2019–20 F.C. Motagua season explained

Club:Motagua
Season:2019–20
Manager:Diego Vásquez
Mgrtitle:Manager
Chairman:Eduardo Atala
Chrtitle:Chairman
Stadium:Nacional
League:Apertura
League2:Clausura
Cup1:Honduran Cup
Cup1 Result:Not held
Cup2:CONCACAF League
Cup2 Result:Runners-up
Cup3:CONCACAF Champions League
Cup3 Result:Round of 16
League Topscorer:Moreira (15)
Season Topscorer:Moreira (17)
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Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21
Updated:29 April 2020

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

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.

Players

Transfers in

Player Contract date Moving from
27 June 2019[6] Juticalpa
24 July 2019 Loudoun United
26 July 2019[7] BUAP
8 August 2019 Juticalpa
9 August 2019[8] Celtic
23 December 2019 Vida
4 January 2020[9] Vida
11 January 2020 Independiente Rivadavia
20 January 2020 Atlanta United 2
30 January 2020 Tondela

Transfers out

Player Released date Moving to
15 July 2019 Real de Minas
15 July 2019 Real de Minas
28 July 2019 Vida[10]
17 December 2019[11] Belgrano
Óscar Salas[12] 19 December 2019 Vida
19 December 2019 Platense
19 December 2019 Vida
6 January 2020 Real de Minas
6 January 2020 Real de Minas
17 January 2020 Pachuca[13]

Squad

Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored
1 GK July 1, 2019 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF July 1, 2019 216 24 240 12 2 14
3 DF July 1, 2019 143 17 160 4 1 5
4 MF July 1, 2019 23 27 50 1 2 3
5 DF July 1, 2019 94 28 122 8 1 9
6 MF July 1, 2019 182 19 201 10 2 12
7 MF July 1, 2019 125 2 127 34 0 34
8 MF July 1, 2019 72 31 103 9 0 9
9 FW July 1, 2019 0 11 11 0 4 4
10 MF July 1, 2019 35 26 61 2 4 6
11 FW July 1, 2019 93 19 112 16 4 20
12 MF July 1, 2019 57 17 74 0 0 0
14 DF July 1, 2019 44 3 47 0 0 0
15 MF July 1, 2019 0 2 2 0 0 0
16 MF July 1, 2019 141 17 158 1 0 1
MF July 1, 2019 49 11 60 1 1 2
DF July 1, 2019 0 3 3 0 0 0
18 DF July 1, 2019 199 23 222 18 1 19
19 GK July 1, 2019 92 26 118 0 0 0
21 FW July 1, 2019 44 30 74 21 15 36
FW July 1, 2019 18 20 38 7 7 14
MF July 1, 2019 10 3 13 0 0 0
24 DF July 1, 2019 255 21 276 10 0 10
25 GK July 1, 2019 79 9 88 0 0 0
MF July 1, 2019 0 10 10 0 0 0
FW July 1, 2019 6 2 8 1 0 1
27 DF July 1, 2019 99 24 123 5 2 7
28 MF July 1, 2019 1 0 1 0 0 0
29 FW July 1, 2019 154 7 161 84 5 89
DF July 1, 2019 0 1 1 0 0 0
MF July 1, 2019 12 3 15 0 0 0
MF July 1, 2019 0 3 3 0 0 0
32 MF July 1, 2019 2 5 7 0 0 0
33 DF July 1, 2019 0 1 1 0 0 0
34 FW July 1, 2019 126 30 156 22 7 29
35 DF July 1, 2019 24 14 38 0 0 0
Manager July 1, 2019 23 November 2013–

Goalkeeper's action

Goalkeeper Years evaluated
align=left 2017–present 118 112 0.949
align=left 2010–2017, 2018–present 88 99 1.125

International caps

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
align=center 3 align=center 0
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 1 align=center 0
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 1 align=center 1
align=center 0 align=center 0
align=center 1 align=center 0
align=center 0 align=center 0
align=center 1 align=center 0
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 5 align=center 1
align=center 2 align=center 0
align=center 1 align=center 0

Results

All times are local CST unless stated otherwise

Honduran Cup

See main article: 2019 Honduran Cup.

CONCACAF League

See main article: 2019 CONCACAF League.

CONCACAF Champions League

See main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

By round

Statistics

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Motagua jugará ante Managua en los octavos de la Concacaf League. Goal.com. Goal. 31 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Motagua march on to SCL final after topping Alianza . CONCACAF.com . . 31 October 2019 . 1 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101024337/https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/motagua-march-on-to-scl-final-after-topping-alianza . dead .
  3. Web site: Saprissa hold off Motagua to claim SCL . ConcacafLeague.com . . 27 November 2019 . 11 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200911171241/https://www.concacafleague.com/en/article/saprissa-hold-off-motagua-to-claim-scl . dead .
  4. Web site: Motagua superó a la UPN, pero no le alzanzó para la llegar a la final . LaPrensa.hn . . 8 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Atlanta United 3, CD Motagua 0 Concacaf Champions League Match Recap . MLSSoccer.com . . 25 February 2020.
  6. Web site: Motagua confirma el fichaje de Óscar Salas . ElHeraldo.hn . . 27 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Motagua recibe pase internacional de Félix Crisanto . DiarioMas.hn . . 26 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Emilio Izaguirre firmó contrato por un año con Motagua . ElPaís.hn . . 9 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Fútbol Club Motagua on Twitter . Twitter.com . . 4 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Josué Villafranca revela que jugará en el Vida y no en el Real de Minas . Diez.hn . . 28 July 2019.
  11. Web site: Motagua confirma adiós de Estigarribia . LaTribuna.hn . . 17 December 2019.
  12. Web site: Óscar Salas se va de Motagua y es la cuarta baja para el Torneo Clausura 2020 . Diez.hn . . 19 December 2019.
  13. Web site: Denil Maldonado deja Motagua para jugar en Pachuca: "Será una bonita oportunidad" . Goal.com . . 17 January 2020.

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