The French Guiana football team (french: Sélection de Guyane de football) is the regional football team of the French overseas department and

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...

, and is controlled by the

Ligue de Football de Guyane The Ligue de Football de la Guyane (English: Guyana Football League) is the governing body of football in French Guiana. Since 2013, it has been a member of CONCACAF. However, it is not a member of FIFA. See also *French Guiana Championnat Nat ...

, the local branch of

Fédération Française de Football The French Football Federation ( FFF; french: Fédération Française de Football) is the governing body of association football, football in France. It also includes the Overseas departments and territories of France, overseas departments (Guad ...

Overview

As an overseas department of the French Republic, it is an integral part of France and thus not a member of FIFA. French Guiana is therefore not eligible to enter a team in the

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independent of France. As full citizens of France, indistinguishable from any other French citizen, French Guianans are eligible to play for the

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Bernard Lama Bernard Pascal Maurice Lama (born 7 April 1963) is a French football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He spent a large part of his career at Paris Saint-Germain. He was also a member of the France national team ...

and

Florent Malouda Florent Johan Malouda (born 13 June 1980) is a French football coach and former professional player. A left winger, he spent most of his career at Lyon and Chelsea, winning four consecutive Ligue 1 titles with the former and the UEFA Champion ...

are two examples of Guianese players who have played for the France national team. Lama winning the 1998 World Cup, and

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. Malouda playing as a runner-up during the

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CONCACAF

However,

is a member of

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and CFU, and thus eligible for all competitions organized by both. For any purpose outside of World Cup competition, all of the regional continental confederations may allow teams to be entered by territories that are ''de jure'' part of a country the bulk of which is located in a different continental confederation region. According to the status of the FFF (article 34, paragraph 6): ''" ..nder 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 participate to them."''

Results and fixtures

The following matches have been played within the past 12 months.

2022

2023

Coaching history

* Marie-Rose Carême (2004–2005) *

Ghislain Zulémaro Ghislain Zulémaro is a French Guianan professional association football manager, football manager. Career Since 2008 until 2010 he coached the French Guiana national football team. References

Place of birth missing (living people) Livi ...

(2008–2010) * Steeve Falgayrettes^* (2011–2012) * François Louis-Marie & Hubert Contout (2012–2013) * Jaïr Karam & Marie-Rose Carême (2013–2018) *

Thierry De Neef Thierry Albert De Neef (born 27 October 1966) is a former French footballer. He is currently manager of French Guiana. Club career In 1986, De Neef began his career in France with US Créteil. De Neef spent four seasons at the club, before movin ...

(2018–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were included in the French Guiana men's senior squad for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League matches against Guatemala,

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and

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on 2, 5, 9 and 14 June 2022. ''Caps and goals as of 14 June 2022, after the match against

.''

Recent call-ups

Player records

:''Players in bold are still active with French Guiana.''

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Nations League

Caribbean Cup

Head-to-head record

''As of 17 November 2019 after match against ''

References

External links

* of the French Guiana Football Federation
French Guiana
at CONCACAF site (archived 16 January 2014) {{French Guiana squad 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup CONCACAF teams not affiliated to FIFA National football teams of Overseas France South American national association football teams Caribbean national association football teams Football in French Guiana