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Guadeloupe
Nickname(s)	Gwada Boys
Association	Ligue Guadeloupéenne; de Football
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Roger Salnot
Home stadium	Stade René Serge Nabajoth
FIFA code	GPE
Elo ranking	91
Highest Elo ranking	77 (June 1992)
Lowest Elo ranking	129 (March 1994)
Home colours	Away 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	2 (First in 2007)
Best result	Semifinals, 2007

The Guadeloupe national football team (French: 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 an overseas department of the French Republic, it is not a member of FIFA. Guadeloupe is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup, Guadeloupeans being French citizens eligible to play for the French national football team. Lilian Thuram, born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, won the 1998 FIFA World Cup wearing France's jersey.

However, Guadeloupe is a member of CONCACAF and CFU, and thus eligible for all competitions organized by both. Indeed, according to the status of the FFF (article 34, paragraph 6): "[...]Under the control of related continental confederations, and with the agreement of the FFF, those leagues can organize international sport events at a regional level or set up teams in order to partipate to them."

A special rule of the Gold Cup only allows players to join the team if they have not played for France during the past five years. This rule also applies for Martinique and French Guiana. On the other side, any player joining the Guadeloupean team is allowed to join the French national team afterwards with no time restrictions.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Gold Cup record

1991 to 2005 - Did not qualify
2007 - Semifinals
2009 - Quarter-finals

[edit] Notable players

Guadeloupean national team players

Miguel Comminges
Jocelyn Angloma
Franck Grandel
Loïc Loval
David Sommeil
Stéphane Zubar
Jean-Félix Dorothée (born in Metropolitan France.)
Therry Racon

French internationals from Guadeloupe or with Guadeloupe roots

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

[edit] Current squad

[edit] Squad for 2009 Gold Cup

The following 23-man squad was named for the 2009 Gold Cup from July 3–26 in the United States.

Caps and goals are current as of June 23, 2009.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Yohan Bus	12 February 1986 (1986-02-12) (age 23)	0	0	FC Basel
16	GK	Marius Fausta	28 April 1973 (1973-04-28) (age 36)	3	0	Evolucas
23	GK	Cédric Céligny	18 April 1981 (1981-04-18) (age 28)	0	0	Les Abymes
4	DF	Cédric Avinel	11 September 1986 (1986-09-11) (age 23)	5	0	Watford
3	DF	Mickaël Tacalfred	23 April 1981 (1981-04-23) (age 28)	5	0	Reims
15	DF	Miguel Comminges	16 March 1982 (1982-03-16) (age 27)	7	0	Cardiff City
14	DF	Willy Laurence	4 March 1984 (1984-03-04) (age 25)	0	0	Morne-à-l'Eau
21	DF	Fabien Jerome	12 February 1986 (1986-02-12) (age 23)	0	0	Evolucas
2	DF	Méddy Lina	11 January 1986 (1986-01-11) (age 23)	6	0	Evolucas
6	DF	Alain Vertot	14 November 1972 (1972-11-14) (age 37)	40	2	Morne-à-l'Eau
5	DF	Eddy Viator	2 June 1982 (1982-06-02) (age 27)	0	0	Amiens
8	MF	Stéphane Auvray (captain)	4 September 1981 (1981-09-04) (age 28)	10	0	Vannes
18	MF	Thomas Gamiette	21 June 1986 (1986-06-21) (age 23)	0	0	Reims
10	MF	Aurélien Capoue	28 February 1982 (1982-02-28) (age 27)	4	0	Nantes
20	MF	Larry Clavier	1 September 1981 (1981-09-01) (age 28)	5	0	RCF Paris
12	MF	David Fleurival	19 February 1984 (1984-02-19) (age 25)	12	1	Mons
19	MF	Grégory Gendrey	10 July 1986 (1986-07-10) (age 23)	9	3	Evolucas
17	MF	Lery Hanani	1 October 1982 (1982-10-01) (age 27)	22	4	La Gauloise
13	MF	Jean-Luc Lambourde	10 April 1980 (1980-04-10) (age 29)	31	7	Amical Club
22	FW	Alexandre Alphonse	17 June 1982 (1982-06-17) (age 27)	0	0	Zürich
11	FW	Mickaël Antoine-Curier	5 March 1983 (1983-03-05) (age 26)	8	6	Dundee
9	FW	Ludovic Gotin	25 July 1985 (1985-07-25) (age 24)	8	4	Moulien
7	FW	Loïc Loval	28 September 1981 (1981-09-28) (age 28)	7	2	Utrecht