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2009 UNCAF Nations Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	UNCAF Nations Cup
year	2009
other_titles	Copa Naciones de UNCAF
Copa Naciones DIGICEL
image	2009-Copa-Naciones.png
country	Honduras
dates	January 22 - February 1
num_teams	7
sub-confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion	Panama
count	1
second	Costa Rica
third	Honduras
third-flagvar	1949
fourth	El Salvador
matches	14
goals	32
attendance	114000
top_scorer	CRC Andy Furtado
(3 goals)
player	CRC Keylor Navas
nextseason	[2011](2011-copa-centroamericana)
prevseason	[2007](2007-uncaf-nations-cup)

Copa Naciones DIGICEL | sub-confederations = 1 | third-flagvar = 1949 (3 goals)

The UNCAF Nations Cup 2009 was the tenth edition of the UNCAF Nations Cup, the biennial football (soccer) tournament for the CONCACAF-affiliated national teams of Central America. The first five places qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. 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. The tournament was sponsored by Digicel. On 1 February 2009 Panama won the tournament, the first UNCAF Nations Cup win in the country's history.

Participating nations

All seven UNCAF members participated in the tournament:

(Defending Champions)
(Hosts)

Squads

Main article: 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup squads

Stadium

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Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Capacity: 35,000
[[File:Estadio Carías.jpg	250px]]

First round

The group stage draw took place on December 9, 2008 in Guatemala City. The reigning champions, Costa Rica, and the hosts, Honduras, were automatically drawn as top seed in their respective groups. Costa Rica was paired with Panama and Guatemala, the first two runners-up from the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup. The remaining teams – El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Belize – were drawn into the same group as Honduras.

Group A

Martínez

Sánchez Ayala

Solórzano S. Martínez W. Martínez

Chávez

Group B

Sánchez

Herrera Segura

Final round

Fifth place

The winner of the fifth place match qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup as the fifth and final entrant from Central America.

Semifinals

All four semifinalists qualified for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Awarded

The game was called after sixty minutes of play when El Salvador was reduced to six players. Two El Salvador players, Alexander Escobar and Eliseo Quintanilla, were awarded red cards in the first half, and Deris Umanzor, Rodolfo Zelaya, and goalkeeper Juan José Gómez 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

Third place

Final

Aguilar Phillips Jaramillo Henríquez Núñez Jiménez Oviedo

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ENG Gary Stempel

CRC Rodrigo Kenton

Results

Top 5 qualified to the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Scorers

;3 goals

CRC Andy Furtado

;2 goals

SLV Alfredo Pacheco
NCA Samuel Wilson
HND Walter Martínez ;1 goal
PAN Alberto Zapata
PAN Ricardo Phillips
BLZ Lisbey Castillo
BLZ Jerome James
BLZ Harrison Róchez
CRC William Sunsing
CRC Roberto Segura
CRC Álvaro Sánchez
CRC Pablo Herrera
NCA Marlon Medina
NCA Armando Reyes
NCA Juan Barrera
HND Marvin Chávez
HND Mario Rodríguez
HND Saúl Martínez
HND Carlos Pavón
HND Emil Martínez
HND Amado Guevara
HND Roger Espinoza
GUA Minor López
SLV Ramón Sánchez
SLV Carlos Ayala ;1 goal (Own Goal)
NCA Silvio Avilés (for El Salvador)
NCA David Solorzano (for Honduras)

References

(28 February 2008). "Panamá organizará la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009". Tanto Fútbol.
(2 November 2008). "Panamá descarta organizar la Uncaf". [[La Nación (San José).
Estrada, Campo Elías. (October 2010). "Copa de Naciones está más allá que acá". [[La Prensa (Panama City).
(16 November 2008). "Se confirma Honduras como sede de la Copa de Naciones de la UNCAF del 2009". [[UNCAF]].
"Digicel, UNCAF launch 2009 Nations Cup". [[The Nassau Guardian]].
(9 December 2008). "Six-time champ Costa Rica drawn with Panama, Guatemala in Central American Nations Cup". [[CONCACAF]].
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120913060226/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/02/monday_kickaround_5.html WASHINGTONPOST.com – Monday Kickaround] – 2 February 2009

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