Platense F.c.

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 and in 1965 became the first champions of the Honduran National Football League. Their home venue is the Estadio Excelsior.

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.

• 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

(1994–present)[1]

All-Time Table

(From 1965 to 1966 to 2007–08)

36 Game Average

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

As of 29 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 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