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 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).
Nicaragua took part in the inaugural CONCACAF Championship in 1963, and in five tournaments total. However, they were never able to make an impact, losing seventeen out of their eighteen matches. In 1967, they drew the host team, Honduras, 1–1.
Overall record CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification recordYearResultPosition*Squad 1963Group stage8th4004215SquadQualified automatically 1965Did not qualify210124 1967Sixth place6th5014312Squad210144 1969Did not enterDid not enter 1971Did not qualify200224 1973Did not enterDid not enter 1977 1981 1985 1989 1991Did not qualify200225 1993200208 1996200207 19982002211 2000200202 20023003219 20035104111 2005310229 20074103614 2009Group stage11th300308Squad412156 2011Did not qualify401327 2013301225 2015300306 2017Group stage10th300317Squad721499 2019Group stage15th300308Squad430192 2021Did not qualify6213911 2023Disqualified6420155 2025Did not qualify62 1 35 7TotalSixth place5/28180117650—741994679154
Match overview TournamentRoundOpponentScoreVenue 1963First round1–6San Salvador1–30–10–5 1967Final round0–4Tegucigalpa1–11–21–30–2 2009Group stage0–2Oakland0–2Houston0–4Glendale 2017Group stage0–2Nashville1–2Tampa0–3Cleveland 2019Group stage0–4San José0–2Frisco0–2Harrison
References
RSSSF archives and results Soccerway database