Central American Football Union

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 (archived)

Member associations
Member associations
CodeAssociation
BLZ Belize
CRC Costa Rica
SLV El Salvador
GUA Guatemala
HON Honduras
NCA Nicaragua
PAN Panama
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Competitions
See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

Overview

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
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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Dates
National teams
Copa Centroamericana 2017  Honduras 4th  Panama TBA
U-23 Tournament 2015  Honduras Unknown Unknown TBA
U-20 Tournament 2022  Costa Rica 1st  El Salvador 2024
U-18 Tournament 2019  Costa Rica Unknown Unknown TBA
U-17 Tournament 2016  Costa Rica Unknown  Honduras TBA
U-16 Tournament 2022  Honduras 1st  Mexico TBA
U-15 Tournament 2023  Guatemala Unknown  Costa Rica TBA
Futsal Tournament 2016  Guatemala Unknown  Panama TBA
Futsal U20 Tournament 2022  Nicaragua 1st  Costa Rica TBA
Beach Soccer Cup 2018  El Salvador Unknown  Panama TBA
National teams (women)
Women's Copa Centroamericana 2018  Costa Rica Unknown  Panama TBA
Women's U-20 Tournament 2023  El Salvador 1st  Panama TBA
Women's U-17 Tournament 2017  Costa Rica Unknown  Panama TBA
Women's U-16 Tournament 2023  Costa Rica Unknown  Panama TBA
Club teams
Interclub Cup / Central American Cup 2007 Honduras Motagua 1st Costa Rica Saprissa 2023 1 August – 7 December
U-17 Interclub Cup 2022 Panama Plaza Amador 1st Honduras AFFI Academia TBD
Club teams (women)
Women's Interclub Championship 2022 Costa Rica Liga Deportiva Alajuelense Costa Rica Saprissa 2023 10-16 September

Major tournament records

National teams appearances in international tournaments
National teamWorld CupWomen's World CupGold CupWomen's Championship
Costa Rica Costa Rica 52112
Honduras Honduras 30110
El Salvador El Salvador 2081
Guatemala Guatemala 0091
Panama Panama 1182
Belize Belize 0010
Nicaragua Nicaragua 0020

See also

References
  1. "Digicel and the Central American Union of Football (UNCAF) launch the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2009". Digicel Football. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
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