Editing Martinique (section)

=== Association football ===
The [[Martinique national football team]]<ref name="11v11-2021">{{cite web |title=Martinique national football team: overview |url=https://www.11v11.com/teams/martinique/ |access-date=3 August 2021 |website=www.11v11.com |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803055308/https://www.11v11.com/teams/martinique/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is affiliated with CONCACAF,<ref name="11v11-2021" /> but not [[FIFA]],<ref name="BBC News-2021">{{Cite news |title=Martinica, la revelación de la Copa Oro que no está afiliada a la FIFA |language=es |work=BBC News Mundo |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/deportes-48751891 |access-date=3 August 2021 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803055308/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/deportes-48751891 |url-status=live }}</ref> so it does not play in World Cup Qualifiers, but can play friendly matches and [[CONCACAF]] tournaments such as the [[CONCACAF Nations League]] and [[CONCACAF Gold Cup|Gold Cup]].<ref name="BBC News-2021" /> Since Martiniquais people are French citizens, they may choose to represent [[France national football team|France]] in international competitions. Several French players also have had roots in Martinique although they were born or raised in France. Among the most famous include [[Thierry Henry]], [[Eric Abidal]], [[Raphaël Varane]], [[Sylvain Wiltord]] and [[Loïc Rémy]], all of whom represented France on multiple occasions and in Henry's case won the [[European Golden Boot]] twice. Henry and Varane also have won a [[FIFA World Cup]] each.

Martinique has its own soccer league known as the Ligue de Football de Martinique.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boutrin |first=Louis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ogL8x1YOn6YC&q=Martinique+Ligue+de+Football+de+Martinique |title=Le sport à la Martinique: Approches historiques et organisationnelles – Enjeux |date=1 January 1997 |publisher=Editions L'Harmattan |isbn=978-2-296-35093-9 |language=fr |access-date=18 August 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818031642/https://books.google.com/books?id=ogL8x1YOn6YC&q=Martinique+Ligue+de+Football+de+Martinique |url-status=live }}</ref> The Martinique men's soccer championship, known as the Regional 1 (R1)<ref>{{cite web |title=La première phase du championnat de Régional 1 est terminée |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/la-premiere-phase-du-championnat-de-regional-1-est-terminee-958207.html |access-date=3 August 2021 |website=Martinique la 1ère |date=14 March 2021 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803055308/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/la-premiere-phase-du-championnat-de-regional-1-est-terminee-958207.html |url-status=live }}</ref> – Trophée Gérard Janvion, is a premier local soccer competition in the territory. It is held annually in the form of a championship between fourteen amateur clubs between the months of September and May. The competition is organized by the Martinique Football League and, although the clubs in the league are affiliated with the [[French Football Federation]], there is no promotion to the French national championships.

At the end of the twenty-six-day (two-stage) championship, the top four teams qualify for the Ligue Antilles, while the bottom three are relegated to the lower division, the Régionale 2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Régionale 2 et 3 : résultats de la 6e journée |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/regionale-2-3-resultats-6e-journee-411323.html |access-date=3 August 2021 |website=Martinique la 1ère |date=30 October 2016 |language=fr-FR |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803055310/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/regionale-2-3-resultats-6e-journee-411323.html |url-status=live }}</ref>