Guyana national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Guyana women's national football team.

Guyana

Nickname	Golden Jaguars
Association	Guyana Football Federation (GFF)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Thomas Dooley [1]
Captain	Daniel Wilson
Most caps	Walter Moore (77)
Top scorer	Omari Glasgow (23)
Home stadium	Providence Stadium
FIFA code	GUY
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	150 3 (19 November 2025) [2]
Highest	86 (November 2010)
Lowest	185 (February 2004)
First international
as British Guiana   Guiana 1–4 Trinidad and Tobago   (British Guiana; 21 July 1905) [3] as Guyana Suriname   4–1   Guyana (Paramaribo, Suriname; 1 October 1971)
Biggest win
as British Guiana Guiana   9–0   Barbados (British Guiana; 13 March 1931) as Guyana   Guyana 14–0 Anguilla   (St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda; 16 April 1998)
Biggest defeat
as British Guiana Suriname 9–0 Guiana   (Netherlands Antilles; 17 February 1952) Suriname 9–0 Guiana   (Aruba; 9 February 1953) as Guyana   Guyana 0–9 Mexico   (Santa Ana, United States; 2 December 1987)
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019 )
Best result	Group stage (2019)

The Guyana national football team represents Guyana in men's international football, which is governed by the Guyana Football Federation founded in 1902. Although it is a country geographically located in South America, it has been an affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961 (as British Guiana until its independence in 1966) and an affiliate member of FIFA since 1968. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.

The team qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup once, in 2019, but has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Regionally, they finished fourth in the 1991 Caribbean 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. ^[4]

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. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

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. ^[7] 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 and 2010

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.

Having qualified for the final phase of the 2010 Caribbean Cup, held in Martinique, Guyana finished last in Group I with one point from a 1–1 draw with Guadeloupe.

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. ^[8]

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).

Promoted to League A of the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League, the Golden Jaguars were immediately relegated. They missed the opportunity to compete in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, being eliminated in the prelims by Guatemala in two legs (3–2 and 0–2).

Team image

Kit sponsorship

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

Results and fixtures

Main article: Guyana national football team results

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

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixture

2025

Guyana   v   Guatemala

21 March 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification	Guyana	3–2	Guatemala	Bridgetown, Barbados
21:00  UTC−4	Jones 9', 36', 56'	Report	Martínez 28' Pinto 80' (pen.)	Stadium: BFA Technical Centre Attendance: 50 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Guatemala   v   Guyana

25 March 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification	Guatemala	2–0	Guyana	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Rubin 11' Lemus 76'			Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)

Nicaragua   v   Guyana

6 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Nicaragua	1–0	Guyana	Managua, Nicaragua
20:00  UTC−6	Moreno 41'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Katja Koroleva (United States)

Guyana   v   Montserrat

10 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Guyana	3–0	Montserrat	Leonora, Guyana
20:00  UTC−4	Ferguson 35' De Rosario 38' Glasgow 72'	Report		Stadium: Synthetic Track and Field Facility Attendance: 530 Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

Guyana   v   Bonaire

15 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Guyana	2–1	Bonaire	North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
	Duke-McKenna 5' De Rosario 77'	Report (GFA) Report (BFF)	Clijdesdale 16'	Stadium: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Antigua and Barbuda   v   Guyana

18 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series	Antigua and Barbuda	1–4	Guyana	North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
	Griffith 61' (pen.)	Report	Glasgow 12', 23' (pen.) De Rosario 71' Duke-McKenna 76'	Stadium: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Referee: Andrew Samuel (Trinidad and Tobago)

Coaching staff

As of 14 October 2025 ^[update]

Head coach	Thomas Dooley
Assistant coach	Samuel Cox
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Renzo Patel
Team Manager	Tyrese Stanley
Goalkeeping coach	Evon Cobaine
Kitman	Hal Portius
Head scout	Romild Christie
GFF President	Wayne Forde [9]
Technical director	Gennarius Huxley

Coaching history

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

Jamaal Shabazz iconic coach of the Golden Jaguars

• Feroze Usman (1975–82)
• Mervyn Wilson (1983)
• Lennox Arthur (1984–1987)
• Mervyn Wilson (1988)
• Gordon Braithwaite (1991–1992)
• Mervyn Wilson (1993–1994)
• Earl O'Neal (1996)
• Deryck White (1998)
• Joseph Wilson (2000–2002)
• Neider dos Santos (2002–2004)
• Jamaal Shabazz (2005–2009)
• Wayne Dover (2009–2010)
• Jamaal Shabazz (2011–2012)
• Denzil Thompson (2014)
• Jamaal Shabazz (2015–2016)
• Wayne Dover (2017)
• Michael Johnson (2018–2019)
• Márcio Máximo (2019–2021)
• Jamaal Shabazz (2021–2024)
• Wayne Dover (2024–2025)
• Thomas Dooley (2025–Present)

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. ^[10]

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2025, after the match against Antigua and Barbuda .

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Quillan Roberts	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 31)	24	0	Western Suburbs
	1 GK	Akel Clarke	(1988-10-25) 25 October 1988 (age 37)	19	0	Slingerz
	1 GK	Joshua Naraine	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Unknown
	2 DF	Leo Lovell	(1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 28)	29	2	Slingerz
5	2 DF	Jalen Jones	(1998-11-13) 13 November 1998 (age 27)	24	2	Dover Athletic
3	2 DF	Romaine Brackenbridge	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994 (age 31)	4	0	Slingerz
	2 DF	Marcus Wilson	(2002-04-19) 19 April 2002 (age 23)	3	0	Slingerz
	3 MF	Kelsey Benjamin	(1999-05-08) 8 May 1999 (age 26)	38	7	Slingerz
10	3 MF	Omari Glasgow	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003 (age 22)	35	23	Loudoun United
8	3 MF	Stephen Duke-McKenna	(2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 25)	30	4	Harrogate Town
6	3 MF	Nathan Moriah-Welsh	(2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 23)	28	3	Mansfield Town
23	3 MF	Elliot Bonds	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 25)	25	0	Fleetwood Town
	3 MF	Curtez Kellman	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 27)	23	0	Slingerz
7	3 MF	Nathan Ferguson	(1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 30)	13	1	Hartlepool United
	3 MF	Ryan Hackett	(1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 26)	10	0	Police
	3 MF	Darron Niles	(2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 22)	6	0	Slingerz
15	3 MF	Raushan Ritch	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 25)	7	0	Slingerz
	3 MF	Neron Barrow	(2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Police
13	3 MF	Kyle Reid	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Miami Dade
	4 FW	Deon Moore	(1999-05-14) 14 May 1999 (age 26)	15	5	Maidstone United
9	4 FW	Osaze De Rosario	(2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 24)	11	8	Seattle Sounders
	4 FW	Liam Butts	(2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 24)	3	0	New England Revolution

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the past year.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Kai McKenzie-Lyle	(1997-11-30) 30 November 1997 (age 27)	14	1	Oxford City	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
DF	Colin Nelson	(1991-08-09) 9 August 1991 (age 34)	36	1	Guyana Defence Force	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
DF	Reiss Greenidge	(1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 29)	13	0	Maidstone United	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
DF	Kvist Paul	(2006-04-01) 1 April 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Waterhouse	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
DF	Liam Gordon	(1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 26)	26	2	Walsall
DF	Jeremy Garrett	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)	14	1	Slingerz
MF	Daniel Wilson	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 32)	66	1	Western Tigers	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
MF	Nicholas McArthur	(2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 23)	4	0	Unknown	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
MF	Kadell Daniel	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 31)	23	3	Croydon Athletic	v.   Barbados , 19 November 2024
MF	Benjamin Opara	(1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 31)	0	0	Guyana Defence Force	v.   Barbados , 19 November 2024
FW	Enoch George	(2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 22)	5	1	Lisse	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
FW	Chris Macey	(1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Guyana Defence Force	v.   Montserrat , 10 June 2025
FW	Isaiah Jones	(1999-06-26) 26 June 1999 (age 26)	8	5	Middlesbrough
FW	Maliq Cadogan	(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Swansea City
FW	Morgan Ferrier	(1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 31)	2	0	AEL Limassol
INJ Withdrew due to injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from the national team. WD Withdrew for personal reasons.

Player records

As of 18 November 2025 ^[11]

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	38	7	2017–present

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Omari Glasgow	23	35	0.66	2021–present
2	Nigel Codrington	18	26	0.69	2001–2010
3	Gregory Richardson	17	46	0.37	2002–2019
4	Anthony Abrams	15	58	0.26	2004–2017
5	Trayon Bobb	12	51	0.24	2011–2023
6	Neil Danns	11	23	0.48	2015–2023
	Emery Welshman	11	28	0.39	2015–2023
8	Randolph Jerome	9	21	0.43	1998–2008
	Sheldon Holder	9	34	0.26	2011–2021
10	Osaze De Rosario	8	11	0.73
	Vurlon Mills	8	32	0.25	2011–2019

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										FIFA World Cup qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1970	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1974	Did not enter									Declined participation
1978	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	2	3
1982										6	2	0	4	8	13
1986										2	0	1	1	1	2
1990										2	0	0	2	0	5
1994										2	0	1	1	2	3
1998										2	0	0	2	1	8
2002	Suspended by FIFA									Suspended by FIFA
2006	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	8
2010										2	0	0	2	1	3
2014										12	4	2	6	14	30
2018										2	0	2	0	6	6
2022										4	1	0	3	4	8
2026										4	2	0	2	6	4
2030	To be determined									To be determined
2034
Total		0/13								42	10	6	26	46	93

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Main article: Guyana at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter										Did not enter
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1977	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	3
1981											6	2	0	4	8	13
1985											2	0	1	1	1	2
1989											2	0	0	2	0	5
1991											6	2	1	3	9	15
1993											3	1	0	2	3	7
1996											2	0	0	2	0	7
1998	Did not enter										Did not enter
2000	Did not qualify										5	1	2	2	19	12
2002											3	2	0	1	4	3
2003											2	1	0	1	2	2
2005	Withdrew										Withdrew
2007	Did not qualify										9	7	1	1	28	7
2009											5	1	3	1	7	5
2011											3	0	1	2	1	6
2013											8	4	0	4	15	11
2015											3	0	1	2	0	4
2017											6	3	0	3	21	12
2019	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	3	9	Squad		4	3	0	1	14	3
2021	Did not qualify										7	3	1	3	12	14
2023											8	3	2	3	9	17
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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R		Finals	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019–20	B	C	6	3	1	2	12	10			2021	Ineligible
2022–23	B	B	6	3	1	2	8	14			2023
2023–24	B	D	5	5	0	0	20	5			2024
2024–25	A	A	4	0	1	3	5	13			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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	4
1979	Did not enter									Did not enter
1981
1983	Did not qualify									4	1	2	1	3	5
1985										2	1	1	0	1	1
1988										2	0	0	2	0	5
1989	Did not enter									Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify									3	0	2	1	1	6
1991	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	4	14		2	1	1	0	5	1
1992	Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	4	5
1993										3	1	0	2	3	7
1994										2	0	0	2	1	4
1995										2	0	0	2	0	7
1996										2	1	0	1	3	3
1997										4	1	1	2	5	9
1998										3	1	1	1	17	4
1999										2	0	1	1	2	4
2001										3	2	0	1	4	3
2005	Withdrew									Withdrew
2007	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	5		6	6	0	0	24	2
2008	Did not qualify									5	1	3	1	7	5
2010	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	1	6		6	4	1	1	9	4
2012	Did not qualify									6	3	0	3	11	9
2014										3	0	1	2	0	4
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

• Martinez Shield (3): 1929, 1931, 1932 ^[4]

See also

• Association football portal
• Guyana portal

• Guyana national under-20 football team
• Guyana national under-17 football team
• Football in Guyana

References

1. "Thomas Dooley appointed Head Coach of Guyana's Golden Jaguars". Starbroek News. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025. ...Thomas Dooley appointed Head Coach of Guyana's Golden Jaguars
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
3. "Trinidad and Tobago – List of International Matches". Rsssf.com . Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
4. Barrie Courtney and Neil Morrison (5 November 2020). "Martinez Shield". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
5. Barrie Courtney and Neil Morrison (19 November 2020). "Standard Life Trophy 1947". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
6. Barrie Courtney (5 November 2014). "Barbados - List of International Matches". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
7. "Guyana: Fixtures and Results". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
8. "A brief history of football in Guyana". Worldsoccer.com. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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10. "Locked in for Antigua". Facebook. Guyana Football Federation. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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External links

• Official website
• Guyana – FIFA profile