Netherlands Antilles national football team

This article is about the Netherlands Antilles national football team (1958–2010). For the national team prior to 1958, see Territory of Curaçao national football team. For the Curaçao national team established in 2011, see Curaçao national football team.

Netherlands Antilles

Nickname(s)

De Antilopen

Association

Nederlands Antilliaanse
Voetbal Unie

Confederation

CONCACAF (North America)

Head coach

Home stadium

ANT

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

151

Highest

118 (July 1995)

Lowest

188 (December 2003)

Elo ranking

Current

171

Highest

41 (March 1963)

Lowest

174 (October 2009, October 2010)

First international

Neth. Antilles 3–1 Panama

(Ciudad de Guatemala; 4 March 1948)
Last International

Neth. Antilles 2–2 Suriname

(Willemstad, 31 October 2010)

Biggest win

Neth. Antilles 15–0 Puerto Rico

(Venezuela; 15 January 1959)

Biggest defeat

Netherlands 8–0 Neth. Antilles

(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 September 1962)

Mexico 8–0 Neth. Antilles

(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 8 December 1973)

CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup

Appearances

4 (First in 1963)

Best result

Third, 1963, 1969

The Netherlands Antilles national football team (Dutch, "Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamentu, "Selekshon Antiano di futbòl"), was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles and was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team.

The Netherlands Antilles team never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The country managed to come third in the CONCACAF championships of 1963 and 1969; for four days in March 1963 they could have been regarded as unofficial World Champions, beating Mexico 2–1 before losing to Costa Rica 0–1.

History

Under the name Curaçao, the team played its first international game in 1934 (against Suriname, which was then still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well) and continued to use the name Curaçao until the qualifications for the World Championships of 1958,^[1] although the name of the area had changed from "Territory of Curaçao" to "Netherlands Antilles" in 1948. In order to boost the competence of the team's players, in 1968 an agreement was nearly reached which would allow the Netherlands Antilles to play in the Combined Counties Football League in the lower divisions of the English football pyramid. The move would have seen the team adopting a home ground in the Netherlands as a base and travelling to play English teams as a regular team, albeit one without promotion or relegation prospects. However, the idea was shelved after initial promise due to cost concerns for most amateur teams.^[2]

Dissolution of country

The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010, and the five constituent islands took on new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,^[3] forming 2 new countries (Curaçao and Sint Maarten) and 3 new special municipalities of the Netherlands (namely Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius).

At the time of the dissolution, the team was about to compete in the qualification tournament for the 2010 Caribbean Championship, and finally competed under an obsolete country name. Sint Maarten national football team, as well as Bonaire national football team are already members of CONCACAF, but are not members of FIFA. The Curaçao national football team took the place of the Netherlands Antilles as a FIFA member.^[4]

World Cup record

1950 to 1958 - Did not enter
1962 to 2010 - Did not qualify

2010 Qualifying

Round 1

Team 1	agg.	Team 2	Leg 1	Leg 2
Nicaragua	0–3	Netherlands Antilles	0–1	0–2

Round 2

Team 1	agg.	Team 2	Leg 1	Leg 2
Haiti	1–0	Netherlands Antilles	0–0	1–0

CONCACAF Championship record

1963 - 3rd place
1965 - 5th place
1967 - Did not qualify
1969 - 3rd place
1971 - Withdrew
1973 - 6th place
1977 to 1989 - Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

1991 - Did not enter
1993 - Withdrew
1996 to 2000 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not enter
2003 - Did not qualify
2005 - Withdrew
2007 to 2011 - Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

1989 - Fourth place
1990 - Did not qualify
1991 - Did not enter
1992 - Did not qualify
1993 - Withdrew
1994 - Did not enter
1995 to 1997 - Did not qualify
1998 - Group stage
1999 - Did not qualify
2001 - Did not enter
2005 - Withdrew
2007 to 2010 - Did not enter

Pan American Games record

1951 - Did not compete
1955 - Bronze Medal
1959 to 2003 - Did not compete

All-time record against other nations

As of 31 May 2012^[5]

Team	Pld	W	D	L
Haiti	18	1	4	13
Trinidad and Tobago	17	1	6	10
Suriname	16	5	4	7
El Salvador	16	1	4	11
Costa Rica	15	3	1	11
Mexico	12	2	3	7
Jamaica	10	4	3	7
Honduras	10	2	4	4
Cuba	9	6	1	2
Antigua and Barbuda	9	5	2	2
Guatemala	9	2	5	2
Nicaragua	7	6	0	1
Panama	7	4	1	2
Venezuela	6	3	1	2
Guyana	6	1	1	4
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	0
Grenada	4	1	3	0
United States	4	0	2	2
Aruba	2	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	2	0	1	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1
Saint Lucia	1	0	1	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	1	0
Argentina	1	0	0	1
Barbados	1	0	0	1
Bermuda	1	0	0	1
Cayman Islands	1	0	0	1
Total	191	52	50	89

Honours

Competition	03 !	Total
World Cup	0	0
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup	2	2
Confederations Cup	0	0
Olympic Games	0	0
Total	2	2

This is a list of honours for the senior Netherlands Antilles national team

CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup:
- Third place (2): 1963, 1969
CFU Caribbean Cup:
- Fourth place (1): 1989

Other tournaments

Central American and Caribbean Games:
- Winners (2): 1950, 1962
Phillip Seaga Cup :
- Winners (1): 1963
Inter Expo Cup / Chippie Polar Cup:
- Winners (1): 2004
- Runners-up (2): 2006, 2008
- Fourth place (1): 2005
Parbo Bier Cup:
- Winners (1): 2004

Managers

Netherlands Antilles national football team – managers

Dacunha (1957–1965) Canword (1973) Zwartkruis (1978–81) Groener (1983–85) Canword (1988) Siliee (1996) Caldera (2000) Verbeek (2004) Siliee (2005–07) Looijen (2008) Bicentini (2009–10) Caldera (2010)

References

↑ "History of the FIFA worldcup preliminary competition (By year)" (PDF). FIFA. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
↑ Dave Russell, Football and the English: A Social History of Association Football, (London, 1997), pp. 78-79
↑ "Antillen opgeheven op 10-10-2010" (in Dutch). NOS. 1 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
↑ "Curaçao page on". Fifa.com. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
↑ "Curaçao Match history". Soccerway.com. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

External links

Netherlands Antilles at the FIFA website.

Football in the Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antillean Football Union

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-23 U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Netherlands Antilles Championship (defunct) Bonaire League Curaçao League Sint Maarten League

Domestic cups

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

National association football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

North America	Canada Mexico United States

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint-Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Defunct	Netherlands Antilles

1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

Defunct and altered national football teams

Recognised as defunct by FIFA	East Germany Saarland South Vietnam South Yemen

Teams whose names and borders both differ from the present	CIS Czechoslovakia Ireland Netherlands Antilles North Vietnam Russian Empire USSR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro

For teams that have undergone name changes but no border alterations see here For teams that have undergone border changes but no name alterations see here

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