Central American Football Union

Central American Football Union
*Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol*
	Logo of UNCAF
Abbreviation	UNCAF
Formation	1990
Type	Sports organization
Membership	7 member associations
President	Rafael Tinoco
Website	UNCAFut.com

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.

Member associations

Code	Association
BLZ	Belize
CRC	Costa Rica
SLV	El Salvador
GUA	Guatemala
HON	Honduras
NIC	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
National teams (Men's)
Copa Centroamericana	2017	Honduras
U-23 Tournament	2015	Honduras
U-20 Tournament	2018	Guatemala
U-18 Tournament	2019	Costa Rica
U-17 Tournament	2016	Costa Rica
U-16 Tournament	2018	Costa Rica
U-15 Tournament	2019	Costa Rica
Futsal Tournament	2016	Guatemala
Beach Soccer Cup	2018	El Salvador
National teams (Women's)
Women's Copa Centroamericana	2018	Costa Rica
Women's U-20 Tournament	2019	Costa Rica
Women's U-17 Tournament	2017	Costa Rica
Women's U-16 Tournament	2019	Costa Rica
Club teams (Men's)
Interclub Cup	2007	Motagua
U-17 Interclub Cup	2018	Alajuelense
Club teams (Women's)
Women's Interclub Championship	2019	Saprissa

Major tournament records

National teams appearances in international tournaments

National team	World Cup	Women's World Cup	Gold Cup	Women's Gold Cup
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

References

^ "Digicel and the Central American Union of Football (UNCAF) launch the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2009". Digicel Football. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

External links

UNCAF official website (in Spanish)

[1] "Digicel and the Central American Union of Football (UNCAF) launch the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2009". Digicel Football. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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