Guyana national football team

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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 (1966), it competed as British Guiana. They qualified for the Caribbean Nations Cup in 1991, coming fourth, 2007 and 2010. 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 (1905–1966)

Guyana (then British Guiana) played its first international football match on 21 July 1905, a 4–1 defeat against neighboring British colony Trinidad and Tobago. Its next match was almost 16 years later, on 28 January 1921, a 2–1 away victory against Suriname. The two teams met again in Suriname on 27 August 1923, in the Martinez Shield, and this time the home side won 2–1. British Guiana regularly participated in the Martinez Shield between 1923 and 1933, winning the tournament in 1929, 1931, and 1932.<ref name="Martinez Shield">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It played two more matches against Trinidad and Tobago in Suriname in 1937, both resulting in defeats: 3–0 and 3–2. In 1944, British Guiana participated in a triangular tournament in Trinidad and Tobago, facing its national team and Barbados. It won two matches against Barbados (1–0 and 3–0) before drawing 1–1 and losing 3–0 to Trinidad and Tobago. In the final of this triangular tournament, it again lost 3–0 to Trinidad and Tobago.

In November 1947 British Guiana played in a Standard Life tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 1–1 draw against Barbados in January 1966.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1966–2006

After gaining independence in 1966, Guyana played its first official competitive matches during the 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.

Guyana participated in its first Caribbean Cup finals in 1991, where it finished in 4th place. But the 2000s got off to a bad start with a FIFA suspension which prevented him from participating in the qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup.

Guyana had a remarkable calendar year in 2006, with eleven successive wins, including five CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

2006–2019

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 in 2012 against Panama (20 May), Colombia (28 May) and Bolivia (15 August) 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 on February 2, 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.

First CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2019

Having finished 7th in the 2019–2020 CONCACAF Nations League qualifiers, the Guyanese team have earned the right to participate for the first time in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the 2019 edition.

Placed in Group D of the tournament alongside the host country (the United States), Panama and Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana was eliminated in the first round with only one draw (1–1 against Trinidad and Tobago).

Since 2020

During the qualifying tournaments for the 2022 and 2026 World Cups, Guyana was quickly eliminated (1st round and 2nd round in 2022 and 2026 respectively).

Team image

Kit sponsorship

Kit supplier Period
Template:Flagicon Uhlsport 2002–2004
Template:Flagicon Adidas 2005–2007
None 2008–2010
Template:Flagicon Plus One 2011
Template:Flagicon Saeta 2012–2015
Template:Flagicon Admiral 2016
Template:Flagicon Squadra 2018
Template:Flagicon Capelli 2019–2023
Template:Flagicon SQ Apparel 2024
Template:Flagicon Meyba 2025–present

Results and fixtures

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Coaching staff

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Head coach Template:Flagicon Thomas Dooley
Assistant coach Template:Flagicon Samuel Cox
Strength & Conditioning Coach Template:Flagicon Renzo Patel
Team Manager Template:Flagicon Tyrese Stanley
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Evon Cobaine
Kitman Template:Flagicon Hal Portius
Head scout Template:Flagicon Romild Christie
GFF President Template:Flagicon Wayne Forde<ref>[1]Template:Dead link</ref>
Technical director Template:Flagicon Gennarius Huxley

Coaching history

Márcio Máximo became the manager of the national football team of Guyana in 2019

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025–26 CONCACAF Series matches against Bonaire and Antigua and Barbuda on 15 and 18 November 2025; respectively.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2025, after the match against Bonaire.

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Recent call-ups

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Player records

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Players in bold are still active with Guyana.

Most appearances

Walter Moore is Guyana's most capped player with 77 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Walter Moore 77 5 2004–2019
2 Daniel Wilson 66 1 2011–present
3 Charles Pollard 60 3 1996–2012
4 Anthony Abrams 58 15 2004–2017
5 Trayon Bobb 51 12 2011–2023
6 Howard Lowe 46 1 2002–2010
Gregory Richardson 46 17 2002–2019
8 Dwain Jacobs 42 1 2008–2017
9 Kayode McKinnon 41 4 2002–2012
10 Kelsey Benjamin 37 7 2017–present

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Omari Glasgow 21 33 0.63 2021–present
2 Nigel Codrington 18 26 {{#expr:18/26 round 2}} 2001–2010
3 Gregory Richardson 17 46 {{#expr:17/46 round 2}} 2002–2019
4 Anthony Abrams 15 58 {{#expr:15/58 round 2}} 2004–2017
5 Trayon Bobb 12 51 {{#expr:12/51 round 2}} 2011–2023
6 Neil Danns 11 23 {{#expr:11/23 round 2}} 2015–2023
Emery Welshman 11 28 {{#expr:11/28 round 2}} 2015–2023
8 Randolph Jerome 9 21 {{#expr:9/21 round 2}} 1998–2008
Sheldon Holder 9 34 {{#expr:9/34 round 2}} 2011–2021
10 Vurlon Mills 8 32 {{#expr:8/32 round 2}} 2011–2019

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
1930 to 1970 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not enter Declined participation
Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon 1982 6 2 0 4 8 13
Template:Flagicon 1986 2 0 1 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1990 2 0 0 2 0 5
Template:Flagicon 1994 2 0 1 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon 1998 2 0 0 2 1 8
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 Suspended by FIFA Suspended by FIFA
Template:Flagicon 2006 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 1 8
Template:Flagicon 2010 2 0 0 2 1 3
Template:Flagicon 2014 12 4 2 6 14 30
Template:Flagicon 2018 2 0 2 0 6 6
Template:Flagicon 2022 4 1 0 3 4 8
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 4 2 0 2 6 4
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total Template:Tooltip 42 10 6 26 46 93

CONCACAF Gold Cup

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip* Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1963 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1965
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Template:Flagicon 1969
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Template:Flagicon 1973
Template:Flagicon 1977 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 3
Template:Flagicon 1981 6 2 0 4 8 13
1985 2 0 1 1 1 2
1989 2 0 0 2 0 5
Template:Flagicon 1991 6 2 1 3 9 15
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1993 3 1 0 2 3 7
Template:Flagicon 1996 2 0 0 2 0 7
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2000 Did not qualify 5 1 2 2 19 12
Template:Flagicon 2002 3 2 0 1 4 3
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2003 2 1 0 1 2 2
Template:Flagicon 2005 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 2007 Did not qualify 9 7 1 1 28 7
Template:Flagicon 2009 5 1 3 1 7 5
Template:Flagicon 2011 3 0 1 2 1 6
Template:Flagicon 2013 8 4 0 4 15 11
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2015 3 0 1 2 0 4
Template:Flagicon 2017 6 3 0 3 21 12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2019 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 3 9 Squad 4 3 0 1 14 3
Template:Flagicon 2021 Did not qualify 7 3 1 3 12 14
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023 8 3 2 3 9 17
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2025 8 3 1 4 17 21
Total Group stage 1/28 3 0 1 2 3 9 — 93 37 14 43 172 169

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
League Finals
Season Division Group Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Finals Result Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
2019–20 B C 6 3 1 2 12 10 Template:Same position Template:Flagicon 2021 Ineligible
2022–23 B B 6 3 1 2 8 14 Template:Same position Template:Flagicon 2023
2023–24 B D 5 5 0 0 20 5 Template:Rise Template:Flagicon 2024
2024–25 A A 4 0 1 3 5 13 Template:Down Template:Flagicon 2025 Did not qualify
Total — — 21 11 3 7 45 42 — Total 0 Titles — — — — — — —

Caribbean Cup

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

Honours

Friendly

See also

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References

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