C.D. Honduras Progreso

Club Deportivo Honduras Progreso (commonly referred to as Honduras Progreso or simply Honduras), is a Honduran football club based in El Progreso, Honduras. It was founded in 1965 and currently plays in the Honduran Liga Nacional.

Honduras Progreso
Full nameClub Deportivo Honduras Progreso
Nickname(s)El Honduras
Los Diablos
Progreseños
Los Vagos
Los enanos
Los Ribereños
Conjunto de la Perla del Ulúa
Founded7 November 1965; 58 years ago (1965-11-07) as Club Deportivo Honduras
GroundEstadio Humberto Micheletti
El Progreso, Honduras
Capacity5,000
ChairmanHonduras Elías Nazar
ManagerColombia John Jairo López
LeagueLiga Nacional
2019 AperturaLiga Nacional, 10th (regular season)
DNQ (postseason)
WebsiteClub website
Estadio Humberto Micheletti

History edit

Club Deportivo Honduras edit

The club was founded in 1965 under the name Club Deportivo Honduras and is one of the League's founding clubs. They were in top flight football until 1969 where they finished last and were relegated to Segunda División (Second Division), and soon after dissolved.

Honduras Progreso edit

After many years of absence in Honduran professional football, the club was brought back as Club Deportivo Honduras Progreso in 2011.[1]

Former national goalkeeper Wilmer Cruz became manager in 2013 but only earned his coaching licence in summer 2013.[2] In December 2015 they beat Motagua 4–1 to win the 2015 Apertura league title with The honduran coach, Héctor Castellón.[3]

Honours edit

Winners (1): 2015–16 A
Runners-up (1): 2016–17 C
Winners (2): 2013–14 A, 2013–14 C

Rivalries edit

Not a big rivalry, but when Honduras Progreso was in Segunda División de Honduras they played a lot of friendlies and Copa del Supercampeon against Real España, those have been really good games. In second division Yoro FC, Juticalpa FC, Atlético Municipal, and Atlético de Choloma.

League and cups performance edit

Regular season Postseason Others
Season Finish Record Finish Record Cup Supercup International
1965–66 6th 8–3–7 (26:25) Not applicable Not held Didn't enter
1966–67 6th 7–4–7 (25:30)
1967–68 3rd 8–4–6 (31:23)
1968–69 9th 5–8–14 (20:53) Group stage Not held
1969–70 10th 5–7–15 (28:45) Not held
2014–15 A 4th 7–7–4 (34:31) Playoffs 1–0–1 (4:4) Quarterfinals Not held
2014–15 C 8th 5–3–10 (26:35) Didn't enter
2015–16 A 1st 11–3–4 (31:21) Winners 1–3–0 (5:4) Quarterfinals Didn't enter
2015–16 C 8th 3–6–9 (21:30) Didn't enter
2016–17 A 7th 7–3–8 (23:31) Round of 32 Runners-up Group stage
(Champions League)
2016–17 C 4th 9–4–5 (28:26) Runners-up 2–1–3 (8:12)
2017–18 A 10th 4–1–13 (26:37) Didn't enter Not held Didn't enter Round of 16
(CONCACAF League)
2017–18 C 5th 8–2–8 (22:30) Playoffs 0–2–0 (1:1)
2018–19 A 7th 6–4–8 (27:31) Didn't enter Round of 32 Didn't enter
2018–19 C 10th 2–3–13 (11:37) Saved 2–0–0 (5:3)

International performance edit

Competition Record Finish
2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League 2–1–1 (4:4) Group stage
2017 CONCACAF League 0–0–2 (0:2) Round of 16

All-time record v other clubs edit

As of 9 August 2017
Club Record Goals
  Chorrillo 0–0–2 0:2
  UNAM 1–0–1 2:3
  W Connection 1–1–0 2:1
Totals 2–1–3 4:6

Current squad edit

As of 20 January 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
1 GK   HON Rafael Zúniga
2 DF   HON Ángel Barrios
3 DF   COL Deivy Balanta
4 DF   HON Fabricio Galindo
5 MF   HON José Quiroz
6 DF   HON Nelson Marín
7 FW   COL Rodin Quiñones
9 MF   HON Ilce Barahona
11 FW   COL Harold Sandoval
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW   HON Andy Hernández
16 DF   HON Osbed Pérez
17 MF   HON Ángel Domínguez
18 MF   COL Jhan Mora
19 DF   HON Alberto Paredes
20 DF   HON Carlos Pérez
22 FW   HON Brayan Castillo
27 MF   HON Julián Martínez
55 MF   HON Nixon Cruz

Historical list of coaches edit

Name Dates
  Tulio Castellanos 2011-2012
  Allan Bennett 2012
  Leonel Machado 2012-2013
  Wilmer Cruz 2013-2015
  Héctor Castellón 2015-2017
  Wilmer Cruz 2017
  Nerlin Membreño 2017
  Horacio Londoño 2018
  Mauro Reyes 2018
  Hernán García 2019
  Reynaldo Clavasquín 2019
  Luis Alvarado (interim) 2019
  Horacio Londoño 2019
  Ovidio Fúnez (interim) 2019
  Héctor Castellón 2020
  Julio “Palomo” Rodríguez 2020
  Mauro Reyes 2020
  David Fúnez (interim) 2020
  Fernando Araújo 2021
  John Jairo López 2021- Present

References edit

External links edit