# 2006–07 C.D. Motagua season

The 2006–07 C.D. Motagua season in the Honduran football league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. F.C. Motagua was able to win its 11th title in the Apertura tournament, giving them the chance to qualify to the 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup.

## Apertura

After having achieved 31 points in 18 rounds, F.C. Motagua qualified to the Final round in which it faced Hispano F.C. With a 6–1 score on aggregate in favor, they advanced to the Final against city archrival Club Deportivo Olimpia. The "whites" moved their home match to San Pedro Sula, believing they would benefit from the fact that this city has very few Motagua fans; despite that, Motagua displayed one of the best games of the season with a 3–1 final score, and so ensured their eleventh national championship.

### Squad

* All data is updated prior the beginning of the season.
| No. | Pos. | Player | DoB | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Ricardo Canales | (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 24) | – | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Javier Martínez | (1971-12-06)6 December 1971 (aged 34) | – | – |
| 9 | FW | Jairo Martínez | (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 28) | – | – |
| 10 | FW | Jocimar Nascimento | (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Óscar Torlacoff | (1973-12-22)22 December 1973 (aged 32) | – | – |
| 12 | MF | Rubén Matamoros | (1982-08-19)19 August 1982 (aged 23) | – | – |
| 14 | DF | Luis Guzmán | (1980-12-19)19 December 1980 (aged 25) | – | – |
| 21 | MF | Emilio Izaguirre | (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 20) | – | – |
| 23 | FW | Pedro Santana | (1973-02-08)8 February 1973 (aged 33) | – | – |
| 24 | DF | Víctor Bernárdez | (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24) | – | – |
| 30 | DF | Limber Pérez | (1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 30) | – | – |
| 32 | MF | Jorge Claros | (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 20) | – | – |
| – | MF | Víctor Mena | (1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 26) | – | – |
| – | MF | Diogo Fernandes | (1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 20) | – | 0 |

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpia | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 35 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 2 | Motagua | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Hispano | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Marathón | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 30 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Platense | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 29 | |

### Matches
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Semifinals

* Motagua 6–2 Hispano on aggregate.

#### Final

* Motagua 4–2 Olimpia on aggregate.

## Clausura

With the title in their possession, F.C. Motagua were looking to repeat this performance for the Clausura tournament; in the Regular season, they exhibited a very irregular performance, but still made it to the Semifinals where they lost to Real C.D. España on 5 May 2007 1–4 on aggregate. Only one week later, Edy Vasquez, a permanent player in the Motagua's line-ups, died following a car crash in Tegucigalpa at the age of 23.

### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | HON | Ricardo Canales |
| 2 | MF | HON | Pedro Fernández |
| 3 | DF | HON | Javier Martinez |
| 4 | FW | HON | David Cárcamo |
| 5 | MF | HON | Milton Reyes |
| 6 | DF | HON | Óscar Bernárdez |
| 7 | DF | HON | Víctor Mena |
| 9 | FW | HON | Jairo Martínez |
| 11 | FW | URU | Óscar Torlacoff |
| 12 | MF | HON | Rubén Matamoros |
| 13 | MF | HON | José Grant |
| 14 | MF | HON | Luis Guzmán |
| 15 | MF | HON | Juan Tablada |
| 16 | MF | HON | Edy Vásquez |
| 17 | MF | HON | Fernando Castillo |
| 18 | DF | HON | Marvin Paz |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | HON | Saúl Martínez |
| 21 | DF | HON | Emilio Izaguirre |
| 22 | GK | HON | Donaldo Morales |
| 23 | MF | BRA | Pedro Santana |
| 24 | DF | HON | Víctor Bernárdez |
| 25 | GK | HON | Rony García |
| 26 | DF | HON | David Molina |
| 27 | FW | HON | Jefferson Bernárdez |
| 29 | FW | HON | Meilin Soto |
| 30 | DF | HON | Limber Pérez |
| 31 | FW | HON | Luis Rodas |
| 32 | MF | HON | Jorge Claros |
| 33 | DF | HON | Marlon Cruz |
| 34 | MF | HON | Aaron Bardales |
| 35 | MF | HON | René Moncada |
| 36 | MF | HON | Kevin Osorio |

### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Marathón | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 3 | Olimpia | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 36 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 4 | Motagua | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 31 | Qualified to the Final round |
| 5 | Hispano | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 23 | |
| 6 | Platense | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 23 | |
* ↑ Top 4 qualify to the Final round.
* ↑ The matches Platense vs Broncos UNAH and Victoria vs Atlético Olanchano from Round 18 were not played due to lack of interest.

### Matches
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Semifinals

* Motagua 1–4 Real España on aggregate.