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HONDURAS AT THE WORLD CUPS  
  Honduras at the World Cups  
                                           
                                           
                                           
   
   
                                           
                                         
                           
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  HONDURAS  
     
     
 

The Honduras national football team (Spanish: Selección de Fútbol de Honduras) represents Honduras in international football and is controlled by the Honduras Football Federation (Spanish: Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras, FENAFUTH), the governing body for football in Honduras.

The FENAFUTH was founded in 1951, became a member of FIFA in the same year, and a member of CONCACAF in 1961. In the 1930s, soccer experienced a surge in popularity in the country. However, the idea to organize football began to take shape in 1948 with the birth of an amateur liga. The first professional liga (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras) was founded in 1964. Since then, Honduras's top clubs have been Olimpia with 27 championships, Motagua with 12, and Real España with 11.

Honduras is one of the most successful football team in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the area commonly known as CONCACAF. Los Catrachos will appear in their third finals after previous tilts in 1982, and 2010.

 
       
       
  QUICK FACTS  
     
       
 
  Association
     
  Confederation
  CONCACAF
  Nickname
  Los Catrachosables - La Bicolor - La H
  Foundation year
 1959
  Affiliate since
 1962
  Topscorer in WC
  Antonio Laing, Héctor Zelaya, Carlos   Costly : 1
  Head Coach
  Jorge Luis Pinto (Colombia)
  Titles
  None
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
       
       
  TITLES  
   
   
 
CONCACAF CHAMPIONSHIP
Gold
Silver
Bronze
 1967 Honduras
3
 1981 Honduras
1
 1985 Honduras
2

 

CONCACAF GOLD CUP
Gold
Silver
Bronze
 1991 United States
2

 

COPA AMERICA
Gold
Silver
Bronze
 2001 Colombia
3
       
       
  HONDURAS APPEARANCES AT WORLD CUPS  
       
       
 
Nro
Flag
World Cup
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Perf.
Rd
Pos
Par
Pt
P/Par
Ap.
Total
9
0
3
6
3
14
-11
3
1.00
26
29
3
23.91
3
12
 1982 Spain
3
0
2
1
2
3
-1
2
0.67
1R
18
24
1
0.75
1
19
 2010 South Africa
3
0
1
2
0
3
-3
1
0.33
1R
30
32
1
0.94
2
20
 2014 Brazil
3
0
0
3
1
8
-7
0
0.00
1R
31
32
1
0.97
3
 
       
 
 Where: Perf: Pts/Pld     Rd: Round     Pos: Position in the WC     Total Pos: SUM(Pos)/Ap     Par: No. participants    
 Pt: How many points scores in the WC. Champion: 32, Finalist: 16, TP: 12, FP: 8, QF: 4, R16: 2, FR: 1
 P/Par: Pos/Par     Total P/Par: SUM(P/Par + 1.25 * each World Cup uncontested)/20     Ap: Appearances
 
     
       
  HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS (AT WORLD CUPS)  
   
     
 
More Played Matches
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
  Spain
2
0
1
1
0%
50%
2
  Switzerland
2
0
1
1
0%
50%
3
  Chile
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
4
  Ecuador
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
5
  France
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
6
  Northern Ireland
1
0
1
0
0%
0%
7
  Yugoslavia
1
0
0
1
0%
100%

 

Best Results
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
  Northern Ireland
1
0
1
0
0%
0%

 

Worst Results
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
  Chile
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
2
  Ecuador
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
3
  France
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
4
  Yugoslavia
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
 
     
     
  PLAYER STATS
     
     
  Goalscorers at world cups
   
     
Nro
Player
TG
30
34
38
50
54
58
62
66
70
74
78
82
86
90
94
98
02
06
10
14
2
2
0
1
    Carlos Costly 
1
1
    Antonio Laing
1
1
 
    Héctor Zelaya
1
1
 
 
   
     
  World cups, games and minutes played
   
   
Nro
Player
#Min
#WC
#Mat
82
10
14
1
  Noel Valladares
540
2
6
270
270
2
  Maynor Figueroa
540
2
6
270
270
3
  Wilson Palacios
403
2
5
270
133
4
  Roger Espinoza
361
2
5
136
225
5
  Osman Chávez
315
2
4
270
45
6
  Emilio Izaguirre
315
2
4
180
135
7
  Víctor Bernárdez
315
2
4
90
225
8
  Julio César Arzú
270
1
3
270
9
  Allan Anthony Costly
270
1
3
270
10
  Jaime Villegas
270
1
3
270
11
  Ramón Maradiaga
270
1
3
270
12
  Héctor Zelaya
270
1
3
270
13
  Armando Betancourt
270
1
3
270
14
  José Roberto Figueroa "Macho"
270
1
3
270
15
  Brayan Beckeles
270
1
3
270
16
  Gilberto Yearwood
269
1
3
269
17
  Jerry Bengtson
225
1
3
225
18
  Carlo Costly
220
1
3
220
19
Jorge Claros
213
1
3
213
20
  Oscar Boniek García
205
2
3
0
205
21
  Walter Martínez
191
1
3
191
22
  Efraín Gutiérrez
180
1
2
180
23
  Fernando Bulnes
180
1
2
180
24
  Sergio Mendoza
180
1
2
180
25
  Edgar Álvarez
180
1
2
180
 
     
     
  TOP GOALSCORERS AT ALL COMPETITIONS  
       
       
   Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of November 11, 2016  
     
 
#
Name
Goals
Caps
AVG/Games
Career
1
  Carlos Pavón
57
101
0.56
1993-10
2
  Wilmer Velásquez
35
47
0.74
1994-07
3
  Milton Núñez
34
86
0.39
1994-08
4
  Carlo Costly
32
75
0.43
2007-Present
5
  Nicolás Suazo
28
51
0.55
1991-98
6
  Amado Guevara
27
138
0.19
1994-10
7
  Jerry Bengtson
21
54
0.39
2010-Present
8
  Eduardo Bennett
19
36
0.53
1991-00
9
  David Suazo
17
57
0.30
1999-12
10
  Saul Martínez
16
35
0.46
2001-08
 
       
       
  MOST CAPPED PLAYERS AT ALL COMPETITIONS  
       
   Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of November 11, 2016  
     
 
#
Name
Caps
Career
1
  Amado Guevara
138
1994-10
2
  Noel Valladares
135
2000-Present
3
  Maynor Figueroa
133
2003-Present
4
  Oscar Boniek García
116
2005-Present
5
  Carlos Pavón
101
1993-10
6
  Wilson Palacios
97
2003-Present
7
  Emilio Izaguirre
87
2007-Present
  Iván Guerrero
87
2007-Present
9
  Milton Núñez
86
1994-08
10
  Danilo Turcios
85
1999-10
  Víctor Bernárdez
85
2004-Present
 
       
       
  SQUADS  
       
       
   
     
 

  

 
  AWARDED PLAYERS  
     
     
 

 

IFFHS PLAYER OF THE CENTURY
#
Name
Votes
Years
1
  Gilberto Yearwood
9
1982-93

 

 
   
   
  COACHES  
   
   
 
#
Cou
Name
Years
1
  Carlos Padilla Velásquez
1960, 70-73
2
  Elsy Núñez Gonzales
1962
3
  Marinho Rodríguez de Oliveira
1966
4
  Sergio Lecea Fernández
1967
5
  José de la Paz Herrera
1980-86, 88, 03, 05
6
  Flavio Ortega
1991-92, 06
7
  Estanislao Malinowski
1992-93
8
  Julio Gonzalez Montemurro
1993
9
  Carlos Cruz Carranza
1995
10
  Ernesto Rosa Guedes
1996
11
  Miguel Company
1997-98
12
  Ramón Maradiaga
1996, 98-02
13
  Bora Milutinović
2003-04
14
  Raúl Martínez Sambulá
2006
15
  Reinaldo Rueda
2007-10
16
  Juan de Dios Castillo
2010-11
17
  Luis Fernando Suárez
2011-14
18
  Hernán Medford
2014-14
19
  Jorge Luis Pinto
2014-Present
 
   
  PLAYERS' CLUBS  
   
   
These are the clubs that have historically contributed more players to the Honduras national football team.
 
   
Pos
Logo
Team
Players
Country
Flag
1
  CD Olimpia
12
  Honduras
2
  Motagua
11
  Honduras
3
  Real España
10
  Honduras
4
  Wigan Athletic
4
  England
5
  Marathón
3
  Honduras
  Universidad
3
  Honduras
  Platense
3
  Honduras
8
  Anderlecht
2
  Belgium
  Hangzhou Greentown
2
  China
10
  Qingdao Jonoon
1
  China
  LD Alajuelense
1
  Costa Rica
  Stoke City
1
  England
  Hull City
1
  England
  Tottenham Hotspur
1
  England
  RC Strasbourg
1
  France
  Real Valladolid
1
  Honduras
  Real Sociedad
1
  Honduras
  CD Vida
1
  Honduras
  Bari
1
  Italy
  Genoa
1
  Italy
  Celtic F.C.
1
  Scotland
  Chivas USA
1
  United States
  Houston Dynamo
1
  United States
  New England Revolution
1
  United States
  Sporting Kansas City
1
  United States
  San Jose Earthquakes
1
  United States
 
 
   
  FIXTURES AND RESULTS  
   
   
2013
   
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
18 Jan 13
San José, Costa Rica
1-1
El Salvador
2
22 Jan 13
San José, Costa Rica
1-1
Panama
3
25 Jan 13
San José, Costa Rica
1-0
Belize
4
27 Jan 13
San José, Costa Rica
0-1
Costa Rica
5
6 Feb 13
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2-1
United States
6
22 Mar 13
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2-2
Mexico
7
26 Mar 13
Panama City, Panama
0-2
Panama
8
2 Jun 13
New York, United States
0-2
Israel
F
9
7 Jun 13
San José, Costa Rica
0-1
Costa Rica
10
11 Jun 13
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2-0
Jamaica
11
18 Jun 13
Sandy, United States
0-1
United States
12
8 Jul 13
Harrison, United States
2-0
Haiti
13
12 Jul 13
Miami Gardens, United States
1-0
El Salvador
14
15 Jul 13
Houston, United States
0-2
Trinidad and Tobago
15
21 Jul 13
Baltimore, United States
1-0
Costa Rica
16
24 Jul 13
Arlington, United States
1-3
United States
17
6 Sep 13
Mexico City, Mexico
2-1
Mexico
18
10 Sep 13
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2-2
Panama
19
11 Oct 13
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
1-0
Costa Rica
20
15 Oct 13
Kingston, Jamaica
2-2
Jamaica
21
16 Nov 13
Miami, United States
0-5
Brazil
F
22
19 Nov 13
Houston, United States
2-2
Ecuador
F
 
   
   
2014
   
 
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
5 Mar 14
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2-1
Venezuela
F
2
29 May 14
Washington D.C., USA
0-2
Turkey
F
3
1 Jun 14
Houston, USA
2-4
Israel
F
4
7 Jun 14
Miami, USA
0-0
England
F
5
15 Jun 14
Porto Alegre, Brazil
0-3
France
6
20 Jun 14
Curitiba, Brazil
1-2
Ecuador
7
25 Jun 14
Manaus, Brazil
0-3
Switzerland
8
3 Sep 14
Washington, D.C., USA
2-0
Belize
9
7 Sep 14
Houston, USA
0-1
El Salvador
10
10 Sep 14
Dallas, USA
0-2
Guatemala
11
13 Sep 14
Los Angeles, USA
1-0
Nicaragua
12
9 Oct 14
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
0-2
Mexico
F
13
14 Oct 14
Boca Raton, USA
1-1
United States
F
14
14 Nov 14
Toyota, Japan
0-6
Japan
F
15
18 Nov 14
Xi'án, China
0-0
China PR
F
   
   
2015
   
 
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
4 Feb 15
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2-3
Venezuela
F
2
11 Feb 15
Barinas, Venezuela
1-2
Venezuela
F
3
25 Mar 15
Cayenne, Frech Guiana
1-3
French Guiana
4
29 Mar 15
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
3-0
French Guiana
5
31 May 15
Arlington, USA
2-0
El Salvador
F
6
6 Jun 15
Asunción, Paraguay
2-2
Paraguay
F
7
10 Jun 15
Porto Alegre, Brazil
0-1
Brazil
F
8
1 Jul 15
Houston, USA
0-0
Mexico
F
9
7 Jul 15
Frisco, USA
1-2
United States
10
10 Jul 15
Dallas, USA
1-1
Panama
11
13 Jul 15
Kansas City, USA
0-1
Haiti
12
4 Sep 15
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
0-3
Venezuela
F
13
8 Sep 15
Quito, Ecuador
0-2
Ecuador
F
14
8 Oct 15
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1-1
Guatemala
F
15
13 Oct 15
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
1-1
South Africa
F
16
13 Nov 15
Vancouver, Canada
0-1
Canada
17
17 Nov 15
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
0-2
Mexico
18
16 Dec 15
Juticalpa, Honduras
2-0
Cuba
F
   
   
2016
   
 
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
27 Jan 16
Managua, Nicaragua
3-1
Nicaragua
F
2
10 Feb 16
Guatemala City, Guatemala
1-3
Guatemala
F
3
25 Mar 16
San Salvador, El Salvador
2-2
El Salvador
4
29 Mar 16
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2-0
El Salvador
5
27 May 16
San Juan, Argentina
0-1
Argentina
F
6
2 Sep 16
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2-1
Canada
7
6 Sep 16
Mexico City, Mexico
0-0
Mexico
8
11 Nov 16
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
0-1
Panama
9
15 Nov 16
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
3-1
Trinidad & Tobago
   
   
2017
   
 
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
13 Jan 17
Panama City, Panama
2-1
Nicaragua
2
15 Jan 17
Panama City, Panama
2-1
El Salvador
3
17 Jan 17
Panama City, Panama
1-0
Panama
4
20 Jan 17
Panama City, Panama
2-0
Costa Rica
5
22 Jan 17
Panama City, Panama
0-1
Belize
6
16 Feb 17
Houston, United States
 
Jamaica
F
7
24 Mar 17
San Jose, United States
 
United States
8
28 Mar 17
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
 
Costa Rica
9
7/8 Jun 17
Mexico City, Mexico
 
Mexico
10
11/12 Jun 17
Panama City, Panama
 
Panama
11
1 Sep 17
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
 
Trinidad & Tobago
12
5 Sep 17
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
 
United States
13
6 Oct 17
San José, Costa Rica
 
Costa Rica
14
10 Oct 17
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
 
Mexico
 
   
  ALL MATCHES AT WORLD CUPS  
   
   
  1982 Spain World Cup
   
First Round: Match 1
1-1
Honduras  
Date: 16 June 1982   R. Zelaya 7'
Stadium: Estadio Luis Casanova
 
Venue: Valencia    
Attendance:  49,562      
Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)  
   
First Round: Match 2
1-1
Northern Ireland  
Date: 21 June 1982   G. Armstrong 9'
Stadium: La Romareda
 
Venue: Zaragoza    
Attendance:  15,000      
Referee: Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)  
   
First Round: Match 3
Yugoslavia
1-0
Honduras  
Date: 24 June 1982  
Stadium: La Romareda
 
Venue: Zaragoza    
Attendance:  25,000  
Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)  
   
  2010 South Africa World Cup
   
First Round: Match 4
1-0
Honduras  
Date: 16 June 2010  
Stadium: Mbombela Stadium    
Venue: Nelspruit    
Attendance: 32,264  
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)  
   
First Round: Match 5
2-0
Honduras  
Date: 21 June 2010
D. Villa 17', 51'
 
Stadium: Ellis Park Stadium    
Venue: Johannesburg    
Attendance: 54,386    
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)  
   
First Round: Match 6
0-0
Honduras  
Date: 25 June 2010    
Stadium: Free State Stadium    
Venue: Bloemfontein    
Attendance: 28,042  
Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)  
   
  2014 Brazil World Cup
   
First Round: Match 7
3-0
Honduras
Date: 15 June 2014
K. Benzema 45', 72'
Stadium: Estádio Beira-Rio
N. Valladares 48' (o.g.)
Venue: Porto Alegre
Attendance: 43,012
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) 
   
First Round: Match 8
1-2
Ecuador
Date: 20 June 2014 E. Valencia 34', 65'
Stadium: Arena da Baixada
Venue: Curitiba
Attendance: 39,224
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia) 
   
First Round: Match 9
0-3
Switzerland
Date: 25 June 2014 X. Shaqiri 6', 31', 71' 
Stadium: Arena Amazônia
Venue: Manaus
Attendance: 40,322
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
 
 
 
2014 World Cup: Honduras
Karim Benzema (France), Mainor Figueroa and Emilio Izaguirre
 
       
   
  
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