Football in Guyana
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| union = Guyana Football Federation
| country = Guyana
| sport = association football
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| nationalteam = Men's national team
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| first = 1862
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| national_list = GFF National Super League
GFF Elite League
GFF Super 16
GFF Turbo Knockout Tournament
GFF Women's Championship
| club_list = Guyana Mayors Cup
| intl_list = CONCACAF Champions League
CONCACAF League
Caribbean Club Shield
FIFA Club World Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup (National Team)
CONCACAF Nations League (National Team)
FIFA World Cup (National Team)
CONCACAF Women's Championship (National Team)
FIFA Women's World Cup (National Team)
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The sport of football in the country of Guyana is run by the Guyana Football Federation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/inside-concacaf/member-associations/guyana/|title=GUYANA|date=March 7, 2021|website=Concacaf}} Football is the second most popular sport of Guyana, after cricket. The association administers the national football team, as well as the national football league. However, the Guyana National Team has not played a game since November 2012 due to on-going off-field disputes.{{cite web|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/214146-guyana-to-partner-fifa-for-developing-football |title=Guyana to partner FIFA for developing football | Football - News | NDTVSports.com |publisher=Sports.ndtv.com |date=2013-09-15 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}{{cite web|author=worldsoccer |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/uncategorized/guyana-looks-to-england-for-inspiration-writes-steve-menary |title=Guyana looks to England for inspiration, writes Steve Menary |publisher=World Soccer |date=2010-04-23 |accessdate=2014-04-01}}
Despite Guyana being located in South America, the GFF is a member of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football.
League
National team
28 January 1921 was when Guyana played its debut international match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/the-history-and-future-of-the-guyana-national-football-team|title=The history and future of the Guyana national football team|website=www.sportskeeda.com}}
Guyana experienced a decline in performances in the 2000s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/blogs/brief-history-football-guyana-356619|title=A brief history of football in Guyana|date=September 19, 2014}}
Guyana qualified for Gold Cup for the first time in 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/horse-racing/article/how-guyana-reached-the-gold-cup-with-a-band-of-english-lower-league-players-rs30f80lf|title=How Guyana reached the Gold Cup with a band of English lower-league players|first=Alan|last=Smith|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}
Football stadiums in Guyana
This lists contains stadiums in Guyana which are used for association football. Note that the two largest stadiums in Guyana are also used for cricket.
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| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Providence Stadium | 20,000 | Providence | Guyana Amazon Warriors | Association football, cricket |
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count | Georgetown Cricket Club Ground | 10,000 | Georgetown | Association football, cricket
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