Aruba national football team

Aruba
Association	Arubaanse Voetbal Bond
Confederation	CONCACAF ; (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Martin Koopman
Captain	Raymond Baten
Most caps	Theric Ruiz (24)
Home stadium	Trinidad Stadium
FIFA code	ARU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	185 3 (20 September 2018)
Highest	112 (November 2015)
Lowest	202 (February–April 2008)
First international
	Aruba 0–4 Curaçao ; (Aruba; 6 April 1924)
Biggest win
	Aruba 7–0 British Virgin Islands ; (Oranjestad, Aruba; 1 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
	Trinidad and Tobago 11–0 Aruba ; (Arima, Trinidad and Tobago; 23 April 1989)

The Aruba national football team (Dutch, "Arubaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamento, "Seleccion Arubano di futbol") is the national team of Aruba, it was founded in 1932 and is affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), CONCACAF and FIFA (since 1988) and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.

World Cup record

1930 to 1986 – Did not enter, was part of Netherlands Antilles
1990 to 1994 – Did not enter
1998 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

1991 – Did not enter
1993 – Withdrew
1996 to 2003 – Did not qualify
2005 – Withdrew
2007 – Did not enter
2009 – Did not qualify
2011 – Did not enter
2013 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

1989 – Did not qualify
1990 – Did not enter
1991 – Did not qualify
1992 – Did not qualify
1993 – Withdrew
1994 – Did not enter
1995 – Did not qualify
1996 – Did not enter
1997 – Did not qualify
1998 – Did not qualify
1999 – Withdrew
2001 – Did not qualify
2005 – Withdrew
2007 – Did not enter
2008 – Did not qualify
2010 – Did not enter
2012 – Did not qualify
2014 – Did not qualify
2017 – Did not qualify

List of coaches

Martin Koopman (2015–)
Rini Coolen (2015)
Giovanni Franken (2013–2015)
Epi Albertus (2010– 2012)
Marcelo Muñoz (2004), (2008–2010)
Azing Griever (2004–2006)
Marco Rasmijn (2000)
Ángel Botta (1996)
René Notten (1995)

Recent results

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Match Type
20 May 2010	Venezuela	Loss	0–3	Friendly
29 October 2010	Curaçao	Loss	0–3	Friendly
8 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Win	4–2	WCQ
12 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Loss	2–4 (4–5 PK)	WCQ
2 December 2011	Suriname	Win	0–0 (5–4 PK)	2011 ABCS Tournament
13 July 2012	Curaçao	Win	3–2	2012 ABCS Tournament
15 July 2012	Suriname	Win	1–0	2012 ABCS Tournament
27 March 2014	Guam	Draw	2–2	Friendly
30 March 2014	Guam	Win	2–0	Friendly
30 May 2014	Turks and Caicos Islands	Win	1–0	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
1 June 2014	British Virgin Islands	Win	7–0	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
3 June 2014	French Guiana	Loss	0–2	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
10 June 2015	Barbados	Loss	0–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 June 2015	Barbados	Win	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
31 August 2015	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Loss	0–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 September 2015	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Win	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Aruba all-time record against all nations

Note: teams that are in italics indicates that the team got collapsed, a historical team, or a team which is not a FIFA member.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Barbados	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Curaçao	22	0	8	14	19	47	−28
Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
French Guiana	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Grenada	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4
Guam	2	1	1	0	4	2	2
Guyana	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Haiti	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Honduras	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Jamaica	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Netherlands Antilles	8	1	0	7	10	23	−13
Panama	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2
Saint Lucia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0
Suriname	14	2	5	7	15	44	−29
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Total	73	10	18	45	85	194	−109

Current squad

The following players were called up for the CONCACAF Nations League matches against Guadeloupe on October 17, 2018

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Jean-Marc Antersijn	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 28)	FC Boshuizen
1GK	Eric Abdul	(1986-02-25) 25 February 1986 (age 38)	SV Dakota
1GK	Matthew Lentink	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30)	Zeelandia Middelburg

2DF	Nathan Lo-A-Njoe	(1989-03-11) 11 March 1989 (age 35)	Racing Club
2DF	Jean-Pierre Heyden	(2000-02-25) 25 February 2000 (age 24)	Deportivo Nacional
2DF	Leroy Oehlers	(1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 31)	FC Lisse
2DF	Nickenson Paul	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997 (age 26)	SV Dakota
2DF	Jefferson Vegas	(1995-01-30) 30 January 1995 (age 29)	RKSV Sarto
3MF	Gino Mulder	(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987 (age 36)	HBS Craeyenhout

3MF	Walter Bennet	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27)	Excelsior Maassluis
3MF	Erik Santos de Gouveia	(1990-08-30) 30 August 1990 (age 33)	Racing Club
3MF	Raymond Baten	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 35)	Quick Boys
3MF	Liomar Croes	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28)	SV Dakota
3MF	Jeamirr Howell	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992 (age 31)	Racing Club
3MF	Lionel Kaarsbaan	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987 (age 36)	SV Dakota
3MF	Annuar Kock	(1991-12-03) 3 December 1991 (age 32)	SV Estrella
3MF	Gregor Breinburg	(1991-09-15) 15 September 1991 (age 32)	Sparta Rotterdam

4FW	Joshua John	(1988-10-01) 1 October 1988 (age 35)	Bursaspor
4FW	Ricky Marte	(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 27)	River Plate Aruba
4FW	Joshua Gross	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 30)	ASWH Ambacht
4FW	Ronald Gómez	(1984-10-25) 25 October 1984 (age 39)	Racing Club
4FW	Jean Pierre Fingal	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 30)	Racing Club
4FW	Edward Clarissa	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24)	Deportivo Nacional

References

^ "Aruba - List of International Matches". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

External links

Country profile – FIFA
Country roster – National Football Teams
Team 2008
Netherlands Antilles vs Aruba, Digicel Caribbean Championships 2008, YouTube
Grenada vs Aruba, Digicel Caribbean Championships 2008, YouTube
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[1] "Aruba - List of International Matches". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 November 2010.

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