# Football at the Central American Games

Football at the Central American Games is the football tournament in the regional multi-sport event of the Central American Games. The competition is organized by Organización Deportiva Centroamericana (English: Central American Sport Organization).
The men's tournament has been played since 1973, only under-20 teams participated. The women's tournament has been played since 2001 for senior national teams.

## Results
### Men's tournament

9 editions of the tournament were held.
| Ed. | Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth place |
| U-20 teams |||||||
| 1 | 1973 | Guatemala City | Panama | Nicaragua | El Salvador | Guatemala |
| 2 | 1977 | San Salvador | El Salvador | Panama | Nicaragua | Guatemala |
| 3 | 1986 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Honduras | Nicaragua | El Salvador |
| 4 | 1990 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | – |
| 5 | 1994 | San Salvador | Honduras | El Salvador | Costa Rica | Guatemala |
| 6 | 1997 | San Pedro Sula | Costa Rica | Panama | Honduras | El Salvador |
| 7 | 2001 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Honduras | Costa Rica | Panama |
| – | 2006 | San Pedro Sula | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled |
| – | 2010 | Panama City | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled |
| 8 | 2013 | San José | Honduras | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Guatemala |
| 9 | 2017 | Managua | Honduras | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Nicaragua |
| – | 2022 | Santa Tecla | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled |

### Women's tournament

3 editions of the tournament were held.
| Ed. | Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Fourth place |
| Senior teams |||||||
| 1 | 2001 | Guatemala City | Costa Rica | Honduras | Guatemala | El Salvador |
| 2 | 2013 | San José | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Guatemala | Panama |
| 3 | 2017 | Managua | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Panama | El Salvador |
| – | 2022 | Santa Tecla | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled | The tournament was canceled |

## Performances
### Men's medals

| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Honduras | 4 (1990, 1994, 2013, 2017) | 2 (1986, 2001) | 1 (1997) | 7 |
| Guatemala | 2 (1986, 2001) | – | – | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 1 (1997) | 3 (1990, 2013, 2017) | 2 (1994, 2001) | 6 |
| Panama | 1 (1973) | 2 (1977, 1997) | – | 3 |
| El Salvador | 1 (1977) | 1 (1990) | 3 (1973, 2013, 2017) | 5 |
| Nicaragua | – | 1 (1973) | 3 (1977, 1986, 1990) | 4 |

#### Notes

Italic — Hosts

### Women's medals

| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Costa Rica | 3 (2001, 2013, 2017) | – | – | 3 |
| Nicaragua | – | 2 (2013, 2017) | – | 2 |
| Honduras | – | 1 (2001) | – | 1 |
| Guatemala | – | – | 2 (2001, 2013) | 2 |
| Panama | – | – | 1 (2017) | 1 |

#### Notes

Italic — Hosts

## Overall statistics
### Men's tournament

| Pos. | Team | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif. | Per. |
| 1 | Honduras | 19 | 5 | 4 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 0.768 |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 16 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 0.600 |
| 3 | Panama | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 0.562 |
| 4 | El Salvador | 12 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 0.516 |
| 5 | Guatemala | 12 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 0.500 |
| 6 | Nicaragua | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 87 | –65 | 0.242 |
| 7 | Belize | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 46 | –40 | 0.154 |