Haiti national football team
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{{Infobox National football team
| Name = Haiti
| Badge = Haiti_FA.gif
| FIFA Trigramme = HAI
| Nickname = ''Les Grenadiers''
| Association = [[Fédération Haïtienne de Football]]
| Confederation = [[CONCACAF]] ([[North America]])
| Coach = {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Wagneau Eloi]]
| Top scorer = [[Golman Pierre]] (23)
| Home Stadium = [[Stade Sylvio Cator]]
| FIFA Rank = 119
| FIFA max = 66
| FIFA max date = November 2007
| FIFA min = 155
| FIFA min date = April 1996
| Elo Rank = 83
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| First game = {{flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti 1 - 2 [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]] {{flagicon|Jamaica}}<br>([[Haiti]]; [[March 22]], [[1925]])
| Largest win = {{flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti 12 - 1 [[U.S. Virgin Islands national soccer team|USVI]] {{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}}<br>([[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]]; [[April 10]], [[2001]])<br>{{flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti 11 - 0 [[U.S. Virgin Islands national soccer team|USVI]] {{flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}}<br>([[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]; [[November 24]], [[2004]])
| Largest loss = {{flagicon|Mexico|1934}} [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] 8 - 0 Haiti {{flagicon|Haiti}}<br>([[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]; [[July 19]], [[1953]])<br/>{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 9 - 1 Haiti {{flagicon|Haiti}}<br>([[Chicago]], [[USA]]; [[August 30]], [[1959]])<br/>{{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] 8 - 0 Haiti {{flagicon|Haiti}}<br>([[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], [[Costa Rica]]; [[March 19]], [[1961]])
| World cup apps = 1
| World cup first = 1974
| World cup best = Round 1, [[Football World Cup 1974|1974]]
| Regional name = [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
| Regional cup apps = 3
| Regional cup first = [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]]
| Regional cup best = Quarterfinals, [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]
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The '''Haiti national football team''' is the national team of [[Haiti]] and is controlled by the [[Fédération Haïtienne de Football]]. They have made one appearance at the [[Football World Cup|World Cup finals]], in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], but were beaten convincingly in the opening qualifying stages by three of the pre-tournament favorites; [[Italy national football team|Italy]], [[Poland national football team|Poland]], and [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]. Their most recent achievement was in 2007, when the national team won the [[Caribbean Nations Cup 2007|2007 Caribbean Cup]].
==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 national football team|Mexico]] and arguably [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]. The [[Francois Duvalier|Duvalier regime]] during the 70s ensured Haiti's qualification in regional and world competition through heavy political support as a method of improving the island's standing in sports. The strength of the national selection ultimately culminated in Haiti's first ever World Cup appearance in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], in which they surprised the world in their opening goal against a considerably stronger [[Italy national football team|Italian team]]. The island nation has produced many talented star players over the years.
===The Golden Age===
The period from the mid-1960s to early 1980s could be considered a golden age for Haitian football. With Antoine Tessy 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 national football team|Mexico]] and arguably [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]]. By 1965, players like [[Henri Francillon]], [[Philippe Vorbe]] 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 national football team|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. Haitian military rule of the time would make sure Haiti qualified at all costs. 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 national football team|Italy]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Poland national football team|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 3-1, and would lose to Poland (7-0) and Argentina (4-1), but their brave display against Italy is forgotten by few.
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. Last time Haiti played in Miami was on August 28 2007 against [[Club Atlético Boca Juniors]]. Haiti as of recently has been rising once again as a footballing power in CONCACAF.
==World Cup record==
[[Image:1974 italy haiti sanon.jpg|thumb|350px| [[Emmanuel Sanon]] scoring against [[Dino Zoff]] in 1974 ]]
*[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1934|1934]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1938|1938]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1950|1950]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1954|1954]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1958|1958]] to [[Football World Cup 1966|1966]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1970|1970]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1974|1974]] - Round 1
*[[Football World Cup 1978|1978]] to [[Football World Cup 1986|1986]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[Football World Cup 1990|1990]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] to [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] - ''Did not qualify''
==Gold Cup record==
*[[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]] - ''Did not enter''
*[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]] - ''Withdrew''
*[[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000]] - Round 1
*[[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]] - Quarterfinals
*[[2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2003]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]] - ''Did not qualify''
*[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]] - Round 1
==Current squad==
The following players were called for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]] against [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]] on [[June 22]] [[2008]].
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Gabard Fénélon]]|age=[[January 3]] [[1981]]|caps=34|goals=0|club=[[Miami FC]]|clubnat=USA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=MF|name=[[Jean Sony Alcénat]]|age=[[January 23]] [[1986]]|caps=19|goals=3|club=[[Aigle Noir AC|Aigle Noir]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Frantz Gilles]]|age=[[November 1]] [[1977]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Cavaly (Léogâne)|AS Cavaly]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=MF|name=[[Peter Germain]]|age=[[January 22]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Baltimore Sportif Club|Baltimore SC]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=|name=[[Jerome Mechak]]|age=[[April 21]] [[1990]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Baltimore SC]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Frantz Bertin]]|age=[[May 30]] [[1983]]|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Benidorm CD]]|clubnat=Spain}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Fucien Brunel]]|age=[[August 26]] [[1984]]|caps=20|goals=6|club=[[Aigle Noir AC|Aigle Noir]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=|name=[[Lescinel Jean-Francois]]|age=[[November 2]] [[1986]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[En Avant Guingamp]]|clubnat=France}}
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Éliphène Cadet]]|age=[[August 10]] [[1980]]|caps=32|goals=12|club=[[Tempête Football Club|Tempête FC]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=|name=[[Sony Norde]]|age=[[july 27]] [[1989]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Boca Juniors Reserves]]|clubnat=Argentina}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Fabrice Noël]]|age=[[July 21]] [[1985]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Puerto Rico Islanders]]|clubnat=Puerto Rico}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=[[Pierre Richard Bruny]]|age=[[April 6]] [[1972]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=MF|name=[[Mones Chery]]|age=[[December 2]] [[1981]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Racing Club Haitien|Racing Club]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=|name=[[Mackorel Sampeur]]|age=[[February 20]] [[1986]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Violette AC]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=MF|name=[[Alain Vubert]]|age=[[November 25]] [[1985]]|caps=16|goals=0|club=[[Baltimore Sportif Club|Baltimore SC]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=|name=[[Judelin Aveska]]|age=[[December 21]] [[1987]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[River Plate Reserves]]|clubnat=Argentina}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=[[Leonel Saint-Preux]]|age=[[February 12]] [[1985]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Zénith (Cap-Haïtien)|Zénith]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=|name=[[Yves-Marie Clervin]]|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Pierre Richard Bruny]]|age=[[April 6]] [[1972]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Windsor Noncent]]|age=[[June 12]] [[1984]]|caps=8|goals=1|club=[[Vác-Újbuda LTC]]|clubnat=Hungary}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Romain Genevois]]|age=[[October 28]] [[1987]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FC Gueugnon]]|clubnat=France}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Dorcélus Jemps]]|age=[[January 4]] [[1980]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[Victory Sportif Club|Victory SC]]|clubnat=Haiti}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Abel Thermeus]]|age=[[January 19]] [[1983]]|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[Debreceni VSC]]|clubnat=Hungary}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Davidson Charles]]|age=[[March 28]] [[1983]]|caps=2|goals=1|club=[[L'Entente SSG]]|clubnat=France}}
{{nat fs g end}}
===Recent call ups===
The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!DOB
!Club
!Caps (goals)
!Most Recent Call up
|-
!colspan=5|Goalkeepers
|-
!colspan=5|Defenders
|-
| [[Raymond Ednerson]] || [[May 14]], [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Baltimore Sportif Club|Baltimore SC]] || ? (?) || v [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]], [[June 15]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Pierre Mercier (footballer)|Pierre Mercier]] || [[June 7]] [[1982]] || {{flagicon|France}} [[Rodeo FC]] || 3 (0) || v [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]], [[June 15]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Lesly Fellinga]] || || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[SC Heerenveen]] || ? (?) || v [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]], [[June 15]], [[2008]]
|-
!colspan=5|Midfielders
|-
| [[Alexandre Boucicaut]] || [[November 18]], [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Violette Athletic Club|Violette AC]] || ? (?) || v [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]], [[June 15]], [[2008]]
|-
| [[Joseph Peterson]] || [[April 24]], [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Aigle Noir AC|Aigle Noir]] || ? (?) || v [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]], [[June 15]], [[2008]]
|-
!colspan=5|Strikers
|-
| [[Fritzson Jean-Baptiste]] || [[January 4]], [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Aigle Noir AC|Aigle Noir]] || ? (?) || v [[Netherlands Antilles national football team|Netherlands Antilles]], [[June 15]], [[2008]]
|-
|}
==Recent Call Ups==
===Goalkeepers===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=20%|Name
!width=20%|Position
!width=20%|Date of Birth
!width=20%|Place of Birth
!width=20%|Club
|-
| [[Yvenel Normil]] || [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]] || Unknown || {{flagicon|Haiti}} Unknown || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Don Bosco FC|Don Bosco]]
|}
===Defenders===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=20%|Name
!width=20%|Position
!width=20%|Date of Birth
!width=20%|Place of Birth
!width=20%|Club
|-
| [[Stephane Guillaume]] || [[Defender (football)|Defender]] || [[February 9]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[St. Marc]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami FC]]
|-
| [[Josué Mayard]] || [[Defender (football)|Defender]] || [[October 3]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Montreal]] || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Notodden FK]]
|-
| [[Jean-Jacques Pierre]] || [[Defender (football)|Defender]] || [[January 23]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Léogâne]] || {{flagicon|France}} [[FC Nantes]]
|-
| [[Jamil Jean-Jacques]] || [[Defender (football)|Defender]] || [[October 2]] [[1975]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Port-Salut]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami FC]]
|-
| [[Regillio Nooitmeer]] || [[Defender (football)|Defender]] || [[July 16]] [[1983]] || {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Rotterdam]] || {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Galway United]]
|-
| [[Mones Chery]] || [[Defender (football)|Defender]] || [[December 2]] [[1980]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Port-au-Prince]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Racing Club Haitien]]
|}
===Midfielders===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=20%|Name
!width=20%|Position
!width=20%|Date of Birth
!width=20%|Place of Birth
!width=20%|Club
|-
| [[Alain Vuibert]] || [[Midfielder (football)|Midfielder]] ||Unknown|| {{flagicon|Haiti}} St Marc || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Baltimore Sportif Club|Baltimore SC]]
|-
| [[Alexandre Boucicaut]] || [[Midfielder (football)|Midfielder]] || [[November 18]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Port-au-Prince]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Violette Athletic Club|Violette AC]]
|}
===Forwards===
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!width=20%|Name
!width=20%|Position
!width=20%|Date of Birth
!width=20%|Place of Birth
!width=20%|Club
|-
| [[Jean Philippe Peguero]] || [[Striker|Forward]] || [[September 19]] [[1981]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Port-de-Paix]] || {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Brøndby IF]]
|-
| [[Ricardo Pierre-Louis]] || [[Striker|Forward]] || [[November 2]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Léogane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Columbus Crew]]
|-
| [[Fabrice Noël|Fabrice Nöel]] || [[Striker|Forward]] || [[July 21]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Gressier]] || {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rico Islanders]]
|}
==Selected famous players==
*[[Wadson Corriolan]]
*[[Henri Francillon]]
*[[Wagneau Eloi]]
*[[Roody Lormera]]
*[[Jean Philippe Peguero]]
*[[David Saincius]]
*[[Emmanuel Sanon]]
*[[Sebastien Vorbe]]
==Titles==
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| before = [[2005 CONCACAF Digicel Caribbean Cup|2005]] {{fb-rt|JAM}}
| title = [[CONCACAF|Digicel Caribbean Cup]]
| years = [[2007 Digicel Caribbean Cup|2007]] (First title)
| after = incumbent
}}
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