Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team
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The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national football team, recognized as St Vincent and the Grenadines by FIFA,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> represents Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in men's international football. It is controlled by the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation.
The team finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1995, and participated at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Its first FIFA World Cup qualification attempt was for the 1994 edition, and it has entered every World Cup qualification since.
HistoryEdit
1936–1995Edit
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines played their first two international matches, against their neighbour Barbados in 1936 - both matches ending in a 1–1 draw. In the '60s and '70s, they played several editions of the Windward Islands Tournament, winning the 1965 and 1966 competitions. They also participated in the 1979, qualifying to the final stage and finishing in second place behind Haiti. In the following edition, in 1981, they reached the final stage but again finished in second, this time two points off of Trinidad and Tobago.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified for the inaugural 1989 Caribbean Cup, finishing top of their qualification group including a 9–0 victory over Sint Maarten. In the finals, they would fail to get out of the group, finishing bottom behind Grenada and Netherlands Antilles. They would reach the final phase of the Caribbean Cup again in consecutive years, 1992 and 1993, without much luck, finishing last and second last respectively.
At the end of 1992, the Vincy Heat participated in their first World Cup qualifiers. They got through the first rounds, eliminating Saint Lucia (3–2 on aggregate) and Suriname (2–1 on aggregate), to advance to the second phase, where they finished bottom of the group, with six losses in as many games. Especially painful was the 11–0 defeat that Mexico dealt them at the Azteca Stadium, the worst in their history.
1996 Gold CupEdit
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines qualified for the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup, by obtaining the runner-up position in the 1995 Caribbean Cup. During qualification for the Caribbean Cup, Vincy Heat had dispatched Montserrat 20–0 over two legs. They had gone on to finish top of their group in the main competition and defeated Cuba in the semi-finals 3–2, however Trinidad and Tobago proved too strong in the final and won 5–0. In the 1996 Gold Cup, the Vincy Heat failed to register a victory, losing 5–0 to Mexico and 3–0 to Guatemala.
1996–presentEdit
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines would qualify again for the 1996 Caribbean Cup but this time finish bottom of their group. It would be eleven years before they qualified again, on goals scored, following their 8–0 thrashing of Saint Lucia with five goals from Shandel Samuel which saw them edge out Jamaica. In the 2007 tournament, Vincy Heat only managed one win, against Guyana 2–0, and finished bottom of their group again.
In 1998 World Cup qualifiers, the Saint Vincentian team beat Puerto Rico 9–1 over two legs, then defeated Saint Kitts and Nevis on away goals, thanks to a 2–2 draw in Basseterre. In the third round of qualifying they finished with six defeats in six games, including an 11–3 loss to Honduras. In the 2002 qualifiers, they beat the U.S. Virgin Islands 14–1 on aggregate, Saint Kitts and Nevis (4-2) and Antigua and Barbuda (5–2) but again finished without a win in the qualification semi-finals.
They improved in the 2006 qualifiers beating Nicaragua to advance to the third round for the third consecutive time, and obtaining two victories over Saint Kitts and Nevis, finishing in third place. However, in the 2010 qualifiers, they were eliminated for the first time in the second qualifying round, at the hands of Canada, who prevailed with an aggregate score of 7–1. In 2014 qualification, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won once against Grenada to finish 13 points behind Guatemala. In 2018 World Cup qualification, they managed to beat Guyana 6–6 on away goals, then beat Aruba 3–2 to make it to the fourth round group stage. There they failed to get a single point, conceding 34 goals and finishing bottom of their group, including a 9–3 loss to Guatemala.
Results and fixturesEdit
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2024Edit
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2025Edit
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Coaching staffEdit
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Template:Flagicon Ezra Hendrickson |
Assistant coaches | Template:Flagicon Rohan Webster Template:Flagicon Otis Devine |
Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Kemar Henry |
Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Oswald Montclair |
Massage therapist | Template:Flagicon Denzil Appleton |
Team doctors | Template:Flagicon Dr. Andriw Cooper Template:Flagicon Dr. Katherine Austin |
Physiotherapists | Template:Flagicon Marlon Gavins Template:Flagicon Waylon Foster Template:Flagicon Priscilla Irwin Template:Flagicon Jebediah Andrews |
Match analyst | Template:Flagicon Denny Vincent |
Performance analyst | Template:Flagicon Windell Houston |
Technical director | Template:Flagicon Kendale Mercury |
Coaching historyEdit
- Template:Flagicon Jochen Figge (1985)
- Template:Flagicon Elliot Millington (1990–1992)
- Template:Flagicon Jorge Ramos (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Ignacio Vergelli (1992–1995)
- Template:Flagicon Lenny Taylor (1995–1996)
- Template:Flagicon Bertille St. Clair (1996)
- Template:Flagicon Samuel Carrington (1996–2000)
- Template:Flagicon Lenny Taylor (2000–2001)
- Template:Flagicon Elvis Brown (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Adrian Shaw (2003)
- Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Zoran Vraneš (2004–2007)
- Template:Flagicon Roger Gurley (2008)
- Template:Flagicon Kendale Mercury (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Stewart Hall (2009–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Colwyn Rowe (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Cornelius Huggins (2012–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Keith Ollivierre (2016)
- Template:Flagicon Cornelius Huggins (2016–2018)
- Template:Flagicon Keith Ollivierre (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Kendale Mercury (2018–2023)
- Template:Flagicon Bishon Williams (2023)
- Template:Flagicon Theon Gordon (2023–2024)
- Template:Flagicon Ezra Hendrickson (2024–Present)
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
The following players were called up for the friendly against Template:Fb on 20 May 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2025, after the match against Template:Fb.
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Recent call-upsEdit
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- Notes
- INJ = Withdrew due to injury
- PRE = Preliminary squad / standby
- RET = Retired from the national team
- SUS = Serving suspension
- WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.
Player recordsEdit
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- Players in bold are still active with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Most appearancesEdit
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
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1 | Cornelius Stewart | 76 | 25 | 2007–present |
2 | Dorren Hamlet | 65 | 2 | 2008–2023 |
3 | Shandel Samuel | 63 | 32 | 2001–2016 |
Template:Ill | 63 | 15 | 1992–2008 | |
5 | Roy Richards | 59 | 1 | 2008–2016 |
6 | Template:Ill | 58 | 0 | 1996–2008 |
Myron Samuel | 58 | 23 | 2008–2018 | |
Template:Ill | 58 | 5 | 2011–present | |
9 | Emerald George | 52 | 5 | 2007–2016 |
10 | Kevin Francis | 51 | 2 | 2014–present |
Top goalscorersEdit
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
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1 | Shandel Samuel | 32 | 63 | {{#expr:33/63 round 2}} | 2001–2016 |
2 | Cornelius Stewart | 25 | 76 | {{#expr:25/76 round 2}} | 2007–present |
3 | Rodney Jack | 24 | 36 | {{#expr:24/36 round 2}} | 1992–2004 |
4 | Myron Samuel | 23 | 58 | {{#expr:23/58 round 2}} | 2008–2018 |
5 | Oalex Anderson | 21 | 48 | {{#expr:21/48 round 2}} | 2014–present |
6 | Alwyn Guy | 16 | 39 | {{#expr:16/39 round 2}} | 1996–2008 |
7 | Template:Ill | 15 | 63 | {{#expr:15/63 round 2}} | 1992–2008 |
8 | Template:Ill | 12 | 28 | {{#expr:12/28 round 2}} | 2015–present |
9 | Template:Ill | 11 | 11 | {{#expr:11/11 round 2}} | 1995–1996 |
Renson Haynes | 11 | 18 | {{#expr:11/18 round 2}} | 2001–2006 |
Competitive recordEdit
FIFA World CupEdit
FIFA World Cup | FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||
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1930 to 1978 | Part of Template:Flag | Part of Template:Flag | |||||||||||||
1982 to 1990 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | |||||||||||||
Template:Flagicon 1994 | Did not qualify | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 32 | ||||||||
Template:Flagicon 1998 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 33 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2002 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 29 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2006 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2014 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2018 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 42 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2026 | To be determined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2030 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2034 | |||||||||||||||
Total | Template:Tooltip | 64 | 15 | 8 | 41 | 82 | 193 |
CONCACAF Gold CupEdit
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CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup history | |
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First Match | Template:Fb 5–0 Template:Fb-rt (11 January 1996; San Diego, United States) |
Biggest Win | – |
Biggest Defeat | Template:Fb 5–0 Template:Fb-rt (11 January 1996; San Diego, United States) |
Best Result | Group stage in 1996 |
Worst Result | – |
CONCACAF Nations LeagueEdit
CONCACAF Nations League record | |||||||||||||||||||
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League | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
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2019–20 | B | D | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Template:Same position | Template:Flagicon 2021 | Ineligible | ||||||||
2022–23 | B | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | Template:Same position | Template:Flagicon 2023 | |||||||||
2023–24 | B | C | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | Template:Same position | Template:Flagicon 2024 | |||||||||
2024–25 | B | A | To be determined | Template:Flagicon image 2025 | |||||||||||||||
Total | — | — | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 32 | — | Total | 0 Titles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Caribbean CupEdit
Caribbean Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
Template:Flagicon 1989 | Group stage | 6th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Template:Flagicon 1990 | Abandoned<ref>Play was suspended when Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted a coup d'état of the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was abandoned altogether after Tropical storm Arthur forced the cancellation of the final round of games. Trinidad and Tobago were to meet Martinique in the final.</ref> | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Template:Flagicon 1991 | Did not enter | |||||||
Template:Flagicon 1992 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Template:Flagicon 1993 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Template:Flagicon 1994 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1995 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
Template:Flagicon 1996 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 1997 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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Template:Flagicon 2007 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Template:Flagicon 2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||
Template:Flagicon 2010 | ||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2012 | ||||||||
Template:Flagicon 2014 | ||||||||
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Total | Runners-up | 7/19 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 44 |
HonoursEdit
RegionalEdit
- CFU Championship/Caribbean Cup
- Template:Silver2 Runners-up (3): 1979, 1981, 1995
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Template:Official of the National team
- Individual Records at the RSSSF
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