Honduras national under-20 football team

Honduras U-20

Nickname(s)	La H 20
Association	FENAFUTH
Confederation	CONCACAF
Head coach	Javier Padilla
FIFA code	HON
First colours Second colours
First international
CRC 1 - 2 HON (1962-03-07 in Panama)
Biggest win
HON 8 - 1 ANT (1980-08-12 in United States)
Biggest defeat
CHI 7 - 0 HON (2005-06-11 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. They have made five FIFA U-20 World Cup appearances.

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
Totals	15	3	0	12	15	43	–28	7	—
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
Totals	99	59	15	25	189	95	+94	154	—

2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship

Main article: 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

Main article: 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 players

• As of 2 March 2012

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 Marvin Melgar 0 0 Platense 2 Matthew Rivera 0 0 Platense 3 1GK Luis López (1993-09-13) 13 September 1993 0 0 Real España 4 Kelvin Caballero 0 0 Real España 5 Ángel Contreras 0 0 Marathón 6 Ángel Cálix 0 0 Marathón 7 3MF Grodbin Benítez (1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 0 0 Motagua 8 Ángel Jiménez 0 0 Motagua 9 Emerson Lalín 0 0 Motagua 10 René Chamorro 0 0 Motagua 11 Gustavo Herrera 0 0 Motagua 12 David Gutiérrez 0 0 Olimpia 13 Germán Mejía 0 0 Olimpia 14 Jesús Crisanto 0 0 Atlético Choloma 15 Onias Lanza 0 0 Necaxa 16 Cristopher Urmeneta 0 0 Necaxa

Ronny Javier Portillo Cubas Platense

List of coaches

List of managers since 1956 to present:

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–present — Javier Padilla