Bermuda National Football Team

Bermuda

Association

Bermuda Football Association

confederacy

CONCACAF

Head coach

Kyle Lightbourne (since 2018)

Home stadium

Bermuda National Stadium

FIFA code

BER

FIFA rank

168. (983 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international game Iceland 4-3 Bermuda ( Reykjavík , Iceland ; 10 August 1964 )

Biggest win Bermuda 13-0 Montserrat ( Hamilton , Bermuda ; February 29, 2004 )

Biggest defeat Denmark 6-0 Bermuda ( Aalborg , Denmark ; July 1, 1969 )

Successes in tournaments

North and Central American Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( First : 2019 )

Best results

Preliminary round 2019

(Status: unknown)

The Bermuda national soccer team is the national soccer team of the British overseas territory of Bermuda . So far, the team has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer World Cup . In 2019 the team took part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time.

Most of the players on the national team play for the Bermuda Hogges , a Bermuda team co-founded by national coach Lightbourne, which competes in the USL Second Division in US professional football.

Tournaments

World Championship

1930 to 1966 - did not participate

1970 - In qualifying for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico , the USA and Canada met in Group 1 . After three defeats and a draw, they were eliminated from the bottom of the group.

1974 to 1990 - did not participate

1994 - In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup in the USA , they met in the first round of Caribbean zone 1 against Haiti , against which they prevailed 1-0 and 1-2 and then Antigua and Barbuda . There, too, they won 3-0 and 2-1 and qualified for the second round. There you met in Group B on El Salvador , Canada and Jamaica . After one win, two draws and three defeats, they were eliminated from the bottom of the group.

1998 - In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France , they were drawn in Caribbean zone 2 in the first round against the team from Trinidad and Tobago , but withdrew from the qualification.

2002 - In qualifying for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , the British Virgin Islands met in the Caribbean zone 2 of the preliminary round and prevailed with 5: 1 and 9: 0. Then they met Antigua and Barbuda , but had to admit defeat 0-0 and 1-1 due to the away goal rule .

2006 - In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany , they met Montserrat in the first round . They were able to achieve their highest victory so far with a 13-0 win in the first leg and qualify for the second round after a 7-0 second leg. There they met El Salvador and had to admit defeat 1: 2 and 2: 2.

2010 - As part of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , the team met the Cayman Islands ' national team in the first round of the CONCACAF zone , which they defeated 1: 1 and 3: 1. In the second round they met Trinidad and Tobago . In the first leg they managed a 2-1 away win against their favorite opponents, but Trinidad and Tobago won the second leg 2-0, which meant the elimination of Bermuda.

2014 - In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil , Trinidad and Tobago , Guyana and Barbados were played in the 2nd round . After three wins, one draw and two defeats, they were eliminated as third party.

2018 - In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , the team met the Bahamas in the 1st round in March 2015 and prevailed 5-0 and 3-0. In the second round in June 2015 they met Guatemala and missed the third round with 0-0 and 0-1.

CONCACAF Gold Cup

1991 to 1996 - did not participate
1998 and 2000 - not qualified
2002 - withdrawn
2003 - did not participate
2005 to 2009 - not qualified
2011 - did not participate
2013 - did not qualify
2015 - did not participate
2017 - did not qualify
2019 - preliminary round
2021 -

Caribbean Championship

1989 - did not participate
1990 - did not qualify
1991 to 1996 - did not participate
1997 to 1999 - not qualified
2001 withdrawn
2005 to 2017 - not qualified

Island Games

2013 : winner

Known players

Trainer

Germany Rudi Gutendorf (1968)
Germany Burkhard Ziese (1994–1997)
Bermuda Robert Calderon (1999-2000)
Bermuda Kenny Thompsonn (2003-2004)
Bermuda Kyle Lightbourne (2004-2005)
Bermuda Keith Tucker (2007-2008)
Bermuda Kenny Thompson (2008)
Bermuda Devarr Boyles (2011-2012)
Bermuda Andrew Bascome (2012-2017)
Bermuda Kyle Lightbourne (2017) interim
Bermuda Kyle Lightbourne (since 2018)

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 .