Club Deportivo Victoria is a Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. They have enjoyed success in the past having won the Honduran first division once. They currently play in the Honduran first division.

History Club Deportivo Victoria was founded on 15 November 1935 in La Ceiba. The club started out as the Instituto Manuel Bonilla which later was renamed Club Deportivo Victoria. The club was founded by Jose Felix Sosa Sosa, native of La Ceiba. Throughout his lifetime he received several accolades, and awards for being the rightful founder as in later years he was no longer involved in the club. Due to power struggles with friends of the club he decided to retire early.Edición Feria Isidro. "Galería de Inmortales del Deporte Ceibeño". La Prensa, La Ceiba, 20 May 1992, p. 28.

Later Miguel J. Kawas became president leading Victoria to their league title in the 1994–95 league.

In 1995, the club won their first championship in 47 years by defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in a two-legged final. The club has also had some international success. In 2006, they managed to beat Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica on their way to finish in fourth place in the UNCAF tournament.

Club rivalries

Clásico Ceibeño El Clásico Ceibeño (La Ceiba derby) is a football match played between Victoria and Vida, both teams from La Ceiba, Honduras.

For the first season of professional football, a triangular tournament was organized to decide who would represent La Ceiba in the national league. The tournament was held between three clubs from the Liga Dionisio de Herrera, Vida, Victoria and Atlántida. Vida ultimately qualified for the 1965–66 league.

Achievements Liga Nacional Winners (1): 1994–95 Runners-up (2): 2005–06 C, 2012–13 A Honduran Cup Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996 Segunda División Winners (3): 1967–68, 1976, 2020–21 C Runners-up (1): 1971–72 Amateur League Winners (1): 1947 Atlántida Championship Winners (3): 1947, 1949, 1963 Copa Interclubes UNCAF Fourth place (1): 2006

All time top scorers As of 8 September 2012 Player 1 Rossell "Rochi" Matute 55 2 Luis Mario 40 3 Enrique Reneau 38 4 Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores 35 5 Eduardo Bennett 34 6 Renán Bengoché 33 7 Alejandro Naif 32 8 Reynaldo Mejía 29 9 Álvaro Izquierdo 27 10 Jorge Bennett 27 11 Luis Ramírez 24 ?? Mitchel Brown 16

International competition 2006 Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances First Round v. San Francisco – 1:0, 3:1 Quarter-finals v. Deportivo Saprissa – 0:1, 2:0 Semi-finals v. Olimpia – 2:2, 0:2 3rd place v. Marquense – 0:3, 1:1

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 3 appearances First Round v. Corozal Victory FC – 1:3, 2:4 Second Round v. Árabe Unido – 1:0, 2:2 Third Round v. Cruz Azul – 1:0, 0:2

League performance Regular season Postseason Season 1968–69 7th 27 8 5 14 33 44 −11 21 — No postseason 1969–70 8th 27 7 6 14 34 51 −17 20 — No postseason 1970–71 10th 27 3 8 16 28 54 −26 14 — No postseason 1977–78 8th 27 5 12 10 17 25 −8 22 — Did not enter 1978–79 9th 27 5 14 8 20 29 −9 24 — Did not enter 1979–80 4th 27 10 7 10 34 30 +4 27 — 3rd 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 8 1980–81 5th 27 10 8 9 27 33 −6 28 — 5th 8 0 2 6 3 14 −11 2 1981–82 8th 30 8 10 12 33 43 −10 26 — Did not enter 1982–83 5th 27 7 15 5 21 15 +6 29 — 4th 8 2 3 3 6 12 −6 7 1983–84 7th 36 12 10 14 31 40 −9 34 — No postseason 1984–85 3rd 36 14 12 10 44 33 +11 40 — 3rd 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 4 1985–86 7th 18 5 7 6 11 14 −3 17 — Did not enter 1986–87 9th 27 5 11 11 23 30 −7 21 — Did not enter 1987–88 4th 27 10 12 5 26 23 +3 32 — 5th 8 1 3 4 4 12 −8 5 1988–89 6th 27 7 12 8 21 21 0 26 — Did not enter 1989–90 6th 27 6 12 9 17 18 −1 24 — Did not enter 1990–91 6th 27 6 10 11 18 25 −7 22 — Did not enter 1991–92 6th 27 9 8 10 29 28 +1 26 — Did not enter 1992–93 7th 27 9 10 8 36 37 −1 28 — Did not enter 1993–94 3rd 27 7 14 6 31 25 +6 28 — 4th 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 1994–95 5th 27 9 10 8 29 29 0 37 — Champion 8 5 2 1 14 8 +6 17 1995–96 2nd 27 12 10 5 38 27 +11 46 — 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 1996–97 2nd 27 13 8 6 35 24 +11 47 — 3rd 6 3 1 2 7 8 –1 10 1997–98 A 7th 20 5 9 6 25 28 −3 24 — Did not enter 1997–98 C 6th 20 6 8 6 24 25 −1 26 — 3rd 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6 1998–99 5th 18 6 7 5 25 22 +3 25 — 4th 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 4 1999–00 A 3rd 18 8 7 3 25 19 +6 31 — 3rd 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6 1999–00 C 4th 18 6 6 6 25 21 +4 24 — 6th 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 2000–01 A 7th 18 5 6 7 25 24 +1 21 — Did not enter 2000–01 C 6th 18 4 8 6 24 28 −4 20 — 5th 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1 2001–02 A 6th 18 5 9 4 28 26 +2 24 — Did not enter 2001–02 C 4th 18 6 7 5 19 21 −2 25 — 3rd 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1 1 2002–03 A 10th 18 2 6 10 15 26 −11 11 −1 Did not enter 2002–03 C 8th 18 3 8 7 18 27 −9 17 — Did not enter 2003–04 A 8th 18 3 7 8 19 29 −10 16 — Did not enter 2003–04 C 2nd 16 9 2 5 26 20 +6 29 — 4th 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 2004–05 A 4th 18 8 7 3 32 26 +6 31 — 4th 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0 2004–05 C 8th 18 5 6 7 19 24 −5 21 — Did not enter 2005–06 A 2nd 18 9 3 6 30 27 +3 30 — 4th 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0 2005–06 C 2nd 18 8 7 3 31 18 +13 31 — 2nd 4 1 2 1 7 5 +2 5 2006–07 A 8th 18 5 4 9 21 28 −7 19 — Did not enter 2006–07 C 9th 17 3 5 9 14 22 −8 14 — Did not enter 2007–08 A 3rd 18 7 10 1 22 12 +10 31 — 4th 2 0 1 1 1 3 −1 1 2007–08 C 6th 18 6 6 6 17 17 0 24 — Did not enter 2008–09 A 8th 18 6 4 8 22 27 −5 22 — Did not enter 2008–09 C 5th 18 6 7 5 24 21 +3 25 — Did not enter 2009–10 A 5th 18 7 5 6 22 27 −5 26 — Did not enter 2009–10 C 10th 18 2 5 11 15 37 −22 11 — Did not enter 2010–11 A 1st 18 10 2 6 26 24 +2 32 — 4th 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 2010–11 C 10th 18 3 5 10 25 35 −10 14 — Did not enter 2011–12 A 9th 18 5 4 9 21 25 −4 19 — Did not enter 2011–12 C 7th 18 7 1 10 28 28 0 22 — Did not enter 2012–13 A 2nd 18 10 2 6 26 24 +2 32 — 2nd 4 0 3 1 2 6 -4 3 2012–13 C 3rd 18 6 7 5 24 25 –1 25 — 4th 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 2013–14 A 7th 18 7 3 8 25 26 −1 24 — Did not enter 2013–14 C 6th 18 5 8 5 17 20 −3 23 — 4th 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6 2014–15 A 10th 18 3 7 8 22 34 −12 16 — Did not enter 2014–15 C 4th 18 6 7 5 26 22 +4 25 — 3rd 4 3 0 1 3 3 0 9 2015–16 A 9th 18 4 7 7 20 35 −15 19 — Did not enter 2015–16 C 10th 18 1 4 13 10 47 −37 7 — Did not enter

Current squad

Records

List of coaches

Omar Muraco Julio González (1994) Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes (Aug 1996 – Sept 1996)¡Juan Luis está aquí! – Nación Jorge Tupinambá (1995–1999) Raúl Martínez Sambulá (2000) Ramón Maradiaga (2004) Héctor Castellón (2004–2005) Jorge Pineda (2005–2006) Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (1 Jan 2009 – Feb 2010) Reynaldo Villagra (Feb 2010 – June 2010)"Tato" Ortiz ya es historia en el Victoria – La Prensa Jorge Pineda (June 2010 – Jan 2011)Entre dudas incia el Victoria – Diez Nahúm Espinoza (Jan 2011 – May 2011)Victoria presenta al técnico Nahúm Espinoza – La Prensa Carlos García Cantarero (May 2011 – Jan 2012)Victoria presentó a su nuevo entrenador – La Prensa Héctor Vargas (23 Jan 2012 – 31 Dec 2013)Héctor Vargas ya es el nuevo entrenador del Victoria – La Prensa Carlos Martínez (Dec 2013 – May 2014) Cristian Guaita (May 2014 – Sept 2014) Jorge Pineda (Sept 2014–?) Wilmer Cruz (May 2019 – November 2019) Roberto Carlos Padilla (2020-2021) Salomón Nazar (2021-2022) Fernando Araújo (2022) Salomón Nazar (2022) Héctor Vargas (2023) Raúl Martínez Sambulá (2023) Hernán Medina (2023–present)

Affiliated clubs Málaga CF

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