Nicaragua at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

In 2017, Carlos Chavarría scored Nicaragua's only goal in the Gold Cup era, taking the lead against Panama in an eventual 1–2 defeat.

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 1963, the Gold Cup was held 26 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 titles).

Nicaragua took part in the inaugural CONCACAF Championship in 1963, and in five tournaments total. However, they were never able to make an impact, losing seventeen out of their eighteen matches. In 1967, they drew the host team, Honduras, 1–1.

Records[]

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup[]

CONCACAF Championship
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	First Round	9th	4	0	0	4	2	15
1965	Did not qualify
1967	Final Round	6th	5	0	1	4	3	12
1969	Did not enter
1971	Did not qualify
1973	Did not enter
1977
1981
1985
1989
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1996
1998
2000
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009	Group stage	11th	3	0	0	3	0	8
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017	Group stage	10th	3	0	0	3	1	7
2019	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	0	8
2021	Did not qualify
Total	5/26	25/29	18	0	1	17	6	50

Match overview[]

Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue
1963	First Round	El Salvador	1–6	San Salvador
		Guatemala	1–3
		Honduras	0–1
		Panama	0–5
1967	Final Round	Mexico	0–4	Tegucigalpa
		Honduras	1–1
		Haiti	1–2
		Trinidad and Tobago	1–3
		Guatemala	0–2
2009	Group stage	Mexico	0–2	Oakland
		Guadeloupe	0–2	Houston
		Panama	0–4	Glendale
2017	Group stage	Martinique	0–2	Nashville
		Panama	1–2	Tampa
		United States	0–3	Cleveland
2019	Group stage	Costa Rica	0–4	San José
		Haiti	0–2	Frisco
		Bermuda	0–2	Harrison

References[]

• RSSSF archives and results
• Soccerway database