Martinique at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The CONCACAF Gold Cup is North America's major tournament in senior men's football and determines the continental champion. Until 1989, the tournament was known as CONCACAF Championship. It is currently held every two years. From 1996 to 2005, nations from other confederations have regularly joined the tournament as invitees. In earlier editions, the continental championship was held in different countries, but since the inception of the Gold Cup in 1991, the United States are constant hosts or co-hosts.
From 1973 to 1989, the tournament doubled as the confederation's World Cup qualification. CONCACAF's representative team at the FIFA Confederations Cup was decided by a play-off between the winners of the last two tournament editions in 2015 via the CONCACAF Cup, but was then discontinued along with the Confederations Cup. As Non-FIFA members, Martinique were not able to qualify for the Confederations Cup, even if they had won the tournament.
Since the inaugural tournament in 1963, the continental championship was held 25 times and has been won by seven different nations, most often by Mexico (11 titles).
The Martinican football federation has been an associate member of CONCACAF only since 1991, which enabled them to enter the qualification stage for the inaugural CONCACAF Gold Cup when the CONCACAF Championship was rebranded under that name. Since then, they have qualified for six tournaments, which puts them among the more successful Caribbean teams in tournament history. They qualified for the Knockout Stage once, in 2002, after a 1–0 victory against Trinidad & Tobago.
In their first tournament match in 1993, Martinique was on the receiving end of a 9–0 win for Mexico, still the highest victory in tournament history. Seven of those goals were scored by striker Zague, another unique record.
Record at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||||
 1991 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1993 |
Group Stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 1996 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1998
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| 2000
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| 2002 |
Quarter-Final | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 |
Group Stage | 12th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 2007
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| 2009
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| 2011
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| 2013 |
Group Stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 2015 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 2017 |
Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
  2019 |
Group Stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 2021
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Qualified | |||||||
| Total | 6/25 | 16/29 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 36 |
Match Overview
| Tournament | Round | Opponent | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 |
Group Stage | Mexico |
0–9 | Mexico City |
| Canada |
2–2 | |||
| Costa Rica |
1–3 | |||
| 2002 |
Group Stage | Costa Rica |
0–2 | Miami |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
1–0 | |||
| Quarter-Final | Canada |
1–1 (5–6 pen.) | ||
| 2003 |
Group Stage | United States |
0–2 | Foxboro |
 El Salvador |
0–1 | |||
| 2013 |
Group Stage | Canada |
1–0 | Pasadena |
 Panama |
0–1 | Seattle | ||
| Mexico |
1–3 | Denver | ||
| 2017 |
Group Stage |  Nicaragua |
2–0 | Nashville |
| United States |
2–3 | Tampa | ||
| Panama |
0–3 | Cleveland | ||
| 2019 |
Group Stage | Canada |
0–4 | Pasadena |
 Cuba |
3–0 | Denver | ||
| Mexico |
2–3 | Charlotte |
Record Players
| No. | Name | Matches | Gold Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Hérelle | 9 | 2013, 2017 and 2019 |
| Kévin Parsemain | 9 | 2013, 2017 and 2019 | |
| 3 | Stéphane Abaul | 7 | 2013, 2017 and 2019 |
| Jordy Delem | 7 | 2013, 2017 and 2019 | |
| 5 | Sébastien Crétinoir | 6 | 2013 and 2017 |
| Kévin Olimpa | 6 | 2013 and 2017 | |
| Jean-Sylvain Babin | 6 | 2013 and 2019 | |
| 8 | Charles-Édouard Coridon | 5 | 1993 and 2003 |
| David-Alexandre Dicanot | 5 | 2002 and 2003 | |
| Eddy Heurlié | 5 | 2002 and 2003 | |
| Jean-Victor Lavril | 5 | 2002 and 2003 | |
| Patrick Percin | 5 | 2002 and 2003 | |
| Judes Vaton | 5 | 2002 and 2003 | |
| Fabrice Reuperné | 5 | 2002 and 2013 | |
| Gaël Germany | 5 | 2003 and 2013 | |
| Yoann Arquin | 5 | 2013 and 2017 |
Top Goalscorers
Kévin Parsemain, who captained the Martinique national team in 2013 and 2017, is the only Martiniquais player to score more than one goal at CONCACAF Gold Cups. In 2017, his three goals were enough to make him shared top-scorer of the tournament, although the Golden Boot award went to Canadian Alphonso Davies.
| No. | Name | Goals | Gold Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kévin Parsemain | 5 | 2013 (1), 2017 (3) and 2019 (1) |
| 2 | Thierry Fondelot | 1 | 1993 |
| Georges Gertrude | 1 | 1993 | |
| Thierry Tinmar | 1 | 1993 | |
| Patrick Percin | 1 | 2002 | |
| Steeven Langil | 1 | 2017 | |
| Stéphane Abaul | 1 | 2019 | |
| Jordy Delem | 1 | 2019 | |
| Kévin Fortuné | 1 | 2019 | |
| Joris Marveaux | 1 | 2019 |