Guatemala national under-20 football team explained

Guatemala U-20 national team
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Fifa Trigramme:GUA
Nickname:La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White)
Association:Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Confederation:CONCACAF
Captain:Jonathan Franco
Coach:Marvin Cabrera
Home Stadium:Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
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Regional Name:FIFA U-20 World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:2
Regional Cup First:2011
Regional Cup Best:Round of 16 (2011)
2Ndregional Name:CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:20
2Ndregional Cup First:1962
2Ndregional Cup Best:Runner-ups (1962, 1973)

The Guatemala national Under-20 football team is the national under-20 age level football team of Guatemala, and represents the nation in under-20 international matches.

The team has qualified to the FIFA U-20 World Cup twice, in 2011 and 2023. It finished in the top 4 of the CONCACAF region at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, earning the first participation in a World Cup finals tournament at any level for Guatemala.

History

At the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship held in Guatemala City in March and April 2011, Guatemala advanced to the second round as second of a 3-team series which included Honduras and Jamaica. Guatemala then played a direct elimination quarterfinal match against the United States, and won 2-1 which secured a place in the top four and thus participation in the 2011 U-20 World Cup. The result was considered a significant upset by the international news media as the United States was one of the strongest teams in CONCACAF.[1] [2]

2011 U-20 World Cup

Guatemala was drawn into Group D of the tournament along Nigeria, Croatia, and Saudi Arabia. Their debut match was a 0-5 loss against Nigeria.[3] Following a 6-0 loss to Saudi Arabia, Guatemala defeated Croatia 1-0 to advance to the Round of 16, where they were eliminated by losing 0-1 to Portugal.

2023 U-20 World Cup

Groups were drawn for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in April 2023, and Guatemala was placed in Group A alongside New Zealand, Uzbekistan, and Argentina.[4] Guatemala's first match was a 1–0 loss to New Zealand, followed by a 3–0 loss to Argentina. In their final match of the group stage, Uzbekistan defeated Guatemala 2–0, which resulted in Guatemala's elimination from the tournament.[5]

Results and fixtures

See main article: Guatemala national football team results. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024

Current squad

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

YearRoundGPWD*LGSGA
1977Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011Round of 164103112
2013Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2023Groups stage300306
2025Did not qualify
Total2/247106118

Current technical staff

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Source: http://www.paraguay.com/deportes/almeida-hace-historia-en-el-futbol-de-guatemala-69234
  2. Source: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2011/04/07/2429964/concacaf-u20-championship-quarterfinal-guatemala-2-1-usa
  3. Web site: 2011-11-22 . FIFA U-20 World Cup: Nigeria 5:0 (2:0) Guatemala - Summary . 2024-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111122055129/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/round=255641/match=300145867/index.html . 2011-11-22 .
  4. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ match schedule and host cities announced . 2024-03-04 . www.fifa.com . en.
  5. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/argentina-2023/scores-fixtures?country=US&wtw-filter=ALL
  6. News: Nomina Oficial de Guatemala Para el Campeonato Sub 20 Masculino de CONCACAF . 19 June 2022 . Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala . 16 June 2022 . Spanish.