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Aruba national football team

Aruba national football team

National association football team


The Aruba national football team (Dutch: Arubaans voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Seleccion Arubano di futbol) is the national team of Aruba. It was founded in 1932 and is affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), CONCACAF and FIFA (since 1988) and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.

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The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup or the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

History

Between 1924 and 1933, Aruba only played against Curaçao, although these matches are not considered official.[4] In the 1950s these matches were used to select the best players for the Netherlands Antilles team. Aruban players like Jani Brokke played for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Olympic Games.[5] Under the flag of the Curaçao Football Association (C.V.B.), they won gold with the Netherlands Antilles team at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games and participated in the 1953 CCCF Championship.[6]

In the 1950s the A.V.B. organised friendly matches and mini tournaments on the island. Examples are the 1952 match between Aruba and football club Botafogo (3-1)[7] and the 1953 series between Aruba, Surinam, British Guiana and professional club La Salle F.C. from Venezuela.[8] Aruba participated in its first tournament at the 1955 CCCF Championship, where they finished in 5th place. In 1958, A.V.B. and C.V.B. merged into the Netherlands Antillean Football Union. Aruba took part in the Netherlands Antilles national football team until their secession in 1986.

Following its split from the Netherlands Antilles, the Aruba Football Federation was affiliated in 1988 with CONCACAF and FIFA. Aruba entered qualifying for the 1989 Caribbean Cup, and in its first group match it suffered the worst defeat in its history, at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago, which crushed them 11–0. They played their first World Cup qualifying match against the Dominican Republic as part of the 1998 World Cup qualifying. Aruba has participated in all the qualifying tournaments for the World Cup since, without being able to get past the first qualifying round.

Aruba has also yet to qualify for the Caribbean Cup. However, they showed some progress in the preliminary round of the 2014 Caribbean Cup by getting two wins against Turks and Caicos (1–0) and British Virgin Islands (7–0), the latter being the biggest victory in its history. These results allowed them to reach 120th place in the FIFA World Ranking for the month of June 2014, their best ranking to date. Following these victories, Aruba lost 2–0 against French Guiana and were eliminated.

Aruba began their 2018 World Cup qualification in the second round against Barbados, losing 2–0 at home and 1–0 away, however FIFA ruled that Barbados had fielded an ineligible player, giving Aruba a 3–0 second leg victory and advancing them to the third round. Despite that, in the next round they were defeated again, this time by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who won 3–2 on aggregate. Aruba failed to progress in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, finishing 4th in the first round.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

26 March 2022–23 Nations League Saint Kitts and Nevis  2–0  Aruba Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
18:00 UTC−4
  • Freeman 45+1', 80'
Report Stadium: Warner Park
11 September 2023–24 Nations League Cayman Islands  1–2  Aruba George Town, Cayman Islands
15:00 UTC−5
  • Nunez 6'
Report
Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
14 October 2023–24 Nations League Aruba  3–1  U.S. Virgin Islands Oranjestad, Aruba
15:00 UTC−4
Report
  • Henry 63'
Stadium: Trinidad Stadium
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
16 November 2023–24 Nations League U.S. Virgin Islands  1–4  Aruba Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
19:00 UTC−4
Report
Stadium: Bethlehem Soccer Stadium
Referee: Ken Pennyfeather (Antigua and Barbuda)
20 November 2023–24 Nations League Aruba  5–1  Cayman Islands Oranjestad, Aruba
15:00 UTC−4
Report Stadium: Trinidad Stadium
Referee: Norberto da Silva (Curaçao)

2024

2025

Coaching history

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League matches against United States Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands on 16 and 20 November 2023.[9]

Caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2023, after the match against Cayman Islands.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been recently called up by the national squad.

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Player records

As of 20 November 2023[10]
Players in bold are still active with Aruba.

Most appearances

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Top goalscorers

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Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

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CONCACAF Gold Cup

More information CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record, Qualification record ...

CONCACAF Nations League

More information CONCACAF Nations League record, League phase ...
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CFU Caribbean Cup

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ABCS Tournament

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*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Head-to-head record

Note: teams that are in italics indicates that the team is a historical team of a polity not existing anymore, or a team which is not a FIFA member.[11]

As of 6 June 2021[12]

These all-time records are exclusively class 'A' internationals matches.[13]

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References

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. "Aruba - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
  3. "Aruba national team". international-football.net. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. Courtney, Barrie. "Aruba - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. "Olympic Players, Helsinki Bound". Aruba Esso News on Coleccion Aruba, Biblioteca Nacional Aruba. 6 June 1952. Group photo of the seven Aruban footballers in the Olympic team.
  6. "Adriaan Brokke". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  7. "Oncena Arubano a derrota Botafago cu un score di 3-1". Arubaanse Courant on Internet Archive (in Papiamento). 11 August 1952.
  8. "Football: Aruba Wins Interland Series". The Local on Internet Archive. 14 February 1953. Pages 5 to 7.
  9. "Final Squad". Facebook. Arubaanse Voetbal Bond - AVB.
  10. "Aruba". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  11. "World Football Elo Ratings". www.eloratings.net. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  12. "World Football Elo Ratings: Aruba". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  13. "Aruba national football team statistics and records: All-time record". 11v11.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2020.

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