# Guatemala at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).
Guatemala have qualified for 20 of those tournaments 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

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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1963 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | Squad | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically |
| 1965 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts | Qualified as hosts |
| 1967 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 1969 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Squad | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions | Qualified as defending champions |
| 1971 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1973 | Fifth place | 5th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | Fifth place | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| 1981 | 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 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 1985 | Round 1 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Squad | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically | Qualified automatically |
| 1989 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 1991 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1993 | 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 | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 1996 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Squad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 2000 | Group stage | 10th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Squad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | Group stage | 12th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | Group stage | 11th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Squad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| 2005 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | Squad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Squad | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Squad | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension |
| 2019 | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension | Disqualified due to FIFA suspension |
| 2021 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Total | 1 Title | 20/27 | 76 | 21 | 22 | 33 | 87 | 97 | | 87 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 143 | 69 |

### Match overview

| Tournament | Round | Opponent | Score | Venue |
| 1963 | Final round | Honduras | 1–2 | San Salvador |
| 1963 | Final round | Panama | 2–2 | San Salvador |
| 1963 | Final round | Nicaragua | 3–1 | San Salvador |
| 1963 | Final round | El Salvador | 1–1 | San Salvador |
| 1965 | Final round | Costa Rica | 0–0 | Guatemala City |
| 1965 | Final round | Haiti | 3–0 | Guatemala City |
| 1965 | Final round | El Salvador | 4–1 | Guatemala City |
| 1965 | Final round | Netherlands Antilles | 3–2 | Guatemala City |
| 1965 | Final round | Mexico | 1–2 | Guatemala City |
| 1967 | Final round | Haiti | 2–1 | Tegucigalpa |
| 1967 | Final round | Mexico | 1–0 | Tegucigalpa |
| 1967 | Final round | Honduras | 0–0 | Tegucigalpa |
| 1967 | Final round | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | Tegucigalpa |
| 1967 | Final round | Nicaragua | 2–0 | Tegucigalpa |
| 1969 | Final round | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | San José |
| 1969 | Final round | Netherlands Antilles | 6–1 | San José |
| 1969 | Final round | Mexico | 1–0 | San José |
| 1969 | Final round | Jamaica | 0–0 | San José |
| 1969 | Final round | Costa Rica | 1–1 | San José |
| 1973 | Final round | Mexico | 0–0 | Port-au-Prince |
| 1973 | Final round | Netherlands Antilles | 2–2 | Port-au-Prince |
| 1973 | Final round | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1 | Port-au-Prince |
| 1973 | Final round | Haiti | 1–2 | Port-au-Prince |
| 1973 | Final round | Honduras | 1–1 | Port-au-Prince |
| 1977 | Final round | Suriname | 3–2 | Monterrey |
| 1977 | Final round | Haiti | 1–2 | Monterrey |
| 1977 | Final round | Canada | 1–2 | Mexico City |
| 1977 | Final round | Mexico | 1–2 | Mexico City |
| 1977 | Final round | El Salvador | 2–2 | Mexico City |
| 1985 | Group stage | Canada | 1–2 | Victoria, Canada |
| 1985 | Group stage | Haiti | 1–0 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| 1985 | Group stage | Canada | 1–1 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| 1985 | Group stage | Haiti | 4–0 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| 1989 | Group stage | Costa Rica | 1–0 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| 1989 | Group stage | Costa Rica | 1–2 | San José, Costa Rica |
| 1989 | Group stage | United States | 1–2 | New Britain, United States |
| 1989 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 0–1 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| 1989 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1989 | Group stage | United States | 0–0 | Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| 1991 | Group stage | Costa Rica | 0–2 | Pasadena |
| 1991 | Group stage | United States | 0–3 | Pasadena |
| 1991 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–0 | Los Angeles |
| 1996 | Group stage | Mexico | 0–1 | San Diego |
| 1996 | Group stage | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3–0 | Anaheim |
| 1996 | Semi-finals | Mexico | 0–1 | San Diego |
| 1996 | Third place match | United States | 0–3 | Los Angeles |
| 1998 | Group stage | El Salvador | 0–0 | Los Angeles |
| 1998 | Group stage | Brazil | 1–1 | Miami |
| 1998 | Group stage | Jamaica | 2–3 | Los Angeles |
| 2000 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–4 | Los Angeles |
| 2000 | Group stage | Mexico | 1–1 | Los Angeles |
| 2002 | Group stage | Mexico | 1–3 | Pasadena |
| 2002 | Group stage | El Salvador | 0–1 | Pasadena |
| 2003 | Group stage | Jamaica | 0–2 | Miami |
| 2003 | Group stage | Colombia | 1–1 | Miami |
| 2005 | Group stage | Jamaica | 3–4 | Carson |
| 2005 | Group stage | Mexico | 0–4 | Los Angeles |
| 2005 | Group stage | South Africa | 1–1 | Houston |
| 2007 | Group stage | United States | 0–1 | Carson |
| 2007 | Group stage | El Salvador | 1–0 | Carson |
| 2007 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Foxboro |
| 2007 | Quarter-finals | Canada | 0–3 | Foxboro |
| 2011 | Group stage | Honduras | 0–0 | Carson |
| 2011 | Group stage | Jamaica | 0–2 | Miami |
| 2011 | Group stage | Grenada | 4–0 | Harrison |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | Mexico | 1–2 | East Rutherford |
| 2015 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–3 | Chicago |
| 2015 | Group stage | Mexico | 0–0 | Glendale |
| 2015 | Group stage | Cuba | 0–1 | Charlotte |
| 2021 | Group stage | El Salvador | 0–2 | Frisco |
| 2021 | Group stage | Mexico | 0–3 | Dallas |
| 2021 | Group stage | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1 | Frisco |
| 2023 | Group stage | Cuba | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale |
| 2023 | Group stage | Canada | 0–0 | Houston |
| 2023 | Group stage | Guadeloupe | 3–2 | Harrison |
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | Jamaica | 0–1 | Cincinnati |

### Record by opponent

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team) :
| Opponent | W | D | L | Pld | GF | GA |
| Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| Grenada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Haiti | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| Honduras | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| Mexico | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 19 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Suriname | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 |