National football team of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

Association	TCIFA
confederacy	CONCACAF
Head coach	Omar Edwards (since 2019)
captain	Billy Forbes
Record scorer	Billy Forbes (7)
Record player	Philip Shearer (14)
Home stadium	TCIFA National Stadium
FIFA code	TCA
FIFA rank	203. (862 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
24 games 5 wins 2 draws 17 losses
statistics
First international game Bahamas 3-0 TCA ( Nassau , Bahamas ; February 24, 1999)
Highest win Sint Maarten 2: 5 TCA ( Willemstad , Sint Maarten ; October 10, 2019)
Biggest defeat Cuba 11-0 TCA ( Havana , Cuba ; September 8, 2018)
(As of October 10, 2019)

The national soccer team of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the national soccer team of the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands .

So far, the overseas region has only rarely celebrated victories. In the FIFA world rankings , the Turks and Caicos Islands are traditionally in the lower quarter of the table, currently (June 2018) they occupy the last of the possible places (206th place), in the Elo ratings they occupy the 218th of 234 possible places. With Gavin Glinton and Billy Forbes , the Turks and Caicos Islands were only able to produce two professional footballers. 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.

history

The first competitive games of the national team of the Turks and Caicos Islands took place as part of the qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2000 . The team had to play in Group 1 against the national teams of the Bahamas and the US Virgin Islands . In Nassau they lost the opening match against the Bahamas with 0: 3, two days later it was only enough to a 2: 2 draw against the US Virgin Islands, which meant the last place in the table in the group and thus eliminated. Qualification for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan began for the Turks and Caicos Islands on March 18, 2000 with an 8-0 defeat against St. Kitts and Nevis . The second game in Group 2 on March 21 was again lost 6-0 against St. Kitts and Nevis. The Turks and Caicos Islands were eliminated after two games without even having scored a goal.

The national team was also unable to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . In the first round of the Caribbean zone, Haiti lost 0: 5 and 0: 2 in Miami in front of 3,000 spectators. After not taking part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments in 2002, 2003 and 2005, the national team competed for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007 in group E of the qualification against Cuba , the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands . Against Cuba, the selection in Havana lost 6-0. On September 4, 2006, the national team of the Turks and Caicos Islands finally celebrated their first international win in their history: They defeated the Cayman Islands 2-0. The last group game against the Bahamas, however, was lost 3-2, which resulted in third place in the table and out in qualification.

As part of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the team met the St. Lucia national team in the first round of the CONCACAF zone . The first leg on February 6, 2008 in Providenciales ( Turks and Caicos Islands ) won the Turks and Caicos Islands 2-1. David Lowery and Gavin Glinton were goalscorers for the country . The second leg on March 26, 2008, however, was lost 2-0. Therefore, the team was eliminated in qualification. In the first CONCACAF preliminary round for World Cup qualification for the tournament in Brazil in 2014 , the Bahamas met and were eliminated after two clear defeats.

Tournaments

World Championship

• 1930 to 1998 - did not participate
• 2002 - Qualification for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan began for the Turks and Caicos Islands on March 18, 2000 with an 8-0 defeat against St. Kitts and Nevis . The second game in Caribbean zone 2 on March 21 was again lost 6-0 against St. Kitts and Nevis. The Turks and Caicos Islands were eliminated after two games without even having scored a goal.
• 2006 - The national team also failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . In the first round of the Caribbean zone, Haiti lost 0: 5 and 0: 2 in Miami in front of 3,000 spectators.
• 2010 - As part of qualifying for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa , the team met the St. Lucia national team in the first round of the CONCACAF zone . The first leg on February 6, 2008 in Providenciales (Turks and Caicos Islands) won the Turks and Caicos Islands 2-1. David Lowery and Gavin Glinton were goalscorers for the country. The second leg on March 26, 2008, however, was lost 2-0. Therefore, the team was eliminated in qualification.
• 2014 - In the first CONCACAF preliminary round for World Cup qualification for the tournament in Brazil 2014 , the Bahamas met and were eliminated after two clear defeats with 0: 4 and 0: 6.
• 2018 - In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , the team was eliminated in the first round in March 2015 with 2: 6 and 2: 6 against the team from St. Kitts and Nevis .

CONCACAF Gold Cup

• 1991 to 1998 - did not participate
• 2000 - did not qualify
• 2002 and 2003 - did not participate
• 2005 - withdrawn
• 2007 - did not qualify
• 2009 to 2013 - did not participate
• 2015 to 2021 - not qualified

Caribbean Championship

• 1989 to 1998 - did not participate
• 1999 - did not qualify
• 2001 - did not participate
• 2005 - withdrawn
• 2007 - did not qualify
• 2008 - did not participate
• 2010 to 2012 - did not participate
• 2014 - did not qualify
• 2017 - did not participate

List of international matches

All international matches for the Turks and Caicos Islands
number	opponent	date	result	event
1	Bahamas	February 24, 1999	0: 3	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 1999
2	American Virgin Islands	February 26, 1999	2: 2	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 1999
3	St. Kitts and Nevis	March 18, 2000	0: 8	Qualification for the 2002 World Cup
4th	St. Kitts and Nevis	March 21, 2000	0: 6	Qualification for the 2002 World Cup
5	Cayman Islands (U-21)	September 25, 2000	5-0	Friendly match
6th	Cayman Islands	September 27, 2000	0: 3	Friendly match
7th	Haiti	February 18, 2004	0: 5	Qualification for the 2006 World Cup
8th	Haiti	February 21, 2004	0: 2	Qualification for the 2006 World Cup
9	Cuba	September 2, 2004	0: 6	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 2007
10	Cayman Islands	September 4, 2004	2-0	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 2007
11	Bermuda	September 6, 2004	2: 3	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 2007
12	St. Lucia	February 6, 2008	2: 1	Qualification for the 2010 World Cup
13	St. Lucia	March 26, 2008	0: 2	Qualification for the 2010 World Cup
14th	Bahamas	July 2, 2011	0: 4	Qualification for the 2014 World Cup
15th	Bahamas	July 9, 2011	0: 6	Qualification for the 2014 World Cup
16	Aruba	May 30, 2014	0: 1	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 2014
17th	French Guiana	June 1, 2014	0: 6	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 2014
18th	British Virgin Islands	3rd June 2014	2-0	Qualification for the Caribbean Championship 2014
19th	St. Kitts and Nevis	March 23, 2015	2: 6	Qualification for the 2018 World Cup
20th	St. Kitts and Nevis	March 26, 2015	2: 6	Qualification for the 2018 World Cup
21st	Dominican Republic	March 22, 2018	0: 4	Friendly match

Trainer

• Gino Pacitto (1999-2000)
• Paul Crosbie (2004)
• Charles Cook (2006)
• Matthew Green (2006-2008)
• Steve Kendrew (2014)
• Oliver Smith (2015)
• Craig Harrington (2018)
• Matthew Barnes (2018)
• Omar Edwards (since 2019)

See also

• List of goalscorers for the Turks and Caicos Islands (football)

Web links

• Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (English)
• Turks and Caicos Islands on fifa.com
• All international matches for the Turks and Caicos Islands (until September 6, 2006)

Individual evidence

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