Bahamas national football team

Bahamas

Nickname(s)	Rake n' Scrape Boyz The Baha Boyz
Association	Bahamas Football Association
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Kevin Davies
Captain	Happy Hall
Most caps	Dwayne Whylly (12) Cameron Hepple (12)
Top scorer	Lesly St.Fleur (6 goals)
Home stadium	Thomas Robinson Stadium
FIFA code	BAH
FIFA ranking	155
Highest FIFA ranking	138 (September 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	197 (March 1999)
Elo ranking	191
Highest Elo ranking	191 (October 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking	207 (2001, 2004)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Netherlands Antilles 8–1 Bahamas (Panama City, Panama; March 3, 1970)
Biggest win
Bahamas 6–0 Turks and Caicos (Nassau, Bahamas; July 9, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 13–0 Bahamas (Toluca, Mexico; April 28, 1987)

The Bahamas national football team is the national team of the Bahamas and is controlled by the Bahamas Football Association; it was founded in 1967 and joined FIFA in 1968. Bahamas has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. In 2011, they withdrew from 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification after playing in the first round.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 – Did not enter
• 1998 – Withdrew
• 2002 to 2010 – Did not qualify
• 2014 – Withdrew

Gold Cup record

• 1991 to 1998 – Did not enter
• 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2002 – Withdrew
• 2003 – Did not enter
• 2005 – Withdrew
• 2007 – Did not qualify
• 2009 to 2011– Did not enter

Caribbean Cup record

• 1989 to 1998 – Did not qualify
• 1999 – Eliminated in group play
• 2001 – Withdrew
• 2005 – Eliminated in group play
• 2007 – Second Round
• 2008 – Did not enter

Pan American Games record

• 1951 to 1967 – Did not compete
• 1971 – Round 1
• 1975 to 2003 – Did not compete

FIFA Ranking

As of November 2011

Position	Country	Points
152	Singapore	146
153	Bahamas	141
154	Nicaragua	141

Recent results

Main article: Bahamas national football team results

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Match Type
2 July 2011	Turks and Caicos Islands	Win	4–0	WCQ
9 July 2011	Turks and Caicos Islands	Win	6–0	WCQ

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Turks and Caicos Islands on 2 and 11 July 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Raynaldo Sturrup 11 January 1990 (1990-01-11) 2 0 Thomas University 2 DF Anton Sealey 19 November 1991 (1991-11-19) 2 0 UNC – Chapel Hill 3 DF Dana Veth 1 September 1987 (1987-09-01) 4 0 Free Agent 4 DF Happy Hall 15 October 1987 (1987-10-15) 10 1 Dayton Dutch Lions 5 DF Dwayne Forbes 20 January 1989 (1989-01-20) 3 0 United 6 DF Mackenson Altidor 20 June 1984 (1984-06-20) 6 0 Free Agent 7 FW Demont Mitchell 24 October 1988 (1988-10-24) 6 2 Free Agent 8 DF Michael Bethel 21 April 1990 (1990-04-21) 6 1 Free Agent 9 FW Lesly St. Fleur 21 March 1989 (1989-03-21) 11 6 Sporting 10 FW Nesley Jean 16 March 1985 (1985-03-16) 11 5 Bears 11 MF Cameron Hepple 19 May 1988 (1988-05-19) 12 1 KF Tirana 12 GK Torin Ferguson 29 July 1985 (1985-07-29) 1 0 Bears 13 MF Jonathan Sykes 9 March 1990 (1990-03-09) 2 0 Maryville College 14 MF Christopher Larson 1 October 1991 (1991-10-01) 1 0 Catholic University 15 MF Andrew Pratt 17 July 1991 (1991-07-17) 1 0 College of The Bahamas 16 MF Raymorn Sturrup 3 May 1992 (1992-05-03) 0 0 IMG Soccer Academy 17 DF Shemord Thompson 15 January 1987 (1987-01-15) 8 1 Bears 18 MF Jackner Louis 15 January 1993 (1993-01-15) 1 1 Dynamos

List of Coaches

• Randy Rogers (1987)
• Gary White (2004)
• Neider dos Santos (2006–2010)
• Kevin Davies (2011–present)

External links

• Bahamas Football Associaton Website
• Bahamas in National Football Teams
• Bahamas in FIFA.com