The 2025–26 season will be F.C. Motagua's 79th season in existence and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club will also compete in the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup.
Overview The club will try to improve their 2024–25 season where they won one out of four tournaments they competed on. On 11 August, DT Diego Vásquez was sacked due to poor results and was replaced by Javier López. On 28 October, the club lost 1–4 on aggregate to C.S. Cartaginés in the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup play-in stage, thus missing the chance to qualify to the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup. On 17 December, after a 0–2 defeat in the group stage against C.D. Olimpia, the club was officially eliminated from the Apertura tournament. On 24 May, the club obtained its 20th league title after defeating C.D. Marathón in the Clausura finals.
Kits The 2025–26 home, away and third kits were published on 11 July.
Manufacturer Main sponsor Joma Pepsi
Players Transfers in Player Contract date Moving from Luís Ortíz 12 May 2025 Marathón Luís Crisanto 24 May 2025 Juticalpa Wilmar Jordán 12 June 2025 Chennaiyin Luís Meléndez 12 June 2025 Juticalpa Yoel Castillo 14 June 2025 Parrillas One Maicol Cabrera 6 July 2025 Rajasthan United John Oliveira 21 August 2025 Achuapa Pablo Cacho 3 January 2026 Victoria José Reyes 3 January 2026 Sporting Romário da Silva 8 January 2026 Xelajú Rodrigo De Olivera 29 January 2026 Olancho
Transfers out Player Released date Moving to Jonathan Rougier 22 May 2025 Racing de Córdoba Walter Martínez 24 May 2025 Victoria Rodrigo Auzmendi 1 June 2025 Banfield Diego Ledesma 3 June 2025 Central Norte Yeison Mejía 9 June 2025 Olancho Héctor Castellanos 9 June 2025 Génesis PN Edwin Maldonado 17 June 2025 Génesis PN Alfred Jervis 23 June 2025 Choloma Wilmar Jordán 20 August 2025 Immigration Maicol Cabrera 3 January 2026 TBD Sebastián Cardozo 4 January 2026 TBD Jonathan Núñez 5 January 2026 UPNFM (loaned) Yoel Castillo 5 January 2026 Platense (loaned) Carlos Argueta 10 January 2026 TBD Mathías Vásquez 14 January 2026 Cincinnati 2 (loaned) Edwin Munguía 17 January 2026 Estrella Roja (loaned)
Squad
Only league matches into account Player name Date of birth and age Games played Goals scored 1 GK Daniel Paguada 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF Sebastián Cardozo 34 20 54 2 2 4 DF Pablo Cacho 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 DF Carlos Meléndez 86 0 86 6 0 6 4 DF Luis Vega 56 28 84 7 0 7 5 MF Óscar Padilla 15 32 47 1 3 4 6 DF Riky Zapata 54 16 70 1 0 1 7 MF Jorge Serrano 49 47 96 5 2 7 8 MF Denis Meléndez 50 44 94 3 4 7 9 FW Wilmar Jordán 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 MF Rodrigo Gómez 54 46 100 5 9 14 FW Maicol Cabrera 0 13 13 0 5 5 FW Romário da Silva 0 23 23 0 3 3 12 MF Raúl Santos 238 42 280 7 1 8 MF Carlos Argueta 62 12 74 4 0 4 FW Aarón Barrios 13 5 18 0 0 0 MF Yoel Castillo 0 3 3 0 0 0 FW Andy Hernández 9 2 11 0 0 0 16 FW Edwin Munguía 3 1 4 0 0 0 17 DF Jhen Portillo 33 44 77 0 3 3 19 FW Rodrigo De Olivera 0 26 26 0 12 12 21 MF Luís Meléndez 0 11 11 0 0 0 22 GK Luís Ortíz 0 37 37 0 0 0 MF Jonathan Núñez 106 13 119 3 1 4 MF José Reyes 0 22 22 0 4 4 24 FW Enne Velásquez 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 GK Marlon Licona 173 14 187 0 0 0 26 DF Luís Crisanto 0 21 21 0 0 0 27 MF Jefryn Macías 12 48 60 0 7 7 28 DF Adner Ávila 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 FW John Oliveira 0 33 33 0 14 14 31 GK John Turcios 0 1 1 0 0 0 33 FW Emilio Izaguirre 0 2 2 0 0 0 34 DF Giancarlos Sacaza 19 44 63 1 1 2 35 DF Cristopher Meléndez 161 36 197 5 1 6 38 FW Mathías Vásquez 17 22 39 7 5 12 42 MF Jonathan Argueta 11 8 19 1 0 1 43 MF José Oyuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 MF Cristopher Flores 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 MF Jordan García 4 4 8 0 2 2 53 MF Darell Oliva 0 6 6 0 0 0 56 MF Carlos Palma 0 19 19 0 1 1 62 DF Melvin Valladares – 0 1 1 0 0 0 63 MF Carlos Gómez 0 1 1 0 0 0 77 MF Carlos Mejía 136 34 170 15 3 18 Managers Diego Vásquez 26 November 2023 – 11 August 2025 Javier López 11 August 2025 –
Goalkeeper's action
Goalkeeper Years evaluated Marlon Licona 2010–2017, 2018–2023, 2024–present 187 205 1.096 Luís Ortíz 2025–present 37 41 1.108 John Turcios 2025–present 1 2 2.000
International caps
This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2024–25 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions.
Player Team Event Caps Goals Luís Crisanto Adult 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup 1 0 Raúl Santos 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 0 Luís Vega 3 0 Friendly v Peru and Argentina 2 0 Cristopher Meléndez 2 0 Giancarlos Sacaza 2 0 José Reyes 2 0 Enmanuel Martín U-17 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2 0 Darell Oliva 2 0 José Oyuela 1 0
Results All times are local CST unless stated otherwise
Preseason and friendlies
Apertura
Clausura
CONCACAF Central American Cup
F.C. Motagua qualified to the 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup as winners of the 2024–25 Apertura domestic league.
Statistics
Competition Liga Nacional 50 23 16 11 84 61 +23 12 11 56.67% CONCACAF Central American Cup 8 3 2 3 9 8 +1 3 3 45.83% Others 9 6 2 1 19 8 +11 4 0 74.07% Totals 67 32 20 15 112 77 +35 19 14 57.71%
References
External links Official website