Haiti national football team

Haiti
Nickname(s)	Les Grenadiers ; Le Rouge et Bleu ; La Sélection Nationale
Association	Fédération Haïtienne de Football
Confederation	CONCACAF
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Marc Collat
Captain	Johnny Placide
Most caps	Pierre Richard Bruny (87)
Home stadium	Stade Sylvio Cator
FIFA code	HAI
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	93 26 (23 October 2014)
Highest	38 (January 2013)
Lowest	155 (April 1996)
First international
	Haiti 1–2 Jamaica ; (Haiti; March 22, 1925)
Biggest win
	Haiti 12–1 U.S. Virgin Islands ; (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; April 10, 2001) ; Haiti 11–0 U.S. Virgin Islands ; (Kingston, Jamaica; November 24, 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 8–0 Haiti ; (Mexico; July 19, 1953)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1974)
Best result	Round 1; 1974
CONCACAF Championship; & Gold Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1965)
Best result	Champions; 1973

The Haiti national football team (French: Équipe Haïtienne de football, Haitian Creole: Ekip foutbòl nasyonal Ayiti) represents Haiti in association football and is controlled by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football, the governing body for football in Haiti. Haiti's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and their head coach is Marc Collat. They were the second Caribbean team to make the World Cup, which was their only appearance in 1974, but were beaten convincingly in the opening qualifying stages by three of the pre-tournament favorites; Italy, Poland, and Argentina. Their most recent achievement was in 2007, when the national team won the 2007 Caribbean Nations Cup.^[1]

History

Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the Caribbean and was an early participant in World Cup qualifying. Throughout the 60s, and 70s, Haiti's footballing status in the region remained very strong, being considered the third strongest team in CONCACAF after Mexico and arguably Costa Rica. The strength of the national selection ultimately culminated in Haiti's first ever World Cup appearance in 1974, in which they surprised the world in their opening goal against a considerably stronger Italian team. The island nation has produced many talented players over the years.

The Golden Age

The period from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s could be considered a golden age for Haitian football. With Antoine Tassy as coach for much of this period, Haiti would emerge as one of the strongest teams in the CONCACAF zone, being pooled with other regionally strong football nations such as Mexico and Costa Rica. By 1965, players like Henri Francillon, Philippe Vorbe, Guy Renold Jean Francois and Guy St-Vil were already playing in the team and would be stalwarts of the side in the coming years.

The team developed sufficiently to reach the final round of qualifying for 1970, where they faced El Salvador. After losing the first leg at home, Haiti pulled off a 3–0 win away but the rules of the day dictated a play-off on neutral ground which El Salvador won to secure a place in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

In the 1974 qualifiers, Haiti once again reached the final round in a qualifying tournament completely played at home. This time, with all odds on their favor, they would top the group and qualify for the 1974 World Cup. In West Germany, they would be drawn in an extremely tough group with Italy, Argentina and Poland. However, they surprised the football world in their debut game when star forward Emmanuel Sanon scored to give Haiti a lead over Italy, at the same time ending Dino Zoff's still standing record run of 1142 minutes without conceding a goal in international matches. They eventually lost 1–4, and would lose to Poland (0–7) and Argentina (1–4).

Post 1974

Haiti would reach the final rounds of 1978 and 1982 qualifiers, but failed to make the cut. The years since have seen Haiti's footballing status decline markedly. In recent years, the political situation in the country has led to numerous defections from members of the soccer team. The team has rebuilt somewhat through the Haitian diaspora in Miami, Florida, and some Haitian home games have been played in Miami in recent years. Haiti as of recently has been rising once again as a footballing power in CONCACAF.

In the 2010 Haiti earthquake at least 30 people with ties to Haitian football perished, including players, coaches, referees and administrative and medical representatives. Twenty others with ties to Haitian football were feared to be buried in the ruins.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Post Quake

In November 2011 Haiti was knocked out of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup by Antigua and Barbuda under the leadership of Brazilian coach Edson Tavares. In 2012 Tavares was replaced by Cuban coach Israel Blake Cantero who lead the national team through the 2012 Caribbean Championship. The Haitian team finished 3rd in the Caribbean Championships warranting a spot in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The following year Haiti would have a bad string of defeats against Chile, Bolivia, Oman and the Dominican Republic. In June 2013 Haiti bounced back from these shortcomings with a close 2–1 loss to reigning world champions Spain and an impressive 2–2 draw with footballing powerhouse Italy, with goals in both games scored by Wilde Donald Guerrier, Olrish Saurel and Jean-Philippe Peguero respectively.

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter
1934	Did Not Qualify
1938	Did Not Enter
1950	Did Not Enter
1954	Did Not Qualify
1958	Did Not Enter
1962
1966
1970	Did Not Qualify
1974	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	14
1978	Did Not Qualify
1982
1986
1990	Did Not Enter
1994	Did Not Qualify
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined
Total	Group Stage	1/20	3	0	0	3	2	14

CONCACAF Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1963	Did not qualify
1965	Sixth Place	5	0	1	4	3	13
1967	Fifth Place	5	1	0	4	5	9
1969	Disqualified
1971	Second Place	5	2	3	0	9	1
1973	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	3
1977	Second Place	5	3	1	1	6	6
1981	Sixth Place	5	0	2	3	2	9
1985	Round 1	4	0	0	4	0	9
1989	Did not enter
Total	1 Title	34	10	7	17	33	50

CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993 to 1996	Did not enter
1998	Withdrew
2000	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	4
2002	Quarter-Finals	3	1	0	2	3	4
2003 to 2005	Did not qualify
2007	Round 1	3	0	2	1	2	4
2009	Quarter-Finals	4	1	1	2	4	7
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	3
Total	5/12	14	3	4	7	12	21

Caribbean Cup record

1989 - Did not enter
1990 - Did not enter
1991 - Did not qualify
1992 - Did not enter
1993 - Did not enter
1994 - Group stage
1995 - Did not enter
1996 - Group stage
1997 - Withdrew
1998 - Third place
1999 - Third place shared
2001 - Second place
2005 - Did not qualify
2007 - Winners
2008 - Group stage
2010 - Did not qualify
2012 - Third place
2014 - Qualified

Recent fixtures and results

Date	Location	Opponent	Result	Competition
January 19, 2013	Concepción, Chile	Chile	0–3	F
February 6, 2013	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Bolivia	1–2	F
March 20, 2013	Muscat, Oman	Oman	0–3	F
March 24, 2013	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	1–3	F
June 8, 2013	Miami, United States	Spain	1–2	F
June 11, 2013	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Italy	2–2	F
July 8, 2013	Harrison, United States	Honduras	0–2	GC
July 12, 2013	Miami Gardens, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	GC
July 15, 2013	Houston, United States	El Salvador	0–1	GC
September 6, 2013	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea	1–4	F
March 5, 2014	Mitrovica, Kosovo	Kosovo	0–0	F
September 9, 2014	Fort Lauderdale, United States	Chile	0–1	F
October 8, 2014	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	French Guiana	2-2	CCQ
October 10, 2014	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Barbados	4-2	CCQ
October 12, 2014	Port-au-Prince, Haiti	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0-0	CCQ

Players

Current squad

Selected players called up for the friendly match against Chile on September 9, 2014.
Caps and goals as of September 9, 2013.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
18	1GK	Dominique Jean-Zéphirin	(1982-06-03) June 3, 1982 (age 42)	13	0	Fréjus Saint-Raphaël
1	1GK	Johnny Placide	(1989-01-21) January 21, 1989 (age 35)	11	0	Reims
21	1GK	Gabard Fénélon	(1981-06-03) June 3, 1981 (age 43)	43	0	Racing Haïtien

5	2DF	Jean-Jacques Pierre	(1981-01-23) January 23, 1981 (age 43)	60	5	Caen
13	2DF	Frantz Bertin	(1983-05-30) May 30, 1983 (age 41)	30	1	Apollon Kalamarias
3	2DF	Mechack Jérôme	(1990-04-21) April 21, 1990 (age 34)	30	0	Unattached
6	2DF	Kevin Lafrance	(1990-01-13) January 13, 1990 (age 34)	14	2	Miedź Legnica
22	2DF	Réginal Goreux	(1987-12-31) December 31, 1987 (age 36)	7	3	Rostov
14	2DF	Kim Jaggy	(1982-11-14) November 14, 1982 (age 41)	7	1	Aarau
2	2DF	Lecsinel Jean-François	(1986-10-02) October 2, 1986 (age 37)	4	0	Unattached
16	2DF	Romain Genevois	(1987-10-28) October 28, 1987 (age 36)	1	0	Nice
19	2DF	Bitielo Jean Jacques	(1990-12-28) December 28, 1990 (age 33)	1	0	Orlando City

12	3MF	James Marcelin	(1986-06-13) June 13, 1986 (age 38)	25	2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
4	3MF	Wilde Donald Guerrier	(1989-03-31) March 31, 1989 (age 35)	22	2	Wisła Kraków
23	3MF	Pascal Millien	(1986-05-03) May 3, 1986 (age 38)	13	1	Fidelis Andria
7	3MF	Jeff Louis	(1992-08-08) August 8, 1992 (age 31)	13	0	Standard Liège
24	3MF	Max Hilaire	(1985-12-06) December 6, 1985 (age 38)	3	0	Pau
8	3MF	Soni Mustivar	(1990-02-12) February 12, 1990 (age 34)	3	0	Petrolul Ploiești
20	3MF	Kens Germain	(1988-03-20) March 20, 1988 (age 36)	1	0	Moca
15	3MF	Emmanuel Sarki	(1987-12-26) December 26, 1987 (age 36)	0	0	Wisła Kraków

11	4FW	Jean-Eudes Maurice	(1986-06-21) June 21, 1986 (age 37)	17	11	Paris Saint-Germain B
9	4FW	Kervens Belfort	(1992-05-16) May 16, 1992 (age 32)	14	6	Fréjus
10	4FW	Gary Ambroise	(1985-07-17) July 17, 1985 (age 38)	4	0	Doxa Katokopias
17	4FW	Fafà Picault	(1991-02-23) February 23, 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Haiti squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Peterson Occénat	(1989-12-03) December 3, 1989 (age 34)	6	0	Aigle Noir	v. Kosovo, March 5, 2014

DF	Jean Sony Alcénat	(1986-01-23) January 23, 1986 (age 38)	48	5	Petrolul Ploiești	v. Kosovo, March 5, 2014

MF	Renald Metellus	(1993-01-06) January 6, 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Ivry	v. Kosovo, March 5, 2014
MF	Fabien Vorbe	(1990-01-04) January 4, 1990 (age 34)	2	0	Unattached	v. Kosovo, March 5, 2014

FW	Jean-Francois James	(1993-08-15) August 15, 1993 (age 30)	3	0	Sablé-sur-Sarthe	v. Kosovo, March 5, 2014
FW	Duckens Nazon	(1994-04-17) April 17, 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Saint-Quentin	v. Kosovo, March 5, 2014

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup squad

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Olympic football tournament

Did not qualify

Staff

Current staff

Name	Position
Marc Collat	Coach
Jérôme Velfert	Assistant Coach
Marc Cheze	U-17 Coach
Ernst Jean-Baptiste	Fitness Coach
Jean-Mary Fritz Henry	Medical Doctor

List of Managers

	Name	Period
1	Edouard Baker	1934
2	Antoine Champagne	1951^[5]
3	Paul Baron	1953
4	Dan Georgiádis	1956^[6]-1959
5	Antoine Tassy	1961
6	Antoine Tassy	1965-1976
7	Sepp Piontek	1977-1978
8	René Vertus	1978-1979^[7]
9	Antoine Tassy	1980
10	Claude Barthelemy	1984-1985
11	Jean-Ernst Jean-Baptiste	1992-1994
12	Hervé Calixte	1996
13	Jean-Michel Vaval
14	Jean-Ernst Jean-Baptiste	1999
15	Emmanuel Sanon	1999-2000
16	Jorge Castelli	2001-2002
17	Andres Cruciani	2002-2003
18	Fernando Clavijo	2003-2005
19	Luis Armelio Garcia	2006-2007
20	Wagneau Eloi	2008
21	Jairo Rios Rendon	2009-2010
22	Edson Tavares	2010-2011
23	Israel Blake Cantero	2012-2013
24	Marc Collat	2014-^[8]

References

^ "History of Caribbean teams in the FIFA World Cup". Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ Williams, Sean A. "Haitian Football Federation says 30 dead". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^ Knoblauch, Austin (19 January 2010). "At least 30 Haitian soccer federation members died in last week's earthquake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^ International football journalism (19 January 2010). "Pain in the Haitian Football". Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^ "Pour la première fois, une équipe haïtienne revient de l'étranger invaincue". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). No. 22823. Le Nouvelliste. 31 December 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
^ "Magnifique victoire de la formation nationale". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). No. 23815. Le Nouvelliste. 17 March 1956. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
^ "Haïti nouveau champion à la Caraïbe". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). No. 31210. Le Nouvelliste. 19 November 1979. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
^ "Le football haïtien à la sauce reimoise". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). Le Nouvelliste. 16 January 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 16 Jan 2014.

External links

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[1] "History of Caribbean teams in the FIFA World Cup". Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[jo119-2] Williams, Sean A. "Haitian Football Federation says 30 dead". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

[lat119-3] Knoblauch, Austin (19 January 2010). "At least 30 Haitian soccer federation members died in last week's earthquake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 January 2010.

[4] International football journalism (19 January 2010). "Pain in the Haitian Football". Retrieved 19 January 2010.

[5] "Pour la première fois, une équipe haïtienne revient de l'étranger invaincue". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). No. 22823. Le Nouvelliste. 31 December 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

[6] "Magnifique victoire de la formation nationale". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). No. 23815. Le Nouvelliste. 17 March 1956. p. 1. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[7] "Haïti nouveau champion à la Caraïbe". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). No. 31210. Le Nouvelliste. 19 November 1979. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 24 April 2013.

[8] "Le football haïtien à la sauce reimoise". Le Nouvelliste (Haïti). Le Nouvelliste. 16 January 2014. p. 1. Retrieved 16 Jan 2014.

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