Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana

Founded	1991
Region	Central America (UNCAF)
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Honduras (3rd time)
Most successful team	Costa Rica (6 times)
2011 Copa Centroamericana

The Copa Centroamericana is a biennial association football tournament, held for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The tournament has been held since 1991 as the UNCAF Nations Cup (until 2010) and doubles as a qualifying event for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The competition was re-branded as the Copa Centroamericana from the 2011 edition.

All participating nations are affiliated to UNCAF (Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol).

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Third	Fourth
UNCAF Nations Cup era
1991	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Honduras	Guatemala	El Salvador
	Final standings: CRC 6, HON 3, GUA 2, SLV 1.
1993	Honduras	Honduras	Costa Rica	Panama	El Salvador
	Final standings: HON 6, CRC 4, PAN 1, SLV 1.
1995	El Salvador	Honduras	Guatemala	El Salvador	Costa Rica
	Final: GUA 0–3 HON; Third place: SLV 2–1 CRC.
1997	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras
	Final standings: CRC 7, GUA 7, SLV 1, HON 1.
1999	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Honduras	El Salvador
	Final standings: CRC 6, GUA 6, HON 6, SLV 0.
2001	Honduras	Guatemala	Costa Rica	El Salvador	Panama
	Final standings: GUA 7, CRC 4, SLV 3, PAN 1.
2003	Panama	Costa Rica	Guatemala	El Salvador	Honduras
	Final standings: CRC 13, GUA 10, SLV 9, HON 4.
2005	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Honduras	Guatemala	Panama
	Final: CRC 1–1 (7–6 pen.) HON; Third place: GUA 3–0 PAN.
2007	El Salvador	Costa Rica	Panama	Guatemala	El Salvador
	Final: CRC 1–1 (4–1 pen.) PAN; Third place: SLV 0–1 GUA.
2009	Honduras	Panama	Costa Rica	Honduras	El Salvador
	Final: CRC 0–0 (3–5 pen.) PAN; Third place: HON 1–0 SLV.
Copa Centroamericana era
2011	Panama	Honduras	Costa Rica	Panama	El Salvador
	Final: CRC 1–2 HON; Third place: PAN 0–0 (5–4 pen.) SLV.
2013	TBD	—	—	—	—
	Final:; Third place:

Performance by teams

Nation	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Years champion
Costa Rica	6	4	0	1	1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007
Honduras	3	2	2	2	1993, 1995, 2011
Guatemala	1	4	3	0	2001
Panama	1	1	2	2	2009
El Salvador	0	0	4	6	-
Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	-
Belize	0	0	0	0	-

Historic

• From 1991–2011

Pos.	Team	P	W	T	L	F	A	D
1	Costa Rica	48	29	11	8	92	30	+62
2	Honduras	47	27	9	11	95	40	+55
3	Guatemala	43	20	11	12	53	39	+14
4	El Salvador	50	17	11	22	51	63	–12
5	Panama	39	13	9	17	36	44	–8
6	Nicaragua	31	4	3	24	22	92	–70
7	Belize	20	0	4	16	15	55	–40

External links

• RSSSF archive