Cayman Islands national football team
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The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands, and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association. It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. Cayman Islands' home ground is Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town, and their head coach is Joey Jap Tjong. Tjong replaced Cláudio Garcia in February 2024. Garcia had replaced Ben Pugh, who was appointed in 2018, when the Cayman Islands national team had failed to win a single game in over nine years, sinking to 206 in the FIFA World Rankings. Under Pugh, they advanced 13 places in the rankings, winning four out of their six matches during the 2019–20 Nations League season.
HistoryEdit
1985–2000Edit
The Caymanian football team played its first international match on 3 March 1985, against Dominica, in Roseau, as part of the 1985 CFU Championship. They lost that match 2–1 with Lee Ramoon - who would go on to become the team's top scorer - opening the scoring.
They qualified for the 1991 Caribbean Cup, falling in the first round. They returned to the tournament in 1994, suffering the same fate. However, the following year, the Cayman Islands jointly organized with Jamaica the 1995 Caribbean Cup, reaching the semi-finals. It fell to Trinidad and Tobago by a scandalous 2–9. In the match for 3rd place, they were defeated by Cuba 0–3. They would qualify again in 1998 although they failed to get past the group stage. They have not played a Caribbean Cup final phase since then.
The Cayman Islands participated in their first World Cup qualifying tie in the 1998 where they succumbed in the first round at the hands of Cuba, who eliminated them after winning twice 0–1 and 0–5.
2000–2010Edit
In 2000, given the status of the Cayman Islands as one of the British overseas territories, the national team attempted to use this as a loophole to call up a number of uncapped players possessing British passports but who had no specific links to the islands. Barry McIntosh, a football agent, was called in to scout players for an upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cuba and ultimately he secured eight players i.e. Wayne Allison (Tranmere Rovers), Ged Brannan (Motherwell), David Barnett (Lincoln City), Martin O'Connor (Birmingham City), Dwayne Plummer (Bristol City), Barry Hayles (Fulham), Neville Roach (Southend United) and Neil Sharpe (Boreham Wood). With the exception of Allison the players all appeared in a 5–0 friendly defeat against D.C. United but before they could appear in any official internationals FIFA stepped in and barred the players from representing the Cayman Islands due to their failure to satisfy the existing rules for national team eligibility.<ref>Footballers whose loved ones have told them who to play for Template:Webarchive, The Guardian, 5 March 2008</ref> Of the eight players only Hayles went on to play international football, appearing for Jamaica ten times.
In the first round of the 2002 qualifiers, Cayman Islands was once again eliminated by Cuba, winning 4–0 in Havana and drawing 0–0 in George Town. History repeated itself four years later, in the 2006 qualifiers, since the Cubans eliminated the Caymanian team from the World Cup for the third time in a row (1–2 in George Town and 4–0 in Havana).
Things didn't change significantly for the 2010 qualifiers, only this time it was Bermuda that eliminated the Cayman Islands in the first round, 4–2 on aggregate. Regardless, this tie saw the Caymanians earn their first points away from home, earning a 1–1 draw at Hamilton on 3 February 2008, with Allean Grant scoring in the 87th minute.
2010–presentEdit
Qualifying directly into the second round of the 2014 qualifiers, the Cayman Islands were drawn in group A along with their peers from El Salvador, the Dominican Republic and Suriname. They lost 5 games out of 6, rescuing a 1–1 draw on the last day, on 14 November 2011, against the Dominicans. The Caymanian team did not play any match again in the next few years, since declining their participation in the 2012 and 2014 Caribbean Cups. But they returned to the 2018 qualifiers, facing Belize in the first round. The first leg in Belmopan finished 0–0 and the second leg in George Town finished 1–1. The 1–1 aggregate score meant the Cayman Islands were eliminated on the away goal rule. With this unbeaten elimination, Cayman Islands can say that they are one of the few teams in the world that did not qualify for a FIFA World Cup despite not losing a single match.
Results and fixturesEdit
{{#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.
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2024Edit
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2025Edit
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Coaching historyEdit
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- Template:Flagicon Neider dos Santos (1993–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Ken Fogarty (1996–1999)
- Template:Flagicon Márcio Máximo (2000–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Marcos Tinoco (2001–2005)
- Template:Flagicon Carl Brown (2006–2011)
- Template:Flagicon David Braham (2011–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Chandler González (2015–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Charles McLean (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Chandler González (2018–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Benjamin Pugh (2019–2021)
- Template:Flagicon Cláudio Garcia (2023–2024)
- Template:Flagicon Joey Jap Tjong (2024-)
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
The following players were called up for 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League C matches against the British Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis on 12 and 15 October 2024.<ref>Template:Cite instagram</ref>
Caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2024, after the match against Template:Fb
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Recent call-upsEdit
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- Template:Small = Withdrew due to injury
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Player recordsEdit
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- Players in bold are still active with Cayman Islands.
Most appearancesEdit
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Ebanks | 23 | 7 | 2010–present |
| Ian Lindo | 23 | 1 | 2001–2011 | |
| 3 | Theron Wood | 22 | 1 | 2008–2021 |
| 4 | Joshewa Frederick-Charlery | 21 | 0 | 2015–present |
| 5 | Garth Anderson | 20 | 2 | 1999–2008 |
| 6 | Erickson Brown-Morfy | 19 | 6 | 1998–2009 |
| Jabari Campbell | 19 | 0 | 2019–present | |
| Wesley Robinson | 19 | 0 | 2015–present | |
| Matthew Suberan | 19 | 0 | 2011–present | |
| 10 | Jonah Ebanks | 18 | 5 | 2018–present |
Top goalscorersEdit
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Ramoon | 12 | 17 | {{#expr:12/17 round 2}} | 1979–2002 |
| 2 | Mark Ebanks | 7 | 23 | {{#expr:7/23 round 2}} | 2010–present |
| 3 | Erickson Brown-Morfy | 6 | 19 | {{#expr:6/19 round 2}} | 1998–2009 |
| 4 | Jonah Ebanks | 5 | 18 | {{#expr:5/18 round 2}} | 2018–present |
| 5 | Gary Whittaker | 3 | 12 | {{#expr:3/12 round 2}} | 1993–2008 |
| Michael Martin | 3 | 13 | {{#expr:3/13 round 2}} | 2018–2020 | |
| 7 | Paul Brown | 2 | 4 | {{#expr:2/4 round 2}} | 2010–2015 |
| Carlos Welcome | 2 | 4 | {{#expr:2/4 round 2}} | 1994–2004 | |
| Marshall Forbes | 2 | 6 | {{#expr:2/6 round 2}} | 2002–2008 | |
| Gunnar Studenhofft | 2 | 6 | {{#expr:2/6 round 2}} | 2021–present | |
| Calvin Jefford | 2 | 7 | {{#expr:2/7 round 2}} | 2008–2009 | |
| Anthony Ramoon | 2 | 11 | {{#expr:2/11 round 2}} | 1993–2002 | |
| Elijah Seymour | 2 | 15 | {{#expr:2/15 round 2}} | 2019–present | |
| Garth Anderson | 2 | 20 | {{#expr:2/20 round 2}} | 1999–2008 |
Competitive recordEdit
FIFA World CupEdit
| 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 1994 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1998 | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2014 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 | To be determined | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2034 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | Template:Tooltip | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 53 | |
CONCACAF Gold CupEdit
| CONCACAF Gold Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip* | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | Template:Tooltip | |
| Template:Flagicon 1991 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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| Template:Flagicon 1996 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1998 | Withdrew | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2000 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
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| Template:Flagicon 2013 | Withdrew | ||||||||
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| Template:Flagicon 2017 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2021 | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023 | |||||||||
| Total | – | 0/17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
CONCACAF Nations LeagueEdit
| CONCACAF Nations League record | |||||||||||||||||||
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| League | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–20 | C | A | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Template:Same position | Template:Flagicon 2021 | Ineligible | ||||||||
| 2022–23 | C | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | Template:Same position | Template:Flagicon 2023 | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | C | B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | Template:Same position | Template:Flagicon 2024 | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | C | C | To be determined | Template:Flagicon image 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | — | — | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 29 | — | Total | 0 Titles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Caribbean CupEdit
Head-to-head recordEdit
As of 19 November 2024 after match against Template:Fb<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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| Opponent |
Pld |
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D |
L |
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GA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -6 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 |
| Template:Fb | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | −11 |
| Template:Fb | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 46 | −42 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| Template:Fb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
| Template:Fb | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 40 | −30 |
| Template:Fb | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | −13 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Template:Fb | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
| Template:Fb | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 |
| Template:Fb | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Template:Fb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| Template:Fb | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
| Total | 116 | 23 | 21 | 72 | 112 | 291 | −179 |
NotesEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Cayman Islands – FIFA.com (archived 2 June 2007)
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