Guyana national football team
Nickname(s) | Golden Jaguars | ||
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Association | Guyana Football Federation | ||
Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||
Head coach | Márcio Máximo | ||
Most caps | Charles Pollard (80) | ||
Top scorer | Nigel Codrington (18) | ||
Home stadium | Providence Stadium | ||
FIFA code | GUY | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 173 8 (12 August 2021)[1] | ||
Highest | 86 (November 2010) | ||
Lowest | 185 (February 2004) | ||
First international | |||
British Guiana 1–4 Trinidad and Tobago (British Guiana; 21 July 1905)[2] | |||
Biggest win | |||
Guyana 14–0 Anguilla (St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda; 16 April 1998) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Mexico 9–0 Guyana (Santa Ana, United States; 2 December 1987) Surinam 9–0 British Guiana (Netherlands Antilles; 17 February 1952) Surinam 9–0 British Guiana (Aruba; 9 February 1953) | |||
Gold Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) | ||
Best result | Group stage (2019) |
The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, represents Guyana in international football and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. It is one of three South American nations to be a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF alongside Suriname and French Guiana. Until the independence of Guyana in 1966, it competed as British Guiana. They qualified for the Caribbean Nations Cup in 1991, coming fourth, and in 2007. Guyana has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but on 23 March 2019 they qualified for the first time for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
History[]
British Guiana (1905–59)[]
Guyana (as British Guiana) played its first international football match on 21 July 1905, a 4–1 defeat against nearby and fellow British colony Trinidad and Tobago. Their next recorded game came almost 16 years later on 28 January 1921, an away 2–1 win against its neighbour Suriname. The two played again in Suriname on 27 August 1923, and on that occasion the hosts won 2–1. British Guiana did not play another match until 1937, when they lost two matches against Trinidad and Tobago in Suriname: 3–0 and 3–2. After seven years without a match, British Guiana entered a three-team tournament in Trinidad & Tobago against its national side and Barbados. They won twice against Barbados (1–0 and 3–0) before drawing 1–1 and losing 3–0 to Trinidad and Tobago. In the final of this Trinagular tournament they again lost 3–0 to Trinidad and Tobago.
In November 1947 British Guiana played in a Standard Life tournament in Trinidad and Tobago. They beat the hosts 2–1 in their opening game on 5 November before beating Jamaica 2–0 the very next day. On 10 November they drew 0–0 with Jamaica before losing 2–0 to Trinidad and Tobago in the last game on 14 November.
British Guiana played its first home games in 1950 against Trinidad and Tobago: these were British Guiana's first matches since the Standard Life tournament. British Guiana lost 1–0 and 4–1 before winning 1–0. The last match played under the name British Guiana was the next match on 2 March 1959 – a 2–2 draw against Trinidad and Tobago.[4]
Guyana[]
After independence in 1966, Guyana did not play a match for five years. Their first fixtures under their new name were qualifiers for the 1971 CONCACAF Championship against Suriname. The first match, away, was lost 4–1 and the home match on 21 September 1971 was lost 3–2 as Suriname advanced 7–3 on aggregate. In 1976 Guyana entered its first ever World Cup qualification campaign with the aim of reaching the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina. Guyana and Suriname were drawn in a two-legged preliminary in the Caribbean section of CONCACAF qualification and Guyana won the first leg 2–0 at home on 4 July 1976. The second leg in Paramaribo was lost 3–0 which allowed Suriname to advance.[4]
2006[]
Guyana had a remarkable calendar year in 2006, with eleven successive wins, including five CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers[5] These results boosted Guyana's spot in the FIFA World Rankings by 87 spots in little over a year. As a consequence, the team rose to the top 12 in CONCACAF and were in the third rank of seeds in the World Cup qualifying draw.
Caribbean Nations Cup 2007[]
At the 2006–07 Caribbean Nations Cup, Guyana finished top of Group A in Stage One, then top of Group H in Stage Two (which they hosted), and finished 3rd in the Bobby Sookram Group, missing out on a semi-final berth on goal difference alone. Had Guyana reached the semi-finals, they would have qualified for the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
2014 World Cup qualifying[]
With the return of international coach Jamaal Shabazz, Guyana finished top of a group containing Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Bermuda to reach the third round of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. They qualified with one game to go with a 2–1 home win against Trinidad and Tobago on 11 November 2011.
Guyana organised friendly matches against Columbia, Bolivia, Jamaica and Panama for the first team. In the third round group, they finished last, behind Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador, with one point from their six matches.
Lack of football 2013/14[]
From November 2012 to October 2014 Guyana did not play a single international fixture. This amongst other factors led to FIFA stepping in and removing the GFF executive at the end of 2014.[6]
2015 and 2016 return of the Golden Jaguars[]
With FIFA stepping into Guyana once again, a FIFA Normalisation Committee was installed to regularise football in Guyana. With this came the search for a National Team Head Coach with Jamaal Shabazz reinstalled initially for one game versus Barbados in Jan 2015. As Guyana had lost many first team players to retirement since 2012, the squad was a new younger group with major gaps in the goalkeeper and defensive areas.
However a 2-2 draw with Barbados was enough for Shabazz and his staff, consisting of assistant coach Wayne Wiggy Dover, Operations Manager Mark Xavier, Team Manager Faizal Khan, Kit Man Trevor Burnett, GoalKeeper Coach Andrew Hazell, Physical Trainer Anson Ambrose, Medical Officer Denzil Hernandez.
Results and fixtures[]
The list below displays match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches
Win Draw Loss
2021[]
25 March 2021 WC 1st Round Qualifying | Trinadad and Tobago | 3–0 | Guyana | showSan Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |
30 March 2021 WC 1st Round Qualifying | Guyana | 4–0 | Bahamas | showSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic |
4 June 2021 WC 1st Round Qualifying | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3–0 | Guyana | showBasseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |
8 June 2021 WC 1st Round Qualifying | Guyana | 0–2 | Puerto Rico | showGeorgetown, Guyana |
3 July 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifying | Guatemala | 4–0 | Guyana | showFort Lauderdale, United States |
Coaching staff[]
As of 6 September 2019
Head Coach | Márcio Máximo |
Assistant Coach | Charles Pollard |
Assistant Coach | |
Team Manager | |
Goalkeeping Coach | |
Kitman | |
Head Scout | [7] |
GFF President | [8] |
Technical Director | [9] |
Coaching history[]
- (1975–82)
- (1983)
- (1984-1987)
- (1988)
- (1991-1992)
- (1993-1994)
- (1996)
- (1998)
- Joseph Wilson (2000–2002)
- Neider dos Santos (2002–2004)
- Jamaal Shabazz (2005–2009)
- Wayne Dover (2009–2010)
- Jamaal Shabazz (2011–2012)
- Denzil Thompson (2014)
- Jamaal Shabazz (2015–2016)
- Wayne Dover (2017)
- Michael Johnson (2018–2019)
- Márcio Máximo (2019–)
Players[]
Current squad[]
The following players were called up for the 2021 Gold Cup qualification matches in July 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Akel Clarke | 25 October 1988 | 14 | 0 | Mount Pleasant Football Academy | |
GK | Kai McKenzie-Lyle | 30 November 1997 | 9 | 1 | Cambridge United | |
GK | 14 May 2002 | 0 | 0 | Police | ||
DF | 27 September 2000 | 0 | 0 | Santos | ||
DF | Matthew Briggs | 6 March 1991 | 15 | 1 | Vejle | |
DF | Liam Gordon | 15 May 1999 | 7 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | |
DF | Kevin Layne | 1 January 1998 | 1 | 0 | Mount Pleasant Football Academy | |
DF | 3 November 2002 | 2 | 0 | Santos | ||
DF | Reiss Greenidge | 8 February 1996 | 1 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | |
DF | Terence Vancooten | 29 December 1997 | 16 | 1 | Stevenage | |
MF | Nathan Moriah-Welsh | 18 March 2002 | 3 | 0 | Bournemouth | |
MF | Curtez Kellman | 6 March 1998 | 1 | 0 | Daytona State College | |
MF | Daniel Wilson | 1 November 1993 | 38 | 1 | Police | |
MF | 1 January 1999 | 3 | 0 | Guyana Defence Force | ||
MF | Javier George | 11 September 1999 | 2 | 0 | Stade Beaucairois | |
MF | Stephen Duke-McKenna | 17 August 2000 | 8 | 0 | Queens Park Rangers | |
FW | Connor Kurran-Browne | 26 January 2002 | 0 | 0 | Bournemouth | |
FW | Keanu Marsh-Brown | 10 August 1992 | 16 | 1 | Wrexham | |
FW | Omari Glasgow | 22 November 2003 | 4 | 1 | Fruta Conquerors | |
FW | Kelsey Benjamin | 8 May 1999 | 8 | 1 | Guyana Defence Force | |
FW | Sheldon Holder | 30 September 1991 | 33 | 9 | Caledonia AIA | |
FW | Trayon Bobb | 5 January 1993 | 42 | 10 | Uitvlugt Warriors | |
FW | Emery Welshman | 9 November 1991 | 22 | 10 | Hapoel Ra'anana |
Recent call-ups[]
The following players have been called up within the past year.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Quillan Roberts | 13 September 1994 | 3 | 0 | Unattached | vs. Guatemala, 3 July 2021 PRE |
GK | 5 August 2000 | 0 | 0 | Milerock | vs. Guatemala, 3 July 2021 PRE | |
DF | Sam Cox | 10 October 1990 | 26 | 0 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | vs. Guatemala, 3 July 2021 PRE |
MF | Callum Harriott | 4 March 1994 | 9 | 1 | Colchester United | |
FW | 21 December 2001 | 2 | 0 | Portmore United | ||
INJ Withdrew due to injury. |
Player records[]
- As of 30 March 2021
- Players in bold are still active with Guyana.
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Competitive record[]
FIFA World Cup[]
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
1930 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
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1970 | Did not enter | Declined participation | |||||||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||||
1978 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
1982 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||
1986 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
1990 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
2002 | Suspended by FIFA | Suspended by FIFA | |||||||||||||
2006 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
2014 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 30 | |||||||||
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
Total | 0/22 | 38 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 89 |
CONCACAF Gold Cup[]
CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
1963 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1965 | |||||||||
1967 | |||||||||
1969 | |||||||||
1971 | |||||||||
1973 | |||||||||
1977 | |||||||||
1981 | |||||||||
1985 | |||||||||
1989 | |||||||||
1991 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1993 | |||||||||
1996 | |||||||||
1998 | Did not enter | ||||||||
2000 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2002 | |||||||||
2003 | |||||||||
2005 | Withdrew | ||||||||
2007 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2009 | |||||||||
2011 | |||||||||
2013 | |||||||||
2015 | |||||||||
2017 | |||||||||
2019 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad |
2021 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | — |
CONCACAF Nations League[]
CONCACAF Nations League record | ||||||||||
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Season | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | RK |
2019−20 | B | C | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 18th | |
2022–23 | B | To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 18th |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Trinidad and Tobago – List of International Matches". Rsssf.com.
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Guyana – List of International Matches". Rsssf.com. Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Guyana: Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "A brief history of football in Guyana". Worldsoccer.com. 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Staff –Nurse among overseas trio to join squad". Guyana Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "GFF APPOINTS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR". Gffonlione.com. 5 September 2016.
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