Guatemala at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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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).

Guatemala have qualified for 20 of those tournaments and were particularly successful in the 1960s, winning the title in 1967 and finishing in second place in 1965 and 1969. Because of a FIFA suspension from October 2016 to March 2018, they were disqualified from the 2017 qualifiers and were not able to enter qualification for 2019 at all.

Overall record

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10|CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record

!width=1% rowspan="31"|

! colspan=6|Qualification record

Year

!Result

!Position

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}*

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!Squad

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

style="background:#9acdff;"

| {{flagicon|El Salvador}} 1963

Fourth place4th412176

|Squad

|colspan=6|Qualified automatically

style="background:silver;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Guatemala|1871}} 1965

Runners-up2nd5311115

|Squad

|colspan=6|Qualified as hosts

style="background:gold;"

| {{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} 1967

Champions1st541071

|Squad

|2

|2

|0

|0

|6

|2

style="background:silver;"

| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} 1969

Runners-up2nd5320102

|Squad

|colspan=6|Qualified as defending champions

{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} 1971colspan=9|Did not qualify

|2

|0

|1

|1

|1

|2

{{flagicon|Haiti|1964}} 1973Fifth place5th503246

|Squad

|2

|2

|0

|0

|2

|0

{{flagicon|Mexico}} 1977Fifth place5th5113810

|Squad

|6

|3

|2

|1

|15

|6

{{flagicon|Honduras|1949}} 1981colspan=9|Did not qualify

|8

|3

|3

|2

|10

|2

1985Round 15th421173

|Squad

|colspan=6|Qualified automatically

style="background:#9acdff;"

| 1989

Fourth place4th611447

|Squad

|4

|2

|1

|1

|5

|4

{{flagicon|United States}} 1991Group stage7th310215

|Squad

|3

|0

|2

|1

|0

|1

{{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} 1993colspan=9|Did not enter

|colspan=6|Did not enter

style="background:#9acdff;"

| {{flagicon|United States}} 1996

Fourth place4th410335

|Squad

|4

|2

|0

|2

|2

|5

{{flagicon|United States}} 1998Group stage7th302134

|Squad

|5

|3

|2

|0

|10

|3

{{flagicon|United States}} 2000Group stage10th201135

|Squad

|5

|3

|1

|1

|5

|2

{{flagicon|United States}} 2002Group stage12th200214

|Squad

|5

|2

|3

|0

| 9

|5

{{flagicon|Mexico}} {{flagicon|United States}} 2003Group stage11th201113

|Squad

|5

|3

|1

|1

|10

|4

{{flagicon|United States}} 2005Group stage11th301249

|Squad

|5

|3

|1

|1

|10

|5

{{flagicon|United States}} 2007Quarter-finals8th411225

|Squad

|5

|3

|1

|1

|3

|2

{{flagicon|United States}} 2009colspan=9|Did not qualify

|3

|0

|0

|3

|1

|6

{{flagicon|United States}} 2011Quarter-finals8th411254

|Squad

|3

|1

|0

|2

|3

|6

{{flagicon|United States}} 2013colspan=9|Did not qualify

|4

|0

|3

|1

|3

|5

{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|United States}} 2015Group stage12th301214

|Squad

|4

|3

|0

|1

|7

|4

{{flagicon|United States}} 2017colspan=9 rowspan=2|Disqualified due to FIFA suspension

|colspan=6 rowspan=2|Disqualified due to FIFA suspension

{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} {{flagicon|Jamaica}} {{flagicon|United States}} 2019
{{flagicon|United States}} 2021Group stage13th301216

|Squad

|6

|5

|1

|0

|30

|1

{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|United States}} 2023Quarter-finals5th421143

|Squad

|6

|4

|1

|1

|11

|4

{{flagicon|Canada}} {{flagicon|United States}} 2025colspan=9|Qualified

|6

|3

|1

|2

|10

|8

Total||1 Title||20/27||76||21||22||33||87||97||—||93||47||24||22||153||77

=Match overview=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
Tournament

!width=110|Round

!width=150|Opponent

!width=60|Score

!width=200|Venue

rowspan="4" align=center|{{flagicon|SLV}} 1963rowspan="4"|Final round{{fb|HON|1949}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2rowspan=4|San Salvador
{{fb|PAN}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2
{{fb|NIC}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–1
{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1
rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|GUA|1871}} 1965rowspan="5"|Final round{{fb|CRC}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0rowspan=5|Guatemala City
{{fb|HAI|1964}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–0
{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|4–1
{{fb|ANT}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–2
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2
rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|HON|1949}} 1967rowspan="5"|Final round{{fb|HAI|1964}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–1rowspan=5|Tegucigalpa
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0
{{fb|HON|1949}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–0
{{fb|NIC}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–0
rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|CRC}} 1969rowspan="5"|Final round{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|2–0rowspan=5|San José
{{fb|ANT}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|6–1
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0
{{fb|JAM}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0
{{fb|CRC}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1
rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|HAI|1964}} 1973rowspan="5"|Final round{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0rowspan=5|Port-au-Prince
{{fb|ANT}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1
{{fb|HAI|1964}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2
{{fb|HON|1949}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1
rowspan="5" align=center|{{flagicon|MEX}} 1977rowspan="5"|Final round{{fb|SUR}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–2rowspan=2|Monterrey
{{fb|HAI|1964}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2
{{fb|CAN}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2rowspan=3|Mexico City
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2
{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|2–2
rowspan="4" align=center|1985rowspan="4"|Group stage{{fb|CAN}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2Victoria, Canada
{{fb|HAI|1964}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0Port-au-Prince, Haiti
{{fb|CAN}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1rowspan=3|Guatemala City, Guatemala
{{fb|HAI|1964}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|4–0
rowspan="6" align=center|1989rowspan="6"|Group stage{{fb|CRC}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0
{{fb|CRC}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2San José, Costa Rica
{{fb|USA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2New Britain, United States
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1Guatemala City, Guatemala
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
{{fb|USA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0Guatemala City, Guatemala
rowspan="3" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 1991rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|CRC}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2rowspan=2|Pasadena
{{fb|USA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0Los Angeles
rowspan="4" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 1996rowspan="2"|Group stage{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1San Diego
{{fb|SVG}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–0Anaheim
Semi-finals{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1San Diego
Third place match{{fb|USA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3rowspan=2|Los Angeles
rowspan="3" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 1998rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0
{{fb|BRA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1Miami
{{fb|JAM}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|2–3rowspan=3|Los Angeles
rowspan="2" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2000rowspan="2"|Group stage{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|2–4
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1
rowspan="2" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2002rowspan="2"|Group stage{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–3rowspan=2|Pasadena
{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1
rowspan="2" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|MEX}} 2003rowspan="2"|Group stage{{fb|JAM}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2rowspan=2|Miami
{{fb|COL}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1
rowspan="3" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2005rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|JAM}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|3–4Carson
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–4Los Angeles
{{fb|RSA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1Houston
rowspan="4" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2007rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|USA}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1rowspan=2|Carson
{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|1–1rowspan=2|Foxboro
Quarter-finals{{fb|CAN}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3
rowspan="4" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2011rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|HON|1949}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0Carson
{{fb|JAM}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2Miami
{{fb|GRN}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|4–0Harrison
Quarter-finals{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–2East Rutherford
rowspan="3" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|CAN}} 2015rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|1–3Chicago
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0Glendale
{{fb|CUB}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1Charlotte
rowspan="3" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} 2021rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|SLV}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–2Frisco
{{fb|MEX}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–3Dallas
{{fb|TRI}}align=center bgcolor="ffffbb"|1–1Frisco
rowspan="4" align=center|{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|CAN}} 2023rowspan="3"|Group stage{{fb|CUB}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|1–0Fort Lauderdale
{{fb|CAN}}align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"|0–0Houston
{{fb|GLP}}align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"|3–2Harrison
Quarter-finals{{fb|JAM}}align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"|0–1Cincinnati

=Record by opponent=

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colspan=7|CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent

!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

align="left"|{{fb|BRA}}010111
align="left"|{{fb|CAN}}023538
align="left"|{{fb|COL}}010111
align="left"|{{fb|CRC}}122535
align="left"|{{fb|CUB}}101211
align="left"|{{fb|SLV}}232787
align="left"|{{fb|GRN}}100140
align="left"|{{fb|GLP}}100132
align="left"|{{fb|HAI}}4026125
align="left"|{{fb|HON}}031423
align="left"|{{fb|JAM}}0156512
align="left"|{{fb|MEX}}23813719
align="left"|{{fb|ANT}}2103115
align="left"|{{fb|NIC}}200251
align="left"|{{fb|PAN}}010122
align="left"|{{fb|SVG}}100130
align="left"|{{fb|RSA}}010111
align="left"|{{fb|SUR}}100132
align="left"|{{fb|TRI}}325101113
align="left"|{{fb|USA}}014519

References

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