Guatemala national football team
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The Guatemala national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Guatemala) represents Guatemala in men's international football and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it has been affiliated to FIFA since 1946, as a member of CONCACAF.
Nickname(s) | Los Chapines (The Chapines) La Bicolor (The Bicolor) La Furia Azul (The Blue Fury) La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White) Los Mayas (The Mayans) Los Hombres de Maíz (The Men of Maize) | ||
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Association | Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala (FEDEFUT) | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
Sub-confederation | UNCAF (Central America) | ||
Head coach | Luis Fernando Tena | ||
Captain | José Carlos Pinto | ||
Most caps | Carlos Ruiz (133)[1] | ||
Top scorer | Carlos Ruiz (68) | ||
Home stadium | Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores | ||
FIFA code | GUA | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 108 (4 April 2024)[2] | ||
Highest | 50 (August 2006) | ||
Lowest | 163 (November 1995) | ||
First international | |||
Guatemala 9–0 Honduras (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Guatemala 10–0 Anguilla (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 5 September 2019) Guatemala 10–0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 4 June 2021) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Costa Rica 9–1 Guatemala (San José, Costa Rica; 24 July 1955) | |||
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup | |||
Appearances | 20 (first in 1963) | ||
Best result | Champions (1967) |
The team has made three Olympic tournament appearances, competing at the 1968, 1976, and 1988 Olympic Games. Guatemala have yet to qualify for the 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. More recently, the team almost beat their best at the 2023 Gold Cup in fifth place. Guatemala has also earned a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. The national team kits are supplied by Umbro, which in the past have been supplied by Atletica, Adidas and Puma. Since the 2000s, Guatemala's home kit have featured a light blue sash on a white shirt. This design has become one of the more distinctive national team kits in CONCACAF.