History Guyana national football team

1 history

1.1 british guiana (1905–59)
1.2 guyana
1.3 2006
1.4 caribbean nations cup 2007
1.5 lack of football 2012/13

history
british guiana (1905–59)

guyana (as british guiana) played first international football match on 21 july 1905, 4–1 defeat against nearby , fellow british colony trinidad , tobago. next recorded game came 16 years later on 28 january 1921, away 2–1 win against neighbour suriname. 2 played again in suriname on 27 august 1923, , on occasion hosts won 2–1. british guiana did not play match until 1937, when lost 2 matches against trinidad , tobago in suriname: 3–0 , 3–2. after 7 years without match, british guiana entered three-team tournament in trinidad & tobago against national side , barbados. won twice against barbados (1–0 , 3–0) before drawing 1–1 , losing 3–0 trinidad , tobago. in final of trinagular tournament again lost 3–0 trinidad , tobago.

in november 1947 british guiana played in standard life tournament in trinidad , tobago. beat hosts 2–1 in opening game on 5 november before beating jamaica 2–0 next day. on 10 november drew 0–0 jamaica before losing 2–0 trinidad , tobago in last game on 14 november.

british guiana played first home games in 1950 against trinidad , tobago: these british guiana s first matches since standard life tournament. british guiana lost 1–0 , 4–1 before winning 1–0. last match played under name british guiana next match on 2 march 1959 – 2–2 draw against trinidad , tobago.

guyana

after independence in 1966, guyana did not play match 5 years. first fixtures under new name qualifiers 1971 concacaf championship against suriname. first match, away, lost 4–1 , home match on 21 september 1971 lost 3–2 suriname advanced 7–3 on aggregate. in 1976 guyana entered first ever world cup qualification campaign aim of reaching 1978 fifa world cup in argentina. guyana , suriname drawn in two-legged preliminary in caribbean section of concacaf qualification , guyana won first leg 2–0 @ home on 4 july 1976. second leg in paramaribo lost 3–0 allowed suriname advance.

2006

guyana had remarkable calendar year 2006, eleven successive wins, including 5 concacaf gold cup qualifiers these results boosted guyana s spot in fifa world rankings 87 spots in little on year. consequence, team rose top 12 in concacaf , in third rank of seeds in world cup qualifying draw.

caribbean nations cup 2007

at 2006–07 caribbean nations cup, guyana finished top of group in stage one, top of group h in stage 2 (which hosted), , finished 3rd in bobby sookram group, missing out on semi-final berth on goal difference alone. had guyana reached semi-finals, have qualified 2007 concacaf gold cup.

lack of football 2012/13

from november 2012 october 2014 guyana failed play single game of international football due off-field problems.