Belizean national football team

Belize
Bélize

Nickname (s)

The Jaguars

Association

Football Federation of Belize

confederacy

CONCACAF

Head coach

Vincenzo Alberto Annese (since June 2019)

Record scorer

Deon McCaulay (25)

Record player

Elroy Smith (60)

Home stadium

FFB Field

FIFA code

BLZ

FIFA rank

170 (974 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international El Salvador 3-0 Belize ( San Salvador , El Salvador ; November 29, 1995)

Biggest win Belize 7-1 Nicaragua ( Belize City , Belize ; April 17, 2002 )

Biggest defeats Costa Rica 7-0 Belize ( San José , Costa Rica ; March 17, 1999 ) Mexico 7-0 Belize ( Monterrey , Mexico ; June 21, 2008 )

Successes in tournaments

North and Central American Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 2013 )

Best results

Preliminary round 2013

(As of November 18, 2019)

The Belizean national soccer team is the national soccer team of the Central American state of Belize . She is a member of the continental association CONCACAF . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for the soccer World Cup . The first qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup came in 2013. In March 2013, Belize achieved 123rd place, the best place in the FIFA world rankings to date .

Tournaments

World Championship

1930 to 1986 - did not participate
1990 - After qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy , you were disqualified after disagreements with FIFA .
1994 - did not participate
1998 - In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France , they met Panama in the central zone of the preliminary round and had to admit defeat 1: 2 and 1: 4.
2002 - In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , they were drawn in the central zone 1 of the preliminary round against El Salvador and Guatemala , but were eliminated from the bottom of the group after only one draw from 4 games.
2006 - In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany , they met Canada in the 2nd round and lost 4-0 twice.
2010 - As part of the qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa, the team met the national team from St. Kitts and Nevis in the first round of the CONCACAF zone . Belize won the first leg in Guatemala 3-1 on February 6, 2008, the second leg in Basseterre ( St. Kitts and Nevis ) ended 1-1, making Belize move into the second round of qualifying. There the team lost the first leg against Mexico 2-0 in Houston ( United States ) on June 15 . The second leg took place on June 21st in Monterrey ( Mexico ), where they lost 7-0 and were eliminated.

2014 - In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , they met Montserrat in the 1st round and progressed 5: 2 and 3: 1 into the 2nd round. There you met Guatemala , St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada . After 2 wins and 1 draw from 6 games, they were eliminated as second in the group.

2018 - In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , the team met the Cayman Islands in the 1st round in March 2015 and moved into the 2nd round with 0-0 and 1: 1 thanks to the away goals rule . There, too, they were able to prevail with 2-1 and 3-0 against the Dominican Republic and move into the third round. There they were eliminated with 0: 3 and 1: 1 against Canada .

CONCACAF Gold Cup

1991 and 1993 - did not participate
1996 to 2002 - not qualified
2003 - did not participate
2005 to 2011 - not qualified
2013 - preliminary round
2015 to 2021 - not qualified

Central American Championship

The Central American Championship was held in 1991-2009 under the name "UNCAF Nations Cup". Since 2011 the name has been "Copa Centroamericana".

1991 and 1993 - did not participate
1995 - preliminary round
1997 - did not qualify
1999 - preliminary round
2001 - preliminary round
2003 - did not participate
2005 - preliminary round
2007 - preliminary round
2009 - preliminary round
2011 - preliminary round
2013 - fourth
2014 - preliminary round
2017 - sixth

Record player

As of November 18, 2019

Record player
Games	player	Period	Gates
60	Elroy Smith	2004-	04th
60	Ian Gaynair	2007-	02
52	Deon McCauley	2007-	25th
40	Dalton Eiley	2005-	00
40	Harrison Roches	2005-	05
38	Daniel Jiménez	2008-	02
37	Trevor Lennon	2005-	01
37	Woodrow West	2008-	00
33	Elroy Kuylen	2009-	05
33	Evrall Trapp	2010-	00

Record shooters
Gates	player	Period	Games
25th	Deon McCauley	2007-	52
05	Elroy Kuylen	2009-	33
05	Harrison Roches	2005-	40
04th	Elroy Smith	2004–	60
03	Dion Frazer	2001-2008	0 7th
03	Vallan Symms	2000-2011	20th

↑ ^a ^b rsssf.com: Belize - Record International Players
↑ Incl. possible matches and goals against French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Saint Martin and Sint Maarten , who are members of CONCACAF but not members of FIFA and are therefore not taken into account by FIFA.