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Franck Grandel represented Guadeloupe at two CONCACAF Gold Cups and was voted Best Goalkeeper of the tournament in 2007.

The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.

From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup.

Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the Gold Cup was held 27 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (12 titles).

Guadeloupe did not participate in the Championships before 1991. As CONCACAF members but not FIFA members, they have since played in the Caribbean Cup and CONCACAF Nations League which doubled as Gold Cup qualifiers. In seventeen attempts, Guadeloupe qualified five times, back-to-back in 2007, 2009 and 2011, and again in 2021 and 2023. They would reach the knockout stage on two of these occasions.

Because they are not FIFA members, Guadeloupe were not able to represent CONCACAF at a FIFA Confederations Cup, even if they had won the tournament. Their non-affiliation also enabled them to recruit former French international Jocelyn Angloma for their squad in 2007.

Overall record

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
United States 1991 Did not qualify
Mexico United States 1993
United States 1996
United States 1998 Did not enter
United States 2000 Did not qualify
United States 2002
Mexico United States 2003
United States 2005
United States 2007 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 1 2 5 5
United States 2009 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 5 8
United States 2011 Group stage 10th 3 0 0 3 2 5
United States 2013 Did not qualify
Canada United States 2015
United States 2017
Costa Rica Jamaica United States 2019
United States 2021 Group stage 14th 3 0 0 3 3 7
Canada United States 2023 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 8 6
Total 5/17 0 Titles 18 5 2 11 23 31

Match overview

Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
United States 2007 Group stage   Haiti 1–1 Miami
  Canada 2–1
  Costa Rica 0–1
Quarter-finals   Honduras 2–1 Houston
Semi-finals   Mexico 0–1 Chicago
United States 2009 Group stage   Panama 2–1 Oakland
  Nicaragua 2–0 Houston
  Mexico 0–2 Glendale
Quarter-finals   Costa Rica 1–5 Arlington
United States 2011 Group stage   Panama 2–3 Detroit
  Canada 0–1 Tampa
  United States 0–1 Kansas City
United States 2021 Group stage   Costa Rica 1–3 Orlando
  Jamaica 1–2 Orlando
  Suriname 1–2 Houston
Canada United States 2023 Group stage   Canada 1–1 Toronto
  Cuba 4–1 Houston
  Guatemala 2–3 Harrison

Record players

Rank Player Matches Gold Cups
1 Stéphane Auvray 12 2007, 2009 and 2011
2 Loïc Loval 11 2007, 2009 and 2011
3 Miguel Comminges 10 2007, 2009 and 2011
David Fleurival 10 2007, 2009 and 2011
Mickaël Tacalfred 10 2007, 2009 and 2011
6 Alain Vertot 8 2007 and 2009
Franck Grandel 8 2007 and 2011
Richard Socrier 8 2007 and 2011
9 Aurélien Capoue 7 2007 and 2009
Jean-Luc Lambourde 7 2007, 2009 and 2011
Thomas Gamiette 7 2009 and 2011
Eddy Viator 7 2009 and 2011

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Gold Cups
1 Jocelyn Angloma 2 2007
David Fleurival 2 2007 and 2009
Brice Jovial 2 2011
4 Cédrick Fiston 1 2007
Richard Socrier 1 2007
Alexandre Alphonse 1 2009
Stéphane Auvray 1 2009
Ludovic Gotin 1 2009
Loïc Loval 1 2009

References