Netherlands Antilles national football team
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| Association | Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie |
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| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||
| Head coach |  Remko Bicentini |
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| Captain | Robin Nelisse | ||
| Home stadium | Stadion Ergilio Hato | ||
| FIFA code | ANT | ||
| FIFA ranking | 140 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 118 (July 1995) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 188 (December 2003) | ||
| Elo ranking | 167 | ||
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| First international | |||
 Panama 3 - 3 Netherlands Antilles (San José, Costa Rica; May 8, 1941) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Netherlands Antilles 15 - 0 Puerto Rico  (Venezuela; January 15, 1959) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
Netherlands 8 - 0 Netherlands Antilles  (Amsterdam, Netherlands; September 5, 1962)  Mexico 8 - 0 Netherlands Antilles (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; December 8, 1973) |
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| CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1963) | ||
| Best result | 3rd, 1963 and 1969 | ||
The Netherlands Antilles national football team is the national team of the Netherlands Antilles and is controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team.
The Netherlands Antilles team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The country managed to come third in the CONCACAF championships of 1963 and 1969; for four days in March 1963 they could have been regarded as unofficial World Champions, beating Mexico 2-1 before losing to Costa Rica 0-1.
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[edit] Future
On 28 November 2005, an agreement was signed between the Dutch government and the governments of each island that would put into effect in December 2008; the findings of a commission into the constitutional future of the islands: [1].
Two new associated states within the Kingdom of the Netherlands are to be formed: Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which may have be eligible for recognition as international teams. (Sint Maarten is already a member of CONCACAF)
Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius would become directly part of the Netherlands as the Kingdom Islands, and no announcement has yet been made as to whether they will have separate representation, probably they will preserve the name Netherlands Antilles for sport questions.
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] CONCACAF Championship record
- 1963 - 3rd place
- 1965 - 5th place
- 1967 - Did not qualify
- 1969 - 3rd place
- 1971 - Withdrew
- 1973 - 6th place
- 1977 - Did not qualify
- 1981 - Did not qualify
- 1985 - Did not qualify
- 1989 - Did not qualify
[edit] Gold Cup record
- 1991 - Did not enter
- 1993 - Withdrew
- 1996 to 2000 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Did not enter
- 2003 - Did not qualify
- 2005 - Withdrew
- 2007 - Did not qualify
- 2009 - Did not qualify
[edit] Pan American Games record
[edit] Notable managers
- Pim Verbeek,(2004)
- Etiënne Silee,(2005-2007)
- Leen Looyen, (2008)
- Remko Bicentini, (2009-)
[edit] Current squad
Selection for the friendly match against Aruba on June 6, 2009.
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