Central American Football Union

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The 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.

Central American Football Union
Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol
AbbreviationUNCAF
Formation1990[1]
TypeSports organization
Membership
7 national associations
Rafael Tinoco
Websiteuncafut.com

Member associations

Member associations
CodeAssociation
BLZ  Belize
CRC  Costa Rica
SLV  El Salvador
GUA  Guatemala
HON  Honduras
NCA  Nicaragua
PAN  Panama

Competitions

Overview

Older logo

The UNCAF organize various competitions. The Copa Centroamericana was played every two years from 1991 until 2017, and usually featured the seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, winning the tournament eight times. Honduras won the tournament four times while Guatemala and Panama won once each. This tournament usually ran as a qualification round for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The UNCAF also ran the Copa Interclubes UNCAF, a competition for the champions and runners-up of the domestic leagues of the UNCAF members; C.D. Motagua (Honduras) was the last champion (2007). Similarly to the Copa Centroamericana, this competition qualified three teams to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. As it expanded into the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008, all of the Central American nations have at least one team and the Copa Interclubes UNCAF was disbanded.

National teams

Club teams

UNCAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Current title holders

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext editionDates
National teams
Copa Centroamericana2017  Honduras4th  PanamaAbolished
U-23 Tournament2015  HondurasUnknownUnknownTBA
U-20 Tournament2024  Guatemala1st  Panama
U-18 Tournament2019  Costa RicaUnknownUnknownTBA
U-17 Tournament2016  Costa RicaUnknown  Honduras2024
U-16 Tournament2024  Guatemala1st  HondurasTBA
U-15 Tournament2023  GuatemalaUnknown  Costa RicaTBA
Futsal Tournament2016  GuatemalaUnknown  PanamaTBA
Futsal U20 Tournament2022  Nicaragua1st  Costa RicaTBA
Beach Soccer Cup2018  El SalvadorUnknown  PanamaTBA
National teams (women)
Women's Copa Centroamericana2018  Costa RicaUnknown  PanamaTBA
Women's U-20 Tournament2023  El Salvador1st  PanamaTBA
Women's U-17 Tournament2017  Costa RicaUnknown  PanamaTBA
Women's U-16 Tournament2023  Costa RicaUnknown  PanamaTBA
Club teams
Interclub Cup / Central American Cup2007 Motagua1st Saprissa20231 August – 7 December
U-17 Interclub Cup2022 Plaza Amador1st AFFI AcademiaTBD
Club teams (women)
Women's Interclub Championship2022 Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Saprissa202310–16 September

Major tournament records

National teams appearances in international tournaments

National teamWorld CupWomen's World CupGold CupWomen's ChampionshipConcacaf W Gold Cup
Costa Rica521121
Honduras301100
El Salvador20811
Guatemala00910
Panama11821
Belize00100
Nicaragua00200

See also

References