The President's Report 2023 | Guyana Football Federation

ANNUAL

FOREWORD

Dearfriendsinfootball,

The Guyana Football Federation started

2023 with a focus to strengthen and grow the game following more than eighteen monthsofCovid-19restrictions.

I’m extremely happy with the steps we have taken over the last few months to increase the number of matches played and training and education programmes held across Guyana. We have delivered competitive football with the full support of our Member Associations and corporate Guyana, from the KFC Elite League and MVP Women’s Development League PlayofftotheTigerRentalUnder-13LeagueCup Championship.

We have focused on capacity building with an aim to increase the number of football players, officials and fans. This means, more funds were earmarked for Concacaf and FIFA training programmes, from entry level refereeing to advanced educational coaching programmes toensurerealgrowthinfootball.

Off the pitch, footballers continue to reap the benefits of the GFF-Macorp Excavator and Technician Scholarship Programme, while our national teams are making us proud on the international stage - the Golden Jaguars qualified for the June Concacaf Gold Cup Prelims and the Under-20 Women’s team gave a remarkable performance at the recent Concacaf Championships qualifiers. From infrastructural development to promoting integrity in football through good government, GFF aims to place football firmly in the hearts of all Guyanese. The federation will continue to maintain a strong momentum throughout 2023 as we build on our visionofoneteam,onedream.

Yoursinfootball, Wayne

S.Forde

The GFF will continue to maintain a strong momentum throughout 2023 as we build on our vision of one team, one dream.

NATIONAL TEAMS

There was a new energy from Guyana's national teams between August 2022 and May. The Senior Men’s National Team qualified for the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Prelims, the Senior Women’s National Team made the list for the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup, and the Under-20 Women’sNationalTeamgavearemarkable overall performance at the recently concluded Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship.

ARECORD SENIOR MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM

– THE GOLDEN JAGUARS

Secures Concacaf Gold Cup

Prelims Spot For Second Time

Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Team qualified for the Concacaf Gold Cup Prelims in March following a second place finish in Group C of League B in the 2022–23 Concacaf Nations League. This is the second time the male squad has made it to the Concacaf Gold Cup Prelims, following one ofthemostcompetitiveNationsLeaguecampaignsina group with Haiti. Haiti finished top of the group with 16 points and advanced to the Gold Cup, while the Golden Jaguars three wins, one draw and two losses added up to a total of 10 points with Bermuda and Montserrat on four points each. The team,ablendofyouthandexperiencewiththreegoalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and six forwards, showed an improved defensive organisation throughout the tournament. The 2023 Gold Cup Prelims will take place between June 1620 in the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Twelve participating teams have been divided into six pairings for two direct elimination rounds. Guyana will play Grenada on Saturday, June 17 in their first match. Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz said he has selected a competitive squad for the upcomingmatches.

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“I am always eager to experiment and see what we can learn about our team. We want a really competitive unit going forward”

Jamaal Shabazz

Head Coach Senior Men’s National Team

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WEAREREADY

The Lady Jaguars Will Play In The Concacaf Inaugural 2023 Road to the W Gold Cup

Guyana’s Senior Women’s

National Team is on the list to play in the qualifiers for the Concacaf inaugural W Gold Cup which kicks off in the United States in March 2024.

The qualifiers are set to take place betweenSeptemberandNovemberthis year. Guyana is in Pot 1 of League B which features 12 teams ranked from 11th-21st in the region - Guyana, El Salvador, and Dominican Republic. Bermuda, Nicaragua, and Antigua and Barbuda are in Pot 2; Honduras, Suriname, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines make up Pot 3 and Martinique, Barbados, and Dominica are inPot4.

Concacafexplainedthatfollowinghomeand away group stage matches within each league, the respective winner of each League A section (three teams) will qualify for the 2024 W Gold Cup Group Stage. The second-place finishers in each of the League A groups (three teams) and the winner of each League B pool (three teams) will progress to the preliminary stage of the 2024WGoldCup(sixteamsintotal).

The tournament which features thirty-five women's national teams in the Concacaf region was made public on International Women's Day. The inaugural W Gold Cup will take place from February 17th – March 10th,2024intheUnitedStates.

Guyana Football Federation is proud

of the Under-20 Women’s National Team's overall performance at the April Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship Qualifiers in the Dominican Republic in April. Guyana and host nation Dominican Republic both concluded the tournament on seven points. The Guyanese squad recorded two wins and one draw, but in the end the Dominican Republic girls advanced to the Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship on goal difference. ThejuniorLadyJagsscored16goals,while DominicanRepublicscored18.

GFF President Wayne Forde said the federationisproudoftheteam’soverall performance and that the focus now is to continuetobuildontheestablished

foundationforwomen’sfootballinGuyana. "I am deeply proud of the outstanding performances our girls were able to deliver in each game that they played. The final gameagainsttheDominicanRepublicwasa true test of will and spirit and our girls fought and defended as though their lives dependedonapositiveoutcome,whichthey achievedwithadraw.

I know that I speak for the players and coaching staff when I say we are all a bit heartbroken over this result, but I am equally confident we all share in the collective pride we feel as a GFF family and as a nation,” Fordesaid.

Forde

“We all share in the collective pride we feel as a GFF family and nation”

Wayne

President Guyana Football Federation

COMPETITIONS

Competitions for both senior and junior players across Guyana kicked off in December 2022 with the One Guyana President’s Cup, followed by the MVP Women’s Development League Playoff, the Tiger Rentals Under-13 League Cup Championship and the current KFC Elite LeaguewhichwrapsupinJuly.

EAST COAST ACADEMY TAKES THE U13 CUP

EEast Coast Academy is the

Tiger Rentals Under-13 League Cup Champions

The youth team defeated Bartica 1-0 on Sunday, May 7, in one of the most thrilling junior finals played at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Fans and parents enjoyed exciting matchesthroughout thefinalday.Rupununi Academy defeated Georgetown 3 -1 to secured third place overall, with Georgetown in 4th Place, Upper Demerara in 5th Place, East Bank in 6th Place, West Berbice in 7th Place, East Berbice in 8th Place, Essequibo/Pomeroon in 9th Place and WestDemerarain10thPlace.

GFF President Wayne Forde congratulated the ten participating regional academies and commended his team headed by Technical Director Acting Bryan Joseph on organising a successful threedaytournament.

“I think we saw some remarkable talent and

I’m excited. What this has proven to us is thatwhilewearedoingalotofgoodworkat the academy level, academy kids need to be playing against each other more often. It’s only when the best players play against the best players that real growth takes place,” Forde noted. Tiger Rentals Human Resources and Administration Officer Gaitree Rampersad said the tournament “was awesome” and that the company will be giving “more sponsorship in the near future, for more games across the country.”

Tiger Rentals Under-13 InterAssociation Development Football League was launched in December 2022 with the Academy Phase competition which was won by the youngsters from the East Coast AcademyTrainingCentre.

“More sponshorship in the near future, for more games across the country”

Gaitree Rampersad Administrative Officer Tiger Rentals

TRAINING FUTURE STARS

The Guyana Football Federation

and the Guyana Beverages Incorporated partnership has paved the way for the hosting of the Kool Kidz Summer Futsal Festival for children between ages 6-10 duringtheAugustschoolbreak.

The six-week training programme was launched in 2018 to teach young players early football skills. More than 200 children attended the 2022 camp which was supervised by Guyana’s national coaches, including the Golden Jaguar Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz and Assistant Coach WayneDover.

“This programme is a step in the right

direction because it helps us see the next generation of players from the grassroots level.” Last year’s camp concluded with eight exciting matches Young enthusiastic players will return to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homesetratch in GeorgetownthisJuly.

“This programme is a step in the right direction because it helps us see the next generation of players from the grassroots level.”

Wayne Dover Assistant Coach Senior Men’s National Team

LINDEN KICK OFF

Blue Water U15 Girls’ Development League

Atotal of eight secondary schools

in Linden, Region 10 jumped at the chance to be a part of the B l u e W a t e r U 1 5 G i r l s ’ Development League. The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)’s competition officially kicked off on April 30 in Linden, with two dynamic games between Wisburg Secondary School, McKenzie High School and Christianburg-Wismar SecondarySchool.

The afternoon matches were held on the Wisburg Secondary School pitch in Wismar and attended by students, teachers, parents and residents. “It’s fantastic to see on the first day we have all the schools out here. I am also happy that the spectators came out. The launch has been a tremendous success. We are happy to see the support from the community as we seek to ensure football is accessible to girls in Linden,” sharedGFFActingTechnicalDirectorBryan Joseph.

The league was launched in Georgetown in May 2022 with the support of the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and is now being played across Guyana, including in the Rupununi, Region Nine(UpperTakutu-UpperEssequibo) It was created to promote football development amongst girls in communities across Guyana with an aim to develop young talent for the national teams and to give coaches and match officials more opportunitiesonandoffthepitch.

“It’s fantastic to see on the first day we have all the schools out here.”

Bryan Joseph Acting Technical Director Guyana Football Federation

REGION FOUR IS FIRST One Guyana President’s Cup Champions

Region Four copped the inaugural

One Guyana President’s Cup beating Region Three 2-1 on January 1 at the Track and Field Stadium in Leonora. Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) players won the $2 million top prize, while Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) took home the $1 million runner-up prize and Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice)won$500,000.

Ten regional teams were seeded and placed into two groups of five in the elite end-of-year tournament which was organised to create opportunities to scout new talent within communities that were traditionally off the formal football grid and to give senior players a platform to shine “This is about a mission and an aspiration of us getting into the next World Cup. The government is committed to removing all barriers that will prevent you from giving your best shot in getting into the next World Cup,” sharedGuyana’sPresidentIrfaanAli.

“To have so many young talents take centre stage during the prestigious FIFA 2022 World Cup Season, is without a doubt a great source of pride for my administration. Therefore, on behalf of the entire football fraternity of Guyana, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to President Irfaan Ali and his Government for their investment in the development of football,” addedGFFPresidentWayneForde.

“This is about a mission and an aspiration of us getting into the next World

His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali President Cooperative Republic of Guyana

A NEW TOP CLUB

GDF FC Wins MVP Women’s Development League Playoff

There is a new women’s top club in

Guyana.TheGuyanaDefenceForce Football Club convincingly won the MVP Women’s Development League Playoff on April 5. The Guyana Defence Force Football Club played a strong attacking game, breaking through Fruta Conquerors FC’s defence to win the championship match 3-1,just beforemidnight at theEveLearySportsGround.

Their supporters cheered loudly throughout the game and to the beat of drums after the final whistle at the Eve Leary Sports Club Ground in Georgetown. “We’re very happy about the win. We came into this game playing very hard. Our way forward today is for the next league, we’ll go back on the field and keep on working hard to come again and win again next year,” shared Defence Force FC centre-back and captain Cloetta Dublin. Earlier in the evening, Guyana Police Force Football Club dominated the thirdplace match against Pakuri Jaguars Football Clubwithafinalscoreof8-0.

Twelve clubs, featuring senior and junior national players, made the cut for the GFF

Women’s Development League Playoff sponsored by MVP Sports and Urban Life. The league was launched in June 2022 with 37 teams from across Guyana to give female players more match minutes. Congratulations to BarticaAllStarsFC,PotaroStrikersFC, Essequibo All Stars FC, Foxy Ladies FC, Milerock FC, Coomacka FC, Pakuri Jaguars FC, New Amsterdam United FC, Guyana Police Football Club, Guyana Defence Force FC, Fruta ConquerorsFCandSantosFC.

“We’re very happy about the win. We cam e into this game playing very hard.”

Cloetta Dublin Centre-back and Captain Guyana Defense Force

U17 LEAGUE CONTINUES IN 2023

More than a thousand boys

from across Guyana have so far benefited from the ongoing Guyana Football Federation-NAMILCO ‘Flour Power’ U17 Intra-Association League. With full participation from all nine GFF regional associations, the league continued in 2023 with structured training and competitive matchesacrossGuyana.

Several youth league players, including Jeremy Garrett, Ryan Hackett and Omari Glasgow, who is currently on a professional contract with Chicago Fire II in the United States, have progressed to Guyana’s youth and seniornationalteams.

The league was launched in 2019 and participating associations are Rupununi Football Association, Upper Demerara FA, East Bank FA, Georgetown FA, East Demerara FA, Berbice FA, West Demerara FA,Essequibo Coast/PomeroonFA,Bartica FA and teams in Region One (BarimaWaini). “Like many other partnerships, it has had its successes, but we have also had our challenges and I believe what comes to mind at this moment is that fact that we have beenabletocelebrateoursuccessandwork

though the details of the decisions that we need to take together to negate those challenges," GFF President Wayne Forde said. NAMILCO Finance Control Manager Fitzroy McLeod reiterated that frequent competitions are integral to young football players'overalldevelopment.

“Frequent competitions are integral to young football players' overall development.”

Fitzroy Mc Leod Finance Control Manager NAMILCO

GOLDEN JAGUARS TO PLAY HISTORIC FRIENDLY

AGAINST ETHIOPIA

The Golden Jaguars will play a historic

international friendly against Ethiopia on July 8 in the United States. The fixture between Guyana’s Senior Men’s National Team and the Ethiopian Football Federation Men’s National Team will take place at the Subaru Park in Philadelphia from 7:30 p.m This will be the first time Guyana will play an Africa team since the federationwasfounded121yearsago.

The announcement was made by Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde on May 20. “The Guyana Football Federation is the oldest Federation in Concacaf. WebecameaFederationin1902andarenow121 years old and among the oldest football Federations on the planet. In all of these years, July 8th, 2023 will be the very first time our Senior Men’steamwillfaceanAfricanNation.

This is truly an amazing opportunity to punctuate a proud and historic moment in the history of our Nation’s football. The game will be played on the heels of our beloved Golden Gold Cupqualificationfixtures,soweareallconfidentof asolidperformanceofourBoys,”Fordesaid.FIFA World Ranking has Guyana’s senior men’s team at 170 and Ethiopia, the one-time Africa Cup of Nations champions, at 142 as of April 2023. Teams are ranked using a points system on international form based on their current performances. The July clash is expected to be memorable, both teams are quick on the pitch and have the ability to secure multiple goals. It will also beEthiopia’sfirsttimeplayingintheUnitedStates.

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“In all of these years, July 8th, 2023 will be the very first time our Senior Men’s team will face an African Nation.”

Wayne Forde President Guyana Football Federation

INFRASTRUCTURE

FIFA-STANDARD FLOOD LIGHTS FOR NTC

The Guyana Football Federation is

readying the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara for the staging of international matches with the signing of a US$1.1m contract to install FIFA-standard floodlights. The project will be undertaken by United States-based Company, Musco Sport Lighting, between MayandOctoberofthisyear.

The lighting specialist company, who has completed similar projects in Guyana, was the successful bidder in the FIFA centralised internationalprocurementprocess.Theywill engineer, manufacture and install a fourpole energy efficient floodlighting structure, designed to produce the appropriate lighting quality and standards for international matches and withstand a wind speed of 85 mph. “This is truly a watershed moment for the development of football in Guyana and a

PROGRESS REPORT

Phase one of the Guyana

Football Federation stateof-the-art D’Urban Park

F o o t b a l l C o m p l e x commenced in April and GFF and CONCACAF officials are satisfied with the progress so far. On April 24, GFF President Wayne Forde, One CONCACAF and Caribbean Project Senior Manager Howard

McIntosh, GFF First Vice President Brigadier (ret.) Bruce Lovell, and GFF General Secretary Ian Alves inspected the site and received a satisfactory update from contracting firm

McGregor’sRealEstateDevelopment. The first phase, which is being funded by One CONCACAF, is expected to cost between 18 – 25 million dollars and will involveclearance,levelling,andfillingof

the land.Overall, the complex will be built on just over seven acres of land acquired in 2018 and will house the federation's National Technical Centre, Football Stadium with a maximum seating capacity for 14,000 fans, mini-pitches for some community grassroot programmesandanadministrativeoffice.

tremendous source of pride for our entire fraternity and the nation. We have already experienced huge benefits of having the firsthomeoffootball–ourNationalTraining Centre, which is evident by the outstanding performances of our male and female national teams,” noted GFF President WayneForde.

The floodlights will make it possible for the GFF to stage and televise international matches for all national teams, extend the training hours of the Golden Jaguars and Lady Jags, and host and televise night matches for the upcoming Elite League, Women’s Development League and Regional Association Leagues on the FIFA+ digital platform. The project is being funded through the FIFA Forward programmewhichwaslaunchedin2016by FIFAPresidentGianniInfantino.

“This is truly a watershed moment for the development of football in Guyana and a tremendous source of pride for our entire fraternity and the nation.”

Wayne Forde President Guyana Football Federation

CAPACITY BUILDING

MACORP EXTENDS FOOTBALLER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME

Footballers will have another year

to sign up for the MACORP excavator and technician scholarship programme. The Guyana Football Federation President Wayne Forde and MACORP Chief Executive Office Guillermo Escarraga on April 23 signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to allow the continuation of the excavator and technician scholarship programme for footballers acrossGuyana.

An additional eleven footballers will have access to the life-changing skills three-

A GREAT START

SHAVIN GREENE APPOINTED AS FIFA REFEREE

Afew weeks after Shavin Greene

was appointed as a FIFA accredited referee, he was selected as a match official at the February Concacaf Men’s Under-17Championship.

The Championship took place between February 11 and 26 in Guatemala with 20 youth teams, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States vying for the top spot. Greene, who was appointed as a FIFA referee in early January, officiated his first match in the tournament on February 14 at the Estadio Doroteo

Guamuch Flores. Cuba was defeated by Costa Rica 4 - 0. “This is my first appointment as a FIFA official. I am grateful for the opportunity and I will make the best of it and make my country and familyproud,”Greeneshared.

Greene is no stranger to international youth championships. In 2021 he was a match official at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) boys and girls Under-14 Challenge Series in the Dominican Republic.

week development scholarship programme which was launched in 2021 and has so far has 21 male and female footballers certified MACORP operators “The skills and the certification they would have earned is going to benefit them whether they choose to use that skill today, or two to three years down the road. For many of them, they are acquiring an invaluable skill at a time when the demand for skill labour in Guyana is at its highest in our country’s history. This is due primarily totheaggressive transformational national development agenda being pursued by President Ali and the Government of Guyana.

These young men and women will be much better prepared for life after football, much more so than many former players that would have paved the way for the bounty of opportunities this new generation of footballers are enjoying,” GFF President Forde said. Meanwhile, Escarraga added that, “the past graduates did very well. They actually attended all the classes and we had good feedback from ourtrainers.”

“I am grateful for the opportunity and I will make the best of it”

Shavin Greene

CONCACAF WOMEN

‘C’ LICENSE COACHING CERTIFICATION

The Guyana Football Federation’s

Education Department continues to focus on efforts to grow female homegrown coaching talent with 24 former and current national players, club, school and community coaches starting the journey towards CONCACAF W ‘C’ licence certification. The six-day women-only course opened on November 24, 2022 at the GFF National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara, with a strong showing from aspiring female coaches from nine regional associationsacrossGuyana.

Women’s Football Association President Andrea Johnson said it was a significant milestone in women’s football development in Guyana “Today is a historic day for women in football in Guyana. Never before have we had 24 female participants for any coaching course. For too long we have had a male-dominated coaching staff for female teams, especially national teams. For CONCACAF to be here in Guyana to do a C Licence coaching course for only women means that we are making another step towardsdevelopmentofthewomen’sgame.”

The first part of the “blended learning” programme, facilitated by Anton Corneal, CONCACAF Coaching Educator and former Technical Director of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, GFF acting Technical Director Bryan Joseph and coach Linsworth Gilbert, involved online theoretical lessons followed by practical sessions at the GFF National Training Centre. The internationally-recognised licence will give participating coaches the skills and knowledge to design and deliver effective coaching sessions for a wider range of players and scenarios, especially for youth football development through the GFF’s nationwide network of Academy Training Centres.

CONCACAF Coaching Educator, Anton Corneal,stressedthatthe“long-termeffectis actually growing the women’s game Countries are at different starting points and we try to meet countries where there is a need.

“There is a need for women coaches. CONCACAF has recognised that and has decided to spend a lot of time growing the women’s game. We need this effort; we need to ignite that growth.” Guyana is the fifth country in the CONCACAF region to conduct the ‘C’ Level coaching training which aims to provide over 300 women across the region with the opportunity to coachatvariouslevels.

GFF First Vice-President Brigadier (ret.) Bruce Lovell added: “In the foot-balling world there is a greater push to have more female involvement in football. We hear issues such as equitable access, equitable pay and so we are doing our part here at the GFF to ensure that we implement more programmes that will provide for greater female participation in the sport.” In 2015, GFF President Wayne Forde inherited an ecosystem of coaches with no valid qualifications.

The GFF Technical and Education Department has since enabled the progress of an all-time high 58 coaches to ‘D’ licence or ‘C’ licence level, as well as introduced a coaching philosophy and pathway to ensure a uniform approach to football development across the GFF’s nineregionalassociations.

ThecourseconcludedonNovember29.

“Today is a historic day for women in football in Guyana. Never before have we had 24 female participants for any coaching course”

Andrea Johnson President Women Football Association

FIFA REFEREE

SHERWIN JOHNSON RETIRES

FIFA Referee Sherwin Johnson

retired on January 2 after 13 years on the field officiating 285 matches, including 228 regional and 57 international games between 2012 and 2022. The 43-year-old regards the Concacaf Caribbean Club Shield tournament in 2019, where he refereed two matches and was a part of the officiating team in the finals, as the highlight ofhiscareer.

“Being a referee for thirteen years was an honour. I genuinely enjoyed those years and I officiated with pride and dignity. Even as I retire as a referee, I will be available to render my services in any way possible which will aid in the development of football inGuyana,”Johnsonshared.Heofficiatedin Football Union (CFU), Concacaf and FIFA games.

REFEREE RECRUITMENT DRIVE CONTINUES IN 2023

The Guyana Football Federation

in 2023 launched a new nationwide Referee Recruitment Drive to seek to expand the existing pool of male and female match officials.The local initiative will run throughout the year to bring new blood and younger and more energetic legs to the refereeing programme. The drive will result in top-class referees for both senior and junior competitions, including Under-13, 15, 17, male and female. Professional standard game officials are integral to the developmentoffootballinGuyana.

“Being a referee for thirteen years was an honour. I genuinely enjoyed those years and I officiated with pride and dignity.”

Sherwin Johnson FIFA Referee

C O M M U N I C A T I O N S & M A R K E T I N G

LOCAL MATCHES NOW HAVE GLOBAL REACH ON FIFA+

Guyana’s football action will be streamed on FIFA+ as part of

its plan to give fans engaging and innovative ways of interacting with the game. FIFA+ offers free access to live football from every corner of the globe, including Guyana’s men’s, women’s and youth leagues and cups, to a global audience. The ground-breaking platform is available on the web, as a mobile app and on select connected devices, and is accessible in ten languages. “This is a monumental forward leap for the development ofGuyana’sFootball.

More importantly however, is the level of exposure our players will enjoy throughout the football season. Displaying our football pedigree before a global audience will vastly increase the chances of our players, both males and females securing international scholarships and professional contractual opportunities. This level ofexposurewillalsodrivetheGFFtoliftthestandardsofourfootball infrastructure, facilities and game management protocols, so that the viewing experience would be the best we have to offer,” said GFFPresidentWayneForde.

Charlotte Burr, Director of Strategy, Corporate Development and Digital FIFA, said: “For the first time ever, our MAs can seamlessly tap into a truly global football fan base and grow a direct relationship with it on a daily basis. We are proud to work side by side with the Guyana Football Federation and are excited about helping to really grow the game across Guyana, the Caribbean and beyond.” Since its launch, FIFA+ has steadily expanded its reach and added exciting new content streams in order to deliver a truly multifaceted digital experience. Completely free, the platform offers an extensive archive (including all men’s and women’s FIFA World Cup™ matches), thousands of live fixtures every year, interactive games and predictors, and a slate of original documentaries, docuseries,talkshowsandshorts.

“We are proud to work side by side with the Guyana Football Federation and are excited about helping to really grow the game across Guyana”

Charlotte Burr

Director Of Strategy Cooperative Development And Digital FIFA

THANK YOU

The Guyana Football Federation marketing team continues to have strong relations with corporate Guyana by maintaining long-standing brands and forging new commercial partnerships to grow the game nationally.

Our management philosophy is to administer the game in a non-discriminatory,neutralandfairmannerwhileensuringa culture of transparency, trust, cooperation, and accountabilityinallthatwedo.

President

WAYNE S. FORDE

First Vice President

BrigadierGeneral(Ret) Jullian(Bruce)Lovell

Second Vice President

RawlstonAdams

Third Vice President

ThandiMcAllister

Executive Committee Members

DION INNIS

RAYAN FARIAS

MAGZENE STEWART

OURORGANISATION EX EC U T I V E C O M M I TT EE

CARMEL WILLIAMS

TERRENCE MITCHLL

OUR MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS

REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Bartica Football Association

Berbice Football Association

East Coast Demerara Football Association

East Bank Demerara Football Association

Essequibo/Pomeroon Football Association

Georgetown Football Association

Rupununi Football Association

Upper Demerara Football Association

West Demerara Football Association

AFFILIATES

Coaches Football Association

Guyana Football Referees' Council

Guyana National Women's Football Association

National Futsal Association

National Beach Soccer Association

General Secretary

Ian Alves

Technical Director

Ian Greenwood

Senior Men's National Team Coach

Marcio Maximo

Senior Women's National Team Coach

Ivan Joseph

U20 National Team Coach

Wayne Dover

Coaching Education Director

Wilson Toledo

Head of Finance

Marco Meredith

Head of Referees (interim)

Dion Innis

Youth Development Officer

Bryan Joseph

KFC ELITE LEAGUE CLUBS

Buxton United Fruta Conquerors

Guyana Defence Force

Western Tigers

Den Amstel

Guyana Police Force

Ann's Grove United

Victoria Kings

Milerock

Santos

ADMINISTRATION

Coach Education & Development Officer

Lyndon France

Schools' Development Officer

Ceon Bristol

Coach Mentor

Sampson Gilbert

Referees Coordinator

Winston Manjet Secretary

Vanetta Sampson-Lalta

Technical Department Operations Coordinator

Naseya Brewster

Administrative Assistant

Sasha Gouveia

Accounts Clerk

Alisha Cummings

Rushanna Layne

Rhesa Pompey

Competitions Clerk

Lakeisha Pearson

Joyann Williams

Housekeeper Desriee Hodge

Driver

Eli Noble

Office Assistant

Kwame Haynes

Security Officer (National Training Centre)

Qualon Alberts

Sven Gilkes

Housekeeper (National Training Centre)

Molly Clark