Guadeloupe national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Guadeloupe
Badge =
FIFA Trigramme = GPE
FIFA Rank =
Elo Rank = 92
Elo max = 77
Elo max date = June 1992
Elo min = 129
Elo min date = March 1994
Nickname = Gwada Boys
Association = Ligue Guadeloupéenne
de Football
Confederation = CONCACAF (North America)
Coach = flagicon|Guadeloupe|local Roger Salnot
Most caps =
Top scorer =
Home Stadium = Stade St. Claude

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First game = fb|Martinique 6 - 0 Guadeloupe flagicon|Guadeloupe|local
(Martinique; Date Unknown, 1934)
Largest win = flagicon|Guadeloupe|local Guadeloupe 11 - 0 fb-rt|United States Virgin Islands
(Haiti; April 12, 2001)
Largest loss = fb|Martinique 6 - 0 Guadeloupe flagicon|Guadeloupe|local
(Martinique; Date Unknown, 1934)
fb|Martinique 8 - 2 Guadeloupe flagicon|Guadeloupe|local
(Martinique; Date Unknown, 1975)
World cup apps =
World cup first = -
World cup best = -
Regional name = CONCACAF Gold Cup
Regional cup apps = 1
Regional cup first = 2007
Regional cup best = Semifinals, 2007The Guadeloupe national football team ( _fr. sélection de la Guadeloupe de football) 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. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/18/sports/NA-SPT-SOC-Honduras-Guadeloupe.php Gold Cup: Guadeloupe stuns Honduras 2-1 to reach semifinals] from the International Herald Tribune, 17 June 2007] 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. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062200007_pf.html Mexico Squeezes Into Gold Cup Finals] from the Washington Post, 22 June 2007] 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
* Jocelyn Angloma
* Franck Grandel
* Loïc Loval
* David Sommeil
* Stéphane Zubar;French internationals from Guadeloupe or with Guadeloupe roots
* Lilian Thuram
* Thierry Henry
* Marius Trésor
* Mikael Silvestre
* Pascal Chimbonda
* William Gallas
* Philippe Christanval
* Louis Saha
* Luc Sonor
* Sylvain Wiltord
* Nicolas Anelka
* Gael Clichy
* Eric Abidal

;Other players in the French League from Guadeloupe or with Guadeloupe roots
* Julio Colombo
* Pegguy Arphexad
* Bernard Lambourde

Current squad

Guadeloupe squad for 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Recent call-ups

"All call-ups updated to June 17, 2008.";Goalkeepers

;Strikers

References

External links

* [http://www.digicelfootball.com/en/ Digicel Caribbean Cup Official Site]
* [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/goldcup/ Gold Cup on Official CONCACAF Site]
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070530/news_lz1s30french.html 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