The 2011 Copa Centroamericana () was the eleventh edition of

Copa Centroamericana The Copa Centroamericana () was an association football competition organized by UNCAF as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from Central America. The tournament was held from 1991 to 2017, every two years in the years be ...

(formerly known as the

UNCAF Nations Cup The Copa Centroamericana () was an association football competition organized by UNCAF as its top regional tournament for men's senior national teams from Central America. The tournament was held from 1991 to 2017, every two years in the years be ...

), an international

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championship for national teams affiliated with the

Central American Football Union The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and P ...

(UNCAF) of the

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region. It took place in

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

from January 14 to January 23, 2011. It was the second time for Panama to host the tournament. On January 23, 2011 Honduras won the cup by defeating Costa Rica 2-1 in the final. The top five teams from this tournament qualified for the

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition started on Jun ...

. The group stage draw was conducted on September 2, 2010 in

Panama City Panama City, also known as Panama, is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has a total population of 1,086,990, with over 2,100,000 in its metropolitan area. The city is located at the Pacific Ocean, Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, i ...

Participating nations

All seven

UNCAF The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football (soccer), football teams of Central America: Belize national football team, Belize, Costa Rica na ...

members participated in the tournament: * * * * * * * (Hosts) and (Defending Champions)

Venue

All matches were played at

Estadio Rommel Fernández The Estadio Olímpico Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez, named after the Panamanian football star Rommel Fernández (1966–1993), is a multi-purpose stadium in Panama City. It is used for different sports, but mainly football (soccer) games. It was ...

Squads

Group stage

;TiebreakersReglamento Copa Centroamerica 2011
/ref> # Greater number of points in matches between the tied teams. # Greater goal difference in matches between the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points). # Greater number of goals scored in matches among the tied teams (if more than two teams finish equal on points). # Greater goal difference in all group matches. # Greater number of goals scored in all group matches. # Drawing of lots. ''All times are in local, Panama Time ( UTC−05:00).''

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

Note: No

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is played.

Fifth place match

Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;3 goals Rafael Burgos

Marco Ureña Marcos Danilo Ureña Porras, known as Marco Ureña (born 5 March 1990), is a Costa Rican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for C.S. Cartaginés. He has also played for the Cost ...

;2 goals

Jaime Alas Jaime Enrique Alas Morales (born 30 July 1989) is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Guastatoya. Club career Alas' professional career began in July 2006, at the age of 16, when he signed a ...

Armando Cooper Armando Enrique Cooper Whitaker (born 26 November 1987) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Cooper began his career in the youth ranks of Panama's Árabe Unido. In 2006, he debuted for the pro ...

Jorge Claros

Ramón Núñez Ramón Fernando Núñez Reyes (born 14 November 1985) is a former Association football, footballer. Núñez plays primarily as an attacking midfielder. He can also play as a winger or as a second striker. In his homeland he is nicknamed ''El ...

Edwin Aguilar
;1 goal Daniel Jiménez

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Elroy Smith Elroy Alexander Smith (born 30 November 1981) is a Belizean football defender who plays for Belmopan Bandits, having previously played for several clubs in Liga Nacional de Honduras. International career Smith made his debut for Belize in a J ...

Celso Borges
Victor Núñez

Osael Romero William Osael Romero Castillo (born 18 April 1986) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer. He was banned for life in 2013, for match fixing while playing for the El Salvador national football team. Career Club Romero started his car ...

Deris Umanzor Deris Ariel Umanzor Guevara (born 7 January 1980) is a retired Salvadoran professional footballer. Club career Deris Umanzor began his career in the youth system of Municipal Limeño and eventually moved up to the first team in 1998. After s ...

Manuel León Manuel León (born 23 September 1987) is a Guatemalan football midfielder. He was part of the Guatemala national football team for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition ...

Guillermo Ramírez Guillermo ''"El Pando"'' Ramírez Ortega (born 26 March 1978) is a Guatemalan former footballer who played as a midfielder and was also the captain of the Guatemala national team. Ramírez started his career with Municipal and later played i ...

Gregory Ruiz

Marvin Chávez Marvin Antonio Chávez (born November 3, 1983) is a Honduran former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Club Chávez – who is nicknamed "el hijo del viento" (''the son of the wind'') – spent the early part of ...

Johnny Leverón

Emil Martínez Emil José Martínez Cruz (; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense in the Primera ...

Walter Martínez
Denis Espinoza
Félix Rodríguez

Roberto Brown Roberto Ronaldo Brown Perea (born July 15, 1977) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was appointed assistant manager of sports of the Municipality of Panama in May 2014. Club career Nicknamed ''el Bombar ...

Blas Pérez Blas Antonio Pérez Ortega (born 13 March 1981) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League. Club career Pérez began his career in his native Panama with P ...

Luis Rentería Luis Gabriel Rentería (September 13, 1988 – March 6, 2014) was a Panamanian football forward, who played at the end of his professional career for Tauro in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol. Club career Nicknamed ''Matagatos'' (Catkiller), Ren ...

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Awards

*Golden Ball:

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

) *Golden Boot: Rafael Burgos (

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

) &

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Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

)

References

External links

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