Guadeloupe national football team

Guadeloupe

Nickname(s)	Les Gwada Boys
Association	Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Steve Bizacen
Captain	Stéphane Auvray
Most caps	Jean-Luc Lambourde (60)
Top scorer	Dominique Mocka (17)
Home stadium	Stade René Serge Nabajoth
FIFA code	GPE
First colours Second colours
Elo ranking
Current	112
Highest	81 (Early 2011)
Lowest	134 (14 April 2001)
First international
Martinique 6–0 Guadeloupe (Martinique; Date Unknown, 1934)
Biggest win
Guadeloupe 13–0 Saint Pierre and Miquelon  (Versailles, France; September 22, 2012)
Biggest defeat
Martinique 6–0 Guadeloupe (Martinique; Date Unknown, 1934)  Martinique 8–2 Guadeloupe (Martinique; Date Unknown, 1975)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2007)
Best result	Fourth place, 2007

The Guadeloupe regional football team (French: Sélection de la Guadeloupe de football) represents the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe in international football. The team is controlled by the Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football (English: Guadeloupean Football League), a local branch of French Football Federation (French: Fédération Française de Football).

As an overseas department of the French Republic, Guadeloupe is not a member of FIFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup or any competition organized first-hand by the organization. Guadeloupeans, being French citizens, are eligible to play for the France national football team. Guadeloupe is, however, a member of CONCACAF and the CFU and is eligible for all competitions organized by both organizations. Indeed, according to the status of the FFF (article 34, paragraph 6): "[...]Under the control of related continental confederations, and with the agreement of the FFF, those leagues can organize international sport events at a regional level or set up teams in order to participate to them."'

Guadeloupe's highest honor to date was reaching the final at the 2010 Caribbean Championship where they were defeated by Jamaica on penalties. In the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Guadeloupe reached the semi-finals in 2007. The team performed well in the group stage defeating Canada and drawing with Haiti. In the knockout stage of the competition, Guadeloupe eliminated Honduras in the quarterfinals. In the semi-finals, Guadeloupe lost to Mexico 1–0. The regional team also participates in the Caribbean Cup and the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer. Guadeloupe has yet to win either competition.

History

International success

Guadeloupe was a surprise qualifier for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007. The regional team earned qualification to the tournament after finishing in 4th place at the 2006–07 Caribbean Nations Cup. The appearance in the Gold Cup marked Guadeloupe's first in the competition and they opened the campaign on 6 June 2007 with a 1–1 draw against Haiti. In the team's following match against Canada, Guadeloupe recorded a 2–1 victory in front of 20,000 spectators at the Orange Bowl in Miami. The team finally succumbed to defeat losing 1–0 to the reigning champions of UNCAF, Costa Rica, to close out group play.

Guadeloupe advanced to the knockout stage of the competition as a result of being the best performing third-place team in group play. In the quarterfinals, Guadeloupe were pitted against Honduras and earned an upset victory defeating the Hondurans 2–1 at the Reliant Stadium in Houston.^[1] Prior to its elimination, Honduras had been equal to the task of Guadeloupe having beaten Mexico 2–1 and dominating Cuba 5–0. In the ensuing round, Guadeloupe were defeated by Mexico 1–0.^[2] However, despite the loss, Guadeloupe were praised for its strong defensive performance.^[3] Guadeloupe's finish in the tournament was the best finish by a Caribbean island team since Trinidad and Tobago reached the semifinals of the 2000 tournament.

Guadeloupe's respectable third-place finish in the 2008 Caribbean Championship meant a consecutive appearance in the Gold Cup. Ahead of the competition, regional team coach Roger Salnot sought to increase Guadeloupe's chances of winning by calling up players of Guadeloupean descent who were born in metropolitan France. Salnot named notable players to his preliminary squad such as goalkeeper Yohann Thuram, defenders Daniel Congré, Michaël Ciani, Ronald Zubar, midfielders Étienne and Aurélien Capoue, and Ludovic Sylvestre, and attackers Alexandre Alphonse, Claudio Beauvue, and Richard Socrier. All players had been effective players in Ligue 1 and abroad. However, despite calling up an abundance of talent, only Alexandre Alphonse was allowed participation by his club. Every other player either personally turned down the invite or was denied by his parent club with Salnot expressing his disappointment at the latter issue.

In the tournament, Guadeloupe were inserted to Group C alongside Mexico, Panama, and Nicaragua. The team started off the group with two straight victories defeating Panama 2–1 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and systematically disabling the Nicaraguans 2–0 at the Reliant Stadium in Houston. In the team's final group stage match against Mexico, Guadeloupe was beaten 2–0 in Phoenix. Guadeloupe's second-place finish in the group meant another appearance in the knockout stage, where the team was pitted against Costa Rica in the quarter-finals at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. In the match, it was Costa Rica who dominated scoring twice within the first 20 minutes of the match. Costa Rica finished the match with five goals with Guadeloupe getting a consolation goal from Alphonse in the second half.

Players

Current squad

The following footballers were called for 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification match against Dominica on 6 June 2016..

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mickaël Germain	August 24, 1981	2	0	US Baie-Mahault
16	GK	Yohann Thuram-Ulien	October 31, 1988	4	0	Le Havre AC
3	DF	Loïc Nestor	May 20, 1989	5	1	Valenciennes
4	DF	Cédric Avinel	September 11, 1986	13	0	Clermont Foot
5	DF	Jeremy Valmy	August 16, 1981	7	0	CS Moulien
8	DF	Kevin Sainte-Luce	April 28, 1993	4	0	US Créteil
9	DF	Michael Phobere	May 7, 1990	4	0	Etoile
10	DF	Mathias Babel	May 26, 1983	23	1	La Gauloise
2	MF	Willy Laurence	April 3, 1984	23	0	Etoile
6	MF	Thomas Gamiette	June 21, 1986	12	1	FC Bourg - Péronnas
11	MF	Gilles Dan	March 26, 1987	10	2	USR
12	MF	David Fleurival	February 19, 1984	24	2	FC Differdange 03
14	MF	Elbert Anatol	September 5, 1993	1	1	CS Moulien
17	MF	Lérry Hanany	October 1, 1982	41	7	AO Gourbeyre
18	MF	Dimitri Milon	February 5, 1992	4	0	Voltigeurs Châteaubriant
7	FW	Miceal Lafortune	October 13, 1985	15	1	Club Amical
13	FW	Vidian Valérius	June 24, 1988	8	0	FC Fleury 91
15	FW	Livio Nabab	June 14, 1988	14	1	US Orléans

Previous squads

CONCACAF Gold Cup squads 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads – Guadeloupe 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads – Guadeloupe 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads – Guadeloupe

Caribbean Championship 2010 Caribbean Championship – Guadeloupe

Results

2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer

Guadeloupe  v  New Caledonia

23 September 2010 Group Stage	Guadeloupe	1 – 1 5 – 6 pen.	New Caledonia	Parc des Sports des Maisons Rouges, Bry-sur-Marne
21:00 CET	Lambourde  74'	Report	68' Hmaé	Referee: Guy Prevot

Guadeloupe  v  Tahiti

26 September 2010 Group Stage	Guadeloupe	1 – 1 2 – 4 pen.	Tahiti	Stade Henri-Longuet, Viry-Châtillon
17:30 CET	Gotin  67'	Report	57' Tehau	Referee: Bruno Fouquet (Martinique)

Guadeloupe  v  Martinique

29 September 2010 Group Stage	Guadeloupe	2–0	Martinique	Stade Louison Bobet, Le Plessis-Trévise
20:00 CET	Lambourde  20' Moka  90+3'	Report		Referee: David Hoarau (Réunion)

Mayotte  v  Guadeloupe

1 October 2010 Third Place Match	Mayotte	0–4	Guadeloupe	Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil
20:00 CET		Report	11', 24', 47' Gotin  25' Gomez	Referee: David Hoarau (Réunion)

2010 Caribbean Cup qualifying

Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Guadeloupe

22 October 2010 Group Stage	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–2	Guadeloupe	National Stadium, St. George's
17:00 CET	Francis  83' (pen.)	Report	12' Gendrey  87' Lambourde	Attendance: 300 Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Guadeloupe  v  Puerto Rico

24 October 2010 Group Stage	Guadeloupe	3–2	Puerto Rico	National Stadium, St. George's
17:00 CET	Gendrey  1' Gotin  10' Auvray  58'	Report	Megaloudis  67' Villegas  78'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Ignatius Baptiste (Dominica)

Grenada  v  Guadeloupe

26 October 2010 Group Stage	Grenada	0–3	Guadeloupe	National Stadium, St. George's
19:00 CET		Report	Tacita  3', 79' Gendrey  69'	Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

2010 Caribbean Championship

Guyana  v  Guadeloupe

27 November 2010 Group stage	Guyana	1–1	Guadeloupe	Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
17:00 CET	Jacobs  86'	Report	Loval  70'	Referee: Lee Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)

Guadeloupe  v  Jamaica

29 November 2010 Group stage	Guadeloupe	0–2	Jamaica	Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
20:30 CET		Report	Francis  53' Johnson  90+3'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Guadeloupe  v  Antigua and Barbuda

1 December 2010 Group stage	Guadeloupe	1–0	Antigua and Barbuda	Stade En Camée, Rivière-Pilote
18:00 CET	Lambourde  41'	Report		Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Cuba  v  Guadeloupe

3 December 2010 Semi-finals	Cuba	1–2	Guadeloupe	Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
17:30 CET	R. Fernández  34'	Report	Gendrey  55' (pen.) Lambourde  78'	Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

Guadeloupe  v  Jamaica

5 December 2010 Final	Guadeloupe	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4 – 5 pen.	Jamaica	Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France
19:00 CET	Gotin  37'	Report	Cummings  32'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Panama  v  Guadeloupe

7 June 2011 Group stage	Panama	3–2	Guadeloupe	Ford Field, Detroit
18:00 ECT	Pérez  29' Tejada  31' Gómez  57' (pen.)	Report	Jovial  65', 78'	Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

Guadeloupe  v  Canada

11 June 2011 Group stage	Guadeloupe	0–1	Canada	Raymond James Stadium, Tampa
18:00 ECT		Report	De Rosario  51' (pen.)	Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

Guadeloupe  v  United States

14 June 2011 Group stage	Guadeloupe	0–1	United States	Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
21:00 ECT		Report	Altidore  9'	Attendance: 20,109 Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

Last updated: 14 June 2011

Competitive record

Gold Cup record

Guadeloupe has participated in three of the eleven CONCACAF Gold Cups contested. The team's first appearance in the competition was in 2007. The team, surprisingly, reached the semi-finals where they were defeated by Mexico. Two years later, in 2009, Guadeloupe made their second consecutive appearance in the competition and, for the second straight time, reached the knockout stage of the Gold Cup. In the quarterfinals, Guadeloupe were defeated by Costa Rica.

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993
1996
1998	Did Not Enter
2000	Did Not Qualify
2002
2003
2005
2007	Fourth Place	4th	5	2	1	2	5	5
2009	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	0	2	5	8
2011	Group Stage	10th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2013	Did Not Qualify
2015	Did Not Qualify
Total	3/12	0 Titles	12	4	1	7	12	18

Caribbean Cup record

Guadeloupe have appeared in seven Caribbean Cups. The regional team has yet to win the competition, but has finished in third place on three occasions in 1989, 1994, and 2008. Since the 2007 competition, Guadeloupe has finished inside the top four teams in the proceeding Caribbean Cups. In 2010, the team finished runner-up to Jamaica losing 5–4 on penalties.

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1989	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	2	1
1990	Did not qualify
1991	Did not qualify
1992	Round 1	5th	3	1	0	2	1	3
1993	Did not qualify
1994	Third Place	3rd	5	2	2	1	11	6
1995	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
1997
1998	Did not qualify
1999	Round 1	7th	3	0	0	3	4	10
2001	Did not qualify
2005
2007	Fourth Place	4th	5	2	0	3	8	10
2008	Third Place	3rd	5	1	2	2	6	8
2010	Runners-Up*	2nd	5	2	2	1	5	5
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Did not qualify
Total	7/17	0 Titles	28	9	6	13	37	35

Coupe de l'Outre-Mer record

Guadeloupe has participated in both editions of the Coupe de l'Outre-Mer, which was established in 2008. In both editions, the team finished in third place behind Martinique and Réunion with the latter team winning the first edition and Martinique winning the second.

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2008	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	9	1
2010	Third Place	3rd	4	2	2	0	8	2
2012	Third Place	3rd	4	3	0	1	19	4
Total	3/3	0 Titles	12	8	2	2	36	7

CFU Championship record

From 1978–1985, Guadeloupe participated in the CFU Championship, a precursor to the Caribbean Cup. Of the six championships played, Guadeloupe featured in two final rounds and departed each tournament without a single win.

Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1978	Did not qualify
1979
1981	Third Place	3rd	3	0	1	2	2	6
1983	Did not qualify
1985	Third Place	3rd	3	0	1	2	3	5
1988[4]	Did not qualify
Total	2/6	0 Titles	6	0	2	4	5	11

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

References

1. "Sports Briefing". The New York Times. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
2. Armour, Nancy (22 June 2007). "Mexico Squeezes Into Gold Cup Finals". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
3. Irving, Duncan (17 July 2007). "The 91st Minute". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
4. It is unsure if the tournament was completed, but some sources state that Trinidad and Tobago defeated Martinique 3–0 in the final.

External links

• Official website
• Guadeloupe at CONCACAF site