The 2009–10 F.C. Motagua season was the fifty-fifth season of Motagua's professional football lifetime. It consisted of two halves, the Apertura, which ran from July to November 2009, and the Clausura, which ran from January to May 2010.DIEZ.hn – Motagua inicia hoy pretemporada en Siguatepeque – 2010-01-03
Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Sergio Diduch — Hispano Mauricio Weber — Victoria Romel Murillo — Eugenio Klein — Alvarado Mario Gómez — Victoria David Meléndez — Marcelo dos Santos — Platense Amado Guevara — Toronto FC Sergio Mendoza — Olimpia
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Steven Morris — Miguel Castillo — Olimpia Jocimar Nascimento — Olimpia Óscar Torlacoff — Hispano José Burgos — Fernando Castillo — Marathón Jefferson Bernárdez — Hispano Guillermo Santo — Yaracuyanos Kevin Osorio — Víctor Zúniga — Milton Palacios — Marvin Sánchez — Hispano Levon Smith — Nilberto da Silva —
Squad Player name Date of birth and age 1 GK Ricardo Canales 2 DF Gustavo Alvarado 3 DF Guillermo Díaz 4 DF Johnny Leverón 5 DF Milton Reyes 6 MF Mauricio Weber 7 FW Georgie Welcome 8 MF Jorge Claros 9 FW Shannon Welcome 10 FW Sergio Diduch 11 FW Marcelo dos Santos 12 DF Iván Guerrero 13 MF Ronald Martínez 14 MF Luís Guzmán DF David Meléndez — DF Gabriel Balladares DF Rommel Murillo DF Ramón Amador 18 FW Meller Sánchez 19 MF Emilson Cruz 20 MF Amado Guevara 21 DF Emilio Izaguirre 22 GK Donaldo Morales MF Daniel Lloyd DF Sergio Mendoza 25 GK Marlon Licona 26 DF David Molina 27 DF Mario Gómez 28 DF Samir García MF Eugenio Klein MF Alejandro Aguiluz 30 MF Rubén Rivera 31 MF Carlos Cruz 32 MF Leonardo Isaula 33 DF Esdras Padilla 35 FW José Valladares 36 MF Javier Portillo 37 GK Eduardo Sánchez — 43 FW Jairo Martínez – FW José Rivera — – DF Eleazar Padilla — – DF Carlos Pineda —
Results Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
During the preseason, several members of the team suffered from food poisoning, complaining of stomach pain and four of them were admitted to a clinic. Iván Guerrero, Johnny Leverón, Romel Murillo and Carlos Padilla, were the players that were taken to the hospital due to severe dehydration. The rest of the team took a medical evaluation at the headquarters of the club. Following this incident, the coach Juan de Dios Castillo suspended training for a couple of days.LaPrensa.hn – Deshidratados 4 jugadores del ciclón azul – 2009-06-22
Motagua 1–2 Olimpia on aggregate.
Clausura
The 2009–10 Clausura season for C.D. Motagua was somewhat bittersweet, they manage to finish on first position in the Regular season, an honor not accomplished since December 2001; they overcame in Semifinals beating C.D. Platense with difficulties; however lost in the Final against Club Deportivo Olimpia in spite of having shown great football.
Motagua 2–2 Platense on aggregate; Motagua advanced on better Regular season performance.
Motagua 2–3 Olimpia on aggregate.
References
External links Motagua Official Website