Honduras national football team

The Honduras national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Honduras) represents Honduras in men's international football. The team is governed by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). They are nicknamed Los Catrachos, La Bicolor or La H.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Honduras women's national football team.

Honduras

Nickname(s)	Los Catrachos La Bicolor La H
Association	Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	Fabián Coito
Captain	Maynor Figueroa
Most caps	Maynor Figueroa (163)[1]
Top scorer	Carlos Pavón (57)[1]
Home stadium	Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
FIFA code	HON
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	62 (16 July 2020)[2]
Highest	20 (September 2001)
Lowest	101 (December 2015)
First international
Guatemala 10–1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
Biggest win
Honduras 10–0 Nicaragua  (San José, Costa Rica; 13 March 1946)
Biggest defeat
Guatemala 10–1 Honduras  (Guatemala City, Guatemala; 14 September 1921)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1982)
Best result	Group stage (1982, 2010, 2014)
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
Appearances	20 (first in 1963)
Best result	Champions (1981)
Copa América
Appearances	1 (first in 2001)
Best result	Third place (2001)

Honduras has qualified for the World Cup three times, in 1982, 2010 and 2014. Outside of the FIFA World Cup tournament, Honduras has competed in several other international competitions, like the CONCACAF Championship which they won in 1981, and the Copa América which their best result was third place in 2001. Apart from that Honduras has also won the Central American Cup championship four times, having won the final edition in 2017.

History

The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, losing 10–1 to Guatemala.[3]

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 (5–1) and El Salvador (4–1), while they lost two games to Cuba and Costa Rica.

The national association, the National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras (FENAFUTH) was founded in 1935. It joined FIFA in 1946 and co-founded CONCACAF in 1961.[4]

1970 World Cup and the Football War

Prior to the qualification stages leading up to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador found themselves in what was called the Football War. This nickname was given to the situation after an play-off game was played between the two countries to decide which would qualify for the Finals. This political crisis eventually turned into a war that lasted approximately 100 hours.

Honduras had begun qualifying by defeating Costa Rica and Jamaica. Against Jamaica, they easily won both games, 5–1 on aggregate. They beat Costa Rica 1–0 in Tegucigalpa and drew 1–1 away. This set up a final match between Honduras and El Salvador, who had eliminated Guyana and the Netherlands Antilles.

In the first game against El Salvador, Honduras won 1–0 in Tegucigalpa on 8 June 1969. Honduras were coached by Carlos Padilla Velásquez and the only goal of the game was scored by Leonard Welch. Honduras lost the second game 3–0 in San Salvador, and a play-off was required in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on 27 June. El Salvador won 3–2 to qualify and eliminate Honduras.

1982 World Cup

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup

Honduras won the 1981 CONCACAF Championship and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1982. Despite drawing against the hosts Spain and Northern Ireland, both 1–1, they were eliminated in the first round after losing their last match to Yugoslavia 1–0.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to second round
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Honduras	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: FIFA

Honduras finished second in the 1985 CONCACAF Championship, losing their final match 2–1 against Canada, who went on to qualify for the 1986 World Cup. Their next major accomplishment was being runners-up at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, losing against the host nation, the United States.

For the 1998 World Cup, Jamaica and Mexico eliminated Honduras at the third round stage. Despite Honduras's overwhelming 11–3 victory against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Jamaica defeated Mexico at Independence Park, Kingston, allowing the Reggae Boys to advance to the next round.

2001 Copa América

Main article: 2001 Copa América

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

Honduras advanced to the final round in the qualifying competition for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but again failed to qualify after losing at home to Trinidad & Tobago, and away against Mexico in their final two matches. The match against Trinidad and Tobago saw Honduras hit the goal post seven times.

2010 World Cup

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup

On 14 October 2009, Honduras qualified for the 2010 World Cup after a 1–0 win against El Salvador gave them the third automatic qualifying spot from the Fourth Round of CONCACAF Qualifying.[5]

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group H

Honduras faced Chile, Spain, and Switzerland in their first round group.[6] In their first match they lost to Chile 1–0, to a goal from Jean Beausejour. They then lost 2–0 to Spain, with both goals scored by David Villa. In their last match they drew 0–0 against Switzerland and were eliminated in last place in the group.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Honduras	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

2014 World Cup

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

In the qualifying competition for the 2014 World Cup, Honduras were given a bye to the third round because of their third-place position among CONCACAF teams in the March 2011 FIFA World Rankings. They qualified for the final round by finishing first in their group, which included Panama, Canada and Cuba. After beginning with a home defeat against Panama, Honduras recovered and beat Canada 8–1 in their final match, allowing them to win the group ahead of Panama.

In the final round of qualifying, the Hexagonal, six teams faced each other in a home-and-away format. In their first two games, Honduras defeated the United States 2–1 and came back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2–2 with Mexico. They lost three of their next four matches before travelling to Mexico City to face Mexico in the Azteca. Honduras again trailed but scored twice in the second half for a stunning 2–1 win. They returned to Tegucigalpa, where they drew 2–2 against Panama, who escaped defeat with a last-minute goal by Roberto Chen. In the final two games, Honduras beat Costa Rica 1–0 at home and qualified with a 2–2 draw against Jamaica in Kingston.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States (Q)	10	7	1	2	15	8	+7	22		—	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Costa Rica (Q)	10	5	3	2	13	7	+6	18		3–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0
Honduras (Q)	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	15		2–1	1–0	—	2–2	2–2	2–0
Mexico (A)	10	2	5	3	7	9	−2	11		0–0	0–0	1–2	—	2–1	0–0
Panama	10	1	5	4	10	14	−4	8		2–3	2–2	2–0	0–0	—	0–0
Jamaica	10	0	5	5	5	13	−8	5		1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	—

Source:
(Q) Top three teams qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.; (A) Fourth-placed team advanced to the CONCACAF v OFC play-off.

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E

In the Finals in Brazil, Honduras again finished bottom of their first round group, after 3–0 defeats against France and Switzerland, and a 2–1 defeat to Ecuador. The match against France featured the first use of goal-line technology to award a goal at the World Cup: an own-goal by Honduras's goalkeeper, Noel Valladares. Against Ecuador, Carlo Costly scored Honduras's first goal in the Finals for 32 years.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Ecuador	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Honduras failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. In the Hexagonal stage they dropped into fourth place after Panama scored an 88th-minute winning goal in their last match against Costa Rica. Honduras had themselves dropped points by conceding late goals in their two previous games, against Costa Rica and the United States. They entered a play-off against Australia, and after a 0–0 draw at home, Honduras were eliminated when they lost the second leg in Sydney 3–1.

Honduras have won the UNCAF Nations Cup four times: in 1993, 1995, 2011 and 2017.

Home 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.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: Honduras at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Declined participation
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962	Did not qualify									5	2	1	2	5	8
1966										4	0	1	3	1	6
1970										7	4	1	2	10	8
1974										7	2	4	1	11	10
1978	Withdrew									Withdrew
1982	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	2	3		13	8	4	1	23	6
1986	Did not qualify									10	5	3	2	15	9
1990										2	0	2	0	1	1
1994										14	6	3	5	23	20
1998										6	3	1	2	18	11
2002										22	14	2	6	56	25
2006										8	3	4	1	15	8
2010	Group stage	30th	3	0	1	2	0	3		18	10	2	6	32	18
2014		31st	3	0	0	3	1	8		16	7	5	4	25	15
2018	Did not qualify									18	5	7	6	20	28
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	Group stage	3/21	9	0	3	6	3	14		150	69	40	41	255	176

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Honduras at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Fourth place	4th	7	3	1	3	8	12
1965	Did not qualify
1967	Third place	3rd	5	2	2	1	4	2
1969	Did not qualify
1971	Sixth place	6th	5	0	1	4	5	11
1973	Fourth place	4th	5	1	3	1	6	6
1977	Did not qualify
1981	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	8	1
1985	Runners-up	2nd	8	3	3	2	11	9
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	12	3
1993	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	6	5
1996	Group stage	8th	2	0	0	2	1	8
1998	Group stage	9th	2	0	0	2	1	5
2000	Quarter-finals	6th	3	2	0	1	7	5
2002	Did not qualify
2003	Group stage	10th	2	0	1	1	1	2
2005	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	8	6
2007	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	10	6
2009	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	6	4
2011	Fourth place	4th	5	1	2	2	8	5
2013	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	5	5
2015	Group stage	11th	3	0	1	2	2	4
2017	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	1	2	3	2
2019	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	6	4
Total	1 Title	20/25	83	32	20	34	118	105

Copa América

Copa América record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2001	Third place	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	5
Total	Third place	–	6	3	1	2	7	5

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

Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	1	2	5	5
1993	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	7	0
1995	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	8	1
1997	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	8	5
1999	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	11	5
2001	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	12	5
2003	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	4	5
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	2	0	12	3
2007	Fifth place	5th	3	1	1	1	11	5
2009	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	9	3
2011	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	8	3
2013	Runners-up	2nd	4	1	2	1	3	3
2014	Fifth place	5th	4	2	0	2	3	3
2017	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	7	3
Total	4 Titles	14/14	60	34	12	14	108	49

Pan American Games

Pan American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not qualify
1955
1959
1963
1967
1971
1975
1979
1983
1987
1991	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	6	11
1995	Fourth place	4th	6	1	2	3	8	10
1999	Silver medal	2nd	6	5	0	1	13	6
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	7
2011	Did not qualify
2015
2019	Silver medal	2nd	5	1	2	2	7	11
Total	2 Silver medals	5/18	25	9	8	11	38	45

Central American and Caribbean Games

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Third place	3rd	5	2	0	3	9	22
1993	Fifth place	5th	5	1	1	3	6	20
1938	Did not participate
1946
1950	Third place	3rd	6	3	0	3	7	6
1954	Did not participate
1959
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	1	0	7	1
1990	Did not participate
1993
1998
2002	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	0	2	4	5
2006	Fourth place	4th	7	5	0	2	16	8
2010	Preliminary round	7th	2	0	1	1	0	1
2014	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	8	11
2018	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	8	3
Total	Runners-up	9/22	43	21	4	18	65	77

Central American Games

Central American Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1973	Did not qualify
1977
1986	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	6	1
1990	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	8	2
1994	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	16	4
1997	Third place	3rd	4	2	1	1	6	3
2001	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	9	5
2006	Not held
2010
2013	Champions	1st	4	3	1	0	6	1
2017	Champions	1st	4	2	2	0	7	1
Total	4 Titles	7/11	28	19	5	4	58	17

All-time head-to-head record

As of 17 November 2019 after the match against  Trinidad and Tobago.

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Argentina	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3
Aruba	2	0	2	0	4	4	0
Australia	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
Azerbaijan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Belarus	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Belize	9	9	0	0	24	3	+21
Bolivia	5	1	2	2	3	4	-1
Brazil	8	1	1	6	6	29	-23
Canada	24	11	6	7	40	28	+12
Chile	8	3	0	5	13	17	-4
China PR	5	1	3	1	1	3	-2
Colombia	13	6	3	4	14	12	+2
Costa Rica	65	19	22	24	80	107	-27
Cuba	15	8	2	5	27	23	+4
Curaçao[lower-alpha 1]	12	5	3	4	24	22	+2
Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	4	-2
Dominican Republic	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Ecuador	18	3	9	6	17	22	-5
El Salvador	74	37	19	18	122	75	+48
England	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Finland	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
France	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
French Guiana	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4
Germany[lower-alpha 2]	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Grenada	2	2	0	0	11	1	+10
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Guatemala	44	16	18	10	50	40	+10
Haiti	17	12	0	5	34	13	+21
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Israel	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4
Jamaica	25	12	5	8	46	28	+18
Japan	3	0	1	2	7	14	-7
Latvia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Martinique	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Mexico	41	8	9	24	35	74	-39
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	3	-2
Nicaragua	24	21	2	1	79	15	+64
Northern Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Norway	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Panama	48	25	11	12	70	35	+35
Paraguay	8	1	4	3	6	11	-5
Peru	9	2	5	2	10	10	0
Puerto Rico	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8
Romania	4	0	3	1	3	6	-3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	6	0	0	36	4	+32
Serbia[lower-alpha 3]	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Slovenia	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
South Africa	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
South Korea	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9
Spain	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2
Suriname	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
Switzerland	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
Trinidad and Tobago	20	11	6	3	35	19	+16
Turkey	3	0	0	3	0	5	-5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
United States	29	5	8	16	27	49	-22
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	3	2	+1
Venezuela	12	4	2	6	15	14	+1
Zambia	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6
Total (60)	608	247	163	198	907	757	+150

1. Includes matches against  Netherlands Antilles.
2. Includes matches against  West Germany.
3. Includes matches against  Yugoslavia.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Honduras national football team results (2020–29)

The tables below include matches from the past 12 months as well as any future scheduled matches.

  Win   Draw   Loss

2019

Honduras  v  Puerto Rico

5 September International Friendly	Honduras	4–0	Puerto Rico	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
20:00	Izaguirre  5' Benguche  40', 62' Toro  59'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

Honduras  v  Chile

10 September International Friendly	Honduras	2–1	Chile	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:30 UTC−6	Elis  73' Toro  80'	Report	Parot  19'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

Trinidad and Tobago  v  Honduras

10 October Nations League A	Trinidad and Tobago	0–2	Honduras	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
19:00		Report	Moya  52' Martínez  90'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Honduras  v  Martinique

13 October Nations League A	Honduras	1–0	Martinique	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
22:00	Barthéléry  4' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Martinique  v  Honduras

14 November Nations League A	Martinique	1–1	Honduras	Fort-de-France, Martinique
20:00	Rivière  5'	Report	Mejía  65'	Stadium: Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Honduras  v  Trinidad and Tobago

17 November Nations League A	Honduras	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00	Toro  5' Moya  20' Elis  45+2' (pen.), 54'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

2020

Honduras  v  United States

4 June Nations League SF	Honduras	Postponed	United States	Houston, Texas
		Report		Stadium: BBVA Stadium

TBD v  Honduras

7 June Nations League 3rd/F	TBD	Postponed	Honduras	Arlington, Texas
		Report		Stadium: AT&T Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following 33 players were called up for CONCACAF Nations League matches against Martinique and Trinidad and Tobago on 14 and 17 November respectively.[7]
Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2019 after the match against Trinidad and Tobago.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Harold Fonseca	(1993-10-08) 8 October 1993	2	0	Olimpia
18	1GK	Rafael Zúñiga	(1990-05-13) 13 May 1990	0	0	Platense
22	1GK	Luis López	(1993-09-13) 13 September 1993	25	0	Real España
–	1GK	Alex Güity	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997	0	0	Olimpia
2	2DF	Félix Crisanto	(1990-09-09) 9 September 1990	21	0	Unattached
3	2DF	Maynor Figueroa (Captain)	(1983-05-02) 2 May 1983	162	6	Houston Dynamo
4	2DF	Marcelo Pereira	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995	9	0	Motagua
5	2DF	Éver Alvarado	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992	28	1	Olimpia
7	2DF	Emilio Izaguirre	(1986-05-10) 10 May 1986	109	5	Unattached
15	2DF	Denil Maldonado	(1998-05-26) 26 May 1998	4	0	Pachuca
19	2DF	Danilo Tobías	(1992-01-20) 20 January 1992	1	0	Real España
–	2DF	Henry Figueroa	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992	47	0	Marathón
–	2DF	Bryan Barrios	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994	0	0	Linense
–	2DF	Carlos Meléndez	(1997-12-08) 8 December 1997	0	0	Vida
4	3MF	Marcelo Santos	(1992-08-02) 2 August 1992	0	0	Motagua
6	3MF	Bryan Acosta	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993	42	2	FC Dallas
8	3MF	Carlos Pineda	(1997-09-23) 23 September 1997	5	0	Olimpia
10	3MF	Alexander López	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992	32	2	Alajuelense
13	3MF	Brayan Moya	(1993-10-19) 19 October 1993	5	2	1° de Agosto
14	3MF	Kervin Arriaga	(1998-01-05) 5 January 1998	0	0	Marathón
16	3MF	Rigoberto Rivas	(1998-07-31) 31 July 1998	6	0	Reggina
20	3MF	Edwin Rodríguez	(1999-09-25) 25 September 1999	2	0	Olimpia
21	3MF	Kevin López	(1996-02-03) 3 February 1996	1	0	Motagua
23	3MF	Edwin Solano	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996	2	0	Marathón
–	3MF	Luis Garrido	(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990	46	0	Unattached
–	3MF	Héctor Castellanos	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992	3	0	Motagua
9	4FW	Jorge Benguché	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996	3	2	Olimpia
11	4FW	Rubilio Castillo	(1991-11-26) 26 November 1991	25	6	Motagua
12	4FW	Jonathan Toro	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996	5	3	Tondela
17	4FW	Alberth Elis	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996	42	10	Houston Dynamo
19	4FW	Juan Ramón Mejía	(1988-08-01) 1 August 1988	2	1	Unattached
–	4FW	Douglas Martínez	(1997-06-05) 5 June 1997	2	1	Real Salt Lake
–	4FW	Darixon Vuelto	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998	1	0	Victoria

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
MF	Jorge Álvarez	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998	8	1	Olimpia	v.  Martinique, 13 October 2019
MF	Michaell Chirinos	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995	19	0	Olimpia	v.  Chile, 10 September 2019
FW	Bryan Róchez	(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995	11	0	Nacional	v.  Martinique, 13 October 2019

INJ = Withdrew due to injury
PRE = Preliminary squad
WD = Withdrew for personal reasons

Records

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most caps (as of 17 November 2019) # Name Career Caps Goals 1 Maynor Figueroa 2003– 163 5 2 Amado Guevara 1994–2010 138 27 3 Noel Valladares 2000–2016 135 0 4 Boniek García 2005– 125 3 5 Emilio Izaguirre 2007– 109 5 6 Carlos Pavón 1993–2010 101 57 7 Wilson Palacios 2003–2014 97 6 8 Milton Núñez 1994–2008 86 33 Víctor Bernárdez 2004–2014 86 4 Danilo Turcios 1999–2010 86 7

Top goalscorers (as of 11 October 2018) # Player Career Goals Caps 1 Carlos Pavón 1993–2010 57 101 2 Wilmer Velásquez 1994–2007 35 47 3 Milton Núñez 1994–2008 34 86 4 Carlo Costly 2007–2016 32 77 5 Nicolás Suazo 1991–1998 28 51 6 Amado Guevara 1994–2010 27 138 7 Jerry Bengtson 2010– 21 55 8 Eduardo Bennett 1991–2000 19 36 9 David Suazo 1999–2012 17 58 10 Saul Martínez 2001–2009 16 35

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup squad 2010 FIFA World Cup squad 2014 FIFA World Cup squad

CONCACAF Gold Cup 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad

Copa América 2001 Copa America squad

Coaches

Manager	Years
Carlos Padilla	1960–1962
Elsy Núñez	1962–1966
Marinho Rodríguez	1966–1967
Sergio Fernández	1967–1968
Carlos Padilla	1968–1973
Peter Lange	1974–1976
José Herrera	1980–1986
Ger Blok	1987–1988
José Herrera	1988
Flavio Ortega	1991–1992
Estanislao Malinowski	1992–1993
Julio González	1993
Carlos Cruz	1995
Ernesto Rosa	1996
Ramón Maradiaga	1996
Miguel Company	1997–1998
Ramón Maradiaga	1998–2002
Edwin Pavón	2003
José Herrera	2003
René Simões	2003
Bora Milutinović	2003–2004
José Herrera	2005
Raúl Martínez	2006
Flavio Ortega	2006–2007
Reinaldo Rueda	2007–2010
Juan Castillo	2010–2011
Luis Suárez	2011–2014
Hernán Medford	2014
Jorge Pinto	2014–2017
Carlos Tábora	2018
Jorge Jimenez	2018–2019
Fabian Coito	2019–

Honours

• CONCACAF Championship / CONCACAF Gold Cup

• Winners (1): 1981
• Runners-up (2): 1985, 1991
• Third place (3): 1967, 2005, 2009
• Fourth place (3): 1963, 2011, 2013

• Copa América

• Third place (1): 2001

See also

• Football in Honduras
• Honduras national under-23 football team
• Honduras national under-20 football team
• Honduras national under-17 football team
• Clásico centroamericano

Notes

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto; Stokkermans, Karel. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. Courtney, Barrie (13 November 2006). "Honduras International Soccer Matches Since 1920". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
4. "Honduras - Association Information". FIFA.
5. "Pavon puts visitors through". ESPN. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
6. "England enjoy kind World Cup draw". BBC News. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
7. "¿Qué te parece la convocatoria de la Selección de Honduras?". Diez. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

10. https://www.fifa.com/news/honduras-team-the-year-for-2001-80402. Published 17 December 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2020

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• Honduras FIFA profile
• Matches at World Football Elo
• Honduras at the World Cups
• Honduras Teams at World Cups
• Honduras: Head-to-Head Records at World Cups
• Honduras Players' Clubs
• RSSSF List of Honduras Matches
• RSSSF List of Honduras Record International Players