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Honduras at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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At age 34, Noel Valladares was voted Best Goalkeeper of the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was also part of the Honduran squad 13 years earlier, in 1998.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Honduras have won the title once, in 1981, at one of their two home tournaments. They had already been hosts in 1967, where they finished in third place. Ranking fourth on the all-time table, they are one of the most successful teams in the North American Federation. From 2005 to 2013, they reached the semi-finals on four out of five occasions, although they never reached the final during that time. In 1991, Honduras played their only true final, which they lost to the United States after the eighth round of a penalty shoot-out. Before 1991, the tournament was contested in groups rather than knockout matches.

Overall record

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Fourth place 4th 7 3 1 3 8 12 Squad Qualified automatically
Guatemala 1965 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 5
Honduras 1967 Third place 3rd 5 2 2 1 4 2 Squad Qualified as hosts
Costa Rica 1969 Banned Banned
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Sixth place 6th 5 0 1 4 5 11 Squad 2 1 1 0 2 1
Haiti 1973 Fourth place 4th 5 1 3 1 6 6 Squad 2 1 1 0 5 4
Mexico 1977 Did not enter Did not enter
Honduras 1981 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 8 1 Squad 8 5 2 1 15 5
1985 Runners-up 2nd 8 3 3 2 11 9 Squad 2 2 0 0 4 0
1989 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
United States 1991 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 2 0 12 3 Squad 5 2 1 2 5 5
Mexico United States1993 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 6 5 Squad 3 3 0 0 7 0
United States 1996 Group stage 8th 2 0 0 2 1 8 Squad 4 3 1 0 8 1
United States 1998 Group stage 9th 2 0 0 2 1 5 Squad 5 2 1 2 8 5
United States 2000 Quarter-finals 6th 3 2 0 1 7 5 Squad 5 4 0 1 11 5
United States 2002 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 12 5
Mexico United States 2003 Group stage 10th 2 0 1 1 1 2 Squad 7 3 1 3 10 7
United States 2005 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 8 6 Squad 5 3 2 0 12 3
United States 2007 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 0 2 10 6 Squad 3 1 1 1 11 5
United States 2009 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 6 4 Squad 5 4 0 1 9 3
United States 2011 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 8 5 Squad 4 3 1 0 8 3
United States 2013 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2 5 5 Squad 4 1 2 1 3 3
Canada United States 2015 Group stage 11th 3 0 1 2 2 4 Squad 4 2 0 2 3 3
United States 2017 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 3 2 Squad 5 4 1 0 7 3
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 6 4 Squad Qualified automatically
United States 2021 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 0 2 7 7 Squad 4 3 1 0 8 1
Canada United States 2023 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 3 6 Squad 4 2 0 2 5 7
Total 1 Title 22/27 93 35 21 37 128 118 88 50 19 19 155 75

Match overview

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Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
El Salvador 1963 Group stage  Guatemala 2–1 San Salvador
 Panama 1–0
 Nicaragua 1–0
 El Salvador 2–2
Final round  El Salvador 0–3
 Costa Rica 1–2
 Netherlands Antilles 1–4
Honduras 1967 Final round  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Tegucigalpa
 Nicaragua 1–1
 Guatemala 0–0
 Haiti 2–0
 Mexico 0–1
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Final round  Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Port of Spain
 Cuba 1–3
 Costa Rica 1–2
 Haiti 1–3
 Mexico 1–2
Haiti 1973 Final round  Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Port-au-Prince
 Mexico 1–1
 Haiti 0–1
 Netherlands Antilles 2–2
 Guatemala 1–1
Honduras 1981 Final round  Haiti 4–0 Tegucigalpa
 Cuba 2–0
 Canada 2–1
 El Salvador 0–0
 Mexico 0–0
1985 Group stage  Suriname 1–1 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
 Suriname 2–1
 El Salvador 2–1 San Salvador, El Salvador
 El Salvador 0–0 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Final round  Costa Rica 2–2 San José, Costa Rica
 Canada 0–1 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
 Costa Rica 3–1
 Canada 1–2 St. John's, Canada
United States 1991 Group stage  Canada 4–2 Los Angeles
 Jamaica 5–0
 Mexico 1–1
Semi-Finals  Costa Rica 2–0
Final  United States 0–0 (3–4 p)
Mexico United States 1993 Group stage  Panama 5–1 Dallas
 Jamaica 1–3
 United States 0–1
United States 1996 Group stage  Canada 1–3 Anaheim
 Brazil 0–5 Los Angeles
United States 1998 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 1–3 Oakland
 Mexico 0–2
United States 2000 Group stage  Jamaica 2–0 Miami
 Colombia 2–0
Quarter-finals  Peru 3–5
United States Mexico 2003 Group stage  Brazil 1–2 Mexico City
 Mexico 0–0
United States 2005 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Miami
 Colombia 2–1
 Panama 1–0
Quarter-finals  Costa Rica 3–2 Foxborough
Semi-finals  United States 1–2 East Rutherford
United States 2007 Group stage  Panama 2–3
 Mexico 2–1
 Cuba 5–0 Houston
Quarter-finals  Guadeloupe 1–2
United States 2009 Group stage  Haiti 1–0 Seattle
 United States 0–2 Washington, D.C.
 Grenada 4–0 Foxborough
Quarter-finals  Canada 1–0 Philadelphia
Semi-finals  United States 0–2 Chicago
United States 2011 Group stage  Guatemala 0–0 Carson
 Grenada 7–1 Miami
 Jamaica 0–1 Harrison
Quarter-finals  Costa Rica 1–1 (4–2 p) East Rutherford
Semi-finals  Mexico 0–2 (a.e.t.) Houston
United States 2013 Group stage  Haiti 2–0 Harrison
 El Salvador 1–0 Miami Gardens
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 Houston
Quarter-finals  Costa Rica 1–0 Baltimore
Semi-finals  United States 1–3 Arlington
United States Canada 2015 Group stage  United States 1–2 Frisco
 Panama 1–1 Foxborough
 Haiti 0–1 Kansas City
United States 2017 Group stage  Costa Rica 0–1 Harrison
 French Guiana 3–0
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Houston
 Canada 0–0 Frisco
Quarter-finals  Mexico 0–1 Glendale
United States Costa Rica Jamaica 2019 Group stage  Jamaica 2–3 Kingston
 Curaçao 0–1 Houston
 El Salvador 4–0 Los Angeles
United States 2021 Group stage  Grenada 4–0 Houston
 Panama 3–2 Houston
 Qatar 0–2 Houston
Quarter-finals  Mexico 0–3 Glendale
United States Canada 2023 Group stage  Mexico 0–4 Houston
 Qatar 1–1 Glendale
 Haiti 2–1 Charlotte

Record by opponent

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CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
 Brazil 0 0 2 2 1 7
 Canada 3 1 3 7 9 9
 Colombia 2 0 0 2 4 1
 Costa Rica 4 2 3 9 14 11
 Cuba 2 0 1 3 8 3
 El Salvador 3 3 1 7 9 6
 French Guiana 1 0 0 1 3 0
 Grenada 3 0 0 3 15 1
 Guadeloupe 0 0 1 1 1 2
 Guatemala 1 3 0 4 3 2
 Haiti 5 0 3 8 12 6
 Jamaica 2 0 3 5 10 7
 Mexico 1 4 7 12 5 18
 Netherlands Antilles /  Curaçao 0 1 2 3 3 7
 Nicaragua 1 1 0 2 2 1
 Panama 4 1 1 6 13 7
 Peru 0 0 1 1 3 5
 Qatar 0 1 1 2 1 3
 Suriname 1 1 0 2 3 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2 2 6 6 8
 United States 0 1 6 7 3 12

1981 CONCACAF Championship

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At their home tournament in 1981, Honduras started off with three victories over Haiti, Cuba and Canada. The other matches also went in favour of the hosts: Title holder Mexico lost 0–1 to El Salvador, El Salvador lost 0–1 to Canada, and Canada in turn only drew against both Mexico and Haiti. The table situation allowed Honduras to secure the title on the fourth of five match days, by drawing 0–0 against El Salvador.

The last match against Mexico challenged Honduras to stay unbeaten. It was also a chance to showcase their football to the region, which largely would have favoured a Mexican triumph.[2] The match plan was to prioritize defense, which led to few chances on both sides. They succeeded in staying unbeaten by drawing 0–0, eliminating Mexico from the World Cup qualifiers in the process.

Final table

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Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Honduras 8 5 3 2 0 8 1 +7
2  El Salvador 6 5 2 2 1 2 1 +1
3  Mexico 5 5 1 3 1 6 3 +3
4  Canada 5 5 1 3 1 6 6 0
5  Cuba 4 5 1 2 2 4 8 −4
6  Haiti 2 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7

Honduras and El Salvador qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Squad

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The following players were active members of the champion squad:

Head coach: Honduras Chelato Uclés

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Julio César Arzú (1954-06-05)5 June 1954 (aged 27) Honduras Real España
2DF Fernando Bulnes (1946-10-21)21 October 1946 (aged 35) Honduras Olimpia
2DF Anthony Costly (1954-12-13)13 December 1954 (aged 26) Honduras Real España
2DF Hernán García Martínez (1956-10-08)8 October 1956 (aged 25) Honduras Marathón
2DF Efraín Gutiérrez (1954-05-07)7 May 1954 (aged 27) Honduras Pumas UNAH
2DF Jaime Villegas (1950-07-05)5 July 1950 (aged 31) Honduras Real España
2DF Héctor Zelaya (1958-08-12)12 August 1958 (aged 23) Honduras Motagua
3MF Salvador Bernárdez (1954-01-06)6 January 1954 (aged 27) Honduras Motagua
3MF David Bueso (1955-05-05)5 May 1955 (aged 26) Honduras Motagua
3MF Carlos Caballero (1958-12-05)5 December 1958 (aged 22) Honduras Real España
3MF Juan Cruz (1959-02-27)27 February 1959 (aged 22) Honduras Pumas UNAH
3MF Ramón Maradiaga (1954-10-30)30 October 1954 (aged 27) Honduras Motagua
3MF Francisco Javier Toledo (1959-09-30)30 September 1959 (aged 22) Honduras Marathón
4FW Roberto Bailey (1952-08-10)10 August 1952 (aged 29) Honduras Marathón
4FW Junior Costly Rashford
4FW Roberto Figueroa (1959-11-14)14 November 1959 (aged 21) Honduras Vida
4FW Eduardo Laing (1958-12-27)27 December 1958 (aged 22) Honduras Platense
4FW Jorge Urquía 1948 Honduras Olimpia

Individual records

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The following Honduran players have won individual awards at CONCACAF Championships/Gold Cups:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ CONCACAF awarded Honduras a 3–0 win as a result of French Guiana fielding the ineligible player Florent Malouda, after the match had finished 0–0. Malouda had previously represented France and did not meet eligibility rules.[1]
  1. ^ "CONCACAF Gold Cup Disciplinary Committee Issues Decision in French Guiana Player Eligibility Case". goldcup.org. CONCACAF. July 14, 2017. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. ^ "Honduras campeón invicto de CONCACAF (Spanish)". El heraldo. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2018.