Haiti at the FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]
Haiti have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 1974.[2]
Before Haiti ever qualified for a major soccer tournament, a Haitian player earned some notable World Cup glory. Joe Gaetjens, who had been playing for a New York–based club for several years at the time, represented the United States at the 1950 World Cup and scored the winning goal in a legendary 1–0 victory over England.
Overall record
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 1930 |
did not qualify | |||||||
 1934 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1938 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1950
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 1954 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1958 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1962
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 1966
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 1970 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1974 |
Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
 1978 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1982
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| 1986
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 1990 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1994 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1998
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  2002
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| 2006
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 2010
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 2014
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 2018
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 2022
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 2026 |
To be determined | |||||||
  2030
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 2034
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| Total | Group stage | 1/25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out
By match
| World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Venue | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Group stage | Italy |
1–3 | Loss | Munich | E. Sanon |
 Poland |
0–7 | Loss | Munich | — | ||
| Argentina |
1–4 | Loss | Munich | E. Sanon |
Record by opponent
| FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
| Argentina |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Poland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Haiti at the 1974 World Cup
Squad
Head coach: Antoine Tassy
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Henri Françillon | 26 May 1946 (aged 28) |  Victory SC
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| 2 | GK | Wilner Piquant | 12 October 1949 (aged 24) | Violette
| |
| 3 | DF | Arsène Auguste | 3 February 1951 (aged 23) | Racing Club Haïtien
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| 4 | DF | Fritz André | 18 September 1946 (aged 27) | Violette
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| 5 | DF | Serge Ducosté | 4 February 1944 (aged 30) | Aigle Noir AC
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| 6 | DF | Pierre Bayonne | 11 June 1949 (aged 25) | Violette
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| 7 | MF | Philippe Vorbe | 14 September 1947 (aged 26) | Violette
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| 8 | MF | Jean-Claude Désir | 8 August 1946 (aged 27) | Aigle Noir AC
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| 9 | MF | Eddy Antoine | 27 August 1949 (aged 24) | Racing Club Haïtien
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| 10 | MF | Guy François | 18 September 1947 (aged 26) | Violette
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| 11 | FW | Guy Saint-Vil | 21 October 1942 (aged 31) | Racing Club Haïtien
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| 12 | MF | Ernst Jean-Joseph | 11 June 1948 (aged 26) | Violette
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| 13 | DF | Serge Racine | 9 October 1951 (aged 22) | Aigle Noir AC
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| 14 | DF | Wilner Nazaire | 30 March 1950 (aged 24) | Valenciennes
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| 15 | FW | Roger Saint-Vil | 8 December 1949 (aged 24) |  Archibald FC
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| 16 | FW | Fritz Leandré | 13 March 1948 (aged 26) | Racing Club Haïtien
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| 17 | MF | Joseph-Marion Leandré | 9 May 1945 (aged 29) | Racing Club Haïtien
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| 18 | FW | Claude Barthélemy | 9 May 1945 (aged 29) | Racing Club Haïtien
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| 19 | DF | Jean-Herbert Austin | 23 February 1950 (aged 24) | Violette
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| 20 | FW | Emmanuel Sanon | 25 June 1951 (aged 22) | Don Bosco
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| 21 | DF | Wilfried Louis | 25 October 1949 (aged 24) | Don Bosco
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| 22 | GK | Gérard Joseph | 22 October 1949 (aged 24) | Racing Club Haïtien
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Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 |
 Argentina
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| Italy
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| Haiti
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
| Italy | 3 – 1 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
Rivera  52'Benetti 64'Anastasi 78' |
Report | Sanon 46' |
| Haiti | 0 – 7 | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lato 17', 87' Deyna 18'Szarmach 30', 34', 50'Gorgoń 31' |
| Argentina | 4 – 1 | Haiti |
|---|---|---|
| Yazalde 15', 68' Houseman 18'Ayala 55' |
Report | Sanon 63' |
Record players
Seven players have been fielded in all three of Haiti's matches at the 1974 World Cup, making them record World Cup players for their country:
| No. | Name | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddy Antoine | 3 |
| Pierre Bayonne | 3 | |
| Jean-Claude Désir | 3 | |
| Henri Françillon | 3 | |
| Wilner Nazaire | 3 | |
| Emmanuel Sanon | 3 | |
| Philippe Vorbe | 3 |
Top goalscorers
Both Haitian goals in FIFA World Cup history were scored by Emmanuel Sanon in 1974.
See also
- Haiti at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
- Haiti at the Copa América
- North, Central American and Caribbean nations at the FIFA World Cup
References
- ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
- ^ "World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... No12: Haiti stun Dino Zoff's Italy". Guardian. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2015.