Belize national football team

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Belize
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) The Jaguars
Association Football Federation of Belize
Sub-confederation UNCAF (Central America)
Confederation CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach José de la Paz Herrera
Top scorer Deon McCaulay (15)
Home stadium FFB Field
FIFA code BLZ
FIFA ranking 133
Highest FIFA ranking 133 (September 2011, January 2012)
Lowest FIFA ranking 201 (November 2007)
Elo ranking 174
Highest Elo ranking 171 (2 September 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking 189 (January 2008)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 El Salvador 3–0 Belize Belize
(San Salvador, El Salvador; November 29, 1995)
Biggest win
Belize Belize 7–1 Nicaragua 
(Belize City, Belize; April 17, 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Costa Rica 7–0 Belize Belize
(San José, Costa Rica; March 17, 1999)
 Mexico 7–0 Belize Belize
(Monterrey, Mexico; June 21, 2008)

The Belize national football team is the national team of Belize and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize. It is affiliated to the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF. They are managed by the Honduran José de la Paz Herrera.

Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 (and that many of the UK's current colonies have international teams), Belize did not play international football until 1995. It made its debut at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup and was eliminated in the first round after losing to El Salvador and Costa Rica.

It is the weakest team in Central America in according to the FIFA World Rankings,[1] with no World Cup appearances and no appearances in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In September 2011 it reached its highest ever ranking of 134th.[2]

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[edit] June 2011 suspension by FIFA

On 15 June 2011, Belize kicked-off its 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign against minnows Montserrat, winning 2-5 away in a match played in the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Trinidad. However, the return which was scheduled for 19 June was postponed by FIFA when they suspended the FFB due to governmental interference.[3]

[edit] Sporting Facilities

FFB Field in Belmopan is the home stadium for the Belize national football team. The stadium is also used by the Belmopan Blaze in the Belize Premier Football League. Prior to this stadium, Belize had no facilities that met FIFA specifications.

[edit] International participation

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] Gold Cup record

[edit] UNCAF Nations Cup record

  • 1991 to 1993 – Did not exist
  • 1995 – First round
  • 1997 – Did not qualify
  • 1999 – First round
  • 2001 – First round
  • 2003 – Did not enter
  • 2005 – First round
  • 2007 – First round
  • 2009 – First round
  • 2011 – First round

The 1995 tournament in El Salvador saw Belize's international debut. They played the hosts in their first-ever international on 29 November in Group A. El Salvador won 3-0 with all goals coming in the second half.[4] On 1 December Belize scored their first-ever international goal as they lost 2-1 to Costa Rica and were eliminated from the tournament. Both other teams advanced to the semi-finals and were defeated there, Costa Rica's conquerer Honduras beat Guatemala in the final.

[edit] World Cup Qualifying

First Round

    • June 2, 1996, Belize City, Belize – Belize 1 – 2 Panama
    • June 9, 1996, Panama City, Panama – Panama 4 – 1 Belize

Panama advanced by the aggregate score of 6–2.

First Round

    • March 5, 2000, San Salvador, El Salvador – El Salvador 5 – 0 Belize
    • March 19, 2000, San Pedro Sula, Honduras – Belize 1 – 2 Guatemala1
    • April 16, 2000, Belmopan, Belize – Belize 1 – 3 El Salvador
    • May 19, 2000, San Pedro Sula, Honduras – Guatemala 0 – 0 Belize1

El Salvador advanced to the semi-finals. Guatemala advanced to the play-offs.

1The matches between Belize and Guatemala were played on neutral ground due to a border dispute.

First Round

    • June 13, 2004, Kingston, Canada – Canada 4 – 0 Belize
    • June 16, 2004, Kingston, Canada – Belize 0 – 4 Canada

Canada advanced to the Second Round by the aggregate score of 8–0.

First Round

    • February 6, 2008, Guatemala City, Guatemala – Belize 3 – 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
    • March 26, 2008, Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 – 1 Belize

Belize advanced to the Second Round by the aggregate score of 4–1.

1Played in Guatemala City because Belize's stadium is not a suitable venue according to FIFA's guidelines.[5]

Second Round

    • June 15, 2008, Houston, USA – Belize 0 – 2 Mexico2
    • June 21, 2008, Nuevo León, Mexico – Mexico 7 – 0 Belize

Mexico advanced to the Third Round by the aggregate score of 9–0.

2 Belize moved their home leg to the United States.[6]

[edit] Top ten goalscorers

# Name Career Goals
1 Deon McCauley 2007– 15
2 Dion Frazer 2000–2008 5
3 Harrison Róches 2004– 4
4 Norman Nuñez 1995–2005 3
Vallan Symms 2000– 3
Bent Burgess 2000–2002 3
7 David MacCauley 1995–1996 2
Aaron Nolberto 1999–2001 2
Elroy Smith 2004– 2
Elroy Kuylen 2009- 2
Daniel Jiménez 2008– 2

Note: Players in bold text are still active with Belize.

[edit] Team staff

Name Nat Position
José de la Paz Herrera Honduras Head coach
Kert Grey Belize Assistant coach
Marvin Ottley Belize Goalkeeping coach
Luís Cabrera Honduras Physical Trainers
Ken Vasquez Belize Physiotherapist

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called-up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Montserrat on the 17 of July. Caps and goals as of July 17.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Shane Orio 7 August 1980 (1980-08-07) (age 31) 13 0 Honduras Marathón
22 GK Woodrow West 19 September 1985 (1985-09-19) (age 26) 4 0 Belize Belize Defence Force
2 DF Luis Mendez 12 December 1990 (1990-12-12) (age 21) 5 1 Belize Hankook Verdes
4 DF Dalton Eiley 10 December 1983 (1983-12-10) (age 28) 12 0 Belize Toledo Ambassadors
14 DF Mario Villanueva 7 March 1989 (1989-03-07) (age 22) 1 0 Belize Georgetown Ibayani
16 DF Vallan Symms 20 March 1980 (1980-03-20) (age 31) 13 3 Belize FC Belize
18 DF Everal Trapp 22 January 1987 (1987-01-22) (age 25) 5 0 Belize Hopkins FC
7 DF Ian Gaynair 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 25) 10 0 Belize FC Belize
3 MF Ryan Simpson 9 July 1985 (1985-07-09) (age 26) 11 0 Belize Benguche United
5 MF Elroy Kuylen 6 June 1983 (1983-06-06) (age 28) 10 2 Honduras Platense
6 MF David Trapp 5 August 1981 (1981-08-05) (age 30) 4 0 Belize Revolutionary Conquerors
20 MF Deris Benavides 1 May 1976 (1976-05-01) (age 35) 8 1 Belize San Felipe Barcelona
10 MF Harrison Róches 29 November 1983 (1983-11-29) (age 28) 15 2 Honduras Necaxa
8 MF Elroy Smith 31 November 1981 (1981-11-31) (age 30) 16 2 Honduras Deportes Savio
9 FW Deon McCaulay 20 September 1987 (1987-09-20) (age 24) 9 8 Honduras Deportes Savio
11 FW Daniel Jiménez 14 April 1988 (1988-04-14) (age 23) 5 2 Belize Belize Defence Force
13 FW Amin August 16 August 1990 (1990-08-16) (age 21) 1 0 Belize Santa Elena
15 FW Evan Mariano 20 January 1988 (1988-01-20) (age 24) 1 0 Belize Belize Defence Force
19 FW Dennis Serano 27 September 1981 (1981-09-27) (age 30) 3 0 Belize Suga Boys Juventus

Note: Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, therefore being inaccurate.

[edit] Managers

Manager Period in charge Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Belize Winston, MichaelMichael Winston 1995–1996 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000040000004 &0&100000000000000000000000.0
Argentina Bilches, ManuelManuel Bilches 2000 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000030000003 &0&100000000000000000000000.0
Costa Rica Sherrier Lewis, LeroyLeroy Sherrier Lewis 2001 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000010000001 &1000000000000006000000060.0
Brazil Santana, EduardoEduardo Santana 2003 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 !—
Belize Adderly, AnthonyAnthony Adderly 2004–2006 &100000000000000050000005 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000050000005 &0&100000000000000000000000.0
Brazil Antonio Carlos Vieira 2006–2007 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000030000003 &0&100000000000000000000000.0
Guatemala Salas, José PalmiroJosé Palmiro Salas 2008 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &1000000000000005000000050.0
United States Mork, IanIan Mork[7] 2008 &100000000000000040000004 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000030000003 &0&100000000000000000000000.0
Mexico Couch, RenanRenan Couch 2008–2009 &100000000000000030000003 &100000000000000000000000 &100000000000000010000001 &100000000000000020000002 &0&100000000000000000000000.0
Honduras José de la Paz Herrera 2010– &100000000000000070000007 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000020000002 &100000000000000030000003 &1000000000000002860000028.6

[edit] Schedule and recent results

Main article: Belize national football team results

[edit] Last match results

Category Home Team Result Away Team Date Venue Scorers (Home Team) Scorers (Away Team)
Friendly  Belize
0 – 0
  Trinidad and Tobago 9 September 2010 FFB Field, Belmopan none none
Friendly  Guatemala
4 – 2
  Belize 9 October 2010 Estadio Julián Tesucún, Petén Guatemala: Jonny Brown 21'
Mario Castellanos 50'
Dwight Pezzarossi 68'
Carlos Figueroa 74'		 Belize: Harrison Roches 43'
Elroy Kuylen 55'
CAC  Panama
2 – 0
  Belize 14 January 2011 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Panama: Aguilar Goal 22'
Brown Goal 28'		 none
CAC  Belize
2 – 5
  El Salvador 16 January 2011 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City El Salvador: Romero Goal 15'
Burgos Goal 24', 46'
Alas Goal 54'
Umanzor Goal 59'		 Belize: Smith Goal 45+1' (pen.)
O. Jiménez Goal 76'
CAC  Belize
1 – 1
  Nicaragua 18 January 2011 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City Belize: D. Jiménez Goal 81' Nicaragua: Espinoza Goal 10' (pen.)
WCQ  Montserrat
2 – 5
  Belize 15 June 2011 Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva Montserrat: Jaylee Hodgson Goal 44', 86' Belize: Deon McCaulay Goal 24', 74', 83'
Harrison Róches Goal 50'
Elroy Kuylen Goal 53'
WCQ  Belize
3 - 1
  Montserrat 18 July 2011 FFB Field, Belmopan Belize: D. Jiménez Goal 23'
Deon McCaulay Goal 58'
Luis Mendez Goal 60'		 Montserrat: Jaylee Hodgson Goal 58'

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html
  2. ^ http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=blz/ranking/gender=m/index.html
  3. ^ Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize - FIFA
  4. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/belize-intres.html
  5. ^ New World fixtures firmed, FIFA; 11 January 2008.
  6. ^ Mexico-Belize World Cup qualifier moved to Houston, SI.com; 15 May 2008.
  7. ^ As World Cup soccer coach, Mork's gotta Belize – San Diego Union Tribune

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