2018–19 C.D. Marathón season

Marathón
2018–19 season
Chairman	Orinson Amaya
Manager	Héctor Vargas
Stadium	Estadio Yankel Rosenthal
Apertura	4th - Playoffs
Clausura	2nd - Semifinals
Cup	Round of 16
Supercup	Winners
CONCACAF Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Justin Arboleda (20); All: Justin Arboleda (23)
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	← 2017–18 2019–20 →
	All statistics correct as of 4 March 2019.

The 2018–19 season was C.D. Marathón's 68th season in existence and the club's 53rd consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The club fought for its 10th league title, in which they failed on both Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Facing also the 2018 Honduran Cup and the 2019 Honduran Supercup, the club went on to win the last one, the first Supercup in their history.

Overview

Héctor Vargas renewed his contract on April 23, during the 2017–18 Clausura tournament.^[1]

Apertura

Transfers in

Player	Contract date	Moving from	Position
Carlos Róchez	29 May 2018^[2]	Lobos UPNFM	MF
Roy Smith	2 June 2018^[3]	Honduras Progreso	DF
Marlon Ramírez	23 June 2018^[4]	ENPPI SC	FW
Carlos Discua	27 June 2018^[5]	Motagua	MF
Jorge Armando Cardona	21 July 2018^[6]	Honduras Progreso	MF

Transfers out

Player	Released date	Moving to	Position
John Paul Suazo	20 May 2018^[7]	Olimpia	DF/MF
Júnior Lacayo	20 May 2018^[8]	Olimpia	FW
Daniel Tejeda	30 May 2018^[9]	TBA	DF
Wilmer Fuentes	30 May 2018^[10]	Honduras Progreso	MF
Johnny Leverón	5 June 2018^[11]	Real C.D. España	DF

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Olimpia	18	8	8	2	25	17	+8	32	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	UPNFM	18	9	3	6	25	20	+5	30	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Marathón	18	7	7	4	28	22	+6	28
5	Real España	18	7	5	6	31	25	+6	26
6	Platense	18	6	6	6	21	18	+3	24

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	W

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

28 July 2018 Round 1	Marathón	0 – 0	Vida	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: David Mendoza

4 August 2018 Round 2	Lobos UPNFM	1 – 1	Marathón	Choluteca, Choluteca
18:00	Benguché 16'	Report	Córdova 18'	Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse Referee: Said Martínez

11 August 2018 Round 3	Marathón	1 – 1	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Romero 27'	Report	Martínez 56'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Erick Andino

15 August 2018 Round 4	Juticalpa	0 – 3 Awarded	Marathón	Juticalpa, Olancho
19:00	Cabezas 70'	Report	Discua 83'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Vargas Referee: Óscar Moncada
Note: Match awarded to C.D. Marathón with a 3–0 score as a result of Juticalpa F.C. fielding the ineligible player Carlos Palacios. The match originally ended 1–1.^[12]

18 August 2018 Round 5	Real España	1 – 1	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Benavidez 90+4'	Report	Arboleda 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

29 August 2018 Round 6	Marathón	3 – 1	Real de Minas	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Córdova 6' Arboleda 36' Lahera 67'	Report	Padilla 8'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

10 October 2018 Round 7	Marathón	1 – 1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 19'	Report	López 37'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Nelson Salgado

9 September 2018 Round 8	Platense	1 – 0	Marathón	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00	Arriaga 11'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Excélsior Referee: David Cruz

12 September 2018 Round 9	Marathón	3 – 1	Honduras Progreso	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Discua 16' González 21' (o.g.) Lahera 74'	Report	Delgado 83'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

16 September 2018 Round 10	Vida	0 – 1	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00		Report	Discua 75'	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Marlon Díaz

20 September 2018 Round 11	Marathón	2 – 1	Lobos UPNFM	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Lahera 20' Ramírez 90+1'	Report	Cálix 66'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Marlon Díaz

30 September 2018 Round 12	Olimpia	2 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00	Bengtson 2', 28'	Report	Discua 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 October 2018 Round 13	Marathón	4 – 3	Juticalpa	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Róchez 22' Arboleda 37' Lahera 45+3' Barahona 51' (o.g.)	Report	Güity 45+1' Cabezas 53' Moncada 76'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

14 October 2018 Round 14	Marathón	2 – 2	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 59' (pen.) Lahera 90+5'	Report	Benavidez 39' López 70'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

22 October 2018 Round 15	Real de Minas	3 – 1	Marathón	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
15:00	Flores 8' Martínez 22' Julián Galo 80'	Report	Lahera 2'	Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Ávila Referee: Saíd Martínez

29 October 2018 Round 16	Motagua	1 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
15:00	Estupiñán 57'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Óscar Moncada

3 November 2018 Round 17	Marathón	1 – 1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Romero 84'	Report	Winchester 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Jonfy Vallecillo

11 November 2018 Round 18	Honduras Progreso	2 – 3	Marathón	El Progreso, Yoro
19:00	Tobías 55' Gutiérrez 67'	Report	Arboleda 35', 52', 85'	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: Raúl Castro

Playoffs

14 November 2018 1st leg	Real España	2 – 0	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00 (UTC−06)	Benavidez 34' (pen.) Vuelto 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Nelson Salgado

17 November 2018 2nd leg	Marathón	3 – 2	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)	Arboleda 3', 36' Discua 65'	Report	Tejeda 39' Oseguera 52'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

Real España won 4–3 on aggregate.

Clausura

Transfers in

Player	Contract date	Moving from	Position
Mayron Flores	31 December 2018^[13]	Olimpia	MF
Caue Fernandes	5 January 2018^[14]	Free agent	DF
Carlo Costly	17 January 2018^[15]	Olimpia	FW

Transfers out

Player	Released date	Moving to	Position
Roy Smith	25 December 2018^[16]	TBA	DF
Cristian Cálix	27 December 2018^[17]	Atlas	MF
Wilmer Fuentes	1 January 2019^[18]	Platense	MF

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olimpia	18	11	4	3	31	13	+18	37	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
2	Marathón	18	10	4	4	32	24	+8	34	Advance to Playoffs (Semifinals)
3	Motagua	18	9	4	5	29	15	+14	31	Advance to Playoffs (Quarterfinals)
4	Real España	18	7	7	4	19	15	+4	28
5	UPNFM	18	6	9	3	22	16	+6	27

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	W

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

12 January 2019 Round 1	Marathón	3 – 1	Lobos UPNFM	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 23', 38' Jhonson 67'	Report	Meléndez 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

20 January 2019 Round 2	Platense	2 – 3	Marathón	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
16:00	Winchester 13' Bolaños 25'	Report	Martínez 11' Solano 38' Jhonson 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Excelsior

26 January 2019 Round 3	Marathón	1 – 0	Olimpia	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Melvin Matamoros

3 February 2019 Round 4	Juticalpa	1 – 1	Marathón	Juticalpa, Olancho
14:00	Lanza 81'	Report	Barrios 12'	Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Brevé Referee: Saíd Martínez

3 February 2019 Round 5	Real España	1 – 1	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00	Tobías 60'	Report	Costly 32'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Raúl Castro

13 February 2019 Round 6	Marathón	4 – 3	Vida	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Lahera 6' Arboleda 38' Discua 40' Solano 70'	Report	Padilla 20' Canales 36' Hernández 57'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

16 February 2019 Round 7	Marathón	1 – 0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Discua 47'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Óscar Moncada

23 February 2019 Round 8	Honduras Progreso	0 – 1	Marathón	El Progreso, Yoro
19:15		Report	Costly 20' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti Referee: David Cruz

3 March 2019 Round 9	Marathón	2 – 1	Real de Minas	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 32' (pen.) Jhonson 45+3'	Report	Andino 74'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal

6 March 2019 Round 10	Lobos UPNFM	0 – 0	Marathón	Choluteca, Choluteca
18:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Emilio Williams Agasse Referee: Raúl Castro

10 March 2019 Round 11	Marathón	2 – 1	Platense	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Jhonson 56' Lahera 63'	Report	Nieto 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Melvin Matamoros

14 March 2019 Round 12	Olimpia	3 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Cortés
19:00	Bengtson 16', 23', 26'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Raúl Castro

30 March 2019 Round 13	Marathón	1 – 2	Juticalpa	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00	Arboleda 66' (pen.)	Report	Techera 16' Estupiñán 84'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Óscar Moncada

6 April 2019 Round 14	Marathón	2 – 2	Real España	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Costly 3', 61'	Report	Vuelto 34' Tejeda 86'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Héctor Rodríguez

10 April 2019 Round 15	Vida	2 – 1	Marathón	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:15	Canales 44' (pen.)	Report	Discua 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards Referee: Nelson Salgado

14 April 2019 Round 16	Motagua	5 – 1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Cortés
16:00	López 8' Estigarribia 37', 50' Andino 58' Crisanto 85' (pen.)	Report	Arboleda 21'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Erick Andino

17 April 2019 Round 17	Marathón	6 – 0	Honduras Progreso	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:30	Discua 34' Fernandes 39' Ramírez 57' (pen.) Solani 78' Romero 80' Miranda 88'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Referee: Saíd Martínez

27 April 2019 Round 18	Real de Minas	0 – 2	Marathón	Danlí, El Paraíso
15:00		Report	Jhonson 43' Arboleda 70'	Stadium: Estadio Marcelo Tinoco

Semifinals

12 May 2019 1st leg	Motagua	2 – 0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Galvaliz 9' López 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Said Martínez

18 May 2019 2nd leg	Marathón	2 – 2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)	Arboleda 37', 42'	Report	Estigarribia 47' Montes 73'	Stadium: Estadio Yankel Rosenthal Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Óscar Moncada

Motagua won 4–2 on aggregate.

President Cup

Round of 64

22 July 2018 Round of 64	La Virtud	1 – 11	Marathón	Gracias, Lempira
14:00	¿?	Report	Lahera Arboleda Johnson Ramírez Romero Argueta ¿?	Stadium: Estadio Marco Augusto Hernández Referee: Raúl Castro

Round of 32

22 August 2018 Round of 32	Brasilia	0–1	Marathón	Río Lindo, Cortés
18:00			89' Arboleda	Stadium: Estadio Filiberto Fernández

Round of 16

5 September 2018 Round of 16	Real España	3–0	Marathón	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Referee: Orlando Hernández
Note: Match awarded to Real España with a 3–0 score after Marathón abandoned the field at '88 (0–0) for not accepting a penalty called by the referee.

Honduran Supercup

24 April 2019	Platense	0–0 (2–4 p)	Marathón	Comayagua, Comayagua
18:00				Stadium: Estadio Carlos Miranda Referee: Jonfy Vallecillo
	Penalties
	Nieto Reyes Aguilar Winshester		Costly Banegas Discua Vargas Arboleda

CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) First leg	Marathón	2–6	Santos Laguna	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00	Banegas 43' Solani 45+1' Ramírez 50' Arboleda 73' 74'	Report	14' Abella 20', 32', 38' Correa 49' Dória 61' Moreno 68' Furch 84' Rivas	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Yadel Martínez

27 February 2019 (2019-02-27) Second leg	Santos Laguna	5–0 (11–2 agg.)	Marathón	Torreón, Mexico
19:00	Moreno 19' Furch 22' Rivas 31' Aguirre 82' de Buen 85' (pen.)	Report	25' B. Martínez 30' Córdova 65' Bernárdez 68' Banegas	Stadium: Corona Referee: Drew Fischer

Santos Laguna won 11–2 on aggregate.

References

^ Diario Diez.hn - Héctor Vargas renueva con el Marathón antes de enfrentar al Real España – 23 April 2018
^ "Marathón sorprende y anuncia fichaje de Carlos Róchez, exjugador de la UPN". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Marathón ficha al defensa tico Roy Smith". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Marlon "Machuca" Ramírez es fichado por el Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "OFICIAL_: Carlos Discua se olvida de Motagua y es nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Jorge "Ñangui" Cardona, nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "Johnny Leverón es el nuevo fichaje del Real España". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ "En la "mesa" Marathón gana su segundo partido". DiarioMas.hn. Diario Mas. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
^ "Altas y bajas: Los últimos fichajes del mercado de pases en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Oficial: Marathón anuncia el regreso del central uruguayo Caue Fernandes". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Oficial: Carlo Costly firmó contrato con Marathón: "Estoy agradecido"". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
^ "Marathón busca sustituto de Roy Smith". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Oficial: Atlas anuncia a Cristian Cálix como nuevo refuerzo para el Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "El panorama de Platense de cara al Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[1] Diario Diez.hn - Héctor Vargas renueva con el Marathón antes de enfrentar al Real España – 23 April 2018

[2] "Marathón sorprende y anuncia fichaje de Carlos Róchez, exjugador de la UPN". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[3] "Marathón ficha al defensa tico Roy Smith". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[4] "Marlon "Machuca" Ramírez es fichado por el Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[5] "OFICIAL_: Carlos Discua se olvida de Motagua y es nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[6] "Jorge "Ñangui" Cardona, nuevo fichaje del Marathón". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[7] "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[8] "John Suazo y Júnior Lacayo, los primeros fichajes de Olimpia". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[9] "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[10] "Wilmer Fuentes y Daniel Tejeda no siguen en el Marathón". LaPrensa.hn. La Prensa. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[11] "Johnny Leverón es el nuevo fichaje del Real España". ElHeraldo.hn. El Heraldo. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[12] "En la "mesa" Marathón gana su segundo partido". DiarioMas.hn. Diario Mas. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

[13] "Altas y bajas: Los últimos fichajes del mercado de pases en Honduras". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[14] "Oficial: Marathón anuncia el regreso del central uruguayo Caue Fernandes". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[15] "Oficial: Carlo Costly firmó contrato con Marathón: "Estoy agradecido"". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

[16] "Marathón busca sustituto de Roy Smith". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[17] "Oficial: Atlas anuncia a Cristian Cálix como nuevo refuerzo para el Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diario Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[18] "El panorama de Platense de cara al Clausura 2019". Diez.hn. Diez. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

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