Guatemala national football team

File:Costa Rica vs Guatemala 1921.jpg

Guatemala created its first football team, made up of 22 players, on 23 August 1902. The team was split into two sides, blue and white. With time, clubs were made and eventually the Guatemala national team, nicknamed "la Azul y Blanco" (the blue and white), was created in 1921. Guatemala had its first game on 16 September 1921, in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City, against Honduras. Guatemala beat Honduras 9–0.RSSSF.com: [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/guat-intres.html «Guatemala – List of International Matches»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415224244/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/guat-intres.html |date=15 April 2023 }} (en inglés) In the final, Guatemala were defeated 6–0 by Costa Rica.{{cite web|last=Courtney|first=Barrie|title=Guatemala International Soccer Matches Since 1920|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/guat-intres.html|date=14 August 2008|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 November 2010|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415224244/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/guat-intres.html|url-status=live}}

Guatemala had success in several editions of the CCCF Championship, the precursor of the Gold Cup, by being the runners-up in 1943, 1946, and 1948. In 1958, Guatemala began participating in the qualifying rounds of the World Cup. They finished last, without a point, in a group with Costa Rica and the Netherlands Antilles.{{cite book|last1=Rinke|first1=Stefan|title=The FIFA World Cup 1930 – 2010|date=2014|publisher=Göttingen|location=Wallstein Verlag|isbn=9783835314573|pages=52–53}}

Guatemala's performance in the World Cup qualifying rounds began to improve in the 1960s. In 1962 they drew against both Costa Rica (4–4) and Honduras (1–1). However they again finished last in their qualifying group.{{cite web|title=Preliminaries North, Central America and Caribbean |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/chile1962/groups/preliminaries/nccamerica/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307204408/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/chile1962/groups/preliminaries/nccamerica/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 March 2017|website=Fifa.com|access-date=2017-03-05}}

Guatemala did not participate in the qualifying round in 1966, as FIFA refused their participation for administrative reasons.

Guatemala joined CONCACAF in 1961. In 1967, they again showed the progress they had made when by participating by winning the Gold Cup for the only time in their history.{{cite web|title=CONCACAF NATIONS CUP 1967|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca67.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2017-03-05|archive-date=16 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816034759/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/conca67.html|url-status=live}} In that tournament, hosted by Honduras, Guatemala began with a 2–1 win against Haiti, followed by a 1–0 win over the defending champions, Mexico, a 0–0 draw against Honduras, a 2–0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, and a 2–0 win over Nicaragua. The forward Manuel "Escopeta" Recinos was Guatemala's top scorer with four goals, including the goal against Mexico.

Guatemala were also the runners-up in the CONCACAF Championship in 1965 and 1969.

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Results

In 1967, Guatemala showed further progress by qualifying for the 1968 Olympic football tournament in Mexico City. In the first round, they won 1–0 against Czechoslovakia, and 4–1 against Thailand, and lost to Bulgaria 2–1. They went on the next round, where they lost 1–0 to the eventual champions, Hungary.

Before the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Carlos Ruiz was the main focus in providing goals for the national team along with Juan Carlos Plata. Many other stars such as Fredy Garcia, Gonzalo Romero, Guillermo Ramirez, and Martin Machón were expected to play huge roles as well. In the 2006 World Cup qualifying, Guatemala advanced to the third round by beating Suriname 4–2. There they finished second in Group B, behind Costa Rica, with 10 points each. In the fourth round they started with a 0–0 draw against Panama and a 5–1 win against Trinidad and Tobago. Then followed a 2–0 loss against the United States and Mexico and a 3–2 loss against Costa Rica, and a 2–1 win against Panama. They lost against Trinidad and Tobago 3–2, drew against the United States 0–0 and then lost to Mexico 5–2. Guatemala had 8 points with one game left, and a win alongside a Trinidad and Tobago defeat against Mexico would send them into the play-offs. They won 3–1 against Costa Rica but Trinidad and Tobago beat Mexico 2–1. They finished in fifth place, two points away from the play-off spot. Juan Carlos Plata and Martin Machón announced their retirement from International Football in 2006.

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After a third-place finish at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup, and reaching the knockout stage in the Gold Cup of the same year, along with a couple of satisfying friendly matches, including a 3–2 win against Mexico, Hernán Darío Gómez was to be the next coach to lead Guatemala into the Hexagonal in the World Cup qualifying stage. However, after losing 5–0 in early 2008 against the under-23 Argentine team, the Colombian soon departed. During 2010 World Cup qualifying, expectations of qualifying for the finals were set among the national team as Ramon Maradiaga returned as coach. They began well by advancing to the third round by defeating Saint Lucia 9–1 on aggregate.

In the third round, Guatemala began with a 1–0 home loss to the United States, with controversies surrounding the Panamanian referee Roberto Moreno, including not awarding a penalty to Guatemala in the first half after a handball from Steve Cherundolo, as well as Gustavo Cabrera being sent off after colliding with Eddie Lewis in the second half. In their second match, Los Chapines salvaged a draw in the closing minutes of the game against Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain after Carlos Gallardo deflected a free kick by Marco Pappa. On 10 September, Cuba shocked the Guatemalan supporters by taking the lead after Roberto Linares scored in the 25th minute, but by half-time, Carlos Ruiz had equalised, and in the second half, Ruiz scored again. Mario Rodríguez and José Manuel Contreras also scored and Guatemala won 4–1.

On 11 October, many fans gathered around the Estadio Mateo Flores for the game against Trinidad and Tobago. Despite being reduced to 10 men, the Soca Warriors were able to hold Guatemala to a 0–0 stalemate. Guatemala then lost in Cuba, falling behind 1–0 after Jaime Colome scored a penalty. Marco Pappa volleyed in an equalizer in the 80th minute, but Urgelles won the match for Cuba in the 90th minute. Meanwhile, the Trinidadians defeated the United States 2–1 at home, putting them in second place. Maradiaga was fired and Benjamin Monterroso was appointed, focusing on the Copa UNCAF the following January. A 2–0 away loss against the United States confirmed the elimination of the national team from the World Cup.

At the UNCAF nations cup, Monterroso wanted to introduce more youthful players into the starting line up such as Minor Lopez, Ricardo Jerez and Wilson Lalin, but Guatemala lost both group stage matches against Costa Rica and also lost 2–0 to Nicaragua in the play-off match for the final berth to attend the next Gold Cup; Minor Lopez was the lone goal scorer for Los Bicolores. As a result, the national team were inactive for the next two years and Monterroso stepped down after two months in charge.

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In May 2010, the Uruguayan-born Paraguayan Ever Hugo Almeida was appointed as the Guatemala's next coach. At the 2011 Copa Centroamericana, formerly known as the "UNCAF Nations Cup", Guatemala finished in fifth place, losing 2–0 to Costa Rica and 3–1 Honduras before defeating Nicaragua 2–1 to qualify for the 2011 Gold Cup.

At the Gold Cup, Guatemala drew 0–0 against Honduras despite being reduced to nine men. They lost against a physically superior Jamaica 2–0, but managed to redeem themselves by beating Grenada 4–0, with goals from José Javier del Águila, Marco Pappa, Carlos Ruiz, and Carlos Gallardo. In the quarter-finals, they lost to 2–1 the reigning champions Mexico, after Ruiz had given them the lead in the first half.

For the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Guatemala began in the second round with six wins in six games, advancing to a third round group alongside the United States, Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda. Before the third round, three key players – Guillermo Ramirez, Gustavo Cabrera and Yony Flores – were sent home during a practice session after their team-mates Ruiz and Luis Rodriguez heard of their involvement in money laundering and bribery in fixing multiple fixtures; they were subsequently banned for life.{{cite web |title=La vez que futbolistas guatemaltecos fueron suspendidos de por vida por amaño de partidos |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/guatemala/nota/_/id/10325033/futbolistas-guatemaltecos-suspendidos-vida-amano-partidos |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=22 June 2024}}

The team began with an away loss to Jamaica, with Dwight Pezzarossi only managing to pull back one goal in stoppage time. In the next match, Guatemala drew at home against the United States, with Marco Pappa's free kick salvaging a draw for the Guatemalans. At home against Antigua and Barbuda, Guatemala again fell behind, but after the Antiguan goalkeeper Molvin James was sent off for wasting time, Ruiz scored a brace and a goal from Pezzarossi sealed a 3–1 victory. Four days later, a goal from Ruiz sufficed for an away win against the same opponents in North Sound.

Guatemala beat Jamaica at home 2–1, leaving them needing a draw against the United States to progress to the final stage of the qualifiers. After they took the lead in the first five minutes thanks to Ruiz, the United States scored three unanswered goals, and Guatemala finished behind Jamaica on goal difference.

In January 2013, still led by Almeida, Guatemala participated in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. With a team of mainly younger players, they could only manage three draws in their group play (1–1 against Nicaragua, 0–0 against Belize and 1–1 against Costa Rica), losing out to Belize for direct qualification for the 2013 Gold Cup. They faced Panama in the fifth place match, but lost 3–1, and Almeida stepped down in favour of the technical director, Victor Hugo Monzón.

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On 28 October 2016, the Guatemalan football federation was suspended indefinitely by FIFA, after the international football governing body had appointed an oversight committee to look into allegations of corruption.{{cite news | last=Menchu | first=Sofia | title=FIFA suspends Guatemalan soccer federation, citing resistance to oversight | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-guatemala-idUSKCN12S2ET | access-date=2017-07-01 | publisher=Reuters | date=2016-10-28 | archive-date=29 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729100757/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-guatemala-idUSKCN12S2ET | url-status=live }} FIFA stated that the Guatemalan federation (FEDEFUT) had rejected the committee's mandate to run FEDEFUT's business, organize elections, and modernize its statutes, and would remain barred from international competition until FEDEFUT ratified an extension of the mandate.{{cite news | title=Guatemala suspended from international football | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-fifa-guatemala-idUKL4N1CY56H | access-date=2017-07-01 | publisher=Reuters | date=2016-10-28 | archive-date=29 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729053811/http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-fifa-guatemala-idUKL4N1CY56H | url-status=dead }}

The football team missed their chance on qualifying on the 2017 and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments (2017 Copa Centroamericana and 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualifying) as they missed deadlines to have their suspension lifted.

The suspension was lifted on 31 May 2018 after FEDEFUT's normalization committee became fully operational.{{cite web|title=FIFA lifts suspension of Guatemalan Football Association|url=https://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2018/m=5/news=fifa-lifts-suspension-of-guatemalan-football-association.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605132933/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2018/m=5/news=fifa-lifts-suspension-of-guatemalan-football-association.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2018|publisher=FIFA|date=31 May 2018|access-date=5 July 2019}}

After their FIFA suspension, Guatemala resumed normal operations and went through World Cup Qualification. They did not advance beyond qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Guatemala drew in the first leg against Bermuda, and won 1-0 in the second. After a loss of 0-1 to Antigua and Barbuda in the first leg, they won 2-0 in the second leg. Overall, they placed 3rd in their table and failed to advance further.

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Between 2018-2022, Guatemala had mixed results in their international meetings, losing 0-3 to intracontinental neighbors, Mexico, and 0-2 to Panama. However, they did beat Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, French Guiana, and El Salvador by large margins, those being 10-0, 2-0, and 4-0 respectively.

Before qualification, they had lost twice, drawn once and won only 3 of 6 matches in early 2020 before 2022 World Cup qualification.

Guatemala did not advance beyond qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Guatemala won 1-0 against Cuba with a goal from Luis Martinez in the 60th minute. They then won 0-3 against British Virgin Islands. Guatemala then scored 10 goals by 10 different players against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They drawed 0-0 against Curaçao, leading to Curaçao and Guatemala being drawn with 10 points each in the table, and Curaçao went on to the next round of qualification due to having more goals scored, thus eliminating Guatemala from further eliminatory matches in qualification.

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Guatemala had a historic run in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, topping Group D, where they beat Cuba 1-0,{{cite web |title=Guatemala 1-0 Cuba (Jun 27, 2023) |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/668484/cuba-guatemala |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 June 2024}} drew against Canada,{{cite web |title=Guatemala 0-0 Canada (Jul 1, 2023) |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/668492/canada-guatemala |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 June 2024}} and won 2-3 in their final group stage game against Guadeloupe.{{cite web |title=Guatemala 3-2 Guadeloupe (Jul 4, 2023) |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/668498/guatemala-guadeloupe |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 June 2024}} They lost in the quarter-finals against Jamaica with a 0-1 score. They ended in fifth place at the tournament.{{cite web |title=2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Schedule |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/gold-cup/2023/schedule/#date=2023-07-16 |website=MLS |publisher=MLS Soccer |access-date=17 June 2024}} In the following tournament, the 2023-24 CONCACAF Nations League, Guatemala finished 4th in Group A of League A, finishing below Martinique and Panama. They only won 1 of 4 matchdays with a 2-0 win against El Salvador, losing against Trinidad and Tobago and Panama.

At the beginning of 2024, Guatemala played a friendly against European national team Iceland, where they lost 0-1 in a late winner by Ísak Þorvaldsson in the 79th minute.{{cite web |title=Iceland 1-0 Guatemala (Jan 13, 2024) |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/690687/iceland-guatemala |website=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Guatemala vs Iceland. International Match. |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/guatemala-vs-iceland/500790 |website=skysports.com |publisher=Sky Sports |access-date=21 June 2024}} In March, they played against South American national team Ecuador, losing 2-0 from an early 8th minute goal by John Yeboah and a late finisher 86th minute goal by Gonzalo Plata.{{cite web |title=Ecuador vs Guatemala - Final Score - March 22, 2024 |url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/friendlies-men-ecuador-vs-guatemala-mar-21-2024-game-boxscore-139583 |work=Fox Sports |access-date=21 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Ecuador 2-0 Guatemala (Mar 21, 2024) |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/698420/guatemala-ecuador |website=espn.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 June 2024}} Guatemala were winless in their first four national fixtures of 2024.

Guatemala saw victories during the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification in their first 2 games, winning 6-0 against Dominica{{cite web |title=Thu 6 Jun 2024 ‧ Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers - 2nd Round - Group E |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/c7227zp414zt#:~:text=Concacaf%20World%20Cup%20Qualifiers%20Guatemala%206%20Dominica%200%20Full%20time |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 June 2024}} and 0-3 against the British Virgin Islands.{{cite web |last1=Haynes |first1=Kamal |title=GUATEMALA OUTCLASSES BVI 3-0 IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS |url=https://www.284media.com/local/2024/06/08/guatemala-outclasses-bvi-3-0-in-world-cup-qualifiers/ |website=284media.com |publisher=284media |access-date=21 June 2024}}{{cite web |title=Curaçao, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Suriname stay perfect|url=https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/articles/guatemala-suriname-maintain-perfect-starts |website=fifa.com |publisher=FIFA |access-date=21 June 2024}} In June, Guatemala played against 2022 FIFA World Cup champions Argentina, losing 4-1{{cite web |title=Guatemala vs Argentina - Final Score - June 15, 2024 |url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/friendlies-men-guatemala-vs-argentina-jun-14-2024-game-boxscore-143736 |work=Fox Sports |access-date=21 June 2024}} with their only goal being by Lisandro Martinez, who scored an own goal in the fourth minute after a Guatemalan freekick.{{cite web |title=Messi and Martinez score twice in Argentina win |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cw442g3qyzyo |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 June 2024}} It is the first and only goal Guatemala has ever scored against Argentina.{{cite web|url=http://eloratings.net/Guatemala|title=World Football Elo Ratings: Guatemala}} Nicholas Hagen recorded 6 saves against Argentina,{{cite web |title=Sat 15 Jun 2024 ‧ Friendlies - Friendlies 1 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cedd5kz99jpt |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 June 2024}} with 5 being in the penalty box. Hagen saved an attempted bicycle kick from Ángel Di María, preventing an Argentinian goal.{{cite web |title=Argentina vs. Guatemala score, result: Lionel Messi scores two in pre-Copa America win |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/football/news/argentina-vs-guatemala-live-score-result-copa-america-warm/72494254b795bdd1c722bad3 |website=sportingnews.com |publisher=The Sporting News |access-date=21 June 2024}}

File:Cremas-calentando.jpg {{Main|Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores}}

The Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, also known as Coloso de la Zona 5, is a multi-use national stadium in Guatemala City, the largest in Guatemala. It was built in 1948, to host the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1950, and was renamed after long-distance runner Mateo Flores, winner of the 1952 Boston Marathon. It has a capacity of 26,000 seats.

Used mostly for football matches, the stadium has hosted the majority of the home matches of the Guatemala national football team throughout its entire history. Its highest record attendance was of 82,000 during the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games.

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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

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|round = 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

|date = 5 June

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|-6}}

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|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fb|DMA}}

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|goals1 =

• Galindo {{goal|4||48}}
• Yanes {{goal|27}}
• Rubin {{goal|58}}
• Martínez {{goal|78}}
• Morales {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|location = Guatemala City, Guatemala

|stadium = Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

|attendance = 18,313

|referee = Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

|date = 8 June

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|-4}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|VGB}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288301/288302/400017762

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Castellanos {{goal|23}}
• Rubin {{goal|45+3}}
• Pinto {{goal|47|pen.}}

|location = Road Town, British Virgin Islands

|stadium = A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground

|attendance =

|referee = Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

|result = W

}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = 14 June

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|-4}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/14/world/friendlies/guatemala/argentina/4327821/

|goals1 =

• Messi {{goal|12||77}}
• La. Martinez {{goal|39|pen.|66}}

|goals2 =

• Li. Martinez {{goal|4|o.g.}}

|location = Landover, United States

|stadium = Commanders Field

|attendance = 65,000

|referee = Joseph Dickerson (United States)

|result = L

}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = 27 July

|time = {{UTZ|19:30|-7}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/07/28/world/friendlies/guatemala/el-salvador/4354192/

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• E. Rivas {{goal|83}}

|location = Carson, United States

|stadium = Dignity Health Sports Park

|attendance =

|referee = Oliver Vergara (Panama)

|result = L

}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = 1 September

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|-4}}

|team1 = {{fbl-rt|URU|name=Uruguay A'}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/09/02/world/friendlies/uruguay/guatemala/4457155/

|goals1 =

• Pino {{goal|21}}

|goals2 =

• Altán {{goal|67}}

|location = Fort Lauderdale, United States

|stadium = Chase Stadium

|attendance =

|referee = Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League Group Stage

|date = 5 September

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|-6}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|MTQ}}

|report = https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=740597

|goals1 =

• Rubin {{goal|3}}
• Pinto {{goal|61}}
• Martínez {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 =

• Appin {{goal|50}}

|location = Guatemala City, Guatemala

|stadium = Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

|attendance = 14,006

|referee = José Torres (Puerto Rico)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League Group Stage

|date = 9 September

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|-6}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}

|report = https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=740612

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|location = Guatemala City, Guatemala

|stadium = Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores

|attendance = 18,115

|referee = Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

|result = D

}}

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|round = 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League Group Stage

|date = 11 October

|time = {{UTZ|21:00|-4}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUY}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=740638

|goals1 =

• Duke-McKenna {{goal|31}}

|goals2 =

• Santis {{goal|17||68}}
• Castellanos {{goal|61}}

|location = Leonora, Guyana

|stadium = Synthetic Track and Field Facility

|attendance =

|referee = Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2024-25 CONCACAF Nations League Group Stage

|date = 15 October

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|-6}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=740655

|goals1 =

• Madrigal {{goal|9}}
• Vargas {{goal|38}}
• Calvo {{goal|71}}

|goals2 =

|location = San José, Costa Rica

|stadium = Estadio Nacional

|attendance = 20,450

|referee = Joe Dickerson (United States)

|result = L

}}

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|round = Friendly

|date = 16 March

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|-4}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HON}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/03/16/world/friendlies/honduras/guatemala/4601543/

|goals1 =

• Hernández {{goal|26}}

|goals2 =

• Ardón {{goal|31}}
• Escobar {{goal|85}}

|location = Fort Lauderdale, United States

|stadium = Chase Stadium

|attendance =

|referee = Luis Santander (Mexico)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

|date = 21 March

|time = {{UTZ|21:00|-4}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUY}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/03/22/nc-america/concacaf-gold-cup-play-offs/guyana/guatemala/4613122/

|goals1 =

• I. Jones {{goal|9||36||56}}

|goals2 =

• Martínez {{goal|29}}
• Pinto {{goal|80|pen.}}

|location = Bridgetown, Barbados

|stadium = BFA Technical Centre

|attendance = 50

|referee = Iván Barton (El Salvador)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

|date = 25 March

|time = {{UTZ|18:30|-6}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

|score = 2–0

|aggregatescore = 4–3

|team2 = {{fb|GUY}}

|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/03/26/nc-america/concacaf-gold-cup-play-offs/guatemala/guyana/4613129/

|goals1 =

• Rubin {{goal|11}}
• Lemus {{goal|76}}

|goals2 =

|location = Guatemala City, Guatemala

|stadium = Estadio Cementos Progreso

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Lukasz Szpala (United States)

|result = W

|note = Guatemala won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Finals.

}}

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| date = 31 May

| time = {{UTZ|22:00|−5}}

| round = Friendly

| team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}

| score = 1–1

| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

| report = https://www.sofascore.com/football/match/guatemala-el-salvador/AWbsndc

| goals1 =

• Ramírez {{goal|89}}

| goals2 =

• Lom {{goal|40}}

| stadium = Finley Stadium

| location = Chattanooga, United States

| attendance =

| referee =

| result = D

}}

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|round = 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

|date = 6 June

|time = {{UTZ|--:--|-6}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

|score =

|team2 = {{fb|DOM}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|location = Guatemala City, Guatemala

|stadium = Estadio Cementos Progreso

|attendance =

|referee =

|result =

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|round = 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

|date = 10 June

|time = {{UTZ|--:--|-5}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}

|score =

|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

|report =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|location = Kingston, Jamaica

|stadium = Independence Park

|attendance =

|referee =

|result =

}}

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| round = 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

| date = 16 June

| time = {{UTZ|19:00|-7}}

| team1 = {{fb-rt|JAM}}

| score =

| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| location = Carson, United States

| stadium = Dignity Health Sports Park

| attendance =

| referee =

| result =

}}

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| round = 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

| date = 20 June

| time = {{UTZ|21:00|-5}}

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

| score =

| team2 = {{fb|PAN}}

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| location = Austin, United States

| stadium = Q2 Stadium

| attendance =

| referee =

| result =

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| round = 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

| date = 24 June

| time = {{UTZ|18:00|-5}}

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GLP}}

| score =

| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| location = Houston, United States

| stadium = Shell Energy Stadium

| attendance =

| referee =

| result =

}}

{{updated|28 June 2024}}{{cite web|last=Olenev|first=Maxim|title=Guatemala National Team Coaches|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-coach-triv.html|access-date=6 January 2011|website=RSSSF|date=15 July 1999|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930234044/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-coach-triv.html|url-status=live}}

The following players were called up for the friendly against {{fb|SLV}} on 1 June 2025.{{cite web |title=El Director Técnico de #SeleMayor Luis Fernando Tena, convoca a los siguientes jugadores para el Partido de Preparación ante la Selección de El Salvador |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1109441561218649&set=a.556325176530293 |website=Facebook |publisher=Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala |access-date=28 May 2025 |date=20 May 2025}}

Caps and goals are correct as of 31 May 2025, after the match against {{fb|GUY}}.

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{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Nicholas Hagen|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|8|2}}|caps=47|goals=0|club=Columbus Crew|clubnat=USA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Fredy Pérez|age={{birth date and age|1994|12|9|df=y}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=Comunicaciones|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Kenderson Navarro|age={{birth date and age|2002|2|25|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=José Carlos Pinto|age={{birth date and age|1993|6|16|df=y}}|caps=66|goals=3|club=Comunicaciones|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=DF|name=José Morales|age={{birth date and age|1996|12|3|df=y}}|caps=38|goals=3|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=José Ardón|age={{birth date and age|2000|1|20|df=y}}|caps=35|goals=1|club=Antigua|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Stheven Robles|age={{birth date and age|1995|11|12|df=y}}|caps=33|goals=2|club=Comunicaciones|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Nicolás Samayoa|age={{birth date and age|1995|8|2|df=y}}|caps=26|goals=1|club=Politehnica Iași|clubnat=ROM}}

{{nat fs g player|no=24|pos=DF|name=Carlos Aguilar|age={{birth date and age|2006|10|25|df=yes}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Malacateco|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=Rodrigo Saravia|age={{birth date and age|1993|2|22|df=y}}|caps=57|goals=0|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=Óscar Castellanos|age={{birth date and age|2000|1|18|df=y}}|caps=49|goals=3|club=Antigua|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=Pedro Altán|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|4}}|caps=30|goals=3|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=MF|name=Marco Domínguez|age={{birth date and age|1996|2|25|df=y}}|caps=21|goals=0|club=Comunicaciones|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Jonathan Franco|age={{birth date and age|2003|7|26|df=y}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=MF|name=José Rosales|age={{birth date and age|1993|06|24|df=yes}}|caps=10|goals=1|club=Antigua|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=MF|name=Kevin Ramírez|age={{birth date and age|2002|08|01|df=yes}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Malacateco|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=FW|name=Oscar Santis|age={{birth date and age|1999|3|25|df=y}}|caps=41|goals=12|club=Antigua|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=FW|name=Darwin Lom|age={{birth date and age|1997|7|14|df=y}}|caps=37|goals=12|club=Comunicaciones|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=FW|name=Elmer Cardoza|age={{birth date and age|2002|7|29|df=y}}|caps=14|goals=0|club=Xelajú|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Rudy Muñoz|age={{birth date and age|2005|02|06|df=yes}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Erick Lemus|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|2|5}}|caps=2|goals=1|club=Comunicaciones|clubnat=GUA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=Arquímides Ordóñez|age={{birth date and age|2003|08|05|df=yes}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Zimbru Chișinău|clubnat=MDA}}

{{nat fs end}}

The following players have been called up for the team in the last twelve months.

{{nat fs r start|background=#D60607|color=#F7F408}}

{{nat fs r player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Luis Morán|age={{birth date and age|1996|05|31|df=yes}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Antigua|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=GK|name=Kevin Moscoso|age={{birth date and age|1993|6|13|df=y}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=Mixco|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|CRC}}, 15 October 2024}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs r player|no=15|pos=DF|name=Allen Yanes|age={{birth date and age|1997|7|4|df=y}}|caps=19|goals=1|club=Deportivo Mixco|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Aaron Herrera|age={{birth date and age|1997|6|6|df=y}}|caps=13|goals=0|club=D.C. United|clubnat=USA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 21 March 2025}}^PRE

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Kevin Ruiz|age={{birth date and age|1995|5|18|df=y}}|caps=11|goals=0|club=Xelajú|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|CRC}}, 15 October 2024}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=DF|name=Jeshua Urizar|age={{birth date and age|2004|10|19|df=y}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Mixco|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|CRC}}, 15 October 2024}}

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs r player|no=13|pos=MF|name=Alejandro Galindo|age={{birth date and age|1992|3|5|df=y}}|caps=58|goals=8|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Rudy Barrientos|age={{birth date and age|1999|3|1|df=y}}|caps=18|goals=2|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 21 March 2025}}^PRE

{{nat fs r player|no=|pos=MF|name=Carlos Mejía|age={{birth date and age|1991|11|13|df=y}}|caps=55|goals=8|club=Free agent|latest=v. {{fb|MTQ}}, 6 September 2024}}^INJ

{{nat fs break}}

{{nat fs r player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Rubio Rubin|age={{birth date and age|1996|3|1|df=y}}|caps=30|goals=11|club=Charleston Battery|clubnat=USA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=19|pos=FW|name=José Carlos Martínez|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|10}}|caps=28|goals=4|club=Municipal|clubnat=GUA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Nathaniel Mendez-Laing|age={{birth date and age2|df=y|2023|6|24|1992|4|15}}|caps=17|goals=0|club=Derby County|clubnat=ENG|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs r player|no=20|pos=FW|name=Olger Escobar|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2006|9|11}}|caps=7|goals=1|club=New England Revolution|clubnat=USA|latest=v. {{fb|GUY}}, 25 March 2025}}

{{nat fs break|background=#D60607}}

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

^PRE Preliminary squad.

^RET Player retired from the national team.

^SUS Player is serving suspension.

^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

{{nat fs end|background=#D60607}}

{{Updated|27 March 2021}}.{{cite web|last1=Passo Alpuin|first1=Luis Fernando|title=Guatemala - Record International Players|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-recintlp.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=2 February 2023|archive-date=3 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203095235/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/guat-recintlp.html|url-status=live}}

Players in bold are still active with Guatemala.

File:Carlos Ruiz.JPG is Guatemala's top goalscorer and their most capped player.]]

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Note: Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992.

Note: Football at the Pan American Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1999.

{{main|Guatemala national football team results}}

As of 25 March 2025 after the match against {{fb|Guyana}}.

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{{notelist}}

• CONCACAF Championship
• 22px Champions (1): 1967
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): 1965, 1969

• CCCF Championship¹
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (3): 1943, 1946, 1948
• {{bronze3}} Third place (1): 1953
• Copa de Naciones UNCAF/Copa Centroamericana
• {{gold1}} Champions (1): 2001
• {{silver2}} Runners-up (5): 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2014
• {{bronze3}} Third place (3): 1991, 2005, 2007

• Marlboro Cup (1): 1988

• Copa Centroamericana Fair Play Award (1): 2014

Only official honours are included, according to FIFA statutes (competitions organized/recognized by FIFA or an affiliated confederation).

;Notes:

1. Official senior competition organized by CCCF. It was a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF and affiliated with FIFA as the governing body of football in Central America and Caribbean, from 1938 to 1961.

{{portal|Association football|Guatemala}}

• Guatemala national under-20 football team
• Guatemala national under-17 football team
• Liga Nacional de Guatemala

{{Reflist}}

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• [http://www.fedefutguate.gt/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}
• [http://guatefutbol.com GuateFutbol.com] {{in lang|es}}
• [https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations/GUA Guatemala FIFA profile]

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