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The Cuba national football team (Template:Langx) represents Cuba in men's international football, and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba (Template:Langx), which is a member of FIFA since 1932 and was a founding member of CONCACAF since 1961. It was also affiliated with NAFC (1946–1955) and later with CCCF (1955–1961), which was the two predecessor confederations of CONCACAF. It was also a member of PFC, the attempt at a unified confederation of the Americas. Nicknamed Los Leones del Caribe (Template:Langx).

They were the first Caribbean team to get to the World Cup Quarter finals – they did so in 1938. There, in the round of 16, they defeated Romania in a replay, 2–1, after drawing against them 3–3. They were then eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sweden, 8–0. Cuba has not returned to the World Cup since.

Cuba finished second in the North American Nations Cup in 1947, which they hosted the tournament, second also in Caribbean Cup in 1996, 1999, and 2005, but won in 2012.

HistoryEdit

Early historyEdit

Cuba played its first international football match on 16 March 1930 at that year's Central American and Caribbean Games. They beat Jamaica (then a British colony) 3–1 in Havana. Four days later, they beat Honduras 7–0.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cuba were managed by José Tapia, who remained in charge until after Cuba's 1938 World Cup campaign.

Cuba's first World Cup qualification campaign was for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. All of the CONCACAF entrants were placed in Group 11. The winner of a best-of-three tournament between the two weakest nations, Cuba and Haiti would produce a winner to play 1930 qualifiers Mexico in another round of best-of-three. The winner of that would play 1930 semi-finalists the United States of America for a place in the finals. All of the matches between Cuba and Haiti in the first round were staged at Parc Leconte in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 28, 1 and 4 January–February 1934. Cuba won the first match 3–1 with Mario Lopez opening from a penalty and Hector Socorro scoring the second. The second match was a 1–1 draw with Lopez equalising in the 85th minute. In the final match, Cuba won 6–0 with two Lopez goals, one from Hector Socorro and one from his brother Francisco.

The second round against Mexico consisted of three matches at Parque Necaxa in Mexico City. Its first match, on 4 March 1934, saw Mexico go 3–0 up with a hat-trick by Dionisio Mejia, his goals scored in the 12th, 14th and 16th minutes. Mario Lopez scored twice for Cuba with one in each half, but Mexico won 3–2. A week later, Mejia scored another hat-trick as Mexico won 5–0, and seven days later, Mexico won 4–1 after Lopez opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Mexico did not qualify, their 4–2 play-off defeat to the United States was held in Rome during the finals, as the two teams had forgotten to stage it earlier.

1938–2000Edit

The decision to stage the 1938 World Cup in France was poorly received in the Americas, who had hoped for it to return to South America after the 1934 World Cup in Italy. All nations in South America except Brazil withdrew, and all CONCACAF nations except Cuba, thus the two qualified by default.

The tournament was held as a straight knock-out tournament of 16 nations. Cuba were drawn to play their first-ever World Cup finals match against Romania (who were making their third finals appearance) at Stade du T.O.E.C. in Toulouse, on 5 June 1938. Silviu Bindea put Romania ahead after 35 minutes and Hector Socorro equalised nine minutes later. With three minutes remaining, Tomás Fernández gave Cuba the lead, but within a minute Iuliu Baratky forced extra time with a Romanian equaliser. Romania went 3–2 up in extra-time by Ștefan Dobay's goal on 105 minutes, but Juan Tuñas equalised for Cuba with three minutes of extra-time remaining.

The replay was held at the same stadium, on 9 June. This was at the same time as Switzerland's 4–2 replay win over Germany. Dobay put Romania 1–0 up at half-time with a 35th-minute goal, but in the second half Cuba equalised through Socorro in the 51st minute. Six minutes later, Carlos Oliviera scored the winning goal and it ended 2–1. In the quarter-final, Cuba lost 8–0 to Sweden at Stade du Fort Carre in Antibes, on 12 June. Sweden's Tore Keller and Gustav Wetterström each scored hat-tricks.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The NAFC Championship 1949 served as CONCACAF's qualification group for the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. Cuba, the United States of America and Mexico played each other twice in a tournament held in Mexico City in September 1949. The top two would qualify. Cuba came third and did not qualify, their only point was gained from their second match, a 1–1 draw against the United States on 14 September. Cuba did not compete in World Cup qualification again until 1966, already under Castro's regime. They returned to participation in qualification for 1978, but the 1982 qualifiers represented a significant breakthrough- Cuba reached the final round of qualifying, and were only two points short of reaching the 1982 World Cup. In recent years, Cuban football has seen an improvement in results.

2000–presentEdit

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The national football team of Cuba in 2009

They reached the quarter-finals of the 2003 Gold Cup (where they were beaten by the United States) by defeating Canada 2–0 in the Group stage. During the 2006 World Cup qualifiers, Cuba faced Costa Rica and were only eliminated on away goals. They held Costa Rica to a draw in Havana 2–2 and later battled it out for a 1–1 draw in Costa Rica.

During the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Cuba faced Antigua and Barbuda and the match ended in a 3–3 draw. Later in Pedro Marreo, Cuba won 4–1 to advance to the semi-final round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers. Cuba was with the United States, Trinidad and Tobago and Guatemala. Cuba finished in the fourth place with only one victory against Guatemala 2–1 with a goal scored by Aliannis Urgellés. They finished in third place in the 2010 Caribbean Cup to take a place in the 2011 Gold Cup. In 2012, Cuba won the Caribbean Cup for the first time.

For the 2014 World Cup, the Cuban team qualified directly to the Third round as one of the six highest ranked teams and were placed in Group C with Honduras, Panama, and Canada. Although the Cuban team had several close games, they ended their qualification process with one draw and five defeats (losing home and away to Canada and Honduras and drawing to Panama in Havana in their final game after losing in Panama City). Their only goal of the qualifying campaign came from Alberto Gomes against Panama in the final game of the group stage.

Defection and economic migration by Cuban athletesEdit

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As well as Cuban athletes in other sports, a number of football players have made the move to the United States in recent years. During the 2002 Gold Cup in Los Angeles, two Cuban players Rey Ángel Martínez and Alberto Delgado chose to remain in the United States. Striker Maykel Galindo did so during the 2005 Gold Cup. Two more, Osvaldo Alonso and Lester More did so during the 2007 Gold Cup.

In 2008, defections occurred during two separate tournaments held in the United States. In March, seven players from the U-23 national football, including Yeniel Bermúdez, Yordany Álvarez and Yendry Díaz defected during the 2008 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament while the team was based in Tampa, FL. In October, two days before the country's World Cup Qualifier versus the US, Reynier Alcántara and Pedro Faife walked away from the team's hotel near Washington, D.C.

During the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Yosniel Mesa defected while the team was in Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the 2015 Gold Cup, forward Keiler García defected to the United States before the team's first match against Mexico in Chicago.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In September 2019, five players (Yordan Santa Cruz, Andy Baquero, David Urgelles, Orlendis Benítez and Alejandro Portal) defected to Canada during the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League before and after a match against Canada.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, four players (Roberney Caballero, Denilson Milanés, Neisser Sandó and Jassael Herrera) defected while the team was preparing to travel from Miami to Houston for their last two group stage matches.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Another player, Sandy Sánchez, also defected after the last group stage game against Canada,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> with a member of the medical staff reportedly following suit.<ref name=":0" />

Team imageEdit

Kit sponsorshipEdit

Kit supplier Period
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Results and fixturesEdit

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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PlayersEdit

Current squadEdit

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Caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2024, after the match against Template:Fb.

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Recent call-upsEdit

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Player recordsEdit

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Players in bold are still active with Cuba

Most appearancesEdit

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Yénier Márquez is Cuba's most capped player with 126 appearances.
Rank Player Caps Goals Years
1 Yénier Márquez 126 16 2000–2015
2 Odelín Molina 123 0 1996–2013
3 Jaime Colomé 82 12 2002–2013
4 Alexánder Cruzata 74 2 1996–2005
5 Lázaro Darcourt 73 21 1995–2003
6 Alain Cervantes 68 8 2003–2016
7 Silvio Pedro Miñoso 66 0 2002–2008
8 Reysander Fernández 65 3 2003–2012
9 Lester Moré 62 30 1995–2007
10 Manuel Bobadilla 57 11 1995–2001

Top goalscorersEdit

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Lester Moré is Cuba's all-time top scorer with 30 goals.
Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Lester Moré 30 62 {{#expr:30/62 round 2}} 1995–2007
2 Lázaro Darcourt 21 73 {{#expr:21/73 round 2}} 1995–2003
3 Roberto Linares 16 42 {{#expr:16/42 round 2}} 2008–2012
Yénier Márquez 16 126 {{#expr:15/126 round 2}} 2000–2015
5 Eduardo Sebrango 13 23 {{#expr:13/23 round 2}} 1996–1998
6 Serguei Prado 12 30 {{#expr:12/30 round 2}} 1999–2005
Maykel Galindo 12 33 {{#expr:12/33 round 2}} 2002–2005
Osmín Hernández 12 46 {{#expr:12/46 round 2}} 1995–2004
Maikel Reyes 12 51 {{#expr:12/51 round 2}} 2012–present
Jaime Colomé 12 82 {{#expr:12/82 round 2}} 2002–2013

Competitive recordEdit

FIFA World CupEdit

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FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad Outcome Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Template:Flagicon 1934 Did not qualify 2nd 6 2 1 3 13 14
Template:Flagicon 1938 Quarter-finals 7th 3 1 1 1 5 12 Squad Qualified by default
Template:Flagicon 1950 Did not qualify 3rd 4 0 1 3 3 11
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Not accepted
Template:Flagicon 1958 Did not enter Did not enter
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Template:Flagicon 1966 Did not qualify 3rd 4 1 1 2 3 5
Template:Flagicon 1970 Not accepted<ref name="world cup prelim history"/> Not accepted
Template:Flagicon 1974 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not qualify Playoff 5 2 2 1 7 5
Template:Flagicon 1982 5th 9 4 3 2 11 8
Template:Flagicon 1986 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1990 Did not qualify 2nd 2 0 1 1 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 4th 10 4 1 5 17 18
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 Playoff 8 2 5 1 7 3
Template:Flagicon 2006 Playoff 4 2 2 0 8 4
Template:Flagicon 2010 4th 8 3 0 5 13 21
Template:Flagicon 2014 4th 6 0 1 5 1 10
Template:Flagicon 2018 Playoff 2 0 2 0 1 1
Template:Flagicon 2022 3rd 4 2 0 2 7 3
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 Qualification in progress TBD 1 0 0 1 1 3
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 To be determined To be determined
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Total Quarter-finals Template:Tooltip 3 1 1 1 5 12 — — 73 22 20 31 93 108

CONCACAF Gold CupEdit

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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record
Year Result Position Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Squad
Template:Flagicon 1963 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1965 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1967 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1969 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1971 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 5 7 Squad
Template:Flagicon 1973 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1977 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1981 Final round 5th 5 1 2 2 4 8 Squad
1985 Did not enter
1989 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1991 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1993 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 1998 Group stage 10th 2 0 0 2 2 10 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2000 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2002 Group stage 11th 2 0 1 1 0 1 Squad
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2003 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 0 2 2 8 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2005 Group stage 12th 3 0 0 3 3 9 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2007 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 3 9 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2009 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 2011 Group stage 12th 3 0 0 3 1 16 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2013 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 6 13 Squad
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2015 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 1 14 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2017 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2019 Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 0 17 Squad
Template:Flagicon 2021 Withdrew
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 3 9 Squad
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2025 Did not qualify
Total Fourth place 12/28 40 5 6 29 30 121 —

CONCACAF Nations LeagueEdit

CONCACAF Nations League record
League Finals
Season Division Group Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Year Result Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip
2019–20 A A 4 0 0 4 0 18 Template:Fall Template:Flagicon 2021 Did not qualify
2022–23 B A 6 5 0 1 11 3 Template:Rise Template:Flagicon 2023 Ineligible
2023–24 A B 4 1 2 1 1 4 Template:Same position Template:Flagicon 2024 Did not qualify
2024–25 A B 4 0 3 1 4 6 Template:Fall Template:Flagicon 2025
Total — — 18 6 5 7 16 31 — Total 0 Titles — — — — — — —

CFU Caribbean CupEdit

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record Qualification record
Year Result Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Squad Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
Template:Flagicon 1978 Did not enter Did not enter
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Template:Flagicon 1991 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon 1992 Fourth place 5 2 2 1 4 2 Squad 2 2 0 0 8 0
Template:Flagicon 1993 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1994 Withdrew Withdrew
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1995 Third place 5 3 0 2 9 6 Squad 3 3 0 0 15 0
Template:Flagicon 1996 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 7 2 Squad 1 1 0 0 4 0
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1997 Did not enter Did not enter
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1998 Did not qualify 2 1 1 0 4 3
Template:Flagicon 1999 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 8 3 Squad 3 3 0 0 13 2
Template:Flagicon 2001 Fourth place 5 1 2 2 5 7 Squad 3 3 0 0 7 1
Template:Flagicon 2005 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 5 2 Squad 4 3 1 0 6 1
Template:Flagicon 2007 Third place 5 2 1 2 7 6 Squad 6 5 1 0 24 2
Template:Flagicon 2008 Fourth place 5 2 2 1 7 4 Squad 3 2 1 0 14 2
Template:Flagicon 2010 Third place 5 3 1 1 5 4 Squad 3 1 2 0 7 5
Template:Flagicon 2012 Champions 5 4 0 1 5 2 Squad 3 1 1 1 6 2
Template:Flagicon 2014 Fourth place 4 1 2 1 5 5 Squad Qualified as defending champions
Template:Flagicon 2017 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 4
Total 1 Title 51 26 11 14 67 43 — 31 28 8 2 105 21

Olympic GamesEdit

Olympic Games record
Year Result Position Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Squad
Template:Flagicon 1976 Group stage 11th 2 0 1 1 0 1 Squad
Template:Flagicon 1980 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 3 12 Squad
Total 6 2 1 3 3 13 —

NAFC ChampionshipEdit

NAFC Championship record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Template:Flagicon 1947 Runners-up 2 1 0 1 6 5
Template:Flagicon 1949 Third place 4 0 1 3 3 11
Total Runners-up 6 1 1 4 9 16

CCCF ChampionshipEdit

CCCF Championship record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Template:Flagicon 1941 Not an CCCF member
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Template:Flagicon 1955 Seventh place 6 1 0 5 3 17
Template:Flagicon 1957 Fifth place 4 0 0 4 1 11
Template:Flagicon 1960 Fifth place 4 1 0 3 5 12
Template:Flagicon 1961 Fifth place 4 0 0 4 2 9
Total Fifth place 18 2 0 16 11 49

HonoursEdit

RegionalEdit

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Notes
  1. Official senior competition organized by NAFC. It was a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF and affiliated with FIFA as the governing body of football in North America, from 1946 to 1961.

See alsoEdit

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