Guatemala national under-20 football team

Guatemala U-20 national team
Nickname(s)	La Azul y Blanco (The Blue and White)
Association	Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Marvin Cabrera
Captain	Jonathan Franco
Home stadium	Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores
FIFA code	GUA
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Round of 16 (2011)
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1962)
Best result	Runner-ups (1962, 1973)

The Guatemala national Under-20 football team is the national under-20 age level football team of Guatemala, and represents the nation in under-20 international matches.

The team qualified to the 2011 U-20 World Cup by finishing in the top 4 of the CONCACAF region at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, earning the first participation in a World Cup finals tournament at any level for Guatemala.

History[edit]

At the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship held in Guatemala City in March and April 2011, Guatemala advanced to the second round as second of a 3-team series which included Honduras and Jamaica. Guatemala then played a direct elimination quarterfinal match against the United States, and won 2-1 which secured a place in the top four and thus participation in the 2011 U-20 World Cup. The result was considered a significant upset by the international news media as the United States was one of the strongest teams in CONCACAF.^[1]^[2]

2011 U-20 World Cup[edit]

Guatemala was drawn into Group D of the tournament along Nigeria, Croatia, and Saudi Arabia. Their debut match was a 0-5 loss against Nigeria.^[3] Following a 6-0 loss to Saudi Arabia, Guatemala defeated Croatia 1-0 to advance to the Round of 16, where they were eliminated by losing 0-1 to Portugal.

2023 U-20 World Cup[edit]

Groups were drawn for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in April 2023, and Guatemala was placed in Group A alongside New Zealand, Uzbekistan, and Argentina.^[4] Guatemala's first match was a 1–0 loss to New Zealand, followed by a 3–0 loss to Argentina. In their final match of the group stage, Uzbekistan defeated Guatemala 2–0, which resulted in Guatemala's elimination from the tournament.^[5]

Results and fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2022[edit]

June 21 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Guatemala	3–1	Panama	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
18:30	Juárez 17' Ordoñez 45+3' Santos 69'	Report	Tejada 35'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Keylor Herrera

June 23 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Guatemala	2–1	Aruba	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
14:00	Ordoñez 18' Juárez 54'	Report	E. Nedd 14'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Ricardo Montero

June 26 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Guatemala	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
14:00	O. Villagrán 120'	Report	K. Habibullah	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Daneon Parchment
	Penalties
	Santos Urizar Franco Bantes Villagrán		Pellegrino Poku Ferdinand Smith Habibullah

29 June 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship QF	Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p)	Guatemala	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00	Lozano 74'	Report	Ordoñez 39'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Referee: Said Martínez (Honduras)
	Penalties
	Hernández Violante Leone Alcántar González		Gaitán Cardoza Santos Bantes

1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship	Dominican Republic	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Guatemala	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
20:00	De Peña 62' Azcona 64'	Report	Ordoñez 23' Mañón 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Morazán Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
	Penalties
	Jungbauer Montes de Oca Azcona De Peña María		Gaitán Cardoza Franco Ordoñez

3 August Friendly	Bay Cities FC	0–1	Guatemala	Redwood City, California
19:30		Report	29'	Stadium: Sequoia High School Attendance: 3,500

18 September Friendly	Guatemala	3–0	Honduras	New Orleans, United States
19:30		Report		Stadium: Pan American

2023[edit]

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) 2023 PSSI U-20 Mini Tournament	New Zealand	1–3	Guatemala	Jakarta, Indonesia
16:30 UTC+7	Colloty 7'	Report	Cordozza 54' Bantes 60' Avendaño 80'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fariq Hitaba (Indonesia)

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 2023 PSSI U-20 Mini Tournament	Fiji	1–3	Guatemala	Jakarta, Indonesia
16:30 UTC+7	Razool 13'	Report	Munoz 68' Bantes 82' Palencia 90+1'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aprisman Aranda (Indonesia)

21 February 2023 (2023-02-21) 2023 PSSI U-20 Mini Tournament	Indonesia	0-1	Guatemala	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30 UTC+7		Report	Solorzano 22'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

20 May 2023 (2023-05-20) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS	Guatemala	0–1	New Zealand	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero
15:00		Report	Garbett 80'	Attendance: 15,100 Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

23 May 2023 (2023-05-23) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS	Guatemala	0-3	Argentina	Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero
18:00		Report	Véliz 17' Romero 65' Herdman 90+8'	Attendance: 37,033 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Türkiye)

26 May 2023 (2023-05-26) 2023 FIFA U20 WC GS	Guatemala	0-2	Uzbekistan	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, San Juan
18:00		Report	Nematjonov 9', 20'	Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[6]
Match dates: 20–26 May 2023
Caps and goals correct as of: June 26, 2022 after the match against Canada U20.
Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Fausto Delgado	(2005-09-23) 23 September 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Global Soccer Academy
1GK	Jorge Moreno	(2004-12-28) 28 December 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Comunicaciones
1GK	David Aldana	(2003-04-24) 24 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Municipal

2DF	Andy Dominguez	(2003-02-18) 18 February 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Comunicaciones
2DF	Emerson Raymundo	(2003-04-21) 21 April 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Suchitepéquez
2DF	Jonathan Franco	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Municipal
2DF	Mathius Gaitán	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 21)	3	0	Municipal
2DF	Arian Recinos	(2005-02-03) 3 February 2005 (age 19)	3	0	New York Red Bulls
2DF	Jeshua Urizar	(2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Mixco

3MF	Daniel Cardoza	(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Comunicaciones
3MF	Néstor Cabrera	(2003-11-12) 12 November 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Queensboro FC
3MF	Randall Corado	(2004-09-01) 1 September 2004 (age 19)	4	0	Municipal
3MF	Edy Palencia	(2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Comunicaciones
3MF	Allan Juárez	(2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20)	3	2	San Jose Earthquakes
3MF	Figo Montaño	(2004-04-07) 7 April 2004 (age 20)	4	0	Municipal
3MF	Rudy Muñoz	(2005-02-06) 6 February 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Municipal
3MF	José Espinoza	(2003-09-10) 10 September 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Zacapa
3MF	Carlos Santos	(2003-08-05) 5 August 2003 (age 20)	4	1	Iztapa

4FW	Jefry Bantes	(2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20)	3	0	Municipal
4FW	Arquimides Ordóñez	(2003-08-05) 5 August 2003 (age 20)	4	3	FC Cincinnati
4FW	Anderson Villagrán	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 20)	2	1	Malacateco

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-20 World Cup[edit]

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	1	12
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2023	Groups stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
2025	To be determined
Total	2/24	7	1	0	6	1	18

Current technical staff[edit]

Head coach: Marvin Cabrera
Assistant coach: Rigoberto Gómez

References[edit]

^ (in Spanish)Source: http://www.paraguay.com/deportes/almeida-hace-historia-en-el-futbol-de-guatemala-69234
^ Source: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2011/04/07/2429964/concacaf-u20-championship-quarterfinal-guatemala-2-1-usa
^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Nigeria 5:0 (2:0) Guatemala - Summary". web.archive.org. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ match schedule and host cities announced". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
^ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/argentina-2023/scores-fixtures?country=US&wtw-filter=ALL
^ "Nomina Oficial de Guatemala Para el Campeonato Sub 20 Masculino de CONCACAF" (in Spanish). Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Soccerway Profile

[1] (in Spanish)Source: http://www.paraguay.com/deportes/almeida-hace-historia-en-el-futbol-de-guatemala-69234

[2] Source: http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1679/us-national-team/2011/04/07/2429964/concacaf-u20-championship-quarterfinal-guatemala-2-1-usa

[3] "FIFA U-20 World Cup: Nigeria 5:0 (2:0) Guatemala - Summary". web.archive.org. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

[4] "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ match schedule and host cities announced". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.

[5] ttps://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/argentina-2023/scores-fixtures?country=US&wtw-filter=ALL

[6] "Nomina Oficial de Guatemala Para el Campeonato Sub 20 Masculino de CONCACAF" (in Spanish). Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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