2009 UNCAF Nations Cup

2009 UNCAF Nations CupCopa Naciones de UNCAF
Copa Naciones DIGICEL

Tournament details
Host country| Honduras
Dates| January 22 - February 1
Teams| 7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Panama (1st title)
Runners-up|  Costa Rica
Third place|  Honduras
Fourth place|  El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 32 (2.29 per match)
Attendance| 114,000 (8,143 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Andy Furtado
(3 goals)
Best player(s)|  Keylor Navas

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The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the biennial football (soccer) tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America. The first five places qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[1] The event was going to take place in Panama City, Panama between January 22 and February 1, 2009,[2] but the Panamanian FA announced that they would not host the event due to not having an adequate stadium available for the time period of the tournament.[3][4] The alternative hosts were Honduras and Guatemala.[5] Honduras submitted an official replacement bid on November 12, and after some consideration it was moved to Honduras.[3] All games were played in Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa.[3][6] The tournament was sponsored by Digicel.[7] On 1 February 2009 Panama won the tournament, the first UNCAF Nations Cup win in the country's history.

## Participating nations

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All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

* Belize
* Costa Rica (Defending Champions)
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Honduras (Hosts)
* Nicaragua
* Panama

## Squads

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Main article: 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup squads

## Stadium

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Tegucigalpa

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Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000

## First round

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The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in Guatemala City.[1] The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups.[7] Costa Rica was paired with Panama and Guatemala, the first two runners-up from the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup.[1] The remaining teams – El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize – were drawn into the same group as Honduras.[1]

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Honduras | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 2  | +6  | 9  | Qualified to the Semifinals
2  |  El Salvador | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4
3  |  Nicaragua | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 2  | Qualified to the Fifth place playoff
4  |  Belize | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 1  |

Source: [citation needed]

22 January 2009

17:00 (UTC−06)

El Salvador | 1–1|  Nicaragua

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Avilés 18' (o.g.) | Report | Medina 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

22 January 2009

19:30 (UTC−06)

Honduras | 2–1|  Belize

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Guevara 32'
Martínez 61' | Report | Castillo 86'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

* * *

24 January 2009

15:00 (UTC−06)

Belize | 1–4|  El Salvador

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James 73' | Report | Pacheco 11' (pen.), 30' (pen.)
Sánchez 75'
Ayala 88'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 900

Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)

24 January 2009

17:30 (UTC−06)

Honduras | 4–1|  Nicaragua

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Rodríguez 16'
Solórzano 65' (o.g.)
S. Martínez 73'
W. Martínez 79' | Report | Reyes 30'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

* * *

26 January 2009

17:00 (UTC−06)

Nicaragua | 1–1|  Belize

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Barrera 66' | Report | Usher 27'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Óscar Moncada (HON)

26 January 2009

19:30 (UTC−06)

Honduras | 2–0|  El Salvador

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Pavón 34' (pen.)
Chávez 73' | Report |

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 29,600

Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Costa Rica | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1  | +5  | 6  | Qualified to the Semifinals
2  |  Panama | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 3  | −2  | 3
3  |  Guatemala | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 0  | Qualified to the Fifth place playoff

Source: [citation needed]

23 January 2009

19:30 (UTC−06)

Costa Rica | 3–0|  Panama

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Furtado 10', 16'
Sánchez 55' | Report |

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)

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25 January 2009

18:00 (UTC−06)

Guatemala | 1–3|  Costa Rica

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López 51' | Report | Sánchez 34'
Herrera 59'
Segura 61'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (MEX)

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27 January 2009

19:30 (UTC−06)

Panama | 1–0|  Guatemala

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Zapata 31' | Report |

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)

## Final round

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### Fifth place

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The winner of the fifth place match qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup as the fifth and final entrant from Central America.

29 January 2009

19:30 (UTC−06)

Nicaragua | 2–0|  Guatemala

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Wilson 39', 85' | Report |

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 150

Referee: Óscar Moncada (HON)

### Semifinals

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All four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

30 January 2009

17:00 (UTC−06)

Semifinal

Costa Rica | 3–0
Awarded|  El Salvador

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Furtado 18' | Report |

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

* The game was called after sixty minutes of play when El Salvador was reduced to six players. Two El Salvador players, Alexander Escobar and Eliseo Quintanilla, were awarded red cards in the first half, and Deris Umanzor, Rodolfo Zelaya, and goalkeeper Juan José Gómez were injured and had to leave the game after El Salvador had already exhausted their three substitutions. The game was awarded 3–0 to Costa Rica[8]

30 January 2009

20:00 (UTC−06)

Semifinal

Honduras | 0–1|  Panama

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| Report | Phillips 40'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

### Third place

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1 February 2009

15:30 (UTC−06)

Honduras | 1–0|  El Salvador

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Espinoza 30' | Report |

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 900

Referee: Wálter Quesada (CRC)

### Final

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1 February 2009

18:00 (UTC−06)

Final

Panama | 0–0|  Costa Rica

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| Report |
Penalties
Herrera
Aguilar
Phillips
Jaramillo
Henríquez | 5–3 |  Furtado
Núñez
Jiménez
Oviedo

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Attendance: 900

Referee: Carlos Batres (GUA)

Panama

Costa Rica

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PANAMA:

GK | 1 | Jaime Penedo
DF | 2 | Carlos Rivera
DF | 4 | José Torres (C)
DF | 6 | Amílcar Henríquez
DF | 13 | Adolfo Machado
DF | 14 | Armando Gun
MF | 5 | Manuel Torres |  81'
MF | 10 | Nelson Barahona |  |  81'
MF | 15 | Ricardo Phillips
FW | 8 | Gabriel Torres |  63' |  69'
FW | 9 | Orlando Rodríguez |  |  62'
Substitutions:
FW | 7 | Edwin Aguilar |  |  62'
MF | 11 | Víctor Herrera |  |  69'
MF | 20 | Luis Jaramillo |  |  81'
Manager:
Gary Stempel
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COSTA RICA:

GK | 23 | Ricardo González
DF | 3 | Freddy Fernández (C)
DF | 4 | Michael Umaña
DF | 12 | Leonardo González |  37'
DF | 17 | Pablo Herrera |  |  72'
DF | 19 | Carlos Johnson
MF | 5 | Cristian Oviedo |  75'
MF | 15 | Jorge Davis
MF | 22 | Álvaro Sánchez |  |  46'
FW | 7 | Alejandro Alpízar |  6'
FW | 11 | Andy Furtado
Substitutions:
FW | 21 | Víctor Núñez |  |  46'
MF | 16 | Pablo Brenes |  |  58'
MF | 14 | Paolo Jiménez |  |  72'
Manager:
Rodrigo Kenton

## Results

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2009 UNCAF
Nations Cup champions

Panama
First title
Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final status

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1  |  Panama | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 7  | Champions
2  |  Costa Rica | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 1  | +8  | 10  | Runner-up
3  |  Honduras | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 3  | +6  | 12  | Third place winner
4  |  El Salvador | 5  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 8  | −3  | 4  | Third place loser
5  |  Nicaragua | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 6  | −1  | 5  | Fifth place winner
6  |  Guatemala | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 6  | −5  | 0  | Fifth place loser
7  |  Belize | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 1  | Eliminated in Group stage

Source: [citation needed]

* Top 5 qualified to the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

## Scorers

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3 goals

* Andy Furtado

2 goals

* Alfredo Pacheco
* Samuel Wilson
* Walter Martínez

1 goal

* Alberto Zapata
* Ricardo Phillips
* Lisbey Castillo
* Jerome James
* Harrison Róchez
* William Sunsing
* Roberto Segura
* Álvaro Sánchez
* Pablo Herrera
* Marlon Medina
* Armando Reyes
* Juan Barrera
* Marvin Chávez
* Mario Rodríguez
* Saúl Martínez
* Carlos Pavón
* Emil Martínez
* Amado Guevara
* Roger Espinoza
* Minor López
* Ramón Sánchez
* Carlos Ayala

1 goal (Own Goal)

* Silvio Avilés (for El Salvador)
* David Solorzano (for Honduras)

## See also

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* Association football portal

* UNCAF Nations Cup
* 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup
* Central American Football Union

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Six-time champ Costa Rica drawn with Panama, Guatemala in Central American Nations Cup". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
2. ^ "Panamá organizará la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009" (in Spanish). Tanto Fútbol. 28 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-01-17. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
3. ^ a b c "Central American Nations Cup moved from Panama to Honduras". Guatemala City: CONCACAF. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
4. ^ "Panamá descarta organizar la Uncaf". La Nación (in Spanish). Panama. 2 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
5. ^ Estrada, Campo Elías (22 February 2008). "Copa de Naciones está más allá que acá". La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2008. [dead link‍]
6. ^ "Se confirma Honduras como sede de la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009" (in Spanish). UNCAF. 16 November 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
7. ^ a b "Digicel, UNCAF launch 2009 Nations Cup". The Nassau Guardian. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
8. ^ WASHINGTONPOST.com – Monday Kickaround – 2 February 2009

## External links

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* 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup at CONCACAF.com

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