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.Terra.com–3–1. El Motagua gana el Campeonato de Apertura al vencer al Olimpia–2006-12-18
Squad All data is updated prior the beginning of the season. No. Pos. Player DoB Caps Goals 1 GK Ricardo Canales – 0 3 DF Javier Martínez – – 9 FW Jairo Martínez – – 10 FW Jocimar Nascimento 0 0 11 FW Óscar Torlacoff – – 12 MF Rubén Matamoros – – 14 DF Luis Guzmán – – 21 MF Emilio Izaguirre – – 23 FW Pedro Santana – – 24 DF Víctor Bernárdez – – 30 DF Limber Pérez – – 32 MF Jorge Claros – –– MF Víctor Mena – –– MF Diogo Fernandes – 0
Standings
Matches
Results by round
Regular season
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.FIFA.com–Gone but not forgotten–2008-01-03
Squad
Standings
Matches
Results by round
Regular season
Semifinals
Motagua 1–4 Real España on aggregate.
References
External links Motagua Official Website