The 2024–25 season was F.C. Motagua's 78th season in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup and the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Overview The club tried to improve on their 2023–24 season, where they finished title-less. On 30 October 2024, F.C. Motagua qualified to the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup after defeating C.D. Águila in the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup play-in round, thus becoming the only Honduran team to obtain such achievement. On 22 December, the club achieved the Apertura title, which represented their 19th domestic league, also obtaining a qualification to the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup. On 26 February 2025, the club was eliminated from the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup's Round one after losing 2–5 on aggregate against FC Cincinnati. On 17 May, the club lost on aggregated 1–2 against Real C.D. España in the Clausura semifinals, ending their season.
Kits The 2024–25 home, away and third kits were published on 25 June.
Manufacturer Main sponsor Joma Pepsi
Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Jhen Portillo 21 May 2024 Vida Óscar Padilla 22 May 2024 Génesis Sebastián Cardozo 9 August 2024 Progreso Jefryn Macías 24 December 2024 UPNFM Alfred Jervis 14 January 2025 Juventus Diego Ledesma 31 January 2025 Técnico Universitario
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Marcelo Pereira 13 June 2024 Cartaginés Kevin Álvarez 26 June 2024 UPNFM Juan Delgado 27 June 2024 Olancho Wesly Decas 15 August 2024 Hapoel Ra'anana Rubilio Castillo 23 January 2025 Deportivo Pereira Agustín Auzmendi 30 January 2025 Godoy Cruz
Squad
Only league matches into account Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored 2 DF Sebastián Cardozo 0 34 34 0 2 2 3 DF Carlos Meléndez 79 7 86 5 1 6 4 MF Luis Vega 24 32 56 3 4 7 5 MF Óscar Padilla 0 15 15 0 1 1 6 DF Riky Zapata 26 28 54 0 1 1 7 MF Jorge Serrano 17 32 49 1 4 5 8 MF Walter Martínez 237 31 268 23 1 24 9 FW Rubilio Castillo 188 16 204 105 8 113 10 MF Yeison Mejía 35 37 72 7 3 10 FW Agustín Auzmendi 41 23 64 26 16 42 FW Diego Ledesma 0 12 12 0 4 4 12 MF Raúl Santos 202 36 238 7 0 7 14 MF Carlos Argueta 38 24 62 3 1 4 15 MF Edwin Maldonado 41 14 55 0 0 0 16 MF Héctor Castellanos 242 18 260 4 0 4 17 DF Jhen Portillo 0 33 33 0 0 0 19 GK Jonathan Rougier 235 13 248 1 0 1 21 MF Rodrigo Gómez 17 37 54 1 4 5 22 FW Edwin Munguía 1 2 3 0 0 0 23 MF Alfred Jervis 0 2 2 0 0 0 24 FW Antony García 7 0 7 0 0 0 25 GK Marlon Licona 142 31 173 0 0 0 26 MF Denis Meléndez 26 24 50 1 2 3 27 MF Jefryn Macías 0 12 12 0 0 0 29 FW Rodrigo Auzmendi 7 34 41 1 19 20 32 MF Jonathan Núñez 83 23 106 3 0 3 33 FW Emilio Izaguirre 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 DF Giancarlos Sacaza 3 16 19 0 1 1 35 DF Cristopher Meléndez 125 36 161 5 0 5 38 FW Mathías Vásquez 1 16 17 1 6 7 42 MF Jonathan Argueta 0 11 11 0 1 1 47 – Santos Sambulá 1 0 1 0 0 0 50 FW Aarón Barrios 13 0 13 0 0 0 51 MF Jordan García 1 3 4 0 0 0 60 GK Daniel Paguada 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 MF Carlos Mejía 96 40 136 10 5 15 Manager Diego Vásquez 26 November 2023 –
Goalkeeper's action
Goalkeeper Years evaluated Jonathan Rougier 2017–2025 248 248 1.000 Marlon Licona 2010–2017, 2018–2023, 2024–2025 173 187 1.081
International caps
This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2024–25 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions.
Player Team Event Caps Goals Rubilio Castillo Adult 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League 2 0 Cristopher Meléndez Adult 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League 3 0 Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Raúl Santos Adult 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League 3 0 Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Luis Vega Adult 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League 6 0 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 0 Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Marlon Licona Adult Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Carlos Mejía Adult 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 0 Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Daniel Paguada U-20 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 3 0 Mathías Vásquez U-20 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship 3 1 Enmanuel Martín U-17 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification 3 0 Josué Oyuela U-17 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification 3 0 Darell Oliva U-17 2025 CONCACAF U-17 World Cup qualification 3 0
Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise
Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
Clausura
CONCACAF Central American Cup
F.C. Motagua qualified to the 2024 CONCACAF Central American Cup as the third best placed non-champion from the 2023–24 domestic league. On 30 October, the club obtained a ticket to the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup after defeating Salvadorians C.D. Águila in the play-in stage.
CONCACAF Champions Cup
Statistics
Competition Liga Nacional 44 24 11 9 85 44 +41 13 8 62.88% CONCACAF Central American Cup 8 3 4 1 15 10 +5 2 1 54.17% CONCACAF Champions Cup 2 0 1 1 2 5 –3 0 0 16.67% Others 6 5 1 0 16 4 +12 3 0 88.89% Totals 60 32 17 11 118 63 +55 18 9 62.78%
References
External links Official website