Martinique at the CONCACAF Gold Cup

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
1991Did Not Qualify
1993Group Stage8th3012314
1996Did Not Qualify
1998
2000
2002Quarter-Final6th311123
2003Group Stage12th200203
2005Did Not Qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013Group Stage10th310224
2015Did Not Qualify
2017Group Stage9th310246
2019Group Stage12th310257
2021 Qualified
Total6/2516/291742111636

Match Overview
Tournament Round Opponent Score Venue
1993Group Stage Mexico0–9Mexico City
 Canada2–2
 Costa Rica1–3
2002Group Stage Costa Rica0–2Miami
 Trinidad and Tobago1–0
Quarter-Final Canada1–1
(5–6 pen.)
2003Group Stage United States0–2Foxboro
 El Salvador0–1
2013Group Stage Canada1–0Pasadena
 Panama0–1Seattle
 Mexico1–3Denver
2017Group Stage Nicaragua2–0Nashville
 United States2–3Tampa
 Panama0–3Cleveland
2019Group Stage Canada0–4Pasadena
 Cuba3–0Denver
 Mexico2–3Charlotte

Record Players
No. Name Matches Gold Cups
1 Daniel Hérelle92013, 2017 and 2019
Kévin Parsemain92013, 2017 and 2019
3 Stéphane Abaul72013, 2017 and 2019
Jordy Delem72013, 2017 and 2019
5 Sébastien Crétinoir62013 and 2017
Kévin Olimpa62013 and 2017
Jean-Sylvain Babin62013 and 2019
8 Charles-Édouard Coridon51993 and 2003
David-Alexandre Dicanot52002 and 2003
Eddy Heurlié52002 and 2003
Jean-Victor Lavril52002 and 2003
Patrick Percin52002 and 2003
Judes Vaton52002 and 2003
Fabrice Reuperné52002 and 2013
Gaël Germany52003 and 2013
Yoann Arquin52013 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 Parsemain52013 (1), 2017 (3) and 2019 (1)
2 Thierry Fondelot11993
Georges Gertrude11993
Thierry Tinmar11993
Patrick Percin12002
Steeven Langil12017
Stéphane Abaul12019
Jordy Delem12019
Kévin Fortuné12019
Joris Marveaux12019

References
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