Barbados national football team

Barbados
Nickname(s)	Bajan Tridents
Association	Barbados Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF ; (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Russell Latapy
Captain	Rashad Jules
Most caps	Norman Forde (74)
Top scorer	Llewellyn Riley (23)
Home stadium	Barbados National Stadium
FIFA code	BRB
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	162 (7 April 2021)
Highest	92 (October 2009)
Lowest	181 (July 2017)
First international
	Barbados 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago ; (Barbados; 20 April 1929)
Biggest win
	Barbados 7–1 Anguilla ; (St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda; 24 September 2006)
Biggest defeat
	British Guiana 9–0 Barbados ; (British Guiana; March 1931)

The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Tridents, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semifinal round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2–1 win over Costa Rica, but lost their five remaining games. In 2004, Barbados gained a shock 1–1 draw at home to Northern Ireland.

Competitive record[edit]

World Cup record[edit]

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1974	Did not enter (as until 1966, British Barbados)
1978	Did not qualify
1982	Did not enter
1986	Withdrew
1990	Did not enter
1994 to 2014	Did not qualify
2018	Disqualified after qualifying for third round^[5]^[6]
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	0 Titles	0/21	–	–	–	–	–	–

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup[edit]

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter
1965	Did not enter
1967	Did not enter
1969	Did not enter
1971	Did not enter
1973	Did not enter
1977	Did not qualify
1981	Withdrew
1985	Did not enter
1989	Did not enter
1991	Did not enter
1993	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
2021	In progress
Total	0 titles	0/25	0	0	0	0	0	0

CONCACAF Nations League[edit]

CONCACAF Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2019−20	C	A	6	4	0	2	14	4		31st
2022–23	B	To be determined
Total			6	4	0	2	14	4	31st

Caribbean Cup record[edit]

Caribbean Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1989	Group stage	5th	2	1	0	1	1	3
1990	Abandoned^[7]		2	1	1	0	5	4
1991	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1994	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	3	5
1995	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1997	Did not qualify
1998	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	2	10
2005	Fourth place	4th	3	0	0	3	2	7
2007	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	3	6
2008	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	4	8
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Did not qualify
2017	Did not qualify
Total	Fourth place	7/19	19	2	4	13	20	43

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2021[edit]

March 25 2022 World Cup qualification	Panama	1–0	Barbados	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
20:00 UTC−4	Catuy 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

March 30 2022 World Cup qualification	Barbados	1–0	Anguilla	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
19:30 UTC−4	Saimovici 81'	Report		Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Mexico)

June 4 2022 World Cup qualification	Dominican Republic	v	Barbados	TBD
		Report		Stadium: TBD Referee: TBD

June 8 2022 World Cup qualification	Barbados	v	Dominica	TBD
		Report		Stadium: TBD Referee: TBD

July 2–3 2021 Gold Cup qualification	Bermuda	v	Barbados	Fort Lauderdale, United States
				Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Referee: TBD

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

A 24-man squad has been called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF First Round matches against Panama and Anguilla.

Caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2021 prior to the game against Panama.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Kishmar Primus	(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 23)	18	0	Barbados Defence Force
1GK	Liam Brathwaite	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 20)	1	0	UWI

2DF	Mario Williams	(1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 28)	32	0	Weymouth Wales
2DF	Akeem Hill	(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 24)	24	1	Barbados Defence Force
2DF	Ackeel Applewhaite	(1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 21)	26	1	Paradise FC
2DF	Rashad Smith	(1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 24)	12	0	Barbados Defence Force
2DF	Carl Hinkson	(1997-04-14) 14 April 1997 (age 23)	8	0	SIUE Cougars
2DF	Krystian Pearce	(1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 31)	4	0	Boreham Wood
2DF	Najee Holder	(1998-10-05) 5 October 1998 (age 22)	0	0	Paradise FC

3MF	Raheim Sargeant	(1992-06-09) 9 June 1992 (age 28)	47	3	Barbados Defence Force
3MF	Hadan Holligan	(1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 24)	42	4	Weymouth Wales
3MF	Rashad Jules (captain)	(1992-06-24) 24 June 1992 (age 28)	32	6	Barbados Defence Force
3MF	Jomo Harris	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 26)	32	2	Paradise FC
3MF	Omani Leacock	(1998-05-01) 1 May 1998 (age 22)	14	2	Barbados Defence Force
3MF	Darico King	(1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 23)	6	0	Saint Andrew Lions
3MF	Nicoli Brathwaite	(2000-12-24) 24 December 2000 (age 20)	5	0	UWI
3MF	Emile Saimovici	(1993-04-10) 10 April 1993 (age 28)	2	1
3MF	Roshon Gittens	(2002-02-05) 5 February 2002 (age 19)	1	0	Ellerton United
3MF	Romario Drakes	(2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 20)	1	0	Youth Milan FC
3MF	Jamol Williams	(2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 17)	1	0	Saint Andrew Lions

4FW	Nick Blackman	(1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 31)	5	3	Maccabi Tel Aviv
4FW	Niall Reid-Stephen	(2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 (age 19)	4	0	UWI
4FW	Ryan Trotman	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 21)	2	0	FC Den Bosch
4FW	Keon Atkins		2	0

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have been called up within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Player records[edit]

As of 25 March 2021

Players in bold are still active with Barbados.

Most caps
#	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Norman Forde	74	18	1998–2011
2	John Parris	64	4	2000–2011
3	Gregory Goodridge	61	16	1995–2008
4	Mario Harte	55	15	2008–present
5	Raheim Sargeant	47	3	2010–present
6	Jonathan Straker	45	6	1998–2011
7	Llewellyn Riley	43	23	1995–2005
8	Hadan Holligan	42	4	2015–present
9	Ricardio Morris	40	1	2012–present
10	Romelle Burgess	39	1	2000–2014

Top goalscorers
#	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Llewellyn Riley	23	43	0.53	1995–2005
2	Norman Forde	18	74	0.24	1998–2011
3	Gregory Goodridge	16	61	0.26	1995–2008
4	Mario Harte	15	55	0.27	2008–present
5	Jeff Williams	11	37	0.3	2005–2014
6	Jerry Alexander	9	11	0.82	1995–2000
7	Riviere Williams	8	27	0.3	2003–2011
8	Paul Ifill	6	10	0.6	2004–2008
8	Rashad Jules	6	32	0.19	2015–present
10	Paul Lovell	5	20	0.25	2000–2007
10	Michael Forde	5	28	0.18	1998–2006

Coaching history[edit]

Daniel Reid
Tom Burke
Jordan Emmett
Ryan Kontoh
Kevin Millard (1992)
Keith Griffith (1994)
Edward Smith (1996)
Eyre Sealy (1998)
Horace Beckles (2000)
Sherlock Yarde (2001)
Keith Griffith (2002)
Allison John (2003)
Kenville Layne (2003–04)
Mark Doherty (2005)
Eyre Sealy (2007–08)
Keith Griffith (2008)
Thomas Jordan (2008–10)
Colin Forde (2011–14)
Marcos Falopa (2014–15)
Colin Harewood (2015–17)
Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed (2017–2019)
Russell Latapy (2019–)

Head-to-head record[edit]

These all-time records are exclusively class 'A' internationals matches.^[8]

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Anguilla	2	2	0	0	8	1
Antigua and Barbuda	7	5	1	1	14	8
Aruba	6	5	0	1	16	7
Bahamas	1	1	0	0	2	1
Belize	2	0	1	1	0	1
Bermuda	13	4	4	5	16	19
Canada	3	0	0	3	2	9
Cayman Islands	3	2	0	1	11	4
Costa Rica	2	1	0	1	2	4
Cuba	7	0	4	3	3	10
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	1	0
Dominica	12	7	2	3	18	11
Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	0	3
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	3
Finland	1	0	1	0	0	0
Grenada	18	9	7	2	32	18
Guadeloupe	4	1	1	2	3	4
Guatemala	3	0	1	2	1	5
Guyana	17	5	5	7	26	24
Haiti	2	0	0	2	2	6
Jamaica	12	2	2	10	9	24
Martinique	8	1	2	5	12	19
Montserrat	1	1	0	0	5	0
Netherlands Antilles	3	2	1	0	3	1
Nicaragua	2	1	0	1	1	1
Northern Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1
Panama	1	0	0	1	0	1
Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	2	2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	10	3	2	5	13	18
Saint Lucia	8	3	2	3	16	11
Saint Martin	2	1	0	1	4	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16	6	5	5	25	21
Suriname	4	1	3	0	6	5
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	4
U.S. Virgin Islands	5	4	0	1	12	1
United States	4	0	0	4	0	20
Total	189	69	45	76	257	267

Key

Winning record Equal record Losing record

References[edit]

^ "Barbados - Association Information". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ "Llewellyn Riley". www.soccer-db.info. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ FIFA awarded Aruba a 3–0 win as a result of Barbados fielding the ineligible player Hadan Holligan. Holligan failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the competition. The match originally ended 1–0 to Barbados
^ "Barbados sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA. 29 June 2015.
^ Play was suspended when Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted a coup d'état of the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was abandoned altogether after Tropical storm Arthur forced the cancellation of the final round of games. Trinidad and Tobago were to meet Martinique in the final.
^ "Barbados national football team statistics and records: All-time record". 11v11.com.

External links[edit]

Barbados team profile, FIFA website
About the BFA, Barbados Postal Service

[1] "Barbados - Association Information". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 3 December 2018.

[2] "Llewellyn Riley". www.soccer-db.info. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-3] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-4] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[5] FIFA awarded Aruba a 3–0 win as a result of Barbados fielding the ineligible player Hadan Holligan. Holligan failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the competition. The match originally ended 1–0 to Barbados

[6] "Barbados sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA. 29 June 2015.

[7] Play was suspended when Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted a coup d'état of the government of Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament was abandoned altogether after Tropical storm Arthur forced the cancellation of the final round of games. Trinidad and Tobago were to meet Martinique in the final.

[8] "Barbados national football team statistics and records: All-time record". 11v11.com.

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v t e Barbados national football team
General	Barbados Football Association Managers
Venues	Barbados National Stadium
Goals	Gregory Goodridge Llewellyn Riley
Performances	Caribbean Cup CONCACAF Nations League
Other Barbadian teams	U23 U20 U17 Women's U23 U20 U17

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North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.