Guam national football team

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Guam
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Guam Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Flag of Japan Norio Tsukitate
Home stadium Guam National Football Stadium
FIFA code GUM
FIFA ranking 188
Highest FIFA ranking 182 (August 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking 205 (November 2004-February 2005)
Elo ranking 225
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First international
Flag of Guam Guam 0 - 11 Fiji Flag of Fiji
(Guam; August 24, 1975)
Biggest win
Flag of Guam Guam 16 - 1 Pohnpei
(Koror, Palau; July, 1998, Not full FIFA international)
Flag of Guam Guam 1 – 0 Mongolia Flag of Mongolia
(Manengon Hills, Guam; 11 March 2009)
Biggest defeat
Flag of North Korea North Korea 21 - 0 Guam Flag of Guam
(Taipei, Republic of China; March 11, 2005)

The Guam national football team is the national team of Guam and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. The team was founded in 1975 and joined FIFA in 1996. It is among the weakest teams in the world and only registered its first victory over a member of FIFA on 11 March 2009 in which Guam beat Mongolia by 1-0 in the East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition on its home ground.

Contents

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Asian Cup record

[edit] East Asian Football Championship record

  • 2003 - Did not qualify (5th place in qualifiers)
  • 2005 - Did not qualify (5th place in qualifiers)
  • 2008 - Did not qualify (6th place in qualifiers)
  • 2010 - Advanced to Semi-final (1st place in Preliminary)

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

  • 2006 - Round 1
  • 2008 - Did not qualify, 4th in qualifying group
  • 2010 - Did not enter

[edit] South Pacific Games record

[edit] Micronesia Games

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the East Asian Cup 2008 qualification.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Joseph Laanan 14 February 1988 Flag of Guam Guam Shipyard
GK Kalen Lizama 31 August 1990 Flag of Guam Mangilao Hyundai
DF Fredrick Benton 16 June 1986 Flag of Guam Orange Crushers
DF James Gawel 29 June 1987 Flag of Guam Purple Leopards
DF Edward Christian Calvo 30 April 1990 Flag of Guam Mangilao Hyundai
DF Kevin Rivera 1 February 1990 Flag of Guam Mangilao Hyundai
DF Carlo Tambora 6 January 1990 Flag of Guam No Ka Oi
MF Baltazar Atalig 12 August 1990 Flag of Guam Guam Shipyard
MF Mark Chargualaf 3 January 1991 Flag of Guam Strykers
MF Dominic Gadia 18 January 1986 Flag of Guam Quality Distributors
MF Scott Leon Guerrero 22 August 1990 Flag of the United States Loyola Marymount University
MF Paul Long 22 April 1985 Flag of Guam Quality Distributors
MF Ric Francis Mantanona 25 May 1986 Flag of Guam Quality Distributors
MF Ian Mariano 7 October 1990 Flag of the United States Monterray
MF Zachary Pangelinan 16 June 1988 Flag of Guam Guam Shipyard
FW Matthew Cruz 23 June 1986 Flag of Guam Quality Distributors
FW Alan Jamison 5 October 1981 Flag of Guam Quality Distributors
FW Chris Mendiola 28 January 1990 Flag of the United States Central Florida University
FW Elias Merfalen 7 September 1989 Flag of Guam Guam Shipyard
FW Jin Oh 5 February 1987 Flag of the United States Boston University
FW Eric Sotto 10 September 1990 Flag of Guam Mangilao Hyundai
FW Joe Esoi 11 May 1987 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu

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