# 2013–14 C.D. Motagua season

The 2013–14 season was F.C. Motagua's 63rd season in existence and the club's 48th consecutive season in the top fight of Honduran football. The domestic league was divided into two tournaments, Apertura and Clausura. The Apertura was scheduled to be played in the second half of 2013, while the Clausura in the first half of 2014. Motagua were looking for its 13th domestic championship. Due to an unsuccessful 2012–13 season, the club won't have international participation.

## Overview

Right after being eliminated from the 2012–13 season, one of the club's director, Nelson Abdalah, announced that manager Juan Castillo would continue coaching for this season, nevertheless, on 20 May 2013, president Pedro Atala announced Serbian Risto Vidaković as the new club's manager. On 18 September 2013, the club released their new anthem called "Mi Corazón" (My Heart) interpreted by Luis Bustillo. On 6 November, Vidaković was sacked due to poor results and former player Milton Reyes took over.

## Players
### Transfers in

| Player | Contract date | Moving from |
| Luis Castro | 14 May 2013 | Marathón |
| José Gutiérrez | 15 May 2013 | Águila |
| Juan Montes | 15 May 2013 | Platense |
| Ricardo Canales | 14 June 2013 | Atlético Choloma |
| Orlin Peralta | 26 June 2013 | Vida |
| Maximiliano Lombardi | 4 July 2013 | Progreso |
| José Varela | 25 July 2013 | Liga de Loja |
| Jorge Claros | 13 August 2013 | Hibernian |
| Wilmer Crisanto | 27 November 2013 | Victoria |
| Sebastián Portigliatti | 2 December 2013 | Jorge Newbery |
| Román Castillo | 4 December 2013 | Vida |
| Eduardo Sosa | 5 December 2013 | Desamparados |
| Reinieri Mayorquín | 9 December 2013 | Lepaera |
| Víctor Ortiz | 16 December 2013 | Victoria |
| Irvin Reyna | 26 December 2013 | Olimpia |

### Transfers out

| Player | Released date | Moving to |
| Odis Borjas | 30 April 2013 | Platense |
| Kerpo de León | 30 April 2013 | Retired |
| Roger Mondragón | 30 April 2013 | Vida |
| Carlos Morán | 30 April 2013 | Vida |
| Jocimar Nascimento | 30 April 2013 | Istiqlol Dushanbe |
| Adán Ramírez | 30 April 2013 | TBD |
| Esdras Padilla | 30 May 2013 | TBD |
| Eduardo Sánchez | 30 May 2013 | TBD |
| Amado Guevara | 13 June 2013 | Icevic B (basketball) |
| Donaldo Morales | 13 June 2013 | Malacateco |
| Emilson Cruz | 12 July 2013 | TBD |
| Ronald Martínez | 12 July 2013 | TBD |
| Shannon Welcome | 12 July 2013 | Vida |
| Nery Medina | 21 July 2013 | Olimpia |
| Georgie Welcome | 2 December 2013 | Platense |
| Roby Norales | 2 December 2013 | Vida |
| José Gutiérrez | 2 December 2013 | Alianza |
| Grodbin Benítez | 2 December 2013 | TBD |
| Ricardo Canales | 2 December 2013 | Vida |
| Brayan Figueroa | 2 December 2013 | TBD |
| Melvin Valladares | 2 December 2013 | Victoria |
| Marvin Cálix | 2 December 2013 | TBD |
| Eddie Hernández | 4 December 2013 | Vida |
| Alfredo Mejía | 26 December 2013 | Marathón |

### Squad

* Statistics as of 20 April 2014
| A# | C# | Pos. | Player | DoB | As of 2012–13 | As of 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2013–14 | Totals | Totals |
| 1 | – | GK | Ricardo Canales | (1982-05-30)30 May 1982 (aged 31) | 89 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| – | 1 | GK | Sebastián Portigliatti | (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | Juan Montes | (1985-10-26)26 October 1985 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | Henry Figueroa | (1992-12-28)28 December 1992 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | Júnior Izaguirre | (1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 33) | 300 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 326 | 33 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | David Molina | (1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 25) | 99 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 5 |
| 6 | – | MF | Marvin Barrios | (1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 19) | 32 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | Carlos Discua | (1984-09-20)20 September 1984 (aged 28) | 63 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 97 | 21 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | Jorge Claros | (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 27) | 140 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 164 | 6 |
| 9 | – | FW | Georgie Welcome | (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 28) | 107 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 122 | 38 |
| – | 9 | FW | Román Castillo | (1991-11-20)20 November 1991 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 5 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | Maximiliano Lombardi | (1987-05-11)11 May 1987 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 33 | 9 |
| 11 | – | MF | Melvin Valladares | (1984-07-14)14 July 1984 (aged 29) | 41 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 55 | 7 |
| – | 11 | FW | Eduardo Sosa | (1982-05-16)16 May 1982 (aged 31) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 12 | – | MF | José Gutiérrez | (1989-10-21)21 October 1989 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| – | 12 | MF | Reinieri Mayorquín | (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 13 | – | MF | Grodbin Benítez | (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | – | FW | Roby Norales | (1991-01-25)25 January 1991 (aged 22) | 39 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 8 |
| – | 14 | MF | Irvin Reyna | (1987-06-07)7 June 1987 (aged 26) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | – | MF | Marvin Cálix | (1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 21) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | DF | Luis Castro | (1985-07-28)28 July 1985 (aged 28) | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | – | MF | Júnior Padilla | (1992-04-04)4 April 1992 (aged 21) | 27 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 50 | 4 |
| 18 | – | DF | Brayan Figueroa | (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 21) | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| – | 18 | DF | Wilmer Crisanto | (1989-06-24)24 June 1989 (aged 24) | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | DF | César Oseguera | (1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 23) | 37 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 56 | 5 |
| 21 | – | MF | Alfredo Mejía | (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 23) | 22 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| 22 | 22 | FW | José Varela | (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 7 |
| 23 | – | FW | Eddie Hernández | (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 22) | 23 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 7 |
| 24 | 24 | DF | Omar Elvir | (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 23) | 73 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 2 |
| 25 | 25 | GK | Marlon Licona | (1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 22) | 11 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | DF | José García | (1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | DF | Orlin Peralta | (1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 28 | – | DF | Carlos Turcios | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | – | DF | Brayan García | (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| – | 29 | FW | Víctor Ortiz | (1990-05-21)21 May 1990 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 31 | – | MF | Ramón Amador | (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | – | GK | Harold Fonseca | (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | – | FW | Arnold Meléndez | (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 18) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 49 | – | DF | Joshua Nieto | (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| – | – | DF | Santos Crisanto | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| – | – | MF | Deybi Flores | (1996-06-16)16 June 1996 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| – | – | FW | Dembor Bengtson | (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| – | – | FW | Kevin López | (1996-02-03)3 February 1996 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Managers | Managers | Managers | Risto Vidaković | (1969-01-05)5 January 1969 (aged 44) | 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013 | 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013 | 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013 | 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013 | 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013 | 20 May 2013 – 6 November 2013 |
| Managers | Managers | Managers | Milton Reyes (interim) | (1974-05-02)2 May 1974 (aged 39) | 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013 | 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013 | 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013 | 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013 | 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013 | 6 November 2013 – 23 November 2013 |
| Managers | Managers | Managers | Diego Vásquez | (1971-07-03)3 July 1971 (aged 42) | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– | 23 November 2013– |

### Reserve Team Squad

* Statistics as of 2 December 2013
| A# | C# | Pos. | Player | DoB | As of 2012–13 | As of 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2013–14 | Totals | Totals |
| 28 | – | DF | Carlos Turcios | (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | – | DF | Brayan García | (1993-05-26)26 May 1993 (aged 20) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | – | MF | Ramón Amador | (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 19) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | – | GK | Harold Fonseca | (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | – | FW | Arnold Meléndez | (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 18) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 49 | – | DF | Joshua Nieto | (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 18) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |