Platense F.C.

For other uses, see Platense (disambiguation).

Platense Fútbol Club^[1] or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Platense, Puerto Cortés, Cortés.

Platense

Full name	Platense Fútbol Club
Nickname(s)	Tiburones Blancos, Escualos, Los Selacios, Platense Querido, El Primer Campeón
Founded	4 July 1960; 63 years ago (1960-07-04)
Ground	Estadio Excelsior, Platense, Puerto Cortés, Honduras
Capacity	12,000
Owner	Plantense
Chairman	Rommel Andrade
Manager	Rommel Salgado
League	Liga Nacional de Ascenso
2021–22	Liga Nacional, 10th of 10 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The club was founded on 4 July 1960^[2] and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football League. Their home venue is the Estadio Excelsior.

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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)[1]

Season	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS	Play-offs	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
1994–95	8th	27	5	10	12	18	28	25	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995–96	4th	27	10	7	10	29	31	37	First round	2	1	0	1	2	3	3
1996–97	3rd	27	13	8	6	28	20	34	Runners-up	8	4	2	2	13	10	14
1997–98 Apertura	1st	20	12	2	6	42	26	38	Semi-finals	4	0	3	1	3	5	3
1997–98 Clausura	3rd	20	8	8	4	36	30	32	Semi-finals	4	0	3	1	5	6	3
1998–99	6th	18	7	4	7	23	31	25	First round	2	0	1	1	0	3	1
1999-00 Apertura	5th	18	6	7	5	24	24	25	First round	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
1999-00 Clausura	2nd	18	10	4	4	39	21	34	First round	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
2000–01 Apertura	3rd	18	7	7	4	30	21	28	Runners-up	6	1	3	2	6	6	6
2000–01 Clausura	2nd	18	11	4	3	26	13	37	Champions	6	3	2	1	9	6	11
2001–02 Apertura	2nd	18	7	6	5	16	14	27	Semi-finals	2	0	1	1	2	3	1
2001–02 Clausura	3rd	18	9	4	5	35	25	28	Semi-finals	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
2002–03 Apertura	1st	18	12	5	1	42	14	41	Runners-up	4	1	1	2	4	4	4
2002–03 Clausura	6th	18	4	8	6	18	20	20	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003–04 Apertura	6th	18	5	7	6	20	23	22	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003–04 Clausura	6th	16	6	2	8	18	22	20	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004–05 Apertura	6th	18	6	3	9	21	28	21	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004–05 Clausura	6th	17	5	6	6	23	19	21	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005–06 Apertura	4th	18	8	3	7	28	34	27	Semi-finals	2	1	0	1	1	2	3
2005–06 Clausura	7th	18	5	7	6	19	21	22	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006–07 Apertura	5th	18	7	8	3	32	29	29	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006–07 Clausura	6th	17	7	2	8	17	22	23	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007–08 Apertura	9th	18	3	6	9	17	28	15	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007–08 Clausura	8th	18	5	5	8	18	24	20	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008–09 Apertura	7th	18	6	5	7	22	26	23	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008–09 Clausura	9th	17	4	6	7	20	26	18	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009–10 Apertura	6th	18	6	6	6	23	25	24	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009–10 Clausura	4th	18	7	7	4	23	19	28	Semi-finals	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
2010–11 Apertura	5th	18	8	2	8	20	22	26	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010–11 Clausura	9th	18	4	5	9	21	29	17	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011–12 Apertura	8th	18	6	3	9	14	23	21	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011–12 Clausura	10th	18	1	8	9	14	32	11	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012–13 Apertura	8th	18	4	8	6	15	22	20	did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012–13 Clausura	5th	18	7	3	8	21	24	24	Semi-finals	4	1	3	0	4	2	6

All-Time Table

(From 1965 to 1966 to 2007–08)

Seasons	Points	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
42	1637	1269	394	455	420	1409	1415	-6

36 Game Average

Points	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
46	11	13	12	41	40	+1

International competition

CONCACAF Champions' Cup

• 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v.   Aurora – 4:3, 0:1 (Aurora advance on away goals rule)

• 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

First Round v.   Aurora – 2:1

First Round v.   Aurora – 2:1

First Round v.   Real Verdes – 0:0

First Round v.   Real Verdes – 6:0

First Round v.   Luis Ángel Firpo – 0:1

Second Round v.   Saprissa – 1:3

Second Round v.   Comunicaciones – 3:1

Second Round v.   Saprissa – 0:0

Second Round v.   Comunicaciones – 1:2

CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

• 1997 CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup

First Round v.   Juventus – 0:1, 4:1 (Platense advance 4:2 on aggregate)

Second Round v.   CRKSV Jong Colombia – 3:1, 7:0 (Platense advance 10:1 on aggregate)

Final Round v.   Olimpia – 3:3

Final Round v.   Municipal – 0:0

Current squad

As of 29 January 2022^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   HON Rafael Zúñiga 2 DF   HON Anthony Cervantes 3 DF   HON Elías García 4 DF   HON André Orellana 5 DF   HON Marcos Martínez 6 MF   HON Roger Iscoa 7 FW   HON Byron Rodríguez 8 MF   HON Joshua Nieto 9 FW   ARG Álvaro Klusener 10 FW   ARG Jorge Ojeda 11 MF   HON Ilce Barahona 12 FW   HON Eli Palma 13 MF   HON José Canelas 14 MF   HON Jorge Cardona

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   HON Roger Flores 18 FW   HON William Moncada 20 MF   HON Héctor Aranda 22 FW   HON Jorge Castrillo 25 GK   ARG Francisco Del Riego 26 DF   HON Elder Ramos 28 DF   ARG Federico Maya 29 DF   HON Edson Rocha 30 MF   HON Derek Silva 31 DF   HON David Montoya 44 MF   HON Yasser Santos 52 FW   HON Imanol Murillo 60 GK   HON Bruno Alemán

Coaches

•   Jaime Hormazábal
•   Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1965–67), (the coach when the team won its first championship)
•   Haroldo Cordon (1981-1982)
•   Roberto Scalessi (1977)
•   Alberto Romero (1996)
•   Ariel Sena (1996–97)
•   Carlos "Zorro" Padilla (1998–99)
•   Chelato Uclés (1999–01)
•   Alberto Romero (2001–03), (the coach when the team won its second championship)
•   Flavio Ortega (2005)
•   Roque Alfaro (2006)
•   Héctor Vargas (2006–07)
•   Alberto Romero (2007)
•   Roque Alfaro (2007–08)^[7]
•   Nahúm Espinoza (2008–09)^[8]
•   Rubén Guifarro (Feb 2009 – May 2009)^[9]
•   Héctor Vargas (2009–11)^[10]
•   Jairo Ríos (2011)^[11]
•   Carlos de Toro (2011)^[12]
•   Roque Alfaro (2011–12)^[13]
•   Alberto Romero (2012)^[14]
•   Hernán García (2012–13)^[15]
•   Germando Adinolfi (2013–1?)^[16]
•   Guillermo Bernárdez (2013–14)
•   Carlos Martínez (2014–15)
•   Carlos Ramón Tábora (February 2015–1?)
•   Ricardo Ortiz (June 2015 – September 2015)
•   Guillermo Bernárdez (September 2015–)
•   Ariel Sena (January 2016 - June 2016)
•   Reynaldo Clavasquín (June 2016 - October 2017)
•   Jairo Ríos (2017-2018)
•   Carlos Martínez (2018-2019)
•   Carlos Caballero (2019)
•   Anthony Torres (2019)
•   Héctor Castellón (2019)
•   Guillermo Bernárdez (2019-2020)
•   Nicolás Suazo (2020)
•   Jhon Jairo López (2020-2021)
•   Nicolás Suazo (2021)
•   Ramon Maradiaga (2021-2022)
•   Augusto Camejo (2022-2023)
•   Rommel Salgado (2023 - Present)

All time top goal scorers

^[17]

#	Player	Goals
1	Juan Manuel Cárcamo	65
2	Francisco Ramírez	54
3	Raúl Centeno Gamboa	53
4	Julio César de León	53
5	Eduardo Laing	45
6	Oscar Piedrahíta	33
7	Marcelo Ferreira	28
8	Carlos "Care" Alvarado	27
9	Dennis Caballero	26
10	Luis Alonso Perdomo	25

References

1. "Necaxa se llamará Platense". El Heraldo. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
2. (in Spanish). Diario La Prensa. 2007-08-10. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
3. 53 años cumplió el “Tiburón” 2020-02-15 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
4. A 12 años del segundo título “escualo” – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
5. Oficial la fusión Platense-Necaxa 2012-06-15 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
6. "Plantilla en la web oficial".
7. Argentino Alfaro reemplazará a su compatriota Romero en Platense de Honduras – Terra (in Spanish)
8. Nahum Espinoza firmaría nuevo contrato con Platense 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
9. Rubén Guifarro toma las riendas del Platense 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
10. Vargas firmó con Platense 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
11. Jairo Ríos, nuevo técnico del Platense – Diez (in Spanish)
12. Carlos de Toro, nuevo técnico de Platense 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
13. Roque Alfaro, nuevo técnico del Platense 2013-10-02 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)
14. Argentinos de Platense se van porque les dicen “paquetes” 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine – La Tribuna (in Spanish)
15. Hernán García ya no es técnico de Platense – Diez (in Spanish)
16. Germando Adinolfi, nuevo entrenador del Platense – La Prensa (in Spanish)
17. Desafíe a Ismael 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine – La Prensa (in Spanish)

External links

• Official website