Central American Football Union


The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol, 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.

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. Honduras have won the tournament four times. 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 was the last champion. 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.

Competitions

National teams

National teams appearances in international tournaments

National teamWorld CupWomen's World CupGold CupWomen's Gold Cup
Costa Rica51112
Honduras30110
El Salvador2080
Guatemala0091
Panama1082
Belize0010
Nicaragua0020

Title holders

UNCAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.
CompetitionHoldersCurrent event
Copa Centroamericana2017
UNCAF U-232015
UNCAF U-202018
UNCAF U-18 Tournament2019
UNCAF U-172016
UNCAF U-16 Tournament2018
UNCAF U-15 Tournament2019
UNCAF Futsal2016
UNCAF Beach Soccer Central American Cup2018
UNCAF Interclub Cup Motagua2007
UNCAF U-17 Interclub CupTBD2018
Copa Centroamericana Women's2018
UNCAF Women's U-20 Tournament2019
UNCAF Women's U-172017
UNCAF Women's U-16 Tournament2019
UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship Unifut2018