Guatemala national football team

Guatemala
Nickname(s) La Azul y Blanco
Los Chapines
La Bicolor
La Furia Azul
Association National Football Federation of Guatemala
Sub-confederation UNCAF (Central America)
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach Walter Claveri
Captain Carlos Ruiz
Most caps Carlos Ruíz (126)[1]
Top scorer Carlos Ruíz (60)
Home stadium Estadio Mateo Flores
FIFA code GUA
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 89 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest 50 (August 2006)
Lowest 163 (November 1995)
Elo ranking
Current 95 (July 2015)
Highest 40 (April 1972)
Lowest 105 (February 2010)
First international
 Guatemala 10–1 Honduras 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14 , 1921)
Biggest win
 Guatemala 10–1 Honduras 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14 , 1921)
Biggest defeat
 Costa Rica 9–1 Guatemala 
(San José, Costa Rica; July 24, 1955)
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances 17 (First in 1963)
Best result Winners, 1967

The Guatemala national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Guatemala) is the association football team representing the country of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF.

The team has made three Olympic tournament appearances, competing at the 1968, 1976, and 1988 Olympic Games. Guatemala have never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup, although they have reached the final round of qualification 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 also earned a silver medal 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

The national team, nicknamed "la Azul y Blanco" (the blue and white), made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, winning their first game 10–1 against Honduras. In the final, Guatemala were defeated 6–0 by Costa Rica.[2] Guatemala entered a World Cup qualification process for the first time in 1958.

1967 CONCACAF Championship

In 1967, Honduras hosted the CONCACAF Championship. Guatemala began the tournament with a 2–1 win against Haiti, followed by a 1–0 win over defending champions Mexico, a 0–0 draw against Honduras, a 2–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, and a 2–0 win over Nicaragua, being crowned CONCACAF champions for the first time. Forward Manuel "Escopeta" Recinos was Guatemala's top scorer with four goals, including the game-winning goal against Mexico.

Results

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Guatemala 95410716
2  Mexico 854011019
3  Honduras 65221422
4  Trinidad and Tobago 45203610-4
5  Haiti 2510459-4
6  Nicaragua 15014312-9

1968 Olympic Games

In 1967, Guatemala showed some major progress by qualifying for the 1968 Olympic Tournament in Mexico City. In the first round, they won 1–0 against Czechoslovakia, and 4–1 against Thailand, and lost to Bulgaria 2–1. They went on the next round where they lost to eventual champions Hungary 1–0.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

In 2006 World Cup qualifying, Guatemala started off well, advancing to the third round by beating Suriname 4–2 in the second round. In the third round they finished second behind Costa Rica in Group B tying at 10 points each, advancing to the final round. In the fourth round they started off well with a 0–0 draw against Panama and a 5–1 win against Trinidad and Tobago. Then followed a 2–0 loss against United States and Mexico and a 3–2 loss against Costa Rica, and after 3 losses in a row they finally won against Panama 2–1, then lost against Trinidad and Tobago 3–2, tied against United States 0–0 and then lost to Mexico 5–2 once again. Guatemala had 8 points with one game left, and a win and a Trinidad and Tobago loss against Mexico would get them to the playoff. They won 3–1 against Costa Rica but Trinidad and Tobago beat Mexico 2–1, ending one of the best runs in Guatemala football history. They finished in 5th place, 2 points away from a possible World Cup spot.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

In 2010 World Cup qualifying, they advanced to the third round by defeating Saint Lucia 9–1 in the second round. In the third round Guatemala finished in third place with 5 points, thus missing out on the final round. They were once again unable to qualify for the World Cup.

2014 World Cup cycle

At the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, formerly known as the "UNCAF Nations Cup", Guatemala finished in fifth place, losing to Costa Rica 2–0 and Honduras 3–1. In the fifth place match, they defeated Nicaragua 2–1 to qualify to the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

At the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Guatemala drew against Honduras 0–0, lost against Jamaica 2–0 and won against Grenada 4–0, advancing to the quarterfinals, where they lost against the reigning champions Mexico 2–1.

For the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF), Guatemala opened qualifying in the second round by sweeping 6 wins in 6 games, advancing to the third round in the same group as USA, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda. Guatemala finished third with 10 points behind the USA and Jamaica, losing out on goal difference to the Jamaicans.

In January 2013, still led by Ever Almeida, Guatemala participated in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. The Chapines could only manage three draws in their group play (1–1 against Nicaragua, 0–0 to border rivals Belize and 1–1 against Costa Rica), losing out to Belize for direct qualification to the Gold Cup. They faced Panama in the 5th place match for the final slot in the 2013 Gold Cup in the USA but lost 3–1. Ever Almeida stepped down in favour of technical director Victor Hugo Monzón.

Home stadium

Main article: Estadio Mateo Flores

The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, also 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 and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacity of 26,000 seats.

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

Competitive Record

FIFA World Cup

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1930 to 1954Did not enter
1958 to 1962Did not qualify
England 1966Entry not accepted[3]
1970 to 2014Did not qualify
Russia 2018To be determined
Qatar 2022To be determined
Total0/20

CONCACAF Gold Cup Record

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
El Salvador 1963Round 1412176
Guatemala 1965Runner-up5311115
Honduras 1967Champions541071
Costa Rica 1969Runner-up5320102
Trinidad and Tobago 1971Did not qualify
Haiti 1973Fifth Place503246
Mexico 1977Fifth Place5113810
Honduras 1981Did not qualify
1985Round 1421173
1989Fourth Place611447
United States 1991Round 1310215
United States Mexico 1993Did not enter
United States 1996Fourth Place410335
United States 1998Round 1302134
United States 2000Round 1201135
United States 2002Round 1200214
United States Mexico 2003Round 1201113
United States 2005Round 1301249
United States 2007Quarter Finals411225
United States 2009Did not qualify
United States 2011Quarter Finals411254
United States 2013Did not qualify
United States Canada 2015Round 1301214
Total1 Title6919203082 88

Copa Centroamericana record

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Costa Rica 1991Third Place302101
Honduras 1993Did not enter
El Salvador 1995Runner-up420225
Guatemala 1997Runner-up5320103
Costa Rica 1999Runner-up531152
Honduras 2001Champions523095
Panama 2003Runner-up5311104
Guatemala 2005Third Place5311105
El Salvador 2007Third Place531132
Honduras 2009Round 1300316
Panama 2011Fifth Place310236
Costa Rica 2013Sixth Place403135
United States 2014Runner-up430174
Total1 Title512314146348

Olympic record

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

Schedule and recent results

Key

      Win       Draw       Loss

2015

2016

Players

Current squad

The following players were named to the squad for the World Cup qualifier against United States on March 25 and 29, 2016.
Caps and goals updated as March 29, 2016 after the game against United States

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Ricardo Jerez (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986 44 0 Colombia Alianza Petrolera
1GK Paulo Motta (1982-03-29) March 29, 1982 30 0 Guatemala Municipal
1GK José Carlos García (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 0 0 Guatemala Cobán Imperial
2DF Jonathan López (1988-05-10) May 10, 1988 33 0 Guatemala Marquense
2DF Carlos Castrillo (1985-05-16) May 16, 1985 32 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones
2DF Stefano Cincotta (1991-02-28) February 28, 1991 15 2 Germany Chemnitzer FC
2DF Rafael Morales (1985-05-16) May 16, 1985 14 1 Guatemala Comunicaciones
2DF Moises Hernandez (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992 14 0 United States FC Dallas
2DF Cristian Jiménez (1995-04-26) April 26, 1995 4 0 Guatemala Municipal
2DF Hamilton López (1983-10-26) October 26, 1983 4 0 Guatemala Xelajú
2DF Luis Cardona (1990-02-05) February 5, 1990 3 0 Guatemala Municipal
3MF José Contreras (1986-01-19) January 19, 1986 69 5 Guatemala Comunicaciones
3MF Marco Pappa (1987-11-15) November 15, 1987 56 11 United States Colorado Rapids
3MF Jean Márquez (1985-03-06) March 6, 1985 41 2 Guatemala Comunicaciones
3MF Gerardo Arias (1985-11-18) November 18, 1985 8 0 Guatemala Municipal
1GK Mafre Icuté (1993-11-07) November 7, 1993 3 0 Guatemala Cobán Imperial
3MF Rodrigo Saravia (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 3 0 United States Columbus Crew SC
3MF Marco Rivas (1991-04-20) April 20, 1991 1 0 Guatemala Municipal
4FW Carlos Ruiz (Captain) (1979-12-15) December 15, 1979 128 60 Guatemala Municipal
4FW Gerson Tinoco (1986-11-02) November 2, 1986 10 3 Guatemala Cobán Imperial
4FW Luis Martínez (1991-12-24) December 24, 1991 4 1 Guatemala Xelajú
4FW Kevin Arriola (1991-08-03) August 3, 1991 4 0 Guatemala Xelajú
4FW Edi Danilo Guerra (1991-12-24) December 24, 1991 3 0 Guatemala Guastatoya

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Guatemala squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Víctor Ayala (1989-05-08) May 8, 1989 0 0 Guatemala Antigua GFC v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
GK David Guerra (1979-05-28) May 28, 1979 2 0 Guatemala Universidad San Carlos v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
GK Juan José Paredes (1984-11-27) November 27, 1984 7 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  El Salvador, March 31, 2015
DF Carlos Gallardo (1984-04-08) April 8, 1984 53 3 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
DF Elías Vásquez (1992-06-18) June 18, 1992 37 0 Unattached v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
DF Carlos Mejía (1991-11-13) November 13, 1991 17 2 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
DF Dennis López (1986-01-02) January 2, 1986 15 2 Guatemala Municipal v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
DF José Pinto (1993-06-16) June 16, 1993 0 0 Guatemala Antigua GFC v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
DF Rubén Morales (1987-06-04) June 4, 1987 14 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
DF Tomás Castillo (1990-01-01) January 1, 1990 1 0 Guatemala Guastatoya v.  El Salvador, March 31, 2015
MF Fredy Thompson (1982-06-02) June 2, 1982 96 3 Guatemala Antigua GFC v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
MF Kendell Herrarte (1992-04-06) April 6, 1992 17 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
MF Jorge Aparicio (1992-11-21) November 21, 1992 12 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
MF Brandon de León (1993-03-20) March 20, 1993 13 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
MF Aslinn Rodas (1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 5 0 Guatemala Xelajú v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
MF Carlos Figueroa (1980-04-19) April 19, 1980 62 6 Guatemala Comunicaciones 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
MF Nelson Miranda (1990-12-21) December 21, 1990 12 2 Guatemala Comunicaciones v.  Uruguay, June 6, 2015
FW Minor López (1987-02-01) February 1, 1987 44 7 Portugal Atlético CP v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
FW Henry López (1992-08-08) August 8, 1992 8 0 Guatemala Municipal v.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, November 17, 2015
FW Jairo Arreola (1985-09-20) September 20, 1985 22 0 Guatemala Comunicaciones 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
FW Édgar Chinchilla (1987-05-08) May 8, 1987 6 0 Guatemala Antigua GFC 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
FW Marvin Ávila (1985-12-06) December 6, 1985 43 4 Guatemala Municipal v.  Bermuda, June 15, 2015
FW Ángelo Padilla (1990-03-05) March 5, 1990 6 1 Guatemala Universidad San Carlos v.  Uruguay, June 6, 2015
FW Javier Longo (1994-05-24) May 24, 1994 2 0 Guatemala Xelajú v.  Uruguay, June 6, 2015

Most capped

# Player Caps[1] Career
1 Carlos Ruiz 127 1998–
2 Guillermo Ramírez * 104 1997–2012
3 Gustavo Cabrera * 103 2000–2012
4 Fredy Thompson 96 2001–
5 Juan Carlos Plata 87 1996–2010
6 Gonzalo Romero 83 2000–2012
7 Julio Girón 82 1992–2006
8 Edgar Estrada 80 1995–2003
9 Mario Rodríguez 79 2003–2013
10 Freddy García 73 2000–2012

Players in bold text are still active with Guatemala.
* Banned from Football on suspicions of fixing match results.[4]

Top scorers

# Player Goals[1] Career
1 Carlos Ruiz 60 1998–present
2 Juan Carlos Plata 35 1996–2006
3 Carlos Toledo 25 1943–1953
4 Mario Camposeco 23 1943–1951
= Freddy García 23 1998–2012
6 Oscar Enrique Sánchez 19 1976–1990
7 Dwight Pezzarossi 16 2000–2012
= Edwin Westphal 16 1985–1998
= Guillermo Ramírez * 16 1997–2012
10 Juan Manuel Funes 15 1985–2000

Players in bold text are still active with Guatemala.
* Banned from Football on suspicions of fixing match results.[4]

Managers

[5]

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
Costa Rica Roberto Figueredo 1930 2 0 0 2 00.0% [6]
England Jimmy Elliott 1935 5 0 1 4 20.0% [6]
Guatemala Manuel Felipe Carrera 1943 6 4 1 1 66.7% 1943 CCCF Championship 2nd place[7]
Guatemala Juan Francisco Aguirre 1946 5 3 1 1 60.0% [7]
Guatemala Juan Francisco Aguirre
Guatemala Manuel Felipe Carrera		 1946 6 1 1 4 16.7% [7]
Argentina José Alberto Cevasco 1948 8 3 4 1 37.5% 1948 CCCF Championship 2nd place[7][8]
Argentina Enrique Natalio Pascal Palomini 1950 6 3 1 2 50.0% [9]
Guatemala Juan Francisco Aguirre 1953
Argentina Alfredo Cuevas 1955–1957
Argentina José Alberto Cevasco 1960–1961
Spain Lorenzo Ausina Tur 1963
Argentina César Viccino 1965
Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1967 1967 CONCACAF Championship
Argentina César Viccino 1968–1969
Spain Lorenzo Ausina Tur 1969
Argentina Carmelo Faraone 1971
Italy Argentina Afro Geronazzo 1971–1972
Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1972
Chile Néstor Valdez Moraga 1972
Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1976
Argentina Carlos Cavagnaro 1976
Guatemala Carlos Wellmann 1976
Guatemala José Ernesto Romero 1979
Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1980
Argentina Carlos Cavagnaro 1983
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Šekularac 1984–1985
Uruguay Julio César Cortés 1987
Guatemala Jorge Roldán 1988
Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1989–1990
Guatemala Haroldo Cordón 1991
Argentina Miguel Angel Brindisi 1992
Guatemala Jorge Roldán 1995 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup 2nd place
Argentina Juan Ramón Verón 1996 11 6 1 4 54.6%
Argentina Horacio Cordero 1996 18 7 5 6 48.1%
Argentina Miguel Angel Brindisi 1997–1998 23 9 11 3 39.1% 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup 2nd place
Argentina Carlos Bilardo
Argentina Eduardo Luján Manera		 1998 8 2 3 3 25.0%
Guatemala Benjamín Monterroso 1999 11 4 2 5 36.4% 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup 2nd place
Uruguay Carlos Miloc 2000 5 0 3 2 0.0%
Uruguay Julio César Cortés 2000–2003 33 13 12 7 39.4% 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
2003 UNCAF Nations Cup (Runner-up)
Mexico Víctor Manuel Aguado 2003 7 1 2 4 14.3%
Honduras Ramón Maradiaga 2004–2005 42 17 9 16 40.5%
Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez 2006–2008 21 5 4 12 23.8%
Honduras Ramón Maradiaga 2008 5 2 1 2 50.0%
Guatemala Benjamín Monterroso 2008–2009 5 1 0 4 20.0%
Uruguay Ever Hugo Almeida 2010–2013 40 16 7 17 45.8%
Guatemala Víctor Hugo Monzón 2013 4 0 1 3 11.1%
Chile Sergio Pardo[10] 2013 1 0 0 1 0.0%
Argentina Ivan Franco Sopegno 2014–2015 23 9 4 10 44.9% 2014 Copa Centroamericana (Runner-up)
Guatemala Walter Claveri 2016- 0 0 0 0 0.0%

Honors

Champions (1): 1967
Runner-up (2): 1965, 1969
Champions (1): 2001
Runner-up (5): 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2014
Third Place (3): 1991, 2005, 2007
Silver Medal (2):1976, 1988
Silver Medal (1): 1983
Third Place (1): 1999

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Guatemala - Record International Players RSSSF
  2. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (14 August 2008). "Guatemala International Soccer Matches Since 1920". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 Central America is seen as especially vulnerable to match-fixing... 10/16/2012 Reuters. Retrieved 10/18/2012.
  5. ↑ Olenev, Maxim (15 July 1999). "Guatemala National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Guatemala, 100 años de Fútbol". prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Guatemala, 100 años de Fútbol". prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006.
  8. ↑ "Guatemala, 100 años de Fútbol". prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006.
  9. ↑ "Guatemala, 100 años de Fútbol". prensalibre.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006.
  10. ↑ "La historia del chileno que será el técnico de la selección de Guatemala". 9 August 2013.

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