Football at the 1997 Central American Games
# Football at the 1997 Central American Games

The games were played in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during December 1997.

## Teams

| Team | App. | Previous best |
| - | - | - |
| Belize | 2nd | Group stage (1994) |
| Costa Rica | 4th | Silver medal (1990) |
| El Salvador | 5th | Gold medal (1977) |
| Guatemala | 5th | Gold medal (1986) |
| Honduras | 4th | Gold medal (1990, 1994) |
| Nicaragua | 6th | Silver medal (1973) |
| Panama | 3rd | Gold medal (1973) |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | El Salvador | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Honduras | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to semi-final |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Advance to semi-final |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belize | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |

## Final

| GK | Ricardo González |
| - | - |
| DF | Jervis Drummond |
| DF | Pablo Chinchilla |
| DF | Douglas Sequeira |
| DF | Alfredo Morales |
| MF | Carlos Castro Mora | 80' |
| MF | Ríchar Mahoney |
| MF | Walter Centeno |
| MF | Jorge León | 55' |
| FW | Jewisson Bennett |
| FW | Kervin Lacey |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | Steven Bryce | 55' |
| DF | Wálter Cordero | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Rolando Villalobos ||
| GK | David Marciaga |
| DF | Oniel Vergara | 70' |
| DF | Dariel Gómez |
| DF | Jairzinho Serrano |
| DF | Ubaldo Guardia | 42' |
| MF | Ángel Luis Rodríguez |
| MF | Julio Medina III |
| MF | Mario Méndez |
| MF | Alberto Blanco |
| FW | Roberto Brown |
| FW | Omar Tejada | 62' |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | Omar Liguas | 42' |
| FW | Alfredo Anderson | 62' |
| DF | David Paschal | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Gary Stempel ||

* Assistant referees:
* Raúl Cárdenas (El Salvador)
* Reynaldo Salinas (Honduras)
