The 2022–23 season was F.C. Motagua's 76th season in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in the 2022 CONCACAF League and the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.
Overview After winning their 18th title last season, the club tried to repeat under the management of Hernán Medina. In the first semester, the club was able to reach the 2022 CONCACAF League semifinals, where they lost to hometown rivals C.D. Olimpia. In December, they reach the finals of the Apertura season, however, felt short grabbing the title. On 2 February 2023, coach Hernán Medina was sacked due to poor results. A few hours later, former defender Ninrrol Medina was appointed as new manager. In the first semester of 2023, the club qualified to the play-offs stage but was not able to reach the semifinals for the first time in 10 years after losing to C.D. Marathón.
Kits The 2022–23 home, away and third kits were published on 22 July.
Manufacturer Main sponsor Joma Pepsi
Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Eddie Hernández 24 June 2022 Olimpia Fabricio Brener 4 July 2022 PAS Giannina Mauro Ortiz 31 July 2022 Patronato Kevin Álvarez 2 January 2023 Real España Christian Gutiérrez 2 January 2023 Juticalpa Lucas Campana 2 January 2023 Marathón Edwin Maldonado 7 January 2023 Honduras Progreso Juan Obregón 7 January 2023 Hartford Athletic Giancarlos Sacaza 28 January 2023 Real España Reserves Gaspar Triverio 29 January 2023 Deportivo Madryn Santiago Montoya 2 February 2023 Deportivo Pereira
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Diego Auzqui 1 June 2022 Sacachispas Lucas Baldunciel 8 June 2022 Temperley Franco Olego 8 June 2022 Sarmiento Omar Elvir 25 June 2022 Olancho Josué Villafranca 4 July 2022 Victoria Óscar García 20 December 2022 Vida Hugo Caballero 20 December 2022 TBD Jesse Moncada 21 December 2022 Vida Denil Maldonado 22 December 2022 Los Angeles Jason Sánchez 26 December 2022 UPNFM Juan Gómez 26 December 2022 UPNFM Albert Galindo 26 December 2022 Honduras Progreso Ángel Tejeda 29 December 2022 Alajuelense Fabricio Brener 7 January 2023 Nueva Chicago
Squad
Only league matches into account Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored GK Hugo Caballero 1 0 1 0 0 0 GK Enrique Facussé 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Denil Maldonado 80 19 99 3 1 4 DF Kevin Álvarez 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 DF Carlos Meléndez 15 29 44 3 1 4 4 MF Carlos Mejía 24 38 62 4 3 7 5 DF Marcelo Pereira 181 27 208 11 2 13 6 MF Jason Sánchez 9 5 14 0 0 0 7 MF Iván López 56 39 95 9 2 11 8 MF Walter Martínez 158 37 195 16 2 18 9 FW Eddie Hernández 63 32 95 23 9 32 FW Mauro Ortiz 0 9 9 0 1 1 MF Gaspar Triverio 0 13 13 0 3 3 FW Ángel Tejeda 18 14 32 2 6 8 FW Lucas Campana 0 17 17 0 5 5 12 MF Raúl Santos 131 35 166 1 6 7 14 MF Geovanni Bueso 2 5 7 0 0 0 MF Juan Gómez 14 1 15 1 0 1 MF Edwin Maldonado 0 10 10 0 0 0 16 MF Héctor Castellanos 203 24 227 2 2 4 17 DF Wesly Decas 64 36 100 1 0 1 18 DF Diego Rodríguez 22 24 46 1 1 2 19 GK Jonathan Rougier 175 18 193 0 0 0 21 FW Roberto Moreira 152 34 186 63 6 69 MF Jesse Moncada 43 11 54 4 0 4 FW Juan Obregón 0 7 7 0 1 1 23 MF Juan Delgado 55 39 94 4 2 6 24 FW Santiago Montoya 0 4 4 0 0 0 25 GK Marlon Licona 117 24 141 0 0 0 MF Óscar García 26 3 29 2 0 2 FW Chistian Gutiérrez 0 6 6 0 0 0 30 DF Osmar Gonzales 1 0 1 0 0 0 32 MF Jonathan Núñez 46 35 81 1 2 3 33 DF Albert Galindo 10 0 10 0 0 0 DF Fabricio Brener 0 9 9 0 0 0 DF Giancarlos Sacaza 0 1 1 0 0 0 35 DF Cristopher Meléndez 91 25 116 4 1 5 39 FW Marvin Maldonado 0 3 3 0 0 0 40 MF Yostin Obando 8 9 17 0 2 2 50 FW Aaron Barrios 0 4 4 0 0 0 54 FW Andy Hernández 2 0 2 0 0 0 58 DF Breyner Maradiaga 4 0 4 0 0 0 59 FW José Oliva 2 2 4 0 0 0 67 MF Rodrigo Rodríguez 0 4 4 0 0 0 Managers Hernán Medina 24 March 2022 – 2 February 2023 Ninrrol Medina 2 February 2023 –
Goalkeeper's action
Goalkeeper Years evaluated Jonathan Rougier 2017–2023 193 189 0.979 Hugo Caballero 2021–2023 1 1 1.000 Marlon Licona 2010–2017, 2018–2023 141 153 1.085
International caps
This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2022–23 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions. Player Team Event Caps Goals Héctor Castellanos Adult Friendlies v Argentina, Guatemala, Qatar and Saudi Arabia 4 0 Wesly Decas Adult Friendly v Saudi Arabia 1 0 Iván López Adult Friendlies v Qatar and Saudi Arabia 2 0 Denil Maldonado Adult Friendlies v Argentina, Guatemala, Qatar and Saudi Arabia 4 0 Walter Martínez Adult Friendlies v Qatar and Saudi Arabia 2 0 Carlos Meléndez Adult Friendlies v Argentina, Guatemala and Qatar 3 0 Marcelo Pereira Adult Friendlies v Qatar and Saudi Arabia 2 0 Raúl Santos Adult Friendly v Argentina 1 0 Ángel Tejeda Adult Friendlies v Qatar and Saudi Arabia 2 0 Saúl Estrada U-17 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship 4 0 Jordan García U-17 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship 5 2 Owen Macías U-17 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship 2 0 Johan Navas U-17 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship 5 0
Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise
Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
Clausura
CONCACAF League
CONCACAF Champions League
Statistics
Competition Liga Nacional 42 16 14 12 61 54 +7 11 9 49.21% CONCACAF League 6 2 3 1 3 1 +2 5 4 50.00% CONCACAF Champions League 4 0 2 2 1 7 –6 1 3 16.67% Others 7 4 1 2 7 4 +3 4 2 61.90% Totals 59 22 20 17 72 66 +6 21 18 48.59%
References
External links Official website