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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.[1]

Honduras Olympic
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)La Bicolor Olimpica (The Olympic Bicolor)
Sub-23
La H U23
AssociationFENAFUTH
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederationUNCAF (Central America)
Head coachBernardo Redín
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)
 South Korea 6–0 Honduras 
(Yokohama, Japan; 28 July 2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances5 (first in 2000)
Best resultFourth place (2016)
Pan American Games
Appearances5 (first in 1991)
Best result Silver medalist (1999, 2019)

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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Honduras playing against Morocco at the 2012 Summer Olympics
 
Honduras playing against Argentina at 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
  1992 Did not qualify
  1996 Did not enter
  2000 Group stage 10th 3 1 1 1 6 7 Squad
  2004 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
Total Fourth place 5/9 19 5 4 10 22 40 —

CONCACAF Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

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CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
  1960 Did not enter
  1964
1968 Withdrew
1972 Did not enter
1976 First round 2 0 1 1 0 2
1980 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
  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 60 28 16 16 101 71

Pan American Games

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Pan American Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad
Until 1995 See Honduras national football team
  1999 Silver medal 2nd 6 5 0 1 13 6 Squad
  2003 Did not qualify
  2007 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 4 7 Squad
  2011 Did not qualify
  2015
  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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Voided or Postponed   Fixture

2023

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23 October 2023 Pan American Games Group B Colombia   2–0   Honduras Valparaíso, Chile
13:00 UTC−3
  • Ruiz   16'
  • Cortés   41'
 Report Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Referee: Fernando Diaz (Chile)
26 October 2023 Pan American Games Group B United States   2–1   Honduras Viña del Mar, Chile
15:00 UTC−3
Report
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)
29 October 2023 Pan American Games Group B Brazil   3–0   Honduras Viña del Mar, Chile
13:00 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
Referee: José Uzcategui (Venezuela)
1 November 2023 Pan American Games Seventh place match Dominican Republic   1–3   Honduras Viña del Mar, Chile
14:00 UTC−3
Report
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Juan Andrade (Ecuador)

Coaching staff

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Current coaching staff

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As of 30 November 2021
Name Role
Manager

Manager history

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List of managers since 1975 to present:[2]

Players

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Current squad

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The following 22 players were called up for the 2020 Summer Olympics, and two preceding friendly matches against Japan and Germany.[3]

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

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

Records

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David Suazo (left) and Alberth Elis (right) are joint all-time top goalscorers of the Honduras U-23 national team with 6 goals each

Top goalscorers

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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

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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

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Major competitions

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FIFA.com – Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Honduras – Profile
  2. ^ LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today – 15 December 2011
  3. ^ "Ellos serán los guerreros para poner en alto el nombre de Honduras en los Juego Olimpicos de Japon: Tokyo2020". National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras Twitter. 2 July 2021.
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