Guam national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Matao |
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| Association | Guam Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) |
| Head coach | Darren Sawatzky |
| Captain | Jason Cunliffe |
| Most caps | Jason Cunliffe (40) |
| Top scorer | Jason Cunliffe (12) |
| Home stadium | Guam National Football Stadium |
| FIFA code | GUM |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 182  (9 February 2017)
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| Highest | 146 (August–September 2015) |
| Lowest | 205 (November 2004 – February 2005) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 198 (October 2016) |
| Highest | 197 (June 2015) |
| Lowest | 228 (March 2007) |
| First international | |
 Fiji 12–0 Guam  (Guam; August 24, 1975) |
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| Biggest win | |
Guam 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands  (Guam; April 1, 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 North Korea 21–0 Guam (Taipei, Republic of China; March 11, 2005) |
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The Guam national football team is the national association football team for the United States territory of Guam and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.
Since the appointment of Englishman Gary White as coach in 2012, Guam has quickly risen up the FIFA rankings, and reached its highest ever position of 146 in 2015 after impressive victories over Turkmenistan and India.
Guam has a population of just 180,000 and is based in the Asian Football Confederation’s sub-region of East Asia. The team was founded in 1975 and joined FIFA in 1996. It's one of FIFA's smallest Member Associations in population and size. It has competed in World Cup qualification on two occasions. However, Guam was eliminated in the first round of Asian qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup after losing against Iran and Tajikistan and was eliminated in the second round of qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup .
Recently Guam has found success by winning the EAFF preliminary competition and qualifying for the semi final round in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Guam finished third during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and they completed their group play with a resounding 3–0 victory over Chinese Taipei for the first time in history. During November 2013's FIFA International games schedule Guam beat Cambodia 2–0 and tied with Laos 1–1. Both these International fixtures were played away at the opponents' home national stadiums. A succession of positive results have lifted Guam to a record-high of 160 on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, and a credible position of 33 of the AFC’s 46 nations.
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