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 28 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (13 titles).
Guatemala have qualified for 21 editions of the tournament, 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 recordYearResultPosition*Squad 1963Fourth place4th412176SquadQualified automatically 1965Runners-up2nd5311115SquadQualified as hosts 1967Champions1st541071Squad220062 1969Runners-up2nd5320102SquadQualified as defending champions 1971Did not qualify201112 1973Fifth place5th503246Squad220020 1977Fifth place5th5113810Squad6321156 1981Did not qualify8332102 1985Round 15th421173SquadQualified automatically 1989Fourth place4th611447Squad421154 1991Group stage7th310215Squad302101 1993Did not enterDid not enter 1996Fourth place4th410335Squad420225 1998Group stage7th302134Squad5320103 2000Group stage10th201135Squad531152 2002Group stage12th200214Squad5230 95 2003Group stage11th201113Squad5311104 2005Group stage11th301249Squad5311105 2007Quarter-finals8th411225Squad531132 2009Did not qualify300316 2011Quarter-finals8th411254Squad310236 2013Did not qualify403135 2015Group stage12th301214Squad430174 2017Disqualified due to FIFA suspensionDisqualified due to FIFA suspension 2019 2021Group stage13th301216Squad6510301 2023Quarter-finals5th421143Squad6411114 2025Semi-finals3rd521266Squad631 210 8Total1 Title21/288123233593103—9347242215377
Match overview TournamentRoundOpponentScoreVenue 1963Final round1–2San Salvador2–23–11–1 1965Final round0–0Guatemala City3–04–13–21–2 1967Final round2–1Tegucigalpa1–00–02–02–0 1969Final round2–0San José6–11–00–01–1 1973Final round0–0Port-au-Prince2–20–11–21–1 1977Final round3–2Monterrey1–21–2Mexico City1–22–21985Group stage1–2Victoria, Canada1–0Port-au-Prince, Haiti1–1Guatemala City, Guatemala4–01989Group stage1–01–2San José, Costa Rica1–2New Britain, United States0–1Guatemala City, Guatemala1–2Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago0–0Guatemala City, Guatemala 1991Group stage0–2Pasadena0–31–0Los Angeles 1996Group stage0–1San Diego3–0AnaheimSemi-finals0–1San DiegoThird place match0–3Los Angeles 1998Group stage0–01–1Miami2–3Los Angeles 2000Group stage2–41–1 2002Group stage1–3Pasadena0–1 2003Group stage0–2Miami1–1 2005Group stage3–4Carson0–4Los Angeles1–1Houston 2007Group stage0–1Carson1–01–1FoxboroQuarter-finals0–3 2011Group stage0–0Carson0–2Miami4–0HarrisonQuarter-finals1–2East Rutherford 2015Group stage1–3Chicago0–0Glendale0–1Charlotte 2021Group stage0–2Frisco0–3Dallas1–1Frisco 2023Group stage1–0Fort Lauderdale0–0Houston3–2HarrisonQuarter-finals0–1Cincinnati 2025Group stage1–0Carson0–1Austin3–2HoustonQuarter-finals1–1 MinneapolisSemi-finals1–2St. Louis
Record by opponent CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)Opponent010111033649010111122535101211232787100140200264402612503142311576122381371921031152002510112231001300101111001323251011130156211
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