Platense F.C.

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 Puerto Cortés 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 (Golden goal). It was Platense's Rony Morales 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
• Honduran Cup
  • Winners (3): 1996, 1997, 2018
  • Runners-up (1): 2015
• Honduran Supercup
  • Runners-up (2): 1997, 1999
• Segunda División
  • Winners (1): 1982
• Amateur League
  • Runners-up (1): 1964
• Cortés Championship
  • Winners (2): 1962, 1964

League and Playoffs Performance

(1994–present)https://www.rsssf.org/tablesh/hondchamp.html

All-Time Table

(From 1965 to 1966 to 2007–08)

36 Game Average

International competition

• 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

• 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

Current squad

Coaches

• PER Jaime Hormazábal
• HON Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1965–67), (the coach when the team won its first championship)
• GUA Haroldo Cordon (1981–1982)
• ARG Roberto Scalessi (1977)
• ARG Alberto Romero (1996)
• URU Ariel Sena (1996–97)
• ARG Jorge Dubanced (1997-98)
• HON Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1998–99)
• HON Chelato Uclés (1999–01)
• ARG Alberto Romero (2001–03), (the coach when the team won its second championship)
• BRA Flavio Ortega (2005)
• ARG Roque Alfaro (2006)
• ARG Héctor Vargas (2006–07)
• ARG Alberto Romero (2007)
• ARG Roque Alfaro (2007–08)
• HON Nahúm Espinoza (2008–09)
• HON Rubén Guifarro (Feb 2009 – May 2009)
• ARG Héctor Vargas (2009–11)
• COL Jairo Ríos (2011)
• ARG Carlos de Toro (2011)
• ARG Roque Alfaro (2011–12)
• ARG Alberto Romero (2012)
• HON Hernán García (2012–13)
• URU Germando Adinolfi (2013–1?)
• HON Guillermo Bernárdez (2013–14)
• HON Carlos Martínez (2014–15)
• HON Carlos Ramón Tábora (February 2015–1?)
• URU Ricardo Ortiz (June 2015 – September 2015)
• HON Guillermo Bernárdez (September 2015–)
• URU Ariel Sena (January 2016 - June 2016)
• HON Reynaldo Clavasquín (June 2016 - October 2017)
• COL Jairo Ríos (2017–2018)
• HON Carlos Martínez (2018–2019)
• HON Carlos Caballero (2019)
• PAN Anthony Torres (2019)
• HON Héctor Castellón (2019)
• HON Guillermo Bernárdez (2019–2020)
• HON Nicolás Suazo (2020)
• COL Jhon Jairo López (2020–2021)
• HON Nicolás Suazo (2021)
• HON Ramon Maradiaga (2021–2022)
• URU Augusto Camejo (2022–2023)
• HON Rommel Salgado (2023 - Present)

All time top goal scorers

References

References

1. (14 July 2012). "Necaxa se llamará Platense". El Heraldo.
2. (2007-08-10). "Juventud y esperanza". Diario La Prensa.
3. [http://www.latribuna.hn/2013/07/04/53-anos-cumplio-el-tiburon/ 53 años cumplió el “Tiburón”] {{Webarchive. link. (2020-02-15  – La Tribuna {{in lang). es
4. [https://archive.today/20130928161323/http://www.latribuna.hn/2013/07/24/a-12-anos-del-segundo-titulo-escualo/ A 12 años del segundo título “escualo”] – La Tribuna {{in lang. es
5. [http://www.latribuna.hn/2012/06/14/oficial-la-fusion-platense-necaxa/ Oficial la fusión Platense-Necaxa] {{webarchive. link. (2012-06-15  – La Tribuna {{in lang). es
6. "Plantilla en la web oficial".
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8. [http://old.latribuna.hn/2008/05/05/post10033186/ Nahum Espinoza firmaría nuevo contrato con Platense] {{webarchive. link. (2013-09-28  – La Tribuna {{in lang). es
9. [http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2009/02/03/Noticias/Ruben-Guifarro-toma-las-riendas-del-Platense Rubén Guifarro toma las riendas del Platense] {{webarchive. link. (2013-09-27  – La Prensa {{in lang). es
10. [http://old.latribuna.hn/2009/05/14/post10064056/ Vargas firmó con Platense] {{webarchive. link. (2013-09-28  – La Tribuna {{in lang). es
11. [http://www.diez.hn/content/view/full/26508 Jairo Ríos, nuevo técnico del Platense] – Diez {{in lang. es
12. [http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Ediciones/2011/06/24/Noticias/Carlos-de-Toro-nuevo-tecnico-de-Platense Carlos de Toro, nuevo técnico de Platense] {{webarchive. link. (2013-10-02  – La Prensa {{in lang). es
13. [http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2011/08/23/Noticias/Roque-Alfaro-nuevo-tecnico-del-Platense Roque Alfaro, nuevo técnico del Platense] {{webarchive. link. (2013-10-02  – La Prensa {{in lang). es
14. [http://www.latribuna.hn/2012/02/08/argentinos-de-platense-se-van-porque-les-dicen-%E2%80%9Cpaquetes%E2%80%9D/ Argentinos de Platense se van porque les dicen “paquetes”] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-11  – La Tribuna {{in lang). es
15. [http://www.diez.hn/Inicio/Ediciones/2013/09/23/Noticias/Hernan-Garcia-ya-no-es-tecnico-de-Platense Hernán García ya no es técnico de Platense] – Diez {{in lang. es
16. [http://www.laprensa.hn/inicio/389666-96/germando-adinolfi-nuevo-entrenador-del-platense Germando Adinolfi, nuevo entrenador del Platense] – La Prensa {{in lang. es
17. [http://archivo.laprensa.hn/Deportes/Ediciones/2009/12/10/Noticias/Desafie-a-Ismael Desafíe a Ismael] {{webarchive. link. (2013-10-20  – La Prensa {{in lang). es