Platense F.C.

For other uses, see Platense (disambiguation).
Platense
Full name Platense Football Club Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable
Nickname(s) Tiburón
Los Escualos
Los Selacios
Founded 4 July 1960 (1960-07-04)
Ground Estadio Excelsior,
Puerto Cortés, Honduras
Ground Capacity 10,000
Owner Selim Canahuati
Chairman Allan Ramos
Manager Guillermo Bernardez
League Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras
2015 Clausura 10th

Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, Cortés.

The club was founded on 4 July 1960[1] and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football League. Their home venue is the Estadio Excelsior.

History

Officially Platense Sport Club was founded on July 4, 1960, in the neighborhood of Campo Rojo, Puerto Cortés. At first, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía and Roosevelt Garbut attended at the home of Mr. Rene Paiz to found a new football team. They were 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.[2]

In the first meetings of Club Platense, the names of various international football clubs were included among the choices, from which the official name of the team was taken. Among the choices available were: Leyland, Banfield, Magallanes, and Platense of Argentina; the last was the most liked among the founder members of the club.

In its beginnings, this team had the fortune to have the support of the Tela Railroad Company. The members of Club Platense were, for the most part, hired by this company while they participated with the club. This benefited them a great deal, because in addition to their salary with Tela Railroad Co., where they received a special treatment for being soccer stars, they also received a salary from the ticket sales, as part of their contracts. That motivated these players to give 100% in training as well as in the official games.

After the Honduran National Soccer League was founded in 1964; Club Deportivo Platense became one of its 10 Original Club Members.

First Championship

By 1965, Club Deportivo Platense already possessed the great and only honor, of being the first champion of the Honduran National Football League. Among the members of the famous team, that won the first championship, 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.

Second Championship

Training session at Excelsior Stadium in 2005.

After having obtained the first championship of National League, Club Deportivo Platense had to wait 36 years until 2000–2001 for its second. The new format of short tournaments (opening – closure) with semifinals allowed Platense to compete for the championship, even though it finished second in the final standings. The title was to be fought in a series of two games against the most popular team of the country, Olimpia. The first game was in Puerto Cortés and finished with a victory for the 'Tiburón' by the score of 1–0 with the goal netted by the Argentine Marcelo Verón. 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 (Golden goal). Then with a goal by Rony Morales, Club Platense conquered its second championship of the National League.[3]

Relegation prevented and Platense F.C. formed

In June 2012, C.D. Platense was relegated but merged with CD Necaxa to become the newly named Platense F.C. and stay in the National League.[4]

Achievements

Domestic

1965–66, Clausura 2001
Runners-up (3): 1996–97, Apertura 2000, Apertura 2002
1982
1996, 1997
Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 1997–98

Honours

League and Playoffs Performance

(1994–Present)

Season Position GP W D L GF GA PTS Play-offs Pl. W D L GS GA PTS
1994–958th
27
5
10
12
18
28
25
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1995–964th
27
10
7
10
29
31
37
First Round
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
1996–97
3rd
27
13
8
6
28
20
34
Runners-up
8
4
2
2
13
10
14
1997–98 Apertura
1st
20
12
2
6
42
26
38
Semi-finals
4
0
3
1
3
5
3
1997–98 Clausura
3rd
20
8
8
4
36
30
32
Semi-finals
4
0
3
1
5
6
3
1998–996th
18
7
4
7
23
31
25
First Round
2
0
1
1
0
3
1
1999-00 Apertura5th
18
6
7
5
24
24
25
First Round
2
0
2
0
2
2
2
1999-00 Clausura
2nd
18
10
4
4
39
21
34
First Round
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
2000–01 Apertura
3rd
18
7
7
4
30
21
28
Runners-up
6
1
3
2
6
6
6
2000–01 Clausura
2nd
18
11
4
3
26
13
37
Champions
6
3
2
1
9
6
11
2001–02 Apertura
2nd
18
7
6
5
16
14
27
Semi-finals
2
0
1
1
2
3
1
2001–02 Clausura
3rd
18
9
4
5
35
25
28
Semi-finals
2
0
1
1
1
2
1
2002–03 Apertura
1st
18
12
5
1
42
14
41
Runners-up
4
1
1
2
4
4
4
2002–03 Clausura6th
18
4
8
6
18
20
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003–04 Apertura6th
18
5
7
6
20
23
22
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2003–04 Clausura6th
16
6
2
8
18
22
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2004–05 Apertura6th
18
6
3
9
21
28
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2004–05 Clausura6th
17
5
6
6
23
19
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2005–06 Apertura4th
18
8
3
7
28
34
27
Semi-finals
2
1
0
1
1
2
3
2005–06 Clausura7th
18
5
7
6
19
21
22
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2006–07 Apertura5th
18
7
8
3
32
29
29
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2006–07 Clausura6th
17
7
2
8
17
22
23
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007–08 Apertura9th
18
3
6
9
17
28
15
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2007–08 Clausura8th
18
5
5
8
18
24
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2008–09 Apertura7th
18
6
5
7
22
26
23
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2008–09 Clausura9th
17
4
6
7
20
26
18
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2009–10 Apertura6th
18
6
6
6
23
25
24
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2009–10 Clausura4th
18
7
7
4
23
19
28
Semi-finals
2
0
2
0
2
2
2
2010–11 Apertura5th
18
8
2
8
20
22
26
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2010–11 Clausura9th
18
4
5
9
21
29
17
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2011–12 Apertura8th
18
6
3
9
14
23
21
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2011–12 Clausura10th
18
1
8
9
14
32
11
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2012–13 Apertura8th
18
4
8
6
15
22
20
Did Not Qualify
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2012–13 Clausura5th
18
7
3
8
21
24
24
Semi-finals
4
1
3
0
4
2
6

All-Time Table

(From 1965–66 to 2007–08)

Seasons Points Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
42 1637 1269 394 455 420 1409 1415 -6

36 Game Average

Points Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
46 11 13 12 41 40 +1

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v. Guatemala Aurora – 4:3, 0:1 (Aurora advance on away goals rule)
First Round v. Guatemala Aurora – 2:1
First Round v. Guatemala Aurora – 2:1
First Round v. Belize Real Verdes – 0:0
First Round v. Belize Real Verdes – 6:0
First Round v. El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo – 0:1
Second Round v. Costa Rica Saprissa – 1:3
Second Round v. Guatemala Comunicaciones – 3:1
Second Round v. Costa Rica Saprissa – 0:0
Second Round v. Guatemala Comunicaciones – 1:2

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

First Round v. Belize Juventus – 0:1, 4:1 (Platense advance 4:2 on aggregate)
Second Round v. Curaçao CRKSV Jong Colombia – 3:1, 7:0 (Platense advance 10:1 on aggregate)
Final Round v. Honduras Olimpia – 3:3
Final Round v. Guatemala Municipal – 0:0

Current squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Panama GK José Calderón
3 Honduras DF Dabirson Castillo
4 Uruguay MF Richard Rodríguez
5 Honduras DF Luis Guzmán
6 Mali DF Mamadou Traoré
7 Honduras MF Édgar Álvarez
8 Honduras MF Miguel Castillo
9 Honduras FW Georgie Welcome
10 Honduras MF Julio César de León
11 Colombia FW Robert Campaz
12 Honduras FW Jeffrey Brooks
13 Honduras DF Lucas Matute
14 Honduras MF Ronmel Corea
No. Position Player
16 Honduras MF Jorge Cardona
18 Colombia DF Luis Castro
21 Honduras MF Brayan Reyes
22 Honduras MF Alexander Aguilar
25 Honduras MF David Mendoza
26 Honduras DF Nixon Duarte
27 Honduras FW Jerrick Díaz
28 Honduras GK Sandro Cárcamo
30 Honduras DF Ian Osorio
31 Honduras MF Jorge Nájera
39 Honduras FW Óscar Medina
40 Honduras GK Denis Garcia

Coaches

  • Honduras Rubén Guifarro (Feb 2009–May 09)[7]
  • Argentina Héctor Vargas (2009–11)[8]
  • Colombia Jairo Ríos (2011)[9]
  • Argentina Carlos de Toro (2011)[10]
  • Argentina Roque Alfaro (2011–12)[11]
  • Argentina Alberto Romero (2012)[12]
  • Honduras Hernán García (2012–13)[13]
  • Uruguay Germando Adinolfi (2013–1?)[14]
  • Honduras Guillermo Bernárdez (2013–14)
  • Honduras Carlos Martínez (2014–15)
  • Honduras Carlos Ramón Tábora (Feb 2015–1?)
  • Uruguay Ricardo Ortiz (June 2015–Sept 15)
  • Honduras Guillermo Bernárdez (Sept 2015-)

All time top goal scorers

[15]

# Player Goals
1 Honduras Juan Manuel Cárcamo 65
2 Honduras Francisco Ramírez 54
3 Honduras Raúl Centeno Gamboa 53
4 Honduras Eduardo Laing 45
5 Colombia Oscar Piedrahita 33
6 Brazil Marcelo Ferreira 28
7 Honduras Carlos "Care" Alvarado 27
8 Honduras Dennis Caballero 26
9 Honduras Luis Alonso Perdomo 25
10 Argentina Marcelo Verón 23

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