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Guatemala at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Guatemala have qualified for 20 of those tournaments and were particularly successful in the 1960s, winning the title in 1967 and finishing in second place in 1965 and 1969. Because of a FIFA suspension from October 2016 to March 2018, they were disqualified from the 2017 qualifiers and were not able to enter qualification for 2019 at all.

Overall record

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Fourth place 4th 4 1 2 1 7 6 Squad Qualified automatically
Guatemala 1965 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
Honduras 1967 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 7 1 Squad 2 2 0 0 6 2
Costa Rica 1969 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 2 0 10 2 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
Haiti 1973 Fifth place 5th 5 0 3 2 4 6 Squad 2 2 0 0 2 0
Mexico 1977 Fifth place 5th 5 1 1 3 8 10 Squad 6 3 2 1 15 6
Honduras 1981 Did not qualify 8 3 3 2 10 2
1985 Round 1 5th 4 2 1 1 7 3 Squad Qualified automatically
1989 Fourth place 4th 6 1 1 4 4 7 Squad 4 2 1 1 5 4
United States 1991 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 1 5 Squad 3 0 2 1 0 1
Mexico United States 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1996 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 3 5 Squad 4 2 0 2 2 5
United States 1998 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 3 4 Squad 5 3 2 0 10 3
United States 2000 Group stage 10th 2 0 1 1 3 5 Squad 5 3 1 1 5 2
United States 2002 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 1 4 Squad 5 2 3 0 9 5
Mexico United States 2003 Group stage 11th 2 0 1 1 1 3 Squad 5 3 1 1 10 4
United States 2005 Group stage 11th 3 0 1 2 4 9 Squad 5 3 1 1 10 5
United States 2007 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 2 5 Squad 5 3 1 1 3 2
United States 2009 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 6
United States 2011 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 5 4 Squad 3 1 0 2 3 6
United States 2013 Did not qualify 4 0 3 1 3 5
Canada United States 2015 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 1 4 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 4
United States 2017 Disqualified due to FIFA suspension Disqualified due to FIFA suspension
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019
United States 2021 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 6 Squad 6 5 1 0 30 1
Canada United States 2023 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 4 3 Squad 6 4 1 1 11 4
Total 1 Title 20/27 76 21 22 33 87 97 87 44 23 20 143 69

Match overview

Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
El Salvador 1963 Final round  Honduras 1–2 San Salvador
 Panama 2–2
 Nicaragua 3–1
 El Salvador 1–1
Guatemala 1965 Final round  Costa Rica 0–0 Guatemala City
 Haiti 3–0
 El Salvador 4–1
 Netherlands Antilles 3–2
 Mexico 1–2
Honduras 1967 Final round  Haiti 2–1 Tegucigalpa
 Mexico 1–0
 Honduras 0–0
 Trinidad and Tobago 2–0
 Nicaragua 2–0
Costa Rica 1969 Final round  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 San José
 Netherlands Antilles 6–1
 Mexico 1–0
 Jamaica 0–0
 Costa Rica 1–1
Haiti 1973 Final round  Mexico 0–0 Port-au-Prince
 Netherlands Antilles 2–2
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–1
 Haiti 1–2
 Honduras 1–1
Mexico 1977 Final round  Suriname 3–2 Monterrey
 Haiti 1–2
 Canada 1–2 Mexico City
 Mexico 1–2
 El Salvador 2–2
1985 Group stage  Canada 1–2 Victoria, Canada
 Haiti 1–0 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
 Canada 1–1 Guatemala City, Guatemala
 Haiti 4–0
1989 Group stage  Costa Rica 1–0
 Costa Rica 1–2 San José, Costa Rica
 United States 1–2 New Britain, United States
 Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Guatemala City, Guatemala
 Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
 United States 0–0 Guatemala City, Guatemala
United States 1991 Group stage  Costa Rica 0–2 Pasadena
 United States 0–3
 Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Los Angeles
United States 1996 Group stage  Mexico 0–1 San Diego
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–0 Anaheim
Semi-finals  Mexico 0–1 San Diego
Third place match  United States 0–3 Los Angeles
United States 1998 Group stage  El Salvador 0–0
 Brazil 1–1 Miami
 Jamaica 2–3 Los Angeles
United States 2000 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 2–4
 Mexico 1–1
United States 2002 Group stage  Mexico 1–3 Pasadena
 El Salvador 0–1
United States Mexico 2003 Group stage  Jamaica 0–2 Miami
 Colombia 1–1
United States 2005 Group stage  Jamaica 3–4 Carson
 Mexico 0–4 Los Angeles
 South Africa 1–1 Houston
United States 2007 Group stage  United States 0–1 Carson
 El Salvador 1–0
 Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Foxboro
Quarter-finals  Canada 0–3
United States 2011 Group stage  Honduras 0–0 Carson
 Jamaica 0–2 Miami
 Grenada 4–0 Harrison
Quarter-finals  Mexico 1–2 East Rutherford
United States Canada 2015 Group stage  Trinidad and Tobago 1–3 Chicago
 Mexico 0–0 Glendale
 Cuba 0–1 Charlotte
United States 2021 Group stage  El Salvador 0–2 Frisco
 Mexico 0–3 Dallas
 Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Frisco
United States Canada 2023 Group stage  Cuba 1–0 Fort Lauderdale
 Canada 0–0 Houston
 Guadeloupe 3–2 Harrison
Quarter-finals  Jamaica 0–1 Cincinnati

Record by opponent

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
 Brazil 0 1 0 1 1 1
 Canada 0 2 3 5 3 8
 Colombia 0 1 0 1 1 1
 Costa Rica 1 2 2 5 3 5
 Cuba 1 0 1 2 1 1
 El Salvador 2 3 2 7 8 7
 Grenada 1 0 0 1 4 0
 Guadeloupe 1 0 0 1 3 2
 Haiti 4 0 2 6 12 5
 Honduras 0 3 1 4 2 3
 Jamaica 0 1 5 6 5 12
 Mexico 2 3 8 13 7 19
 Netherlands Antilles 2 1 0 3 11 5
 Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 5 1
 Panama 0 1 0 1 2 2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 0 0 1 3 0
 South Africa 0 1 0 1 1 1
 Suriname 1 0 0 1 3 2
 Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 5 10 11 13
 United States 0 1 4 5 1 9

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