Central American Football Union
Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol | |
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| Abbreviation | UNCAF |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1990[1] |
| Type | Sports organization |
| Membership | 7 national associations |
| Rafael Tinoco | |
| Website | uncafut.com |
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.
Member associations
[edit | edit source]| Code | Association |
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| BLZ | File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize |
| CRC | File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica |
| SLV | File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador |
| GUA | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala |
| HON | File:Flag of Honduras (2022–present).svg Honduras |
| NCA | File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua |
| PAN | File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama |
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Competitions
[edit | edit source]Overview
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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
[edit | edit source]- Copa Centroamericana – Was the International tournament for Central America, top 4–5 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Club teams
[edit | edit source]- Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Was a club championship for Central America in which the top 3 teams qualified for CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
- UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship – First edition held in 2016.
UNCAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.
Current title holders
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Major tournament records
[edit | edit source]National teams appearances in international tournaments
[edit | edit source]| National team | World Cup | Women's World Cup | Gold Cup | Women's Championship | W Gold Cup |
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| Costa Rica Costa Rica | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Honduras Honduras | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| El Salvador El Salvador | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Guatemala Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Panama Panama | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Belize Belize | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicaragua Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
See also
[edit | edit source]- CONCACAF Central American Cup
- Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
- North American Football Union (NAFU)
- North American Football Confederation (NAFC)
- Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)
References
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External links
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