Platense F.C.


Platense Fútbol Club or simply Platense is a Honduran football club, located in Puerto Cortés, department of Cortés.
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.

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. 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

SeasonPositionGPWDLGFGAPTSPlay-offsPl.WDLGSGAPTS
1994–958th2751012182825did not qualify-------
1995–964th2710710293137First round2101233
1996–973rd271386282034 Runners-up8422131014
1997–98 Apertura1st201226422638 Semi-finals4031353
1997–98 Clausura3rd20884363032 Semi-finals4031563
1998–996th18747233125First round2011031
1999-00 Apertura5th18675242425First round2020222
1999-00 Clausura2nd181044392134First round2011121
2000–01 Apertura3rd18774302128 Runners-up6132666
2000–01 Clausura2nd181143261337 Champions63219611
2001–02 Apertura2nd18765161427 Semi-finals2011231
2001–02 Clausura3rd18945352528 Semi-finals2011121
2002–03 Apertura1st181251421441 Runners-up4112444
2002–03 Clausura6th18486182020did not qualify-------
2003–04 Apertura6th18576202322did not qualify-------
2003–04 Clausura6th16628182220did not qualify-------
2004–05 Apertura6th18639212821did not qualify-------
2004–05 Clausura6th17566231921did not qualify-------
2005–06 Apertura4th18837283427 Semi-finals2101123
2005–06 Clausura7th18576192122did not qualify-------
2006–07 Apertura5th18783322929did not qualify-------
2006–07 Clausura6th17728172223did not qualify-------
2007–08 Apertura9th18369172815did not qualify-------
2007–08 Clausura8th18558182420did not qualify-------
2008–09 Apertura7th18657222623did not qualify-------
2008–09 Clausura9th17467202618did not qualify-------
2009–10 Apertura6th18666232524did not qualify-------
2009–10 Clausura4th18774231928 Semi-finals2020222
2010–11 Apertura5th18828202226did not qualify-------
2010–11 Clausura9th18459212917did not qualify-------
2011–12 Apertura8th18639142321did not qualify-------
2011–12 Clausura10th18189143211did not qualify-------
2012–13 Apertura8th18486152220did not qualify-------
2012–13 Clausura5th18738212424 Semi-finals4130426