Club: Club Deportivo Motagua
Founded: 1928
City: Tegucigalpa
Stadium: Estadio Nacional
Manager: Ramon Maradiaga
Qualification method: Honduran Clausura runner-up 2010
Previous Champions League appearances: 0
Honors: Honduran league - 11 (1968-69, 1970-71, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1991-92, 1997-98 Apertura, 1997-98 Clausura, 1999-2000 Apertura, 1999-2000 Clausura, 2001-02 Apertura, 2006-07 Apertura); Honduran Cup - 1 (1968); Honduran Super Cup - 1 (1997-98); Copa Interclubes UNCAF - 1 (2007)
Official Web site: http://motagua.com

Behind Olimpia, Motagua is the second-most successful club in Honduras and will be making its first appearance in the CONCACAF Champions League after finishing as the runner-up in the 2010 Clausura. Motagua has won 11 Honduran domestic titles and finished second nine times. On an idea by the poet Marco Antonio Ponce and supported by Marco Antonio Rosa, the blues were founded in 1928, a fusion of disintegrated clubs America, Honduras, Atletico and Aguila and was inspired by the Motagua River, which at the time was the center of a dispute between Guatemala and Honduras. When Honduras qualified for the 1982 World Cup, five Motagua players were on the roster, including Hector Zelaya, who scored against host Spain in a 1-1 draw. Zelaya is currently Motagua's director of football. This year, five players: goalkeeper Ricardo Canales, defenders Emilio Izaguirre and Sergio Mendoza, forward Georgie Welcome and midfielder Amado Guevara, competed for the Catrachos in the 2010 World Cup. Guevara, who enjoyed a successful stint in Major League Soccer, winning league most valuable player honors with the MetroStars in 2004, captained the squad. Pedro Atala is the president of the club. He is the son of Pedro Atala Simon, who was the president of the Honduran national team during its successful 1982 World Cup run. Ramon Maradiaga, who was a midfielder on the 1982 Catrachos and also played for Motagua, is the coach.