Haiti national football team
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The Haiti national football team (French: Équipe d'Haïti de football, Haitian Creole: Ekip Foutbòl Ayiti) represents Haiti in men's international football, which is governed by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football (English: Haitian Football Federation, Haitian Creole: Federasyon Foutbòl Ayisyen), the governing body for football in Haiti founded in 1904. It has been an affiliate member of FIFA since 1934 and a founding affiliate member of CONCACAF since 1961. Regionally, it is an affiliate member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone. From 1938 to 1961, it was a member of CCCF, the former governing body of football in Central America and Caribbean and a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF, and also a member of PFC, the former unified confederation of the Americas. Haiti has qualified for the FIFA World Cup twice (1974 and 2026). It is the only Caribbean team to have qualified twice. Haiti has participated seventeen times in CONCACAF's premier continental competition, it is the only Caribbean team to have won a title, winning the CONCACAF Championship in 1973. The team's best performance under the CONCACAF Gold Cup format was reaching the semifinals in 2019. It has participated twice in League A and twice in League B of the CONCACAF Nations League. It has also participated once in the Copa América, which was the 100th anniversary edition in 2016. Regionally, the team won the CCCF Championship in 1957 (organized by CCCF), the CFU Championship in 1979 and the Caribbean Cup in 2007 (both organized by CFU). Haiti's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and the team's manager is Sébastien Migné. Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the region, being the second Caribbean team to make the FIFA World Cup, after qualifying from winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship. They made their World Cup debut in 1974, and were beaten in the group stage by Italy, Poland, and Argentina, who were all pre-tournament favorites. In 2016, Haiti qualified for the 100th anniversary of the Copa América, by defeating Trinidad and Tobago. Haiti qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the second time in its history, after defeating Nicaragua 2–0 in Curaçao, on the final matchday to top Group C of the qualifiers.