Belize national football team




This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Belize women's national football team.
























































































Belize
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Jaguars, The Unbelizeables
Association
Football Federation of Belize (FFB)
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation
UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach
Palmiro Salas[1]
Most caps
Elroy Smith (53)
Top scorer
Deon McCaulay (23)
Home stadium
FFB Field, Belmopan
FIFA code BLZ

















First colours













Second colours


FIFA ranking
Current 160 Increase 1 (20 December 2018)[2]
Highest 114 (April–June 2016)
Lowest 201 (November 2007–January 2008)
Elo ranking
Current 171 Steady(13 December 2018)[3]
Highest 166 (September 2018)
Lowest 189 (January 2008)
First international

 El Salvador 3–0 Belize 
(San Salvador, El Salvador; November 29, 1995)
Biggest win

 Belize 7–1 Nicaragua 
(Belize City, Belize; April 17, 2002)
Biggest defeat

 Costa Rica 7–0 Belize 
(San José, Costa Rica; March 17, 1999)
 Mexico 7–0 Belize Belize
(Monterrey, Mexico; June 21, 2008)
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2013)
Best result Group stage, 2013

The Belize national football team is governed by the Football Federation of Belize, and is affiliated with the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF.


Although Belize has never qualified for a FIFA World Cup tournament, it has once qualified for a CONCACAF Gold Cup championship in 2013, in which they were eliminated in the group stage. Belize has also competed in the sub-regional Central American Cup championship in which their best result was fourth place in 2013.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Overview


    • 1.2 June 2011 suspension by FIFA




  • 2 Facilities


  • 3 Competition records


    • 3.1 World Cup record


    • 3.2 Gold Cup record


    • 3.3 Copa Centroamericana




  • 4 Team staff


  • 5 Current squad


    • 5.1 Recent call-ups




  • 6 Records


  • 7 Managers


  • 8 Schedule and recent results


    • 8.1 Recent match results




  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





History



Overview


Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1981 (and many of the UK's current colonies have international teams), Belize did not play international football until 1995. It made its debut at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup and was eliminated in the first round after losing to El Salvador and Costa Rica.


Belize has never qualified for the World Cup but finished fourth in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. Their fourth-place finish in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana gave Belize its first qualification to a major international competition, that being the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.



June 2011 suspension by FIFA


On June 15, 2011, Belize kicked off its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign against minnows Montserrat, winning 2–5 away in a match played in the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad. However, the return which was scheduled for June 19 was postponed by FIFA when they
suspended the FFB due to governmental interference.[4]



Facilities


FFB Field in Belmopan is the home stadium for the Belize national football team. Prior to this stadium, Belize had no facilities that met FIFA specifications. Apart from this Belize has many fields to play on but with no facilities for the players.



Competition records



World Cup record



























































































































FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year
 Round
 Position
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

Uruguay 1930
Did not enter
Declined participation

Italy 1934

France 1938

Brazil 1950

Switzerland 1954

Sweden 1958

Chile 1962

England 1966

Mexico 1970

West Germany 1974

Argentina 1978

Spain 1982

Mexico 1986

Italy 1990

United States 1994

France 1998
Did not qualify
 2
 0
 0
 2
 2
 6

South Korea Japan 2002
 4
 0
 1
 3
 2
 10

Germany 2006
 2
 0
 0
 2
 0
 8

South Africa 2010
 4
 1
 1
 2
 4
 11

Brazil 2014
 8
 4
 1
 3
 17
 13

Russia 2018
 6
 2
 3
 1
 7
 6

Qatar 2022
To be determined
To be determined

Canada Mexico United States 2026

Total

0/21






26
7
6
13
32
54


Gold Cup record


Main article: Belize at the CONCACAF Gold Cup


























































CONCACAF Gold Cup record

Year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

1991 to 1993
Did not exist

1996 to 2002
Did not qualify

United States Mexico 2003
Did not enter

2005 to 2011
Did not qualify

United States 2013
 Group stage
 12th
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 11

United States Canada 2015
Did not qualify

United States 2017

Total
 Group stage
1/13
 3
 0
 0
 3
 1
 11


Copa Centroamericana
































































































































































Copa Centroamericana record
Year
 Round
 Position
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA

Costa Rica 1991
Did not exist

Honduras 1993
Did not exist

El Salvador 1995
 Group Stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 5

Guatemala 1997
 Preliminary 7th 2 0 1 1 1 2

Costa Rica 1999
 Group Stage 6th 2 0 0 2 1 12

Honduras 2001
 Group Stage 6th 2 0 1 1 3 7

Panama 2003
Did not enter

Guatemala 2005
 Group Stage 7th 3 0 0 3 0 7

El Salvador 2007
 Group Stage 7th 3 0 0 3 3 7

Honduras 2009
 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 3 7

Panama 2011
 Group Stage 7th 3 0 1 2 3 8

Costa Rica 2013
 Fourth Place 4th 5 1 1 3 2
4

United States 2014
 Group Stage 7th 3 0 0 3 1 6

Panama 2017
 Group Stage 6th 5 0 1 4 2 10
Total
 Fourth Place
 10/13
 30
 1
 6
 23
 19
 69

The 1995 tournament in El Salvador saw Belize's international debut. They played the hosts in their first-ever international on November 29 in Group A. El Salvador won 3–0 with all goals coming in the second half.[5] On December 1, Belize scored their first-ever international goal as they lost 2–1 to Costa Rica and were eliminated from the tournament. Both other teams advanced to the semi-finals and were defeated there, Costa Rica's conqueror Honduras beat Guatemala in the final.



Team staff












































Name
Nat
Position

Palmiro Salas
Guatemala
 Head coach

Renan Couoh
Mexico
 Technical director

Carlos Slusher
Belize
 Assistant Head coach

Peter Jones
Belize
 Assistant Head coach

Kent Gabourel Sr.
Belize
 Goalkeeping coach

Phillip Marin
Honduras
 Physical Trainer

Thomas Rivars
Belize
 Physiotherapist


Current squad


The following 22 players were called up for the Nations League qualifying match against Puerto Rico in November 16, 2018.
Caps and goals updated as October 14, 2018, after the game against Montserrat.
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No.
Pos.
 Player
 Date of birth (age)
 Caps
 Goals
 Club
1
1GK
Woodrow West
(1985-09-19) September 19, 1985 (age 33)
 32
 0
Honduras Juticalpa
22
1GK
Shane Orio
(1980-08-07) August 7, 1980 (age 38)
 31
 0
Belize Belmopan Bandits
18
1GK
Tevin Gamboa
(1994-01-22) January 22, 1994 (age 24)
 2
 0
Belize Belize Defence Force
8
2DF
Elroy Smith (captain)
(1981-11-30) November 30, 1981 (age 37)
 55
 5
Belize Verdes FC
7
2DF
Ian Gaynair
(1986-02-26) February 26, 1986 (age 32)
 46
 1
Belize Belmopan Bandits
13
2DF
Dalton Eiley
(1983-12-10) December 10, 1983 (age 35)
 40
 0
Belize Belmopan Bandits
19
2DF
Evral Trapp
(1987-01-22) January 22, 1987 (age 31)
 27
 0
Belize Verdes FC
21
2DF
Nana Mensah
(1989-01-19) January 19, 1989 (age 29)
 9
 0
Turkey Balya Belediye Spor
3
2DF
Norman Anderson
(1997-01-25) January 25, 1997 (age 21)
 2
 0
Belize Belmopan Bandits
2
2DF
Collin Westby
(1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 (age 23)
 2
 0
Belize Verdes FC
20
3MF
Daniel Jimenez
(1988-04-14) April 14, 1988 (age 30)
 36
 2
Belize Police United
5
3MF
Elroy Kuylen
(1983-06-06) June 6, 1983 (age 35)
 31
 5
Belize Verdes FC
14
3MF
Andrés Makin
(1992-04-11) April 11, 1992 (age 26)
 19
 0
Belize Police United
15
3MF
Denmark Casey Jr.
(1994-01-14) January 14, 1994 (age 24)
 17
 0
Belize Verdes FC
23
3MF
Mike Atkinson
(1994-12-02) December 2, 1994 (age 24)
 5
 0
England Oxford City FC
11
3MF
Trimayne Harris
(1997-12-20) December 20, 1997 (age 21)
 4
 0
Belize Belmopan Bandits
6
3MF
Angelo Capello
0
 0
England Sheffield United U-18
9
4FW
Deon McCaulay
(1987-09-20) September 20, 1987 (age 31)
 45
 23
United States Georgia Revolution
10
4FW
Jarret Davis
(1989-06-17) June 17, 1989 (age 29)
 14
 1
Belize Verdes FC
16
4FW
Krisean Lopez
(1998-11-02) November 2, 1998 (age 20)
 4
 3
Belize Verdes FC
4
4FW
Randy Padilla
(1991-03-17) March 17, 1991 (age 27)
 1
 0
Guatemala Deportivo Ayutla
12
4FW
Alexander Peters
(1991-10-16) October 16, 1991 (age 27)
 1
 0
Belize Freedom Fighters FC


Recent call-ups


The following players have been called up within the past 12 months.














































































































































Pos.
 Player
 Date of birth (age)
 Caps
 Goals
 Club
 Latest call-up

GK
Kerry González
(1999-03-03) March 3, 1999 (age 19)
 0
 0
Belize
 v.  Barbados, August 5, 2018

DF
Victor Mejia
(1993-04-10) April 10, 1993 (age 25)
 5
 0
Belize Verdes FC
 v. Puerto Rico, November 16, 2018INJ

DF
Jahron Myvette
(1995-05-09) May 9, 1995 (age 23)
 0
 0
Belize Verdes FC
 v.  Bahamas, September 7, 2018

DF
San Méndez
(1994-09-21) September 21, 1994 (age 24)
 2
 0
Belize Verdes FC
 v.  Barbados, August 5, 2018

DF
Makonnan Clare
(1994-08-29) August 29, 1994 (age 24)
 2
 0
Belize
 v.  Barbados, August 5, 2018

DF
Asrel Sutherland
(1995-03-08) March 8, 1995 (age 23)
 1
 0
Belize Police United
 v.  Barbados, August 5, 2018

DF
Kyle Flowers
(1993-03-24) March 24, 1993 (age 25)
 1
 0
Belize
 v.  Grenada, March 23, 2018

MF
Nahjib Guerra
(1994-08-18) August 18, 1994 (age 24)
 6
 0
Belize Verdes FC
 v. Puerto Rico, November 16, 2018INJ

MF
Luis Torres
(1993-03-02) March 2, 1993 (age 25)
 5
 0
Belize Belmopan Bandits
 v. Puerto Rico, November 16, 2018INJ

MF
Dorwin Logan
(1997-09-19) September 19, 1997 (age 21)
 1
 0
United States Pomona Warriors
 v.  Bahamas, September 7, 2018

MF
Devon Makin
(1989-11-11) November 11, 1989 (age 29)
 14
 0
Belize Police United
 v.  Barbados, August 5, 2018

FW
Jonard Castillo
(1999-12-11) December 11, 1999 (age 19)
 0
 0
Belize Wagiya
 v. Montserrat, October 14, 2018

FW
Michael Salazar
(1992-11-15) November 15, 1992 (age 26)
 11
 1
Canada Ottawa Fury FC
 v.  Grenada, March 23, 2018

FW
Jesse Smith
(1991-11-24) November 24, 1991 (age 27)
 1
 0
Belize San Pedro Pirates
 v.  Grenada, March 23, 2018


Records



As of September 7, 2018

Players in bold text are still active with Belize.











Managers


Since the creation of the national team in 1995, several coaches have been in charge of managing Belize. From 1995 to 1996, Winston Michael was appointed as Belize's first ever manager. As of January 2012[update], the Belize national football team has had 11 managers.




























































































































































Manager
 Period in charge
 Played
 Won
 Drawn
 Lost
 Win %

Belize Winston Michael
 1995–1996
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Argentina Manuel Bilches
 1999–2000
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7000100000000000000♠1
7000500000000000000♠5
005000000000000000000♠0.0

Costa Rica Leroy Sherrier Lewis
 2001
7000500000000000000♠5
7000300000000000000♠3
7000100000000000000♠1
7000100000000000000♠1
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Brazil Eduardo Santana
 2003
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Belize Anthony Adderly
 2004–2006
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Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira
 2006–2007
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Guatemala Palmiro Salas
 2008
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7000100000000000000♠1
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7000100000000000000♠1
07001500000000000000♠50.0

United States Ian Mork[6]
 2008
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Mexico Renan Couoh
 2008–2009
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Honduras José de la Paz Herrera
 2010–2012
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7000200000000000000♠2
7000300000000000000♠3
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Costa Rica Leroy Sherrier Lewis
 2012–2013
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7000100000000000000♠1
7000100000000000000♠1
7000300000000000000♠3
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Belize Charlie Slusher
 2013
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United States Ian Mork[7]
 2013–2014
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Costa Rica Leroy Sherrier Lewis
 2014–2015
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Brazil Jorge Nunez
 2015–2016
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Poland Richard Orlowski
 2016–2018
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Schedule and recent results


Main article: Belize national football team results


Recent match results



Barbados  v  Belize


















Belize  v  Barbados


















Belize  v  Bahamas


















Montserrat  v  Belize


















Belize  v  Puerto Rico


















Guyana  v  Belize


















References





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  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.


  3. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.


  4. ^ Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize – FIFA


  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-24.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)


  6. ^ As World Cup soccer coach, Mork's gotta Belize – San Diego Union Tribune


  7. ^ As World Cup soccer coach, Mork's gotta Belize – San Diego Union Tribune




External links



  • Football Federation of Belize official website


  • Belize at FIFA.com












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