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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Guatemala have qualified for 20 of those tournaments and were particularly successful in the 1960s, winning the title in 1967 and finishing in second place in 1965 and 1969. Because of a FIFA suspension from October 2016 to March 2018, they were disqualified from the 2017 qualifiers and were not able to enter qualification for 2019 at all.

Overall record

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
El Salvador 1963 Fourth place 4th 4 1 2 1 7 6 Squad Qualified automatically
Guatemala 1965 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 11 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
Honduras 1967 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 7 1 Squad 2 2 0 0 6 2
Costa Rica 1969 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 2 0 10 2 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
Haiti 1973 Fifth place 5th 5 0 3 2 4 6 Squad 2 2 0 0 2 0
Mexico 1977 Fifth place 5th 5 1 1 3 8 10 Squad 6 3 2 1 15 6
Honduras 1981 Did not qualify 8 3 3 2 10 2
1985 Round 1 5th 4 2 1 1 7 3 Squad Qualified automatically
1989 Fourth place 4th 6 1 1 4 4 7 Squad 4 2 1 1 5 4
United States 1991 Group stage 7th 3 1 0 2 1 5 Squad 3 0 2 1 0 1
Mexico United States 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1996 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 3 5 Squad 4 2 0 2 2 5
United States 1998 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 3 4 Squad 5 3 2 0 10 3
United States 2000 Group stage 10th 2 0 1 1 3 5 Squad 5 3 1 1 5 2
United States 2002 Group stage 12th 2 0 0 2 1 4 Squad 5 2 3 0 9 5
Mexico United States 2003 Group stage 11th 2 0 1 1 1 3 Squad 5 3 1 1 10 4
United States 2005 Group stage 11th 3 0 1 2 4 9 Squad 5 3 1 1 10 5
United States 2007 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 2 5 Squad 5 3 1 1 3 2
United States 2009 Did not qualify 3 0 0 3 1 6
United States 2011 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 5 4 Squad 3 1 0 2 3 6
United States 2013 Did not qualify 4 0 3 1 3 5
Canada United States 2015 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 1 4 Squad 4 3 0 1 7 4
United States 2017 Disqualified due to FIFA suspension Disqualified due to FIFA suspension
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019
United States 2021 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 1 6 Squad 6 5 1 0 30 1
Canada United States 2023 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 4 3 Squad 6 4 1 1 11 4
Total 1 Title 20/27 76 21 22 33 87 97 87 44 23 20 143 69

Match overview

Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
El Salvador 1963 Final round   Honduras 1–2 San Salvador
  Panama 2–2
  Nicaragua 3–1
  El Salvador 1–1
Guatemala 1965 Final round   Costa Rica 0–0 Guatemala City
  Haiti 3–0
  El Salvador 4–1
  Netherlands Antilles 3–2
  Mexico 1–2
Honduras 1967 Final round   Haiti 2–1 Tegucigalpa
  Mexico 1–0
  Honduras 0–0
  Trinidad and Tobago 2–0
  Nicaragua 2–0
Costa Rica 1969 Final round   Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 San José
  Netherlands Antilles 6–1
  Mexico 1–0
  Jamaica 0–0
  Costa Rica 1–1
Haiti 1973 Final round   Mexico 0–0 Port-au-Prince
  Netherlands Antilles 2–2
  Trinidad and Tobago 0–1
  Haiti 1–2
  Honduras 1–1
Mexico 1977 Final round   Suriname 3–2 Monterrey
  Haiti 1–2
  Canada 1–2 Mexico City
  Mexico 1–2
  El Salvador 2–2
1985 Group stage   Canada 1–2 Victoria, Canada
  Haiti 1–0 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  Canada 1–1 Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Haiti 4–0
1989 Group stage   Costa Rica 1–0
  Costa Rica 1–2 San José, Costa Rica
  United States 1–2 New Britain, United States
  Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Guatemala City, Guatemala
  Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
  United States 0–0 Guatemala City, Guatemala
United States 1991 Group stage   Costa Rica 0–2 Pasadena
  United States 0–3
  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Los Angeles
United States 1996 Group stage   Mexico 0–1 San Diego
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3–0 Anaheim
Semi-finals   Mexico 0–1 San Diego
Third place match   United States 0–3 Los Angeles
United States 1998 Group stage   El Salvador 0–0
  Brazil 1–1 Miami
  Jamaica 2–3 Los Angeles
United States 2000 Group stage   Trinidad and Tobago 2–4
  Mexico 1–1
United States 2002 Group stage   Mexico 1–3 Pasadena
  El Salvador 0–1
United States Mexico 2003 Group stage   Jamaica 0–2 Miami
  Colombia 1–1
United States 2005 Group stage   Jamaica 3–4 Carson
  Mexico 0–4 Los Angeles
  South Africa 1–1 Houston
United States 2007 Group stage   United States 0–1 Carson
  El Salvador 1–0
  Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Foxboro
Quarter-finals   Canada 0–3
United States 2011 Group stage   Honduras 0–0 Carson
  Jamaica 0–2 Miami
  Grenada 4–0 Harrison
Quarter-finals   Mexico 1–2 East Rutherford
United States Canada 2015 Group stage   Trinidad and Tobago 1–3 Chicago
  Mexico 0–0 Glendale
  Cuba 0–1 Charlotte
United States 2021 Group stage   El Salvador 0–2 Frisco
  Mexico 0–3 Dallas
  Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Frisco
United States Canada 2023 Group stage   Cuba 1–0 Fort Lauderdale
  Canada 0–0 Houston
  Guadeloupe 3–2 Harrison
Quarter-finals   Jamaica 0–1 Cincinnati

Record by opponent

CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup matches (by team)
Opponent W D L Pld GF GA
  Brazil 0 1 0 1 1 1
  Canada 0 2 3 5 3 8
  Colombia 0 1 0 1 1 1
  Costa Rica 1 2 2 5 3 5
  Cuba 1 0 1 2 1 1
  El Salvador 2 3 2 7 8 7
  Grenada 1 0 0 1 4 0
  Guadeloupe 1 0 0 1 3 2
  Haiti 4 0 2 6 12 5
  Honduras 0 3 1 4 2 3
  Jamaica 0 1 5 6 5 12
  Mexico 2 3 8 13 7 19
  Netherlands Antilles 2 1 0 3 11 5
  Nicaragua 2 0 0 2 5 1
  Panama 0 1 0 1 2 2
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 0 0 1 3 0
  South Africa 0 1 0 1 1 1
  Suriname 1 0 0 1 3 2
  Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 5 10 11 13
  United States 0 1 4 5 1 9

References