French Guiana national football team

The French Guiana national football team is the sports representative of this French overseas department. It is controlled by the Ligue de Football de la Guyane Française, which is an associate member of Concacaf, but does not belong to FIFA.

Having a status as a French overseas department, the local association of French Guiana is not associated with FIFA and therefore cannot participate in the Football World Cup. However, those born in Guyana, being full French citizens, can play in the French national football team, highlighting players such as Raoul Diagne, Bernard Lama (world champion in 1998) and Florent Malouda (world runner-up in 2006, although later played with the Franco-Guyanese national team). On the other hand, the Franco-Guyanese team can call players of the same origin but who had previously played with other major teams, as long as they are outside of Concacaf. This occurred with striker Gabriel Pigrée, who was a member of the Réunion team after spending several years in the Réunion league.

Due to its geographical location, French Guiana, as a South American territory, should be affiliated with Conmebol and not Concacaf. But like its peers from Guyana and Suriname, the sporting difference with the other South American teams led to it belonging to Concacaf.

History

French Guiana played its first international match against its neighbor Suriname (then Dutch Guiana) in 1936, a match that ended in a resounding 1-3 home defeat. He had to wait until the 1980s to compete in his first international tournament, the 1983 CFU Championship (which he organized), a competition where he placed 3rd.

With the advent of the Caribbean Cup in the 1990s, French Guiana qualified for the finals of the 1995 edition although they lost all three of their group stage matches and were quickly eliminated. Seventeen years later, they returned to play in the final phase during the 2012 edition. After a promising start that saw them defeat Jamaica (defending champions) 2-1, French Guiana could not repeat that performance, succumbing to Cuba (1 -2) and Martinique (1-3) being eliminated again in the first round.

In the 2014 Caribbean Cup the team had a very good performance in the tournament, managing to reach the final phase of the competition, where they managed to tie with Cuba, lost with Trinidad and Tobago and then achieved a 4:1 victory against Curacao managed to get third place and qualified for the first time in the playoffs for the 2015 Gold Cup against Honduras. In the first duel they managed to win 3:1 but unexpectedly lost in the second leg 3:0, Honduras managed to get the place with an aggregate score of 4:3.

In the 2016 Caribbean Cup the team would give its best historical participation. They started the tournament by beating Cuba 3:0 and losing 2:1 with Bermuda, passing just enough to the second round where they lost 2:1 with the Dominican Republic and in their second duel they faced Bermuda again, this time beating them 3:0 managing to reach the final phase of the Caribbean Cup again. Where in that round they beat Saint Kitts and Nevis 1:0 and then in the second match they were able to achieve a historic 5:2 victory against Haiti, thereby qualifying for the first time in their history to the Gold Cup of Concacaf.

In the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup, French Guiana was placed in group A along with the teams from Canada, Costa Rica and Honduras. They began debuting on July 7, losing 4:2 against Canada and in their second match they managed to draw 0:0 with Honduras, but the match was declared won by Honduras with a score of 3:0 because French Guiana fielded the player. Frenchman Florent Malouda who did not meet the call-up requirements for the national team. And in their last duel they lost 3:0 with Costa Rica saying goodbye to the tournament definitively.

In 2019 they began their participation in the Concacaf Nations League, entering League B. After finishing second in their group, they competed in the 2021 Gold Cup qualifiers in 2021, where they ended up losing due to penalties in the final match against Trinidad and Tobago.

He is currently playing in League B of the Nations League, where he is carrying out a splendid campaign that is currently qualifying him for the 2023 Gold Cup and promotion to League A.

Latest matches and upcoming matches

Date	City	Local	Outcome	Visitor	Competition
27-03-2023	Guatemala City	GuatemalaWATER	4:0	GUFFrench Guiana	Concacaf League of Nations 22/23
17-06-2023	Fort Lauderdale	French GuianaGUF	4:1	SMASint Maarten	Gold Cup 2023
20-06-2023	Fort Lauderdale	San Cristobal and Nvs.SKN	1:1 (4:2 p.m.)	GUFFrench Guiana	Gold Cup 2023
08-09-2023	Devonshire	BermudaBER	0:0	GUFFrench Guiana	League Nations Concacaf 23/24
12-09-2023	Remire-Montjoly	French GuianaGUF	0:2	BLZBelize	League Nations Concacaf 23/24
13-10-2023	Kingstown	Saint Vincent and Grn.VIN	1:4	GUFFrench Guiana	League Nations Concacaf 23/24
17-10-2023	Fort-de-France	French GuianaGUF	3:2	VINSaint Vincent and Grn.	League Nations Concacaf 23/24
17-11-2023	Belmopán	BelizeBLZ	-:	GUFFrench Guiana	League Nations Concacaf 23/24

Clothes

French Guiana currently wears a yellow shirt with green details, blue pants, and green or yellow socks, while their alternative uniform consists of a green shirt, green or yellow pants and socks also vary between green or yellow.

Currently the clothing is designed by the American brand Nike.

Statistics

Concacaf Gold Cup

Concacaf Gold Cup
Year	Round	J	G	E	P	GF	GC
1963 - 1989	No.
1991	He didn't qualify.
1993
1996
1998
2000
2002	No.
2003
2005	He didn't qualify.
2007	No.
2009
2011
2013	He didn't qualify.
2015
2017	Group phase	3	0	0	3	2	10
2019	He didn't qualify.
2021
2023
Total	1/26	3	0	0	3	2	10

Concacaf Nations League

Concacaf League of Nations
Year	L	G	Round	J	G	E	P	GF	GC
2019-20	B	A	Second place	6	2	2	2	8	6
2022-23	B	D	Second place	6	3	2	8	8	0
Total			2/2	6	2	2	2	8	6

CFU regional tournaments

CFU Nations Cup

CFU Nations Cup
Year	Round	J	G	E	P	GF	GC
1978	He didn't qualify.
1979	No.
1981	He didn't qualify.
1983	Third place	3	1	1	1	1	1
1985	He didn't qualify.
1988
Total	1/6	3	1	1	1	1	1

Caribbean Cup

Caribbean Cup
Year	Round	J	G	E	P	GF	GC
1989	He didn't qualify.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995	Group phase	6	1	1	4	9	11
1996	He didn't qualify.
1997
1998
1999	Withdrawal
2001	No.
2005	He didn't qualify.
2007	No.
2008
2010
2012	Group phase	3	1	0	2	4	6
2014	Group phase	3	1	1	7	6
2016	Third place	2	1	1	0	2	1
Total	4/19	14	4	3	7	22	24

Record against other teams

Updated as of July 6, 2021.

Positive Neutral Negative

Rival	J	G	E	P	GF	GC	DIF
AIAAnguilla	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8
ARUAruba	4	3	0	1	8	1	+7
ATGAntigua and Barbuda	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
BRBBarbados	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
BLZBelize	4	1	1	2	5	3	+2
BERBermuda	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1
VGBBritish Virgin Islands	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
CANCanada	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5
CAYCayman Islands	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
CRCCosta Rica	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
CUBCuba	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5
CUWCuracao	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5
DMADominica	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4
DOMDominican Republic	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
GRNGrenada	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1
LPGGuadalupe	14	4	2	8	21	32	−11
GUYGuyana	12	4	3	5	16	19	−3
HAIHaiti	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3
HONHonduras	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
JAMJamaica	4	1	2	1	3	7	−4
MTQMartinique	16	3	3	10	15	29	−14
MayotteMayotte	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2
PURPuerto Rico	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
MeetingMeeting	4	0	1	3	0	5	−5
SURSuriname	45	7	9	29	53	101	−48
SKNSan Cristóbal y Nieves	6	3	1	2	10	6	+4
San Pedro and MiquelónSan Pedro and Miquelón	2	2	0	0	18	1	+17
VINSaint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
TAHTahiti	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
TRITrinidad and Tobago	8	1	2	5	11	20	−9
TCATurks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
WATERGuatemala	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Total	161	49	32	80	244	276	−32

Players

Last call

List of 23 players to compete in the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Apa.	Goles	Club
1	1BY	Simon Lugier	2 August 1989 (34 years)	6	0	US Boulogne
23	1BY	Jean-Banuel Petit-Homme	10 August 1990 (33 years)	6	0	Le Geldar
22	1BY	Noha Pulcherie	19 June 2001 (22 years)	0	0	SC Bastia
3	2DEF	Marvin Torvic	5 January 1988 (35 years)	31	1	ASC Le Geldar
14	2DEF	Grégory Lescot	10 May 1989 (34 years)	23	0	OC Vannes
12	2DEF	Gary Marigard	6 January 1988 (35 years)	19	0	Iris Club de Croix
10	2DEF	Ludovic Baal	25 May 1986 (37 years)	13	3	Brest
5	2DEF	Dylan Adam	7 November 1998 (24 years)	12	0	Étoile Matoury
4	2DEF	Alain Mogès	22 June 1992 (31 years)	8	0	Angoulême
2	2DEF	Inrick Baal	10 February 1992 (31 years)	7	0	Cayenne CSC
13	2DEF	Teddy Adaoude	5 February 1997 (26 years)	1	0	Étoile Matoury
8	3MED	Rhudy Evens	13 February 1988 (35 years)	57	7	ASC Le Geldar
6	3MED	Kévin Rimane	23 February 1991 (32 years)	23	2	FC Hermannstadt
15	3MED	Miguel Haabo	1 September 1990 (33 years)	21	2	Étoile Matoury
20	3MED	Marc Edwige	26 September 1986 (37 years)	20	1	Cayenne CSC
18	3MED	Jessy Marigard	22 October 1992 (31 years)	6	2	R.F.C. Tournai
17	3MED	Thomas Vancaeyezeele	27 July 1994 (29 years)	6	0	Birmingham Legion
7	3MED	Régis Léveillé	10 August 1994 (29 years)	4	0	Tulle Football
11	4OF THE	Arnold Abelinti	9 September 1991 (32 years)	12	4	SO Romorantin
21	4OF THE	Alex Éric	21 September 1990 (33 years)	12	2	Matoury
9	4OF THE	Sloan Privat	24 July 1989 (34 years)	9	7	Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas
16	4OF THE	Carino Atchaliso	14 February 1992 (31 years)	3	0	FC Suze-sur-Sarthe
19	4OF THE	Calvin Soga	18 January 1995 (28 years)	3	0	Saint-Georges

Coaches

• Marie-Rose Carême (2004-05)
• Ghislain Zulémaro (2008-10)
• Steeve Falgayrettes (2011-12)
• François Louis-Marie & Hubert Contout (2012-13)
• Jaïr Karam " Marie-Rose Carême (2013-2018)
• Thierry De Neef (2018-2022)
• Jean-Claude Darcheville (2022-Act)