Honduras national football team results (1960–69)

 Honduras
1960–69 season
← 1950–59 1970–79 →

This is a list of the Honduras national football team results from 1960 to 1969.[1]

1960

In 1960, Honduras participated for the first time in a FIFA World Cup qualification. On October, FIFA awarded Honduras a 0–2 win against Guatemala after they forfeited, making this the third time in the last decade in which a match is scheduled between these two but not played.

1961

1963

On 7 April, Honduras faced Costa Rica in the 1963 CONCACAF Championship, becoming at the same time, the contenders for the Unofficial Football World Championships; however, they fail to conquer the title by losing 1–2 in San Salvador.[2]

1965

1967

1968

1969

In 1969, Honduras faced El Salvador in the semifinal round of the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification in a period in which both nations were fighting a war over land reforms and immigration and demographic problems; the qualifying matches added more tension to a conflict that later came to be known as the Football War.[3][4]

Record

Description Record Goals
1960s record 16–12–21 60:71
All-time record 32–15–39 128:170

References

  1. ↑ RSSSF.com – Honduras - List of International Matches
  2. ↑ ufwc.co.uk – Unofficial Football World Championships Results
  3. ↑ airpower.maxwell.af.mil – Salvador–Honduras War, 1969 – 31 August 2004
  4. ↑ OnWar.com – Soccer War 1969
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