1968–69 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua
1968–69 season
Chairman	Pedro Atala Simón
Manager	Juan Colecchio; Américo Brunner; Rodolfo Godoy
League	Winner
Cup	Winner
Top goalscorer	Abrussezze (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 September 2011.

The 1968–69 C.D. Motagua season was F.C. Motagua's 4th season in the Honduran Liga Nacional and the 18th overall. Motagua was able to achieve both domestic League and Cup, thus becoming the first Honduran club to win a double.

League

After three season of poor performance, the club strengthened its squad with well talented Brazilian players, one of them being Roberto Abrussezze who finished top goal-scorer at the end of the season. On 9 March 1969, Motagua secured its first ever professional national championship in the 1–1 draw against all-time archrivals C.D. Olimpia; that result made them unreachable in the standings.^[1]

Squad

All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Caps	Goals
1	GK	Salvador Dubois	(1935-08-16)16 August 1935 (aged 32)	–	0
2	DF	Lenard Welsh	(1935-11-13)13 November 1935 (aged 32)	–	–
3	DF	Marco Banegas	–	–	–
4	DF	Elio Banegas	–	–	–
5	DF	Roberto Jerez	–	–	–
6	FW	Abrussezze	(1948-03-29)29 March 1948 (aged 20)	–	–
7	FW	Geraldo Baptista	–	–	–
8	MF	Pedro Colón	–	–	–
9	–	Fermín Navarro	–	–	–
10	FW	Óscar Hernández	(1950-06-10)10 June 1950 (aged 17)	–	–
11	DF	Nelson Benavídez	–	–	–
12	–	Julio Meza	–	–	–
13	DF	Alfonso Navarro	–	–	–
14	–	Yaponá de Souza	–	0	0
15	FW	Pedro da Silva	–	0	0
16	–	Jesús Castillo	–	–	–
17	MF	Rubén Guifarro	(1946-10-15)15 October 1946 (aged 21)	–	–
18	FW	Mario Blandón	–	0	0
19	–	Rino Fanconi	–	–	–
20	–	Mariano Godoy	–	–	–
21	–	Juan Ramos	–	–	–
22	–	Marco González	–	–	–
23	–	Linauro di Paula	–	0	0

Transfer in

No.	Pos.	Player	Moving from
7	FW	Geraldo Baptista	–
14	–	Yaponá de Souza	–
15	FW	Pedro da Silva	–
18	FW	Mario Blandón	none
23	FW	Linauro di Paula	–

Transfer out

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Motagua^[a] (C)	27	17	5	5	45	23	+22	39	Qualified to the 1969 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2	Olimpia^[b]	27	14	8	5	45	20	+25	36
3	Platense	27	15	6	6	40	21	+19	36
4	Atlético Indio	27	12	10	5	34	24	+10	34
5	España	27	9	7	11	37	30	+7	25

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Motagua champions as regular season winner.
^ Olimpia runner-up as finishing second.

Matches

Friendlies

13 October 1968 Friendly	Motagua	1–1	Guadalajara	Tegucigalpa
CST	Hernández 1'		22' (o.g.) de Souza	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

17 October 1968 Friendly	Motagua	0–0	León	Tegucigalpa
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

12 December 1968 Friendly	Motagua	1–0	Atlético Indio	Tegucigalpa
CST	Artica 42'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 December 1968 Friendly	Motagua	1–1	Pachuca	Tegucigalpa
CST	Banegas 5'		22' dos Santos	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

17 December 1968 Friendly	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa
CST	Banegas 50'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

25 May 1969 Friendly	Motagua	0–1	Necaxa	Tegucigalpa
CST			Frías	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Regular season

Some matches missing, will include when available.

7 April 1968 Round 1	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Abrussezze			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 May 1968 Round 7	Motagua	1–0	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Cárcamo ?' (o.g.)			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

16 June 1968 Round ?	Motagua	1–1	España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 August 1968 Round ?	Marathón	2–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
CST				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

18 August 1968 Round ?	Victoria	0–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
CST				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

8 September 1968 Round 16	Olimpia	0–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST			Hernández Abrussezze	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

9 March 1969 Round ?	Motagua	1–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 CST	Abrussezze	Report	Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Tomás Álvarez Starting XI 1 – Dubois 2 – Welsh 3 – Banegas 6 – Abrussezze 7 – Baptista 10 – Hernández 11 – Benavídez 12 – Meza 13 – Navarro 15 – da Silva 17 – Guifarro Substitutes 5 – Jerez

23 March 1969 Round ?	Motagua	0–1	Honduras	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round ?	Motagua	3–2	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round ?	Motagua	0–1	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Round ?	Platense	0–4	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
CST				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

Cup

The 1968 Honduran Cup was the first knock-out tournament played in Honduran football, Motagua were seeded in Group A along Atlético Indio, C.D. Atlético Español, C.D. Olimpia and C.D. Victoria from which they advanced to the semifinals; once there, they faced Atlético Indio who defeated 1–0. On 22 December 1968, Motagua captured its first official cup by overcoming C.D. España on penalty shoot-outs in the final match at Estadio General Francisco Morazán in San Pedro Sula.

Matches

Group A

Semifinal

19 December 1968 Semifinal	Motagua	1–0	Atlético Indio	Tegucigalpa
	Baptista 55'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Final

22 December 1968 Final	España	2–2 (1–2 p)	Motagua	San Pedro Sula
	Greenech 59' 65'		44' Baptista 61' Godoy	Stadium: Estadio General Francisco Morazán
	Penalties
	Hidalgo		Banegas

References

^ Motagua.com – Historia – Parte 1 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – 19 February 2008

External links

Motagua Official Website

[table_note_MOT0.25442387082354-2] Motagua champions as regular season winner.

[table_note_OLI0.25442387082354-3] Olimpia runner-up as finishing second.

[1] Motagua.com – Historia – Parte 1 Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine – 19 February 2008

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