Guatemala national football team

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Selección Nacional de Guatemala

Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco Los Chapines
Association	Federación Nacional de Fútbol
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Benjamín Monterroso
Most caps	Guillermo Ramírez (91)
Top scorer	Carlos Ruíz (41)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
FIFA code	GUA
FIFA ranking	108
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.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 CONCACAF Championship record 3 Gold Cup record 4 UNCAF Nations Cup record 5 Olympic record 6 Current team status 6.1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 6.1.1 Third Round Group 1 Standings 6.2 Last and next games 7 Current squad 7.1 Recent Call Ups 8 Player history 8.1 Most capped players 8.2 Top goalscorers 8.3 Other notable former players 9 Coaches (1955-present) 10 See also 11 External links 12 Titles

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Year	Round
1930	Did not enter	1978	Did not qualify
1934	Did not enter	1982	Did not qualify
1938	Did not enter	1986	Did not qualify
1950	Did not enter	1990	Did not qualify
1954	Did not enter	1994	Did not qualify
1958	Did not qualify	1998	Did not qualify
1962	Did not qualify	2002	Did not qualify
1966	Did not enter	2006	Did not qualify
1970	Did not qualify	2010	Did not qualify
1974	Did not qualify	Total	0/19

[edit] CONCACAF Championship record

• 1963 - Did not qualify
• 1965 - 2nd place
• 1967 - Champions
• 1969 - 2nd place
• 1971 - Did not qualify
• 1973 - 5th place
• 1977 - 5th place
• 1981 - Did not qualify
• 1985 - Round 1
• 1989 - 4th place

[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 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current team status

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

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Third Round

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Third Round
Group 1 Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15  Trinidad and Tobago 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11  Guatemala 6 1 2 3 6 7 −1 5  Cuba 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 3

Cuba  – 2 – 1 1 – 3 0 – 1 Guatemala  4 – 1 – 0 – 0 0 – 1 Trinidad and Tobago  3 – 0 1 – 1 – 2 – 1 United States  6 – 1 2 – 0 3 – 0 –

[edit] Last and next games

• Last game:  Guatemala 0 - 2 United States  - Commerce City, USA - November 19, 2008 - WCQ2010.
• Next game: TBA

KEY: F = Friendly match; WCQ2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Current squad

Squad for friendly match against USA on 20 August 2008. Caps by November 3rd, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ricardo Trigueño Foster April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 28) 48 0 CD Petapa 18 GK Luis Pedro Molina June 4, 1977 (1977-06-04) (age 31) 14 0 CD Jalapa 2 DF Carlos Castrillo May 16, 1985 (1985-05-16) (age 23) 7 0 Comunicaciones 3 DF Cristian Noriega March 20, 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 21) 6 0 Municipal 4 DF Yony Flores February 16, 1983 (1983-02-16) (age 25) 18 0 Marquense 5 DF Carlos Gallardo April 8, 1984 (1984-04-08) (age 24) 11 1 CD Jalapa 6 DF Gustavo Cabrera December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13) (age 28) 80 1 AGF Aarhus 14 DF Luis Rodriguez September 27, 1982 (1982-09-27) (age 26) 8 0 Xelajú MC 7 MF Mario Rodríguez September 14, 1981 (1981-09-14) (age 27) 57 6 Municipal 8 MF Gonzalo Romero March 25, 1975 (1975-03-25) (age 33) 73 9 Municipal 10 MF Fredy García January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12) (age 31) 69 20 Municipal 11 MF Guillermo Ramirez March 26, 1978 (1978-03-26) (age 30) 91 11 Municipal 12 MF Jean Márquez March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06) (age 23) 11 0 Comunicaciones 13 MF Marco Pappa November 15, 1987 (1987-11-15) (age 21) 5 1 Chicago Fire 15 MF Freddy Thompson June 2, 1982 (1982-06-02) (age 26) 78 0 Veracruz 16 MF José Manuel Contreras January 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) (age 22) 26 2 Arsenal de Sarandí 9 FW Carlos Ruíz September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) (age 29) 83 41 Toronto FC 17 FW Dwight Pezzarossi September 4, 1979 (1979-09-04) (age 29) 53 11 Comunicaciones

[edit] Recent Call Ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Paulo César Motta March 29, 1982 (1982-03-29) (age 26) 13 0 Municipal DF Claudio Albizuris July 1, 1981 (1981-07-01) (age 27) 30 1 Municipal DF Héctor Saúl De Matta April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 28) 12 0 Comunicaciones DF Jhonny Girón January 15, 1983 (1983-01-15) (age 25) 0 0 Xelajú MC DF Wilson Lalin May 3, 1985 (1985-05-03) (age 23) 3 0 CD Suchitepéquez (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) DF Néstor Martínez March 13, 1981 (1981-03-13) (age 27) 51 0 Marquense DF Henry Medina March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16) (age 27) 18 1 Xinabajul DF Pablo Melgar January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14) (age 28) 56 1 CD Suchitepequez DF Luis Swisher June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 30) 22 0 Deportivo Jalapa DF Jaime Vides July 12, 1987 (1987-07-12) (age 21) 5 0 Municipal (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) MF Francisco Aguilar February 9, 1983 (1983-02-09) (age 25) 2 0 Marquense (v. Panama on June 1) MF Juan Carlos Arriaza August 21, 1979 (1979-08-21) (age 29) 1 0 Deportivo Cañar (v. Chile on June 4) MF Marvin Ávila December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06) (age 22) 24 3 Municipal (v. Chile on June 4) MF Carlos Figueroa April 19, 1980 (1980-04-19) (age 28) 36 3 Club Xelaju MC MF Rigoberto Gómez January 9, 1977 (1977-01-09) (age 31) 16 1 Comunicaciones (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) MF Carlos Quiñónez July 20, 1977 (1977-07-20) (age 31) 29 1 Xelajú MC MF Gregori Lester Ruiz March 8, 1981 (1981-03-08) (age 27) 3 0 Xinabajul FW Jairo Arreola September 20, 1985 (1985-09-20) (age 23) 1 0 Comunicaciones FW Carlos Castillo September 14, 1977 (1977-09-14) (age 31) 20 1 CD Suchitepéquez (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) FW Otto Castillo July 22, 1983 (1983-07-22) (age 25) 0 0 Comunicaciones FW Tránsito Montepeque December 16, 1980 (1980-12-16) (age 27) 7 1 Comunicaciones FW Selvin Motta May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 26) 4 0 CSD Municipal FW Willie Sims January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18) (age 24) 1 0 Miami FC FW Abner Trigueros December 27, 1987 (1987-12-27) (age 20) 9 2 Comunicaciones (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) FW Edwin Villatoro February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) (age 28) 25 5 Municipal

[edit] Player history

* denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

[edit] Most capped players

#	Name	Career	Caps
1	Guillermo Ramírez*	1997-present	91
2	Juan Carlos Plata	1996-2006	86
3	Carlos Ruíz*	1998-present	83
4	Allan Wellmann	?-1989	82
	Julio Girón	1992-2006	82
6	Edgar Estrada	1995-2003	80
	Gustavo Cabrera*	2001-present	80
8	Fredy Thompson*	2001-present	78
9	Victor Hugo Monzón	1979-1992	75
10	Julio Gómez		74
11	Gonzalo Romero*	2000-present	73
12	Erick Miranda	1991-2001	69
	Fredy García*	2000-present	69
14	Juan Manuel Funes	1985-2000	66

Source: http://www.guatefutbol.com/content/view/3922/110/

[edit] Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Carlos Ruíz*	1998-present	41
2	Juan Carlos Plata	1996-2006	35
3	Carlos Toledo		25
4	Mario Camposeco	1943-1951	23
5	Fredy García*	2000-present	20
6	Oscar Sánchez		19
7	Edwin Westphal	1985-1998	16
8	Juan Manuel Funes	1985-2000	16
9	Hugo Peña		13
10	Byron Pérez	?-1992	11
	Dwight Pezzarossi*	2000-present	11
	Guillermo Ramírez*	1997-present	11

[edit] Other notable former players

Jorge Roldán Luis Villavicencio Selvin Pennant Benjamín Monterroso Ricardo Piccinini Ricardo Jerez Martín Machón

[edit] Coaches (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-present	1	0	0	1	0.0%

(Sources: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5])

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Titles

Preceded by 1965 Mexico

North American Champions 1967 (First title)

Succeeded by 1969 Costa Rica

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