Guatemala national football team
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| Selección Nacional de Guatemala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | La Azul y Blanco Los Chapines |
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| Association | Federación Nacional de Fútbol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Ramón Maradiaga |
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| Most caps | Victor Hugo Monzón (103) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Juan Carlos Plata (35)
Carlos Ruiz (35) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921) |
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| Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Costa Rica 9 - 1 Guatemala (San José, Costa Rica; July 24, 1955) |
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| CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup |
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| 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.
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 - Did not qualify
- 1962 - Did not qualify
- 1966 - Did not enter
- 1970 to 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Round 1
- 1993 - Did not enter
- 1996 - Semifinals - 4th place
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2000 - Round 1
- 2002 - Round 1
- 2003 - Round 1
- 2005 - Round 1
- 2007 - Quarter Finals
[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup record
- 1991 - 3rd place
- 1993 - Did not enter
- 1995 - Runner-up
- 1997 - Runner-up
- 1999 - Runner-up
- 2001 - Champions
- 2003 - Runner-up
- 2005 - 3rd place
- 2007 - 3rd place
[edit] Olympic record
- 1896 to 1924 - Did not enter
- 1928 to 1964 - Did not qualify
- 1968 - Quarter finals - 6th place
- 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Round 1
- 1980 - Did not qualify
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Round 1
- 1992 to 2004 - Did not qualify
[edit] Current squad
Squad for friendly match against Argentina on 6 February 2008.
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[edit] Recent Call Ups
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[edit] Notable former players
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[edit] Coaches (1955-present)
| Name | Period | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | Winning % | Honours |
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 Alfredo Cuevas |
1955-1957 | ||||||
| José Alberto Cevasco |
1960-1961 | ||||||
 | Afro Geronazzo |
1961 | ||||||
| César Viccino |
1965 | ||||||
 Rubén Amorín |
1967 | Winner of the 1967 NORCECA Championship | |||||
| César Viccino |
1968-1969 | ||||||
 Lorenzo Ausina Tur |
1969 | ||||||
| Carmelo Faraone |
1971 | ||||||
| | Afro Geronazzo |
1971-1972 | ||||||
| Rubén Amorín |
1972 | ||||||
 Néstor Valdez Moraga |
1972 | ||||||
| Rubén Amorín |
1976 | ||||||
| Carlos Cavagnaro |
1976 | ||||||
| Carlos Wellman |
1976 | ||||||
| José Ernesto Romero |
1979 | ||||||
| Rubén Amorín |
1980 | ||||||
| Carlos Cavagnaro |
1983 | ||||||
 Dragoslav Šekularac |
1984-1985 | ||||||
| Julio César Cortés |
1987 | ||||||
| Jorge Roldán |
1988 | ||||||
| Rubén Amorín |
1989-1990 | ||||||
| Haroldo Cordón |
1991 | ||||||
| Miguel Angel Brindisi |
1992 | ||||||
| Jorge Roldán |
1995 | Runner up of the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup | |||||
| Juan Ramón Verón |
1996 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54.6% | |
| Horacio Cordero |
1996 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 55.6% | |
| Miguel Angel Brindisi |
1997-1998 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 39.1% | Runner up of the 1997 UNCAF Nations Cup |
| Carlos Bilardo / Eduardo Luján Manera |
1998 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25.0% | |
| Benjamín Monterroso |
1999 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 36.4% | Runner up of the 1999 UNCAF Nations Cup |
| Carlos Miloc |
2000 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.0% | |
| Julio César Cortés |
2000-2003 | Winner of the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup Runner up of the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup |
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 Víctor Manuel Aguado |
2003 | ||||||
| Ramón Maradiaga |
2004-2005 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 40.5% | |
 Hernán Darío Gómez |
2006-2008 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23.8% | |
| 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 |
North American Champions 1967 (First title) |
Succeeded by 1969 Costa Rica |
