Honduras national under-23 football team explained

Honduras Olympic
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Fifa Trigramme:	HON
Nickname:	La Bicolor Olimpica (The Olympic Bicolor) Sub-23 La H U23
Association:	FENAFUTH
Coach:	Bernardo Redín
Captain:	Denil Maldonado
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First Game:	2–2 (Guatemala; 16 March 1991)
Largest Win:	5–0 (San Pedro Sula, Honduras; 25 September 2011)
Largest Loss:	6–0 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 17 August 2016) 6–0 (Yokohama, Japan; 28 July 2021)
Regional Name:	Olympic Games
Regional Cup Apps:	5
Regional Cup First:	2000
Regional Cup Best:	Fourth place (2016)
2Ndregional Name:	Pan American Games
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	5
2Ndregional Cup First:	1991
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Silver medalist (1999, 2019)

The Honduras national under-23 football team represents Honduras in international football competitions (finals stage and qualifiers) in Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for three over-age players. The team is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). Honduras have qualified for five Men's Olympic Football Tournaments, in Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020.^[1]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
2000	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	6	7	Squad
2004	Did not qualify
2008	Group stage	16th	3	0	0	3	0	5	Squad
2012	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	5	5	Squad
2016	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	8	14	Squad
2020	Group stage	14th	3	1	0	2	3	9	Squad
2024	Did not qualify
Total	Fourth place	5/9	19	5	4	10	22	40	—

CONCACAF Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament record
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1960	Did not enter
1964
1968	Withdrew
1972	Did not enter
1976	First round	2	0	1	1	0	2
1980	Did not enter
1984	First round	2	0	0	2	2	4
1988	First round	2	0	1	1	3	4
1992	Fourth place	12	5	3	4	21	21
1996	Did not enter
2000	First place	9	5	3	1	19	9
2004	Third place	7	3	2	2	11	10
2008	First place	7	4	2	1	8	2
2012	Second place	7	4	1	2	16	10
2015	Second place	7	5	0	2	13	5
2020	Second place	5	2	3	0	8	4
Total		60	28	16	16	101	71

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position							Squad
Until 1995	See Honduras national football team
1999	Silver medal	2nd	6	5	0	1	13	6	Squad
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	7	Squad
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019	Silver medal	2nd	5	1	2	2	7	11	Squad
2023	Seventh place	7th	4	1	0	3	4	8	Squad
Total	2 Silver medals	6/19	18	8	2	8	28	32	—

Results and fixtures

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Name Role Manager Goalkeeping coach Physiotherapist-->

Manager history

List of managers since 1975 to present:^[2]

• 1975: Peter Lange
• 1983: Roberto González
• 1986–1987: Ángel Rodríguez
• 1991: Luis López
• 1991–1992: Flavio Ortega
• 1999–2000: Ramón Maradiaga
• 2003–2004: Edwin Pavón
• 2007–2008: Alexis Mendoza
• 2008: Gilberto Yearwood
• 2011: Miguel Falero
• 2012–2014: Luis Suárez
• 2015–2017: Jorge Pinto
• 2019: Fabián Coito
• 2021: Miguel Falero
• 2023: Luis Alvarado
• 2023-: Bernardo Redin

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and two preceding friendly matches against Japan and Germany.^[3]

• Overage player.

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
	Did not select
	Samuel Caballero (DF)	Emil Martínez (MF)	Carlos Pavón (FW)

Records

Top goalscorers

width = 20%	Rank	width = 40%	Player	width = 20%	Year(s)	width = 20%	U-23 Goals
1	David Suazo	2000	6
2	Alberth Elis	2015–2016	6
3	Anthony Lozano	2012–2016	4
4	Eddie Hernández	2011–2012	3
5	Jerry Bengtson	2012	3
5	Roger Rojas	2012	3
5	Douglas Martínez	2019–2021	3

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Head-to-head record

Includes data from CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and Summer Olympics only

Opponent
	1–0–0	3:2
	0–1–0	1:1
	1–0–0	2:1
	1–0–0	5:0
	0–0–2	2:9
	0–0–1	0:1
	3–2–0	7:3
	1–2–3	7:9
	1–0–0	2:0
	2–1–0	7:3
	2–4–2	9:9
	3–1–0	7:2
	0–0–2	1:6
	1–0–0	2:0
	0–1–0	0:0
	1–4–6	9:21
	0–1–0	2:2
	3–0–0	15:2
	0–1–1	5:6
	1–0–0	3:2
	3–1–0	8:3
	0–0–1	1:2
	0–0–1	0:1
	1–0–2	1:7
	1–0–0	1:0
	2–0–0	4:0
	1–0–0	2:0
	4–1–5	17:19
Totals	33–20–26	121:111

Honours

Major competitions

• Pan American Games
  • Silver medalists (2): 1999, 2019
• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  • Winners (2): 2000, 2008
  • Runners-up (3): 2012, 2015, 2020
  • Third place (1): 2004

See also

• Sport in Honduras
• Football in Honduras
• Honduras national football team

External links

• Honduras national under-23 football team – official website
• Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Honduras at FIFA.com

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080811220438/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/teams/team=1889847/profile.html FIFA.com – Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Honduras – Profile
2. http://www.laprensa.hn/Secciones-Principales/Deportes/Liga-Nacional/Desafie-a-Ismael16 LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael
3. Web site: Ellos serán los guerreros para poner en alto el nombre de Honduras en los Juego Olimpicos de Japon: Tokyo2020 . National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras Twitter . 2 July 2021.