The French Guiana football team (french: Sélection de Guyane de football) is the regional

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team of the French

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and

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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 local branch of Fédération Française de Football.

Overview

As an

of the

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, it is an integral part of France and thus not a member of

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. 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 and Florent Malouda are two examples of Guianese players who have played for the France national team. Lama winning the

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, and

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. Malouda playing as a runner-up during the 2006 World Cup.

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 (2008–2010) * Steeve Falgayrettes^* (2011–2012) * François Louis-Marie & Hubert Contout (2012–2013) *

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& 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 mov ...

(2018–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were included in the French Guiana men's senior squad for the

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matches against

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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