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	Victor Hugo Monzon (103)
Top scorer	Carlos Ruíz (41)
Home stadium	Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores
FIFA code	GUA
FIFA ranking	109
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 Competitive Record 1.1 World Cup record 1.2 CONCACAF Championships record 1.3 UNCAF Nations Cup record 2 Olympic record 3 Current team status 3.1 Recent games 3.2 Last 3 Games 3.3 Forthcoming Games 4 Current squad 4.1 Recent Call Ups 5 Player history 5.1 Most capped players 5.2 Top goalscorers 6 Managers (1955–present) 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 10 Titles

[edit] Competitive Record

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[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 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Recent games

• see Guatemala national team 2008-09 results.

[edit] 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	1–1	Guatemala	February 11, 2009	Estadio Monumental de Maturín

[edit] Forthcoming Games

[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 18 GK Ricardo Trigueño Foster April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) (age 29) 48 0 CD Petapa 1 GK Luis Pedro Molina June 4, 1977 (1977-06-04) (age 32) 14 0 CD Jalapa 2 DF Carlos Castrillo May 16, 1985 (1985-05-16) (age 24) 7 0 Comunicaciones 3 DF Cristian Noriega March 20, 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 22) 6 0 Municipal 4 DF Yony Flores February 16, 1983 (1983-02-16) (age 26) 18 0 Marquense 5 DF Carlos Gallardo April 8, 1984 (1984-04-08) (age 25) 11 1 CD Jalapa 6 DF Gustavo Cabrera December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13) (age 29) 80 1 CD Jalapa 14 DF Luis Rodríguez 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 CSD Municipal 8 MF Gonzalo Romero March 25, 1975 (1975-03-25) (age 34) 73 9 Municipal 10 MF Fredy García January 12, 1977 (1977-01-12) (age 32) 69 20 Municipal 11 MF Guillermo Ramírez March 26, 1978 (1978-03-26) (age 31) 91 11 Marathon 12 MF Jean Márquez March 6, 1985 (1985-03-06) (age 24) 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 27) 78 0 Orizaba 16 MF José Manuel Contreras January 19, 1986 (1986-01-19) (age 23) 26 2 Arsenal de Sarandí 9 FW Carlos Ruiz September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) (age 29) 83 41 Puebla 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 27) 13 0 Deportivo Jalapa GK Ricardo Jerez Jr February 4, 1986 (1986-02-04) (age 23) 12 0 Rentistas DF Claudio Albizuris July 1, 1981 (1981-07-01) (age 28) 30 1 Municipal 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 Mixco DF Wilson Lalin May 3, 1985 (1985-05-03) (age 24) 3 0 CD Suchitepéquez (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) 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 CD Suchitepequez DF Luis Swisher June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 31) 22 0 Deportivo Petapa DF Jaime Vides July 12, 1987 (1987-07-12) (age 22) 5 0 Municipal (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) MF Francisco Aguilar February 9, 1983 (1983-02-09) (age 26) 2 0 Marquense (v. Panama on June 1) MF Juan Carlos Arriaza August 21, 1979 (1979-08-21) (age 29) 1 0 Deportivo Heredia (v. Chile on June 4) MF Marvin Ávila December 6, 1985 (1985-12-06) (age 23) 24 3 Shaanxi Chanba (v. Chile on June 4) MF Carlos Figueroa April 19, 1980 (1980-04-19) (age 29) 36 3 Olimpia 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 28) 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 28) 7 1 Comunicaciones FW Selvin Motta May 24, 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 27) 4 0 CSD Municipal FW Willie Sims January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18) (age 25) 1 0 Hollywood United Hitmen FW Abner Trigueros December 27, 1987 (1987-12-27) (age 21) 9 2 Comunicaciones (v. Saint Lucia on June 21) FW Edwin Villatoro February 18, 1980 (1980-02-18) (age 29) 25 5 CD Suchitepequez

[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 Ruiz*	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

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

[edit] Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Carlos Ruiz*	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	Óscar 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] 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–present	5	1	0	4	20.0%

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[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

[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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