National Soccer
The emotion of regional football begins to live strongly, since Next Tuesday, June 3 The official raffle of the Central American Cup 2024the most important club tournament of the Isthmus organized by Concacaf.
Antigua GFC celebrated the title of Clausura 2025 on May 18, after overcoming Municipal in the final. (Free Press Photo: Esbin García).
The emotion of regional football begins to live strongly, since Next Tuesday, June 3 The official raffle of the Central American Cup 2024the most important club tournament of the Isthmus organized by Concacaf. In this edition, Guatemala will have three luxury representatives: Municipal, Xelajú and Antigua GFCwhich will seek to leave the name of the country.
The draw will define how the equipment will be distributed in the Group phasein which they will participate The 20 best clubs in Central America. This instance will be key, since it will mark the way for the regional title and the tickets for the Concacaf Champions League.
The event will take place at 16:30 hours (Guatemala schedule) and can be seen live through Concacaf YouTube channel and the platform Disney+which will also have exclusive transmission for Latin America.
The three Guatemalan teams won their right to be in this international competition thanks to their performance in the National League:
- Municipal classified as champion of the accumulated table.
- Xelajú Mc He won his quota as champion of the Opening Tournament 2024.
- Old GFC assured his place when he was crowned in the recent Closing 2025.
The groups will be made up of Four areas of five teamsand matches will be played for a reciprocal visit. The Better two in each group will advance to the quarter -final roundwhere the direct elimination phase begins.
The expectation is high among the Guatemalan fans, which expects this edition to be historical for national clubs, and especially for Antigua, which returns with thirst for continental prominence.
The equipment already confirmed in this edition of the Central American Cup
- Belize: Greens FC
- Costa Rica: CS Herediano, LD Alajuelense, Deportivo Saprissa
- El Salvador: CD Hercules, CD Eagle
- Honduras: FC Motagua, CD Olimpia
- Nicaragua: Cacique Diriangén FC, Real Estelí FC
- Panama: Independent Athletic Club
- Guatemala: CSD Xelajú, Municipal CSD, Antigua GFC
– Central American Cup –
List of teams classified to the Central American. We have to improve our past participation, classify in the group, get as far as possible and look for the championship.
🔵🐏🔴 We are Xelajú !! 🔵🐏🔴 pic.twitter.com/mxo7coehrw
– Xelajúmc (@csd_xelajumc) May 19, 2025