Central American Football Union
- Central American Football Union
Infobox Organization
name=Central American Football Union "Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol"
caption=Logo of UNCAF
type=Sports organisation
size=128px
membership=7 member associations
formation=
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headquarters=
leader_title=President
leader_name= Rafael Tinoco
website= http://www.uncafut.comThe Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its member associations are part of CONCACAF.
The UNCAF organize various competitions, the UNCAF Nations Cup is played every two years, starting in 1991, and usually feature the 7 national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team and reigning champion, winning the cup 6 times (1991,1997,1999,2003, 2005, and 2007). Honduras has won the cup twice (1993 and 1995). Guatemala won the tournament in 2001. This tournament usually runs as a qualification round for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The UNCAF also runs the Copa Interclubes UNCAF, a competition for the champions and runners-up of the domestic leagues of the UNCAF members; C.D. Motagua (Honduras) is the current Champion (2007). Similarly to the UNCAF Nations Cup, this competition qualify 3 teams to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
Competitions
National teams
*UNCAF Nations Cup - International cup for Central America, top 5 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
*UNCAF U-16 Tournaments
Club teams
*Copa Interclubes UNCAF - Club championship for Central America, top 3 teams qualify for CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
See also
* CONCACAF
* CFU
* NAFC
* CCCF
External links
* [http://www.uncafut.com Official site] (in Spanish)
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