Martinique national football team
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| Association | Ligue de Football de Martinique | ||
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| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach | Theodore Antonin | ||
| Home stadium | Stade d'Honneur de Dillon | ||
| FIFA code | MTQ | ||
| Elo ranking | 115 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Barbados 3 - 2 Martinique  (Martinique; February 11, 1931) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Martinique 7 - 0 Dominica  (Martinique; May 4, 1997) Martinique 7 - 0 Cayman Islands  (Sint Marteen; April 1, 1992) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Mexico 9 - 0 Martinique (Mexico City, Mexico; July 11, 1993) |
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| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1993) | ||
| Best result | Quarterfinals, 2002 | ||
The Martinique national football team (French: sélection de Martinique de football) is the regional team of the French overseas department and region of Martinique and is controlled by the Ligue de Football de Martinique, local branch of Federation Francaise de Football.
As an overseas department of the French Republic, it is not a member of FIFA. Martinique is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup, Martinicans being French citizens eligible to play for the French national football team.
However, Martinique is a member of CONCACAF and CFU, and thus eligible for all competitions organized by both. Indeed, according to the status of the FFF (article 34, paragraph 6): "[...]Under 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 partipate to them."
A special rule of the Gold Cup only allows players to join the team if they haven't played for France during the last 5 years. This rule also applies for Guadeloupe and French Guiana. On the other side, any player joining the Martinican team is allowed to join the French national team afterwards with no time restrictions. Frederic Piquionne played this way for Martinique before wearing France's jersey.
The Martinique football team made three Gold Cups, even getting to the quarterfinals in 2002. It was narrowly defeated by Canada on penalties. The Martinique football team also won the Caribbean Cup in 1993.
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[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not qualify
- 1993 - Round 1
- 1996 to 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Quarterfinals
- 2003 - Round 1
- 2005 to 2009 - Did not qualify
[edit] Caribbean Cup record
- 1989 - First Round
- 1991 - Finals - Group Phase
- 1992 - 3rd Place
- 1993 - Champions
- 1994 - Runner Up
- 1995 - First Round
- 1996 - 3rd Place
- 1997 - 1998 - Finals - Group Phase
- 1999 - First Round
- 2001 - 3rd Place
- 2005 - First Round
- 2007 - Finals - Group Phase
- 2008 - First Round
[edit] Notable Players
- Charles-Edouard Coridon
- José-Karl Pierre-Fanfan
- Eddy Heurlié
- Richard Massolin
- Frédéric Piquionne
- Fabrice Reuperne
[edit] Current squad
Martinique squad for Caribbean Championships 2008.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
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[edit] References
- SI.com - Soccer - 2003 Gold Cup Roster
- CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details
- National Football Teams
