Guatemala national football team

Selección Nacional de Guatemala

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco
Association	Federación Nacional de Fútbol
Head coach	Hernán Darío Gómez
Most caps	Juan Carlos Plata (88)
Top scorer	Juan Carlos Plata (35)
FIFA code	GUA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	66
Highest	50 (August 2006)
Lowest	163 (November 1995)
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 Gold Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	Fourth place, 1996

The Guatemala national football team is the national team of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. It was founded in 1919 and affiliated to FIFA in 1946. It has never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup, but has made three Olympic tournament appearances. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Guatemala finished fifth in the CONCACAF final round, narrowly missing a place in the playoffs.

Guatemala's best finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup was fourth in 1996. They have won the 3rd North, Central-American and the Caribbean Championship NORCECA in 1967 and the UNCAF Nations Cup in 2001. Guatemala hosted the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
• 1958 - Did not qualify
• 1962 - Did not qualify
• 1966 - Entry not accepted by FIFA
• 1970 to 2006 - Did not qualify

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

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

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 2004 - Did not qualify

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Miguel Ángel Kleé	19 February 1977		Xelajú MC
	1GK	Ricardo Trigueño Foster	17 April 1980		Marquense
	1GK	Paulo César Motta	29 March 1982		Municipal
	2DF	Gustavo Cabrera	13 December 1979		Comunicaciones
	2DF	Henry Medina	16 March 1981		Municipal
	2DF	Nelson Morales	22 July 1977		Cobán Imperial
	2DF	Elmer Ponciano	28 June 1978		Comunicaciones
	2DF	Selvyn Ponciano	18 July 1973		Municipal
	2DF	Pablo Melgar Torino	14 January 1980		Municipal
	2DF	Luís Swisher	21 June 1978		CD Suchitepéquez
	3MF	Carlos Figueroa	19 April 1980		Municipal
	3MF	Freddy García	12 January 1977		Municipal
	3MF	Guillermo Ramírez	26 March 1978		Municipal
	3MF	Mario Rodríguez	14 September 1981		Miami FC
	3MF	Gonzalo Romero	25 March 1975		Municipal
	3MF	Ángel Sanabria	26 July 1984		Comunicaciones
	3MF	Freddy Thompson	02 June 1982		Comunicaciones
	4FW	Dwight Pezzarossi	04 September 1979		Numancia
	4FW	Juan Carlos Plata	01 January 1971	81	Municipal
	4FW	Carlos Ruíz	15 September 1979	65	FC Dallas
	4FW	Hernán Sandoval	22 July 1983		Comunicaciones
	4FW	Edwin Villatoro	18 February 1980		Municipal

Selected famous players

• Jorge "El Grillo" Roldán
• Óscar Enrique Sánchez
• Byron Pérez
• Juan Carlos Plata
• Martin Alejandro Machón
• Edgar "El Gato" Estrada
• Guillermo "El Pando" Ramírez
• Freddy García
• Carlos Ruíz
• Dwight Pezzarossi
• Mario "El Loco" Rodríguez

External links

• Guatemala Football Federation