# Honduras national under-23 football team

The Honduras national under-23 football team represents Honduras in international football competitions (finals stage and qualifiers) in Olympic Games and Pan American Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for three over-age players. The team is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). Honduras have qualified for five Men's Olympic Football Tournaments, in Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

## Competitive record
### Olympic Games

Olympic Games record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1992 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1996 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2000 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | Squad |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Group stage | 16th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Squad |
| 2012 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad |
| 2016 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | Squad |
| 2020 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | Fourth place | 5/9 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 40 | — |

### CONCACAF Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament record :
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1964 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1968 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1972 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1976 | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1980 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1984 | First round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1988 | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1992 | Fourth place | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 |
| 1996 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2000 | First place | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 |
| 2004 | Third place | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 |
| 2008 | First place | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 2012 | Second place | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 |
| 2015 | Second place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 2020 | Second place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 60 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 101 | 71 |

### Pan American Games

Pan American Games record :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| Until 1995 | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team | See Honduras national football team |
| 1999 | Silver medal | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Squad |
| 2003 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Squad |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Silver medal | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | Squad |
| 2023 | Seventh place | 7th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | Squad |
| Total | 2 Silver medals | 6/19 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 32 | — |

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Voided or Postponed  Fixture

### 2023
## Coaching staff
### Current coaching staff

    As of 30 November 2021
| Name | Role |
| | Manager |

### Manager history

List of managers since 1975 to present:
* 1975: Peter Lange
* 1983: Roberto González
* 1986–1987: Ángel Rodríguez
* 1991: Luis López
* 1991–1992: Flavio Ortega
* 1999–2000: Ramón Maradiaga
* 2003–2004: Edwin Pavón
* 2007–2008: Alexis Mendoza
* 2008: Gilberto Yearwood
* 2011: Miguel Falero
* 2012–2014: Luis Suárez
* 2015–2017: Jorge Pinto
* 2019: Fabián Coito
* 2021: Miguel Falero
* 2023: Luis Alvarado
* 2023-: Bernardo Redin

## Players
### Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and two preceding friendly matches against Japan and Germany.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Alex Güity | (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997 (age 27) | Olimpia |
| 12 | 1GK | Michael Perelló | (1998-07-11) 11 July 1998 (age 26) | Real España |
| 22 | 1GK | Bryan Ramos | (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23) | Real España |
| 2 | 2DF | Denil Maldonado | (1998-05-26) 26 May 1998 (age 26) | Everton |
| 3 | 2DF | Wesly Decas | (1999-08-11) 11 August 1999 (age 25) | Motagua |
| 4 | 2DF | Carlos Meléndez | (1997-12-08) 8 December 1997 (age 26) | Motagua |
| 5 | 2DF | Cristopher Meléndez | (1997-11-25) 25 November 1997 (age 27) | Motagua |
| 6 | 2DF | Jonathan Núñez | (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 23) | Motagua |
| 16 | 2DF | José García | (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26) | Olimpia |
| 21 | 2DF | Elvin Oliva | (1997-10-24) 24 October 1997 (age 27) | Olimpia |
| 7 | 3MF | Alejandro Reyes | (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27) | Real España |
| 8 | 3MF | Edwin Rodríguez | (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 25) | Olimpia |
| 10 | 3MF | Rigoberto Rivas | (1998-07-31) 31 July 1998 (age 26) | Reggina |
| 13 | 3MF | Brayan Moya$^*$ | (1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 31) | 1º de Agosto |
| 14 | 3MF | José Pinto | (1997-09-27) 27 September 1997 (age 27) | Olimpia |
| 15 | 3MF | Carlos Pineda | (1997-09-23) 23 September 1997 (age 27) | Olimpia |
| 20 | 3MF | Jorge Álvarez | (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 26) | Olimpia |
| 9 | 4FW | Jorge Benguché$^*$ | (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 28) | Olimpia |
| 11 | 4FW | Samuel Elvir | (2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 23) | UPNFM |
| 17 | 4FW | Luis Palma | (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 24) | Vida |
| 18 | 4FW | Juan Carlos Obregón | (1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 27) | Hartford Athletic |
| 19 | 4FW | Douglas Martínez | (1997-06-05) 5 June 1997 (age 27) | Real Salt Lake |
| $^*$ Overage player. |||||

### Overage players in Olympic Games

| Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| 2000 | Did not select | Did not select | Did not select |
| 2008 | Samuel Caballero (DF) | Emil Martínez (MF) | Carlos Pavón (FW) |
| 2012 | | | |
| 2016 | | | |
| 2020 | | | |

## Records
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Year(s) | U-23 Goals |
| 1 | David Suazo | 2000 | 6 |
| 2 | Alberth Elis | 2015–2016 | 6 |
| 3 | Anthony Lozano | 2012–2016 | 4 |
| 4 | Eddie Hernández | 2011–2012 | 3 |
| 5 | Jerry Bengtson | 2012 | 3 |
| 5 | Roger Rojas | 2012 | 3 |
| 5 | Douglas Martínez | 2019–2021 | 3 |
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## Head-to-head record

The following table shows Honduras national under-23 football team's head-to-head record in the Football at the Summer Olympics.
Football at the Summer Olympics matches (by team) :
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | CAF |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CONMEBOL |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | OFC* |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | CONMEBOL |
| Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | CAF |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | UEFA |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | AFC |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CAF |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | OFC |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | CAF |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | UEFA |
| Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | UEFA |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | AFC |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | UEFA |
| Total | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 40 | −18 | |
    *Australia was part of the Oceania Football Confederation until 2006.

## Honours

Major competitions
* Pan American Games
** Silver medalists (2): 1999, 2019
* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
** Winners (2): 2000, 2008
** Runners-up (3): 2012, 2015, 2020
** Third place (1): 2004