Petrotela
Encyclopedia
The Club Deportivo Petrotela was a Honduran football team
based in Tela
, Atlántida. They played in the top division in Honduran football for the first time in the 1985-86 season
using the name of Tela Timsa. The club was relegated one year later and returned in 1991-92. One season later Henry Arévalo, a business man, bought the club's franchise and changed its name to Petrotela, obtaining the second place that same year. However they were relegated again next season as most of their games were played at other team's soil.
Football team
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based in Tela
Tela
Tela is a town in Honduras on the northern Caribbean coast. It is located in the department of Atlantida.-History:Tela was founded by the Spanish conquistador Cristóbal de Olid on 3 May 1524 near an indigenous town named Tehuacán, ruled by a cacique named Cucumba which had a very good source of...
, Atlántida. They played in the top division in Honduran football for the first time in the 1985-86 season
Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras 1985-86
The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional was when Marathón won their second championship in the Honduran league. Positions in regular season were irrelevant and Marathón as winner of final round won the title...
using the name of Tela Timsa. The club was relegated one year later and returned in 1991-92. One season later Henry Arévalo, a business man, bought the club's franchise and changed its name to Petrotela, obtaining the second place that same year. However they were relegated again next season as most of their games were played at other team's soil.
League performance
| Regular season | Post season | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | Ded. | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- |
| 1985-86 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras 1985-86 The 1985–86 Honduran Liga Nacional was when Marathón won their second championship in the Honduran league. Positions in regular season were irrelevant and Marathón as winner of final round won the title... |
9th | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 14 | -8 | - | Saved | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 |
| 1986-87 | 10th | 27 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 20 | -11 | - | Didn't enter | ||||||||
| 1990-91 | 8th | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 34 | 21 | -15 | - | Didn't enter | ||||||||
| 1991-92 | 8th | 27 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 35 | 24 | -12 | - | Didn't enter | ||||||||
| 1992-93 | 2nd | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 36 | +14 | - | 4th | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | -4 |
- From 1985-86 to 1990-91 as Tela Timsa.
- From 1991-92 to 1993-94 as Petrotela.
Famous players
| Juan Pablo Centeno Oscar "Maradona" Cruz Pastor Martínez Tomás Róchez Juan "Nito" Anariba Luis "Gavilán" Cálix Alberto "Bica" Carlos Acosta Julio María Lemus Eugenio Dolmo Flores Nígel Zúniga | Néptaly Fúnez David Logan Geovany Gayle Alarcón Gustavo Cálix José Luis "Pili" Aguirre Alfredo Saavedra Carlos Landa Miguel Velásquez Alex Bahr Alexis Duarte Víctor Garay |