Guatemala women's national football team
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| Association | Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala |
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| Head coach | Benjamín Monterroso |
| Home stadium | Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores |
| FIFA code | GUA |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 77  1 (25 March 2016)
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| Highest | 72 (July 2003) |
| Lowest | 121 (March 2008) |
| CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1998) |
| Best result | 4th place (1998) |
The Guatemala women's national football team is the national women's association football team of Guatemala and is controlled by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala.
They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Central American region along with Costa Rica, having won the 1999 UNCAF championship.
Following the creation of the first national women's league in 1997, a Guatemala women's national team was formed and in 1998 it began playing official international matches, the first of which was an 11-0 win against Honduras on 19 July 1998. After two more wins against El Salvador and Haiti, Guatemala advanced to the final qualification tournament to the 1999 Women's World Cup, where they finished fourth.
In June 1999 the first UNCAF Women's Championship was celebrated in Guatemala City, where after wins against Hondurasand Nicaragua and a draw against Costa Rica, the host team won the title by beating the latter 2-0 in the final, in front of 12,000 spectators at the Estadio Mateo Flores. Guatemala captain Magnolia Pérez was the top scorer and best player of the tournament. Guatemala was invited to the 2000 Women's Gold Cup, where they lost all three first round matches against China, Mexico, and Canada.
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