Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Nickname(s)	The Sugar Boyz
Association	St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Lester Morris
Most caps	Keith Gumbs (131)
Top scorer	Keith Gumbs (47)
Home stadium	Warner Park
FIFA code	SKN
FIFA ranking	137
Highest FIFA ranking	106 (November 2012)
Lowest FIFA ranking	176 (November 1994)
Elo ranking	155
Highest Elo ranking	118 (29 July 2003)
Lowest Elo ranking	174 (August 2009)
First colours Second colours
First international
Jamaica 2 – 1 SK&N (Jamaica; 3 June 1979)
Biggest win
SK&N 10 – 0 Montserrat (Basseterre, SK&N; 17 April 1992)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 8 – 0 SK&N (Monterrey, Mexico; 17 November 2004)

The Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team is the national team of Saint Kitts and Nevis and is controlled by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association. They are affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF.

They are nicknamed The Sugar Boyz due to the sugar cultivation on the island.

History

The first match played by Saint Kitts and Nevis was away against Jamaica on 17 June 1979. Jamaica won 2-1 and also won the second leg in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Saint Kitts and Nevis made a surprise run to the second round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but was severely overmatched on that stage. Saint Kitts and Nevis finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1997, and fourth in 1993.

Achievements

World Cup:

• 1930 to 1994 – Did not enter
• 1998 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup:

• 1991 to 2011 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup:

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Fourth Place	5	1	2	2	7	10
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	10
1997	Second Place	4	2	0	2	4	8
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	9
2001	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	7	8
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	8
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	6/15	21	4	5	12	26	53

Recent results

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Match Type
6 October 2010	Barbados	Draw	1–1	Carib. Cup
8 October 2010	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Draw	1–1	Carib. Cup
10 October 2010	Montserrat	Win	4–0	Carib. Cup
22 October 2010	Guadeloupe	Loss	2–1	Carib. Cup
24 October 2010	Grenada	Loss	2–0	Carib. Cup
26 October 2010	Puerto Rico	Win	1–0	Carib. Cup
2 September 2011	Puerto Rico	Draw	0–0	2014 World Cup Qualification
6 September 2011	Saint Lucia	Win	4-2	2014 World Cup Qualification
7 October 2011	Puerto Rico	Draw	1-1	2014 World Cup Qualification
11 October 2011	Saint Lucia	Draw	1-1	2014 World Cup Qualification
11 November 2011	Canada	Draw	0-0	2014 World Cup Qualification

Players

Current squad

The following players are the squad for the 2012 Caribbean Championship qualification

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Akil Byron (1980-06-10) 10 June 1980 29 0 Newtown United 18 1GK Julanni Archibald (1991-05-18) 18 May 1991 ? ?  ? 22 2DF Kareem Harris (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 6 0 Washington Archibald HS 13 2DF Thrizen Leader (1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 33 0 St. Paul's United 5 2DF Errol O'Loughlin (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 18 0 Conaree United 7 2DF Mudassa Howe (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 5 0 Washington Archibald HS 2DF Tesfa Robinson (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985 3 0 Chasetown F.C. 2DF Patrece Liburd (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 4 0 Frickley Athletic F.C. 3 3MF Gerard Williams (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 23) 25 2 W Connection 4 3MF Orlando Mitchum (1987-05-19)19 May 1987 (aged 24) 27 2 Antigua Barracuda 10 3MF Ian Lake (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 29) 36 17 Newtown United 14 3MF Tiran Hanley (1988-03-22)22 March 1988 (aged 23) 13 0 Alpha United 19 3MF Devaughn Elliott (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 5 1 Village Superstars 3MF Romaine Sawyers (1991-11-02) 2 November 1991 3 1 West Bromwich Albion 3MF Akil Grier (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 3 0 Halesowen Town FC 20 4FW Atiba Harris (captain) (1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 27 10 Colorado Rapids Joash Leader Kadeen Lewis 4FW Aaron Moses-Garvey (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 4 0 Redditch United F.C. 4FW Zephaniah Thomas (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 2 0 Cowdenbeath F.C.

Recent Callups

The following players were not on the roster for the Caribbean Cup, but have played for the team in the past 12 months.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Kayian Benjamin ? 12 0  ? 1GK Alexis Richards (1987-10-31)31 October 1987 (aged 23) ? ? Garden Hotspurs 2DF Joel Jeffers (1985-07-27)27 July 1985 (aged 26) 16 0 Village Superstars 2DF Lisimba Challenger ? ? ?  ? 2DF Valmon Jeffers ? 2 0 2DF Earl Jones (1983-10-11)11 October 1983 (aged 28) 8 0 2DF Keithroy Richards ? 28 0  ? 2DF Kendale Liburd (1991-07-09)9 July 1991 (aged 20) 2 0 St. Thomas/Trinity Strikers 2DF Rovan Wigley (1988-02-11)11 February 1988 (aged 23) ? ? Garden Hotspurs 5 2DF Irandy Byron (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 22) 6 0 Washington Archibald HS 3MF Keithroy Saddler (1985-05-01) 1 May 1985 14 0 3MF Shashi Isaac (1982-04-04) 4 April 1982 28 1 Newton United 3MF Stephen Clarke (1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 12 1 Fisher Athletic 6 3MF George Isaac (1977-10-12) 12 October 1977 43 17 St. Paul's United 12 3MF Joeski Williams (1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 3 0 3MF Lawrence Jeffers (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 ? ? 3MF Alister Warner (1984-02-27) 27 February 1984 ? ? Village Superstars 12 3MF Austin Lewis (1985-12-16) 16 December 1985 4 0 Conaree United 13 3MF Shaquille Adams (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 1 0 Garden Hotspurs 4FW Attis Hughes ? ? ? KFC Challengers United FC 9 4FW Jevon Francis (1980-01-05) 5 January 1980 40 15 Southern Myanmar United 8 4FW Alexis Saddler (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 23 8 Newtown United 11 4FW Keith Gumbs (1972-09-11) 11 September 1972 131 47 Arema Indonesia (ISL) 9 4FW Matthew Berkeley (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 1 0 Colwyn Bay 15 4FW Tishan Hanley (1990-08-22) 22 August 1990 11 1 Fredericksburg Hotspur

List of coaches

• Clinton "Tinnie" Percival
• Ces Podd (1999–2002)
• Elvis "Star" Browne (2002–2004)
• Lenny Lake (2004–2007)
• Lester Morris (2008–)

External links

• Official Website