Guatemala Soccer Team Overview

Association Football is the official name of thegood performance of the team that brought them a
Guatemala soccer team that represents Guatemala insilver medal was in 1983 at the Pan American Games
international matches and it falls under the directheld in Caracas, Venezuela.
command of Federacion Nacional de Futbol deOne of the most notable events in the soccer world
Guatemala. Association Football was established inthat the country had hosted is the FIFA Futsal World
1919 became a member of the CONCACAF and itChampionship in the year 2000. It is the only
became a FIFA associate in 1946.international soccer episode that the country had
Even though the team did not qualify even once forbeen able to host and nothing more.
the World Cup, it did make three Olympic gameThe current line up of the national Guatemala soccer
appearances in return. They were able to participateteam includes goal keepers Luis Pedro Molina and Luis
in the 1968 Olympics, 1976 and then managed toTrigueño Foster, forwards Edwin Villatoro,
enter the Olympics game again in 1988.Selvin Motta, Dwight Pezzarossi and Mario Rodriguez,
Their highest achievement to date is the UNCAFmid fielderts Marvin Avila, Leonel Noriega, Freddy
Nations Cup where they became champion in 2001.Thompson, Rigoberto Gomez and Jose Manuel
Guatemala also won the 1967 3rd CONCACAFContreras and defensive players that includes Jaime
Championship. They emerged as fourth placer in theVides, Christian Noriega, Pablo Melgar, Yony Flores
1996 run of CONCACAF Gold Cup and it wasand Gustavo Cabrera respectively.
considered as the team's top performance. Another