Guadeloupe national football team

Guadeloupe
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Gwada Boys
Association	Ligue Guadeloupéenne; de Football
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Roger Salnot
Home stadium	Stade St. Claude
FIFA code	GPE
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Martinique 6 - 0 Guadeloupe ; (Martinique; Date Unknown, 1934)
Biggest win
	Guadeloupe 11 - 0 U.S. Virgin Islands ; (Haiti; April 12, 2001)
Biggest defeat
	Martinique 6 - 0 Guadeloupe ; (Martinique; Date Unknown, 1934); Martinique 8 - 2 Guadeloupe ; (Martinique; Date Unknown, 1975)
Appearances	(first in -)
Best result	-
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2007)
Best result	Semifinals, 2007

The Guadeloupe national football team (Template:Lang-fr) is the regional team of the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe and is controlled by the Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football, local branch of Federation Francaise de Football. As a territory of the French Republic Guadeloupe is not a member of FIFA, and therefore is not eligible to enter the World Cup. However, they are eligible for all CONCACAF and CFU competitions.

International success

Guadeloupe was a surprise qualifier for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007 after a strong 4th place finish at the Digicel Caribbean Cup 2007. They continued their strong play throughout the year at the Gold Cup. Their success at the Gold Cup was so surpring because it was their first major international tournament. They started out by tying 1-1 to the strong Caribbean team of Haiti, followed by a 2-1 win over Canada, before finally succumbing 1-0 to the reigning champions of Central America, Costa Rica, to close out group play. Guadeloupe advanced to the knockout round as the best performing 3rd place team in group play. In the quarterfinals they shocked Honduras by defeating them 2-1, who themselves had put together a strong tournament showing after beating Mexico 2-1 and dominating Cuba 5-0.^[1] The Cinderellas of the tournament, Guadeloupe, unable to mount much offense against regional power Mexico, lost 0-1 in the semifinal despite turning in a strong defensive performance.^[2] This was the best finish by a Caribbean island team since Trinidad and Tobago reached the semifinals of the 2000 tournament.

Gold Cup record

1991 to 1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Group Stage
2000 to 2005 - Group Stage
2007 - Semifinals

Notable players

Guadeloupean national team players

French internationals from Guadeloupe or with Guadeloupe roots

Other players in the French League from Guadeloupe or with Guadeloupe roots

Current squad

Guadeloupe squad for Caribbean Championships 2008.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Franck Grandel	March 17, 1978	17	0	unattached
2	2DF	Médhy Lina		6	0	Evolucas
3	2DF	Willy Laurence	April 3, 1984	10	0	L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
4	2DF	Fabien Jérôme		6	1	Evolucas
5	2DF	Xavier Bématol	July 31, 1982	17	2	Solidarité SC
6	2DF	Alain Vertot	November 14, 1972	44	2	L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
7	3MF	Livio Nabab	June 14, 1988	5	0	SM Caen II
8	3MF	Stéphane Auvray	September 4, 1981	10	0	Vannes OC
9	3MF	Vidian Valérius	June 24, 1988	3	0	Moissy Cramayel US
10	2DF	David Fleurival	February 19, 1984	12	1	RAEC Mons
11	4FW	Mickaël Antoine-Curier	March 5, 1983	8	6	Dundee FC
12	2DF	Cédric Avinel	September 11, 1986	5	0	FC Gueugnon
13	3MF	Jean-Luc Lambourde	April 10, 1980	34	7	Amical Club
14	3MF	Grégory Gendrey		10	3	Evolucas
15	2DF	Cédric Vanoukia	April 20, 1982	14	0	US Le Petit-Quevilly
16	1GK	Fabrice Mercury	August 6, 1981	11	0	CS Moulien
17	3MF	Lery Hannany	October 1, 1982	24	6	La Gauloise
18	3MF	Ludovic Quistin	May 24, 1984	9	0	Fisher Athletic
19	3MF	Wilfrid Loizeau	March 20, 1985	8	1	R.E. Virton
20	4FW	Michaël Niçoise	September 19, 1984	3	1	Neuchâtel Xamax

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3MF	Cédric Collet (v. Martinique on October 15)	7 March, 1984	3	1	RAEC Mons
3MF	Gilles Dan (v. Martinique on October 15)		4	0	Evolucas
4FW	Ludovic Gotin (v. Martinique on October 15)	July 25, 1985	10	5	CS Moulien
4FW	Loïc Loval (v. Martinique on October 15)	September 28, 1981	7	2	F.C. Utrecht
2DF	Miguel Comminges (v. Grenada on October 13)	March 16, 1982	7	0	Cardiff City
1GK	Marius Fausta (v. Cayman Islands on October 11)	28 April, 1973	9	0	Evolucas
3MF	Minnji Gomez (v. Cayman Islands on October 11)		5	1	CS Moulien
3MF	Constant Therésine (v. French Guiana on October 4)	September 23, 1974	21	0	AS Gosier
2DF	Kevin Delannay (v. French Guiana on October 4)		14	0	CS Moulien
4FW	Jimmy Néjin (v. Tahiti on September 30)		3	0	Evolucas
3MF	Laurent Romain (v. Martinique on September 24)		1	0	AS Gosier
	Loïc Labuthie		0	0	L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
1GK	Alwyn Broom	November 27, 1974	0	0	F.C. Vimy Ridge
2DF	Philippe Durpes	March 6, 1974	1	0	SO Romorantin
2DF	Michael Tacalfred	April 23, 1981	5	0	Dijon FCO
3MF	Jocelyn Angloma	August 7, 1965	14	4	L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
3MF	Dominique Mocka	August 13, 1978	24	10	JS Vieux-Habitants
3MF	Marvin Onestas	August 6, 1981	13	0	Jeunesse Evolution
4FW	Aurélien Capoué	February 28, 1982	4	0	FC Nantes Atlantique
4FW	Cédrick Fiston	April 12, 1981	6	1	A.J.S.S
4FW	Fabien Raddas	March 7, 1980	10	2	AS Poissy
4FW	Richard Socrier	March 28, 1979	5	1	Stade Brest 29

References

^ Gold Cup: Guadeloupe stuns Honduras 2-1 to reach semifinals from the International Herald Tribune, 17 June 2007
^ Mexico Squeezes Into Gold Cup Finals from the Washington Post, 22 June 2007
^ Digicel Cup : les Gwada Boys - DomActu.com

External links

Digicel Caribbean Cup Official Site
Gold Cup on Official CONCACAF Site
French connection: Tiny Guadeloupe, which produces some of the finest players for France, will play in the Gold Cup in the U.S. from The San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2007

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[1] Gold Cup: Guadeloupe stuns Honduras 2-1 to reach semifinals from the International Herald Tribune, 17 June 2007

[2] Mexico Squeezes Into Gold Cup Finals from the Washington Post, 22 June 2007

[3] Digicel Cup : les Gwada Boys - DomActu.com

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