Guatemala national football team

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Selección Nacional de Guatemala
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) La Azul y Blanco
Los Chapines
Association Federación Nacional de Fútbol
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach Flag of Honduras Ramón Maradiaga
Most caps Victor Hugo Monzón (103)
Top scorer Juan Carlos Plata (35)

Carlos Ruiz (35)

Home stadium Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
FIFA code GUA
FIFA ranking 91
Highest FIFA ranking 50 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking 163 (November 1995)
Elo ranking 83
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Second kit
First international
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras Flag of Honduras
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921)
Biggest win
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras Flag of Honduras
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica 9 - 1 Guatemala Flag of Guatemala
(San José, Costa Rica; July 24, 1955)
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances 14 (First in 1965)
Best result Winners, 1967

The Guatemala national football team 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. It has never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup.

Guatemala has won the 3rd CONCACAF Championship in 1967 and the UNCAF Nations Cup in 2001. The team's best performance in a CONCACAF Gold Cup was at the 1996 edition, where it finished fourth. Guatemala obtained the silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela.

The country has not organized any major international football competitions, but it did organize the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship.

Contents

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Gold Cup record

[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup record

[edit] Olympic record

[edit] Current squad

Squad for friendly match against Argentina on 6 February 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
GK Luis Pedro Molina June 4, 1977 (1977-06-04) (age 31) Flag of Guatemala CD Jalapa
GK Ricardo Trigueño Foster April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 28) Flag of Guatemala CD Petapa
DF Jaime Vides 1 Flag of Guatemala CSD Municipal
DF Cristian Noriega 1 Flag of Guatemala CSD Municipal
DF Pablo Melgar January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) (age 28) Flag of Guatemala CSD Municipal
DF Yony Flores February 16, 1983 (1983-02-16) (age 25) Flag of Guatemala Marquense
DF Gustavo Cabrera December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13) (age 28) Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
MF Marvin Ávila December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06) (age 22) 12 Flag of Guatemala Municipal
MF Leonel Noriega May 10, 1975 (1975-05-10) (age 33) Flag of Guatemala Marquense
MF Freddy Thompson June 2, 1982 (1982-06-02) (age 26) Flag of Guatemala Municipal
MF Rigoberto Gómez January 9, 1977 (1977-01-09) (age 31) Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
MF José Manuel Contreras January 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) (age 22) 12 Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
FW Edwin Villatoro February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) (age 28) Flag of Guatemala Municipal
FW Selvin Motta 1 Flag of Guatemala CD Jalapa
FW Dwight Pezzarossi September 4, 1979 (1979-09-04) (age 28) 50 Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
FW Mario Rodríguez September 14, 1981 (1981-09-14) (age 26) Flag of Guatemala Municipal


[edit] Recent Call Ups

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
GK Paulo César Motta March 29, 1982 (1982-03-29) (age 26) Flag of Guatemala Municipal
DF Héctor Saúl de Matta April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 28) 12 Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
DF Jhonny Girón Flag of Guatemala Xelajú MC
DF Néstor Martínez March 13, 1981 (1981-03-13) (age 27) Flag of Guatemala Marquense
DF Claudio Albizuris July 1, 1981 (1981-07-01) (age 26) Flag of Guatemala Municipal
MF Gregori Lester Ruiz March 8, 1981 (1981-03-08) (age 27) Flag of Guatemala Marquense
MF Edgar Cotto Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
MF Carlos Quiñónez July 20, 1977 (1977-07-20) (age 30) Flag of Guatemala Xelajú MC
FW Tránsito Montepeque December 16, 1980 (1980-12-16) (age 27) Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
FW Willie Sims January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18) (age 24) 1 Flag of the United States San Fernando Valley Quakes
FW Selvin Motta Flag of Guatemala Deportivo Jalapa
FW Carlos Ruíz September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) (age 28) 74 Flag of the United States Los Angeles Galaxy
DF Henry Medina March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16) (age 27) Flag of Guatemala Municipal
DF Luis Swisher June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 29) Flag of Guatemala Xelajú MC
MF Carlos Figueroa April 19, 1980 (1980-04-19) (age 28) Flag of Guatemala Municipal
FW Jairo Arreola September 20, 1985 (1985-09-20) (age 22) 0 Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones
FW Hernán Sandoval July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22) (age 24) Flag of Guatemala Comunicaciones


[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Coaches (1955-present)

Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Honours
Flag of Argentina Alfredo Cuevas 1955-1957
Flag of Argentina José Alberto Cevasco 1960-1961
Flag of Italy|Flag of Argentina Afro Geronazzo 1961
Flag of Argentina César Viccino 1965
Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1967 Winner of the 1967 NORCECA Championship
Flag of Argentina César Viccino 1968-1969
Flag of Spain Lorenzo Ausina Tur 1969
Flag of Argentina Carmelo Faraone 1971
Flag of Italy|Flag of Argentina Afro Geronazzo 1971-1972
Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1972
Flag of Chile Néstor Valdez Moraga 1972
Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1976
Flag of Argentina Carlos Cavagnaro 1976
Flag of Guatemala Carlos Wellman 1976
Flag of Guatemala José Ernesto Romero 1979
Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1980
Flag of Argentina Carlos Cavagnaro 1983
Flag of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Šekularac 1984-1985
Flag of Uruguay Julio César Cortés 1987
Flag of Guatemala Jorge Roldán 1988
Flag of Uruguay Rubén Amorín 1989-1990
Flag of Guatemala Haroldo Cordón 1991
Flag of Argentina Miguel Angel Brindisi 1992
Flag of Guatemala Jorge Roldán 1995 Runner up of the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup
Flag of Argentina Juan Ramón Verón 1996 11 6 1 4 54.6%
Flag of Argentina Horacio Cordero 1996 9 5 0 4 55.6%
Flag of Argentina Miguel Angel Brindisi 1997-1998 23 9 11 3 39.1% Runner up of the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup
Flag of Argentina Carlos Bilardo / Eduardo Luján Manera 1998 8 2 3 3 25.0%
Flag of Guatemala Benjamín Monterroso 1999 11 4 2 5 36.4% Runner up of the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup
Flag of Uruguay Carlos Miloc 2000 5 0 3 2 0.0%
Flag of Uruguay Julio César Cortés 2000-2003 Winner of the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup
Runner up of the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
Flag of Mexico Víctor Manuel Aguado 2003
Flag of Honduras Ramón Maradiaga 2004-2005 42 17 9 16 40.5%
Flag of Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez 2006-2008 21 5 4 12 23.8%
Flag of Honduras Ramón Maradiaga 2008- 1 1 0 0 100.0%

(Sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5])

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Titles

Preceded by
1965 Mexico Flag of Mexico
North American Champions
1967 (First title)
Succeeded by
1969 Costa Rica Flag of Costa Rica