Club Deportivo Victoria is a Honduran

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club based in

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, Atlántida. They have enjoyed success in the past having won the Honduran first division once. They currently play in the Honduran first division.

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 the Hungarian Francisco Detari Olah. He first started out as a soccer player in

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with Excelsior soccer club (now known as Platense), eventually being nationalized to play with the Honduras national team. He then took over the Instituto Manuel Bonilla and the club won the first national tournament in 1947 beating Motagua 3–2. His legacy is still remember in La Ceiba as the guy who made Victoria who they are now. Later Miguel J. Kawas became president leading Victoria to their league title in the 1994–95 league.

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

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on their way to finish in fourth place in the UNCAF tournament.

Club rivalries

Clásico Ceibeño

El Clásico Ceibeño (La Ceiba derby) is a

match played between Victoria and

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, both teams from

, 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.

Achievements

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::Winners (1): 1994–95 ::Runners-up (2): 2005–06 C,

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::Runners-up (2):

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::Winners (3): 1967–68,

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::Runners-up (1): 1971–72 * Amateur League ::Winners (1):

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::Winners (3):

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* Copa Interclubes UNCAF ::4th place (1):

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All time top scorers

: As of 8 September 2012

International competition

*2006 Copa Interclubes UNCAF: 4 appearances ::First Round v.

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– 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

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: 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

Records

List of coaches

Omar Muraco Omar Ernesto Muraco (1930 – 28 November 2010

* Julio González (1994) * Juan Luis Hernández Fuertes (Aug 1996–Sept 96) * Jorge Tupinambá (1995–99) *

Raúl Martínez Sambulá Raúl Martínez Sambulá (born 14 March 1963) is a former Honduran professional football player, who made his name with the national team in the early 1990s. Club career Martínez Sambulá started his career at C.D. Olimpia, Olimpia and then ...

(2000) *

Ramón Maradiaga Ramón Enrique Maradiaga Chávez (born 30 October 1954) is a retired Honduran football player and manager. Club career Nicknamed ''Primitivo'', Maradiaga has played as a midfielder amongst others for F.C. Motagua as well as Salvadoran giant ...

(2004) *

Héctor Castellón Héctor Ramón Castellón Fernández (born 31 August 1960) is a Honduran former footballer and football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a g ...

(2004–05) *

Jorge Pineda Jorge Ernesto Pineda (born 26 November 1964) is a retired Honduran football player and current football manager. He is currently married to Ena Pineda and has four daughters named Darcy, Georgina, Chelsea and another daughter from a previous rel ...

(2005–06) * Ricardo "Tato" Ortíz (Jan 1, 2009–Feb 10) * Reynaldo Villagra (Feb 2010 – June 10) *

(June 2010–Jan 11) *

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 sp ...

(Jan 2011–May 11) *

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(May 2011–Jan 12) *

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(Jan 23, 2012 – Dec 31, 2013) * Carlos Martínez (Dec 2013–May 14) * Cristian Guaita (May 2014–Sept 14) * Jorge Pineda (Sept 2014–?) *

Wilmer Cruz Wilmer Enrique Cruz Paredes (born 18 December 1965) is a retired Honduran football player. He is currently the manager of Victoria. Club career Nicknamed ''Pájaro'' (Bird) and ''Supermán'', Cruz played 129 league matches for Real C.D. España ...

(May 2019 – November 2019) * Roberto Carlos Padilla (December 2020 - August 2021) *

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(August 2021 - ''Present'')

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References

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