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 seasons 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.Motagua.com – Historia – Parte 1 – 19 February 2008

Squad All data is updated prior the beginning of the season. No. Pos. Player DoB Caps Goals 1 GK Salvador Dubois – 0 2 DF Lenard Welsh – – 3 DF Marco Banegas – – – 4 DF Elio Banegas – – – 5 DF Roberto Jerez – – – 6 FW Abrussezze – – 7 FW Geraldo Baptista – – – 8 MF Pedro Colón – – – 9 – Fermín Navarro – – – 10 FW Óscar Hernández – – 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 – – 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 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

Matches

Friendlies

Regular season Some matches missing, will include when available.

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

Final

References

External links Motagua Official Website