Netherlands Antilles national football team

Under the name Curaçao, the team played its first international game in 1934 (against Suriname, which was then still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well) and continued to use the name Curaçao until the qualifications for the World Championships of 1958,[1] although the name of the area had changed from "Territory of Curaçao" to "Netherlands Antilles" in 1948.

The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010, and the five constituent islands took on new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands,[2] forming 2 new countries (Curaçao and Sint Maarten) and 3 new special municipalities of the Netherlands (namely Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius).

At the time of the dissolution, the team was about to compete in the qualification tournament for the 2010 Caribbean Championship, and finally competed under an obsolete country name. Sint Maarten national football team, as well as Bonaire national football team are already members of CONCACAF, but are not members of FIFA. The Curaçao national football team took the place of the Netherlands Antilles as a FIFA member.[3]

• 1950 to 1958 – Did not enter
• 1962 to 2010 – Did not qualify

Round 1

Team 1	agg.	Team 2	Leg 1	Leg 2
Nicaragua	0–3	Netherlands Antilles	0–1	0–2

Round 2

Team 1	agg.	Team 2	Leg 1	Leg 2
Haiti	1–0	Netherlands Antilles	0–0	1–0

• 1963 – 3rd place
• 1965 – 5th place
• 1967 – Did not qualify
• 1969 – 3rd place
• 1971 – Withdrew
• 1973 – 6th place
• 1977 to 1989 – Did not qualify

Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	-	6	3	0	3	10	8
1965	-	5	2	0	3	4	16
1969	-	5	2	1	2	9	12
1973	-	5	0	2	3	4	19
Total	4	21	7	3	11	27	55

• 1991 – Did not enter
• 1993 – Withdrew
• 1996 to 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Did not enter
• 2003 – Did not qualify
• 2005 – Withdrew
• 2007 to 2011 – Did not qualify

• 1989 – Fourth place
• 1990 – Did not qualify
• 1991 – Did not enter
• 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1993 – Withdrew
• 1994 – Did not enter
• 1995 to 1997 – Did not qualify
• 1998 – Group stage
• 1999 – Did not qualify
• 2001 – Did not enter
• 2005 – Withdrew
• 2007 to 2010 – Did not enter

• 1951 – Did not compete
• 1955 – Bronze Medal
• 1959 to 2003 – Did not compete

As of 31 May 2012[4]

Team	Pld	W	D	L
Haiti	18	1	4	13
Trinidad and Tobago	17	1	6	10
Suriname	16	5	4	7
El Salvador	16	1	4	11
Costa Rica	15	3	1	11
Mexico	12	2	3	7
Jamaica	10	4	3	7
Honduras	10	2	4	4
Cuba	9	6	1	2
Antigua and Barbuda	9	5	2	2
Guatemala	9	2	5	2
Nicaragua	7	6	0	1
Panama	7	4	1	2
Venezuela	6	3	1	2
Guyana	6	1	1	4
Puerto Rico	4	4	0	0
Grenada	4	1	3	0
United States	4	0	2	2
Aruba	2	1	1	0
Dominican Republic	2	0	1	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	1
Saint Lucia	1	0	1	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	1	0
Argentina	1	0	0	1
Barbados	1	0	0	1
Bermuda	1	0	0	1
Cayman Islands	1	0	0	1
Total	191	52	50	89

Competition				Total
World Cup	0	0	0	0
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup	0	0	2	2
Confederations Cup	0	0	0	0
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	2	2

This is a list of honours for the senior Netherlands Antilles national team

• CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup:
  • Third place (2): 1963, 1969
• CFU Caribbean Cup:
  • Fourth place (1): 1989

2003-2010: Pierre Gobaldini

• Bonaire national football team
• Curaçao national football team (The name of the team before the change of country name to Netherlands Antilles)
• Sint Maarten national football team
• Netherlands national football team

• Netherlands Antilles at the FIFA website.