Guyana_national_football_team

Guyana national football team

Guyana national football team

Men's national association football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Guyana women's national football team.

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 (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.

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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.[3]

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.[3]

2006

Guyana had a remarkable calendar year in 2006, with eleven successive wins, including five CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers[4] 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 Colombia, 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.[5]

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

Main article: Guyana national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

28 March 2022–23 Nations League Guyana  0–0  Montserrat Wildey, Barbados
19:00 UTC−4 Report Stadium: Wildey Turf
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
17 June 2023 Gold Cup qualification Guyana  1–1
(5–3 p)		  Grenada Fort Lauderdale, United States
21:00 UTC−4
  • Glasgow 22'
 Report
Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Penalties
Note: Guyana advance on penalties 5–3
20 June 2023 Gold Cup qualification Guadeloupe  2–0  Guyana Fort Lauderdale, United States
16:30 UTC−4
Report Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Note: Guadeloupe advance to 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2 August Friendly Ethiopia  2–0  Guyana Leesburg, United States
19:00 UTC−4
Report Stadium: Segra Field
9 September 2023–24 Nations League Antigua and Barbuda  1–5  Guyana Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
15:30 UTC−4
  • Deterville 45'
 Report
Stadium: ABFA Technical Center
Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
12 September 2023–24 Nations League Guyana  3–2  Bahamas Leonora, Guyana
18:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Synthetic Track and Field Facility
Referee: Shekiel Jokil (Suriname)
14 October 2023–24 Nations League Puerto Rico  1–3  Guyana Añasco, Puerto Rico
15:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Centro de Desarrollo de Fútbol del Oeste
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
17 October 2023–24 Nations League Guyana  3–1  Puerto Rico Leonora, Guyana
16:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Synthetic Track and Field Facility
Referee: Sergio Rozenhout (Suriname)
21 November 2023–24 Nations League Guyana  6–0  Antigua and Barbuda Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
20:00 UTC−4
Report Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez
Referee: Sergio Rozenhout (Suriname)


2024

21 March 2024 FIFA Series Cape Verde  1–0  Guyana Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3 Mendes 2' Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)
26 March 2024 FIFA Series Guyana  4–1  Cambodia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City

Coaching staff

As of 21 November 2023

Head coach Trinidad and Tobago Jamaal Shabazz
Assistant coach Trinidad and Tobago Jeffrey Cofferey
Strength & Conditioning Coach Trinidad and Tobago Raheem Windsor
Team Manager Trinidad and Tobago Moses Stanbury
Goalkeeping coach Trinidad and Tobago Khalid Rutherford
Kitman Trinidad and Tobago Adrian Courtney
Head scout Trinidad and Tobago Christian Sherwood
GFF President Guyana Wayne Forde[6]
Technical director Trinidad and Tobago Lorenzus Taylor

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2024 FIFA Series friendly matches against Cape Verde and Cambodia on 21 and 25 March 2024.[7]

Caps and goals updated as of 21 November 2023, after the match against Antigua and Barbuda.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past year.

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Player records

As of 26 March 2024[8]
Players in bold are still active with Guyana.

Most appearances

Walter Moore is Guyana's most capped player with 77 appearances.
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Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Guyana at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
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CONCACAF Nations League

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Caribbean Cup

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Trinidad and Tobago – List of International Matches". Rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Guyana – List of International Matches". Rsssf.com. Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Guyana: Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. [5]
    "A brief history of football in Guyana". Worldsoccer.com. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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  7. [7]
    "GOLDEN JAGUARS SQUAD UNVIELED FOR FIFA SERIES IN SAUDI ARABIA". Guyana Football Federation. 17 March 2024 – via Facebook.
  8. [8]
    "Guyana". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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