Honduras_national_football

Honduras national football team

Honduras

Nickname(s) Catrachos
La Bicolor
La H

Association Federación Nacional Autónoma
de Fútbol de Honduras

Confederation CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach Reynaldo Rueda

Captain Amado Guevara

Most caps Amado Guevara (115)

Top scorer Carlos Pavón (46)

Home stadium Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano

FIFA code HON

FIFA ranking 46

Highest FIFA ranking 20 (September 2002)

Lowest FIFA ranking 53 (November 1998)

Elo ranking 42

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 8 (First in 1991)

Best result Second place, 1991

The Honduras national football team, nicknamed Los Catrachos, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras. They are a rising power 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 late withdrawal by Argentina one day prior to kickoff. Also the new mascot for the National Team is named El Catrachin.

1 History
- 1.1 Copa América
2 Records
3 Fixtures and Results
- 3.1 Upcoming fixtures
4 Current Squad
- 4.1 Recent Call-Ups
5 Records versus other nations
- 5.1 Percentages
6 Notable players
7 Notable coaches
8 Facts
9 External links
10 Titles

History

Honduras qualified for the World Cup finals once, in 1982, getting draws against host Spain and Northern Ireland. Their best finish in the CONCACAF Gold Cup was second in 1991. Honduras won the UNCAF Nations Cup twice, in 1993 and 1995.

The Football War started after a qualifying game for the 1970 World Cup against El Salvador. After massive rioting between the fans, on 14 July 1969, the Salvadoran army launched an attack against Honduras. A cease fire was put in effect six days later.

Copa América

Starting from 1993, CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship, Copa América. Honduras has taken part as one of the invited teams once as last minute replacement in 2001 because Argentina dropped out one day before kickoff. The team arrived with barely enough players after the tournament started and only a few hours before its first game. Despite the odds, Honduras progressed onto the quarter-final stage where they faced and defeated a less than full-strength Brazil.

Records

YEAR	G	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	+/-	FINISH
FIFA World Cup
1930 - 1978	Did Not Qualify
1982	3	0	2	1	2	3	2	-1	Group phase
1986 - 2006	Did Not Qualify
2010	TBD
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	TBD
TOTALS	26	11	4	11	46	40	33	+6	-
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	TBD
TOTALS	38	20	8	10	78	34	63	+44	-
CONMEBOL America Cup
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
2011	TBD
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	TBD
TOTALS	31	16	2	13	49	62	40	-13	-
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
2009	TBD
TOTALS	20	14	2	4	45	15	39	+30	-

Fixtures and Results

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
19 November 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	1:0	Mexico	Osorio 52' (o.g)
15 October 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Kingston	Jamaica	1:0	Honduras	Shelton 15'
11 October 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	3:1	Canada	W. Martinez 9', Costly 65', Thomas 90'
10 September 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	2:0	Jamaica	R. Núñez 60', Guevara 73 (pen)'
6 September 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Montreal	Canada	1:2	Honduras	R. Núñez 47',56'
20 August 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Mexico City	Mexico	2:1	Honduras	de León 37'
June 14, 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Bayamon	Puerto Rico	2:2	Honduras	D. Suazo 23', Palacios 52'
June 7, 2008	Friendly	La Ceiba	Honduras	3:1	Haiti	W. Martínez 21', D. Suazo 56', Guevara 63'
June 4, 2008	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	4:0	Puerto Rico	León 25', Palacios 51', D. Suazo 52', 90+2'
May 30, 2008	Friendly	Fort Lauderdale	Venezuela	1:1	Honduras	Mendoza 1'
22 May 2008	Friendly	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	2:0	Belize	V. Bernárdez (pen) 3', Welcome 11'
26 March 2008	Friendly	Fort Lauderdale	Colombia	1:2	Honduras	D. Suazo 19', Thomas 63'
6 February 2008	Friendly	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	2:0	Paraguay	Guevara 49' (pen), Costly 55'
17 November 2007	Friendly	Miami Gardens	Guatemala	0:1	Honduras	W. Martínez 19'
14 October 2007	Friendly	Tegucigalpa	Honduras	1:0	Panama	W. Martínez 56'
12 September 2007	Friendly	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	2:1	Ecuador	León 75', D. Suazo 81'
9 September 2007	Friendly	Hartford	Costa Rica	0:0	Honduras

Upcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Away Team
February 11, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Jose	Costa Rica	Honduras
March 28, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Honduras
April 1, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	Mexico
June 6, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	TBD	United States	Honduras
June 10, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	TBD	Honduras	El Salvador
August 12, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	TBD	Honduras	Costa Rica
September 5, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	TBD	Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago
September 9, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	Mexico DF	Mexico	Honduras
October 10, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Pedro Sula	Honduras	United States
October 14, 2009	2010 World Cup Qualifier	San Salvador	El Salvador	Honduras

Current Squad

Team that was called up for games against Mexico. Caps and goals current as of November 19, 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	John Alston Bodden	October 30, 1981 (1981-10-30) (age 27)	4	0	CD Victoria
18	GK	Noel Valladares	May 3, 1977 (1977-05-03) (age 31)	54	0	CD Olimpia
	GK	Victor Coello	April 10, 1974 (1974-04-10) (age 34)	30	0	CD Marathón

3	DF	Maynor Figueroa	May 2, 1983 (1983-05-02) (age 25)	58	2	Wigan Athletic F.C.
5	DF	Víctor Bernárdez	May 14, 1982 (1982-05-14) (age 26)	35	2	CD Motagua
6	DF	Sergio Mendoza	May 23, 1981 (1981-05-23) (age 27)	45	1	CD Olimpia
2	DF	Osman Chávez	July 29, 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 24)	8	0	CD Platense
	DF	Nery Medina	August 5, 1981 (1981-08-05) (age 27)	1	0	Real España
12	MF	Iván Guerrero	November 30, 1977 (1977-11-30) (age 30)	75	4	D.C. United

7	MF	Amado Guevara (captain)	May 2, 1976 (1976-05-02) (age 32)	115	24	Toronto FC
8	MF	Wilson Palacios	July 29, 1984 (1984-07-29) (age 24)	58	4	Wigan Athletic F.C.
4	MF	Hendry Thomas	February 23, 1985 (1985-02-23) (age 23)	21	2	CD Olimpia
10	MF	Ramón Núñez	November 14, 1985 (1985-11-14) (age 23)	13	3	CD Olimpia
	MF	Emil Martínez	September 9, 1982 (1982-09-09) (age 26)	45	2	Shanghai Shenhua

13	FW	Carlos Costly	July 17, 1982 (1982-07-17) (age 26)	22	6	GKS Bełchatów
15	FW	Walter Martínez	March 28, 1982 (1982-03-28) (age 26)	16	6	Beijing Guoan
9	FW	David Suazo	November 5, 1979 (1979-11-05) (age 29)	42	14	Benfica
15	FW	Saul Martínez	January 29, 1976 (1976-01-29) (age 32)	31	13	CD Marathón

Recent Call-Ups

The following players have been called up to the Honduran squad in 07'-08'.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	FW	Carlos Will Mejía	September 29, 1983	5	1	CD Marathón (v. Jamaica on October 15)
11	FW	Milton Núñez	November 30, 1972	86	35	CD Marathón (v. Jamaica on October 15)
17	MF	Danilo Turcios	May 8, 1978	63	7	CD Olimpia (v. Jamaica on October 15)
	MF	Rigoberto Padilla	December 1, 1986	2	0	Hispano FC (v. Jamaica on October 15)
	MF	Reynaldo Tilguath	August 4, 1979			CD Motagua (v. Jamaica on October 15)
4	MF	Miguel Castillo	December 1, 1986	3	0	CD Motagua (v. Jamaica on October 15)
2	DF	Emilio Izaguirre	October 5, 1986	21	1	CD Motagua (v. Jamaica on October 15)
14	DF	Oscar Bonieck Garcia	September 4, 1984	32	0	CD Olimpia (v. Jamaica on October 15)
16	MF	Edgar Alvarez	January 9, 1980	41	3	Pisa Calcio (v. Jamaica on September 10)
	MF	Marvin Chávez	November 3, 1983	5	0	CD Marathón (v. Jamaica on September 10)
10	MF	Julio Cesar de Leon	September 13, 1983	66	12	Parma F.C. (v Mexico on August 20)
4	DF	Mario Beata	October 17, 1974	12	0	CD Marathón (v. Puerto Rico on June 14)
16	FW	Allan Lalín	January 5, 1981	3	0	Real España (v. Puerto Rico on June 14)
	GK	Kevin Hernández	December 21, 1985	2	0	C.A. Bella Vista (v. Haiti on June 7)
	FW	George Welcome	March 9, 1985	2	1	CD Motagua (v. Haiti on June 7)
	DF	Astor Henriquez	February 26, 1983	9	0	CD Marathón (v. Colombia on March 26)
	DF	Johnny Calderón	July 23, 1983	1	0	CD Olimpia (v. Paraguay on February 6)
	MF	Mariano Acevedo	March 2, 1983	1	0	CD Marathón (v. Paraguay on February 6)
	MF	Carlos Oliva	July 28, 1979	18	3	CD Marathón (v. Paraguay on February 6)
	FW	Mitchel Brown	July 16, 1981	1	0	Qingdao Jonoon (v. Paraguay on February 6)
	FW	Melvin Valladares	July 14, 1984	3	0	Real España (v. Paraguay on February 6)
	GK	Júnior Morales		0	0	CD Platense
	GK	Donaldo Morales	October 13, 1982	2	0	CD Motagua
	GK	Obed Enamorado		0	0	CD Vida
	DF	Samuel Caballero	December 24, 1974	64	11	Changchun Yatai
	DF	Erick Norales	November 2, 1985	1	0	CD Marathón
	DF	Quiarol Arzú	March 3, 1985	0	0	CD Platense
	DF	David Molina	March 13, 1988	1	0	CD Motagua
	DF	Óscar Andrés Morales	May 12, 1986	0	0	Real España
	MF	Esdras Padilla		0	0	CD Motagua
	MF	Walter Hernández	December 28, 1978	12	1	CD Olimpia
	MF	Jorge Claros	January 8, 1986	15	1	CD Motagua
	MF	Misael Ruiz	December 20, 1986	0	0	CD Platense
	MF	Bany Lozano		0	0	CD Platense
	MF	Mario Rodríguez	July 31, 1975	20	0	Real España
	MF	Elkin González	September 29, 1980	12	0	Real España

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