CONCACAF Gold Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Gold Cup replaced the CONCACAF Championship, which was held ten times from 1963 to 1989. Before the merger and foundation of CONCACAF, the confederation was split into two entities with their own international tournament, NAFU's North American Nations Cup and the CCCF Championship.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mexico123520
2 United States76215
3 Costa Rica3148
4 Canada2035
5 Honduras1236
6 Haiti1214
7 Guatemala1203
8 Panama0325
9 Brazil0213
 El Salvador0213
 Jamaica0213
12 Trinidad and Tobago0123
13 Colombia0101
14 Netherlands Antilles
 Curaçao
0022
15 Qatar0011
Totals (15 entries)27272882

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  †  – Disqualified
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team (25) 1963
El Salvador
(9)
1965
Guatemala
(6)
1967
Honduras
(6)
1969
Costa Rica
(6)
1971
Trinidad and Tobago
(6)
1973
Haiti
(6)
1977
Mexico
(6)
1981
Honduras
(6)
1985
(9)
1989
(5)
1991
United States
(8)
1993
United States
Mexico
(8)
1996
United States
(9)
1998
United States
(10)
2000
United States
(12)
2002
United States
(12)
2003
United States
Mexico
(12)
2005
United States
(12)
2007
United States
(12)
2009
United States
(12)
2011
United States
(12)
2013
United States
(12)
2015
United States
Canada
(12)
2017
United States
(12)
2019
United States
Costa Rica
Jamaica
(16)
2021
United States
(16)
2023
United States
Canada
(16)
2025
United States
Canada
(16)
Times
entered
Times
qualified
 Belize Part of  United Kingdom [a] × × × × GS 14 1
 Bermuda × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS 12 1
 Canada × × × × × 4th 4th 1st GS GS GS × 1st 3rd GS GS SF QF GS GS GS QF QF SF QF Q 22 20
 Costa Rica 1st 3rd × 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 4th 3rd GS QF 2nd 4th QF QF SF QF QF QF SF QF QF QF 26 22
 Cuba × × × 4th × GS × × × GS GS QF GS GS × GS QF QF GS GS 19 12
 Curaçao[b] 3rd GS 3rd × GS × × × × GS QF Q 23 7
 Dominican Republic × × × × × × × × × × × × × Q 15 1
 El Salvador 2nd 4th × × × 3rd 2nd 4th GS GS GS QF QF GS GS QF QF GS QF GS QF GS 25 20
 French Guiana × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × GS 13 1
 Grenada Part of  United Kingdom × × × × GS GS GS 18 3
 Guadeloupe × × × × × × × × × × × SF QF GS GS GS 16 5
 Guatemala GS 2nd 1st 2nd GS GS GS 4th GS × 4th GS GS GS GS GS QF QF GS GS QF 26 20
 Guyana × × × × × × × × × × × × GS 15 1
 Haiti GS GS 2nd 1st 2nd GS GS × × × GS QF GS QF GS QF SF GS GS Q 25 17
 Honduras 4th 3rd GS 4th 1st 2nd 2nd GS GS GS QF GS SF QF SF SF SF GS QF GS QF GS 27 22
 Jamaica GS × GS × × × × GS 3rd 4th GS QF QF GS QF 2nd 2nd SF QF SF 22 15
 Martinique Not a CONCACAF member GS QF GS GS GS GS GS GS 17 8
 Mexico GS 1st 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 1st 3rd × × 3rd 1st 1st 1st QF QF 1st QF 2nd 1st 1st SF 1st SF 1st 2nd 1st Q 26 26
 Nicaragua GS GS × × × × × GS GS GS 22 5
 Panama GS × × × GS × 2nd QF QF SF 2nd 3rd QF QF GS 2nd Q 24 13
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Part of  United Kingdom × × GS 18 1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Not a CONCACAF member × × GS × 15 1
 Suriname × × × × × GS GS × × × × GS 18 3
 Trinidad and Tobago × × 4th GS GS 2nd GS 3rd GS GS GS SF GS GS GS QF QF GS GS GS 25 18
 United States × × × × GS 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd QF 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 2nd 1st SF Q 24 20
Team (25) 1963
El Salvador
(9)
1965
Guatemala
(6)
1967
Honduras
(6)
1969
Costa Rica
(6)
1971
Trinidad and Tobago
(6)
1973
Haiti
(6)
1977
Mexico
(6)
1981
Honduras
(6)
1985
(9)
1989
(5)
1991
United States
(8)
1993
United States
Mexico
(8)
1996
United States
(9)
1998
United States
(10)
2000
United States
(12)
2002
United States
(12)
2003
United States
Mexico
(12)
2005
United States
(12)
2007
United States
(12)
2009
United States
(12)
2011
United States
(12)
2013
United States
(12)
2015
United States
Canada
(12)
2017
United States
(12)
2019
United States
Costa Rica
Jamaica
(16)
2021
United States
(16)
2023
United States
Canada
(16)
2025
United States
Canada
(16)
Times
entered
Times
qualified

Notes

  1. ^ Not a CONCACAF member
  2. ^ Includes four appearances as Netherlands Antilles

Invitees nations record

Team 1991
United States
1993
United States
Mexico
1996
United States
1998
United States
2000
United States
2002
United States
2003
United States
Mexico
2005
United States
2007
United States
2009
United States
2011
United States
2013
United States
2015
United States
Canada
2017
United States
2019
United States
Costa Rica
Jamaica
2021
United States
2023
United States
Canada
2025
United States
Canada
Editions
 Brazil 2nd 3rd 2nd 3
 Colombia 2nd QF SF 3
 Ecuador GS 1
 Peru SF 1
 South Africa QF 1
 South Korea GS 4th 2
 Qatar SF QF 2

General statistics by tournament

CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989)
Year Host(s) Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) (goals)
1963  El Salvador  Costa Rica (1) Costa Rica Alfredo Piedra El Salvador Eduardo Hernández (6)
1965  Guatemala  Mexico (1) Mexico Ignacio Trelles Mexico Ernesto Cisneros (5)
1967  Honduras  Guatemala (1) Uruguay Rubén Amorín Mexico Luis Estrada (4)
Guatemala Manuel Recinos (4)
1969  Costa Rica  Costa Rica (2) Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez Guatemala Nelson Melgar (3)
Guatemala Marco Fión (3)
Costa Rica Víctor Ruiz (3)
1971  Trinidad and Tobago  Mexico (2) Mexico Javier de la Torre Unknown
1973  Haiti  Haiti (1) Haiti Antoine Tassy Trinidad and Tobago Steve David (7)
1977  Mexico  Mexico (3) Mexico José Antonio Roca Mexico Víctor Rangel (6)
1981  Honduras  Honduras (1) Honduras Chelato Uclés Mexico Hugo Sánchez (3)
1985 No Host  Canada (1) England Tony Waiters Honduras Roberto Figueroa (5)
1989 No Host  Costa Rica (3) Costa Rica Marvin Rodríguez Eight players (2)
CONCACAF Gold Cup (1991–present)
Year Host(s) Champions Winning coach Top scorer(s) (goals) Best player award Young player award
1991  United States  United States (1) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović Mexico Benjamín Galindo (4) United States Tony Meola Not awarded
1993  United States
 Mexico
 Mexico (1) Mexico Miguel Mejía Barón Mexico Zaguinho (11) Mexico Ramón Ramírez
1996  United States  Mexico (2) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović United States Eric Wynalda (4) Mexico Raúl Lara
1998  United States  Mexico (3) Mexico Manuel Lapuente Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope (4)
Mexico Luis Hernández (4)
United States Kasey Keller
2000  United States  Canada (1) Germany Holger Osieck Canada Carlo Corazzin (4) Canada Craig Forrest
2002  United States  United States (2) United States Bruce Arena United States Brian McBride (4) United States Brian McBride
2003  United States
 Mexico
 Mexico (4) Argentina Ricardo La Volpe Costa Rica Walter Centeno (4)
United States Landon Donovan (4)
Mexico Jesús Arellano
2005  United States  United States (3) United States Bruce Arena Guatemala Carlos Ruiz (3)
Honduras Wilmer Velásquez (3)
Panama Luis Tejada (3)
United States DaMarcus Beasley (3)
United States Landon Donovan (3)
Panama Luis Tejada
2007  United States  United States (4) United States Bob Bradley Honduras Carlos Pavón (5) Canada Julian de Guzman
2009  United States  Mexico (5) Mexico Javier Aguirre Mexico Miguel Sabah (4) Mexico Giovani dos Santos
2011  United States  Mexico (6) Mexico José Manuel de la Torre Mexico Javier Hernández (7) Mexico Javier Hernández
2013  United States  United States (5) Germany Jürgen Klinsmann Panama Gabriel Torres (5)
United States Landon Donovan (5)
United States Chris Wondolowski (5)
United States Landon Donovan
2015  United States
 Canada
 Mexico (7) Mexico Miguel Herrera United States Clint Dempsey (7) Mexico Andrés Guardado Mexico Jesús Corona
2017  United States  United States (6) United States Bruce Arena Canada Alphonso Davies (3)
Martinique Kévin Parsemain (3)
United States Jordan Morris (3)
United States Michael Bradley Canada Alphonso Davies
2019  United States
 Costa Rica
 Jamaica
 Mexico (8) Argentina Gerardo Martino Canada Jonathan David (6) Mexico Raúl Jiménez United States Christian Pulisic
2021  United States  United States (7) United States Gregg Berhalter Qatar Almoez Ali (4) Mexico Héctor Herrera Canada Tajon Buchanan
2023  United States
 Canada
 Mexico (9) Mexico Jaime Lozano United States Jesús Ferreira (7) Panama Adalberto Carrasquilla Not awarded

Debut of teams

Each final tournament has had at least one team appearing for the first time. A total of 25 CONCACAF members have reached the finals.

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. CT
1963  Costa Rica,  El Salvador,  Guatemala,  Honduras,  Jamaica,  Mexico,  Nicaragua,  Netherlands Antilles,  Panama 9 9
1965  Haiti 1 10
1967  Trinidad and Tobago 1 11
1969 None 0 11
1971  Cuba 1 12
1973 None 0 12
1977  Canada,  Suriname 2 14
1981 None 0 14
1985  United States 1 15
1989 None 0 15
1991 None 0 15
1993  Martinique 1 16
1996  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 17
1998 None 0 17
2000 None 0 17
2002 None 0 17
2003 None 0 17
2005 None 0 17
2007  Guadeloupe 1 18
2009  Grenada 1 19
2011 None 0 19
2013  Belize 1 20
2015 None 0 20
2017  French Guiana 1 21  Curaçao
2019  Bermuda,  Guyana 2 23
2021 None 0 23
2023  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 24
2025  Dominican Republic 1 25

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[1]

As of 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Mexico 25 123 85 21 17 271 73 +198 276
2  United States 19 102 75 16 11 199 66 +133 241
3  Costa Rica 22 104 45 29 30 167 109 +58 164
4  Honduras 22 93 35 21 37 128 118 +10 126
5  Canada 19 76 30 23 23 106 93 +13 113
6  El Salvador 19 74 22 20 32 81 107 –26 86
7  Guatemala 20 76 21 22 33 87 97 –10 85
8  Jamaica 15 63 23 11 29 72 99 –27 80
9  Panama 12 55 19 20 16 86 67 +19 77
10  Haiti 16 64 20 12 32 63 92 –29 72
11  Trinidad and Tobago 18 68 18 17 33 80 118 –38 71
12  Curaçao[a] 6 30 8 6 16 33 65 –32 30
13  Brazil[b] 3 14 8 2 4 22 9 +13 26
14  Cuba 12 40 5 6 29 30 121 –91 21
15  Colombia[b] 3 13 5 2 6 14 17 −3 17
16  Guadeloupe 5 18 5 2 11 23 31 –8 17
17  Martinique 8 23 5 2 16 26 58 –32 17
18  Qatar[b] 2 9 4 2 3 15 13 +2 14
19  South Africa[b] 1 4 1 3 0 7 6 +1 6
20  Peru[b] 1 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
21  South Korea[b] 2 7 0 4 3 5 9 −4 4
22  Suriname 3 12 1 1 10 11 31 –20 4
23  Bermuda 1 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
24  Ecuador[b] 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
25  Guyana 1 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
26  Nicaragua 5 18 0 1 17 6 50 –44 1
27  French Guiana 1 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
28  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
29  Belize 1 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
30  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
31  Grenada 3 9 0 0 9 2 36 −34 0

Notes

  1. ^ Includes results of  Netherlands Antilles between 1963–1973
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Guest nation

Teams yet to qualify for finals

The following seventeen teams which are current CONCACAF members have never qualified for the Gold Cup.

Legend

  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / withdrew / banned

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team (16) 1963
(9)
1965
(6)
1967
(6)
1969
(6)
1971
(6)
1973
(6)
1977
(6)
1981
(6)
1985
(9)
1989
(5)
1991
(8)
1993
(8)
1996
(9)
1998
(10)
2000
(12)
2002
(12)
2003
(12)
2005
(12)
2007
(12)
2009
(12)
2011
(12)
2013
(12)
2015
(12)
2017
(12)
2019
(16)
2021
(16)
2023
(16)
2025
(16)
Attempts
 Anguilla × × × × × × × × × × × × 16
 Antigua and Barbuda Part of  United Kingdom × × × 20
 Aruba Part of  Netherlands Antilles × × × × × × 13
 Bahamas Part of  United Kingdom × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 6
 Barbados × × × × × × × × × × 18
 Bonaire Part of  Netherlands Antilles × 5
 British Virgin Islands Not a CONCACAF member × × × 16
 Cayman Islands Not a CONCACAF member × × × × × 14
 Dominica × × × × × × × × × × × × 16
 Montserrat Not a CONCACAF member × × × × × × 12
 Puerto Rico × × × × × × × × 20
 Saint Lucia × × × × × × × × × × × 17
 Saint Martin Not a CONCACAF member × × × × × × 13
 Sint Maarten Part of  Netherlands Antilles × × × × × × × × × 8
 Turks and Caicos Islands Not a CONCACAF member × × × × × × 8
 U.S. Virgin Islands Not a CONCACAF member × × × 11

Host nations and venues

Time(s) Nation Year(s)
18  United States 1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
3  Mexico 1977, 1993, 2003
3  Canada 2015,[a] 2023,[a] 2025[a]
2  Honduras 1967, 1981
2  Costa Rica 1969, 2019[a]
1  El Salvador 1963
1  Guatemala 1965
1  Trinidad and Tobago 1971
1  Haiti 1973
1  Jamaica 2019[a]
  • Co-hosted by the United States and Mexico in 1993 and 2003
  • Co-hosted by the United States and Canada in 2015, 2023 and 2025
  • Co-hosted by the United States, Costa Rica and Jamaica in 2019

Results of host nations and defending champions

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Minor host. This nation hosted two or fewer matches this edition.

Active participation streaks

This is a list of active consecutive participations of national teams in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and CONCACAF Championship.

Team Qualified since Number of participations
 United States 1985 19
 Mexico 1991 17
 Costa Rica 1998 14
 Canada 2000 13
 Honduras 2003 11
 Panama 2005 10
 El Salvador 2007 9
 Jamaica 2015 5
 Martinique 2017 4
 Haiti 2019 3
 Trinidad and Tobago 2019 3
 Guadeloupe 2021 2
 Guatemala 2021 2

Active participation droughts

This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance, teams that no longer exist.

Team Last appearance Number of misses
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1996 14
 Belize 2013 5
 French Guiana 2017 3
 Bermuda 2019 2
 Curaçao 2019 2
 Guyana 2019 2
 Nicaragua 2019 2
 Grenada 2021 1
 Suriname 2021 1

Player awards and records

Hat-tricks

Top 20 goal leaders

  • Only CONCACAF Gold Cup matches counted towards all-time records. Stats from qualification are not included.
  • Players in bold have not retired from international football and may still be called up to their national team.
As of 12 July 2023
Rank Player Gold Cup goals Total
'91 '93 '96 '98 '00 '02 '03 '05 '07 '09 '11 '13 '15 '17 '19 '21 '23
1 United States Landon Donovan 1 4 3 4 1 5 18
2 United States Clint Dempsey 1 1 3 7 1 13
3 Mexico Luís Roberto Alves 1 11 12
Mexico Andrés Guardado 1 3 6 2
5 Panama Blas Pérez 3 3 1 3 1 11
6 Panama Luis Tejada 3 2 3 2 10
7 Costa Rica Walter Centeno 1 4 3 1 9
Honduras Carlos Pavón 1 3 5
United States Eric Wynalda 1 2 4 1 1
El Salvador Rodolfo Zelaya 4 4 1
11 Honduras Carlo Costly 3 2 3 8
United States Brian McBride 1 4 3
Guatemala Carlos Ruiz 1 3 1 2 1
Panama Gabriel Torres 5 2 1
Costa Rica Paulo Wanchope 4 2 2
16 Honduras Eduardo Bennett 3 4 7
Mexico Jared Borgetti 3 2 2
United States Jesús Ferreira 7
Mexico Javier Hernández 7
Mexico Raúl Jiménez 2 5

Best goalkeeper award

References

  1. ^ "Gold Cup » All-time league table". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2021.