Guyanese national football team

Guyana
Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Nickname (s)

Golden Jaguars

Association

Guyana Football Federation

confederacy

CONCACAF

Head coach

Marcio Maximo Barcellos (interim since 2019)

Record scorer

Nigel Codrington (17)

Home stadium

Providence Stadium

FIFA code

GUY

FIFA rank

166. (988 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Netherland Guyana 1-2 British Guiana ( Dutch Guiana ; January 28, 1921)

Biggest win Guyana 14-0 Anguilla ( St. John's , Antigua & Barbuda ; April 16, 1998)

Biggest defeat Costa Rica 7-0 Guyana ( San José , Costa Rica ; October 16, 2012)

Successes in tournaments

North and Central American Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( First : 2019 )

Best results

Preliminary round 2019

(Status: unknown)

The Guyanese national soccer team is the national soccer team of the South American state of Guyana .

Although the former British colony is in South America, Guyana, like Suriname and French Guiana, is a member of the continental association CONCACAF . Until the independence of Guyana in 1966, the team took part in international competitions as British Guiana . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup . In 2019 the team took part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time.

Tournaments

World Championship

1930 to 1974 - did not participate
1978 - In qualifying for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina , they met Suriname in the Caribbean zone in the first round in Group A and were eliminated 2-0 and 0-3.
1982 - In qualifying for the 1982 World Cup in Spain , Grenada was played in the Caribbean zone in the first round in the qualifying game , which they won 5: 2 and 3: 2. In group A, you met Suriname and Cuba . After 4 defeats and 0 points, they were eliminated from the bottom of the group.
1986 - In qualifying for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico , they met Suriname again in Group 1 in the Caribbean zone in the first round and were eliminated 0: 1 and 1: 1.
1990 - In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy , they met Trinidad & Tobago in the first round and were eliminated after two defeats with 0: 4 and 0: 1.
1994 - In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup in the USA , they met Suriname again in the first round of Caribbean zone 3 and were eliminated 1: 2 and 1: 1.
1998 - In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France , they met Suriname again in Caribbean zone 1 of the preliminary round . This time they lost 2-1 and 6-0 and were eliminated.
2002 - In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , you were drawn in the first round of the Caribbean zone against the team from Antigua and Barbuda , but were suspended by FIFA.
2006 - In the qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany , the well-known opponents from Suriname were played in the first round . Another time they lost 0: 5 and 1: 3 and were eliminated.
2010 - In qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , they met Suriname again in Group 3 of the 2nd round . They were eliminated with 0: 1 and 1: 2.
2014 - In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , Trinidad and Tobago , Bermuda and Barbados were played in the 2nd round . After 4 wins, one draw and one defeat, they qualified as group winners for the 3rd round. There you met Mexico , Costa Rica and El Salvador . After 5 defeats and one draw, they were eliminated from the bottom of the group.
2018 - In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , the team met St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the second round in June 2015 and missed the third round due to the away goals rule after two draws (2: 2 and 4: 4).

CONCACAF Gold Cup

1991 to 2003 - not qualified
2005 - withdrawn
2007 - did not qualify
2009 - did not qualify
2011 - did not qualify
2013 to 2017 - not qualified
2019 - preliminary round
2021 -

Caribbean Championship

1989 to 1990 - did not participate
1991 - 4th place
1992 to 2001 - not qualified
2005 - withdrawn
2007 - preliminary round
2008 - did not qualify
2010 - preliminary round
2012 to 2017 - not qualified

Trainer

Brazil Neider dos Santos (2002-2005)
Trinidad and Tobago Jamaal Shabazz (2005-2008)
Guyana Wayne Dover (2009-2010)
Guyana Collie Hercules (2011)
Trinidad and Tobago Jamaal Shabazz (2011-2012)
Guyana Denzil Thompson (2014)
Trinidad and Tobago Jamaal Shabazz (2015-2016)
Guyana Wayne Dover (2017-2018)
Jamaica Michael Johnson (2018-2019)
Brazil Marcio Maximo Barcellos (since 2019) interim

Individual evidence

↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .

Web links

[1] The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .