Aruban national soccer team

Aruba
Aruba

Association

Arubaanse Voetbal Bond

confederacy

CONCACAF

Head coach

vacant

Home stadium

Complejo Deportivo Guillermo Próspero Trinidad

FIFA code

ARU

FIFA rank

200th (867 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Aruba 0-4 Curaçao ( Oranjestad , Aruba ; April 6, 1924)

Biggest win Aruba 8-0 Cuba ( Tegucigalpa , Honduras ; August 19, 1955)

Biggest defeat Trinidad & Tobago 11-0 Aruba ( St. George’s , Grenada ; June 4, 1989)

(As of July 1, 2008)

The national soccer team of Aruba is the national soccer team of the Dutch island and state of Aruba in the Caribbean and one of the three national soccer teams of the Kingdom of the Netherlands recognized by FIFA . It belongs to the North and Central American Confederation CONCACAF . It is one of the weakest teams in the continental association CONCACAF. So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup or the World Cup.

Tournaments

World Championship

1930 to 1994 - did not participate
1998 - Aruba first qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France . In 1996 both first round matches took place against the Dominican Republic . Both games were just lost 2: 3 and 1: 3, which resulted in Aruba's premature elimination.
2002 - In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup , Aruba was able to reach the second round of the CONCACAF zone. First, the team defeated Puerto Rico 4-2 and 2-2 in two games , but the second round meant the end. Against the Barbadian national soccer team they lost in two games with 1: 3 and 0: 4.
2006 - The 2006 World Cup was also out of reach for Aruba. Already in the first round they were eliminated by Suriname (first leg 1: 2, second leg 1: 8).
2010 - As part of the qualification for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the team met the Antigua and Barbuda national team in the first round of the CONCACAF zone . Aruba lost the first leg in Oranjestad (Aruba) on February 6, 2008 3-0, the second leg in St. John's ( Antigua and Barbuda ) on March 26, 2008 ended 0: 1 from Aruba's point of view. With that Aruba was eliminated.
2014 - In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , they met St. Lucia in the first round and were eliminated 4-5 on penalties after a 4-2 win in the first leg .
2018 - In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , the team met Barbados in the second round in June 2015 and reached the next round at the green table. After a 2-0 defeat in the first leg, the second leg was also lost 0-1; However, as Barbados used a yellow-banned player, it was rated 3-0 for Aruba. In the third round they met St. Vincent and the Grenadines and were eliminated with 0: 2 and 2: 1.

CONCACAF Gold Cup

1991 - did not participate
1993 - withdrawn
1996 to 2003 - not qualified
2005 - withdrawn
2007 - did not participate
2009 - did not qualify
2011 - did not participate
2013 to 2021 - not qualified

Caribbean Championship

1989 - did not qualify
1990 - did not participate
1991 to 1992 - not qualified
1993 - withdrawn
1994 - did not participate
1995 - did not qualify
1996 - did not participate
1997 to 1998 - not qualified
1999 - withdrawn
2001 - did not qualify
2005 - withdrawn
2007 - did not participate
2008 - did not qualify
2010 - did not participate
2012 to 2017 - not qualified

player

David Abdul , with Sparta Rotterdam until 2011

Reinhard Breinburg , until 2010 FC Dordrecht

Trainer

Netherlands René Notten (1995)
Argentina Ángel Botta (1996)
Aruba Marco Rasmijn (2000)
Netherlands Azing Griever (2004-2006)
Argentina Marcelo Muñoz (2004-2010)
Aruba Epi Albertus (2010-2012)
Netherlands Giovanni Franken (2013-2015)
Netherlands Rini Cool (2015)
Netherlands Martin Koopman (2015-2020)

Individual evidence

↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .

Web links

[1] The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .