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Guatemala

Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco Los Chapines La Bicolor La Furia Azul
Association	National Football Federation of Guatemala
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	Walter Claverí[1]
Captain	Vacant
Most caps	Carlos Ruíz (133)[2]
Top scorer	Carlos Ruiz (68)
Home stadium	Estadio Mateo Flores
FIFA code	GUA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	149 (7 February 2019)[3]
Highest	50 (August 2006)
Lowest	163 (November 1995)
Elo ranking
Current	85 4 (3 March 2019)[4]
Highest	40 (April 1972)
Lowest	105 (February 2010)
First international
Guatemala 10–1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; September 14, 1921)
Biggest win
Guatemala 10–1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; September 14, 1921)
Biggest defeat
Costa Rica 9–1 Guatemala (San José, Costa Rica; July 24, 1955)
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	18 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions, 1967

The Guatemala national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Guatemala) is governed 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. Guatemala have never qualified for a finals tournament of the World Cup, although they have reached the final round of qualification on four occasions.

Guatemala won the 1967 CONCACAF Championship and the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup. The team's best performance in a CONCACAF Gold Cup was in 1996, when they finished fourth. Felipe Juan Gaspar their top goal scorer, retired his career after the failure of his team to now win the gold cup. Guatemala has also earned a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. The national team kits are supplied by Umbro. Past kit suppliers include Atletica, Adidas and Puma.

History

The national team, nicknamed "la Azul y Blanco" (the blue and white), made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, winning their first game 10–1 against Honduras. In the final, Guatemala were defeated 6–0 by Costa Rica.^[5] Guatemala entered a World Cup qualification process for the first time in 1958.

Beginnings and first attempt in the elimination stage of the World Cup

Guatemala created its first soccer team, made up of 22 players, on August 23, 1902. The team was split into two sides, blue and white. With time, clubs were made and eventually the Guatemalan National Team was created in 1921. Guatemala had its first game on September 14, 1921 against Honduras. The game was played in Guatemala City and Guatemala beat Honduras 10 to 1.^[6]

Guatemala had success in several editions of the CCCF Championship (Copa CCCF), precursor to the Concacaf Gold Cup (Copa Concacaf), by being the runner up in three championships, 1943, 1946, and 1948. In 1958, Guatemala began participating in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. It was placed in the first group, along with the teams from Costa Rica and the Netherlands Antilles. It placed last and was unable to score a single point.^[7]

Success in the 60’s

Guatemala’s performance in the qualifying rounds began to improve in the beginning of the 1960s. In 1962 it was able to tie against both Costa Rica (4–4), while playing in Guatemala, and Honduras (1–1), while playing in Tegucigalpa. However, after being placed in the second group, it once again finished last.^[8]

Guatemala did not participate in the qualifying round in 1966. Before the process of elimination began, the FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) refused Guatemala’s participation for administrative reasons.

The Guatemalan National Team joined Concacaf in 1961. In 1967 it again showed the progress it had made when it participated in the Concacaf Gold Cup. For the first time and only time in its history, it placed first in the tournament.^[9] It was also the runner up in both 1965 and 1969.

1967 CONCACAF Championship

In 1967, Honduras hosted the CONCACAF Championship. Guatemala began the tournament with a 2–1 win against Haiti, followed by a 1–0 win over defending champions Mexico, a 0–0 draw against Honduras, a 2–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, and a 2–0 win over Nicaragua, being crowned CONCACAF champions for the first time. Forward Manuel "Escopeta" Recinos was Guatemala's top scorer with four goals, including the game-winning goal against Mexico.

Results

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Guatemala	9	5	4	1	0	7	1	6
2	Mexico	8	5	4	0	1	10	1	9
3	Honduras	6	5	2	2	1	4	2	2
4	Trinidad and Tobago	4	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4
5	Haiti	2	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4
6	Nicaragua	1	5	0	1	4	3	12	−9

1968 Olympic Games

In 1967, Guatemala showed some major progress by qualifying for the 1968 Olympic Tournament in Mexico City. In the first round, they won 1–0 against Czechoslovakia, and 4–1 against Thailand, and lost to Bulgaria 2–1. They went on the next round where they lost to eventual champions Hungary 1–0.

21st century

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Prior to the qualification process, many fans saw Carlos Ruiz as the main focus in providing goals for the national team along with his compatriot but elder Juan Carlos Plata. Many other stars such as Fredy, Garcia, Gonzalo Romero, Guillermo Ramirez and Martin Machon were expected to play huge roles as well. In 2006 World Cup qualifying, Guatemala started off well, advancing to the third round by beating Suriname 4–2 in the second round. In the third round they finished second behind Costa Rica in Group B tying at 10 points each, advancing to the final round. In the fourth round they started off well with a 0–0 draw against Panama and a 5–1 win against Trinidad and Tobago. Then followed a 2–0 loss against United States and Mexico and a 3–2 loss against Costa Rica, and after 3 losses in a row they finally won against Panama 2–1, then lost against Trinidad and Tobago 3–2, tied against United States 0–0 and then lost to Mexico 5–2 once again. Guatemala had 8 points with one game left, and a win and a Trinidad and Tobago loss against Mexico would get them to the playoff. They won 3–1 against Costa Rica but Trinidad and Tobago beat Mexico 2–1, ending one of the best runs in Guatemala football history. They finished in 5th place, 2 points away from a possible World Cup spot. Juan Carlos Plata and Martin Machón had announced their retirement from International Football in 2006.

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

After a third-place finish in the Uncaf Nations Cup in 2007, having made the knockout stage in the Gold Cup of the same year, and a couple of satisfying friendly matches including a 3–2 win against Mexico, many saw Hernan Dario Gomez as the next coach to lead Guatemala into the Hexagonal in the World Cup qualifying stage. However, after losing 5–0 in early 2008 against a U-23 Argentine team, fans wanted Gomez out as coach and soon the Colombian would do so. In 2010 World Cup qualifying, expectations of being able to qualify for the tournament were set among the national team as Ramon Maradiaga had returned as coach after almost leading Guatemala to the World Cup 2006. They began well by having advanced to the third round by defeating Saint Lucia in a 9–1 aggregate in the second round. In the third round, Guatemala began with a 1–0 home loss to the United States, with controversies surrounding Panamanian referee Roberto Moreno, who was arbitrating the match, including not awarding a penalty in the first half in the favor of Guatemala after a handball from Steve Cherundolo as well as Gustavo Cabrera being sent off after colliding with Eddie Lewis in the second half. In their second match of round 3, Los Chapines were able to take home a draw in the closing minutes of the game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain after Carlos Gallardo deflected a free kick taken by Marco Pappa with his heels. On September 10, Guatemala welcomed Cuba at home for their third match. Cuba shocked the Guatemala fans by taking the lead after Roberto Linares scored in the 25th minute however by halftime, Carlos Ruiz relieved the team with an equalizer. In the second half Carlos Ruiz scored once more, Mario Rodriguez and youngster Jose Manuel Contreras also scored and finished the game 4–1. With the win, they were able to collect 4 points, putting them in second place due to having a better goal difference that Trinidad and Tobago. The next two games were crucial in advancing to the next round. On October 11, many fans have gathered around the Estadio Mateo Flores to support the national team in their home game against Trinidad and Tobago, heavily expecting a win. Despite being reduced to 10 men, the Soca Warriors were able to hold Guatemala to 0–0 stalemate, disgruntling the national team and fans. With hopes of getting a result in Havana four days later, Guatemala were unable to even get a point against Cuba, falling down 1–0 by halftime after Jaime Colome scored a penalty. Marco Pappa volleyed in an equalizer in the 80th minute, replenishing the confidence for the team but Urgelles was able to bring Cuba back on top in the 90th minute, complicating the hopes of Guatemala in qualifying for the World Cup with one game to spare. Meanwhile, the Trinidadians defeated the United States 2–1 at home, putting them in second place. Maradiaga was fired soon right after and Benjamin Monterroso, a less ambitious coach was appointed, focusing on the upcoming edition of the Copa Uncaf the following January. A 2–0 away loss against the US confirmed the elimination of the national team, having finished in third place with 5 points, thus missing out on the final round. In the Uncaf nations cup, Monterroso wanted to introduce more younger players into the starting line up such as Minor Lopez, Ricardo Jerez and Wilson Lalin but everything backfired after losing both group stage matches against Costa Rica and Panama as well as losing astonishingly 2–0 to an inferior Nicaragua team in the play off match for the final berth to attend the next Gold Cup; Minor Lopez was the lone goal scorer for Los Bicolores. As a result, the national team were inactive for the next two years and Benjamin Monterroso shamefully stepped down after two months in charge.

2014 World Cup cycle

On May 2010, Uruguayan born Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida was appointed as the next coach for Guatemala. At the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, formerly known as the "UNCAF Nations Cup", Guatemala finished in fifth place, losing to Costa Rica 2–0 and Honduras 3–1. In the fifth place match, they defeated Nicaragua 2–1 to qualify to the 2011 Gold Cup.

At the 2011 Gold Cup, Guatemala drew against Honduras 0–0 despite being reduced to nine men. In the next match, they suffer a loss against a physically superior Jamaica 2–0 but managed to redeem themselves after having won against Grenada 4–0 goals from Jose Javier Del Águila, Marco Pappa, Carlos Ruiz, and Carlos Gallardo. Placing among the best third place, they saw themselves advancing to the quarterfinals, where they lost against the reigning champions Mexico 2–1 although a long ball from Elias Vasquez to Carlos Ruiz gave them the lead in the first half.

For the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Guatemala opened the qualifying campaign in the second round by sweeping six wins in six games, advancing to the third round in the same group as USA, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda. Prior to the start of the third round, three of Guatemala's key players Guillermo Ramirez, Gustavo Cabrera and Yony Flores were sent home during a practice session after teammates Carlos Ruiz and Luis Rodriguez heard of their involvement in money laundering and bribery in fixing multiple fixtures; they were subsequently banned for life in participating in any football competition abroad or domestic.

The team had a rough start in an away loss to Jamaica with Dwight Pezzarossi only managing to pull back one goal in stoppage time. In the next match, Guatemala tied at home after Clint Dempsey managed to get a goal for the US, and Marco Pappa's free kick later in the game managed to bring Guatemala one point. For the third game in a row, also at home, the team fell behind against Antigua and Barbuda. In the second half with the Antiguan goalkeeper Molvin James sent off for wasting time, Carlos Ruiz was able to score a brace making the game 2–1; an additional goal from Dwight Pezzarossi eventually ended the game 3–1. Four days later, a lone goal from Carlos Ruiz sufficed for an away win against Antigua and Barbuda in North Sound.

In the next fixture, Guatemala beat Jamaica at home 2–1. In their last game, a minimum of a draw would be enough to get Guatemala to the final stage of the qualifiers. After taking the lead 1–0 in the first five minutes thanks to Carlos Ruiz, the USA team returned the favor by scoring 3 goals to crush their hopes. Guatemala finished ten points behind the USA and Jamaica, losing out on goal difference to the Jamaicans.

In January 2013, still led by Ever Almeida, Guatemala participated in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. Consisted of mostly youngsters, Guatemala could only manage three draws in their group play (1–1 against Nicaragua, 0–0 to border rivals Belize and 1–1 against Costa Rica), losing out to Belize for direct qualification to the Gold Cup. They faced Panama in the 5th place match for the final slot in the 2013 Gold Cup in the United States but lost 3–1. Ever Almeida stepped down in favour of technical director Victor Hugo Monzón.

2016 suspension

On Oct 28, 2016, the Guatemalan football federation was suspended indefinitely by FIFA, after the international football governing body had appointed an oversight committee to look into allegations of corruption.^[10] FIFA stated that the Guatemalan federation (FEDEFUT) had rejected the committee's mandate to run FEDEFUT's business, organize elections, and modernize its statutes, and would remain barred from international competition until FEDEFUT ratified an extension of the mandate.^[11]

The suspension was lifted on May 31, 2018 after FEDEFUT's normalization committee became fully operational.^[12] However, as a consequence, the football team missed their chance on qualifing on the 2017 and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments as well as the qualifying rounds for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League and the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, as they missed deadlines to have their suspension lifted.

Home stadium

The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, also known as Coloso de la Zona 5, is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacity of 26,000 seats.

Used mostly for football matches, the stadium has hosted the majority of the home matches of the Guatemala national football team throughout its history.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Did not qualify
1962
1966	Entry not accepted[13]
1970	Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022	To be determined
2026
Total	0/23

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	Round 1	4	1	2	1	7	6
1965	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	11	5
1967	Champions	5	4	1	0	7	1
1969	Runners-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
2011	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	5	4
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Round 1	3	0	1	2	1	4
2017	Disqualified due to FIFA Suspension
2019
Total	1 Title	69	19	20	30	82	88

Copa Centroamericana record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1991	Third place	3	0	2	1	0	1
1993	Did not enter
1995	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	2	5
1997	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	10	3
1999	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	5	2
2001	Champions	5	2	3	0	9	5
2003	Runners-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
2011	Fifth place	3	1	0	2	3	6
2013	Sixth place	4	0	3	1	3	5
2014	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	7	4
2017	Disqualified due to FIFA Suspension
Total	1 Title	51	23	14	14	63	48

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 to 1984 – Did not qualify
  


• 
  1988 – Round 1


• 
  1992 to 2016 – Did not qualify
  

Note: Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Head-to-head record against other nations

Updated on 15 November 2018 after match against Israel.^[14]

  Positive Record
  Neutral Record
  Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	7	6	0	1	21	3	+18
Argentina	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7
Armenia	2	0	1	1	2	8	−6
Aruba	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Barbados	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Belize	11	7	4	0	19	9	+10
Bermuda	5	2	3	0	4	2	+2
Bolivia	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2
Brazil	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Canada	14	2	2	10	10	22	−12
Chile	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5
Colombia	4	0	2	2	5	10	−5
Costa Rica	69	19	17	33	84	136	−52
Cuba	17	7	7	3	22	13	+9
Curaçao[a]	11	3	6	2	24	19	+5
Ecuador	8	1	3	4	3	9	−6
El Salvador	79	35	25	19	93	67	+26
France	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7
Grenada	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10
Guyana	4	4	0	0	14	0	+13
Haiti	16	9	2	5	25	16	+9
Honduras	50	13	19	18	57	57	0
Iran	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Iraq	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Israel	2	0	1	1	0	7	−7
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Jamaica	18	4	4	10	19	30	−11
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Mexico	34	4	8	22	32	69	−37
Nicaragua	20	18	1	1	65	12	+53
Norway	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Panama	39	15	9	15	66	55	+11
Paraguay	10	0	2	8	10	23	−13
Peru	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6
Poland	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Russia[b]	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Saint Lucia	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	5	0	0	23	3	+20
South Africa	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5
South Korea	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Suriname	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Thailand	1	1	0	0	4	1	+1
Trinidad and Tobago	24	8	8	8	40	32	+8
United States	27	5	6	16	19	47	−28
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4
Venezuela	7	2	1	4	9	10	−1
Zambia	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Total	537	187	141	209	738	758	−20

Schedule and recent results

Key

  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2016

2018

2019

Players

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for a friendly game against Israel on 15 November 2018.^[15]
Caps and goals updated as 15 November 2018 after the game against Israel.

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Paulo Motta	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982 (age 36)	36	0	Municipal
	1GK	Iván Pacheco	(1992-03-23) 23 March 1992 (age 26)	0	0	Cobán Imperial
	2DF	Carlos Gallardo	(1984-04-09) 9 April 1984 (age 34)	55	3	Guastatoya
	2DF	Héctor Moreira	(1987-12-27) 27 December 1987 (age 31)	8	0	Municipal
	2DF	Wilson Pineda	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 25)	2	1	Guastatoya
	2DF	Ángel Cabrera	(1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 23)	2	0	Cobán Imperial
	2DF	Manuel Moreno	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 26)	2	0	Malacateco
	2DF	Eduardo Soto	(1990-03-03) 3 March 1990 (age 29)	2	0	Cobán Imperial
	2DF	Nicolás Samayoa	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 23)	1	0	Unattached
	3MF	Carlos Mejía	(1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 27)	20	1	Comunicaciones
	3MF	Brandon de León	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 25)	14	0	Xelajú MC
	3MF	Marvin Ceballos	(1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 (age 26)	9	1	Comunicaciones
	3MF	Luis Martínez	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 27)	8	1	Guastatoya
	3MF	Alejandro Galindo	(1992-03-05) 5 March 1992 (age 27)	5	0	Antigua
	3MF	Frank de León	(1994-12-26) 26 December 1994 (age 24)	4	0	Municipal
	3MF	Édgar Macal	(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 28)	3	0	Xelajú MC
	3MF	José Márquez	(1988-08-06) 6 August 1988 (age 30)	1	1	Guastatoya
	3MF	Pablo Aguilar	(1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 24)	1	0	Rio Grande Valley Toros
	4FW	Wilber Pérez	(1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 30)	8	0	Gjilani
	4FW	Robin Betancourth	(1991-11-25) 25 November 1991 (age 27)	4	0	Comunicaciones
	4FW	José Martínez	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 21)	3	0	Municipal

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up during the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Ricardo Jérez	(1986-02-04) 4 February 1986 (age 33)	45	0	Alianza Petrolera	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
GK	Nicholas Hagen	(1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 22)	2	0	Municipal	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
GK	Nery Lobos		1	0	Aurora	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
GK	Luis Tatuaca	(1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 (age 28)	1	0	Siquinalá	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
DF	Elías Vásquez	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 26)	40	0	Comunicaciones	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
DF	Jean Márquez	(1985-03-06) 6 March 1985 (age 34)	37	3	Comunicaciones	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
DF	Rafael Morales	(1988-04-06) 6 April 1988 (age 30)	19	2	Comunicaciones	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
DF	Cristian Jiménez	(1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 23)	8	0	Antigua	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
DF	Allen Yanes	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 21)	1	0	New York Red Bulls II	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
DF	Fredy López	(1992-07-07) 7 July 1992 (age 26)	3	0	Malacateco	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
DF	Yeltsin Álvarez	(1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Cobán Imperial	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
DF	Allan Ortiz		1	0	Sanarate	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
MF	José Manuel Contreras	(1986-01-19) 19 January 1986 (age 33)	67	5	Antigua	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
MF	Rodrigo Saravia	(1993-02-22) 22 February 1993 (age 26)	8	0	Comunicaciones	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
MF	Jorge Vargas	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 26)	3	0	Comunicaciones	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
MF	Prins López	(1992-10-10) 10 October 1992 (age 26)	2	0	Petapa	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
MF	Kevin Norales	(1992-01-26) 26 January 1992 (age 27)	2	0	Guastatoya	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
MF	Kevin Ruiz	(1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 23)	1	0	Xelajú MC	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
MF	Benedicto Aldana	(1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 22)	1	0	Sanarate	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
MF	Kevin Ávila	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Municipal	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
MF	Denilson Hernández	(1994-11-22) 22 November 1994 (age 24)	1	0	Suchitepéquez	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
FW	Edi Danilo Guerra	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 31)	5	1	Cobán Imperial	v.  Ecuador, 11 September 2018
FW	Henry López	(1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 26)	8	0	Cobán Imperial	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
FW	Kevin Elías	(1993-12-05) 5 December 1993 (age 25)	1	0	Sanarate	v.  Cuba, 18 August 2018
INJ Withdrew from the squad due to injury. PRE Preliminary squad / standby. RET Retired from the national team.

Most capped

#	Player	Caps[2]	Career
1	Carlos Ruiz	133	1998–2016
2	Guillermo Ramírez *	104	1997–2012
3	Gustavo Cabrera *	103	2000–2012
4	Fredy Thompson	96	2001–
5	Juan Carlos Plata	87	1996–2010
6	Gonzalo Romero	83	2000–2012
7	Julio Girón	82	1992–2006
8	Edgar Estrada	80	1995–2003
9	Mario Rodríguez	79	2003–2013
10	Freddy García	73	2000–2012

Players in bold text are still active with Guatemala.
* Banned from Football on suspicions of fixing match results.^[16]

Top scorers

#	Player	Goals[2]	Career
1	Carlos Ruiz	68	1998–2016
2	Juan Carlos Plata	35	1996–2006
3	Carlos Toledo	25	1943–1953
4	Mario Camposeco	23	1943–1951
=	Freddy García	23	1998–2012
6	Oscar Enrique Sánchez	19	1976–1990
7	Dwight Pezzarossi	16	2000–2012
=	Edwin Westphal	16	1985–1998
=	Guillermo Ramírez *	16	1997–2012
10	Juan Manuel Funes	15	1985–2000

Players in bold text are still active with Guatemala.
* Banned from Football on suspicions of fixing match results.^[16]

Managers

^[17]

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Roberto Figueredo	1930	2	0	0	2	00.0%	[18]
Jimmy Elliott	1935	5	0	1	4	20.0%	[18]
Manuel Felipe Carrera	1943	6	4	1	1	66.7%	1943 CCCF Championship 2nd place[19]
Juan Francisco Aguirre	1946	5	3	1	1	60.0%	[19]
Juan Francisco Aguirre Manuel Felipe Carrera	1946	6	1	1	4	16.7%	[19]
José Alberto Cevasco	1948	8	3	4	1	37.5%	1948 CCCF Championship 2nd place[19][20]
Enrique Natalio Pascal Palomini	1950	6	3	1	2	50.0%	[21]
Juan Francisco Aguirre	1953
Alfredo Cuevas	1955–1957
José Alberto Cevasco	1960–1961
Lorenzo Ausina Tur	1963
César Viccino	1965
Rubén Amorín	1967						1967 CONCACAF 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 Wellmann	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						1995 UNCAF Nations Cup 2nd place
Juan Ramón Verón	1996	11	6	1	4	54.6%
Horacio Cordero	1996	18	7	5	6	48.1%
Miguel Angel Brindisi	1997–1998	23	9	11	3	39.1%	1997 UNCAF Nations Cup 2nd place
Carlos Bilardo Eduardo Luján Manera	1998	8	2	3	3	25.0%
Benjamín Monterroso	1999	11	4	2	5	36.4%	1999 UNCAF Nations Cup 2nd place
Carlos Miloc	2000	5	0	3	2	0.0%
Julio César Cortés	2000–2003	33	13	12	7	39.4%	2001 UNCAF Nations Cup 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup (Runner-up)
Víctor Manuel Aguado	2003	7	1	2	4	14.3%
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%
Ever Hugo Almeida	2010–2013	40	16	7	17	45.8%
Víctor Hugo Monzón	2013	4	0	1	3	11.1%
Sergio Pardo[22]	2013-2014	1	0	0	1	0.0%
Ivan Franco Sopegno	2014–2015	23	9	4	10	44.9%	2014 Copa Centroamericana (Runner-up)
Walter Claverí	2016–Present	6	2	2	2	50%

Honors

• CONCACAF Championship

Champions (1): 1967

Runner-up (2): 1965, 1969

• Copa Centroamericana

Champions (1): 2001

Runner-up (5): 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2014

Third Place (3): 1991, 2005, 2007

• CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Silver Medal (2):1976, 1988

• Pan American Games

Silver Medal (1): 1983

• U.S. Cup

Third Place (1): 1999

See also

• Liga Nacional de Guatemala

References

External links

• 
  Guatemala National Football Federation (in Spanish)
  


• 
  GuateFutbol.com (in Spanish)