# 2012–13 C.D. Motagua season

The 2012–13 season is F.C. Motagua's 62nd season in existence and the club's 47th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The domestic league will be divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura was scheduled to be played in the second half of 2012, while the Clausura in the first half of 2013. Motagua will be looking for its 13th domestic championship. Due to an unsuccessful 2011–12 season, the club won't have international participation.

## Overview

The Apertura tournament was played from August to December 2012. On 8 May 2011, the fitness coach Juan Bertani announced his departure from the club, one day earlier José Treviño was confirmed as manager for the third consecutive tournament. The first player to sign for the club was César Oseguera who played as midfielder for Atlético Choloma last season. One day later on 10 May, Brazilian forward Jocimar Nascimento returned to the Eagles, Jocimar was a key player for the club from 2006–2009. On the same day, midfielder Abner Méndez joined from C.D.S. Vida.
On 14 May, Motagua acquired 21-year-old forward Eddie Hernández who had a fleeting passage on Sweden with BK Häcken; Hernández is also part of the U-23 national team that will play at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The first player to left the team was Sergio Mendoza on 12 May; Julio de León was also released on 15 May. Roger Mondragón joined Vida on loan, as well as Adán Ramírez who was loaned to C.D. Real Sociedad. After 3 tournaments and one goalscorer award with the blues, Jerry Bengtson signed a 4-year agreement with MLS club New England Revolution.
On 4 July, the league announced the fixtures for the Apertura tournament, Motagua faced C.D. Victoria on round one and lost 1–2, the game was played at Estadio San Jorge in Olanchito due to repairs on Estadio Nilmo Edwards.
On 20 October, Motagua lost the Honduran Superclásico against archrivals C.D. Olimpia 0–2; three days later, manager José Treviño was sacked due to poor results. Former defender Reynaldo Clavasquín took over the club. With Clavasquín as manager, Motagua was able to lift its performance considerable and qualified to the playoffs as thirds.
On the second round, Motagua overcame easily over Real C.D. España with a convincing 7–3 aggregate score. On the semifinals, the team wasn't so lucky and were eliminated by C.D. Victoria after a 3–3 aggregate score, result that was not enough due to a lower finish in the regular season.
The Clausura tournament was played from January to May 2013. The club's preseason started on 10 December 2012. Motagua announced that some home games will be played at other venues; their first Clausura game was played at Estadio Fausto Flores Lagos in Choluteca and ended with an unexpected 0–1 defeat against C.D. Real Sociedad. On 10 March 2013, the club's staff hired former manager Juan de Dios Castillo replacing José Clavasquín. The poor results were constant throughout the entire tournament, which resulted in another early elimination in the regular season.

## Players
### Transfers in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Moving from |
| 10 | FW | Jocimar Nascimento | Deportes Savio |
| 12 | MF | Abner Méndez | Vida |
| 19 | MF | César Oseguera | Atlético Choloma |
| 23 | FW | Eddie Hernández | BK Häcken |
| – | FW | Christian Martínez | Real España |
| 28 | MF | Adán Ramírez | Real Sociedad |
| 34 | DF | Roger Mondragón | Vida |
| 35 | MF | Marvin Cálix | Reserves |

### Transfers out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Moving to |
| 10 | MF | Julio de León | Messina |
| 12 | DF | Luis Guzmán | Atlético Choloma |
| 18 | MF | Roger Mondragón | Vida |
| 23 | DF | Sergio Mendoza | Universidad de San Carlos |
| 27 | FW | Jerry Bengtson | New England Revolution |
| 28 | MF | Adán Ramírez | Real Sociedad |
| 29 | MF | Alejandro Aguiluz | TBD |
| 30 | MF | Mishek Ávila | Deportes Savio |
| 12 | MF | Abner Méndez | Atlético Choloma |
| 16 | DF | Johnny Leverón | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| – | DF | Héctor García | Deportes Savio |

### Squad

* Statistics as of 20 April 2013
* 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 |
| | | | | < 11/12 | 12/13 | Total | < 11/12 | 12/13 | Total |
| 1 | GK | Kerpo de León | (1974-02-25)25 February 1974 (aged 38) | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Odis Borjas | (1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 24) | 51 | 27 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Henry Figueroa | (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 19) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Júnior Izaguirre | (1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 32) | 268 | 32 | 300 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 5 | DF | David Molina | (1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 24) | 77 | 22 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | Emilson Cruz | (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 24) | 29 | 20 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Carlos Discua | (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 27) | 30 | 33 | 63 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | MF | Carlos Morán | (1984-07-19)19 July 1984 (aged 27) | 24 | 20 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Georgie Welcome | (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 27) | 82 | 25 | 107 | 29 | 5 | 34 |
| 10 | FW | Jocimar Nascimento | (1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 33) | 99 | 27 | 126 | 31 | 5 | 36 |
| 11 | FW | Melvin Valladares | (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 27) | 16 | 25 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | MF | Ábner Méndez | (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23) | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Nery Medina | (1981-08-05)5 August 1981 (aged 30) | – | 26 | – | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 14 | FW | Roby Norales | (1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 21) | 15 | 24 | 39 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | DF | Johnny Leverón | (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 22) | 69 | 14 | 83 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | MF | Júnior Padilla | (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 20) | 18 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Brayan Figueroa | (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 20) | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | César Oseguera | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 21) | 0 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | Amado Guevara | (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 36) | 225 | 33 | 258 | 64 | 6 | 70 |
| 21 | MF | Alfredo Mejía | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 22) | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | Donaldo Morales | (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 29) | 94 | 35 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Eddie Hernández | (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21) | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 24 | DF | Omar Elvir | (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 22) | 46 | 27 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | GK | Marlon Licona | (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 21) | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Grodbin Benítez | (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Adán Ramírez | (1986-08-28)28 August 1986 (aged 25) | 37 | 11 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | MF | Marvin Barrios | (1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 18) | 5 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | Roger Mondragón | (1989-09-20)20 September 1989 (aged 22) | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | Esdras Padilla | (1989-09-04)4 September 1989 (aged 22) | 39 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Ronald Martínez | (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 21) | 39 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | Harold Fonseca | (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | Ramón Amador | (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 18) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Javier Norales | (1992-11-20)20 November 1992 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Marvin Cálix | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 20) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | FW | Árnold Meléndez | (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 17) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Joshua Nieto | (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 17) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | FW | Christian Martínez | (1990-09-08)8 September 1990 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| – | DF | Santos Crisanto | – | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Managers | Managers | José Treviño | (1960-01-29)29 January 1960 (aged 52) | 19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012 | 19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012 | 19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012 | 19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012 | 19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012 | 19 September 2011 – 23 October 2012 |
| Managers | Managers | Reynaldo Clavasquín | (1972-01-28)28 January 1972 (aged 40) | 23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 | 23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 | 23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 | 23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 | 23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 | 23 October 2012 – 10 March 2013 |
| Managers | Managers | Juan Castillo | (1951-01-31)31 January 1951 (aged 61) | 10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013 | 10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013 | 10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013 | 10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013 | 10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013 | 10 March 2013 – 20 May 2013 |

## Statistics

* As of 20 April 2013
| Competition | GP | GW | GD | GL | GS | GC | GD | CS | SG | Per |
| League | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 14 | 11 | 46.67% |
| Others | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 5 | 1 | 85.19% |
| Totals | 49 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 80 | 44 | +36 | 19 | 12 | 53.74% |