Honduran National Football Team / Olympic Games

Honduras
República de Honduras

OS record goal scorer:	David Suazo (4)
OS record players:	9 players (6 each)
Rank:	35
Balance sheet
16 OS games 4 wins 4 draws 8 losses 19:31 goals
statistics
First OS game Honduras 3: 3 Nigeria Adelaide ( AUS ); September 13, 2000
Best OS victories Honduras 2: 1 Australia Sydney ( AUS ); 19 September 2000 Honduras 1-0 Spain Newcastle ( GBR ); July 29, 2012 Honduras 3-2 Algeria Rio de Janeiro ( BRA ); August 4, 2016 Honduras 1-0 South Korea Belo Horizonte ( BRA ); August 13, 2016
Biggest OS defeat Honduras 0: 6 Brazil Rio de Janeiro ( BRA ); 17th August 2016
successes
Olympic Games :
Participation in the finals	4 ( first : 2000 )
Best results	Quarter Finals ( 2012 )
(As of August 21, 2016 )

A Honduran national soccer team first took part in qualifying for the 1976 Olympic Games and was able to qualify for the first time for the Olympic Games in Sydney , but failed in the group stage. Then they qualified three more times, most recently for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro . The best result so far is reaching the quarter-finals in 2012.

Results at Olympic Games

1968

• For the 1968 Olympic Games, Honduras had reported a team for the first time, but withdrew them before the first qualifying game against El Salvador. The games between the two teams as part of the World Cup in Mexico two years later then led to the so-called football war .

1972

Not participated.

1976

• Olympic qualification:
  • 1st round: BYE
    • April 20, 1975 Honduras 0-0 Guatemala (in Tegucigalpa )
    • April 27, 1975 Guatemala - Honduras 2-0 (in Guatemala City )

1980

Not participated.

1984

• Olympic qualification:
  • 1 round:
    • May 11, 1983 Honduras 0-1 Costa Rica (in Tegucigalpa )
    • May 18, 1983 Costa Rica 3-2 Honduras (in San José )

1988

• Olympic qualification:
  • 1 round:
    • May 17, 1987 Honduras 1-2 Guatemala (in Tegucigalpa )
    • May 31, 1987 Guatemala v Honduras 2-2 (in Guatemala City )

1992

• Olympic qualification:
  • 1 round:
    • March 17, 1991 Guatemala 2-2 Honduras
    • April 3, 1991 Honduras - Guatemala 2-0
  • Semi-final round:
    • September 5, 1991 Honduras 1-1 Mexico
    • September 11, 1991 Mexico 0-1 Honduras
    • September 24, 1991 Honduras 2-0 Suriname
    • 6 October 1991 Suriname 0-2 Honduras

• • Final round:
    • April 5, 1992 USA - Honduras 4-3 Honduras (in St. Louis )
    • April 12, 1992 Canada 2-2 Honduras
    • April 19, 1992 Honduras 3-4 USA (in San Pedro Sula )
    • April 26, 1992 Honduras 1-0 Canada
    • May 6, 1992 Honduras 1-3 Mexico
    • May 17, 1992 Mexico - Honduras 5-1

Honduras not qualified as bottom of the group.

1996

Not participated.

2000

• Olympic qualification:
  • Preliminary round:
    • September 5, 1999 Nicaragua 0-6 Honduras
    • September 12, 1999 Honduras 4-2 Nicaragua
  • 1st round in Guadalajara / Mexico :
    • April 4, 2000 Mexico 2-2 Honduras
    • April 6, 2000 Costa Rica 1-1 Honduras
    • April 8, 2000 Jamaica 0-2 Honduras
  • Final round in Hershey / USA :
    • April 21, 2000 USA - Honduras 3-0
    • April 23, 2000 Canada 0-2 Honduras
    • April 28, 2000, semi-finals: Mexico 0-0 Honduras, 4-5 i. E.
    • April 30, 2000, Final: Honduras 2-1 USA

Honduras qualified for the first time.

• Olympic Games in Sydney :
  • Preliminary round:
    • September 13, 2000: Nigeria 3-3 Honduras (in Adelaide )
    • September 16, 2000: Italy 3-1 Honduras (in Adelaide )
    • September 19, 2000: Australia 1-2 Honduras - Honduras eliminated in third place

2004

• Olympic qualification:
  • 2nd round:
    • Haiti 0-1 Honduras (in Miami )
    • Honduras 2-2 Haiti
  • Final round in Zapopan / Mexico :
    • February 3, 2004: Canada 0-1 Honduras
    • 5th February 2004: Honduras 3-1 Panama
    • 5th February 2004: Honduras 3-4 USA
    • February 10, 2003, semi-finals: Costa Rica 2-0 Honduras - Honduras not qualified.
    • February 12, 2003, 3rd place match: Honduras - USA 1: 1; 4: 3 i. E.

2008

The Honduran team for the 2008 Olympics

• Olympic qualification:
  • 1st round in Panama City / Panama :
    • November 9, 2007: El Salvador 0-3 Honduras
    • November 11, 2007: Panama 1-1 Honduras
  • Final round in Tampa / USA
    • March 11, 2008: Panama 0-1 Honduras
    • March 13, 2008: Honduras 2-0 Cuba
    • March 15, 2008: USA 1-0 Honduras
    • March 20, 2008 Semi-finals: Guatemala 0-0 Honduras; 5: 6 i. E. - Honduras qualified for the Olympic Games
    • March 23, 2008 Semi-finals: USA - Honduras 0-1 aet

• Beijing Olympic Games :
  • Preliminary round:
    • 7 August 2008: Honduras 0-3 Italy (in Qinhuangdao )
    • August 10, 2008: Cameroon 1-0 Honduras (in Qinhuangdao )
    • August 13, 2008: South Korea - Honduras 1-0 (in Shanghai ) - Honduras were eliminated as bottom of the group

2012

• Olympic qualification:
  • Preliminary round in San Pedro Sula :
    • September 23, 2011 Honduras - Costa Rica 2-2
    • September 25, 2011 Honduras - Nicaragua 5-0
  • Final round in Carson :
    • March 23, 2012 Honduras U23 - Panama U23 3-1
    • March 25, 2012: Mexico U23 - Honduras U23 3-0
    • March 27, 2012 Honduras U-23 - Trinidad and Tobago U-23 2-0
    • March 31, 2012, semi-finals: Honduras U-23 - El Salvador U-23 3-2 a.s. (in Kansas City ) - Honduras qualified for the Olympic Games
    • April 2, 2012, final: Honduras U-23 - Mexico U-23 1-2 aet (in Kansas City )

• Olympic Games in London :
  • Preliminary round:
    • July 26, 2012 Honduras 2-2 Morocco (in Glasgow )
    • July 29, 2012 Spain - Honduras 0-1 (in Newcastle )
    • August 1, 2012 Japan 0-0 Honduras (in Coventry )
  • Knockout round:
    • 4th August 2012, quarter-finals: Brazil 3-2 Honduras (in Newcastle )

2016

• Olympic qualification:
• Preliminary round in Guatemala City :
  • • August 1, 2015 Belize U23 - Honduras U23 0-5
    • August 13, 2015 Guatemala U-23 1-2 Honduras U-23
  • Final round:
    • October 2nd, 2015: Honduras U23 - Haiti U23 1-0 (in Carson )
    • October 4th, 2015: Costa Rica U-23 0-2 Honduras U-23 (in Carson )
    • October 7, 2015: Mexico U-23 - Honduras U-23 2-1 (in Commerce City )
    • October 10, 2015, semi-finals: USA U-23 - Honduras U-23 0: 2 (in Sandy ) - Honduras qualified for the Olympic Games
    • October 14, 2015, final: Honduras U-23 0-2 Mexico U-23 (in Sandy )

Squad for 2016

A U-23 team, in which up to three older players may participate, is entitled to start. This were Johnny Palacios and Romell Quioto nominated. Goalkeeper Luis López was also nominated for the 2014 World Cup , but did not appear there.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Luis López	09/13/1993	Real España	01	0	6 (2016)
18th	Harold Fonseca	10/08/1993	Juticalpa FC	00	0
Defense
2	Jonathan Paz	06/18/1995	CD Real Sociedad	00	0	5 (2016)
3	Marcelo Pereira	05/27/1995	CD Motagua	00	0	6 (2016), 2 goals
4th	Kevin Álvarez	08/03/1996	CD Olimpia	01	0	4 (2016)
5	Allans Vargas	09/25/1993	Real España	00	0	6 (2016)
8th	Johnny Palacios	December 20, 1986	CD Olimpia	34	0	4 (2016)
14th	Elder Torres	04/14/1995	Real Monarchs (II)	00	0
16	Brayan García	05/26/1993	CD Vida	03	0	6 (2016)
midfield
6th	Bryan Acosta	11/24/1993	Real España	03	0	6 (2016)
7th	Brayan Ramirez	06/16/1994	Juticalpa FC	00	0	2 (2016)
10	Oscar Salas	December 8, 1993	CD Olimpia	00	0	3 (2016)
13	Jhow Benavídez	December 26, 1995	Real España	00	0	6 (2016)
15th	Allan Banegas	04/10/1993	CD Marathon	00	0	5 (2016)
attack
9	Anthony Lozano	04/25/1993	CD Tenerife	20th	6th	6 (2016), 3 goals
11	Rodolfo Espinal	02/24/1993	CD Vida	00	0	5 (2016)
12	Romell Quioto	08/09/1991	CD Olimpia	20th	2	6 (2016), 1 goal
17th	Alberth Elis	02/12/1996	CD Olimpia	10	3	6 (2016), 2 goals

Games

• Preliminary round:
  • Honduras - Algeria 3: 2 (2: 0) on August 4, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Stadium)
  • Honduras - Portugal 1: 2 (1: 2) on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Olympic Stadium)
  • Argentina - Honduras 1: 1 (0: 0) on August 10, 2016 in Brasília - Honduras qualifies for the knockout round due to the better goal difference as second in the group ahead of Argentina
• Knockout round:
  • Quarter-finals: South Korea - Honduras 0: 1 (0: 0) on August 13, 2016 in Belo Horizonte
  • Semi-finals: Brazil 6-0 Honduras (3-0) on August 17, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã) - fastest goal conceded in Olympic history after 15 seconds by Neymar
  • Match for 3rd place: Honduras 2-3 Nigeria (0-1) on August 20, 2016 in Belo Horizonte

Trainer

• 2000: Ramon Madariaga
• 2008: Gilberto Yearwood
• 2012: Luis Fernando Suárez (also coach at the 2014 World Cup)
• 2016: Jorge Luis Pinto

Best goal scorers

1. David Suazo (2000) 4 goals

2. Jerry Bengtson (2012), Anthony Lozano (2016) 3 goals each

Known players

• Jerry Bengtson 2012 (World Cup participant 2014)
• Roger Espinoza 2012 (World Cup participant 2010 and 2014)
• Maynor Figueroa 2012 (World Cup participant 2010 and 2014)
• Luis Fernando Garrido 2012 (World Cup participant 2014)
• Mario Roberto Martínez 2012 (World Cup participant 2014)
• Andy Najar 2012 (World Cup participant 2014)
• Ramón Núñez 2008 (World Cup participant 2010)
• Carlos Pavón 2008 (World Cup participant 2010, record goal scorer Honduras)
• David Suazo 2000 (World Cup participant 2010)
• Hendry Thomas 2008 (World Cup participant 2010)
• Noel Valladares 2000 (World Cup participant 2010 and 2014, record goalkeeper )

Web links

• Football Tournament of the Olympic Games - Overview

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers according to the squad list