Honduras national under-23 football team

The Honduras national under-23 football team represents Honduras in international football competitions (final stage and qualifiers) in Olympic Games, as well as in under–23 football tournaments. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three over-age players. The team is controlled by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras (FENAFUTH). Honduras have qualified for four Men's Olympic Football Tournament, in Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.[1]

Honduras U-23
Nickname(s)La Bicolor Olimpica (The Olympic Bicolor)
Sub-23
La H U23
AssociationFENAFUTH
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachFabián Coito
CaptainDenil Maldonado
FIFA codeHON
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Guatemala 2–2 Honduras 
(Guatemala; 16 March 1991)
Biggest win
 Honduras 5–0 Nicaragua 
(San Pedro Sula, Honduras; 25 September 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 6–0 Honduras 
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 17 August 2016)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 2000)
Best result4th: (2016)

Tournament history

Summer Olympics
Football at the Summer Olympics
YearPWTLFADPtsFinish
1900
↓
1996		Did not enter
2000311167–14Group phase
2004Did not enter
2008300305–50Group phase
201241215505Quarterfinals
20166213814–674th
2020TBD
Totals164481931–1216—

CONCACAF Tournament
CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
YearPWTLFADPtsFinish
1956–1964Did not enter
1968Withdrew
1972Did not enter
1976201102–21First round
1980Did not enter
1984200224–20First round
1988201134–11First round
19921253421210134th
1996Did not enter
20009531199+10181st
200473221110+1113rd
2008742182+6141st
201274121610+6132nd
20157502135+8152nd
Totals652613169367+2691—

Results and fixtures
17 July 2019 CONCACAF Championship QualifyingNicaragua 0–2 HondurasManagua, Nicaragua
18:00 (UTC−06:00) Report  20' Ingram (o.g.)
 81' Pinto		 Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol de Nicaragua
Referee: Drew Fischer (CAN)
21 July 2019 CONCACAF Championship QualifyingHonduras 3–0 NicaraguaSan Pedro Sula, Honduras
22:00 (UTC−06:00)  66' Arriaga
 74'  86' Reyes		 Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
29 July 2019 2019 Pan American Games Group BJamaica 1–3 HondurasLima, Peru
17:30 (UTC−05:00)  46' Beckford Report  71'  80' Vuelto
 77' Martínez		 Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Referee: Fernando Echenique (ARG)
1 August 2019 2019 Pan American Games Group BHonduras 2–2 PeruLima, Peru
20:30 (UTC−05:00)  90+2' Vuelto
 90+7' Maldonado		 Report  15' Quevedo
 62' Guivin		 Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Referee: Felipe Gonzalez (CHI)
4 August 2019 2019 Pan American Games Group BUruguay 3–0 HondurasLima, Peru
17:30 (UTC−05:00)  34' Arriaga (o.g.)
Ramírez  75' (pen.)
 84' Fernández		 Report Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Referee: Gustavo Murillo (COL)
7 August 2019 2019 Pan American Games Semi-finalsMexico 1–1
(2–4 p)		 HondurasLima, Peru
17:30 (UTC−05:00)  40' Venegas Report  79' Reyes Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Referee: Ulises Mereles (PAR)
Penalties
Govea
Vásquez
López
Macías 		Martínez
Vuelto
Reyes
Maldonado
10 August 2019 2019 Pan American Games Gold medal matchHonduras 1–4 ArgentinaLima, Peru
20:30 (UTC−05:00)  42' Martínez Report  7' Urzi
 58' Valenzuela
 61' Necul
 65' Vera		 Stadium: Estadio Universidad San Marcos
Referee: Gustavo Murillo (COL)

Team

Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the friendly matches against Costa Rica on 13 and 15 March 2020.[2][3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Enrique Facussè (1998-12-30) December 30, 1998 University of Kentucky
1GK Michael Perelló (1998-07-11) July 11, 1998 Real España
2DF Carlos Meléndez (1997-12-08) December 8, 1997 Vida
2DF José García (1998-11-21) November 21, 1998 Real de Minas
2DF Ilce Barahona (1998-09-27) September 27, 1998 Platense
2DF Carlos Mejía (1997-03-23) March 23, 1997 Choloma
2DF Joseph Rosales (2000-11-06) November 6, 2000 CAI
2DF Elison Rivas (1999-11-20) November 20, 1999 Platense
2DF Cristopher Meléndez (1997-11-25) November 25, 1997 Motagua
3MF Maikel García (1999-04-11) April 11, 1999 Real España
3MF José Quiróz (1997-05-26) May 26, 1997 Real España
3MF Kervin Arriaga (1998-01-05) January 5, 1998 Marathón
3MF Jorge Álvarez (1998-01-28) January 28, 1998 Olimpia
3MF Rolman González (1997-09-15) September 15, 1997 Pinares
3MF Cristian Sacasa (1998-08-18) August 18, 1998 Pinares
4FW Kilmar Peña (1997-03-09) March 9, 1997 UPNFM
4FW Yeison Mejía (1998-01-18) January 18, 1998 Real Sociedad
4FW Darixon Vuelto (1998-01-15) January 15, 1998 Real España
4FW Juan Carlos Obregón (1997-10-29) October 29, 1997 RGVFC
4FW Douglas Martínez (1997-06-05) June 5, 1997 Real Salt Lake

Previous squads

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Year(s) U-23 Goals
1Eddie Hernández2012-20148
2David Suazo20006
3Alberth Elis2015-20165
4Emil Martínez20044
4Johnny Leverón2011-20124
4Anthony Lozano2012-20164
7Roger Rojas20123

List of coaches

List of managers since 1975 to present:[4]

Record versus other nations
As of 20 August 2016
Includes data from CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and Summer Olympics only
OpponentRecordGoals
 Algeria1–0–03:2
 Argentina0–1–01:1
 Australia1–0–02:1
 Belize1–0–05:0
 Brazil0–0–22:9
 Cameroon0–0–10:1
 Canada3–1–06:2
 Costa Rica1–2–37:9
 Cuba1–0–02:0
 El Salvador2–0–06:2
 Guatemala2–4–29:9
 Haiti2–1–04:2
 Italy0–0–21:6
 Jamaica1–0–02:0
 Japan0–1–00:0
 Mexico1–3–68:20
 Morocco0–1–02:2
 Nicaragua3–0–015:2
 Nigeria0–1–15:6
 Panama3–1–08:3
 Portugal0–0–11:2
 South Korea1–0–11:1
 Spain1–0–01:0
 Suriname2–0–04:0
 Trinidad and Tobago1–0–02:0
 United States3–1–515:18
Totals30–17–24110:98

See also

References
  1. FIFA.com – Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Honduras – Profile
  2. https://twitter.com/FenafuthOrg/status/1235208540173803521
  3. https://twitter.com/FenafuthOrg/status/1236141351382798336
  4. LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2012-09-06 at Archive.today – 15 December 2011
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