Country: Guadeloupe

Official website: www.lgfonline.fr

Nickname(s): Gwada Boys

Manager: Roger Salnot (2001)

Gold Cup appearance(s): (2) 2007, 2009

Best finish: Semifinals (2007)

The Gwada Boys return to the Gold Cup for the second time after reaching the semifinals in 2007, when it was the first Caribbean team to advance to the final four since Trinidad & Tobago in 2000. A draw with Haiti and an upset of Canada sent Guadeloupe to the quarterfinals of its first major international tournament two years ago, when it also shocked Honduras 2-1 in the first knockout round. It qualified for this year's Gold Cup by reaching the semifinals of the Digicel Caribbean Championship, where it improved on its showing in 2007 by beating Cuba on penalties for third place. Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France, is one of five territories of foreign nations that play as associate members of CONCACAF. Although its residents carry French passports and therefore are eligible to play for the French national team, to take the field for Guadeloupe a player or his parents must have been born in Guadeloupe and cannot have played for Les Bleus.