CD Platense - last updated on 27 May 2009
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Club Deportivo Platense
Foundation: July 4th 1960
City: Puerto Cortés
Colours: White and green
Website: no website
Honours:
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras - 2 (1965-66, 2000-01 Clausura)
Liga de Ascenso de Honduras - 1 (1982)
Honduran Cup - 2 (1996-97, 1997-98)
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A bit of history:
According to the records available, the following people attended Club Platense: René Paíz, Roger Riera, Roberto Mejía, Roosevelt Garbut, Manuel Flores, Héctor Sánchez, Rolando Méndez, Samuel Williams, Rodolfo Williams, Ricardo Fúnez , Nelson Larios, Julio Linares, Oscar Pineda, Raúl Betancourt, Armando López "Babalaba" Bodden,Francisco Maldonado, Humberto Dole, Rolando Zavala and Reginaldo Guevara, with the best goals in their individual seasons.All together making their teams make it to history of platense.
In the first meetings of Club Platense, the names of vaious international soccer clubs were included among the choices, from which the official name of the team was taken. Among the choices available were: Leyland, Banfield, Magallanes, and Platense of Argentina; being this last one, the most likable among the founder members of the Club.
In its beginnings, this team had the fortune to include the support of the Tela Railroad Company. The members of Club Platense where for the most part, hired by this company, while they participated with the club. This benefited them a great deal, because in addition to their salary with Tela Railroad Co. Where they received a special treatment for being soccer stars, they also received a salary from the ticket sales, as part of their contracts with Club Platense. That motivated these players, to give 100% in training, as well as in the official games.
After the Honduran National Soccer League was founded in 1964; Club Deportivo Platense became one of its '10 Original Club Members', and one of the most important Clubs of all Honduran Soccer.
By 1965, Club Deportivo Platense already possessed the great and only honor, of being the first champion of the Honduran National Football League. Among the members of the famous team, that won the first championship, were: Gilberto Zavala, Tomas Maximo, Ricardo 'Cañon' Fúnez, Felix 'Mantequilla' Guerra, Raúl Betancourt, Santos 'Kubala' Díaz, Miguel 'El Chino' Hernandez, 'Pichingo' Crosdaile, Francisco Brocatto, Carlos "Care" Alvarado, "Chita" Arzú, León Victor "Escalera" Jallú, among others.
After having obtained the first championship of National League, Club Deportivo Platense, had to wait 36 years to win its second championship. The new format of short tournaments (opening – closure) disputed through semifinals, allowed Platense to dispute the championship; even though it finished second on the final standings. The title was to be fought out, in a series of two games against the most popular team of the country: Club Deportivo Olimpia. The first game disputed in Puerto Cortés, finished with triumph for the 'Tiburón' by scoreboard of 1-0; with goal netted by the Argentine Marcelo Verón. The return game, was won by Club Olimpia by the same scoreboard.- This forced the teams to go to over-time. The champion would be the team that scored the first goal (Golden goal). It was this way, how, with goal of Rony Morales, Club Platense conquered its second championship of National League; to win the global series by scoreboard of 2-1.
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