Honduras national under-20 football team

Honduras U-20

Nickname(s)	La H 20
Association	FENAFUTH
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Jorge Jimenez
FIFA code	HON
First colours Second colours
First international
CRC 1–2 HON (7 March 1962 in Panama)
Biggest win
HON 8–1 ANT (12 August 1980 in United States)
Biggest defeat
CHI 7–0 HON (11 June 2005 in Netherlands)

The Honduras national Under-20 football team is the national U-20 team of Honduras. The U-20 team is currently coached by Javier Padilla.^[1] They have made five FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances.^[2]

Tournament History

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1977	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4	Group phase
1979 ↓ 1993	Did not qualify
1995	3	0	0	3	5	14	–9	0	Group phase
1997	Did not qualify
1999	3	0	0	3	4	10	–6	0	Group phase
2001 ↓ 2003	Did not qualify
2005	3	0	0	3	0	15	–15	0	Group phase
2007	Did not qualify
2009	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Group phase
2011 ↓ 2013	Did not qualify
2015	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3	Group phase
2017	TBD
Totals	18	4	0	14	20	54	–34	10	—
CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
Year	P	W	T	L	F	A	D	Pts	Finish
1962	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	3	Group phase
1964	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	5	Runner-up
1970 ↓ 1974	Did not qualify
1976	8	7	1	0	24	3	+21	15	Runner-up
1978	7	6	0	1	14	3	+11	12	Third place
1980	5	3	2	0	12	2	+10	8	Semifinalist
1982	7	6	1	0	13	4	+9	13	Champions
1984	6	4	0	2	8	8	0	8	Second round
1986	Did not qualify
1988	2	0	0	2	2	5	–3	0	Qualifying round
1990	2	1	0	1	3	4	–1	2	Group phase
1992	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	6	Fourth
1994	6	6	0	0	18	6	+12	18	Champions
1996	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	4	Group phase
1998	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10	2nd Group A
2001	7	2	0	5	4	9	–5	6	4th Group B
2003	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5	6	Qualifying round
2005	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	2nd Group B
2007	2	1	1	0	6	5	+1	4	Qualifying round
2009	10	6	3	1	26	9	+19	15	Third place
2011	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	12	Quarter finalist
2013	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1	1	Qualifying round
2015	12	7	3	2	26	16	+10	24	Playoff winner
2017	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	TBD
Totals	111	66	18	27	215	111	+104	178	—

2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
2	Honduras	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	El Salvador	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

After advancing, the Honduras U-20 team lost to Costa Rica 4-2 on penalty kicks in the semi finals. In the third place match, they beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-1.

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Honduras	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3

After a convincing 3-0 win over Hungary, the young Hondurans were unable to get wins against the United Arab Emirates and South Africa, losing 1-0 and 2-0.

Current Squad

The following players were selected to take part in the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship qualifying.

Head coach: Carlos Tábora

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Michael Perelló	11 July 1998			Marathón
2	GK	Javier Delgado				Honduras Progreso
3	DF	Kenneth Hernández	25 May 1997			Victoria
4	DF	Denil Maldonado	25 May 1998			Motagua
5	DF	Wesly Decas				Pumas
6	DF	Dylan Andrade	8 March 1998			Platense
7	DF	Ricky Zapata				Real Sociedad
8	DF	José García				Victoria
9	MF	Jorge Álvarez				Olimpia
10	MF	Erick Arias				Comayagua
11	MF	José Quiroz	26 May 1997			Real España
12	MF	José Reyes				Olimpia
13	MF	Álvaro Romero	10 February 1997			Real España
14	MF	Rembrandt Flores	12 May 1997			Olimpia
15	MF	Sendel Cruz	13 December 1998			Juticalpa
16	MF	Jafeth Leiva				Olimpia
17	FW	Foslyn Grant	4 October 1998			Motagua
18	FW	Mario Flores				Real Sociedad
19	FW	Cristian Ávila				Platense
20	FW	Douglas Martínez	5 June 1997			Vida

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Year(s)	U-20 Goals
1	Roger Rojas	2009	10
2	Bryan Róchez	2015	9
3	Mario Martínez	2009	7
4	Alberth Elis	2015	5
5	José Güity	2005	3
5	Anthony Lozano	2011	3
5	Junior Lacayo	2015	3

Record v other nations

As of 14 July 2016

Includes data from CONCACAF Under-20 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup only

Opponent	Record	Goals
Argentina	0–0–1	2:4
Barbados	2–0–0	6:1
Belize	3–0–0	13:0
Bermuda	2–0–0	5:2
Brazil	0–0–1	0:3
Canada	6–0–4	13:11
Chile	0–0–1	0:7
Costa Rica	5–4–4	14:15
Cuba	1–0–0	3:0
Dominican Republic	2–0–0	8:0
El Salvador	5–3–2	18:11
Fiji	0–0–1	0:3
Germany	0–0–1	1:5
Grenada	1–1–0	3:1
Guatemala	6–1–3	15:11
Guyana	1–0–0	2:0
Haiti	1–0–0	3:2
Hungary	2–0–0	5:0
Jamaica	5–0–2	18:8
Martinique	2–0–0	6:1
Mexico	1–4–7	4:19
Morocco	1–0–1	1:5
Netherlands	0–0–1	1:7
Netherlands Antilles	4–0–1	19:4
Nicaragua	6–1–1	28:5
Panama	5–2–2	20:13
Portugal	0–0–1	2:3
Puerto Rico	1–0–0	5:0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–0–0	3:1
South Africa	0–0–1	0:2
Spain	0–0–2	1:6
Suriname	1–0–0	1:0
Trinidad and Tobago	3–1–0	11:6
United Arab Emirates	0–0–1	0:1
United States	4–3–1	5:5
Uruguay	0–0–1	0:1
Uzbekistan	1–0–0	4:3
Zambia	0–0–1	3:4
Totals	72–20–41	241:169

List of coaches

List of managers since 1956 to present:^[3]

1956 — José Santos 1958–62 — Mario Griffin 1964 — Hermes Bertrand 1976–77 — Rodolfo Godoy 1978 — Ángel Rodríguez 1980 — Carlos Cruz 1982 — Néstor Matamala 1984 — Mario Griffin 1988 — Carlos Suazo 1990 — Jorge Cabrera 1991 — Dennis Allen 1992 — José Ortiz 1994–95 — Luis Paz

1996 — Carlos Cruz 1998–99 — Rubén Gifarro 1999 — José Herrera 2000 — Marco Calderón 2001 — Hernán García 2002 — Óscar Salgado 2004–06 — Rubén Gifarro 2007–08 — Miguel Escalante 2008–09 — Emilio Umanzor 2010–14 — Javier Padilla 2014–15 — Jorge Jiménez 2016–present — Carlos Tábora

Honours

• CONCACAF Under-20 Championship
  • Winners (2): 1982, 1994
  • Runners-up (2): 1964, 1976
  • 3rd place (2): 1978, 2009

References

1. http://diez.hn/Inicio/Ediciones/2010/07/14/Noticias/Javier-Padilla-nuevo-DT-de-la-Sub-20
2. FIFA.com – Honduras (HON) Profile – FIFA U-20 World Cup
3. LaPrensa.hn – Desafíe a Ismael – 17 November 2011