The Saint Martin football team is the

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team of the

Collectivity of Saint Martin The Collectivity of Saint Martin (french: Collectivité de Saint-Martin), commonly known as simply Saint Martin (, ), is an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies in the Caribbean, on – but not identical with – the island of S ...

, the French half of the island of Saint Martin which was previously part of the French

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(not to be confused with the team of the Dutch half, the

Sint Maarten national football team The Sint Maarten national football team is the football team of Sint Maarten, the Dutch half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, and is controlled by the Sint Maarten Soccer Association. Sint Maarten is not a member of FIFA, and therefore ...

) and is controlled by the

Comité de Football des Îles du Nord The Comité de Football des Îles du Nord is the official football (soccer) federation of the French half of the island of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy island, although Saint Barthélemy now has its own Comité de Football de Saint Barthé ...

. Saint Martin is not a member of

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, and is therefore not eligible to enter the

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, but it does compete in

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competitions.

History

Saint Martin played their first competitive match during the 1990 Caribbean Cup qualifiers against

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, winning 3–0. They beat

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(4–0) and

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(8–3 on aggregate) to advance to the final qualifying round where they failed to progress, losing 1–0 to

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in the decisive group game. Saint Martin would not enter the next nine Caribbean Cup tournaments, before returning in the 2001 qualification process, beating

and

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before finishing six points behind

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in the final round of qualifying. In 2005 qualifying, Saint Martin failed to advance past the first qualifying round, losing heavily to

(12–0). From 2007 to 2012, Saint Martin were knocked out in the first round in every qualifying competition. In August 2014, Saint Martin played a friendly against the

, the territory's first match since 2012. At that time, SMFA president Fabrice Baly announced a 3-year project to fully return to Caribbean international football. He established long-term objectives of attracting the attention of international recruiters and qualifying for the

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. Saint Martin withdrew from

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, ending the project that Baly had started. In 2019, Saint Martin entered the qualification for the first

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, losing all four of their matches and finishing bottom of the standings, placing them into

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where they finished third, three points off from qualifying for League B.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2022

2023

Coaching history

Owen Nickie Owen Nickie is a Sint Maarten professional football manager. In 2004, he coached the Saint Martin national football team The Saint Martin football team is the football team of the Collectivity of Saint Martin, the French half of the island of ...

(2004) * Gérard Andy (2006–2008) * Jean-Louis Richards & David Baltase (2010) * Dominique Rénia (2012) * David Baltase (2018) * Stéphane Auvray (2019–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Concacaf Nations League qualifying match against

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and

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in June 2022. ''Caps and goals as of 13 June 2022 after the game against

.''

Recent call ups

Following players have been called up in previous 12 months.

Records

:''Players in bold are still active with Saint Martin.''

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

CONCACAF Nations League record

Caribbean Cup record

Record by opponent

''Updated on 14 June 2022 after match against ''

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Martin National Football Team Caribbean national association football teams CONCACAF teams not affiliated to FIFA National football teams of Overseas France