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Clásico centroamericano
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Honduras and Costa Rica playing in the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Other names	Derbi centroamericano
Location	Central America (UNCAF)
Teams	Costa Rica Honduras
First meeting	4 April 1930 La Tropical Havana, Cuba (CRC 8–0 HON)
Latest meeting	23 March 2024 Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas, United States (CRC 3–1 HON)
Meetings total	71
Most wins	Costa Rica (23)
All-time series	24–25–22 (Costa Rica)
Largest victory	Costa Rica 8–0 Honduras (4 April 1930)

The Clásico centroamericano (Central American classic) is a rivalry between the Costa Rica national football team and the Honduras national football team. The rivalry has also presented at club level for having the most successful clubs in Central America in terms of the CONCACAF Champions League.

Costa Rica in Honduras is considered one of the most important rivals, since Costa Rica’s paternity has been a clear over Honduras since the beginning of this rivalry, along with the Mexico national football team and the El Salvador national football team. Moreover, Honduras is considered in Costa Rica also as one of the most important rivals, along with the Mexico national football team and the United States men's national team. This rivalry is also accentuated by the selections that are higher amounts of account in the Copa Centroamericana trophies, most World Cup appearances and otherwise being the only teams to have achieved Aztecazo in World Cup qualifying.

These two sides are considered as the best in Central America to compete globally. The Costa Rica national team boasts the best in the area by being the only Central American national team to progress to the second round of a FIFA World Cup. This achievement has been accomplished twice, the first being at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy and the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The team has won 8 Copas Centroamericana, making Costa Rica the most successful team in the competition. Costa Rica have participated in six World Cups; 1990, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018 and in 2022. Meanwhile the Honduras national team has never made it out of the group stage in the three World Cups the team has taken part in, España 1982, South Africa 2010, and Brazil 2014. The Honduras national team has won 4 Copas Centroamericana and one CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1981. Outside of North America the team has participated in the 2001 Copa América, the only Copa América Honduras has ever been invited to. The team won third place after knocking off Uruguay in the third place match. That year Honduras reached its highest ranking on the FIFA World Rankings at rank 20. On the other hand, while Costa Rica has managed to remain being a competitive side with a decent performance, Honduras has been marked with numerous heavy defeats in every major games, either friendlies or competitions, often by five goals up.

The rivalry can be considered very even, since the number of wins in direct clashes selections levels from the first game in 1930, has always remained relatively even (with ups and downs for both teams at different times, but always showing enough equity). The history of fighting, a total of 70 games, has 23 wins to the Costa Rica national football team, 22 wins for the Honduras national football team and 25 draws, almost bringing equity in this rivalry is demonstrated.

Origin of rivalry

In recent years, these two nations have awakened a wide rivalry each time he approaches a commitment of this caliber. However, a review of the history reminds us that 'pique' comes from long ago, by elements not necessarily linked to the sport that moves masses.

The memory leads to that September 15, 1842 when he was shot in the Central Park of San Jose, Costa Rica, the great hero of the Federal Republic of Central America, Honduran Francisco Morazan, a leader who dominated the political and military scene Central and always wanted to turn the area into one nation. Even Morazán was the last president of this group. And in 1838, when Costa Rica had to face President Braulio Carrillo Colina, the Ticos broken relationship with the Central American Federation, which generates the beginning of a rivalry between the governments of Morazan and Carrillo.

This makes Morazan landing in Caldera (Costa Rica) in April 1842 with the enemies of Carrillo and give a coup. Honduras, who was head of state in Costa Rica in that year during the months of April and September, and together with its allies, intended to use the Costa Rican people as "cannon fodder" to reconstitute the Federation, but by force and keep his dream, as well recalled by the historian Alejandro Ugalde. It was then that Costa Ricans decide to "go down" to Morazan power and shoot him.

Despite that, Morazan fondly remembers being the initiator of the project "The Great Patriotic Central". But according to Ugalde, are the elements that unite Honduras and Costa Rica, according to the review given by history. Just remember in 2009 when the military carried to Costa Rica Honduras ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Matches

CRC Win

HON Win

Draw

4 April 1930 1	Costa Rica	8–0	Honduras	Havana, Cuba
EST	Madrigal Solera Soto			Stadium: La Tropical Referee: Record: 0–0–1 (0:8)

3 April 1935 2	Costa Rica	6–0	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Amador Dávila Evans			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Record: 0–0–2 (0:14)

7 March 1946 3	Costa Rica	5–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST			4' Arzú	Referee: Record: 0–0–3 (1:19)

1950 4	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Record: 0–0–3 (1:19)

13 March 1953 5	Costa Rica	4–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Goñi 20' Rodríguez 55' Valenciano		Leaky	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: William Crawford (ENG) Record: 0–0–4 (2:23)

28 August 1955 6	Honduras	1–2	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Rivera 56'		29' Monge 37' (o.g.) Sosa	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Reg Leafe (ENG) Record: 0–0–5 (3:25)

14 December 1959 7	Costa Rica	6–1	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST				Referee: Record: 0–0–6 (4:31)

25 February 1960 8	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	Havana, Cuba
EST	Armijo 66'		18' Reyes	Stadium: La Tropical Referee: Record: 0–1–6 (5:32)

4 September 1960 9	Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Suazo 10' Leaky 21'		46' Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 10,730 Referee: José Sundheim (COL) Record: 1–1–6 (7:33)

11 September 1960 10	Costa Rica	5–0	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Jiménez Ulloa Rodríguez			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 40,000 Referee: José Sundheim (COL) Record: 1–1–7 (7:38)

14 January 1961 11	Costa Rica	1–0	Honduras	Guatemala City, Guatemala
CST	Rodríguez 29'			Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Attendance: 23,340 Referee: Felipe Buergo (MEX) Record: 1–1–8 (7:39)

27 November 1971 17	Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
AST			Hernández	Stadium: Queen's Park Oval Referee: Record: 2–3–11 (12:48)

1971 18	Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica	Guatemala City, Guatemala
AST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores Referee: Record: 2–3–11 (12:48)

10 December 1972 20	Costa Rica	3–3	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Elizondo 8' Sáenz 50' Cárcamo 60' (pen.)		70' Urquía 85' 90' Gómez	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 14,274 Referee: Luis Villarejo (PUR) Record: 3–4–11 (17:52)

15 March 1961 12	Costa Rica	3–0	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Ulloa 55' Monge 66' Gobán 89'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 11,555 Referee: Juan Corado (GUA) Record: 1–1–9 (7:42)

7 April 1963 13	Costa Rica	2–1	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
CST	Córdoba Jiménez		4' Guerra	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca Referee: Record: 1–1–10 (8:44)

11 July 1965 14	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST				Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Record: 1–2–10 (9:45)

22 December 1968 15	Honduras	1–0	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Gómez 32'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 8,724 Referee: Michael Wurtz (USA) Record: 2–2–10 (10:45)

29 December 1968 16	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Chavarría 40'		25' (pen.) Rosales	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 21,636 Referee: George Cumberpath (TRI) Record: 2–3–10 (11:46)

3 December 1972 19	Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Bran 32' Gómez 57'		40' Paniagua	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 16,727 Referee: Alfonso González (MEX) Record: 3–3–11 (14:49)

1976 21	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

1976 22	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

1979 23	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino

1979 24	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST		Report		Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá

Origin of rivalry

Matches

Head to Head

Other categories

Olympic teams

Under 20

Under 17

See also

References

External links

6 March 1980 25	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Norales 26'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: Record: 3–5–11 (18:53)

16 April 1980 26	Costa Rica	1–1	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST			80' Bailey	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Referee: Record: 3–6–11 (19:54)

1 October 1980 27	Costa Rica	2–3	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Jiménez 78' (pen.) Mills 81'		29' Bulnes 42' Bernárdez 67' Bailey	Stadium: Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Attendance: 18,263 Referee: Dino Soupliotis (CAN) Record: 4–6–11 (22:56)

16 November 1980 28	Honduras	1–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Velásquez 73'		33' Morera	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 28,159 Referee: David Socha (USA) Record: 4–7–11 (23:57)

11 August 1985 29	Costa Rica	2–2	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Solano 19' Williams 81'		8' (pen.) Figueroa 24' Betancourt	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 20,043 Referee: Edward Bellion (USA) Record: 4–8–13 (27:63)

8 September 1985 30	Honduras	3–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Betancourt 40' Figueroa 51' 56'		7' Guimarães	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Richard Ramcharan (TRI) Record: 5–8–13 (30:64)

26 May 1991 31	Costa Rica	2–0	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
12:00 CST	Gómez 11' Jara 52'			Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos Castellanos (MEX) Record: 6–8–15 (33:68)

5 July 1991 32	Costa Rica	0–2	Honduras	Los Angeles, United States
PST			37' Bennett 79' Dolmo	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 41,103 Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA) Record: 7–8–15 (35:68)

8 November 1992 33	Costa Rica	2–3	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
CST	Berry 3' Arnáez 37'		47' Dolmo 71' Smith 83' Obando	Stadium: Estadio Nacional Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rafael Rodríguez (SLV) Record: 8–8–15 (38:70)

5 December 1992 34	Honduras	2–1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
CST	Flores 13' Obando 49'			Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Mike Seifert (CAN) Record: 9–8–15 (40:71)