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Platense Football Club S.A. de C.V. or simply Platense is a Honduran
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club, located in Platense,
Puerto Cortés Puerto Cortés, originally known as Puerto de Caballos, is a port city and municipality on the north Caribbean coast of Honduras, right on the Laguna de Alvarado, north of San Pedro Sula and east of Omoa, with a natural bay. The present city ...
, Cortés. The club was founded on 4 July 1960 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football League. Their home venue is the
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History

Officially Platense Sport Club was founded on July 4, 1960, in the neighborhood of Campo Rojo, Puerto Cortés. The initial founders were Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, and Rene Paiz. They were later 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. The founders looked to emulate a successful international club, and ultimately settled on Platense, inspired by Platense of Argentina. In its early years, the club was supported by the Tela Railroad Company. When amateurism was still in effect, Tela provided jobs and a salary for club athletes, and helped Platense establish itself on a solid financial footing. After the Honduran National Soccer League was founded in 1964; Club Deportivo Platense became one of its 10 original members. They would also become its first champions, winning the league 27–26 over Olimpia. The key players on that team 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. Having won the very first title, however, Platense had to wait another thirty-six years for its second. They were close twice, finishing runners-up in 1996–97 and Apertura 2000. However, it wasn't until Clausura 2001 that Platense returned to glory. Their opponents, Olimpia, were the most dominant and successful team in Honduras. The first leg of the tie was in
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and finished with a victory for the 'Tiburón' by the score of 1–0. The Argentine Marcelo Verón scored the winning goal. 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 (
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). It was Platense's
Rony Morales Rony Edgardo Morales Solís (born June 8, 1978) is a Honduran football defender who currently plays for Platense in Liga Nacional de Honduras. Club career A left-sided defender, Morales previously played for Olimpia. International career M ...
who proved the hero, scoring the goal that gave Platense its first title in a generation. Platense reached two more semi-finals, but their form soon declined. In June 2012, they were relegated and were only able to stay in the top flight by virtue of a merger with CD Necaxa.


Achievements

* Liga Nacional ::Winners (2): 1965–66, 2000–01 C ::Runners-up (4): 1996–97, 2000–01 A, 2002–03 A, 2016–17 A *
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::Winners (3):
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::Runners-up (1):
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::Runners-up (2):
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::Winners (1):
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* Amateur League ::Runners-up (1):
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::Winners (2):
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League and Playoffs Performance

(1994–presen


All-Time Table

(From 1965 to 1966 to 2007–08)


36 Game Average


International competition


CONCACAF Champions' Cup

* CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1975, 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup ::First Round v.
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 – 4:3, 0:1 (Aurora advance on away goals rule) *
1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup The 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 34th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club ...
::First Round v.
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 – 2:1 ::First Round v.
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 – 2:1 ::First Round v. Real Verdes – 0:0 ::First Round v. Real Verdes – 6:0 ::First Round v.
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 – 0:1 ::Second Round v.
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 – 1:3 ::Second Round v.
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 – 3:1 ::Second Round v.
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 – 0:0 ::Second Round v.
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CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

*1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup ::First Round v.
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 – 0:1, 4:1 (Platense advance 4:2 on aggregate) ::Second Round v.
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 – 3:1, 7:0 (Platense advance 10:1 on aggregate) ::Final Round v. Olimpia – 3:3 ::Final Round v.
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Current squad

Updated on 23 June 2021.


Coaches

* Jaime Hormazábal * Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1965–67), (the coach when the team won its first championship) * Haroldo Cordon (1981-1982) *
Roberto Scalessi The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
(1977) *
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(1996) *
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(1996–97) * Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1998–99) * Chelato Uclés (1999–01) *
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(2001–03), (the coach when the team won its second championship) *
Flavio Ortega Flávio Ortega (1944 – 6 February 2007) was a Brazilian football player and manager, who spent most of his career in Central America, mainly in Honduras. Club career Ortega was a Brazilian footballer who started playing in 1962 and moved ab ...
(2005) *
Roque Alfaro Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. Playing career Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. In 198 ...
(2006) *
Héctor Vargas Héctor Vargas (born 15 March 1959) is an Argentinian soccer, football manager who has worked primarily in the Liga Nacional de Honduras and is currently manager of Real C.D. España, Real España. Club career As a player, Vargas started his care ...
(2006–07) *
Alberto Romero Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...
(2007) *
Roque Alfaro Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. Playing career Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. In 198 ...
(2007–08) * Nahúm Espinoza (2008–09) * Rubén Guifarro (Feb 2009 – May 2009) *
Héctor Vargas Héctor Vargas (born 15 March 1959) is an Argentinian soccer, football manager who has worked primarily in the Liga Nacional de Honduras and is currently manager of Real C.D. España, Real España. Club career As a player, Vargas started his care ...
(2009–11) * Jairo Ríos (2011) *
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(2011) *
Roque Alfaro Roque Raúl Alfaro (born 15 August 1956 in Nogoyá, Entre Ríos) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a striker. Playing career Alfaro started his professional career with Newell's Old Boys in the mid 1970s. In 198 ...
(2011–12) *
Alberto Romero Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...
(2012) * Hernán García (2012–13) * Germando Adinolfi (2013–1?) * Guillermo Bernárdez (2013–14) * Carlos Martínez (2014–15) * Carlos Ramón Tábora (February 2015–1?) *
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(June 2015 – September 2015) * Guillermo Bernárdez (September 2015–) * Ariel Sena (January 2016 - June 2016) *
Reynaldo Clavasquín José Reynaldo Clavasquín Bejarano (born 28 January 1972 in Puerto Cortés) is a retired Honduran football defender and current manager. Club career Clavasquín started his career at hometown club Platense before joining F.C. Motagua in 199 ...
(June 2016 - October 2017) * Jairo Ríos Rendón (October 2017 - December 2017) * Carlos Martínez (January 2018 - April 2019) * Carlos Orlando Caballero (April 2019 - May 2019) * Anthony 'Chalate' Torres (May 2019 - September 2019) * Héctor Castellón (September 2019 - December 2019) * John Jairo López (January 2020 - April 2021) * Nicolás Suazo (July 2021 - August 2021) * Ramon Maradiaga (August 2021 - ''Present'')


All time top goal scorers

Desafíe a Ismael
 – La Prensa 1


References


External links



{{Honduran Amateur League Platense Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in Honduras Puerto Cortés