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Central American Football Union

Sports governing body

Central American Football Union

Sports governing body

FieldValue
nameCentral American Football Union
native_nameUnión Centroamericana de Fútbol
native_name_langes
logoUncaf logo.png
logo_size180px
captionLogo of UNCAF
abbreviationUNCAF
typeSports organization
membership7 national associations
formation1990
mapMembers of UNCAF.svg
mcaptionThe members of UNCAF (orange), with all members of CONCACAF (camel)
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameRafael Tinoco
website

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

CodeAssociation
BLZ
CRC
SLV
GUA
HON
NCA
PAN

Competitions

Overview

Older logo

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

  • Copa Centroamericana – Was the International tournament for Central America, top 4–5 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Club teams

  • 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

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext editionDatesNational teamsNational teams (women)Club teamsClub teams (women)
Copa Centroamericana20174thAbolished
U-23 Tournament2015UnknownUnknownTBA
U-20 Tournament2025
U-18 Tournament2019UnknownUnknownTBA
U-17 Tournament2016Unknown2024
U-16 Tournament2025TBA
U-15 Tournament2023UnknownTBA
Futsal Tournament2016UnknownTBA
Futsal U20 Tournament20221stTBA
Beach Soccer Cup2018UnknownTBA
Women's Copa Centroamericana2018UnknownTBA
Women's U-20 Tournament20251stTBA
Women's U-17 Tournament2024UnknownTBA
Women's U-16 Tournament2025UnknownTBA
Interclub Cup / Central American Cup2004CRC LD Alajuelense5°NIC Real Estelí FC2025
U-17 Interclub Cup2022PAN Plaza Amador1stHON AFFI AcademiaTBD
Women's Interclub Championship2024PAN Santa Fé FC4-0SLV Alianza Wome's FC2025

Major tournament records

National teams appearances in international tournaments

National teamWorld CupWomen's World CupGold CupWomen's ChampionshipW Gold Cup
CRC Costa Rica621121
HON Honduras301100
SLV El Salvador20811
GUA Guatemala00910
PAN Panama11821
BLZ Belize00100
NIC Nicaragua00200

References

References

  1. (11 December 2008). "Digicel and the Central American Union of Football (UNCAF) launch the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2009". Digicel Football.
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