score. In the Apertura tournament, Motagua was able to qualify to the Final 5 Stage (Pentagonal), however felt short against C.D. Olimpia and failed to qualify to their seventh straight final series.
In the second semester of the season, F.C. Motagua faced Atlanta United FC in the Round of 16 at the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League, where they couldn't advance after falling 1–4 on aggregated score.
Kits The 2019–20 home, away and third kits were published on 27 June. On 1 October, the club released an all-pink jersey to support breast cancer awareness.
Manufacturer Main sponsor Joma Pepsi
Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Óscar Salas 27 June 2019 Juticalpa Jack Baptiste 24 July 2019 Loudoun United Félix Crisanto 26 July 2019 BUAP Henry Ayala 8 August 2019 Juticalpa Emilio Izaguirre 9 August 2019 Celtic Josué Villafranca 23 December 2019 Vida Marcelo Canales 4 January 2020 Vida Gonzalo Klusener 11 January 2020 Independiente Rivadavia Wesly Decas 20 January 2020 Atlanta United 2 Rubilio Castillo 30 January 2020 Tondela
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Harrinson Bernárdez 15 July 2019 Real de Minas Éverson López 15 July 2019 Real de Minas Josué Villafranca 28 July 2019 Vida Marcelo Estigarribia 17 December 2019 Belgrano Óscar Salas 19 December 2019 Vida Henry Ayala 19 December 2019 Platense Carlos Sánchez 19 December 2019 Vida Jack Baptiste 6 January 2020 Real de Minas César Romero 6 January 2020 Real de Minas Denil Maldonado 17 January 2020 Pachuca
Squad Statistics as of 14 March 2020 Only league matches into account Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored 1 GK Hugo Caballero 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 DF Juan Montes 216 24 240 12 2 14 3 DF Emilio Izaguirre 143 17 160 4 1 5 4 MF Sergio Peña 23 27 50 1 2 3 5 DF Marcelo Pereira 94 28 122 8 1 9 6 MF Reinieri Mayorquín 182 19 201 10 2 12 7 MF Erick Andino 125 2 127 34 0 34 8 MF Walter Martínez 72 31 103 9 0 9 9 FW Gonzalo Klusener 0 11 11 0 4 4 10 MF Matías Galvaliz 35 26 61 2 4 6 11 FW Marco Vega 93 19 112 16 4 20 12 MF Raúl Santos 57 17 74 0 0 0 14 DF Klifox Bernárdez 44 3 47 0 0 0 15 MF Juan Gómez 0 2 2 0 0 0 16 MF Héctor Castellanos 141 17 158 1 0 1 MF Denil Maldonado 49 11 60 1 1 2 DF Wesly Decas 0 3 3 0 0 0 18 DF Wilmer Crisanto 199 23 222 18 1 19 19 GK Jonathan Rougier 92 26 118 0 0 0 21 FW Roberto Moreira 44 30 74 21 15 36 FW Marcelo Estigarribia 18 20 38 7 7 14 MF Jack Baptiste 10 3 13 0 0 0 24 DF Omar Elvir 255 21 276 10 0 10 25 GK Marlon Licona 79 9 88 0 0 0 MF Óscar Salas 0 10 10 0 0 0 FW Josué Villafranca 6 2 8 1 0 1 27 DF Félix Crisanto 99 24 123 5 2 7 28 MF Ángel Barrios 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 FW Rubilio Castillo 154 7 161 84 5 89 DF Henry Ayala 0 1 1 0 0 0 MF Carlos Sánchez 12 3 15 0 0 0 MF Marcelo Canales 0 3 3 0 0 0 32 MF Jonathan Núñez 2 5 7 0 0 0 33 DF Albert Galindo 0 1 1 0 0 0 34 FW Kevin López 126 30 156 22 7 29 35 DF Cristopher Meléndez 24 14 38 0 0 0 Manager Diego Vásquez 23 November 2013–
Goalkeeper's action As of 14 March 2020 Goalkeeper Years evaluated Jonathan Rougier 2017–present 118 112 0.949 Marlon Licona 2010–2017, 2018–present 88 99 1.125
International caps As of 17 November 2019 This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2019–20 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions. Player Team Event Caps Goals Félix Crisanto Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 3 0 Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 2 0 Marcelo Pereira Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 1 0 Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 2 0 Emilio Izaguirre Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 2 0 Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 1 1 Kevin López Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 0 0 Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 1 0 Raúl Santos Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 0 0 Héctor Castellanos Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 1 0 Denil Maldonado Adult 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League 2 0 Adult Friendlies v Puerto Rico and Chile 2 0 Under-23 2019 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2 0 Under-23 2019 Pan American Games 5 1 Cristopher Meléndez Under-23 2019 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 2 0 Under-23 2019 Pan American Games 1 0
Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise
Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
Clausura
Honduran Cup
CONCACAF League
CONCACAF Champions League
By round
Statistics As of 14 March 2020 Competition League 35 20 7 8 61 36 +25 12 7 63.81% Honduran Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00% CONCACAF League 8 3 4 1 9 4 +5 4 3 54.17% CONCACAF Champions League 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3 0 1 16.67% Others 8 6 0 2 32 6 +26 4 1 75.00% Totals 53 29 12 12 103 50 +53 20 12 62.26%
External links Official website
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