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Guam
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Matao[1]
AssociationGuam Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationEAFF (East Asia)
Head coachGary White
Top scorerZachary Pangelinan (11)[2]
Home stadiumGuam National Football Stadium
FIFA codeGUM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current181
Highest178 (October 2012)
Lowest205 (November 2004 - February 2005)
First international
 Fiji 11–0 Guam Guam
(Guam; August 24, 1975)
Biggest win
Guam Guam 16–1 Pohnpei 
(Koror, Palau; July, 1998; Not full FIFA international )
 Guam 3–0 Macau 
(Yona, Guam; 22 July 2012)
 Guam 3–0 Macau 
(Manila, Philippines; 29 September 2012)
Biggest defeat
 North Korea 21–0 Guam Guam
(Taipei, Republic of China; March 11, 2005)

The Guam national football team is the national team for the United States territory of Guam and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.

The team was founded in 1975 and joined FIFA in 1996. It is among the weakest national teams in the world, its highest FIFA ranking was 178th in October 2012 by joining the federation.[3] Since 2012 they have been managed by Gary White.

Guam has competed in World Cup qualification on one occasion. It was eliminated in the first round of Asian qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup after losing against Iran and Tajikistan, conceding 35 goals in two games and scoring none.

Victories over FIFA opposition

Guam registered its first victory over a member of FIFA on 11 March 2009, 35 years after making its debut. They beat Mongolia, by 1-0 in the 2010 East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition,[4] at home in Yona. Christopher Mendiola scored the only goal after 9 minutes.

The second victory was a 2-0 against American Samoa on 1 September 2011, in Group A at the 2011 Pacific Games in Noumea, New Caledonia. Dylan Naputi and Elias Merfalen scored in the second half.

Guam has beaten its nearest neighbour, the Northern Mariana Islands on four occasions from 2007 to 2009. Although a member of the East Asia Football Federation since 2006, the islands are not FIFA members.

History

1975 South Pacific Games

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 3 2 1 1 0 12 1 +11
 Solomon Islands 3 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4
 Guam 0 2 0 0 2 1 16 -15

Guam first competed in football at the 1975 South Pacific Games which it hosted in August of that year. They lost their first ever game 11-0 to Fiji and then lost 5-1 to the Solomon Islands to finish bottom of Group 2. Fiji and the Solomons lost their semi-finals and Fiji's conqueror Tahiti beat New Caledonia 2-1 after extra-time in the final.

1979 South Pacific Games

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 4 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14
 New Hebrides 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
 Guam 0 2 0 0 2 0 16 -16

Guam competed in football at the 1979 South Pacific Games in Fiji and was placed in Group 4 alongside New Caledonia and the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). During the tournament, held in September 1979, Guam lost 11-0 to New Caledonia and 5-0 to the New Hebrides as both of the other teams advanced.

1991 South Pacific Games

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 6 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19
 New Caledonia 4 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6
 Tahiti 2 3 1 0 2 15 5 +10
 Guam 0 3 0 0 3 2 37 -35

The 1991 South Pacific Games saw Guam's first matches since the 1979 tournament, twelve years previous. In Papua New Guinea, Guam were in Group 2 and lost their opener 14-0 to Tahiti on 9 September 1991. On 12 September they lost 15-1 to Fiji before losing 8-0 on 15 September to New Caledonia.[5]

2002 World Cup Qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 2 2 0 0 21 0 +21 6
 Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 16 2 +14 3
 Guam 2 0 0 2 0 35 −35 0

Guam entered World Cup qualification for the first time for the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea. They were put in Group B of the first qualifying round, against Iran (qualifiers in 1998) and Tajikistan. Each team played each other once in the Takhti Stadium in the city of Tabriz, Iran

Guam's first ever World Cup qualifier was against Iran, on 24 November 2000. Guam lost 19-0 in front of a crowd of 30,000. Iranian player Karim Bagheri scored seven times, and his team mate Ali Karimi four. Farhad Majidi and Ali Daei also scored hat-tricks, with one of Daei's from the penalty spot. Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh scored a further two for Iran with Alireza Nikbakht getting the other.

Two days later Guam lost 16-0 to Tajikistan, for whom nine different players scored. Rustam Khojaev and Sukhrob Khamidov each scored four for Tajikistan. Two days later Iran beat Tajikistan 2-0 to win the group and advance, but did not make the finals.

2006 AFC Challenge Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Palestine 3 2 1 0 16 1 +15 7
 Bangladesh 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 Cambodia 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Guam 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0

The first-ever 2006 AFC Challenge Cup was held in Bangladesh in April 2006. As a competition for Asia's weakest teams, there was no qualification scheme. Guam were put in Group C alongside the hosts, Palestine and Cambodia.

Guam played their first game at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, on 1 April, in front of 3,000 people and were defeated 11-0 by Palestine, for whom Fahed Attal scored six times. Bangladesh then defeated Guam 3-0 on 3 April, with two late goals from Mohammed Abul. The match was watched by 18,000. Three days later 550 people watched Cambodia defeat Guam 3-0 at the Bangladesh Army Stadium.

Tournament record

World Cup

Asian Cup

East Asian Football Championship

  • 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 – Qualified to Round 2 (Preliminary Competition winners)
  • 2013 – Qualified to Round 2 (Preliminary Competition winners)

AFC Challenge Cup

  • 2006 – Round 1
  • 2008 – Did not qualify, 4th in qualifying group
  • 2010 – Did not enter
  • 2012 – Did not enter

South Pacific Games

Micronesia Games

  • 1998 – Champions
  • 2001 – Did not enter

Philippine Peace Cup

Recent results

Main article: Guam national football team results

Current squad

Caps and goals as of 12 June 2012.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Dallas Jaye (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 31) 3 0 United States University of South Florida
1GK Ryota Nault (1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 (age 33) 0 0 United States Bentley University
2DF Micah Paulino (1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31) 5 0 United States Niagara University
2DF Mark Chargualaf (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33) 3 0 Guam Cars Plus
3MF Scott Leon Guerrero (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 (age 34) 13 6 Guam Fuji-Ichiban Espada
3MF Dylan Naputi (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29) 6 2 Guam Quality Distributors
3MF Josh Borja (1990-08-01) 1 August 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Unattached
3MF Ian Mariano (1990-10-07) 7 October 1990 (age 34) 3 0 Guam Cars Plus
3MF Jonahan Romero (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36) 6 2 Philippines Kaya
3MF Jason Cunliffe (1983-10-23) 23 October 1983 (age 41) 15 9 Philippines Pachanga
3MF Reyn Johnson (1990-11-01) November 1, 1990 (age 34) 6 5 United States University of Massachusetts Boston Beacons
3MF Ryan Guy (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 38) 5 0 United States New England Revolution
3MF Shawn Spindel (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Guam Cars Plus
3MF Thaddeus Atalig 5 0 Guam Fuji-Ichiban Espada
3MF Randy Espinosa (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 36) 5 0 Unattached
3MF Ian Adamos (1988-04-03) 3 April 1988 (age 36) 5 0 Unattached
3MF Devin Mendiola (1991-08-02) 2 August 1991 (age 33) 5 0 Unattached
4FW Christian Schweizer (1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29) 3 1 Guam Fuji-Ichiban Espada
4FW Michael Leon Guerrero 13 1 Unattached
4FW Zachary DeVille (1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 31) 7 1 United States Northridge Matadors
4FW Anthony Paulino 3 1 Unattached
4FW Marcus Lopez 3 3 Unattached

Coaches

References

  1. ^ Mike Nauta Jr. (2012-06-01). "Guam men's national soccer team now known as 'Matao'". Marianas Variety. Guam. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. ^ Földesi, László. "Zachary James Pangelinan - International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  3. ^ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gum/ranking/gender=m/index.html
  4. ^ Steve Menary (11 September 2009). "Guam on the rise". World Soccer Magazie. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  5. ^ http://rsssf.com/tablesg/guam-intres.html
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