Association Football is the official name of the Guatemala soccer
team that represents Guatemala in international matches and it falls
under the direct command of Federacion Nacional de Futbol de Guatemala.
Association Football was established in 1919 became a member of the
CONCACAF and it became a FIFA associate in 1946.
Even though the team did not qualify even once for the World Cup, it did make three Olympic game appearances in return. They were able to participate in the 1968 Olympics, 1976 and then managed to enter the Olympics game again in 1988.
Their highest achievement to date is the UNCAF Nations Cup where they became champion in 2001. Guatemala also won the 1967 3rd CONCACAF Championship. They emerged as fourth placer in the 1996 run of CONCACAF Gold Cup and it was considered as the team's top performance. Another good performance of the team that brought them a silver medal was in 1983 at the Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela.
One of the most notable events in the soccer world that the country had hosted is the FIFA Futsal World Championship in the year 2000. It is the only international soccer episode that the country had been able to host and nothing more.
The current line up of the national Guatemala soccer team includes goal keepers Luis Pedro Molina and Luis Trigueño Foster, forwards Edwin Villatoro, Selvin Motta, Dwight Pezzarossi and Mario Rodriguez, mid fielderts Marvin Avila, Leonel Noriega, Freddy Thompson, Rigoberto Gomez and Jose Manuel Contreras and defensive players that includes Jaime Vides, Christian Noriega, Pablo Melgar, Yony Flores and Gustavo Cabrera respectively.
Even though the team did not qualify even once for the World Cup, it did make three Olympic game appearances in return. They were able to participate in the 1968 Olympics, 1976 and then managed to enter the Olympics game again in 1988.
Their highest achievement to date is the UNCAF Nations Cup where they became champion in 2001. Guatemala also won the 1967 3rd CONCACAF Championship. They emerged as fourth placer in the 1996 run of CONCACAF Gold Cup and it was considered as the team's top performance. Another good performance of the team that brought them a silver medal was in 1983 at the Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela.
One of the most notable events in the soccer world that the country had hosted is the FIFA Futsal World Championship in the year 2000. It is the only international soccer episode that the country had been able to host and nothing more.
The current line up of the national Guatemala soccer team includes goal keepers Luis Pedro Molina and Luis Trigueño Foster, forwards Edwin Villatoro, Selvin Motta, Dwight Pezzarossi and Mario Rodriguez, mid fielderts Marvin Avila, Leonel Noriega, Freddy Thompson, Rigoberto Gomez and Jose Manuel Contreras and defensive players that includes Jaime Vides, Christian Noriega, Pablo Melgar, Yony Flores and Gustavo Cabrera respectively.
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