Honduras National Football Team - World Cup Honduras

The Honduras national football team, (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Honduras) nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H, is the national team of Honduras and is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). To date, the team has qualified three times for the FIFA World Cup, in 1982, 2010 and 2014 but has not won a single match.

History

The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, losing 10â€"1 to Guatemala.

During their first appearance at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1930, Honduras posted a record of two wins and three losses. Their only wins came against Jamaica (5â€"1) and El Salvador (4â€"1), while they lost two games to Cuba and Costa Rica.

Honduras won the 1981, and 1982 CONCACAF Championship and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1982. They finished second in the 1985 CONCACAF Championship losing their final match 2 to 1 against Canada, who would eventually qualify to the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Their next major accomplishment was being runners-up at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup losing against host nation, United States. For the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Jamaica's merits left Honduras out of the final round of qualification. Despite Honduras' overwhelming victory 11 to 3 against St.Vincent & the Grenadines, Jamaica defeated Mexico in Kingston. The scoreless draw from Jamaica's visit to Honduras ultimately allowed the Reggae Boys to advance to the next round. Hopes changed for 2002 as Honduras advanced to the hexagonal round. Despite Honduras' effort, they were left at the edge of the 2002 FIFA World Cup losing at home against Trinidad & Tobago, and at the Azteca against Mexico, in their final two games of the qualifiers. The match against Trinidad saw Honduras hit the goal post seven times, but despite their effort they lost by the minimum amount. The second World Cup appearance was in the 2010 FIFA World Cup when Honduras strikingly qualified by their victory away at El Salvador and Costa Rica's tie against the USA. Their third and most recent World Cup appearance was the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where they defeated Mexico at Azteca on their way on qualifying. Honduras has won the UNCAF Nations Cup three times in 1993, 1995 and 2011.

1982 FIFA World Cup

Honduras qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in 1982. Despite getting draws against host Spain, 1â€"1, and Northern Ireland, 1â€"1, they could not come up with a win against Yugoslavia losing 0â€"1.

2001 Copa América

Since 1993, CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship, Copa América. Honduras took part as one of the last minute teams added for 2001 Copa América. (Argentina dropped out one day before kickoff.) The team arrived only a few hours before the tournament's first game and with barely enough players. Despite the odds, Honduras progressed onto the quarter-final stage where they faced and defeated Brazil 2â€"0. In the semi-finals however, it was Colombia that knocked out Honduras, 0â€"2.

2010 FIFA World Cup

On October 14, 2009, Honduras qualified to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, after a 1â€"0 win against El Salvador gave them the third automatic qualifying spot from the Fourth Round of CONCACAF Qualifying.

Honduras faced Chile, Spain, and Switzerland, respectively. In their first match they lost to Chile 0â€"1 by a goal from Jean Beausejour. They faced Spain in the second match and lost 0â€"2 by 2 goals from David Villa. In their last match against Switzerland they got a draw and finished the World Cup with 1 point.

Group H

2014 World Cup Qualification

Honduras' World Cup journey began with an automatic bye to the third round of the qualification because of their third-place position in the FIFA World Ranking. The Honduras team qualified for the final round by finishing first in their third-round group, which included Panama, Canada, and Cuba. The first game began with an upsetting loss against Panama at home. Honduras managed to keep composure despite their tie in the second game in Canada. They went ahead to win both of their matches against Cuba and left with a tie from Panama. In their last match, Honduras recorded an 8â€"1 win over Canada, allowing them to finish first in their group ahead of Panama.

Honduras disputed the fourth and final round of CONCACAF qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The final round, sometimes referred as the hexagonal, is composed of six teams in which each team faces every opponent in a home-and-away format. In their first two games, Honduras faced regional giants USA and Mexico at home. Honduras successfully defeated USA 2 to 1 in their opening hexagonal match. Following the USA match, Honduras hosted Mexico only to come back from a 0â€"2 trail to a 2â€"2 draw. Los Catrachos would then travel to Panama losing to the host team 2â€"0. Honduras would then lose to Costa Rica and United States 1â€"0. Following the 2â€"0 Jamaica win and the 1â€"0 USA loss, Honduras traveled to Mexico City to face Mexico. Honduras came back from a 1â€"0 trail to a stunning 1â€"2 win in the Azteca. They returned to Tegucigalpa only to draw 2â€"2 due to a last minute goal from Chen. In the final two games Honduras beat Costa Rica 1â€"0 and qualified by means of a tie at Kingston against Jamaica.

2014 World Cup

Stadium

Honduras plays the majority of its home games at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula.

The national team also plays at Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa. In the past, Honduras played their games in San Pedro Sula at Estadio Francisco Morazán.

Estadio Nilmo Edwards in La Ceiba has also hosted friendly exhibition matches since 2007.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2016

2017

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup matches

All Time World Cup Results

CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa Centroamericana

Copa América

Since 1993, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has invited two non-CONMEBOL nations to each Copa América tournament.

Pan American Games

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American Games

Youth team records

Honours

• CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup

• Winners (1): 1981
• Runners-up (2): 1985, 1991
• Third place (1): 1967, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013
• Fourth place (1): 1963

• Copa América

• Third place (1): 2001

• UNCAF Nations Cup

• Winners (3): 1993, 1995, 2011

• Central American Games

• Winners (3): 1990, 1994 , 2013

• Independence Cup
• Winners (1): 2010
• CONCACAF U 15 Championship
• Winners (1): 2013
• Carlsberg Cup: 2002

• Winners (1): 2002

• CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament
• Winners (2): 2000,2008

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called in for 2017 Copa Centroamericana January 13-22, 2017
Caps and goals current as of January 17, 2017 after the match against Panama.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Honduran squad in the last 12 months.

Records

Previous Squads

• 1982 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2001 Copa America squad
• 2010 FIFA World Cup squad
• 2014 FIFA World Cup squad

Coaches

Record versus other nations

As of 11 November 2016