The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the

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 ...

, the biennial

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tournament for the

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-affiliated national teams of

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. The first five places qualified for the

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. The event was going to take place in

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between January 22 and February 1, 2009, 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. The alternative hosts were Honduras and Guatemala. Honduras submitted an official replacement bid on November 12, and after some consideration it was moved to Honduras. All games were played in

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. The tournament was sponsored by

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. On 1 February 2009 Panama won the tournament, the first UNCAF Nations Cup win in the country's history.

Participating nations

All seven

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members participated in the tournament: * * * * * * *

Squads

Stadium

First round

The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in

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. The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups. Costa Rica was paired with

and

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, the first two runners-up from the

UNCAF Nations Cup 2007 The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second t ...

. The remaining teams – El Salvador,

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, and

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– were drawn into the same group as Honduras.

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Fifth place

The winner of the fifth place match qualified for the

as the fifth and final entrant from Central America.

Semifinals

All four semifinalists qualified for the

. * ''The game was called after sixty minutes of play when El Salvador was reduced to six players. Two El Salvador players,

Alexander Escobar Alexander Escobar Rosales (born April 4, 1984) is a Salvadoran footballer. Club career He played in the C.D. San Francisco Junior youth teams and has played all of his professional career at A.D. Isidro Metapán, since making his debut in 2001 ...

and

Eliseo Quintanilla Eliseo Antonio Quintanilla Ortíz (born 5 February 1983) is a former Salvadoran professional footballer. Club career Nicknamed ''Cheyo'', Quintanilla started his professional career at Salvadorian giants FAS, making his professional debut in ...

, were awarded red cards in the first half, and

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 ...

Rodolfo Zelaya Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya García (born 3 July 1988) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a second striker for Salvadoran club Alianza and the El Salvador national team. In October 2013, Zelaya was given a one-year ban from foot ...

, and goalkeeper

Juan José Gómez Juan José Gómez (born November 8, 1980 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran retired professional goalkeeper. He is currently working as part of a sports narration staff for the private sports channel Tigo Sports based in El Salvador. C ...

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''WASHINGTONPOST.com – Monday Kickaround
– 2 February 2009

Third place

Final

Results

* ''Top 5 qualified to the

.''

Scorers

;3 goals *

Andy Furtado Andy Furtado Dixon (born 3 January 1980) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Belén. Club career He lost the Second Division championship final in May 2005 with Fusión Tibás. In August 2008 Furtado signed a 4-month contract ...

;2 goals *

Alfredo Pacheco Alfredo Alberto Pacheco (December 1, 1982 – December 27, 2015) was a Salvadoran footballer who had the record for most appearances on the El Salvador national football team when he was banned for life in 2013, for match-fixing while playing fo ...

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* Walter Martínez ;1 goal * Alberto Zapata *

Ricardo Phillips Ricardo Oscar Phillips (born 31 January 1975) is a Panamanian former Association football, football midfielder. Club career A short-sized but speedy attacking midfielder, Phillips started his career at Euro Kickers F.C., Euro Kickers and joined ...

* Lisbey Castillo *

Jerome James Jerome Keith James (born November 17, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. Originally from Tampa, Florida, James played college basketball at Florida A&M for three seasons and was the national leader in blocks per game in ...

* Harrison Róchez *

William Sunsing William Sunsing Hidalgo (born 12 May 1977) is a Costa Rican bodybuilder and former football player. Association football career Club career The dreadlocked Sunsing made his professional debut for played for Herediano on 5 April 1995 against Sa ...

Roberto Segura The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

* Álvaro Sánchez * Pablo Herrera *

Marlon Medina Marlon José Medina García (born 6 March 1985) is a Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays for Deportivo Ocotal in the Primera División de Nicaragua. Club career Medina started his career at hometown club Real Estelí and joined Deportivo ...

* Armando Reyes * Juan Barrera *

Marvin Chávez Marvin Antonio Chávez (born November 3, 1983 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran footballer who played as a midfielder, most recently for C.D. Marathón in the Liga Nacional. Career Club Chávez – who is nicknamed "el hijo del viento" (''the son of ...

* Mario Rodríguez *

Saúl Martínez Saúl Asael Martínez Álvarez (; born 29 January 1976) is a Honduran former football forward who last played for USA fourth tier-side Miami United. Club career Nicknamed ''Speedy'', Saúl Martínez was born in Colón, Honduras. He starte ...

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 ...

Emil Martínez Emil José Martínez Cruz (; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense in the Primera Di ...

Amado Guevara Amado Guevara (born 2 May 1976) is a Honduran former professional footballer and manager. He was the coach of Puerto Rico from 2018 to 2019. A former midfielder, he is the second all-time cap leader for the Honduras national team seconded by Ma ...

Roger Espinoza Roger Aníbal Espinoza Ramírez (; born 25 October 1986) is a Honduran professional footballer and manager who plays as a midfielder or defender and is a youth manager for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. A former Honduras inter ...

* Minor López *

Ramón Sánchez Ramón Alfredo Sánchez Paredes (born May 25, 1982 in San Juan Opico) is a Salvadoran football player. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. Career Club Sánchez has playe ...

* Carlos Ayala ;1 goal (Own Goal) *

Silvio Avilés Silvio Ernesto Avilés Ramos (born 11 August 1980) is a Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays for Managua in the Primera División de Nicaragua. Club career A leftback, Avilés started his career at Diriangén and also played for Walter F ...

''(for El Salvador)'' * David Solorzano ''(for Honduras)''

References

External links

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup at CONCACAF.com
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