| Nickname(s) | Los Catrachos La Bicolor La H |
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| Association | Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | |||
| Captain | Amado Guevara | ||
| Most caps | Amado Guevara (130) | ||
| Top scorer | Carlos Pavón (56) | ||
| Home stadium | Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano | ||
| FIFA code | HON | ||
| FIFA ranking | 39 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 20 (September 2002) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 95 (November 1998) | ||
| Elo ranking | 33 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 23 (September 2001) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 104 (November 1971) | ||
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| First international | |||
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 Sept, 1921) |
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| Biggest win | |||
(San José, Costa Rica; 13 March 1946) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 Sept, 1921) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1982) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 1982 | ||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup/CONCACAF Championship | |||
| Appearances | 15 total, 9 (Gold Cup), 6 (CONCACAF Championship) (First in 1991 1963) | ||
| Best result | First Place, 1981 Second place, 1985 , 1991 | ||
The Honduras national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (founded in 1951). They are a rising team in CONCACAF, an ascent that started with their third place finish in the 2001 Copa América behind the first place Colombia and the Second Place Mexico , where they were a late invitee, due to a withdrawal by Argentina one day prior to kickoff. In October 2009, they confirmed qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which will be their first appearance in the competition since 1982.[1]
History
Honduras played its first game against Guatemala on September 14th 1921, where they unfortunately lost by a large margin.
The Football War started after a qualifying game for the 1970 World Cup against El Salvador. After massive rioting between the fans, on 14 July 1969, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras. A cease fire was put in effect six days later.
Honduras won the 1981 CONCACAF Championship. Honduras qualified for the World Cup in 1982 and 2009. They finished second in both the 1985 CONCACAF Championship and the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Honduras won the UNCAF Nations Cup twice in 1993 and 1995.
1981 CONCACAF Championship
In 1981, Honduras hosted the CONCACAF championship. All the games were played at Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino. With a 4-0 win over Haiti, 2-0 win over Cuba, 2-1 victory over Canada, and 0-0 draws against El Salvador and Mexico, Honduras became CONCACAF champions.
Results
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
1982 FIFA World Cup
Honduras qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in 1982. Despite getting draws against host Spain, 1-1, and Northern Ireland, 1-1, they could not come up with a win against Yugoslavia losing 0-1.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
Copa América 2001
Since 1993, CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship, Copa América. Honduras took part as one of the last minute teams added for Copa América 2001. (Argentina dropped out one day before kickoff.) The team arrived only a few hours before the tournament's first game and with barely enough players. Despite the odds, Honduras progressed onto the quarter-final stage where they faced and defeated Brazil 2-0. In the semi-finals however, it was Colombia that knocked off Honduras, 0-2.
2010 FIFA World Cup
On October 14 2009, Honduras qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals, after a 1-0 win against El Salvador gave them the third automatic qualifying spot from the Fourth Round of CONCACAF Qualifying.[2]
Records
| FIFA World Cup | |||||||||
| YEAR | P | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
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| 1930 - 1978 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1982 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | Group phase |
| 1986 - 2006 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2010 | Qualified | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -1 | - |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||||||||
| YEAR | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
| 1991 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | +9 | 2nd |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | +1 | Group phase |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | -7 | Group phase |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -4 | Group phase |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | +2 | Quarterfinals |
| 2002 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | Group phase |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | +2 | 3rd |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | +4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | +2 | 3rd |
| 2011 | TBD | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 52 | 44 | 42 | +8 | - |
| UNCAF Nations Cup | |||||||||
| YEAR | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
| 1991 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2nd |
| 1993 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | +7 | Champions |
| 1995 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | +7 | Champions |
| 1997 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | +3 | 4th |
| 1999 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | +6 | 3rd |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | +7 | Group phase |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 4th |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 11 | +9 | 2nd |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | +6 | 5th |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 12 | +6 | 3rd |
| TOTALS | 43 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 87 | 37 | 75 | +50 | - |
| CONMEBOL Copa América | |||||||||
| YEAR | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
| Uninvited | |||||||||
| 2001 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | +2 | 3rd |
| 2004 - 2007 | Uninvited | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | +2 | - |
| Pan American Games | |||||||||
| YEAR | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
| 1951 - 1987 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1991 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | -5 | 4th |
| 1995 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | -2 | 4th |
| 1999 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 15 | +7 | 2nd |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | -3 | Group phase |
| 2011 | TBD | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 34 | 26 | -3 | - |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | |||||||||
| YEAR | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
| 1930 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 4 | -13 | 3rd |
| 1935 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 3 | -14 | 5th |
| 1938 - 1946 | Didn't participate | ||||||||
| 1950 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | +1 | 3rd |
| 1954 - 1982 | Didn't participate | ||||||||
| 1986 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | +6 | 2nd |
| 1990 - 1998 | Didn't participate | ||||||||
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 | Quarterfinals |
| 2006 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 15 | +8 | 4th |
| 2010 | TBD | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 31 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 62 | 40 | -13 | - |
| Central American Games | |||||||||
| YEAR | G | W | D | L | F | A | PTS | +/- | FINISH |
| 1973 - 1977 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1986 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | +5 | 2nd |
| 1990 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | +6 | Champions |
| 1994 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | +12 | Champions |
| 1997 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | +3 | 3rd |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | +4 | 2nd |
| 2005 | Canceled | ||||||||
| 2009 | TBD | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 39 | +30 | - |
Youth team records
Stadium
Honduras plays the majority of its home games at Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano (pictured) in San Pedro Sula. El Olímpico was bulit in 1997, and has a capacity of 45,000. Aside from being the home of the national team, it was the home of the 1997 Central American Olympics and is currently the home of C.D. Marathón.
When not playing at the Estadio Olimpico, the national team also plays at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. Tiburcio Carías Andino opened on March 15, 1948, and seats 35,000 people.
Fixtures and Results
Upcoming fixtures
A friendly will be scheduled for March of 2010.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Home Team | Away Team |
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UNCAF Nations Cup Honduras 2009
Group Stage
In 2009, Honduras took part in UNCAF Nations Cup 2009. The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in Guatemala City.[3] The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups.[4] Costa Rica was paired with Panama and Guatemala, the first two runners-up from the UNCAF Nations Cup 2007.[3] The remaining teams – El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize – were drawn into the same group as Honduras.[3]
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 |
Despite going undefeated in the group stage, Honduras lost a heartbreaker on January 30th to Panama during the semi-finals, losing 0-1. In the third place match, they defeated El Salvador 1-0 on a Roger Espinoza goal.
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
After finishing third in UNCAF Nations Cup 2009, Honduras qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. It was their ninth ever appearance since its inception in 1991.
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Knockout Stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 18 July – Philadelphia | ||||||||||
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| 23 July – Chicago | ||||||||||
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| 18 July – Philadelphia | ||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||
| 26 July – East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||
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| 19 July – Arlington | ||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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| 23 July – Chicago | ||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||
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1 (3) | |||||||||
| 19 July – Arlington | ||||||||||
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1 (5) | |||||||||
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4 | |||||||||
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0 | |||||||||
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Fourth Round
Standings
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- The United States, Mexico and Honduras qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- Costa Rica advanced to the CONMEBOL/CONCACAF play-off.
New kit
Honduras will be sporting new jerseys for the entire hexagonal round.[5]
Current squad
Caps and goals current as of November 19, 2009.
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the Honduran squad in the last 12 months (August 2008).
| Name | DOB (Age) | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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| Goalkeepers | ||||
| Victor Coello | April 10, 1974 | 30 (0) | vs. |
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| Defenders | ||||
| Mariano Acevedo | January 9, 1983 | 8 (1) | vs. |
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| Samuel Caballero | December 24, 1974 | 65 (12) | vs. |
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| Marvin Chávez | November 3, 1983 | 17 (1) | vs. |
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| Ivan Guerrero | November 30, 1977 | 83 (4) | vs. |
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| Sergio Mendoza | May 23, 1981 | 45 (1) | vs. |
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| Mario Beata | October 17, 1974 | 17 (0) | vs. |
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| Midfielders | ||||
| Emil Martinez | September 17, 1982 | 51 (1) | vs. |
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| Mauricio Castro | August 11, 1981 | 4 (0) | vs. |
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| Roger Espinoza | October 25, 1986 | 9 (2) | vs. |
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| Strikers | ||||
| Allan Lalín | January 5, 1985 | 9 (1) | vs. |
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| Luis López | August 29, 1986 | 1 (0) | vs. |
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| Saul Martinez | January 29, 1976 | 34 (18) | vs. |
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Most capped players
As of November 19, 2009, the players with the most caps for Honduras are:
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Amado Guevara | 1994– | 130 | 29 |
| 2 | Carlos Pavón | 1993– | 95 | 56 |
| 3 | Milton Núñez | 1994- | 88 | 34 |
| 4 | Iván Guerrero | 1999– | 83 | 4 |
| 5 | Danilo Turcios | 1999– | 79 | 7 |
| 6 | Julio César de León | 1999– | 73 | 14 |
| 7 | Noel Valladares | 2000- | 70 | 0 |
| 8 | Wilson Palacios | 2003- | 68 | 4 |
| 9 | Samuel Caballero | 1998- | 65 | 12 |
| 10 | Maynor Figueroa | 2003- | 65 | 2 |
Top Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Years with team | No. of goals |
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| 1 | Carlos Pavón | 1993— | 56 |
| 2 | Wilmer Velásquez | 1996—2007 | 35 |
| 3 | Milton Núñez | 1994— | 34 |
| 4 | Amado Guevara | 1994— | 29 |
| 5 | Saul Martínez | 2001—2008 | 18 |
| 6 | David Suazo | 1999— | 16 |
| 7 | Julio César de León | 1999— | 14 |
| 8 | Carlo Costly | 2007— | 14 |
| 9 | Jairo Martínez | 1998— | 13 |
| 10 | Samuel Caballero | 1998— | 12 |
Records versus other nations
As of 2009-11-19
| Nation | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 12 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 4 | |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 31 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 20 | |
| 49 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 63 | 95 | -26 | 58 | |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 14 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | |
| 52 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 88 | 55 | +33 | 97 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
| 33 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 51 | |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 27 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 34 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 55 | -33 | 20 | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 14 | |
| 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 6 | +44 | 37 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 17 | +39 | 68 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 18 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 27 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 28 | -14 | 12 | |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 3 | |
| Totals | 405 | 181 | 101 | 123 | 653 | 487 | +146 | 637 |
Percentages
Win = 181/405 (44.8%)
Draw = 101/405 (25%)
Loss = 122/405 (30.2%)
Previous Squads
Facts
- Honduras was the first Central American football team to score 2 goals at a World Cup tournament.
- Honduras is the only Central American football team to defeat and eliminate Brazil in a tournament (Copa América 2001 in quarterfinals).
- Competed and finished third in the CONCACAF Fourth Round of Qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- Are qualified for 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- The new mascot for the team is named El Catrachin.
Titles
- UNCAF Nations Cup Championships: 2
| UNCAF Nations Cup 1993 Winner: Honduras First title |
| UNCAF Nations Cup 1995 Winner: Honduras Second title |
See also
References
- ^ "Honduras qualify as U.S. thwart Costa Rica". CNN. 2009-10-14. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/10/15/football.costa.rica.united.states.mexico/. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Pavon puts visitors through". ESPN. 2009-10-14. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=279542&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ a b c "Six-time champ Costa Rica drawn with Panama, Guatemala in Central American Nations Cup". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 9 December 2008. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4564. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ "Digicel, UNCAF launch 2009 Nations Cup". The Nassau Guardian. http://www.thenassauguardian.com/sports/340563042874912.php. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
- ^ http://www.diez.hn/index.php/Selecci%E7%B1%80n%20Nacional/Ediciones/2009/02/06/Noticias/A-estrenar-camiseta-con-la-Bicolor
External links
- Honduras at FIFA
- FENAFUTH
- RSSSF List of Honduras Matches
- News and results of the Honduras national team
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