Central American Football Union

Central American Football Union
Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol

Logo of UNCAF
Abbreviation	UNCAF
Formation	1990[1]
Type	Sports organisation
Membership	7 member associations
President	Rafael Tinoco
Website	Official website

The members of UNCAF (orange), with all members of CONCACAF (camel).

The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its member associations are part of CONCACAF.

Overview

The UNCAF organize various competitions, the Central American Cup is played every two years, starting in 1991, and usually feature the seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, winning the cup six times (1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2007). Honduras has won the cup three times (1993, 1995 and 2011). Guatemala won the tournament in 2001 and Panama in 2009. This tournament usually runs as a qualification round for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The UNCAF also ran the Copa Interclubes UNCAF, a competition for the champions and runners-up of the domestic leagues of the UNCAF members; C.D. Motagua (Honduras) was the last champion (2007). Similarly to the Central American Cup, this competition qualified three teams to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. As it expanded into the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008, all of the Central American nations have at least one team and the Copa Interclubes UNCAF was disbanded.

Competitions

National teams

• Copa Centroamericana – International cup for Central America, top 5 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Club teams

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Was a club championship for Central America in which the top 3 teams qualified for CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Older logo

National teams appearances in international tournaments

National team	World Cup	Women's World Cup	Gold Cup	Women's Gold Cup
Costa Rica	4	1	11	2
Honduras	3	0	11	0
El Salvador	2	0	8	0
Guatemala	0	0	9	1
Panama	0	0	6	2
Belize	0	0	1	0
Nicaragua	0	0	1	0

See also

• CONCACAF
  • Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
  • North American Football Union (NAFU)
• North American Football Confederation (NAFC)
• Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)

References

1. "Digicel and the Central American Union of Football (UNCAF) launch the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2009". Digicel Football. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

External links

• (Spanish) UNCAF official website