The Independence Centenary Athletic Games of Central America () was an association football tournament organized to celebrate 100 years of Central American independence from the Spanish Empire. The national teams of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras participated in the tournament that was hosted in Guatemala City between 14 and 18 September 1921.
Participants
Four of the original five members of the Federal Republic of Central America (1823–1841) participated in the tournament: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The tournament was the first time each nation played an international association football match.
Former Costa Rican president Rafael Iglesias Castro attended the tournament.
Venue
The three games of the tournament were all held in the Campo de Marte in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Format
The tournament was a single-elimination tournament. Matches were 80 minutes long.
Squads
Costa Rica squad
The following table lists the members of the Costa Rican squad.
El Salvador squad
The following table lists the members of the Salvadoran squad.
Guatemala squad
The following table lists the members of the Guatemalan squad.
Honduras squad
The following table lists the members of the Honduran squad.
Tournament
Bracket
Semifinals
Costa Rican center forward scored the match's first goal in the 9th minute.
GK RB LB Feis Tabash RM Rodolfo Peralta CM Eladio Rosabal (c) LM Ricardo Bermúdez RW Jorge Solera CF CF Pedro Quirce CF Claudio Arguedas LW Rafael Madrigal Managers: and GK Carlos Escobar DF Santiago Barrachina DF José Huezo DF Benjamín Sandoval MF Emilio Dawson MF Emilio Detruit MF Víctor Recinos FW Guillermo Alcaine FW José Alcaine FW Guillermo Sandoval FW Enrique Lindo Manager: Unknown
Match rules: 80 minutes
GK Ricardo Lenhoff DF Luis Asturias DF José Minondo MF David Barrios MF Arturo Aguirre MF Wenceslao Aldaz FW Julio Dougherty FW Rafael Villacorta (c) FW Constantino Kiehnle FW Fernando Minondo FW Mariano Enríquez Manager: Rafael Villacorta GK Luis Bolaños DF Arístides Raudales (c) DF Ricardo Aguilar DF Ricardo Fernández MF Adán Boza MF Arnold Estrada MF Mariano Carazo FW Ramón Rodríguez FW Julio Cueto FW Carlos Maramoros FW Esteban Peralta Manager: Arístides Raudales
Match rules: 80 minutes
Final
Guatemalan president Carlos Herrera awarded the Costa Rican team the Championship Cup after the match.
GK Ramiro Gálvez DF José Minondo DF Carlos Aguirre (c) DF Luis Asturias MF Arturo Aguirre MF David Barrios FW Seagrave Smith FW Fernando Minondo FW Constantino Kiehnle (c) FW Mariano Enríquez FW Enrique Álvarez Managers: Carlos Aguirre andConstantino Kiehnle GK RB LB Feis Tabash RM Rodolfo Peralta CM Eladio Rosabal (c) LM RW Jorge Solera CF CF Pedro Quirce CF Claudio Arguedas LW Rafael Madrigal Managers: and
Match rules: 80 minutes
Goalscorers
Overall rankings
Ranking Team Champions 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 4 Runners-up 2 1 0 1 9 6 +3 2 Third place 1 0 0 1 0 7 –7 0 Fourth place 1 0 0 1 0 9 –9 0
See also
Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games
References