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The Guam national football team is the national association football team for the United States territory of Guam and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region. Since the appointment of Englishman Gary White as coach in 2012, Guam has slowly risen up the FIFA rankings, and reached its highest ever position of 146 in 2015 after impressive victories over Turkmenistan and India.〔http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gum/ranking/gender=m〕 ==History== Guam has a population of just 180,000 and is based in the Asian Football Confederation’s sub-region of East Asia. The team was founded in 1975 and joined FIFA in 1996. It's one of FIFA's smallest Member Associations in population and size. It has competed in World Cup qualification on one occasion. However, Guam was eliminated in the first round of Asian qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup after losing against Iran and Tajikistan.〔http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/228/135/1/index.html〕 Recently Guam has found success by winning the EAFF preliminary competition and qualifying for the semi final round in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Guam finished third during the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and they completed their group play with a resounding 3–0 victory over Chinese Taipei for the first time in history. During November 2013's FIFA International games schedule Guam beat Cambodia 2–0 and tied with Laos 1–1. Both these International fixtures were played away at the opponents' home National stadiums. A succession of positive results have lifted Guam to a record-high of 160 on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, and a credible position of 33 of the AFC’s 46 nations.〔http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/228/135/1/index.html〕 On June 11, 2015 during the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Group D, Guam clinched their first-ever World Cup Qualifier win beating Turkmenistan 1–0. The game was the first time Guam hosted a World Cup qualifier on their home soil. Just a few days later Guam hosted their second World Cup qualifier to India and beating them 2–1. The win was notable considering India's FIFA rankings sits 33 spots ahead at No. 141, their population is in the billions and was dubbed the sleeping giants of football by FIFA.〔http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/06/16/uk-soccer-world-asia-guam-idUKKBN0OW0VC20150616〕〔http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2015/m=6/news=white-it-was-a-historic-event-for-guam-2648294.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Guam national football team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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