Belize national football team

The Belize national football team represents Belize in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize, a member of 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. The nickname for the players of the national team is the "Jaguars".

History

Overview

Named British Honduras whilst under British colonial rule, the country's first international game came on February 19, 1928, beating Honduras 1–0. Following independence, Belize's first game came on December 8, 1983, in a 2–0 loss against Canada in Belize.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1981 (and many of the UK's current colonies have international teams), Belize did not begin to regularly 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.<ref>Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize – FIFA</ref>

Team image

In February 2023 the Football Federation of Belize unveiled a new logo that would represent Belize’s national teams. Created by Rolando Ramirez, the new logo prominently features a Jaguar, the nickname of the team. The FFB hoped that the new image would promote unity and pride in the Belize football community.<ref name="new Belize National Football Team logo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rivalries

The Belizean footballers often say that their rivals is Guatemala.

Stadium

FFB Stadium 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.

Results and fixtures

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Coaching staff

Name	Nat	Position
Carlos Slusher	Template:Flagicon	Head coach
Enrique Maximiliano Meza	Template:Flagicon	Assistant head coach
Daniel Bartolotta	Template:Flagicon
Calvin Fernández	Template:Flagicon
Prince Gárcelez	Template:Flagicon	Goalkeeping coach
Demario Washington	Template:Flagicon	Physical Trainer
Kenneth Bermúdez	Template:Flagicon	Physiotherapist

Coaching history

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. Template:As of, the Belize national football team has had 11 managers.

Manager	Period in charge	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	1995–1996
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	1999–2000
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2001
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2003
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2003–2006
Template:Flagicon Antonio Carlos Vieira	2006–2007
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2008
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2008
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2008–2009
Template:Flagicon José de la Paz Herrera	2010–2012
Template:Flagicon Leroy Sherrier Lewis	2012–2013
Template:Flagicon Charlie Slusher	2013
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2013–2014
Template:Flagicon Leroy Sherrier Lewis	2014–2015
Template:Flagicon Jorge Nunez	2015–2016
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Richard Orlowski	2016–2018
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2018–2019
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	2019–2020
Template:Flagicon Dale Pelayo Sr.	2020–2021
Template:Flagicon David Perez Asensio	2022–2024
Template:Flagicon Charlie Slusher	2024-Present

Players

File:Woodrow West.jpg

Woodrow West has played 46 games for Belize

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round matches against Template:Fb and Template:Fb on 4 and 7 June 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2025, after the match against Template:Fb.

Recent call-ups

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Records

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Players in bold are still active with Belize.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Deon McCaulay	63	28	2007–2022
2	Elroy Smith	61	6	2004–2019
3	Ian Gaynair	57	2	2007–2022
4	Evral Trapp	55	0	2010–present
5	Woodrow West	46	0	2008–present
6	Dalton Eiley	41	0	2005–2019
	Daniel Jiménez	41	2	2008–2019
8	Harrison Róchez	40	5	2004–2019
9	Trevor Lennan	37	1	2005–2019
10	Elroy Kuylen	33	6	2009–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Deon McCaulay	28	63	{{#expr:28/63 round 2}}	2007–2022
2	Carlos Bernárdez	6	18	{{#expr:6/18 round 2}}	2019–present
	Jordy Polanco	6	32	{{#expr:6/32 round 2}}	2015–present
	Elroy Kuylen	6	33	{{#expr:6/33 round 2}}	2009–2019
	Elroy Smith	6	61	{{#expr:6/61 round 2}}	2004–2019
6	Dion Frazer	5	8	{{#expr:5/8 round 2}}	2000–2008
	Krisean Lopez	5	32	{{#expr:5/32 round 2}}	2018–present
	Harrison Róchez	5	40	{{#expr:5/40 round 2}}	2004–2019
9	Norman Nuñez	3	11	{{#expr:3/11 round 2}}	1995–2005
	Vallan Symms	3	20	{{#expr:3/20 round 2}}	2000–2011
	Michael Salazar	3	23	{{#expr:3/23 round 2}}	2013–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										FIFA World Cup qualification
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip*	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1930 to 1978	Part of Template:Flag									Part of Template:Flag
1982 and 1986	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1990 and 1994	Did not enter									Declined participation
Template:Flagicon 1998	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	6
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002										4	0	1	3	2	10
Template:Flagicon 2006										2	0	0	2	0	8
Template:Flagicon 2010										4	1	1	2	4	11
Template:Flagicon 2014										8	4	1	3	17	13
Template:Flagicon 2018										6	2	3	1	7	6
Template:Flagicon 2022										3	1	0	2	5	5
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026	To be determined									2	0	0	2	1	7
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030										To be determined
Template:Flagicon 2034
Total		Template:Tooltip								31	8	6	17	38	66

CONCACAF Gold Cup

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CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Squad		Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1963	Part of Template:Flag										Part of Template:Flag
Template:Flagicon 1965
Template:Flagicon 1967
Template:Flagicon 1969
Template:Flagicon 1971
Template:Flagicon 1973
Template:Flagicon 1977
Template:Flagicon 1981
1985	Not a CONCACAF member										Not a CONCACAF member
1989	Did not enter										Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1991
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1993
Template:Flagicon 1996	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	1	5
Template:Flagicon 1998											2	0	1	1	1	2
Template:Flagicon 2000											2	0	0	2	1	12
Template:Flagicon 2002											2	0	1	1	3	7
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2003	Did not enter										Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2005	Did not qualify										3	0	0	3	0	7
Template:Flagicon 2007											3	0	0	3	3	7
Template:Flagicon 2009											3	0	1	2	3	7
Template:Flagicon 2011											3	0	1	2	3	8
Template:Flagicon 2013	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	11	Squad		5	1	1	3	2	4
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2015	Did not qualify										3	0	0	3	1	6
Template:Flagicon 2017											5	0	1	4	2	10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2019											4	2	0	2	6	3
Template:Flagicon 2021											6	2	0	4	6	12
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023											6	0	1	5	2	10
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2025											8	5	1	2	14	16
Total	Group stage	1/18	3	0	0	3	1	11	—		57	10	6	41	48	116

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
League											Finals
Season	Division	Group	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip		Finals	Result	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
2019−20	B	A	6	2	0	4	6	12	Template:Same position		Template:Flagicon 2020	Ineligible
2022–23	B	D	6	0	1	5	2	10	Template:Same position		Template:Flagicon 2023
2023–24	B	C	6	2	1	3	5	7	Template:Fall		Template:Flagicon 2024
2024–25	C	B	4	4	0	0	9	0	Template:Rise		Template:Flagicon 2025
2026–27	B	To be determined									Template:Flagicon 2027
Total	—	—	22	8	2	12	22	29	—		Total	0 Titles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

CONCACAF Nations League history
First match	Template:Fb 3–0 Template:Fb (5 September 2019; Cayenne, French Guiana)
Biggest win	Template:Fb 4–0 Template:Fb (7 September 2024; Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands)
Biggest defeat	Template:Fb 4–0 Template:Fb-rt (10 October 2019; Belmopan, Belize)
Best result	—
Worst result	—

Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1991	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1993
Template:Flagicon 1995	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	5
Template:Flagicon 1997	Preliminary round	7th	2	0	1	1	1	2
Template:Flagicon 1999	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	12
Template:Flagicon 2001		6th	2	0	1	1	3	7
Template:Flagicon 2003	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2005	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	0	7
Template:Flagicon 2007		7th	3	0	0	3	3	7
Template:Flagicon 2009		7th	3	0	1	2	3	7
Template:Flagicon 2011		7th	3	0	1	2	3	8
Template:Flagicon 2013	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	2	4
Template:Flagicon 2014	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	1	6
Template:Flagicon 2017		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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

Head-to-head record

Updated on 19 November 2024 after match against Template:Fb<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF
Template:Fb	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
Template:Fb	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Template:Fb	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Template:Fb	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Template:Fb	5	0	1	4	1	14	−13
Template:Fb	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Template:Fb	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17
Template:Fb	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6
Template:Fb	4	2	0	2	5	5	0
Template:Fb	10	0	0	10	6	29	−23
Template:Fb	8	4	2	2	10	7	+3
Template:Fb	5	2	0	3	11	11	0
Template:Fb	13	0	4	9	10	23	−13
Template:Fb	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2
Template:Fb	10	1	0	9	4	24	−20
Template:Fb	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Template:Fb	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
Template:Fb	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
Template:Fb	13	4	3	6	19	25	–6
Template:Fb	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7
Template:Fb	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Template:Fb	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1
Template:Fb	6	2	2	2	6	7	–1
Template:Fb	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12
Template:Fb	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Template:Fb	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
Total	118	31	22	65	124	216	−92

External links

• Template:Oweb of the Football Federation of Belize
• Belize at FIFA.com (archived 4 June 2007)
• Template:Instagram

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• Honduras
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• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Barbados
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• Cayman Islands
• Cuba
• Curaçao
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
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• Grenada
• Guadeloupe³
• Guyana²
• Haiti
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• Saint Lucia
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• Netherlands Antilles

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• 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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