Haiti

Haiti's national team, Les Grenadiers, carries deep symbolic weight for a country whose football culture has endured through decades of political and economic hardship. The team plays with flair and technical flourish, a reflection of the passion for the game across the island. Haiti remains one of the Caribbean's proudest footballing traditions despite limited modern resources for its program.

Haiti's football federation was founded in 1904, one of the oldest in the Americas, and the country reached its only World Cup in 1974, scoring the first goal against eventual champions West Germany before elimination in the group stage. Haiti won the CONCACAF Championship (the Gold Cup's predecessor) in 1973, its lone major regional title. The program continues to rebuild amid ongoing challenges at home, drawing on a diaspora of players across Europe and North America.