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.

Honduras Progreso
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
Chairman Elías Nazar
Manager John Jairo López
LeagueLiga Nacional
2019 AperturaLiga Nacional, 10th (regular season)
DNQ (postseason)
WebsiteClub website

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]

Honours
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
As of 20 January 2023

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 Zúniga
2 DF  HON Ángel Barrios
3 DF  COL Deivy Balanta
4 DF  HON Fabricio Galindo
5 MF  HON José Quiroz
6 DF  HON Nelson Marín
7 FW  COL Rodin Quiñones
9 MF  HON Ilce Barahona
11 FW  COL Harold Sandoval
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW  HON Andy Hernández
16 DF  HON Osbed Pérez
17 MF  HON Ángel Domínguez
18 MF  COL Jhan Mora
19 DF  HON Alberto Paredes
20 DF  HON Carlos Pérez
22 FW  HON Brayan Castillo
27 MF  HON Julián Martínez
55 MF  HON Nixon Cruz

Historical list of coaches
Name Dates
Tulio Castellanos2011-2012
Allan Bennett2012
Leonel Machado2012-2013
Wilmer Cruz2013-2015
Héctor Castellón2015-2017
Wilmer Cruz2017
Nerlin Membreño2017
Horacio Londoño2018
Mauro Reyes2018
Hernán García2019
Reynaldo Clavasquín2019
Luis Alvarado (interim)2019
Horacio Londoño2019
Ovidio Fúnez (interim)2019
Héctor Castellón2020
Julio “Palomo” Rodríguez2020
Mauro Reyes2020
David Fúnez (interim)2020
Fernando Araújo2021
John Jairo López2021- Present

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)
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