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Guyana

Nickname(s)	Golden Jaguars
Association	Guyana Football Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Jamaal Shabazz
Captain	Trayon Bobb
Most caps	Walter Moore (77)
Top scorer	Nigel Codrington (18)
Home stadium	Providence Stadium
FIFA code	GUY
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	171 1 (6 October 2022)[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
Guyana 0–9 Mexico  (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.[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

The list below displays match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future scheduled matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

2022

2023

Coaching staff

As of 18 September 2021^[update]

Head Coach	Jamaal Shabazz
Assistant Coach	Charles Pollard
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Dylan Palmer
Team Manager	Rawle Adams
Goalkeeping Coach	Eon DeVeira
Kitman	Trevor Burnett
Head Scout	Faizal Khan[6]
GFF President	Wayne Forde[7]
Technical Director	Ian Greenwood[8]

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League matches.[9]
• Match dates: 5, 7, 11 and 14 June 2022
• Opposition:  Montserrat,  Bermuda and  Haiti (twice)
• Caps and goals correct as of: 14 June 2022, after the match against  Haiti

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Akel Clarke	(1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 34)	20	0	Mount Pleasant
	1GK	Quillan Roberts	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 28)	6	0	Electric City
	1GK	Alex Murray	(1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 30)	5	0	Morvant Caledonia United
	2DF	Quincy Adams	(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 33)	23	1	Fruta Conquerors
	2DF	Matthew Briggs	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 31)	17	1	Gosport Borough
	2DF	Jeremy Garrett	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 22)	6	0	Guyana Defence Force
	2DF	Jalen Jones	(1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Cray Wanderers
	2DF	Marcus Wilson	(2002-04-19) 19 April 2002 (age 20)	3	0	Santos Georgetown
	3MF	Kelsey Benjamin	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 23)	19	2	Guyana Defence Force
	3MF	Trayon Bobb	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 29)	50	12	Western Tigers
	3MF	Jobe Caesar	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 23)	8	0	Guyana Defence Force
	3MF	Sam Cox	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 32)	31	0	Welling United
	3MF	Neil Danns	(1982-11-23) 23 November 1982 (age 39)	23	11	Macclesfield
	3MF	Stephen Duke-McKenna	(2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 22)	11	0	Leyton Orient
	3MF	Omari Glasgow	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 18)	12	6	Chicago Fire II
	3MF	Ryan Hackett	(1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Guyana Defence Force
	3MF	Leo Lovell	(1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 25)	10	0	Den Amstel
	3MF	Nathan Moriah-Welsh	(2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 20)	10	1	Newport County
	3MF	Clive Nobrega	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 29)	23	0	Eagles United
	3MF	Pernell Schultz	(1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 (age 28)	22	5	Guyana Defence Force
	3MF	Daniel Wilson	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 29)	47	1	Western Tigers
	4FW	Anthony Jeffrey	(1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 28)	7	0	Billericay Town
	4FW	Terell Ondaan	(1993-09-09) 9 September 1993 (age 29)	9	0	FC U Craiova 1948

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
GK	Ronaldo Blair	(2003-09-13) 13 September 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Santos	v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 29 March 2022
GK	Sese Norville	(2000-08-05) 5 August 2000 (age 22)	3	0	Milerock	vs.  Barbados, 27 March 2022 PRE
DF	Kevin Layne	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Mount Pleasant	v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 29 March 2022
DF	Shemar Fraser	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 24)	6	0	Police	v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 29 March 2022
DF	Kevin Dundas	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Santos	vs.  Barbados, 27 March 2022 PRE
DF	Colin Nelson	(1991-08-09) 9 August 1991 (age 31)	31	1	Defence Force	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
DF	Jordan Dover	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 27)	4	0	Simcoe County Rovers FC	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
DF	Nicolai Andrews	(2002-11-03) 3 November 2002 (age 20)	4	0	Santos	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
DF	Bevan Baker	(1999-07-29) 29 July 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Unattached	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
DF	Thevron Pluck	(2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Unattached	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
MF	Javier George	(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 21)	4	0	York United	v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 29 March 2022
MF	Darren Niles	(2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 19)	2	0	Santos	vs.  Barbados, 27 March 2022 PRE
MF	Jamar Harrigan	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Buxton United	vs.  Barbados, 27 March 2022 PRE
FW	Jamal Pereira	(1988-03-09) 9 March 1988 (age 34)	4	1	Den Amstel	v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 29 March 2022
FW	Jamanine Beckles		3	0	Santos	v.  Trinidad and Tobago, 29 March 2022
FW	Nicholas McArthur	(2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 20)	4	0	Portmore United	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
FW	Chris Macey	(1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 22)	1	0	Guyana Defence Force	vs.  Suriname, 1 February 2022
INJ Withdrew due to injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from the national team. WD Withdrew for personal reasons.

Player records

As of 14 June 2022[10]

Players in bold are still active with Guyana.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of  United Kingdom									Part of  United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
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
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	1/26	3	0	1	2	3	9	—

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
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	B	To be determined
Total			6	3	1	2	12	10	18th

Caribbean Cup

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	4
1979	Did not enter									Did not enter
1981
1983	Did not qualify									4	1	2	1	3	5
1985										2	1	1	0	1	1
1988										2	0	0	2	0	5
1989	Did not enter									Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify									3	0	2	1	1	6
1991	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	4	14		2	1	1	0	5	1
1992	Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	4	5
1993										3	1	0	2	3	7
1994										2	0	0	2	1	4
1995										2	0	0	2	0	7
1996										2	1	0	1	3	3
1997										4	1	1	2	5	9
1998										3	1	1	1	17	4
1999										2	0	1	1	2	4
2001										3	2	0	1	4	3
2005	Withdrew									Withdrew
2007	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	5		6	6	0	0	24	2
2008	Did not qualify									5	1	3	1	7	5
2010	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	6		6	4	1	1	9	4
2012	Did not qualify									6	3	0	3	11	9
2014										3	0	1	2	0	4
2017										6	3	0	3	21	12
Total	Fourth place	3/25	10	2	2	6	9	25		71	27	15	29	122	104

See also

• Guyana national under-20 football team
• Guyana national under-17 football team
• Football in Guyana

References

External links

• Official website
• Guyana FIFA profile

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