Guatemala national football team

Selección Nacional de Guatemala

Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco Los Chapines La Bicolor"
Association	Federación Nacional de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Antonio Garcia (interim)
Most caps	Victor Hugo Monzon (103)
Top scorer	Carlos Ruíz (41)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
FIFA code	GUA
FIFA ranking	125
Highest FIFA ranking	50 (August 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	163 (November 1995)
Elo ranking	74
Home colours Away colours
First international
Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921)
Biggest win
Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept. 14, 1921)
Biggest defeat
Costa Rica 9 - 1 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.

History

Guatemala is a country that participates in World Cup Qualifiers for the area of CONCACAF but they have fail to reach a World Cup of any category. But they have reached the final round 4 times.

The first soccer team in Guatemala was founded in 1902 called "los azules y blancos (the blue and white).

After a while more teams were founded and the national team began to play in 1921, they played their first game against Honduras and Guatemala won 10-1.

Guatemala did not played very well in their first few years, but they started to show some progress as the years went on, but they can not be compared to countries like USA or Mexico.

Guatemala started the dream of going to a World Cup in 1958.

In 1967, they showed they had made some major progress by classifying to the Olympic Games of Mexico 68. While in the Olympic games they won 1:0 to Checoslovaquia, also winning 4:1 to Thailand, and losing to Bulgaria 2:1. They went on the next round where they lost to future champion Hungary 1:0. By the end of the Olympics they were the 6th best team in the world.

After that performance, they began to have more important victories added to their resume. They have the Copa UNCAF one time, while the other times they have finished either second or third, which meant they sealed their ticket to the Gold Cup except in 1993, where they did not participate in the UNCAF tournament.

In the World Cup Qualifiers to Germany 2006, they went all the way to the last round, where they beat Surinam 4:2 in the second round, and then finished in second place behind Costa Rica in group B, while the other two teams were Honduras and Canada. In the third round they had wins against Canada, Costa Rica and then tied against Honduras and then lost to Costa Rican and then won 1:0 to Honduras, which was when they seal their pass to the last round and last lost to Canada.

In the last round, they failed to at least reach 4th place, they failed to get good results both away and at home and they did not see themselves go to the FIFA World Cup.

They tried to classify to South Africa 2010, but due to bad results both at home and away, they failed to reach a World Cup again.

One of the most talented players in Guatemala history is Carlos "El Pescadito" Ruiz, who plays for Puebla in Mexico. Another star is Willie "El Cometa" Sims, who plays in the Major League Soccer or MLS. Also Jose Manuel Contreras, who does not play for a soccer team at the moment. Also Carlos Fernando Figueroa who plays for Olimpia in Paraguay, and last but not least Marco Pablo Pappa who plays for the Chicago Fire. Another outstading players are Freddy Thompson, Guillermo "El Pando" Ramírez, Freddy Garcia, Gonzalo Romero, Abner "El Vampiro" Trigueros.

Competitive Record

World Cup record Year Round 1930 Did not enter 1934 Did not enter 1938 Did not enter 1950 Did not enter 1954 Did not enter 1958 Did not qualify 1962 Did not qualify 1966 Did not enter 1970 Did not qualify 1974 Did not qualify 1978 Did not qualify 1982 Did not qualify 1986 Did not qualify 1990 Did not qualify 1994 Did not qualify 1998 Did not qualify 2002 Did not qualify 2006 Did not qualify 2010 Did not qualify Total 0/18

CONCACAF Championships record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1963 Round 1 4 1 2 1 7 6 1965 Runner-up 5 3 1 1 11 5 1967 Champions 5 4 1 0 7 1 1969 Runner-up 5 3 2 0 10 2 1971 Did Not Qualify 1973 Fifth Place 5 0 3 2 4 6 1977 Fifth Place 5 1 1 3 8 10 1981 Did Not Qualify 1985 Round 1 4 2 1 1 7 3 1989 Fourth Place 6 1 1 4 4 7 1991 Round 1 3 1 0 2 1 5 1993 Did Not Enter 1996 Fourth Place 4 1 0 3 3 5 1998 Round 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 2000 Round 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 2002 Round 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 2003 Round 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 2005 Round 1 3 0 1 2 4 9 2007 Quarter Finals 4 1 1 2 2 5 2009 Did Not Qualify Total 1 Title 62 18 18 26 76 80

UNCAF Nations Cup record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1991 Third Place 3 0 2 1 0 1 1993 Did Not Enter 1995 Runner-up 4 2 0 2 2 5 1997 Runner-up 5 3 2 0 10 3 1999 Runner-up 5 3 1 1 5 2 2001 Champions 5 2 3 0 9 5 2003 Runner-up 5 3 1 1 10 4 2005 Third Place 5 3 1 1 10 5 2007 Third Place 5 3 1 1 3 2 2009 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 Total 1 Title 40 19 11 10 50 33

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 2008 - Did not qualify

Current team status

Guatemala has been eliminated from participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Recent games

• see Guatemala national team 2008-09 results.

Last 3 Games

Category	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Date	Venue	Scorers
Friendly	Guatemala	0–3	Canada	June 30, 2009	Oxnard
Friendly	Mexico	0–0	Guatemala	June 28, 2009	Qualcomm Stadium
Friendly	Venezuela	1–2	Guatemala	February 11, 2009	Estadio Monumental de Maturín

Forthcoming Games

Current squad

Squad for UNCAF Cup in January 2009. Caps by July 18th, 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Luis Pedro Molina June 4, 1977 (1977-06-04) (age 32) 16 0 Deportivo Marquense 18 GK Ricardo Jerez Jr February 4, 1986 (1986-02-04) (age 23) 5 0 CD Jalapa 2 DF Carlos Castrillo May 16, 1985 (1985-05-16) (age 24) 12 0 Comunicaciones 3 DF Cristian Noriega March 20, 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 22) 15 0 Municipal 4 DF Yony Flores February 16, 1983 (1983-02-16) (age 26) 21 0 Municipal 5 DF Carlos Gallardo April 8, 1984 (1984-04-08) (age 25) 16 1 CD Jalapa 6 DF Wilson Lalin May 3, 1985 (1985-05-03) (age 24) 4 0 CD Suchitepéquez 7 DF Claudio Albizuris July 1, 1981 (1981-07-01) (age 28) 34 1 Municipal 15 DF Edwin Enríquez June 4, 1983 (1983-06-04) (age 26) 3 1 Comunicaciones 16 DF Jaime Vides July 12, 1987 (1987-07-12) (age 22) 9 0 Municipal 8 DF Wilfred Velásquez September 10, 1985 (1985-09-10) (age 24) 3 0 CD Suchitepéquez 11 MF Marco Pappa November 15, 1987 (1987-11-15) (age 22) 11 1 Chicago Fire 12 MF Jean Márquez March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06) (age 24) 16 0 Comunicaciones 13 FW Carlos Castillo September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14) (age 32) 24 1 CD Suchitepéquez 14 MF Edgar Cotto January 27, 1984 (1984-01-27) (age 25) 6 0 Comunicaciones 9 FW Abner Trigueros December 27, 1987 (1987-12-27) (age 21) 12 2 Comunicaciones 10 FW Gregori Lester Ruiz March 8, 1981 (1981-03-08) (age 28) 6 0 CD Jalapa 17 FW Minor López February 1, 1987 (1987-02-01) (age 22) 6 1 Xelajú MC 19 FW Edwin Villatoro February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) (age 29) 27 5 CD Suchitepequez 20 FW Selvin Motta May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 27) 10 0 Club Xelaju MC

Recent Call Ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Paulo César Motta March 29, 1982 (1982-03-29) (age 27) 13 0 Deportivo Zacapa GK Ricardo Trigueño Foster April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 29) 52 0 CD Petapa DF Gustavo Cabrera December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13) (age 29) 83 1 Xelaju MC DF Héctor Saúl de Matta April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 29) 12 0 Comunicaciones DF Jhonny Girón January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) (age 26) 0 0 Municipal DF Néstor Martínez March 13, 1981 (1981-03-13) (age 28) 51 0 Marquense DF Henry Medina March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16) (age 28) 18 1 Xinabajul DF Pablo Melgar January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) (age 29) 56 1 Universidad de San Carlos DF Luis Swisher June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 31) 22 0 Universidad de San Carlos DF Luis Rodríguez September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 27) 11 0 CD Suchitepequez MF Francisco Aguilar February 9, 1983 (1983-02-09) (age 26) 2 0 Marquense MF Juan Carlos Arriaza August 21, 1979 (1979-08-21) (age 30) 1 0 Deportivo Heredia MF Marvin Ávila December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06) (age 23) 25 3 Municipal MF José Manuel Contreras January 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) (age 23) 28 2 Fenix MF Carlos Figueroa April 19, 1980 (1980-04-19) (age 29) 37 3 Municipal MF Fredy García January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12) (age 32) 70 20 Deportivo Heredia MF Carlos Quiñónez July 20, 1977 (1977-07-20) (age 32) 29 1 CD Petapa MF Guillermo Ramírez March 26, 1978 (1978-03-26) (age 31) 95 11 Marathon MF Mario Rodríguez September 14, 1981 (1981-09-14) (age 28) 58 6 CSD Municipal MF Gonzalo Romero March 25, 1975 (1975-03-25) (age 34) 74 9 Municipal MF Freddy Thompson June 2, 1982 (1982-06-02) (age 27) 83 0 Comunicaciones FW Jairo Arreola September 20, 1985 (1985-09-20) (age 24) 2 0 Comunicaciones FW Otto Castillo July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22) (age 26) 0 0 Comunicaciones FW Tránsito Montepeque December 16, 1980 (1980-12-16) (age 28) 9 1 Comunicaciones FW Dwight Pezzarossi September 4, 1979 (1979-09-04) (age 30) 54 12 Comunicaciones FW Carlos Ruiz September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) (age 30) 84 41 Puebla FW Willie Sims January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18) (age 25) 1 0 Hollywood United Hitmen

Player history

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* denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

Most capped players

Taken From: http://www.guatefutbol.com/content/view/3922/110/

Top goalscorers

Managers (1955–present)

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Honours
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
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	5	2	1	2	50.0%
Benjamín Monterroso	2008–2009	5	1	0	4	20.0%

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See also

• Liga Nacional de Guatemala
• 2008-09 in Guatemalan football

References

External links

• Guatemala National Football Federation (Spanish)
• guatefutbol.com (Spanish)

Titles

Preceded by 1965 Mexico

North American Champions 1967 (First title)

Succeeded by 1969 Costa Rica

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