Guatemala national football team

Men ‘s affiliation football team representing Guatemala
This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Guatemala women ‘s national football team
The Guatemala national football team ( spanish : Selección de fútbol de Guatemala ) represents Guatemala in men ‘s international football and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it has been affiliated to FIFA since 1946, and it is a extremity of CONCACAF.

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The team has made three Olympic tournament appearances, competing at the 1968, 1976, and 1988 Olympic Games. Guatemala have never qualified for the finals tournament of the World Cup, although they have reached the final examination round of golf of reservation on four occasions. Guatemala won the 1967 CONCACAF Championship and the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup. The team ‘s best performance in a CONCACAF Gold Cup was in 1996, when they finished fourth. Guatemala has besides earned a bronze decoration at the 1983 Pan american Games in Caracas, Venezuela. The national team kits are supplied by Umbro. Past kit suppliers include Atletica, Adidas and Puma .

history [edit ]

Beginnings [edit ]

Guatemala created its inaugural soccer team, made up of 22 players, on 23 August 1902. The team was split into two sides, blue and white. With time, clubs were made and finally the Guatemalan national team, nicknamed “ lanthanum Azul y Blanco ” ( the blue and flannel ), was created in 1921. Guatemala had its inaugural crippled on 16 September 1921, in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City, against Honduras. The game was played in Guatemala City and Guatemala beat Honduras 9–0. [ 5 ] In the final, Guatemala were defeated 6–0 by Costa Rica. [ 6 ] Guatemala had achiever in several editions of the CCCF Championship, the precursor of the Gold Cup, by being the runner-up in 1943, 1946, and 1948. In 1958, Guatemala began participating in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. They finished last, without a point, in a group with Costa Rica and the Netherlands Antilles. [ 7 ]

achiever in the 1960s [edit ]

Guatemala ‘s performance in the World Cup qualifying rounds began to improve in the 1960s. In 1962 they drew against both Costa Rica ( 4–4 ) and Honduras ( 1–1 ). however they again finished last in their qualify group. [ 8 ] Guatemala did not participate in the qualify round in 1966, as FIFA refused their engagement for administrative reasons. Guatemala joined CONCACAF in 1961. In 1967, they again showed the build up they had made when by participating by winning the Gold Cup for the lone time in their history. [ 9 ] In that tournament, hosted by Honduras, Guatemala began with a 2–1 acquire against Haiti, followed by a 1–0 win over the defend champions, Mexico, a 0–0 draw against Honduras, a 2–0 succeed over Trinidad and Tobago, and a 2–0 gain over Nicaragua. The fore Manuel “ Escopeta ” Recinos was Guatemala ‘s top scorer with four goals, including the finish against Mexico. Guatemala were besides the runner-up in the CONCACAF Championship in 1965 and 1969 .
Results

Rank

Team

Pts

Pld

1
Guatemala
9
5
4
1
0
7
1
6

2
Mexico
8
5
4
0
1
10
1
9

3
Honduras
6
5
2
2
1
4
2
2

4
Trinidad and Tobago
4
5
2
0
3
6
10
−4

5
Haiti
2
5
1
0
4
5
9
−4

6
Nicaragua
1
5
0
1
4
3
12
−9

In 1967, Guatemala showed further progress by qualifying for the 1968 Olympic football tournament in Mexico City. In the first attack, they won 1–0 against Czechoslovakia, and 4–1 against Thailand, and lost to Bulgaria 2–1. They went on the adjacent cycle, where they lost 1–0 to the eventual champions, Hungary .

2006 World Cup [edit ]

Before the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, many fans [ who? ] saw Carlos Ruiz as the independent stress in providing goals for the national team along with Juan Carlos Plata. Many other stars such as Fredy, Garcia, Gonzalo Romero, Guillermo Ramirez and Martin Machon were expected to play huge roles adenine well. In 2006 World Cup qualify, Guatemala advanced to the third orotund by beating Suriname 4–2. There they finished second base in Group B, behind Costa Rica, with 10 points each. In the fourth round they started with a 0–0 describe against Panama and a 5–1 win against Trinidad and Tobago. then followed a 2–0 loss against the United States and Mexico and a 3–2 loss against Costa Rica, and a 2–1 gain against Panama. They lost against Trinidad and Tobago 3–2, drew against the United States 0–0 and then lost to Mexico 5–2. Guatemala had 8 points with one bet on left, and a succeed aboard a Trinidad and Tobago kill against Mexico would send them into the play-offs. They won 3–1 against Costa Rica but Trinidad and Tobago beat Mexico 2–1. They finished in fifth seat, two points away from the play-off spot. Juan Carlos Plata and Martin Machón announced their retirement from International Football in 2006 .

2010 World Cup [edit ]

After a third-place finish at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup, and reaching the hard stagecoach in the Gold Cup of the same class, along with a match of satisfying friendly matches including a 3–2 acquire against Mexico, many [ who? ] saw Hernán Darío Gómez as the future bus to lead Guatemala into the Hexagonal in the World Cup qualifying stage. however, after losing 5–0 in early 2008 against a under-23 Argentine team, the colombian soon departed. During 2010 World Cup modify, expectations of qualifying for the finals were set among the national team as Ramon Maradiaga returned as coach. They began well by advancing to the third round off by defeating Saint Lucia 9–1 on aggregate. In the third round, Guatemala began with a 1–0 home loss to the United States, with controversies surrounding the panamanian referee Roberto Moreno, including not awarding a penalty to Guatemala in the inaugural half after a handball from Steve Cherundolo vitamin a well as Gustavo Cabrera being sent off after colliding with Eddie Lewis in the second half. In their second meet, Los Chapines salvaged a draw in the close up minutes of the game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain after Carlos Gallardo deflected a rid kick by Marco Pappa. On 10 September, Cuba shocked the Guatemala fans by taking the leash after Roberto Linares scored in the 25th hour, but by half-time, Carlos Ruiz had equalised, and in the second half, Ruiz scored again. Mario Rodríguez and José Manuel Contreras besides scored and Guatemala won 4–1. On 11 October, many fans gathered around the Estadio Mateo Flores for the game against Trinidad and Tobago. Despite being reduced to 10 men, the Soca Warriors were able to hold Guatemala to a 0–0 stalemate. Guatemala then lost in Cuba, falling behind 1–0 after Jaime Colome scored a punishment. Marco Pappa volleyed in an equalizer in the eightieth minute, but Urgelles won the pit for Cuba in the 90th hour. interim, the Trinidadians defeated the United States 2–1 at home, putting them in second place. Maradiaga was fired and Benjamin Monterroso was appointed, focusing on the Copa UNCAF the surveil January. A 2–0 away loss against the United States confirmed the elimination of the national team from the World Cup. At the UNCAF nations cup, Monterroso wanted to introduce more younger players into the originate production line up such as Minor Lopez, Ricardo Jerez and Wilson Lalin, but Guatemala lost both group stage matches against Costa Rica and besides lost 2–0 to Nicaragua in the play-off match for the final berth to attend the next Gold Cup ; Minor Lopez was the lone finish scorer for Los Bicolores. As a solution, the national team were inactive for the future two years and Monterroso stepped depressed after two months in charge .

2014 World Cup [edit ]

In May 2010, the Uruguayan-born Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida was appointed as the Guatemala ‘s future coach. At the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, once known as the “ UNCAF Nations Cup ”, Guatemala finished in fifth place, losing 2–0 to Costa Rica and 3–1 Honduras before defeating Nicaragua 2–1 to qualify for the 2011 Gold Cup. At the Gold Cup, Guatemala drew 0–0 against Honduras despite being reduced to nine men. They lost against a physically superscript Jamaica 2–0, but managed to redeem themselves by beating Grenada 4–0, with goals from José Javier del Águila, Marco Pappa, Carlos Ruiz, and Carlos Gallardo. In the quarter-finals, they lost to 2–1 the predominate champions Mexico, after Ruiz had given them the lead in the first half. For the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Guatemala began in the second base round with six wins in six games, advancing to a third round group alongside the United States, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda. Before the third turn, three key players – Guillermo Ramirez, Gustavo Cabrera and Yony Flores – were sent home during a practice session after their team-mates Ruiz and Luis Rodriguez learn of their involvement in money launder and bribery in fixing multiple fixtures ; they were subsequently banned for life. [ citation needed ] The team began with an away passing to Jamaica, with Dwight Pezzarossi only managing to pull back one goal in blockage prison term. In the adjacent meet, Guatemala drew at home against the United States, after they equalised from Marco Pappa ‘s release complain. At home against Antigua and Barbuda, Guatemala again fell behind, but after the Antiguan goalkeeper Molvin James was sent off for wasting time, Ruiz scored a stimulate and a finish from Pezzarossi sealed a 3–1 victory. Four days late, a goal from Ruiz sufficed for an away winnings against the lapp opponents in North Sound. Guatemala beat Jamaica at home 2–1, leaving them needing a draw against the United States to progress to the final stage of the qualifiers. After they taking the leave in the foremost five minutes thanks to Ruiz, the United States scored three times, and Guatemala finished behind Jamaica on goal dispute. In January 2013, placid led by Almeida, Guatemala participated in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. With a team of chiefly younger players, they could lone manage three draws in their group play ( 1–1 against Nicaragua, 0–0 against Belize and 1–1 against Costa Rica ), losing out to Belize for conduct qualification for the 2013 Gold Cup. They faced Panama in the fifth set meet, but lost 3–1, and Almeida stepped down in favor of the technical conductor, Victor Hugo Monzón .

2016 suspension [edit ]

On October 28, 2016, the Guatemalan football confederation was suspended indefinitely by FIFA, after the international football governing body had appointed an oversight committee to look into allegations of corruption. [ 10 ] FIFA stated that the Guatemalan federation ( FEDEFUT ) had rejected the committee ‘s mandate to run FEDEFUT ‘s business, organize elections, and modernize its statutes, and would remain barred from international competition until FEDEFUT ratified an extension of the mandate. [ 11 ] The football team missed their chance on qualifying on the 2017 and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments ( 2017 Copa Centroamericana and 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying ) as they missed deadlines to have their suspension lifted. The suspension was lifted on 31 May 2018 after FEDEFUT ‘s standardization committee became amply operational. [ 12 ]

home plate stadium [edit ]

The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, besides known as Coloso de la Zona 5, is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the central american english and caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacitance of 26,000 seats.

Used largely for football matches, the stadium has hosted the majority of the home matches of the Guatemala national football team throughout its history .

schedule and results [edit ]

The follow is a number of equal results from the previous 12 months, arsenic well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Win Draw Loss

2021 [edit ]

Guatemala Nicaragua 24 February Friendly 1–0Guatemala City, Guatemala15:00 (UTC−6)

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Report

Stadium: Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Guatemala
Referee: Armando Reyna (Guatemala)

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

The adopt 23 players were called up for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Caps and goals updated as of 18 July 2021, after the match against Trinidad and Tobago.

late call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months .

Records [edit ]

As of 24 March 2021[13]

Players in bold text are still active agent with Guatemala .

Most appearances [edit ]

Most goals [edit ]

Coaching history [edit ]

As of 8 July 2021[14]

competitive record [edit ]

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

CONCACAF Gold Cup [edit ]

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record

Year

Round

Position

Pld

Squad

1963
Fourth place
4th
4
1
2
1
7
6

Squad

1965
Runners-up
2nd
5
3
1
1
11
5
Squad
1967
Champions
1st
5
4
1
0
7
1
Squad
1969
Runners-up
2nd
5
3
2
0
10
2
Squad
1971
Did not qualify
1973
Fifth place
5th
5
0
3
2
4
6

Squad

1977
Fifth place
5th
5
1
1
3
8
10

Squad

1981
Did not qualify
1985
Round 1
5th
4
2
1
1
7
3

Squad

1989
Fourth place
4th
6
1
1
4
4
7

Squad

1991
Group stage
7th
3
1
0
2
1
5

Squad
1993
Did not enter
1996
Fourth place
4th
4
1
0
3
3
5

Squad
1998
Group stage
7th
3
0
2
1
3
4

Squad
2000
Group stage
10th
2
0
1
1
3
5

Squad
2002
Group stage
12th
2
0
0
2
1
4

Squad
2003
Group stage
11th
2
0
1
1
1
3

Squad
2005
Group stage
11th
3
0
1
2
4
9

Squad
2007
Quarter-finals
8th
4
1
1
2
2
5

Squad
2009
Did not qualify
2011
Quarter-finals
8th
4
1
1
2
5
4

Squad
2013
Did not qualify
2015
Group stage
12th
3
0
1
2
1
4

Squad
2017
Disqualified due to FIFA Suspension
2019
2021
Group stage
13th
3
0
1
2
1
6

Squad

Total
1 Title
19/26
72
19
21
32
83
94
—

CONCACAF Nations League [edit ]

CONCACAF Nations League record

Season

Division

Group

2019−20
C
C

29th

2022–23

To be determined

Total

29th

CONCACAF Nations League history

First Match

GuatemalaAnguilla
(5 September 2019; Guatemala City, Guatemala)

Biggest Win

GuatemalaAnguilla
(5 September 2019; Guatemala City, Guatemala)

Biggest Defeat

—

Best Result

—

Worst Result

—

Copa Centroamericana [edit ]

Copa Centroamericana record

Year

Round

Position

Pld

1991
Third place
3rd
3
0
2
1
0
1

1993
Did not enter
1995
Runners-up
2nd
4
2
0
2
2
5
1997
Runners-up
2nd
5
3
2
0
10
3
1999
Runners-up
2nd
5
3
1
1
5
2
2001
Champions
1st
5
2
3
0
9
5
2003
Runners-up
2nd
5
3
1
1
10
4
2005
Third place
3rd
5
3
1
1
10
5

2007
Third place
3rd
5
3
1
1
3
2

2009
Round 1
6th
3
0
0
3
1
6

2011
Fifth place
5th
3
1
0
2
3
6

2013
Sixth place
6th
4
0
3
1
3
5

2014
Runners-up
2nd
4
3
0
1
7
4
2017
Disqualified due to FIFA Suspension

Total
1 Title
12/14
51
23
14
14
63
48

CCCF Championship [edit ]

CCCF Championship record

Year

Round

Position

1941
Did not enter
1943
Runners-up
2nd
6
4
1
1
21
11
1946
Runners-up
2nd
5
3
1
1
20
10
1948
Runners-up
2nd
8
3
4
1
20
16
1951
Did not enter
1953
Third place
3rd
6
3
2
1
8
8

1955
Sixth place
6th
6
1
0
5
6
9

1957
Did not enter
1960
1961
Round 1
5th
4
2
0
2
7
7

Total
Runners-up
6/10
35
16
8
11
82
61

Olympic Games [edit ]

Note: Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

pan american Games [edit ]

Note: Football at the Pan American Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1999.

central American and Caribbean Games [edit ]

cardinal american Games [edit ]

Central American Games record

Year

Round

Position

Pld

1973
Fourth place
4th
4
1
1
2
4
3

1977
Fourth place
4th
6
1
1
4
2
7

1986
Champions
1st
3
2
1
0
4
1
1990
Did not participate
1994
Fourth place
4th
3
1
1
1
11
5

1997
Group stage
5th
3
1
0
2
4
5

2001
Champions
1st
6
5
1
0
13
3
2006
Not held
2010
2013
Fourth place
4th
4
1
0
3
3
5

2017
Disqualified due to FIFA Suspension

Total
2 Titles
7/11
29
12
5
12
41
29

neck and neck record [edit ]

As of 24 September 2021 after the match against El Salvador. [ 20 ] positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Honours [edit ]

Major competitions

Champions (1): 1967
Runners-up (2): 1965, 1969

Minor competitions

Champions (1): 2001
Runners-up (5): 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2014
Third place (3): 1991, 2005, 2007

Runners-up (3): 1943, 1946, 1948
Third place (1): 1953

Bronze medal (1): 1983

Third place (1): 1999

Champions (1): 1988

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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