Belize 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 25 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 titles).

It took Belize fourteen years from their independence in 1981 to their debut in international football in 1995. Since then, they have entered the tournament continuously, but only qualified once in 2003. Losing all three matches, they placed last in the tournament and are ranked 26th out of 27 nations in the all-time table.

Record at the CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
CONCACAF Championship
Year Result Position Pld W T L GF GA
CONCACAF Gold Cup
1996Did not qualify
1998
2000
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013Group Stage12th3003111
2015Did not qualify
2017
2019
Total1/2426/273003111

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group Stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3300112+99
 Costa Rica 320141+36
 Cuba 310257−23
 Belize 3003111−100
Belize 1–6 United States
Gaynair  40' Report Wondolowski  12', 37', 41'
Holden  58'
Orozco  72'
Donovan  76' (pen.)
Jeld-Wen Field, Portland
Attendance: 18,724
Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)
Costa Rica 1–0 Belize
Eiley  49' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 17,597
Cuba 4–0 Belize
Martínez  38', 62', 84'
Márquez  90+3'		 Report
Rentschler Field, East Hartford
Attendance: 25,432

Record Players

Nine players have been fielded in all three matches at Belize's only Gold Cup appearance.

No. Name Matches
1 Dalton Eiley3
Ian Gaynair3
Trevor Lennan3
Evan Mariano3
Deon McCaulay3
Tyrone Pandy3
Michael Salazar3
Elroy Smith3
Evral Trapp3

Top Goalscorers

During their 1–6 defeat against the United States, Ian Gaynair scored the only Belizean goal in Gold Cup history.

No. Name Goals
1 Ian Gaynair1
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