The Haiti World Cup 2026 squad will be the country's second World Cup finals side.
Haiti’s qualification for World Cup 2026 put the competition’s geopolitical complications in the spotlight but its football context is significant too. Haiti have played at the World Cup finals just once, losing all three group games in Germany in 1974.
Joe Gaetjens, who in 1950 netted one of the most famous goals ever scored by 2026 host nation United States, played as many times for Haiti. Along with Manno Sanon, he is one of two Haiti internationals to have scored at the World Cup.
The current Haitian generation – one of the less experienced squads at the tournament – was guided to the World Cup by Frenchman Sebastien Migne, whose previous managerial experience took place entirely within the continent of Africa and almost exclusively as an international specialist. With the World Cup expanded to 48 teams, he was the perfect appointment to return Haiti to the global stage.
The Grenadiers lost just two of their 10 qualifying matches in total but won't be considered among the favourites at the finals, where they're likely to need a win against Scotland or Morocco to progress beyond the group stage.
Haiti are expected to name a World Cup squad of players based mostly in Europe and the USA, including Sunderland striker Wilson Isidor, Wolverhampton Wanderers' Jean-Ricner Bellegarde and veteran Bastia goalkeeper and Haiti captain Johny Placide.
Duckens Nazon, who now plays in Iran, is a former Coventry City, Oldham Athletic and St Mirren loan player and Haiti's record scorer. He'll believe he can join Gaetjens and Sanon in the history books in the summer.
Squad
Haiti World Cup 2026 squad: the March selection
- GK: Johny Placide (Bastia)
- GK: Alexandre Pierre (Sochaux)
- GK: Josue Duverger (Cosmos Koblenz)
- DF: Ricardo Ade (LDU Quito)
- DF: Carlens Arcus (Angers)
- DF: Martin Experience (Nancy)
- DF: Duke Lacroix (Colorado Springs Switchbacks)
- DF: Jean-Kevin Duverne (Gent)
- DF: Wilguens Paugain (Zulte Waregem)
- DF: Hannes Delcroix (Lugano)
- DF: Delentz Pierre (Tulsa)
- MF: Leverton Pierre (Vizela)
- MF: Danley Jean Jacques (Philadelphia Union)
- MF: Carl Sainte (El Paso Locomotive)
- MF: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- MF: Woodensky Pierre (Violette)
- FW: Duckens Nazon (Esteghlal)
- FW: Frantzdy Pierrot (Caykur Rizespor)
- FW: Derrick Etienne Jr. (Toronto)
- FW: Don Deedson Louicius (Dallas)
- FW: Ruben Providence (Almere City)
- FW: Josue Casimir (Auxerre)
- FW: Yassin Fortune (Vizela)
- FW: Woobens Pacius (Nashville)
- FW: Wilson Isidor (Sunderland)
Fixtures
- June 13, 2026: Haiti vs Scotland, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, United States
- June 19, 2026: Brazil vs Haiti, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States
- June 24, 2026: Morocco vs Haiti, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States
Recent Results
- March 31, 2026: Haiti 1-1 Iceland, BMO Field, Toronto, Canada
- March 29, 2026: Haiti 0-1 Tunisia, BMO Field, Toronto, Canada
- November 19, 2025: Haiti 2-0 Nicaragua, Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad, Curacao
- November 14, 2025: Haiti 1-0 Costa Rica, Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad, Curacao
- October 14, 2025: Honduras 3-0 Haiti, Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- October 10, 2025: Nicaragua 0-3 Haiti, Estadio Nacional de Fútbol, Managua, Nicaragua
- September 10, 2025: Costa Rica 3-3 Haiti, Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
- September 06, 2025: Haiti 0-0 Honduras, Stadion Ergilio Hato, Willemstad, Curacao
- June 23, 2025: United States 2-1 Haiti, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, United States
- June 19, 2025: Trinidad and Tobago 1-1 Haiti, Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, United States
- June 16, 2025: Haiti 0-1 Saudi Arabia, Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego, United States
- June 11, 2025: Haiti 1-5 Curacao, Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- June 07, 2025: Aruba 0-5 Haiti, Compleho Deportivo Guillermo P. Trinidad, Oranjestad, Aruba
- March 22, 2025: Azerbaijan 0-3 Haiti, Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey
Manager
Who is Haiti's manager?
Sebastien Migne, a former midfield player briefly on the books of Leyton Orient in the late 1990s, took over as Haiti’s head coach in the summer of 2024. Because the Grenadiers played their qualifiers in Curacao due to conflict at home, the French boss has never been to Haiti.
Migne has managed three international teams in Africa and his major tournament experience amounts to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in charge of Kenya and, four years later, working as the assistant to Cameroon head coach Rigobert Song at the continental tournament in Ivory Coast.
Kenya were knocked out in the group stage under Migne in 2019. Haiti will be tipped to suffer a similar fate but their impressive qualification campaign for World Cup 2026 will offer hope that a first World Cup finals win is a possibility.
Star player
Who is Haiti's star player?
Haiti’s national team squad features two players operating in the Premier League. Burnley defender Hannes Delcroix has a handful of caps but it’s Jean-Ricner Bellegarde of Wolverhampton Wanderers who can really get Haiti’s fans on the edges of their seats.
Bellegarde has become a Premier League regular since moving to the Black Country from Strasbourg. The former Lens youngster joined Wolves in 2023 and usually offers value for money in the entertainment stakes.
Born in France and formerly a French Under-21 international, Bellegarde filed his switch to Haiti as recently as August 2025 and has been rewarded with a probable starring role in their World Cup campaign.
