Martinique national football team
The Martinique national football team (French: Équipe de Martinique de football) represents Martinique (French overseas department) in men's international football and is controlled by the Ligue de Football de la Martinique (English: Martinique Football League), the local branch of the FFF. It has been a member of CONCACAF since 1964 (as an associate member) and obtained full membership in 2013. Regionally, it is also a member of CFU.
The association is not a member of FIFA. On 7 August 2010, the team adopted the nickname Les Matinino, which pays tribute to the history of the island.[2][3]
Overview
As an overseas department of the French Republic, Martinique is not a member of FIFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup or any competition organised first-hand by the organisation. Martiniquais, being French citizens, are eligible to play for the France national football team. Martinique is, however, a member of CONCACAF and CFU and is eligible for all competitions organised by either organisation. Indeed, according to the status of the FFF (article 34, paragraph 6): "[...]Under the control of related continental confederations, and with the agreement of the FFF, those leagues can organize international sport events at a regional level or set up teams in order to participate to them."
Martinique's highest honour to date was winning the Caribbean Cup in 1993. Martinique also was a two-time winner of the CFU Championship, a precursor to the Caribbean Cup. A more recent success was winning the 2010 Coupe de l'Outre-Mer. The team defeated Réunion 5–3 on penalties to claim the title. The Martinique team has participated in three CONCACAF Gold Cups and its best finish in the competition was in 2002 when the team reached the quarterfinals where they lost to Canada 6–5 on penalties.
Team image
Kit sponsorship
| Kit supplier | Period |
|---|---|
| Sport 2000 | 1981–???? |
| Adidas | 1993 |
| Select | 1994 |
| Hummel | ????–2010 |
| Nike | 2013 |
| Maps | 2014–2016 |
| Nike | 2017–2020 |
| Ballers Pride | 2023-present |
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2025
| 21 March 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | Suriname | 1–0 | Martinique | Paramaribo, Suriname |
| 18:00 (19:00 UTC−3) | Kerk 52' | Report | Stadium: Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion Attendance: 2,748 Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico) |
| 25 March 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification | Martinique | 0–1 | Suriname | Fort-de-France, Martinique |
| 19:00 | Report | Pherai 80' | Stadium: Stade Pierre-Aliker Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico) |
| 15 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series | Martinique | 0–2 | Cuba | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| Report | Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras) |
| 18 November 2025–26 CONCACAF Series | Dominican Republic | 0–0 | Martinique | Santiago, Dominican Republic |
| 20:45 UTC+8 | Stadium: Estadio Cibao FC |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2025–26 CONCACAF Series matches against Cuba and Dominican Republic on 15 and 18 November 2025 .[4]
Caps and goals as of 18 November 2025, after the match against Dominican Republic.[5]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Emmanuel Vermignon | 20 January 1989 | 21 | 0 | Saint-Joseph | |
| GK | Theo De Percin | 2 February 2001 | 3 | 0 | Auxerre | |
| GK | Aldrick Boulois | 5 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | Club Franciscain | |
| DF | Karl Vitulin | 15 January 1991 | 62 | 2 | Samaritaine | |
| DF | Florent Poulolo | 2 February 1997 | 21 | 0 | UTA Arad | |
| DF | Davy Singama | 28 May 2001 | 5 | 1 | Golden Lion | |
| DF | Heinrich Méribault | 16 September 1998 | 4 | 0 | Aiglon | |
| DF | Andrew Genteuil | 27 August 1998 | 2 | 0 | Club Franciscain | |
| DF | Reudd Manin | 8 September 2001 | 1 | 0 | Presbyterian Blue Hose | |
| DF | Gael Brigitte | 8 February 2000 | 0 | 0 | Morne des Esses | |
| MF | Cristoph Jougon | 10 July 1995 | 33 | 1 | Club Franciscain | |
| MF | Tarik Cavelan | 26 September 2001 | 13 | 0 | Club Franciscain | |
| MF | Ghislain Arbaut | 16 August 1999 | 8 | 0 | Club Péléen | |
| MF | Mathis Priam | 9 February 2002 | 8 | 0 | Samaritaine | |
| MF | Norman Grelet | 14 July 1993 | 7 | 0 | Golden Lion | |
| MF | Lucas Ardennes | 25 January 2001 | 6 | 0 | Saint-Joseph | |
| MF | Jonathan Varane | 9 September 2001 | 4 | 0 | QPR | |
| FW | Brighton Labeau | 1 January 1996 | 24 | 8 | Lausanne-Sport | |
| FW | Enrick Reuperné | 3 August 1998 | 21 | 0 | Assaut | |
| FW | Rudy Varane | 26 November 2003 | 5 | 2 | Club Péléen | |
| FW | Brayan Henriol | 5 May 1999 | 2 | 2 | Club Colonial | |
| FW | Alexandre Parsemain | 27 May 2003 | 2 | 0 | Lugano | |
| FW | Lenny Lamorandiere | 0 | 0 | Saint-Joseph | ||
| FW | Anthony Simonet | 0 | 0 | Club Péléen | ||
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Martinique squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Yannis Clementia | 5 July 1997 | 20 | 0 | Caen | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| GK | Aldrick Boulois | 5 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | Club Franciscain | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Patrick Burner | 11 April 1996 | 16 | 4 | Nîmes | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Jonathan Rivierez | 18 May 1989 | 16 | 1 | FBBP | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Damien Dussaut | 8 November 1994 | 8 | 0 | UTA Arad | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Florian Goma | 21 January 2001 | 5 | 0 | Saint-Joseph | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Boris Moltenis | 8 May 1999 | 5 | 0 | Sochaux | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Marvin Bellance | 15 November 1998 | 4 | 0 | Golden Lion | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| MF | Cyril Mandouki | 21 August 1991 | 20 | 1 | Paris FC | v. Cuba, 15 November 2025 |
| FW | Johnny Marajo | 12 October 1993 | 34 | 2 | Club Franciscain | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| FW | Jérémie Porsan-Clémenté | 16 December 1997 | 4 | 0 | RFS | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
| FW | Alvyin Lamasine | 7 July 2001 | 2 | 0 | Golden Lion | v. Suriname, 25 March 2025 |
Player records
- As of 25 March 2025[6]
- Players in bold are still active with Martinique.
Most appearances
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Hérelle | 97 | 3 | 2006–2023 |
| 2 | Sébastien Crétinoir | 66 | 3 | 2004–2021 |
| 3 | Stéphane Abaul | 61 | 9 | 2010–2022 |
| 4 | Karl Vitulin | 60 | 2 | 2010– |
| 5 | Patrick Percin | 58 | 19 | 1998–2010 |
| 6 | Kévin Parsemain | 56 | 35 | 2008–2022 |
| 7 | José-Thierry Goron | 50 | 17 | 1998–2010 |
| Eddy Heurlié | 50 | 0 | 2001–2010 | |
| 9 | Jordy Delem | 47 | 7 | 2012–2019 |
| 10 | Steeve Gustan | 44 | 9 | 2006–2013 |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kévin Parsemain | 35 | 56 | 0.63 | 2008–2022 |
| 2 | Patrick Percin | 19 | 58 | 0.33 | 1998–2010 |
| 3 | José-Thierry Goron | 17 | 50 | 0.34 | 2002–2014 |
| 4 | Rodolphe Rano | 12 | 14 | 0.86 | 1996–2002 |
| 5 | Steeve Gustan | 9 | 44 | 0.2 | 2006–2013 |
| Stéphane Abaul | 9 | 61 | 0.15 | 2010–2022 | |
| 7 | Brighton Labeau | 8 | 22 | 0.36 | 2022–present |
| 8 | Mickaël Biron | 7 | 17 | 0.41 | 2018–present |
| Jordy Delem | 7 | 47 | 0.15 | 2012–2019 | |
| 10 | Yann Girier-Dufournier | 6 | 11 | 0.55 | 2003–2006 |
| Xavier Bullet | 6 | 29 | 0.21 | 2001–2008 | |
| Gaël Germany | 6 | 34 | 0.18 | 2003–2014 |
Competitive record
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Martinique has participated in eight of the seventeen CONCACAF Gold Cups contested. The team's first appearance in the competition was in 1993. The team was eliminated in the first round, however, not without procuring its first point in the competition after earning a 2–2 draw against Canada. Martinique's next appearance in the competition came in 2002. The team achieved its best performance reaching the quarterfinals where they lost to Canada 6–5 on penalties. The following year, Martinique appeared in the competition again, however, the team departed the tournament without scoring a goal.
| CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1963 | Not a CONCACAF member | Not a CONCACAF member | ||||||||||||||
| 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1993 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | Squad | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 20 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | |
| 2003 | Group stage | 12th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Squad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Squad | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 10 | |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2017 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | Squad | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | Squad | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | Squad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2025 | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 8/27 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 58 | 111 | 57 | 26 | 28 | 224 | 126 | ||
- *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
- **Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
CONCACAF Nations League
| CONCACAF Nations League record | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Division | Group | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Finals | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
| 2019–20 | A | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2021 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | A | B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2023 | ||||||||||
| 2023–24 | A | A | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| 2024–25 | A | A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| Total | — | — | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 22 | — | Total | 0 Titles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
CFU Caribbean Cup
From 1978–1985, Martinique participated in the CFU Championship, a precursor to the Caribbean Cup. Of the six championships played, Martinique featured three final rounds. Les Matinino won the competition twice in 1983 and 1985. Martinique appeared in fourteen Caribbean Cups. The Martinique team was the organization with the smallest population to have won the competition. Martinique won their first and only Caribbean Cup title in 1993. The tournament was played in Jamaica and Martinique defeated the hosts 6–5 on penalties in the final match. The following year, Martinique finished runner-up to Trinidad and Tobago. The team finished in third place on three occasions in 1992, 1996, and 2001.
| CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||
| 1981 | |||||||||
| 1983 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Squad |
| 1985 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Squad |
| 1988[7] | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Squad |
| 1989 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1990 | Abandoned [n 1] | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Squad | |
| 1991 | Round 1 | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Squad |
| 1992 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | Squad |
| 1993 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | Squad |
| 1994 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | Squad |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1996 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Squad |
| 1997 | Round 1 | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
| 1998 | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Squad | |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2001 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | Squad |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2007 | Round 1 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | Squad |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2010 | Round 1 | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
| 2012 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Squad |
| 2014 | Round 1 | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad |
| 2017 | Fourth place | 4th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Squad |
| Total | 3 Titles | 17/25 | 57 | 25 | 13 | 19 | 83 | 70 | — |
- ^ Play was suspended when Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted a coup d'état of the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was abandoned altogether after Tropical storm Arthur forced the cancellation of the final round of games. Martinique were to meet Trinidad and Tobago in the final.
Honours
Regional
Friendly
- Coupe de l'Outre-Mer (1): 2010
Notes
References
- ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 21 December 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ^ "Allez Matinino!". Ligue de Football de la Martinique (in French). 18 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ^ "Matinino en Présentation". Bondamanjak (in French). 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Matinino : 21 joueurs retenus pour les matchs en République dominicaine". globallfoot.com. 6 November 2025.
- ^ "République dominicaine vs Martinique : la composition des Matinino" (in French).
- ^ "Martinique". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ It is unsure if the tournament was completed, but some sources state that Trinidad and Tobago defeated Martinique 3–0 in the final.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- https://globallfoot.com/ on national-football-teams.com Martinican football website
- https://www.facebook.com/lesmatinino Official facebook profile