The 2001
UNCAF Nations Cup
The Copa Centroamericana (, Spanish for "Central American Cup") was the main association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ''Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol'' (UNCAF), the sport's Central Am ...
was played in
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
.
Participating teams
Squads
Venues
First round
Group 1
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Group 2
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Final round
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Champions
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Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
,
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
and
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
qualified automatically for
2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the sixth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).
The tournament was once again held in the United States, in Miami and Pasadena. The format ...
.
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
enters a playoff for qualification against
Cuba
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Goalscorers
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* Jorge Dely Valdés
Jorge Luis Dely Valdés (born March 12, 1967) is a Panamanian former footballer who played as a forward. He is a twin brother of Julio Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés.
Club career
Born in Colon, Dely Valdés began h ...
;3 goals
* Rolando Fonseca
Rolando Fonseca Jiménez (born 6 June 1974) is a former Costa Rican professional footballer who played as a forward.
Nicknamed ''El Principito'' (The little prince)''La Nación'"Nuevo Estadio Nacional: Joya del Deporte Costarricense" p. 30. 1 ...
* Freddy García
Freddy Antonio García (born October 6, 1976), is a former Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. He is best known for his many seasons with seven Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, including the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and ...
* Milton Núñez
Milton Omar Núñez García (born October 30, 1972) is a retired Honduran footballer.
Nuñez played a few seasons in Honduras before moving abroad to play for Comunicaciones in Guatemala and for Nacional in Uruguay. He then briefly appeared f ...
* Carlos Pavón
Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer (born 9 October 1973) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best Honduran footballers in history, and by most as the nation's greatest player ever.
Mos ...
* Julio Dely Valdés
Julio César Dely Valdés (born March 12, 1967) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is a twin brother of Jorge Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés.
Club career
Born in Colón, Dely V ...
;2 goals
* Dion Frazer
* Walter Centeno
Wálter Centeno Corea (born 6 October 1974) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and current manager of Guadalupe.
He was a regular member of the Costa Rica national team and holds the record ...
* Jorge Rodríguez
* Mario Acevedo
* Dwight Pezzarossi
Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García (born 4 September 1979) is a Guatemalan former professional football forward and assistant manager for Liga Nacional club Antigua. On 18 September 2014, Pezzarossi was named Minister of Culture and Sports of Gu ...
* Jairo Martínez
Jairo Manfredo Martínez Puerto (born 14 May 1978) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Nicknamed ''el Kiki'', Martínez started his professional career at F.C. Motagua with whom he would spend the ...
* Alfredo Anderson
Alfredo Anderson Salazar (born October 31, 1978) is a Panamanian former football player.
Club career
He played in the Argentinos Juniors youth teams and for Plaza Amador before a spell with United Soccer League side Charleston Battery. In summ ...
;1 goal
* Mark Leslie
* Rónald Gómez
Rónald Gómez Gómez (born 24 January 1975 in Puntarenas) is a retired Costa Rican football forward and manager. He is the current manager for Liga Nacional club Santa Lucía.
An important player on the Costa Rica national football team ...
* Luis Marín
* Andrés Núñez
* Héctor Canjura
Héctor Aarón Canjura Astorga (born 15 July 1976) is a retired football player from El Salvador.
Club career
Canjura started his professional career at ADET, but then joined Luis Ángel Firpo for a long spell. He ended his career at Nejapa i ...
* Rudis Corrales
Rudis Alberto Corrales Rivera (born November 6, 1979) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.
Club career
Corrales' professional career began in 1997, when he signed a contract with Municipal Limeño. He officially made his debut that same year ...
* Josué Galdámez
Josué Nahúm Galdámez Domínguez (born December 18, 1982 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a former Salvadoran professional footballe Club career
He started his professional career at Segunda División de Fútbol Salvadoreño, Second Division si ...
* Fredy González
Freddy Excelino González Martínez (born 18 June 1975 in La Ceja, Colombia), also known as Fredy González, is a Colombian road racing cyclist. He is a two-time winner of the Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia (one of cycling's t ...
* Francisco Ramírez
* Deris Umanzor
Deris Ariel Umanzor Guevara (born 7 January 1980) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer.
Club career
Deris Umanzor began his career in the youth system of Municipal Limeño and eventually moved up to the first team in 1998.
After s ...
* Denis Chen
Denis Geovani Chen Fernández (born 9 August 1977) is a Guatemalan former football defender who last played for local club Cobán Imperial in Guatemala's second division. His last name Chen in Chinese is 陈. Denis' family toured internatio ...
* Walter Estrada
Walter Estrada (born May 6, 1976 in Canalete) is a Colombian professional boxer and is the former WBA Fedecaribe Featherweight Champion.
Professional career
WBO Featherweight Championship
In his first World title fight Estrada lost to WBO Feath ...
* Iván Guerrero
Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez (born 30 November 1977) is a Honduran former footballer who last played for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League. He was the club captain and also served as an assistant coach.
Career
Clu ...
* Jaime Rosales
Jaime Heliberto Rosales Chirinos (born 8 June 1978) is a Honduran former football defender who last played for Platense.
Club career
Rosales started his professional career at Marathón and played for several clubs in the Honduran league. ...
* Danilo Turcios
* José María Bermúdez
* Víctor Webster
Víctor Roberto Webster Flashy (born 10 January 1981) is a retired Nicaraguan footballer.
Club career
Born in Nicaragua but raised in Costa Rica, Webster played for the AD Limonense youths before making his senior debut with Pérez Zeledón. ...
* Juan Carlos Cubillas
;1 own goal
* David Solórzano
David Sebastián Solórzano Sánchez (born 8 November 1980) is a Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays for Diriangén and plays for the Nicaragua national football team.
He is Nicaragua's all-time record cap holder.
Club career
He has pla ...
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