Guatemala national football team
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| Selección Nacional de Guatemala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | La Azul y Blanco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Federación Nacional de Fútbol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Hernán Darío Gómez |
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| Most caps | Juan Carlos Plata (88) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Juan Carlos Plata (35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | GUA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 50 (August 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 163 (November 1995) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921) |
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| Biggest win 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 Gold Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 8 (First in 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Fourth place, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Guatemala national football team is the national 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.
Having made its first attempt in 1958, Guatemala has never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup, but has made three Olympic tournament appearances. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Guatemala finished fifth in the CONCACAF final round, narrowly missing a place in the playoffs.
They have won the 3rd North, Central-American and the Caribbean Championship NORCECA in 1967 and the UNCAF Nations Cup in 2001. Guatemala's best finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup was fourth in the 1996 edition.
Guatemala hosted 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 - Entry not accepted by FIFA
- 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 - Qualified
[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
[edit] Notable former players
- Jorge "El Grillo" Roldán
- Benjamín "Mincho" Monterroso
- Oscar Enrique Sánchez
- Byron Pérez
- Juan Manuel Funes
- Juan Carlos Plata
- Martin Alejandro Machón
- Edgar "El Gato" Estrada
[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 | ||||||
 Hernán Darío Gómez |
2006- |
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