Netherlands Antilles

Association	Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Remko Bicentini
Captain	Robin Nelisse
Home stadium	Stadion Ergilio Hato
FIFA code	ANT
FIFA ranking	164
Highest FIFA ranking	118 (July 1995)
Lowest FIFA ranking	188 (December 2003)
Elo ranking	167
Home colours Away colours
First international
Panama 3 - 3 Netherlands Antilles (San José, Costa Rica; May 8, 1941)
Biggest win
Netherlands Antilles 15 - 0 Puerto Rico (Venezuela; January 15, 1959)
Biggest defeat
Netherlands 8 - 0 Netherlands Antilles (Amsterdam, Netherlands; September 5, 1962) Mexico 8 - 0 Netherlands Antilles (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; December 8, 1973)
CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1963)
Best result	3rd, 1963 and 1969

The Netherlands Antilles national football team is the national team of the Netherlands Antilles and is controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team.

The Netherlands Antilles team has 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.

[edit] Future

On 28 November 2005, an agreement was signed between the Dutch government and the governments of each island that would put into effect in December 2008; the findings of a commission into the constitutional future of the islands: [1].

Two new associated states within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are to be formed: Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which may be eligible for recognition as international teams. (Sint Maarten is already a member of CONCACAF)

Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius would become directly part of the Netherlands as the Kingdom Islands, and no announcement has yet been made as to whether they will have separate representation, probably they will preserve the name Netherlands Antilles for sport questions.

[edit] World Cup record

• 1950 to 1954 - Did not enter
• 1958 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] 2010 Quallifying

[edit] Round 1

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

[edit] Round 2

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

[edit] CONCACAF Championship record

• 1963 - 3rd place
• 1965 - 5th place
• 1967 - Did not qualify
• 1969 - 3rd place
• 1971 - Withdrew
• 1973 - 6th place
• 1977 - Did not qualify
• 1981 - Did not qualify
• 1985 - Did not qualify
• 1989 - Did not qualify

[edit] 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 - Did not qualify
• 2009 - Did not qualify

[edit] Pan American Games record

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

[edit] Notable managers

• Pedro da Cunha (1961-1965)
• Remko Bicentini, (2009-)
• Leen Looyen, (2008)
• Etiënne Silee,(2005-2007)
• Pim Verbeek,(2004)
• Jan Zwartkruis (1978–1981)
• Wilhelm Canword (1973, 1988)
• Edmundo (Sol) Confesor

[edit] Current squad

Selection for the friendly match against Aruba on June 6, 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 18 GK Marcello Pisas April 9, 1977 (1977-04-09) (age 32) 20 0 Deportivo Barber 2 DF Nuelson Wau December 17, 1980 (1980-12-17) (age 28) 2 0 Cambuur 3 DF Angelo Martha April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29) (age 27) 4 0 Willem II Tilburg 4 DF Tyrone Loran June 29, 1981 (1981-06-29) (age 28) 5 1 NAC Breda 5 DF Dustley Mulder January 27, 1985 (1985-01-27) (age 24) 0 0 RKC Waalwijk 21 DF Angelo Cijntje November 9, 1980 (1980-11-09) (age 29) 9 0 BV Veendam 7 DF Shelton Martis November 29, 1982 (1982-11-29) (age 26) 3 0 West Bromwich Albion 13 DF Civard Sprockel May 10, 1983 (1983-05-10) (age 26) 9 0 SBV Vitesse 6 MF Angelo Zimmerman March 19, 1984 (1984-03-19) (age 25) 5 1 BV Veendam 8 MF Anton Jongsma January 13, 1983 (1983-01-13) (age 26) 4 1 RKC Waalwijk 23 MF Vurnon Anita April 4, 1989 (1989-04-04) (age 20) 0 0 Ajax 10 MF Boy Deul August 30, 1987 (1987-08-30) (age 22) 0 0 Willem II Tilburg 12 MF Shanon Carmelia March 20, 1989 (1989-03-20) (age 20) 2 0 N.E.C. 20 MF Christy Bonevacia December 25, 1985 (1985-12-25) (age 23) 0 0 SV Spakenburg 15 MF Gerson Sheotahul July 15, 1987 (1987-07-15) (age 22) 0 0 FC Volendam 17 MF Javier Martina February 1, 1987 (1987-02-01) (age 22) 0 0 Ajax 19 FW Sendley Bito July 20, 1983 (1983-07-20) (age 26) 4 0 Arsenal Kyiv 9 FW Robin Nelisse January 25, 1978 (1978-01-25) (age 31) 2 0 Red Bull Salzburg 22 FW Charlison Benschop August 21, 1989 (1989-08-21) (age 20) 0 0 RKC Waalwijk 11 FW Orlando Smeekes December 28, 1981 (1981-12-28) (age 27) 4 0 Carl Zeiss Jena 14 FW Rocky Siberie March 24, 1982 (1982-03-24) (age 27) 9 3 FC Dordrecht 16 FW Dyron Daal October 11, 1983 (1983-10-11) (age 26) 7 0 North Queensland Fury

[edit] See also

• Sint Maarten national football team

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