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.

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 (1965-11-07) as Club Deportivo Honduras
GroundEstadio Humberto Micheletti
El Progreso, Honduras
Capacity5,000
ChairmanElías Nazar
Mario Fúnez
ManagerHoracio Londoño
LeagueLiga Nacional
2019 AperturaLiga Nacional, 10th (regular season)
DNQ (postseason)

History

Club Deportivo Honduras

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

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]

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

Rivalries

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
Regular seasonPostseasonOthers
SeasonFinishRecordFinishRecordCupSupercupInternational
1965–666th8–3–7 (26:25)Not applicableNot heldDidn't enter
1966–676th7–4–7 (25:30)
1967–683rd8–4–6 (31:23)
1968–699th5–8–14 (20:53)Group stageNot held
1969–7010th5–7–15 (28:45)Not held
2014–15 A4th7–7–4 (34:31)Playoffs1–0–1 (4:4)QuarterfinalsNot held
2014–15 C8th5–3–10 (26:35)Didn't enter
2015–16 A1st11–3–4 (31:21)Winners1–3–0 (5:4)QuarterfinalsDidn't enter
2015–16 C8th3–6–9 (21:30)Didn't enter
2016–17 A7th7–3–8 (23:31)Round of 32Runners-upGroup stage
(Champions League)
2016–17 C4th9–4–5 (28:26)Runners-up2–1–3 (8:12)
2017–18 A10th4–1–13 (26:37)Didn't enterNot heldDidn't enterRound of 16
(CONCACAF League)
2017–18 C5th8–2–8 (22:30)Playoffs0–2–0 (1:1)
2018–19 A7th6–4–8 (27:31)Didn't enterRound of 32Didn't enter
2018–19 C10th2–3–13 (11:37)Saved2–0–0 (5:3)

International performance
CompetitionRecordFinish
2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League2–1–1 (4:4)Group stage
2017 CONCACAF League0–0–2 (0:2)Round of 16

All-time record v other clubs
As of 9 August 2017
ClubRecordGoals
Chorrillo0–0–20:2
UNAM1–0–12:3
W Connection1–1–02:1
Totals2–1–34:6

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  BLZ Woodrow West
— GK  HON Orlin Vallecillo
— GK  HON Kelvin Castillo
— GK  HON Javier Cruz
— DF  HON Pastor Martínez
— DF  HON Jorge Zaldívar
— DF  HON Raimundo Cálix
— DF  HON Luis Alvarado
— DF  HON Luis Guzman
— DF  HON Leonardo Isaula
— DF  HON Florentino Cerrato
— DF  HON Carlos Sánchez
— DF  HON José Alvarado
— DF  HON Johnny Rodríguez
— DF  HON Virgilio Quiroz
— MF  HON Juan Ocampo
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  HON Juan Ángel Delgado
— MF  HON Jorge Cardona
— MF  TRI Jerrel Britto
— MF  HON Franklin Morales
— MF  HON Johnny Gomez
— MF  HON Andrick Rivera
— MF  HON Francisco Benítez
— MF  HON Christopher Anariba
— MF  HON Pedro Medina
— MF  HON Franklin Portillo
— FW  HON Francisco Aguilar
— FW  HON Edwin León
— FW  HON Jonathan Reyes
— FW  HON Denis Aguilar
— FW  HON Ángel Tejeda
— FW  HON Héctor Flores
— FW  HON Aly Arriola

Historical list of coaches

References
  1. LaPrensa.hn – Motagua se impone al Honduras de El Progreso – 5 January 2013
  2. Wilmer Cruz: A Tosello lo dejaron dirigir fácilmente Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine – Tiempo (in Spanish)
  3. ¡Honduras Progreso, el nuevo rey de la Liga Nacional! – Diez (in Spanish)
  4. Wilmer Cruz, nuevo técnico del Honduras de El Progreso – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  5. Héctor Castellón ya mete mano en el Honduras Progreso – Diez (in Spanish)


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