Guatemala national football team 1027828 226113929 2008-07-16T21:47:20Z 69.231.138.197 {{Infobox National football team | Name = Selección Nacional de Guatemala| Badge = Gtlogo.gif|130px| FIFA Trigramme = GUA| Nickname = ''La Azul y Blanco <br> Los Chapines''| Association = [[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Federación Nacional de Fútbol]]| Confederation = [[CONCACAF]] ([[North America]]) | Coach = {{Flagicon|HON}} [[Ramón Maradiaga]] | Most caps = [[Victor Hugo Monzón]] (103)| Top scorer = [[Carlos Ruiz]] (39)| Home Stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores|Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores]] | FIFA Rank = 104 | FIFA max = 50 | FIFA max date = August 2006 | FIFA min = 163 | FIFA min date = November 1995 | Elo Rank = 84| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=_sashonwhite|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=0000FF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=0000FF|socks1=FFFFFF| pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=_whiterightsash|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=0000FF|body2=0000FF|rightarm2=0000FF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=0000FF| First game = {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Guatemala 10 - 1 {{fb-rt|Honduras}}<br>([[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]; [[September 14|Sept. 14]], [[1921]]) | Largest win = {{flagicon|Guatemala}} Guatemala 10 - 1 {{fb-rt|Honduras}}<br>([[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]]; [[September 14|Sept. 14]], [[1921]]) | Largest loss = {{fb|Costa Rica}} 9 - 1 Guatemala {{flagicon|Guatemala}}<br>([[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]; [[July 24]], [[1955]]) | World Cup apps = | World Cup first = | World Cup best = | Regional name = [[CONCACAF Championship|CONCACAF Championship<br>& Gold Cup]] | Regional cup apps = 14 | Regional cup first = [[1965 CONCACAF Championship|1965]] | Regional cup best = Winners, [[1967 CONCACAF Championship|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 [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic tournament]] appearances, competing at the [[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]], and [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] Olympic Games. It has never qualified for a finals tournament of the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]]. Guatemala has won the 3rd [[1967 CONCACAF Championship|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 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996 edition]], where it finished fourth. Guatemala obtained the [[silver medal]] at the [[Football at the 1983 Pan American Games|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]]. ==World Cup record== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !Year !Round !Year !Round |- |{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||''Did not enter'' |{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||''Did not enter'' |{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||''Did not enter'' |{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||''Did not enter'' |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Did not enter'' |{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||''Did not qualify'' |{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||''Did not qualify'' |{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||''Did not enter'' |{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||''Did not qualify'' |{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||''Did not qualify'' |- |'''Total'''||0/18 |} ==Gold Cup record== *[[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]] - Round 1 *[[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]] - Semifinals - 4th place *[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]] - Round 1 *[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]] - Round 1 *[[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]] - Round 1 *[[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]] - Round 1 *[[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]] - Round 1 *[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]] - Quarter Finals ==UNCAF Nations Cup record== *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|1991]] - 3rd place *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|1993]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|1995]] - Runner-up *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|1997]] - Runner-up *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|1999]] - Runner-up *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|2001]] - '''Champions''' *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|2003]] - Runner-up *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|2005]] - 3rd place *[[UNCAF Nations Cup|2007]] - 3rd place ==Olympic record== *[[1896]] to [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] - ''Did not enter'' *[[1928]] to [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] - Quarter finals - 6th place *[[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] - Round 1 *[[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] - ''Did not qualify'' *[[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] - Round 1 *[[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] to [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] - ''Did not qualify'' ==Current squad== Squad for friendly match against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] on [[6 February]], [[2008]]. {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Luis Pedro Molina]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|6|4}}|caps=|club=[[Deportivo Jalapa|CD Jalapa]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Ricardo Trigueño Foster]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|4|17}}|caps=|club=[[Deportivo Petapa|CD Petapa]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jaime Vides]]|age=|caps=1|club=[[CSD Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Cristian Noriega]]|age=|caps=1|club=[[CSD Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Pablo Melgar Torino|Pablo Melgar]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|1|14}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Yony Flores]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|2|16}}|caps=|club=[[Marquense]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Gustavo Cabrera]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|12|13}}|caps=|club=[[ AGF Aarhus]]|clubnat=Denmark}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Marvin Ávila]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|12|6}}|caps=12|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Leonel Noriega]]|age={{birth date and age|1975|5|10}}|caps=|club=[[Marquense]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Freddy Thompson]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|6|02}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Rigoberto Gómez]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|1|9}}|caps=|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[José Manuel Contreras]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|1|19}}|caps=12|club=[[Arsenal de Sarandí]]|clubnat=Argentina}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Edwin Villatoro]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|2|18}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Selvin Motta]]|age=|caps=1|club=[[Deportivo Jalapa|CD Jalapa]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Dwight Pezzarossi]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|9|4}}|caps=50|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Mario Rafael Rodríguez|Mario Rodríguez]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|9|14}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs end}} ===Recent Call Ups=== {{nat fs start}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Paulo César Motta]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|3|29}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Héctor Saúl de Matta]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|4|17}}|caps=12|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Jhonny Girón]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú MC]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Néstor Martínez]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|3|13}}|caps=|club=[[Marquense]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Claudio Albizuris]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|7|01}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Gregori Lester Ruiz]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|3|08}}|caps=|club=[[Marquense]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Edgar Cotto]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Carlos Quiñónez]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|7|20}}|caps=|club=[[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú MC]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Tránsito Montepeque]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|12|16}}|caps=|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Willie Sims]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|1|18}}|caps=1|club=[[Miami FC]]|clubnat=USA}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Selvin Motta]]|age=|caps=|club=[[Deportivo Jalapa]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Carlos Ruíz]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|9|15}}|caps=74|club=[[Los Angeles Galaxy]]|clubnat=USA}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Henry Medina]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|3|16}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Luis Swisher]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|6|21}}|caps=|club=[[Club Xelajú MC|Xelajú MC]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Carlos Figueroa]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|4|19}}|caps=|club=[[CSD Municipal|Municipal]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Jairo Arreola]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|9|20}}|caps=0|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Otto Castillo ]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|7|22}}|caps=|club=[[Comunicaciones]]|clubnat=Guatemala}} {{nat fs end}} ==Player history== {{Listdev}} <nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a player still playing or available for selection. ===Most capped players=== {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Caps |- |1 |align="left"|[[Victor Hugo Monzón]] |1979-1992 |102 |- |2 |align="left"|[[Juan Carlos Plata]] |1996-2006 |88 |- |3 |align="left"|[[Edgar Estrada]] |1995-2003 |80 |- |4 |align="left"|[[Carlos Ruíz]]* |1998-present |77 |- |} ===Top goalscorers=== {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;" |- !# !Name !Career !Goals |- |1 |align="left"|[[Carlos Ruíz]]* |1998-present |39 |- |2 |align="left"|[[Juan Carlos Plata]] |1996-2006 |35 |- |3 |align="left"|[[Carlos Toledo]] | |25 |- |4 |align="left"|[[Mario Camposeco]] |1943-1951 |23 |- |5 |align="left"|[[Fredy García]]* |2000-present |20 |- |6 |align="left"|[[Oscar Enrique Sánchez|Oscar Sánchez]] | |19 |- |7 |align="left"|[[Edwin Westphal]] | |16 |- |8 |align="left"|[[Juan Manuel Funes]] |1985-2000 |16 |- |9 |align="left"|[[Hugo Peña]] | |13 |- |10 |align="left"|[[Byron Pérez]] | |11 |} ===Other notable former players=== {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | *[[Jorge Roldán]] *[[Luis Villavicencio]] *[[Selvin Pennant]] *[[Julio Gómez Rendón|Julio Gómez]] *[[Benjamín Monterroso]] *[[Ricardo Piccinini]] *[[Allan Wellman]] *[[Ricardo Jerez]] *[[Martín Machón]] *[[Julio Girón]] |} ==Coaches (1955-present)== {| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: right;" |- ! Name ! Period ! Matches ! Wins ! Draws ! Losses ! Winning % ! Honours |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Alfredo Cuevas |style="text-align: left;"|1955-1957 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} José Alberto Cevasco |style="text-align: left;"|1960-1961 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}}|{{flagicon|ARG}} Afro Geronazzo |style="text-align: left;"|1961 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} César Viccino |style="text-align: left;"|1965 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Rubén Amorín]] |style="text-align: left;"|1967 | | | | | |style="text-align: left;"|Winner of the 1967 NORCECA Championship |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} César Viccino |style="text-align: left;"|1968-1969 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Lorenzo Ausina Tur |style="text-align: left;"|1969 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carmelo Faraone |style="text-align: left;"|1971 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ITA}}|{{flagicon|ARG}} Afro Geronazzo |style="text-align: left;"|1971-1972 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén Amorín |style="text-align: left;"|1972 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|CHI}} Néstor Valdez Moraga |style="text-align: left;"|1972 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén Amorín |style="text-align: left;"|1976 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Cavagnaro |style="text-align: left;"|1976 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GUA}} Carlos Wellman |style="text-align: left;"|1976 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GUA}} José Ernesto Romero |style="text-align: left;"|1979 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén Amorín |style="text-align: left;"|1980 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Cavagnaro |style="text-align: left;"|1983 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dragoslav Šekularac]] |style="text-align: left;"|1984-1985 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Julio César Cortés]] |style="text-align: left;"|1987 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Jorge Roldán]] |style="text-align: left;"|1988 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} Rubén Amorín |style="text-align: left;"|1989-1990 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GUA}} Haroldo Cordón |style="text-align: left;"|1991 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Miguel Angel Brindisi]] |style="text-align: left;"|1992 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GUA}} Jorge Roldán |style="text-align: left;"|1995 | | | | | |style="text-align: left;"|Runner up of the [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1995|1995 UNCAF Nations Cup]] |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Ramón Verón]] |style="text-align: left;"|1996 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54.6% | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Cordero]] |style="text-align: left;"|1996 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 55.6% | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Miguel Angel Brindisi]] |style="text-align: left;"|1997-1998 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 39.1% |style="text-align: left;"|Runner up of the [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1997|1997 UNCAF Nations Cup]] |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Bilardo]] / [[Eduardo Luján Manera]] |style="text-align: left;"|1998 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25.0% | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Benjamín Monterroso]] |style="text-align: left;"|1999 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 36.4% |style="text-align: left;"|Runner up of the [[UNCAF Nations Cup 1999|1999 UNCAF Nations Cup]] |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} [[Carlos Miloc]] |style="text-align: left;"|2000 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.0% | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|URU}} Julio César Cortés |style="text-align: left;"|2000-2003 | | | | | |style="text-align: left;"|Winner of the [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2001|2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]<br/>Runner up of the [[UNCAF Nations Cup 2003|2003 UNCAF Nations Cup]] |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|MEX}} Víctor Manuel Aguado |style="text-align: left;"|2003 | | | | | | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|HON}} [[Ramón Maradiaga]] |style="text-align: left;"|2004-2005 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 40.5% | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Hernán Darío Gómez]] |style="text-align: left;"|2006-2008 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23.8% | |- |style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|HON}} [[Ramón Maradiaga]] |style="text-align: left;"|2008- | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | |- |} (''Sources'': [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/guat-coach-triv.html], [http://www.prensalibre.com.gt/pl/2007/enero/10/lectura_depor.html], [http://www.prensalibre.com/especiales/ME/guatefut/index.html], [http://prensalibre.com/pl/2008/febrero/08/219517.html], [http://prensalibre.com/pl/2008/marzo/25/227888.html]) ==See also== *[[Liga Nacional de Guatemala]] ==External links== *[http://www.fedefutguate.com/ Guatemala National Football Federation] ==Titles== {{start box}} {{succession box | before = [[1965 CONCACAF Championship|1965]] {{fb-rt|MEX}} | title = [[CONCACAF Gold Cup|North American Champions]] | years = [[1967 CONCACAF Championship|1967]] (First title) | after = [[1969 CONCACAF Championship|1969]] {{fb-rt|CRC}} }} {{end box}} {{fb start}} {{International Football}} {{CONCACAF teams}} {{fb end}} [[Category:Central American national football teams]] [[Category:Football in Guatemala]] [[de:Fußballnationalmannschaft von Guatemala]] [[es:Selección de fútbol de Guatemala]] [[fr:Équipe du Guatemala de football]] [[ko:과테말라 축구 국가대표팀]] [[it:Nazionale di calcio del Guatemala]] [[he:נבחרת גואטמלה בכדורגל]] [[lt:Gvatemalos vyrų futbolo rinktinė]] [[hu:Guatemalai labdarúgó-válogatott]] [[nl:Guatemalteeks voetbalelftal]] [[ja:サッカーグアテマラ代表]] [[no:Guatemalas herrelandslag i fotball]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Gwatemali w piłce nożnej]] [[pt:Seleção Guatemalteca de 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