The 2023–24 season was F.C. Motagua's 77th season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed in the 2023 CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Overview The club tried to improve their 2022–23 season where they finished title-less. On 5 September, manager Ninrrol Medina was sacked due to poor results and was replaced by Argentinian coach César Vigevani, who was shortly replaced by Diego Vásquez on 26 November due to the same reason. On 3 May, Rubilio Castillo scored his 100th league goal for the club becoming the first ever player to reach that figure.
Kits The 2023–24 home, away and third kits were published on 27 July.
Manufacturer Main sponsor Joma Pepsi
Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Carlos Argueta 8 May 2023 Vida Denis Meléndez 8 May 2023 Vida Riky Zapata 8 May 2023 Real Sociedad Luis Vega 15 May 2023 Marathón Yeison Mejía 1 June 2023 Real España Agustín Auzmendi 12 June 2023 Olancho Jairo Róchez 21 June 2023 UPNFM José Escalante 27 June 2023 Cavalry Antony García 27 July 2023 Vida José Barreto 7 August 2023 Santa Tecla Edwin Munguía 29 November 2023 Vida Marlon Licona 28 December 2023 Victoria Cristopher Meléndez 3 January 2024 UPNFM Jorge Serrano 3 January 2024 Independiente Héctor Castellanos 5 January 2024 Olancho Rodrigo Gómez 26 January 2024 Independiente Petrolero Rubilio Castillo 26 January 2024 Nantong Zhiyun Rodrigo Auzmendi 29 January 2024 San Marcos de Arica
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Roberto Moreira 12 May 2023 Génesis Santiago Montoya 21 May 2023 TBD Eddie Hernández 26 May 2023 Mohammedan Christian Gutiérrez 6 June 2023 TBD Gaspar Triverio 10 June 2023 Victoria Héctor Castellanos 14 June 2023 Real España Diego Rodríguez 19 June 2023 Victoria Juan Obregón 23 June 2023 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Yostin Obando 8 July 2023 Olancho Cristopher Meléndez 8 July 2023 UPNFM Marlon Licona 9 August 2023 Victoria Iván López 26 October 2023 Marathón Lucas Campana 27 December 2023 Olancho José Escalante 28 December 2023 TBD Enrique Facussé 4 January 2024 Internacional Albert Galindo 4 January 2024 Real Sociedad Jairo Róchez 5 January 2024 UPNFM Andy Hernández 8 January 2024 Real Sociedad
Squad
Only league matches into account Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored 1 GK Enrique Facussé 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 DF Kevin Álvarez 6 27 33 0 1 1 3 DF Carlos Meléndez 44 35 79 4 1 5 4 MF Luis Vega 0 24 24 0 3 3 5 DF Marcelo Pereira 208 10 218 13 1 14 6 DF Riky Zapata 0 26 26 0 0 0 MF Iván López 95 11 106 11 1 12 MF Jorge Serrano 0 17 17 0 1 1 8 MF Walter Martínez 195 42 237 18 5 23 9 FW Rubilio Castillo 175 13 188 99 6 105 10 MF Yeison Mejía 0 35 35 0 7 7 11 FW Agustín Auzmendi 0 41 41 0 26 26 12 MF Raúl Santos 166 36 202 7 0 7 14 MF Carlos Argueta 0 38 38 0 3 3 15 MF Edwin Maldonado 10 31 41 0 0 0 16 MF Carlos Mejía 62 34 96 7 3 10 17 DF Wesly Decas 100 34 134 1 0 1 18 FW Lucas Campana 17 20 37 5 7 12 19 GK Jonathan Rougier 193 42 235 0 1 1 MF José Escalante 0 8 8 0 0 0 MF Rodrigo Gómez 0 17 17 0 1 1 22 FW Edwin Munguía 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 MF Juan Delgado 94 33 127 6 3 9 24 FW Antony García 0 7 7 0 0 0 25 GK Marlon Licona 141 1 142 0 0 0 26 MF Denis Meléndez 0 26 26 0 1 1 FW Jairo Róchez 0 11 11 0 1 1 DF Cristopher Meléndez 116 9 125 5 0 5 FW Andy Hernández 2 7 9 0 0 0 FW Rodrigo Auzmendi 0 7 7 0 1 1 32 MF Jonathan Núñez 81 2 83 3 0 3 DF Albert Galindo 10 5 15 0 0 0 MF Héctor Castellanos 227 15 242 4 0 4 34 DF Giancarlos Sacaza 1 2 3 0 0 0 38 FW Mathías Vásquez 0 1 1 0 1 1 47 – Santos Sambulá 0 1 1 0 0 0 50 FW Aaron Barrios 4 9 13 0 0 0 51 – Jordan García 0 1 1 0 0 0 Managers Ninrrol Medina 2 February 2023 – 5 September 2023 César Vigevani 5 September 2023 – 26 November 2023 Diego Vásquez 26 November 2023 –
Goalkeeper's action
Goalkeeper Years evaluated Jonathan Rougier 2017–present 235 237 1.009 Marlon Licona 2010–2017, 2018–2023, 2024–present 142 154 1.085 Enrique Facussé 2023–present 1 3 3.000
International caps
This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2023–24 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions.
Player Team Event Caps Goals Iván López Adult Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Yeison Mejía Adult Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Marcelo Pereira Adult Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Raúl Santos Adult Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 0 Luis Vega Adult Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 U-23 2023 Pan American Games 3 0 Riky Zapata Adult 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League 1 0 Friendly v Guatemala 1 0 Enrique Facussé U-23 2023 Pan American Games 2 0 Antony García U-23 2023 Pan American Games 3 1 Samuel Elvir U-23 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 3 0 Jonathan Núñez U-23 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 3 1
Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise
Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
Clausura
CONCACAF Central American Cup
Statistics
Competition Liga Nacional 44 18 17 9 76 52 +24 18 8 53.79% CONCACAF Central American Cup 8 3 2 3 12 14 –2 3 2 45.83% Others 4 1 1 2 5 6 –1 0 1 33.33% Totals 56 22 20 14 93 72 +21 21 11 51.19%
References
External links Official website