Platense Fútbol Club or simply Platense is a Honduran

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club, located in Platense,

Puerto Cortés Puerto Cortés, originally known as Puerto de Caballos, is a port city and municipality on the north Caribbean coast of Honduras, right on the Laguna de Alvarado, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, with a natural bay. The present city w ...

, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football League. Their home venue is the

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History

Officially Platense Sport Club was founded on July 4, 1960, in the neighborhood of Campo Rojo, Puerto Cortés. The initial founders were Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, and Rene Paiz. They were later joined by Manuel Flores, Héctor Sánchez, Rolando Méndez, Samuel Williams, Rudolph Williams, Ricardo Fúnez, Julio Linares, Óscar Pineda, Raúl Betancourt, Francisco Maldonado, Humberto Dole, Rolando Zavala and Reginaldo Guevara. The founders looked to emulate a successful international club, and ultimately settled on Platense, inspired by Platense of Argentina. In its early years, the club was supported by the Tela Railroad Company. When amateurism was still in effect, Tela provided jobs and a salary for club athletes, and helped Platense establish itself on a solid financial footing. After the Honduran National Soccer League was founded in 1964; Club Deportivo Platense became one of its 10 original members. They would also become its first champions, winning the league 27–26 over Olimpia. The key players on that team were: Gilberto Zavala, Tomas Maximo, Ricardo 'Cañon' Fúnez, Felix 'Mantequilla' Guerra, Raúl Betancourt, Santos 'Kubala' Díaz, Miguel 'El Chino' Hernandez, 'Pichingo' Croasdaile, Francisco Brocatto, Carlos "Care" Alvarado, "Chita" Arzú, León Victor "Escalera" Jallú, among others. Having won the very first title, however, Platense had to wait another thirty-six years for its second. They were close twice, finishing runners-up in 1996–97 and Apertura 2000. However, it wasn't until Clausura 2001 that Platense returned to glory. Their opponents, Olimpia, were the most dominant and successful team in Honduras. The first leg of the tie was in

and finished with a victory for the 'Tiburón' by the score of 1–0. The Argentine Marcelo Verón scored the winning goal. The return game was won by Club Olimpia by the same score. This forced the teams to go to over-time. The champion would be the team that scored the first goal (

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). It was Platense's Rony Morales who proved the hero, scoring the goal that gave Platense its first title in a generation. Platense reached two more semi-finals, but their form soon declined. In June 2012, they were relegated and were only able to stay in the top flight by virtue of a merger with

CD Necaxa C.D. Necaxa was a Honduran football club based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. History Necaxa were founded in 1954 by Wilfredo Guerra, the Mexican ambassador to Honduras at the time. Promotion On 23 May 2010 Necaxa obtained the promotion to the Ho ...

Achievements

* Liga Nacional **Winners (2): 1965–66, 2000–01 C **Runners-up (4): 1996–97, 2000–01 A, 2002–03 A, 2016–17 A *

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**Winners (3):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

**Runners-up (1):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Honduran Supercup The Honduran Supercup is a Honduran football competition held yearly as a preseason match between the reigning champions of the Liga Nacional and the Honduran Cup. The competition started unofficially in 1997, but was discontinued after just tw ...

**Runners-up (2):

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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**Winners (1):

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

* Amateur League **Runners-up (1):

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

Cortés Championship Cortes, Cortés, Cortês, Corts, or Cortès may refer to: People * Cortes (surname), including a list of people with the name ** Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador Places * Cortes, Navarre, a village in the South border of ...

**Winners (2):

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

League and Playoffs Performance

(1994–presen

All-Time Table

(From 1965 to 1966 to 2007–08)

36 Game Average

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

* CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975, 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup ::First Round v.

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– 4:3, 0:1 (Aurora advance on away goals rule) *

1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 34th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's clu ...

::First Round v.

– 2:1 ::First Round v.

– 2:1 ::First Round v. Real Verdes – 0:0 ::First Round v. Real Verdes – 6:0 ::First Round v.

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– 0:1 ::Second Round v.

Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is based in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and play their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá. Their colours are burgundy and white. It ...

– 1:3 ::Second Round v.

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– 3:1 ::Second Round v.

– 0:0 ::Second Round v.

– 1:2

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

*1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup ::First Round v.

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– 0:1, 4:1 (Platense advance 4:2 on aggregate) ::Second Round v.

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– 3:1, 7:0 (Platense advance 10:1 on aggregate) ::Final Round v. Olimpia – 3:3 ::Final Round v.

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– 0:0

Current squad

Coaches

Jaime Hormazábal Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

* Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1965–67), (the coach when the team won its first championship) * Haroldo Cordon (1981–1982) *

Roberto Scalessi Roberto is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish variation of the male given name Robert. Notable people named Roberto include: * Roberto (footballer, born 1912) * Roberto (footballer, born 1977) * Roberto (footballer, born 1978) * Roberto (football ...

(1977) * Alberto Romero (1996) * Ariel Sena (1996–97) * Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1998–99) *

Chelato Uclés José de la Paz Herrera Uclés, commonly known as Chelato Uclés, (21 November 1940 – 28 April 2021) was a Honduran footballer and coach. Early years He grew up in Soledad, Honduras, a small town of the municipality of El Paraíso in ext ...

(1999–01) * Alberto Romero (2001–03), (the coach when the team won its second championship) *

Flavio Ortega Flávio Ortega (1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian football player and manager, who spent most of his career in Central America, mainly in Honduras. Club career Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved abr ...

(2005) *

Roque Alfaro Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. Playing career Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid-1970s. In 19 ...

(2006) *

Héctor Vargas Héctor Vargas (born 15 March 1959) is an Argentinian football manager. Club career As a player, Vargas started his career at Estudiantes, before having spells at Temperley, Gimnasia and in Colombia. Managerial career Vargas alo started his m ...

(2006–07) * Alberto Romero (2007) *

(2007–08) *

Nahúm Espinoza Nahún Alberto Espinoza Zerón (born 14 August 1964) is a retired Honduran football player and football manager, who currently is in charge of Club Deportivo Olimpia. Club career He started his career at Real España and also had a lengthy s ...

(2008–09) *

Rubén Guifarro Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on the ...

(Feb 2009 – May 2009) *

(2009–11) * Jairo Ríos (2011) * Carlos de Toro (2011) *

(2011–12) * Alberto Romero (2012) *

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(2012–13) * Germando Adinolfi (2013–1?) *

Guillermo Bernárdez Guillermo () is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the male given name William. The name is also commonly shortened to 'Guille' or, in Latin America, to nickname 'Memo'. People *Guillermo Amador (born 1974), American musician *Guillermo Amor (b ...

(2013–14) * Carlos Martínez (2014–15) * Carlos Ramón Tábora (February 2015–1?) *

Ricardo Ortiz Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira (born 19 ...

(June 2015 – September 2015) *

(September 2015–) * Ariel Sena (January 2016 - June 2016) *

Reynaldo Clavasquín José Reynaldo Clavasquín Bejarano (born 28 January 1972) is a Honduran football manager and former player. He played as a defender. Club career Clavasquín started his career at hometown club Platense before joining F.C. Motagua in 1998 b ...

(June 2016 - October 2017) * Jairo Ríos (2017–2018) * Carlos Martínez (2018–2019) * Carlos Caballero (2019) * Anthony Torres (2019) * Héctor Castellón (2019) *

(2019–2020) *

Nicolás Suazo Nicolás Suazo Velásquez (born 9 January 1965) is a Honduran retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Nicknamed ''Nicogol'' because of his prolific goalscoring, Suazo played in Honduras for Independiente, Marath� ...

(2020) *

Jhon Jairo López Jhon is an alternative spelling of the Hebrew given name John. Its usage is popular in South America, especially in Colombia, where it is one of the most common names in the country. Origin Jhon originates from Hebrew () or () . Notable peopl ...

(2020–2021) *

(2021) * Ramon Maradiaga (2021–2022) * Augusto Camejo (2022–2023) * Rommel Salgado (2023 - ''Present'')

All time top goal scorers

Desafíe a Ismael
– La Prensa

References

External links

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(archived) {{Honduran Amateur League Platense Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in Honduras Puerto Cortés