Anguilla national football team

Anguilla

Association	Anguilla Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Colin Johnson
Top scorer	Richard O'Connor (5)
Home stadium	Webster Park
FIFA code	AIA
FIFA ranking	201
Highest FIFA ranking	189 (June 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking	205 (July 2006)
Elo ranking	221
Highest Elo ranking	218
Lowest Elo ranking	222
Home colours Away colours
First international
Anguilla 1 – 1 Montserrat (Saint Lucia; May 14, 1991)
Biggest win
Anguilla 4 – 1 Montserrat (Saint Martin; February 8, 2001) Anguilla 4 – 1 Nevis (Anguilla; June 29, 2003)
Biggest defeat
Guyana 14 – 0 Anguilla (St. John's, A&B; April 16, 1998)

The Anguilla national football team is the national team of Anguilla, a British colony in the Caribbean, and is controlled by the Anguilla Football Association. It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF.

Anguilla is currently 198th out of 203 in the FIFA World Rankings. It is the second-weakest side in CONCACAF after Montserrat.

The team has often called upon players from English semi-professional teams in the London area.

Anguilla all time record against all nations

Updated 10 July 2011

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Antigua and Barbuda	2	0	0	2	3	12	−9	0%
Bahamas	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0%
Barbados	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6	0%
British Virgin Islands	4	1	0	3	6	13	−7	25%
Dominica	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	0%
Dominican Republic	4	0	1	3	0	12	−12	0%
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16	0%
Grenada	1	0	0	1	1	14	−13	0%
Guyana	1	0	0	1	0	14	−14	0%
Montserrat	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	37.5%
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Total	26	2	3	21	23	116	−93	10%

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1990 – Did not exist
• 1994 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2002 to 2014 – Did not qualify

2002 World Cup qualification

Anguilla entered World Cup qualification for the first time for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

In the Caribbean zone, Anguilla were put in a play-off against the Bahamas and hosted the first leg on 5 March 2000, losing 3-1 at Webster Park in The Valley in front of 3,000 people. In the second leg on 19 March, Anguilla lost 2-1 to the Bahamas at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau with an attendance of 330. They therefore lost 5-2 on aggregate.

2006 World Cup qualification

In a play-off for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Anguilla faced the Dominican Republic and held them to an away 0-0 draw at the Estadio Olimpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo, on 19 March 2004. However the second leg was held at the same stadium two days later and the Dominican Republic won 6-0.

2010 World Cup qualification

During qualification of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Anguilla was drawn against El Salvador in a play-off. On 6 February 2008 they lost 12-0 at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, where striker Rudis Corrales scored five times and Ronald Cerritos three. Anguilla's home leg was held at the RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. in the United States on 26 March. In front of 22,670 Anguilla lost 4-0, thus El Salvador won 16-0 on aggregate.

2014 World Cup qualification

In a play-off for the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Anguilla were again drawn to play the Dominican Republic in a play-off, as they had eight years previously. On 8 July 2011 they lost 2-0 at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristobal, and two days later lost at the same stadium 4-0, to send the Dominican Republic through 6-0 on aggregate, the same margin as the previous encounter.

Gold Cup record

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

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Scorers for Anguilla	Competition
2 October 2010	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1–3	A. Richardson 52' (pen.)	2010 Caribbean Championship
4 October 2010	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Cayman Islands	1–4	Brooks 33'	2010 Caribbean Championship
6 October 2010	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Saint-Martin	2–1	Brooks 16', Rodgers 37'	2010 Caribbean Championship
19 June 2011	Anguilla	U.S. Virgin Islands	0–0		Friendly
8 July 2011	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	0–2		2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10 July 2011	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	0–4		2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 Caribbean Championship qualifiers on 2, 4, & 6 October 2010.

n°	Player	Position	DoB	Caps/goals	Club
1	Ryan Liddie	Goalkeeper	October 15, 1980	2/0
19	Solomon Davy	Goalkeeper	December 15, 1979
8	Leon Jeffers	Centre back	March 20, 1979	14/0	FC Roaring Lions
15	Andre Griffith	Centre back	March 13, 1975	6/0
16	Kevin Hawley	Centre back	June 30, 1980	13/0
3	Romare Kelsick	Right back	December 26, 1976	8/0
7	Walwyn Benjamin	Central midfielder	February 23, 1975	11/0
2	Girdon Connor	Central midfielder / Left winger	January 26, 1979	13/1
10	Terrence Rodgers	Midfielder		6/1
	Emmerson Brooks-Meade	Left winger	July 7, 1983	2/0	Leighton Town
	Romell Gumbs	Right winger	November 12, 1985	2/0	Slough Town
	Denville Francis	Left winger		2/0
	Lester Connor	Midfielder	March 30, 1973	3/0	FC Roaring Lions
6	Damian Bailey	Midfielder	May 5, 1991	4/0
13	Adonijah Richardson		April 6, 1990	8/1
	Jermain Hodge	Midfielder	January 29, 1984	3/0
	Jermaine Gumbs	Striker	May 5, 1986	2/0	Binfield F.C.
9	Javille Brooks	Striker	September 21, 1984	5/2
14	Jaiden Abbott	Striker	April 16, 1984	7/0	Roaring Lions

Coaches

• Clifton Livingston (2000)
• Scott Cooper (2002)
• Vernon Hodge (2003)
• Benjamin Davies (2004)
• Vernon Hodge (2005–2007)
• Kerthney Carty (2008)
• Colin Johnson (2008–2009)
• Scott Cooper (2010)

External links

• Antigua & Barbuda – Anguilla, Digicel Caribbean Cup 2007, You Tube
• Barbados – Anguilla, Digicel Caribbean Cup 2007, You Tube
• El Salvador – Anguilla 12–0, 2008-02-06, 2010 WCQ, You Tube
• Anguilla – El Salvador 0–4, 2008-03-26, 2010 WCQ, You Tube