Haiti national football team
The Haiti national football team (French: Équipe d'Haïti de football, Haitian Creole: Ekip foutbòl Ayiti) represents Haiti in international football. Haiti is administered by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF), the governing body for football in Haiti. They have been a member of FIFA since 1934, a member of CONCACAF since 1961 and a member of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) since 1978. Haiti's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and the team's manager is Gabriel Calderón Pellegrino.
| Nickname(s) | Les Grenadiers (The Grenadiers) Le Rouge et Bleu (The Red and Blue) Les Bicolores (The Bicolor) La Sélection Nationale (The National Selection) | |||
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| Association | Fédération Haïtienne de Football (FHF) | |||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | |||
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | |||
| Head coach | Sébastien Migné | |||
| Captain | Johny Placide | |||
| Most caps | Pierre Richard Bruny (95) | |||
| Top scorer | Emmanuel Sanon (37) | |||
| Home stadium | Stade Sylvio Cator | |||
| FIFA code | HAI | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 90 (4 April 2024) | |||
| Highest | 38 (January 2013) | |||
| Lowest | 155 (April 1996) | |||
| First international | ||||
| Haiti 1–2 Jamaica (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 22 March 1925) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
| Haiti 13–0 Sint Maarten (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 10 September 2018) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
| Mexico 8–0 Haiti (Mexico City, Mexico; 19 July 1953) Brazil Olympic Team 9–1 Haiti (Chicago, United States; 2 September 1959) Costa Rica 8–0 Haiti (San José, Costa Rica; 19 March 1961) | ||||
| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1974) | |||
| Best result | Group stage (1974) | |||
| CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 16 (first in 1965) | |||
| Best result | Champions (1973) | |||
| Copa América | ||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) | |||
| Best result | Group stage (2016) | |||
Medal record | ||||
Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the region and were the second Caribbean team to make the World Cup, after qualifying from winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. It was their only appearance in 1974, where they were beaten in the opening group stage by its other three teams, who were all pre-tournament favorites; Italy, Poland, and Argentina.
In 2016, Haiti qualified for the 100th anniversary of the Copa América, by defeating Trinidad and Tobago.