Central American Football Union

Central American Football Union
Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol

Logo of UNCAF
Abbreviation	UNCAF
Formation	1990[1]
Type	Sports organization
Membership	7 member associations
President	Rafael Tinoco
Website	UNCAFut.com[dead link]

The members of UNCAF (orange), with all members of CONCACAF (camel).

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.

History[]

Beginning[]

The UNCAF was founded in 1990.

Presidents[]

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Member associations[]

Code	Association
BLZ	Belize
CRC	Costa Rica
SLV	El Salvador
GUA	Guatemala
HON	Honduras
NCA	Nicaragua
PAN	Panama

Competitions[]

Overview[]

The UNCAF organize various competitions, the Central American Cup is played every two years, starting in 1991, and usually feature the seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, winning the tournament eight times (1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, and 2014). Honduras have won the tournament four times (1993, 1995, 2011, and 2017). Guatemala won the tournament in 2001, and Panama won it in 2009. This tournament usually runs 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 Central American Cup, 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.

Older logo

UNCAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Current title holders[]

Competition	Year	Champions	Title(s)	Runners-up	Next edition
National teams (Men's)
Copa Centroamericana	2017	Honduras	4th	Panama	TBA
	2015	Honduras	Unknown	Unknown	TBA
	2018		1st
			Unknown	Unknown	TBA
	2016	Costa Rica	Unknown	Honduras	TBA
U-16 Tournament	2018		1st
			Unknown	Unknown	TBA
	2016	Guatemala	Unknown	Panama	TBA
		El Salvador	Unknown	Unknown	TBA
National teams (Women's)
	2018	Costa Rica	Unknown	Panama	TBA
			Unknown	Unknown	TBA
	2017	Costa Rica	Unknown		TBA
			Unknown	Unknown
Club teams (Men's)
Interclub Cup	2007	Motagua	1st	Saprissa	TBA
U-17 Interclub Cup	2018	Alajuelense	1st	Honduras
Club teams (Women's)
Women's Interclub Championship	2019	Saprissa	1st	UNAN Managua

Major tournament records[]

National teams appearances in international tournaments[]

National team	World Cup	Women's World Cup	Gold Cup	Women's Championship
Costa Rica	5	1	11	2
Honduras	3	0	11	0
El Salvador	2	0	8	0
Guatemala	0	0	9	1
Panama	1	0	8	2
Belize	0	0	1	0
Nicaragua	0	0	2	0

See also[]

• CONCACAF League
• CONCACAF
  • Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
  • North American Football Union (NAFU)
• North American Football Confederation (NAFC)
• Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)

References[]

External links[]

• UNCAF official website Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)