C.D. Victoria

This article is about the Honduran club. For the Spanish club, see CD Victoria (Spain).

Club Deportivo Victoria is a Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. They have enjoyed success in the past having won the Honduran first division once. They currently play in the Honduran first division.

CD Victoria

Full name	Club Deportivo Victoria
Nickname(s)	Jaibas Bravas (Fierce Blue Crabs) Lecheros (Milkers)
Founded	15 November 1935; 88 years ago (1935-11-15)
Ground	Estadio Ceibeño La Ceiba, Honduras
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Javier Cruz
Manager	Hernán Medina
League	Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras
Website	https://www.lnphn.com/team/victoria/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Club Deportivo Victoria was founded on 15 November 1935 in La Ceiba. The club started out as the Instituto Manuel Bonilla which later was renamed Club Deportivo Victoria. The club was founded by Jose Felix Sosa Sosa, native of La Ceiba. Throughout his lifetime he received several accolades, and awards for being the rightful founder as in later years he was no longer involved in the club. Due to power struggles with friends of the club he decided to retire early. ^[1]

Later Miguel J. Kawas became president leading Victoria to their league title in the 1994–95 league.^[2]

In 1995, the club won their first championship in 47 years by defeating Club Deportivo Olimpia in a two-legged final. The club has also had some international success. In 2006, they manage to beat Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica on their way to finish in fourth place in the UNCAF tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Club rivalries

Clásico Ceibeño

El Clásico Ceibeño (La Ceiba derby) is a football match played between Victoria and Vida, both teams from La Ceiba, Honduras. For the first season of professional football, a triangular tournament was organized to decide who would represent La Ceiba in the national league. The tournament was held between three clubs from the Liga Dionisio de Herrera, Vida, Victoria and Atlántida. Vida ultimately qualified for the 1965–66 league intensifying the derby.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements

• Liga Nacional
  • Winners (1): 1994–95
  • Runners-up (2): 2005–06 C, 2012–13 A
• Honduran Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1992, 1996
• Segunda División
  • Winners (3): 1967–68, 1976, 2020–21 C
  • Runners-up (1): 1971–72
• Amateur League
  • Winners (1): 1947
• Atlántida Championship
  • Winners (3): 1947, 1949, 1963
• Copa Interclubes UNCAF
  • fourth place (1): 2006

All time top scorers

As of 8 September 2012

R	Player	GS
1	Rossell "Rochi" Matute	55
2	Luis Mario	40
3	Enrique Reneau	38
4	Héctor "Tanqueta" Flores	35
5	Eduardo Bennett	34
6	Renán Bengoché	33
7	Alejandro Naif	32
8	Reynaldo Mejía	29
9	Álvaro Izquierdo	27
10	Jorge Bennett	27
11	Luis Ramírez	24
??	Mitchel Brown	16

International competition

• 2006 Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances

First Round v. San Francisco – 1:0, 3:1

Quarter-finals v. Deportivo Saprissa – 0:1, 2:0

Semi-finals v. Olimpia – 2:2, 0:2

3rd place v. Marquense – 0:3, 1:1

• 1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 3 appearances

First Round v. Corozal Victory FC – 1:3, 2:4

Second Round v. Árabe Unido – 1:0, 2:2

Third Round v. Cruz Azul – 1:0, 0:2

League performance

Regular season											Postseason
Season	P	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Ded	P	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1968–69	7th	27	8	5	14	33	44	−11	21	—	No postseason
1969–70	8th	27	7	6	14	34	51	−17	20	—	No postseason
1970–71	10th	27	3	8	16	28	54	−26	14	—	No postseason
1977–78	8th	27	5	12	10	17	25	−8	22	—	Did not enter
1978–79	9th	27	5	14	8	20	29	−9	24	—	Did not enter
1979–80	4th	27	10	7	10	34	30	+4	27	—	3rd	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	8
1980–81	5th	27	10	8	9	27	33	−6	28	—	5th	8	0	2	6	3	14	−11	2
1981–82	8th	30	8	10	12	33	43	−10	26	—	Did not enter
1982–83	5th	27	7	15	5	21	15	+6	29	—	4th	8	2	3	3	6	12	−6	7
1983–84	7th	36	12	10	14	31	40	−9	34	—	No postseason
1984–85	3rd	36	14	12	10	44	33	+11	40	—	3rd	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	4
1985–86	7th	18	5	7	6	11	14	−3	17	—	Did not enter
1986–87	9th	27	5	11	11	23	30	−7	21	—	Did not enter
1987–88	4th	27	10	12	5	26	23	+3	32	—	5th	8	1	3	4	4	12	−8	5
1988–89	6th	27	7	12	8	21	21	0	26	—	Did not enter
1989–90	6th	27	6	12	9	17	18	−1	24	—	Did not enter
1990–91	6th	27	6	10	11	18	25	−7	22	—	Did not enter
1991–92	6th	27	9	8	10	29	28	+1	26	—	Did not enter
1992–93	7th	27	9	10	8	36	37	−1	28	—	Did not enter
1993–94	3rd	27	7	14	6	31	25	+6	28	—	4th	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
1994–95	5th	27	9	10	8	29	29	0	37	—	Champion	8	5	2	1	14	8	+6	17
1995–96	2nd	27	12	10	5	38	27	+11	46	—	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
1996–97	2nd	27	13	8	6	35	24	+11	47	—	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	8	–1	10
1997–98 A	7th	20	5	9	6	25	28	−3	24	—	Did not enter
1997–98 C	6th	20	6	8	6	24	25	−1	26	—	3rd	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
1998–99	5th	18	6	7	5	25	22	+3	25	—	4th	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
1999–00 A	3rd	18	8	7	3	25	19	+6	31	—	3rd	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6
1999–00 C	4th	18	6	6	6	25	21	+4	24	—	6th	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0
2000–01 A	7th	18	5	6	7	25	24	+1	21	—	Did not enter
2000–01 C	6th	18	4	8	6	24	28	−4	20	—	5th	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
2001–02 A	6th	18	5	9	4	28	26	+2	24	—	Did not enter
2001–02 C	4th	18	6	7	5	19	21	−2	25	—	3rd	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1	1
2002–03 A	10th	18	2	6	10	15	26	−11	11	−1	Did not enter
2002–03 C	8th	18	3	8	7	18	27	−9	17	—	Did not enter
2003–04 A	8th	18	3	7	8	19	29	−10	16	—	Did not enter
2003–04 C	2nd	16	9	2	5	26	20	+6	29	—	4th	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0
2004–05 A	4th	18	8	7	3	32	26	+6	31	—	4th	2	0	0	2	3	11	−8	0
2004–05 C	8th	18	5	6	7	19	24	−5	21	—	Did not enter
2005–06 A	2nd	18	9	3	6	30	27	+3	30	—	4th	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
2005–06 C	2nd	18	8	7	3	31	18	+13	31	—	2nd	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	5
2006–07 A	8th	18	5	4	9	21	28	−7	19	—	Did not enter
2006–07 C	9th	17	3	5	9	14	22	−8	14	—	Did not enter
2007–08 A	3rd	18	7	10	1	22	12	+10	31	—	4th	2	0	1	1	1	3	−1	1
2007–08 C	6th	18	6	6	6	17	17	0	24	—	Did not enter
2008–09 A	8th	18	6	4	8	22	27	−5	22	—	Did not enter
2008–09 C	5th	18	6	7	5	24	21	+3	25	—	Did not enter
2009–10 A	5th	18	7	5	6	22	27	−5	26	—	Did not enter
2009–10 C	10th	18	2	5	11	15	37	−22	11	—	Did not enter
2010–11 A	1st	18	10	2	6	26	24	+2	32	—	4th	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
2010–11 C	10th	18	3	5	10	25	35	−10	14	—	Did not enter
2011–12 A	9th	18	5	4	9	21	25	−4	19	—	Did not enter
2011–12 C	7th	18	7	1	10	28	28	0	22	—	Did not enter
2012–13 A	2nd	18	10	2	6	26	24	+2	32	—	2nd	4	0	3	1	2	6	-4	3
2012–13 C	3rd	18	6	7	5	24	25	–1	25	—	4th	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
2013–14 A	7th	18	7	3	8	25	26	−1	24	—	Did not enter
2013–14 C	6th	18	5	8	5	17	20	−3	23	—	4th	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
2014–15 A	10th	18	3	7	8	22	34	−12	16	—	Did not enter
2014–15 C	4th	18	6	7	5	26	22	+4	25	—	3rd	4	3	0	1	3	3	0	9
2015–16 A	9th	18	4	7	7	20	35	−15	19	—	Did not enter
2015–16 C	10th	18	1	4	13	10	47	−37	7	—	Did not enter

Current squad

As of 20 August 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  HON David Velásquez (captain) 3 DF  HON Milton Núñez 4 MF  HON Júnior García 6 MF  HON Carlos Matute 7 FW  HON Alexy Vega 8 MF  HON Héctor Aranda 10 FW  ARG Gaspar Triverio 12 FW  HON Yosimar Maradiaga 13 MF  HON Maynor Colón 14 FW  HON Carlos Bernárdez 15 FW  HON Carlos Arzú 17 DF  HON Marlon Flores 18 DF  HON Diego Rodríguez 20 MF  HON Marcelo Espinal 21 MF  HON Luis Meléndez

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  HON Pablo Álvarez 23 GK  HON Esaú Flores 24 DF  HON Marlon Suazo 25 MF  HON Orlando Cornejo 27 DF  HON Óscar Suazo 28 MF  HON Luis Antúnez 30 FW  COL Luis Hurtado 31 FW  HON Marlon Ramírez 32 MF  HON Kelly Colón 77 GK  HON Edwin Marín - GK  HON Marlon Licona - GK  SKN Julani Archibald - DF  HON Dabirson Castillo - MF  HON Luis Garrido - FW  HON Frelys López

Records

Main article: Records and statistics in Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

List of coaches

• Omar Muraco
• Julio González (1994)
• Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes (Aug 1996 – Sept 1996)^[3]
• Jorge Tupinambá (1995–1999)
• Raúl Martínez Sambulá (2000)
• Ramón Maradiaga (2004)
• Héctor Castellón (2004–2005)
• Jorge Pineda (2005–2006)
• Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (1 Jan 2009 – Feb 2010)
• Reynaldo Villagra (Feb 2010 – June 2010)^[4]
• Jorge Pineda (June 2010 – Jan 2011)^[5]
• Nahúm Espinoza (Jan 2011 – May 2011)^[6]
• Carlos García Cantarero (May 2011 – Jan 2012)^[7]
• Héctor Vargas (23 Jan 2012 – 31 Dec 2013)^[8]
• Carlos Martínez (Dec 2013 – May 2014)
• Cristian Guaita (May 2014 – Sept 2014)
• Jorge Pineda (Sept 2014–?)
• Wilmer Cruz (May 2019 – November 2019)^[9]
• Roberto Carlos Padilla (2020-2021)
• Salomón Nazar (2021-2022)
• Fernando Araújo (2022)
• Salomón Nazar (2022)
• Héctor Vargas (2023)
• Raúl Martínez Sambulá (2023)
• Hernán Medina (2023-present)

Affiliated clubs

• Málaga CF

References

1. Edición Feria Isidro. "Galería de Inmortales del Deporte Ceibeño". La Prensa, La Ceiba, 20 May 1992,p.28
2. "Soñar es gratis" (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 10 August 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
3. ¡Juan Luis está aquí! Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Nación (in Spanish)
4. "Tato" Ortiz ya es historia en el Victoria Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
5. Entre dudas incia el Victoria Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Diez (in Spanish)
6. Victoria presenta al técnico Nahúm Espinoza Archived 4 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
7. Victoria presentó a su nuevo entrenador Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
8. Héctor Vargas ya es el nuevo entrenador del Victoria – La Prensa (in Spanish)
9. "Oficial: Wilmer Cruz es nuevo técnico del Victoria de la Liga de Ascenso". diez.hn. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

External links

• C.D. Victoria on Facebook
• C.D. Victoria on Twitter
• C.D. Victoria on Instagram