Honduras

Association Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras Confederation CONCACAF Head coach Reinaldo Rueda Captain Amado Guevara Most caps Amado Guevara (134) Top scorer Carlos Pavón (57) Home stadium Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano FIFA code HON FIFA ranking 38 Highest FIFA ranking 20 (September 2002) Lowest FIFA ranking 95 (November 1998) Elo ranking 30 Highest Elo ranking 23 (September 2001) Lowest Elo ranking 104 (November 1971) Home colours Away colours First international  Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 Sept, 1921) Biggest win Honduras 13 - 0 Nicaragua  (San José, Costa Rica; 13 March 1946) Biggest defeat  Guatemala 10 - 1 Honduras (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 Sept, 1921) World Cup Appearances 1 (First in 1982) Best result Round 1, 1982 CONCACAF Gold Cup Appearances 15 (First in 1963) Best result 1st, 1981

The Honduran national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (founded in 1951). They are a rising team in CONCACAF, an ascent that started with their third place finish in the 2001 Copa América, where they were a late invitee, due to a withdrawal by Argentina one day prior to kickoff. In October 2009, they confirmed qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which will be their first appearance in the competition since 1982. History Honduras played its first game against Guatemala on September 14, 1921, where they lost by a large margin, 1-10. During their first appearance at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1930, Honduras posted a record of 2 wins and 3 losses. Their only wins came against Jamaica (5-1) and El Salvador (4-1), while they lost two games to Cuba and Costa Rica. The Football War started after losing a qualifying game for the 1970 World Cup against El Salvador and being eliminated. After massive rioting between fans, on 14 July 1969, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras. A cease fire was put in effect six days later. Honduras won the 1981 CONCACAF Championship. Honduras qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1982. They finished second in both the 1985 CONCACAF Championship and the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Honduras won the UNCAF Nations Cup twice in 1993 and 1995. In 2009, the team secured qualification to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.....

1981 CONCACAF Championship In 1981, Honduras hosted the CONCACAF championship. All the games were played at Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino. With a 4-0 win over Haiti, 2-0 win over Cuba, 2-1 victory over Canada, and 0-0 draws against El Salvador and Mexico, Honduras became CONCACAF champions. Results Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1  Honduras 8 5 3 2 0 8 1 7 2  El Salvador 6 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 3  Mexico 5 5 1 3 1 6 3 3 4  Canada 5 5 1 3 1 6 6 0 5  Cuba 4 5 1 2 2 4 8 -4 6  Haiti 2 5 0 2 3 2 9 -7 1982 FIFA World Cup Honduras qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in 1982. Despite getting draws against host Spain, 1-1, and Northern Ireland, 1-1, they could not come up with a win against Yugoslavia losing 0-1. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Northern Ireland 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4  Spain 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3  Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3  Honduras 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2 Copa América 2001 Since 1993, CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship, Copa América. Honduras took part as one of the last minute teams added for Copa América 2001. (Argentina dropped out one day before kickoff.) The team arrived only a few hours before the tournament's first game and with barely enough players. Despite the odds, Honduras progressed onto the quarter-final stage where they faced and defeated Brazil 2-0. In the semi-finals however, it was Colombia that knocked off Honduras, 0-2. UNCAF Nations Cup Honduras 2009 Group Stage In 2009, Honduras took part in UNCAF Nations Cup 2009. The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in Guatemala City. The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups. Costa Rica was paired with Panama and Guatemala, the first two runners-up from the UNCAF Nations Cup 2007. The remaining teams – El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize – were drawn into the same group as Honduras. Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Honduras 3 3 0 0 8 2 6 9  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4  Nicaragua 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 2  Belize 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1 Despite going undefeated in the group stage, Honduras lost a heartbreaker on January 30 to Panama during the semi-finals, losing 0-1. In the third place match, they defeated El Salvador 1-0 on a Roger Espinoza goal. 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup After finishing third in UNCAF Nations Cup 2009, Honduras qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. It was their ninth ever appearance since its inception in 1991. Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7  Honduras 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6  Haiti 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4  Grenada 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0 Knockout Stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                     18 July – Philadelphia           Canada  0 23 July – Chicago   Honduras  1     Honduras  0 18 July – Philadelphia       United States  2     United States (a.e.t.)  2 26 July – East Rutherford, New Jersey   Panama  1     United States  0 19 July – Arlington         Mexico  5   Guadeloupe  1 23 July – Chicago   Costa Rica  5     Costa Rica  1 (3) 19 July – Arlington       Mexico (a.e.t. p.s.o.)  1 (5)     Mexico  4   Haiti  0     2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Fourth Round Standings Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  United States 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20  Mexico 10 6 1 3 18 12 +6 19  Honduras 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16  Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 15 0 16  El Salvador 10 2 2 6 9 15 -6 8  Trinidad and Tobago 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 6   Costa Rica  – 1–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 3–1 El Salvador  1–0 – 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 Honduras  4–0 1–0 – 3–1 4–1 2–3 Mexico  2 –0 4–1 1–0 – 2–1 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago  2–3 1–0 1–1 2–2 – 0–1 United States  2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 – The United States, Mexico and Honduras qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica advanced to the CONMEBOL/CONCACAF play-off. New kit Honduras wore new jerseys for the entire hexagonal round. 2010 FIFA World Cup On October 14, 2009, Honduras qualified to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after a 1–0 win against El Salvador gave them the third automatic qualifying spot from the Fourth Round of CONCACAF Qualifying. Honduras will face Chile, Spain, and Switzerland, respectively. 2010 FIFA World Cup Group H Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stadium Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano Honduras plays the majority of its home games at Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula. El Olímpico was built in 1997, and has a capacity of 45,000. Aside from being the home of the national team, it was the home of the 1997 Central American Olympics and is currently the home of C.D. Marathón. When not playing at the Estadio Olimpico, the national team also plays at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. Tiburcio Carías Andino opened on March 15, 1948, and seats 35,000 people. Fixtures and Results Upcoming fixtures Date Tournament Location Home Team Away Team June 16, 2010 2010 World Cup Nelspruit,  South Africa  Honduras  Chile June 21, 2010 2010 World Cup Johannesburg,  South Africa  Spain  Honduras June 25, 2010 2010 World Cup Bloemfontein,  South Africa  Switzerland  Honduras Results Date Tournament Location Home Team Score Away Team Honduras scorers June 5, 2010 Friendly Sankt Veit an der Glan,  Austria  Honduras 0:3  Romania None June 2, 2010 Friendly Zell Am See,  Austria  Honduras 0:0  Azerbaijan None May 27, 2010 Friendly Villach,  Austria  Honduras 2:2  Belarus J. Leon  25', G. Welcome  71' April 21, 2010 Friendly San Pedro Sula,  Honduras  Honduras 0:1  Venezuela None March 3, 2010 Friendly Istanbul,  Turkey  Turkey 2:0  Honduras None January 23, 2010 Friendly Carson,  United States  United States 1:3  Honduras C. Pavón  19', J. Palacios  37' R. Espinoza  51' November 18, 2009 Friendly Miami Gardens,  United States  Honduras 1:2  Peru D. Suazo  46' November 14, 2009 Friendly Tegucigalpa,  Honduras  Honduras 2:1  Latvia C. Costly  42', G. Welcome  87' October 14, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier San Salvador,  El Salvador  El Salvador 0:1  Honduras C. Pavón  64' October 10, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier San Pedro Sula,  Honduras  Honduras 2:3  United States de León  46', 77' September 9, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier Mexico City,  Mexico  Mexico 1:0  Honduras None September 5, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier San Pedro Sula,  Honduras  Honduras 4:1  Trinidad and Tobago C. Pavón  20', 29', A. Guevara  61', D. Suazo  83' August 12, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier San Pedro Sula,  Honduras  Honduras 4:0  Costa Rica C. Costly  30', 90+2', C. Pavón  50', M. Valladares  90' July 23, 2009 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Chicago,  United States  Honduras 0:2  United States None July 18, 2009 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Philadelphia,  United States  Canada 0:1  Honduras W. Martínez  35' (pen.) July 11, 2009 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Foxborough,  United States  Honduras 4:0  Grenada W. Martínez  1', R. Espinoza  24', M. Valladares  56', C. Costly  67' July 8, 2009 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Washington DC,  United States  United States 2:0  Honduras None July 4, 2009 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Seattle,  United States  Haiti 0:1  Honduras C. Costly  76' June 28, 2009 Friendly Cary,  United States  Panama 0:2  Honduras A. Lalín  21', E. Norales  54' June 10, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier San Pedro Sula,  Honduras  Honduras 1:0  El Salvador C. Pavón  14' June 6, 2009 2010 World Cup Qualifier Chicago,  United States  United States 2:1  Honduras C. Costly  5' Results within the last 12 months. Players Current squad The following players were named in the final 23-man squad to travel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June. Caps and goals current as of May 4, 2010 No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Ricardo Canales 30 May 1982 (1982-05-30) (age 28) 3 0 Motagua 18 GK Noel Valladares 3 May 1977 (1977-05-03) (age 33) 72 0 Olimpia 22 GK Donis Escober 3 February 1980 (1980-02-03) (age 30) 11 0 Olimpia 2 DF Osman Chávez 29 July 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 25) 28 0 Platense 3 DF Maynor Figueroa 2 May 1983 (1983-05-02) (age 27) 67 2 Wigan Athletic 4 DF Johnny Palacios 20 December 1986 (1986-12-20) (age 23) 5 0 Olimpia 5 DF Víctor Bernárdez 24 May 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 28) 42 2 Anderlecht 14 DF Oscar Boniek García 4 September 1984 (1984-09-04) (age 25) 44 2 Olimpia 16 DF Mauricio Sabillón 11 November 1978 (1978-11-11) (age 31) 25 0 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown 21 DF Emilio Izaguirre 10 May 1986 (1986-05-10) (age 24) 41 1 Motagua 23 DF Sergio Mendoza 23 May 1981 (1981-05-23) (age 29) 48 1 Motagua 6 MF Hendry Thomas 23 February 1985 (1985-02-23) (age 25) 41 2 Wigan Athletic 7 MF Ramón Núñez 14 November 1984 (1984-11-14) (age 25) 18 3 Olimpia 8 MF Wilson Palacios 29 July 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 25) 70 4 Tottenham Hotspur 10 MF Julio César de León 13 September 1979 (1979-09-13) (age 30) 76 15 Torino 13 MF Roger Espinoza October 25, 1986 (1986-10-25) (age 23) 11 3 Kansas City Wizards 17 MF Edgar Álvarez 9 January 1980 (1980-01-09) (age 30) 48 3 Bari 19 MF Danilo Turcios 8 May 1978 (1978-05-08) (age 32) 83 7 Olimpia 20 MF Amado Guevara 2 May 1976 (1976-05-02) (age 34) 134 29 Motagua 9 FW Carlos Pavon 19 October 1973 (1973-10-19) (age 36) 100 57 Real España 11 FW David Suazo 5 November 1979 (1979-11-05) (age 30) 52 16 Genoa 12 FW Georgie Welcome 9 March 1985 (1985-03-09) (age 25) 14 4 Motagua 15 FW Walter Martínez 29 March 1982 (1982-03-29) (age 28) 35 11 Marathón Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to the Honduran squad in the last 12 months. No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Kevin Hernández 21 December 1985 (1985-12-21) (age 24) 2 0 Real España DF Johnny Leverón 7 February 1990 (1990-02-07) (age 20) 0 0 Motagua DF Erick Norales 11 February 1985 (1985-02-11) (age 25) 18 2 Marathón DF Mario Beata 17 October 1974 (1974-10-17) (age 35) 17 0 Marathón DF Samuel Caballero 24 December 1974 (1974-12-24) (age 35) 71 11 Changchun Yatai DF Nery Medina 5 August 1981 (1981-08-05) (age 28) 9 0 Real España DF Carlos Palacios 30 January 1982 (1982-01-30) (age 28) 4 0 Real España MF Melvin Valladares 14 July 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 25) 14 2 Real España MF Mariano Acevedo 9 January 1983 (aged 26) 10 1 Marathón MF Miguel Castillo December 1, 1986 (1986-12-01) (age 23) 6 0 Motagua MF Marvin Chávez November 3, 1983 (1983-11-03) (age 26) 17 1 FC Dallas MF Luis Arcangel Ramos Colon November 4, 1985 (1985-11-04) (age 24) 0 0 Debreceni VSC MF Mauricio Castro August 11, 1981 (1981-08-11) (age 28) 0 0 New England Revolution MF Emil Martínez September 10, 1982 (1982-09-10) (age 27) 0 0 Indios de Ciudad Juarez MF Rigoberto Padilla December 1, 1985 (1985-12-01) (age 24) 3 0 Olimpia MF Allan Lalín 5 January 1981 (1981-01-05) (age 29) 9 1 FK Khazar Lankaran MF Mario Roberto Martínez 30 July 1989 (1989-07-30) (age 20) 0 0 Anderlecht MF Luis López 29 August 1986 (1986-08-29) (age 23) 1 0 Marathón MF Carlos Will Mejía 29 September 1983 (1983-09-29) (age 26) 12 1 Marathón MF Jerry Palacios 1 November 1981 (1981-11-01) (age 28) 11 4 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown MF Andy Najar 16 March 1993 (1993-03-16) (age 17) 0 0 D.C. United FW Jerry Bengtson 8 April 1987 (1987-04-08) (age 23) 1 0 C.D.S. Vida FW Carlo Costly 18 July 1982 (1982-07-18) (age 27) 39 14 FC Vaslui Most capped As of June 15, 2010, the players with the most caps for Honduras are: # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Amado Guevara 1994– 134 29 2 Carlos Pavón 1993– 100 57 3 Milton Núñez 1994- 88 34 4 Iván Guerrero 1999– 83 4 5 Danilo Turcios 1999– 83 7 6 Julio César de León 1999– 76 15 7 Noel Valladares 2000- 72 0 8 Samuel Caballero 1998- 71 11 9 Wilson Palacios 2003- 70 4 10 Maynor Figueroa 2003- 67 2 Top Goalscorers Rank Player Years with team No. of goals 1 Carlos Pavón 1993— 57 2 Wilmer Velásquez 1996—2007 35 3 Milton Núñez 1994— 34 4 Amado Guevara 1994— 29 5 Saul Martínez 2001—2008 18 6 David Suazo 1999— 16 7 Julio César de León 1999— 14 8 Carlo Costly 2007— 14 9 Jairo Martínez 1998— 13 10 Samuel Caballero 1998— 11 Previous Squads 1982 FIFA World Cup squad Copa América 2001 squad Coaches Manager Years Flavio Ortega 1991–1992, 2006 Estanislao Malinowski 1993–1994 Carlos Carranza 1995–1996 Miguel Company 1997–1998 Ramón Maradiaga 1999–2002 Bora Milutinovic 2003–2004 José de la Paz Herrera 2005 Reinaldo Rueda 2006- Records Competitive record FIFA World Cup YEAR P W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1930 - 1978 Did not qualify 1982 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 -1 Group phase 1986 - 2006 Did not qualify 2010 Qualified TOTALS 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 -1 - CONCACAF Gold Cup YEAR G W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1991 5 3 2 0 12 3 8 +9 2nd 1993 3 1 0 2 6 5 2 +1 Group phase 1996 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 -7 Group phase 1998 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 -4 Group phase 2000 3 2 0 1 7 5 6 +2 Quarterfinals 2002 Did not qualify 2003 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 -1 Group phase 2005 5 3 1 1 8 6 10 +2 3rd 2007 4 2 0 2 10 6 6 +4 Quarterfinals 2009 5 3 0 2 6 4 9 +2 3rd TOTALS 31 14 4 13 52 44 42 +8 - UNCAF Nations Cup YEAR G W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1991 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 0 2nd 1993 3 3 0 0 7 0 6 +7 Champions 1995 4 3 1 0 8 1 10 +7 Champions 1997 5 2 1 2 8 5 7 +3 4th 1999 5 4 0 1 11 5 12 +6 3rd 2001 3 1 1 1 12 5 4 +7 Group phase 2003 5 1 1 3 4 5 4 -1 4th 2005 5 3 2 0 12 3 11 +9 2nd 2007 3 1 1 1 11 5 4 +6 5th 2009 5 4 0 1 9 3 12 +6 3rd TOTALS 43 24 8 11 87 37 75 +50 - CONMEBOL Copa América YEAR G W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1916 - 1999 Uninvited 2001 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 +2 3rd 2004 - 2007 Uninvited TOTALS 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 +2 - Pan American Games YEAR G W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1951 - 1987 Did not qualify 1991 5 1 1 3 6 11 3 -5 4th 1995 6 1 2 3 8 10 5 -2 4th 1999 6 5 0 1 13 6 15 +7 2nd 2003 Did not qualify 2007 3 1 0 2 4 7 3 -3 Group phase TOTALS 20 8 3 9 31 34 26 -3 - Central American and Caribbean Games YEAR G W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1930 5 2 0 3 9 22 4 -13 3rd 1935 5 1 1 3 6 20 3 -14 5th 1938 - 1946 Didn't participate 1950 6 3 0 3 7 6 6 +1 3rd 1954 - 1982 Didn't participate 1986 5 4 1 0 7 1 9 +6 2nd 1990 - 1998 Didn't participate 2002 3 1 0 2 4 5 3 -1 Quarterfinals 2006 7 5 0 2 16 8 15 +8 4th 2010 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 -1 Preliminary Round TOTALS 33 16 3 14 49 63 41 -14 - Central American Games YEAR G W D L F A PTS +/- FINISH 1973 - 1977 Did not qualify 1986 3 2 0 1 6 1 4 +5 2nd 1990 4 3 0 1 8 2 6 +6 Champions 1994 3 3 0 0 16 4 9 +12 Champions 1997 4 2 1 1 6 3 7 +3 3rd 2001 6 4 1 1 9 5 13 +4 2nd 2005 Canceled 2010 TBD TOTALS 20 14 2 4 45 15 39 +30 - Youth team records Record versus other nations As of 2010-06-05 2 points per win Nation Pld W D L = "50" | GF GA GD Pts  Antigua and Barbuda 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 2  Argentina 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0  Aruba 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1  Azerbaijan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1  Barbados 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 2  Belarus 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1  Belize 4 4 0 0 13 2 +11 8  Bolivia 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 4  Brazil 5 1 1 3 6 16 -10 3  Canada 18 9 4 5 29 23 +6 22  Chile 5 2 0 3 10 11 -1 4  China PR 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 2  Colombia 13 6 4 3 13 9 +4 16  Korea Republic 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0  Costa Rica 50 15 15 20 66 95 -29 45  Cuba 12 5 2 5 21 23 -2 12  Curaçao 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1  Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 4 -2 3  Dominican Republic 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 2  Ecuador 9 2 5 2 9 8 +1 9  El Salvador 52 28 13 11 85 51 +34 69  Finland 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0  Grenada 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 2  Guadeloupe 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0  Guatemala 35 12 16 7 43 42 +1 40  Haiti 14 9 1 4 29 12 +17 19  Jamaica 19 10 4 5 38 17 +21 24  Japan 2 0 1 1 7 8 -1 1  Latvia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 2  Martinique 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 2  Mexico 28 5 5 18 22 55 -33 15  Netherlands Antilles 11 5 3 3 24 20 +4 13  Nicaragua 12 11 1 0 46 6 +40 23  Northern Ireland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1  Norway 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0  Panama 35 23 5 7 63 19 +44 51  Paraguay 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 4  Peru 7 2 3 2 10 10 0 7  Puerto Rico 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 3  Romania 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 6 0 0 36 4 +32 12  Slovenia 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 2  Spain 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1  Suriname 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 4  Trinidad and Tobago 15 7 6 2 24 15 +9 20  Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0  Uruguay 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3  United States 18 4 3 11 20 32 -12 11  Venezuela 8 2 2 4 7 8 -1 6  Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0  Zambia 1 1 0 0 7 1 +6 2 Totals 423 183 109 131 680 539 +141 475 Titles CONCACAF Championship: 1 1981 UNCAF Nations Cup: 2 1993, 1995 Source : wikipedia