The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), 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.
Member associations +Member associations AssociationBLZ CRC SLV GUA HON NCA PAN
Competitions
Overview
The UNCAF organize various competitions. The Copa Centroamericana was played every two years from 1991 until 2017, and usually featured the seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, winning the tournament eight times. Honduras won the tournament four times while Guatemala and Panama won once each. This tournament usually ran 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 (Honduras) was the last champion (2007). Similarly to the Copa Centroamericana, 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.
National teams Copa Centroamericana – Was the International tournament for Central America, top 4–5 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Club teams Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Was a club championship for Central America in which the top 3 teams qualified for CONCACAF Champions' Cup. UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship – First edition held in 2016. UNCAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.
Current title holders
Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition DatesNational teams Copa Centroamericana 2017 4th Abolished U-23 Tournament 2015 Unknown UnknownTBA U-20 Tournament 2025 U-18 Tournament 2019 Unknown UnknownTBA U-17 Tournament 2016 Unknown 2024 U-16 Tournament 2025 TBA U-15 Tournament 2023 Unknown TBA Futsal Tournament 2016 Unknown TBA Futsal U20 Tournament 2022 1st TBA Beach Soccer Cup 2018 Unknown TBANational teams (women) Women's Copa Centroamericana 2018 Unknown TBA Women's U-20 Tournament 2025 1st TBA Women's U-17 Tournament 2024 Unknown TBA Women's U-16 Tournament 2025 Unknown TBA Club teams Central American Cup 2025 LD Alajuelense 3rd Xelajú2026 U-17 Interclub Cup 2022 Plaza Amador 1st AFFI Academia TBDClub teams (women) Women's Interclub Championship 2026 UNIFUT 2nd LD Alajuelense 2027
Major tournament records
National teams appearances in international tournaments National team World Cup Women's World Cup Gold Cup Women's Championship W Gold Cup Costa Rica 6 2 11 2 1 Honduras 3 0 11 0 0 El Salvador 2 0 8 1 1 Guatemala 0 0 9 1 0 Panama 2 1 8 2 1 Belize 0 0 1 0 0 Nicaragua 0 0 2 0 0
See also CONCACAF Central American Cup Caribbean Football Union (CFU) North American Football Union (NAFU) North American Football Confederation (NAFC) Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)
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