Guam national football team

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Guam
Association	Guam Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Norio Tsukitate
Home stadium	Guam National Football Stadium
FIFA code	GUM
FIFA ranking	199
Highest FIFA ranking	182 (August 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	205 (November 2004)
Elo ranking	225
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Guam 0 - 11 Fiji (Guam; August 24, 1975)
Biggest win
Guam 16 - 1 Pohnpei (Koror, Palau; July, 1998) Not full FIFA international
Biggest defeat
North Korea 21 - 0 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. It is among the weakest teams in the world and has never won a game against a member of FIFA. The team was founded in 1975 and joined FIFA in 1996.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Asian Cup record 3 East Asian Cup record 4 AFC Challenge Cup record 5 South Pacific Games record 6 Current squad 7 External links

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1998 - Did not enter
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 to 2010 - Withdrew

[edit] Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1992 - Did not enter
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify
• 2007 - Did not enter

[edit] East Asian Cup 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)

[edit] AFC Challenge Cup record

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

[edit] South Pacific Games record

• 1963 - Did not enter
• 1966 - Did not enter
• 1969 - Did not enter
• 1971 - Did not enter
• 1975 - Round 1
• 1979 - Round 1
• 1983 - Did not enter
• 1987 - Did not enter
• 1991 - Round 1
• 1995 - Round 1
• 2003 - Did not enter
• 2007 - Did not enter

[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 Guam Shipyard GK Kalen Lizama 31 August 1990 Mangilao Hyundai DF Fredrick Benton 16 June 1986 Orange Crushers DF James Gawel 29 January 1987 Hawaii Pacific University DF Kevin Rivera 1 February 1990 Mangilao Hyundai DF Carlo Tambora 6 January 1990 No Ka Oi MF Baltazar Atalig 12 August 1990 Guam Shipyard MF Mark Chargualaf 3 January 1991 Mangilao Hyundai MF Dominic Gadia 18 January 1986 Quality Distributors MF Scott Guerrero 22 August 1990 Mangilao Hyundai MF Paul Long 22 April 1985 Quality Distributors MF Ric Francis Mantanona 25 May 1986 Quality Distributors MF Ian Mariano 7 October 1990 Mangilao Hyundai MF Zachary Pangelinan 16 June 1988 Guam Shipyard FW Matthew Cruz 23 June 1986 Han Ma Um FW Alan Jamison 5 October 1981 Quality Distributors FW Chris Mendiola 28 January 1990 FW Elias Merfalen 7 September 1989 Orange Crushers FW Jin Oh 5 February 1987 Boston University FW Eric Sotto 10 September 1990 Mangilao Hyundai

[edit] External links

• Guam Football Association

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National football teams of Asia (AFC) v • d • e
Afghanistan | Australia | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Brunei | Cambodia | China PR | Chinese Taipei | Guam | Hong Kong* | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Lebanon | Macau* | Malaysia | Maldives | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | Oman | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Syria | Tajikistan | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen * FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.
National football teams of East Asia (EAFF) v • d • e
China PR | Chinese Taipei | Guam | Hong Kong, China | Japan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Macau, China | Mongolia | Northern Mariana Islands† †OFC Associate Member and EAFF Provisional Member All teams are part of the AFC, apart from the Northern Mariana Islands, who are associate part of the OFC. Note: FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.