# 2020–21 F.C. Motagua season

The 2020–21 season was F.C. Motagua's 74th season in existence and the club's 55th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. In addition to the domestic league, the club also competed for the 2020 CONCACAF League.

## Overview

As coach Diego Vásquez renewed his contract, he led the team for his 14th consecutive tournament. After two straight defeats against C.D. Olimpia and Nicaraguan side Real Estelí FC at the 2020 CONCACAF League, F.C. Motagua was unable to qualify to their second straight CONCACAF Champions League. Only one month later, the team was eliminated from domestic contention (Apertura) against Olimpia in the so called "Final de Liguilla" (Playoffs finals). In May 2021, Motagua was unable to reach another final as they lost to Olimpia in the Clausura Playoff final series in penalty shoot-outs.

## Kits

The 2020–21 home and away kits were published on 25 September, one day before their debut in the Apertura tournament. Unlike previous seasons, no third kit was released.
| Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Main sponsor | Main sponsor |
| Joma | Joma | Pepsi | Pepsi |
| Home | Away | Alternative | Goalkeeper |

## Players
### Transfers in

| Player | Contract date | Moving from |
| Bayron Méndez | 1 October 2020 | Real Sociedad |
| Josué Villafranca | 19 December 2020 | Intercity |
| Óscar García | 15 January 2021 | Real de Minas |
| Diego Rodríguez | 15 January 2021 | Real de Minas |
| Jesse Moncada | 18 January 2021 | Real de Minas |
| Juan Delgado | 18 January 2021 | Honduras Progreso |
| Iván López | 18 January 2021 | Real España |
| Carlos Fernández | 25 January 2021 | Fénix |
| Elmer Güity | 1 February 2021 | UPNFM |

### Transfers out

| Player | Released date | Moving to |
| Marcelo Canales | 22 August 2020 | Honduras Progreso |
| Erick Andino | 22 August 2020 | Honduras Progreso |
| Éverson López | 7 September 2020 | Real de Minas |
| Jack Baptiste | 12 September 2020 | Real de Minas |
| César Romero | 12 September 2020 | Real de Minas |
| Josué Villafranca | 4 October 2020 | Intercity |
| Rubilio Castillo | 13 January 2021 | Royal Pari |
| Wilmer Crisanto | 13 January 2021 | Marathón |
| Félix Crisanto | 13 January 2021 | TBD |
| Emilio Izaguirre | 13 January 2021 | Marathón |

### Squad

* Statistics as of 19 May 2021
* Only league matches into account
| No. | Pos. | Player name | Date of birth and age | Games played | Games played | Games played | Goals scored | Goals scored | Goals scored |
| | | | | < 19/20 | 20/21 | Total | < 19/20 | 20/21 | Total |
| 1 | GK | Hugo Caballero | (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 23) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Juan Montes | (1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 34) | 240 | 18 | 258 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | DF | Harrinson Bernárdez | (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 (aged 23) | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Elmer Güity | (1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 23) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Sergio Peña | (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 33) | 50 | 24 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Marcelo Pereira | (1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 25) | 122 | 27 | 149 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | MF | Reinieri Mayorquín | (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 30) | 201 | 14 | 215 | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | DF | Emilio Izaguirre | (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 34) | 160 | 16 | 176 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | Iván López | (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 29) | 0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Walter Martínez | (1991-03-26)26 March 1991 (aged 29) | 103 | 37 | 140 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | FW | Gonzalo Klusener | (1983-10-21)21 October 1983 (aged 36) | 11 | 35 | 46 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 10 | MF | Matías Galvaliz | (1989-06-06)6 June 1989 (aged 31) | 61 | 36 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | FW | Marco Vega | (1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 33) | 112 | 27 | 139 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 12 | MF | Raúl Santos | (1992-08-02)2 August 1992 (aged 27) | 74 | 26 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Bayron Méndez | (1988-07-04)4 July 1988 (aged 31) | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Juan Gómez | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 20) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Héctor Castellanos | (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 27) | 158 | 24 | 182 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | DF | Wesly Decas | (1999-08-11)11 August 1999 (aged 20) | 3 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Wilmer Crisanto | (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 31) | 222 | 11 | 233 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | DF | Diego Rodríguez | (1995-11-06)6 November 1995 (aged 24) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | Jonathan Rougier | (1987-10-29)29 October 1987 (aged 32) | 118 | 33 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Roberto Moreira | (1987-05-06)6 May 1987 (aged 33) | 74 | 36 | 110 | 36 | 14 | 50 |
| 22 | MF | Jesse Moncada | (1990-01-05)5 January 1990 (aged 30) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Juan Delgado | (1992-07-21)21 July 1992 (aged 27) | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Omar Elvir | (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 30) | 276 | 29 | 305 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 25 | GK | Marlon Licona | (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 29) | 88 | 7 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Josué Villafranca | (1999-11-16)16 November 1999 (aged 20) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | Félix Crisanto | (1990-09-09)9 September 1990 (aged 29) | 123 | 4 | 127 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | MF | Óscar García | (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 30) | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | Rubilio Castillo | (1991-11-26)26 November 1991 (aged 28) | 161 | 14 | 175 | 89 | 10 | 99 |
| 29 | FW | Carlos Fernández | (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 (aged 28) | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | Jonathan Núñez | (2001-11-26)26 November 2001 (aged 18) | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Albert Galindo | (2001-10-21)21 October 2001 (aged 18) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Kevin López | (1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 24) | 156 | 32 | 188 | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| 35 | DF | Cristopher Meléndez | (1997-11-25)25 November 1997 (aged 22) | 38 | 29 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | DF | Marvin Ávila | (2002-03-09)9 March 2002 (aged 18) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Arnold Álvarez | (2001-01-19)19 January 2001 (aged 19) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Danilo Palacios | (2001-06-11)11 June 2001 (aged 19) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Ariel Flores | (2001-05-18)18 May 2001 (aged 19) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | Eduardo Arriola | (2001-01-04)4 January 2001 (aged 19) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | Andy Hernández | (2003-12-15)15 December 2003 (aged 16) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manager | Manager | Diego Vásquez | (1971-07-03)3 July 1971 (aged 48) | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– |

### Goalkeeper's action

* As of 19 May 2021
| Goalkeeper | Years evaluated | Games | Goals | Per. |
| Jonathan Rougier | 2017–2021 | 151 | 139 | 0.921 |
| Hugo Caballero | 2021–2021 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Marlon Licona | 2010–2017, 2018–2021 | 95 | 105 | 1.105 |

### International caps

* As of 12 June 2021
This is a list of players that were playing for Motagua during the 2020–21 season and were called to represent Honduras at different international competitions.
| Player | Team | Event | Caps | Goals |
| Héctor Castellanos | Adult | Friendly v Nicaragua | 1 | 0 |
| Rubilio Castillo | Adult | Friendly v Nicaragua | 1 | 0 |
| Omar Elvir | Adult | Friendly v Guatemala | 1 | 0 |
| Emilio Izaguirre | Adult | Friendly v Nicaragua | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin López | Adult | Friendlies v Nicaragua and Greece | 2 | 0 |
| Walter Martínez | Adult | Friendlies v Belarus and Mexico | 2 | 0 |
| Marcelo Pereira | Adult | Friendlies v Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belarus, Greece and Mexico | 5 | 0 |
| Marcelo Pereira | Adult | 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals | 2 | 0 |
| Diego Rodríguez | Adult | Friendlies v Belarus, Greece and Mexico | 3 | 1 |
| Diego Rodríguez | Adult | 2021 CONCACAF Nations League Finals | 2 | 0 |
| Raúl Santos | Adult | Friendlies v Nicaragua and Guatemala | 2 | 0 |
| Wesly Decas | Under-23 | 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship | 5 | 0 |
| Cristopher Meléndez | Under-23 | 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship | 5 | 0 |
| Jonathan Núñez | Under-23 | 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship | 3 | 0 |

## Results

All times are local CST unless stated otherwise

### By round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Statistics

* As of 19 May 2021
| Competition | GP | GW | GD | GL | GF | GA | GD | CS | SG | Per |
| League | 40 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 78 | 35 | +43 | 16 | 7 | 69.17% |
| CONCACAF League | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 0 | 1 | 25.00% |
| Others | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 1 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Totals | 49 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 106 | 47 | +59 | 17 | 8 | 68.71% |