1997–98 C.D. Motagua season

Motagua

1997–98 season

Chairman

Eduardo Atala

Manager

Winners

Winners

Runners-up

Grandes de Centroamérica

Group stage

Home colours

Away colours

← 1996–97

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The 1997–98 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two halves, Apertura and Clausura. Motagua was capable to win both tournaments, having achieved the first bi-championship in their history.^[1]

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Apertura

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	GK	ARG	Diego Vásquez
–	GK	HON	Hugo Caballero
–	GK	HON	Noel Valladares
–	DF	HON	Hernaín Arzú
–	DF	HON	Reynaldo Clavasquín
–	DF	HON	Iván Guerrero
–	DF	HON	Elmer Montoya
–	DF	HON	Júnior Izaguirre
–	DF	HON	Ninrrol Medina
–	DF	HON	Milton Reyes
–	DF	HON	José Romero
–	MF	HON	Mario Chirinos
–	MF	HON	Juan Coello
–	MF	HON	Amado Guevara


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
–	MF	HON	Luis Guifarro
–	MF	COL	Carlos Bacca
–	MF	ARG	Ariel Leyes
–	MF	HON	Óscar Lagos
–	MF	HON	Juan Raudales
–	MF	HON	Níguel Zúniga
–	MF	HON	German Rodríguez
–	FW	HON	Presley Carson
–	FW	HON	Marlon Hernández
–	FW	HON	Jairo Martínez
–	FW	COL	Roberto Asprilla
–	FW	HON	Francisco Ramírez
–	FW	BRA	Ottavio Santana

Source:^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense^[a]	20	12	2	6	42	26	+16	38	Qualified to the Final round
2	Motagua	20	10	7	3	23	17	+6	37
3	Olimpia	20	9	9	2	33	21	+12	36
4	Marathón	20	8	8	4	30	24	+6	32
5	Real España	20	8	8	4	30	26	+4	32

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Platense 1997 Honduran Cup champions as regular season winner.

Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W
Position	4	4	5	8	6	4	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Regular season

24 August 1997 Round 1	Motagua	1–0	Vida	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Coello			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

31 August 1997 Round 2	Motagua	0–0	Victoria	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

11 September 1997 Round 3	Motagua	1–1	Universidad	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Hernández		Lagos	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

14 September 1997 Round 4	Platense	1–0	Motagua	Puerto Cortés, Cortés
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Excélsior

23 September 1997 Round 5	Motagua	2–1	Real Maya	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

4 October 1997 Round 6	Palestino	3–4	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

12 October 1997 Round 7	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

19 October 1997 Round 8	Olimpia	0–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Martínez 88'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 October 1997 Round 9	Real España	0–2	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

26 October 1997 Round 10	Independiente Villela	1–1	Motagua	El Progreso, Yoro
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Humberto Micheletti

9 November 1997 Round 11	Vida	0–1	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
15:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

15 November 1997 Round 12	Victoria	2–3	Motagua	La Ceiba, Atlántida
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Nilmo Edwards

23 November 1997 Round 13	Universidad	1–1	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

7 December 1997 Round 14	Motagua	1–0	Platense	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Arzú			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

23 December 1997 Round 15	Real Maya	0–0	Motagua	Siguatepeque, Comayagua
				Stadium: Estadio Roberto Martínez Avila

30 December 1997 Round 16	Motagua	1–1	Palestino	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

10 January 1998 Round 17	Marathón	0–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán

18 January 1998 Round 18	Motagua	0–3	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

15 February 1998 Round 19	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
14:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

22 February 1998 Round 20	Motagua	2–1	Independiente Villela	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Hexagonal

7 March 1998 1st leg	Real España	0–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

18 March 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	1–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Martínez 85'		Cabrera 80'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua 1–1 Real España on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season record.

Semifinals

23 March 1998 1st leg	Olimpia	1–2	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)	Costa		Guevara Hernández	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

4 April 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	0–1	Olimpia	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06)			Chacón	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua 2–2 Olimpia on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season record.

Final

15 April 1998 1st leg	Real España	0–3	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06)			Ramírez 21' Lagos 55' Guevara 89'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano

18 April 1998 2nd leg	Motagua	2–1	Real España	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
19:30 (UTC−06)	Ramírez 20' Guevara 32'		Morales 26'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Motagua won 5–1 on aggregate.