1995 UNCAF Nations Cup

Six national football teams from Central America competed in the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup (Copa Centroamericana). The winning team was the defending champions Honduras, which defeated Guatemala in the final for its second title.

1995 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	28 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Pino (4 goals)
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Squads

Main article: 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup squads

Preliminary round

22 October 1995

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1st leg

Panama	2–0	Nicaragua
Pino 67' Medina 89'

Estadio Municipal de Balboa, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Olger Mejías (CRC)

29 October 1995

CST

2nd leg

Nicaragua	0–5	Panama
		Sánchez 18' Pino 48', 50', 62' Quiroz 75'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba, Nicaragua

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ramón Méndez (CRC)

Participating Teams

6 UNCAF Teams participated in the tournament

•  Belize (Debut)
•  Costa Rica
•  El Salvador (Hosts)
•  Guatemala
•  Honduras (Defending Champions)
•  Panama (Preliminary round) winners

Stadium

San Salvador Santa Ana	San Salvador	Santa Ana
	Estadio Cuscatlán	Estadio Óscar Quiteño
	Capacity: 53,400	Capacity: 17,500

First round

Group A

played in San Salvador

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Semifinals
2	Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Belize	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 November 1995

El Salvador	3–0	Belize
Cienfuegos 55' Osorio 58' (pen.) Arce 76'

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1 December 1995

Costa Rica	2–1	Belize
Fonseca 8' Wright 88'		McCaulay 27'

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3 December 1995

El Salvador	2–1	Costa Rica
Osorio 62' Cienfuegos 81'		Morales 32'

Group B

played in Santa Ana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Semifinals
2	Guatemala	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Panama	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 November 1995

Honduras	2–0	Panama
Chacón 25' Pavón 75'

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1 December 1995

Guatemala	1–0	Panama
Rodas 21'

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3 December 1995

Honduras	2–0	Guatemala
Suazo 47' Núñez 89'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 December - San Salvador
	Honduras	1 (4)
					10 December - San Salvador
	Costa Rica	1 (2)
					Honduras	3
	7 December - San Salvador
					Guatemala	0
	El Salvador	0
	Guatemala	1
					Third place
					10 December - San Salvador
					El Salvador	2
					Costa Rica	1

Semi-finals

7 December 1995

Honduras	1–1 4–2 (Pen.)	Costa Rica
Williams 55'		Fonseca 60'

San Salvador

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7 December 1995

El Salvador	0–1	Guatemala
		Rodas 14'

San Salvador

Third-place match

10 December 1995

El Salvador	2–1	Costa Rica
Arce 18' Rodríguez 45'		Fonseca 72'

San Salvador

Final

10 December 1995

CST

Final

Guatemala	0–3	Honduras
		Núñez 1' Pavón 25', 57'

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 10,000

Guatemala

Honduras

GK – Edgar Estrada DF – German Ruano DF – Erick Miranda DF – Iván León MF – Martín Machón MF – Julio Girón MF – Juan Funes MF – Jorge Rodas MF – Édgar Valencia FW – Julio Rodas FW – Roberto Montepeque Substitutions: FW – Edgar Arriaza MF – Maynor Castro FW – Sergio Díaz Manager: Jorge Roldán

GK – Wilmer Cruz DF – Hernaín Arzú DF – Raúl Sambulá DF – José Fernández MF – Martín Castro MF – Nahamán González MF – Rodolfo Smith MF – Christian Santamaría MF – Jorge Pineda FW – Carlos Pavón FW – Milton Núñez Substitutions: MF – Edgar Sierra DF – Rudy Williams MF – José Romero Manager: Carlos Cruz

Champions

1995 UNCAF Nations Cup winner
Honduras Second title

• Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador qualified automatically for 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110514025907/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam95.html