2013 Copa Centroamericana

The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was the 12th Copa Centroamericana, the regional championship for men's national association football teams in Central America. It was organized by the Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol or UNCAF, and took place in Costa Rica from 18 January to 27 January 2013. The top five teams go on to participate in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

2013 Copa Centroamericana
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates18–27 January
Teams7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (7th title)
Runners-up Honduras
Third place El Salvador
Fourth place Belize
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored22 (1.57 per match)
Attendance48,683 (3,477 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jairo Arrieta
(2 goals)
Best player(s) Patrick Pemberton
Best goalkeeper Patrick Pemberton

The tournament consisted of two stages. In the group stage of the tournament finals, the seven teams competed for points in two round-robin groups, one of four teams and the other of three, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These four teams advanced to the semi-final stage, with the winners advancing to the final, while the losers contested a third-place match. The fifth-place match was played between the third-ranked teams from the group stage.

In the final, Costa Rica defeated defending champions Honduras 1–0, with Giancarlo González's goal in the 38th minute giving Costa Rica their seventh Central American title; they also became the first host nation to win the tournament since Costa Rica did it in 1999. The final between Costa Rica and Honduras, being the fifth time the two teams have contested final together, became the most frequent match-up at that stage. Belize made history in this tournament by managing to advance to the semifinals and qualifying to compete in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time.

Participating nations

All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

Venue

All matches were played at Estadio Nacional in San José, built as a replacement for the original National Stadium and opened in 2011.

San José
Estadio Nacional
Capacity: 35,060

Squads
Main article: 2013 Copa Centroamericana squads

Group stage

The group stage draw was held in San José on October 9, 2012.[1][2]

Tiebreakers[3]
  1. Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams.
  2. Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
  3. Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points).
  4. Greater goal difference in all group matches.
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches.
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times local (UTC−06:00).

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semifinals
Group third placed teams advance to the fifth place match

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 321041+37
 Belize 31112204
 Guatemala 30302203
 Nicaragua 301225−31
Guatemala 1–1 Nicaragua
Espinoza  67' Report Quijano  41'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Costa Rica 1–0 Belize
Arrieta  55' Report
Attendance: 5,484
Belize 0–0 Guatemala
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Costa Rica 2–0 Nicaragua
Lagos  7'
Borges  86'		 Report
Attendance: 5,980
Nicaragua 1–2 Belize
Figueroa  85' Report Lennen  29'
McCaulay  90+1'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Costa Rica 1–1 Guatemala
Arrieta  11' Report Contreras  90'
Attendance: 6,760

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Honduras 20202202
 El Salvador 20201102
 Panama 20201102

El Salvador and Panama finished with identical records and so their positions were determined by drawing of lots. El Salvador won and was placed second.[4]

Honduras 1–1 El Salvador
Bengtson  75' Report Burgos  77'
Attendance: 2,500
El Salvador 0–0 Panama
Report
Attendance: 250
Panama 1–1 Honduras
Sánchez  13' Report Montes  31'
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Final stage

In case of tie, no extra time is played, and the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.[3]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Honduras1
 
 
 
 Belize0
 
 Honduras0
 
 
 
 Costa Rica1
 
 Costa Rica1
 
 
 El Salvador0
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Belize0
 
 
 El Salvador1
 
Fifth place
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Guatemala1
 
 
 Panama3
 

Fifth place match
Guatemala 1–3 Panama
López  75' Report Pérez  28'
Rojas  55'
Quintero  59'
Attendance: 279

Semifinals
Honduras 1–0 Belize
Beckeles  67' Report
Attendance: 1,644
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Wallace  72' Report
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Third place match
El Salvador 1–0 Belize
Bonilla  50' Report
Attendance: 1,997
Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

Final
Costa Rica 1–0 Honduras
González  38' Report
Attendance: 14,146
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Costa Rica
Honduras

COSTA RICA:
GK18Patrick Pemberton
DF3Giancarlo González
DF4Michael Umaña
DF6José Salvatierra 90'
DF7Christopher Meneses
MF5Celso Borges 29'
MF7Ariel Rodríguez
MF10Osvaldo Rodríguez 84'
MF20Rodney Wallace 34' 73'
FW21Randall Brenes 90'
FW9Alvaro Saborío
Substitutions:
DF17Juan Diego Madrigal 73'
DF2Pablo Salazar 84'
FW10Jairo Arrieta 90'
Manager:
Jorge Luis Pinto

HONDURAS:
GK22Donis Escober
DF2Brayan Beckeles
DF5Víctor Bernárdez
DF13Juan Pablo Montes
DF6Juan Carlos García 70'
MF10Mario Martínez
MF11Jerry Bengtson
MF8Arnold Peralta 61' 72'
MF14Oscar Boniek García
FW19Luis Garrido 52'
FW21Roger Rojas
Substitutions:
FW17Georgie Welcome 72'
Manager:
Luis Fernando Suárez
 2013 Copa
Centroamericana Champions 

Costa Rica
Seventh title

Awards
Golden Ball
Golden Boot
Golden Glove

Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal

Final standings
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