Guyana national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Golden Jaguars |
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| Association | Guyana Football Federation |
| Confederation |
CONCACAF (North America) |
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) |
| Head coach | Vacant |
| Top scorer | Nigel Codrington (18) |
| Home stadium | Providence Stadium |
| FIFA code | GUY |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 139  8 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 86 (November 2010) |
| Lowest | 185 (February 2004) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 165 (26 March 2017) |
| Highest | 86 (April 1980) |
| Lowest | 183 (April 1996) |
| First international | |
 British Guiana 1–4 Trinidad and Tobago  (British Guiana; 21 July 1905) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Guyana 14–0 Anguilla  (St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda; 16 April 1998) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Mexico 9–0 Guyana (Santa Ana, United States; 2 December 1987) |
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The Guyana national football team, nicknamed the Golden Jaguars, is the national team of Guyana and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation. It is one of three South American nations to be a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF alongside Suriname and French Guiana. Until the independence of Guyana in 1966, it competed as British Guiana. They qualified for the Caribbean Nations Cup in 1991, coming fourth, and in 2007. Guyana has never qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the FIFA World Cup.
Guyana (as British Guiana) played its first international football match on 21 July 1905, a 4–1 defeat against nearby and fellow British colony Trinidad and Tobago. Their next recorded game came almost 16 years later on 28 January 1921, an away 2–1 win against its neighbour Surinam. The two played again in Suriname on 27 August 1923, and on that occasion the hosts won 2–1. British Guiana did not play another match until 1937, when they lost two matches against Trinidad and Tobago in Surinam: 3–0 and 3–2. After seven years without a match, British Guiana entered a three-team tournament in Trinidad & Tobago against its national side and Barbados. They won twice against Barbados (1–0 and 3–0) before drawing 1–1 and losing 3–0 to Trinidad and Tobago. In the final of this Trinagular tournament they again lost 3–0 to Trinidad and Tobago.
In November 1947 British Guiana played in a Standard Life tournament in Trinidad and Tobago. They beat the hosts 2–1 in their opening game on 5 November before beating Jamaica 2–0 the very next day. On 10 November they drew 0–0 with Jamaica before losing 2–0 to Trinidad and Tobago in the last game on 14 November.
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