Clásico de las M's

Clásico de las M's
Other names	Marathón vs. Motagua
Locale	Honduras
Teams	C.D. Marathón; C.D. Motagua
Latest meeting	Marathón 1–2 Motagua; (23 November 2016)
Statistics
Most wins	Motagua (74)
Top scorer	Gilberto Machado (14)
All-time series	Motagua (74–63–65)
Largest victory	Marathón 5-0 Motagua; (6 April 2013)

El Clásico de las M's (The M's Classic), is a classic football match played between C.D. Motagua from Tegucigalpa and C.D. Marathón from San Pedro Sula, two of the most successful and popular football teams in Honduras.

Head to Head[edit]

As of 23 November 2016^[1]

By venue[edit]

At Tegucigalpa


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At San Pedro Sula


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In neutral venue (At Danlí and Comayagua)


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By stage[edit]

In Playoffs


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In Pentagonales


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In Cuadrangulares


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In Semifinals


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In Finals


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Totals[edit]

In Regular season


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In postseason


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Overall


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The Finals[edit]

Motagua and Marathon have played 3 finals. Two won by Marathón and one by Motagua.

2001–02 Apertura[edit]

12 December 2001 1st leg	Marathón	1–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Rosales 69' (pen.)			Stadium: Estadio Francisco Morazán Attendance: 14,283 Referee: Benigno Pineda

16 December 2001 2nd leg	Motagua	3–2 (5–3 p)	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)	Pacini 22' Izaguirre 44' (pen.) 56' (pen.)		Rosales 18' (pen.) Oliva 81'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 20,423 Referee: Oscar Bardales
	Penalties
	Leyes Medina Pacini Turcios Izaguirre		Cacho Zúniga Oliva Martínez

Motagua 3–3 Marathón on aggregate; Motagua won 5–3 on penalty shootouts.

2002–03 Clausura[edit]

23 May 2003 1st leg	Motagua	0–1	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)			Martínez 65'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 21,691 Referee: Oscar Bardales

1 June 2006 2nd leg	Marathón	3–1	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Cacho 44' Costa 60' 89'		Oseguera 40'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 35,745 Referee: Marcio Carranza

Marathón won 4–1 on aggregate.

2007–08 Apertura[edit]

16 December 2007 1st leg	Motagua	0–0	Marathón	Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
16:00 (UTC−06:00)				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 16,042 Referee: José Molina

22 December 2007 2nd leg	Marathón	2–0	Motagua	San Pedro Sula, Cortés
19:30 (UTC−06:00)	Brown 1' Scott 78'			Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 26,596 Referee: Ricardo Zelaya

Marathón won 2–0 on aggregate.

Trivia[edit]

First Liga Nacional encounter: Marathón 2–0 Motagua (1 August 1965).
First encounter at Tegucigalpa: Motagua 4–1 Marathón (21 November 1965).
First Motagua's victory at San Pedro Sula: Marathón 1–2 Motagua (1967).
Largest Motagua's victory: Motagua 4–0 Marathón (21 March 1971).^[2] and Motagua 4–0 Marathón (4 November 2012)
Largest Marathón's victory: Marathón 5–0 Motagua (6 April 2013).
Game with most goals: Marathón 6–3 Motagua (19 April 2009).
First game at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal: Marathón 1–0 Motagua (22 August 2010).^[3]
First game at Estadio Carlos Miranda: Motagua 0–1 Marathón (14 September 2014).
Biggest away win for Marathón: Motagua 1–4 Marathón (16 October 2011).
Óscar Hernández: scored 13 goals against Marathón.
Gilberto Machado: scored 14 goals against Motagua.

References[edit]

↑ LaPrensa.hn – ¡En el Olímpico se decide! – 16 December 2007
↑ Diez.hn – En el clásico Motagua - Marathón, seguro hay goles – 12 February 2012
↑ Tiempo.hn – Marathón domina a Motagua en SPS – 19 August 2011

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[1] LaPrensa.hn – ¡En el Olímpico se decide! – 16 December 2007

[2] Diez.hn – En el clásico Motagua - Marathón, seguro hay goles – 12 February 2012

[3] Tiempo.hn – Marathón domina a Motagua en SPS – 19 August 2011

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v t e F.C. Motagua
Founded in 1928 Based in Tegucigalpa
Seasons	1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Reserve team	F.C. Motagua Reserves
Players and managers	Players Managers
Rivalries	Honduran Superclásico Motagua–Real España football rivalry Clásico de las M's
Grounds	Campo La Isla (1928–1948) Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino (1948–)
Others	Records and statistics Copa Ciclón
Honors (28)
Liga Nacional (17)	1968–69 1970–71 1973–74 1978–79 1991–92 1997–98 A 1997–98 C 1999–00 A 1999–00 C 2001–02 A 2006–07 A 2010–11 C 2014–15 A 2016–17 A 2016–17 C 2018–19 A 2018–19 C
Honduran Cup (1)	1968
Honduran Supercup (2)	1999 2017
UNCAF Interclub Cup (1)	2007
Amateur League (2)	1948 1950–51
Francisco Morazán Major League (5)	1947 1948 1950 1951 1954
Website: www.motagua.com