Central American Football Union

Central American Football Union

Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol
The members of UNCAF (orange), with all members of CONCACAF (camel)
Abbreviation	UNCAF
Formation	1990 [1]
Type	Sports organization
Membership	7 national associations
President	Rafael Tinoco
Website	uncafut.com

The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its member associations are part of CONCACAF.

Member associations

Member associations

Code	Association
BLZ	Belize
CRC	Costa Rica
SLV	El Salvador
GUA	Guatemala
HON	Honduras
NCA	Nicaragua
PAN	Panama

Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

Overview

Older logo

The UNCAF organize various competitions. The Copa Centroamericana was played every two years from 1991 until 2017, and usually featured the seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, winning the tournament eight times. Honduras won the tournament four times while Guatemala and Panama won once each. This tournament usually ran as a qualification round for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The UNCAF also ran the Copa Interclubes UNCAF, a competition for the champions and runners-up of the domestic leagues of the UNCAF members; C.D. Motagua (Honduras) was the last champion (2007). Similarly to the Copa Centroamericana, this competition qualified three teams to the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. As it expanded into the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008, all of the Central American nations have at least one team and the Copa Interclubes UNCAF was disbanded.

National teams

• Copa Centroamericana – Was the International tournament for Central America, top 4–5 qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Club teams

• Copa Interclubes UNCAF – Was a club championship for Central America in which the top 3 teams qualified for CONCACAF Champions' Cup.
• UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship – First edition held in 2016.

UNCAF runs several competitions which cover men's, women's, youth and futsal.

Current title holders

See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2026 in association football, 2026 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition	Dates
National teams
Copa Centroamericana		2017	Honduras	4th	Panama		Abolished
U-23 Tournament		2015	Honduras	Unknown	Unknown		TBA
U-20 Tournament		2025	Costa Rica		Panama
U-18 Tournament		2019	Costa Rica	Unknown	Unknown		TBA
U-17 Tournament		2016	Costa Rica	Unknown	Honduras		2024
U-16 Tournament		2025	Costa Rica		Guatemala		TBA
U-15 Tournament		2023	Guatemala	Unknown	Costa Rica		TBA
Futsal Tournament		2016	Guatemala	Unknown	Panama		TBA
Futsal U20 Tournament		2022	Nicaragua	1st	Costa Rica		TBA
Beach Soccer Cup		2018	El Salvador	Unknown	Panama		TBA
National teams (women)
Women's Copa Centroamericana		2018	Costa Rica	Unknown	Panama		TBA
Women's U-20 Tournament		2025	Panama	1st	Nicaragua		TBA
Women's U-17 Tournament		2024	Costa Rica	Unknown	Panama		TBA
Women's U-16 Tournament		2025	Puerto Rico	Unknown	El Salvador		TBA
Club teams
Interclub Cup / Central American Cup		2004	LD Alajuelense	5°	Real Estelí FC		2025
U-17 Interclub Cup		2022	Plaza Amador	1st	AFFI Academia		TBD
Club teams (women)
Women's Interclub Championship		2024	Santa Fé FC	4-0	Alianza Wome's FC		2025

Major tournament records

National teams appearances in international tournaments

National team	World Cup	Women's World Cup	Gold Cup	Women's Championship	W Gold Cup
Costa Rica	6	2	11	2	1
Honduras	3	0	11	0	0
El Salvador	2	0	8	1	1
Guatemala	0	0	9	1	0
Panama	1	1	8	2	1
Belize	0	0	1	0	0
Nicaragua	0	0	2	0	0

See also

• CONCACAF Central American Cup
• Caribbean Football Union (CFU)
• North American Football Union (NAFU)
• North American Football Confederation (NAFC)
• Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF)

References

1. "Digicel and the Central American Union of Football (UNCAF) launch the Copa de Naciones Digicel 2009". Digicel Football. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

External links

• Official website