1995 UNCAF Nations Cup

Six national football teams from Central America competed in the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup (Copa Centroamericana). The winning team was Honduras, defeating Guatemala in the final.

1995 UNCAF Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	El Salvador
Teams	7 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Honduras (2nd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	El Salvador
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	28 (2.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Pino (4 goals)
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Squads

Main article: 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup squads

Preliminary round

22 October 1995

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1st leg

Panama	2–0	Nicaragua
Pino   67' Medina   89'

Estadio Municipal de Balboa, Panama City, Panama

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Olger Mejías (CRC)

29 October 1995

CST

2nd leg

Nicaragua	0–5	Panama
		Sánchez   18' Pino   48', 50', 62' Quiroz   75'

Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba, Nicaragua

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ramón Méndez (CRC)

Stadium

San Salvador   Santa Ana	San Salvador	Santa Ana
	Estadio Cuscatlán	Estadio Óscar Quiteño
	Capacity: 53,400	Capacity: 17,500

First round

Group A

played in San Salvador

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Semifinals
2	Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Belize	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

29 November 1995

El Salvador	3–0	Belize
Cienfuegos   55' Osorio   58' (pen.) Arce   76'

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1 December 1995

Costa Rica	2–1	Belize
Fonseca   8' Wright   88'		McCaulay   27'

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3 December 1995

El Salvador	2–1	Costa Rica
Osorio   62' Cienfuegos   81'		Morales   32'

Group B

played in Santa Ana

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Honduras	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Semifinals
2	Guatemala	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Panama	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

29 November 1995

Honduras	2–0	Panama
Chacón   25' Pavón   75'

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1 December 1995

Guatemala	1–0	Panama
Rodas   21'

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3 December 1995

Honduras	2–0	Guatemala
Suazo   47' Núñez   89'

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 December - San Salvador
	Honduras	1 (4)
					10 December - San Salvador
	Costa Rica	1 (2)
					Honduras	3
	7 December - San Salvador
					Guatemala	0
	El Salvador	0
	Guatemala	1
					Third place
					10 December - San Salvador
					El Salvador	2
					Costa Rica	1

Semi-finals

7 December 1995

Honduras	1–1 4–2 (Pen.)	Costa Rica
Williams   55'		Fonseca   60'

San Salvador

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7 December 1995

El Salvador	0–1	Guatemala
		Rodas   14'

San Salvador

Third-place match

10 December 1995

El Salvador	2–1	Costa Rica
Arce   18' Rodríguez   45'		Fonseca   72'

San Salvador

Final

10 December 1995

CST

Final

Guatemala	0–3	Honduras
		Núñez   1' Pavón   25', 57'

Estadio Cuscatlán
San Salvador, El Salvador

Attendance: 10,000

Guatemala

Honduras

GK – Edgar Estrada DF – German Ruano DF – Erick Miranda DF – Iván León   MF – Martín Machón MF – Julio Girón MF – Juan Funes MF – Jorge Rodas MF – Édgar Valencia   FW – Julio Rodas FW – Roberto Montepeque   Substitutions: FW – Edgar Arriaza   MF – Maynor Castro   FW – Sergio Díaz   Manager:   Jorge Roldán

GK – Wilmer Cruz DF – Hernaín Arzú DF – Raúl Sambulá DF – José Fernández MF – Martín Castro MF – Nahamán González MF – Rodolfo Smith MF – Christian Santamaría   MF – Jorge Pineda   FW – Carlos Pavón   FW – Milton Núñez Substitutions: MF – Edgar Sierra   DF – Rudy Williams   MF – José Romero   Manager:   Carlos Cruz

Champions

1995 UNCAF Nations Cup winner
Honduras Second title

• Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador qualified automatically for 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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