Belize national football team

Belize
Nickname(s)	The Jaguars; The Unbelizeables
Association	Football Federation of Belize (FFB)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	David Pérez Asensio
Captain	Evral Trapp
Most caps	Deon McCaulay (63)
Top scorer	Deon McCaulay (28)
Home stadium	FFB Stadium
FIFA code	BLZ
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	180 3 (21 September 2023)[1]
Highest	114 (April–June 2016)
Lowest	201 (November 2007 – January 2008)
First international
	British Honduras 1–0 Honduras ; (British Honduras; 19 February 1928); as Belize; El Salvador 3–0 Belize ; (San Salvador, El Salvador; 29 November 1995)
Biggest win
	Belize 7–1 Nicaragua ; (Belize City, Belize; 17 April 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Costa Rica 7–0 Belize ; (San José, Costa Rica; 17 March 1999) ; Mexico 7–0 Belize ; (Monterrey, Mexico; 21 June 2008)
Gold Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Group stage (2013)

The Belize national football team represents Belize in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belize, a member of the Central American Football Union of CONCACAF.

Although Belize has never qualified for a FIFA World Cup tournament, it has once qualified for a CONCACAF Gold Cup championship in 2013, in which they were eliminated in the group stage. Belize has also competed in the sub-regional Central American Cup championship in which their best result was fourth place in 2013. The nickname for the players of the national team is the "Jaguars".

History

Overview

Named British Honduras whilst under British colonial rule, the country's first international game came on February 19, 1928, beating Honduras 1–0. Following independence, Belize's first game came on December 8, 1983, in a 2–0 loss against Canada in Belize.[2] Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1981 (and many of the UK's current colonies have international teams), Belize did not begin to regularly 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.

Belize has never qualified for the World Cup but finished fourth in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana. Their fourth-place finish in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana gave Belize its first qualification to a major international competition, that being the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

June 2011 suspension by FIFA

On June 15, 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 June 19 was postponed by FIFA when they suspended the FFB due to governmental interference.[3]

Stadium

FFB Stadium in Belmopan is the home stadium for the Belize national football team. Prior to this stadium, Belize had no facilities that met FIFA specifications. Apart from this Belize has many fields to play on but with no facilities for the players.

Results and fixtures

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

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023

24 March Nations League	Belize	1–2	Guatemala	Belmopan, Belize
20:00 (UTC−6)	Polanco 45+1'	Report	Castellanos 30' Santis 44'	Stadium: FFB Stadium Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

27 March Nations League	Dominican Republic	2–0	Belize	San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
18:00 (UTC−4)	Reyes 13' Lorenzo 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

Coaching staff

Name	Nat	Position
David Perez Asensio		Head coach
Philip Marin		Technical director
Jack Striders		Technical director
Carlos Slusher		Assistant Head coach
Peter Jones		Assistant Head coach
Kent Gabourel Sr.		Goalkeeping coach
Shaun Woodmac		Physical Trainer
Thomas Rivars		Physiotherapist

Coaching history

Since the creation of the national team in 1995, several coaches have been in charge of managing Belize. From 1995 to 1996, Winston Michael was appointed as Belize's first ever manager. As of January 2012, the Belize national football team has had 11 managers.

Manager	Period in charge	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Winston Michael	1995–1996	4	0	0	4	000.0
Manuel Bilches	1999–2000	6	0	1	5	000.0
Leroy Sherrier Lewis	2001	5	3	1	1	060.0
Eduardo Santana	2003	0	0	0	0	!—
Anthony Adderly	2003–2006	5	0	0	5	000.0
Antonio Carlos Vieira	2006–2007	3	0	0	3	000.0
Palmiro Salas	2008	2	1	0	1	050.0
Ian Mork	2008	4	0	1	3	000.0
Renan Couoh	2008–2009	3	0	1	2	000.0
José de la Paz Herrera	2010–2012	7	2	2	3	028.6
Leroy Sherrier Lewis	2012–2013	5	1	1	3	020.0
Charlie Slusher	2013	1	0	1	0	000.0
Ian Mork	2013–2014	4	0	1	3	000.0
Leroy Sherrier Lewis	2014–2015	3	0	0	3	000.0
Jorge Nunez	2015–2016	4	2	2	0	050.0
Richard Orlowski	2016–2018	5	0	1	4	000.0
Palmiro Salas	2018–2019	6	3	1	2	050.0
Vincenzo Alberto Annese	2019–2020	6	2	1	3	033.3
Dale Pelayo Sr.	2020–2021	0	0	0	0	!—

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League matches.[4]
Match dates: 25 and 27 March 2023
Opposition: Guatemala and Dominican Republic
Caps and goals correct as of: 28 March 2023, after the match against Dominican Republic

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Charles Tillett	(2001-07-29) 29 July 2001	8	0	Progresso
12	1GK	Kenroy Tillett	(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001	0	0	Port Layola
22	1GK	Earl Dyck	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003	0	0	South Carolina United Heat

2	2DF	Eugene Martínez	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997	6	0	Vancouver FC
15	2DF	Asrel Sutherland	(1993-03-08) 8 March 1993	6	0	San Pedro Pirates
17	2DF	Kyle Flowers	(1993-03-24) 24 March 1993	3	0	Altitude
18	2DF	Evral Trapp	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987	45	0	Verdes
23	2DF	Donell Arzú	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999	8	0	Progresso
	2DF	Jordan Casanova	(2004-04-30) 30 April 2004	1	0	Angelina College

3	3MF	Eldon Reneau	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003	6	0	Verdes
4	3MF	Alence Ayala	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999	1	0	Verdes
5	3MF	Izon Gill	(1999-12-27) 27 December 1999	1	0	Verdes
7	3MF	Jovaunn Ramos	(2002-03-24) 24 March 2002	5	0	University of Northwestern Ohio
8	3MF	Warren Moss	(1999-10-13) 13 October 1999	6	0	Indiana Tech Warriors
11	3MF	Trimayne Harris	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997	6	0	Verdes
13	3MF	Denmark Casey	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994	25	1	Belmopan Bandits
14	3MF	Darrel Myvett	(1993-12-15) 15 December 1993	12	0	Verdes
16	3MF	Jordy Polanco	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996	19	1	Verdes
19	3MF	Andir Chi	(2000-11-17) 17 November 2000	2	0	San Pedro Pirates
	3MF	Nahjib Guerra	(1994-08-18) 18 August 1994	10	0	Benque Viejo United

6	4FW	Horace Ávila	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999	6	1	San Pedro Pirates
9	4FW	Michael Palacio	Unknown	1	0	Port Layola
10	4FW	Michael Salazar	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992	19	2	Miami
20	4FW	Krisean López	(1998-11-02) 2 November 1998	21	3	Platense
21	4FW	Moisés Hernández	Unknown	0	0	San Pedro Pirates

Recent call-ups

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

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

Records

As of 17 October 2023[5]

Players in bold are still active with Belize.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Deon McCaulay	63	28	2007–present
2	Elroy Smith	61	6	2004–2019
3	Ian Gaynair	57	2	2007–2022
4	Evral Trapp	48	0	2010– present
5	Woodrow West	44	0	2008–present
6	Dalton Eiley	41	0	2005–2019
6	Daniel Jiménez	41	2	2008–2019
8	Harrison Róchez	40	5	2004–2019
9	Trevor Lennen	37	1	2005–2019
10	Elroy Kuylen	33	6	2009–2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Deon McCaulay	28	63	0.44	2007–present
2	Elroy Kuylen	6	33	0.18	2009–2019
2	Elroy Smith	6	61	0.1	2004–2019
4	Dion Frazer	5	8	0.63	2000–2008
4	Harrison Róchez	5	40	0.13	2004–2019
6	Norman Nuñez	3	11	0.27	1995–2005
	Krisean Lopez	3	23	0.13	2018–present
	Vallan Symms	3	20	0.15	2000–2011
9	Bent Burgess	2	2	1	2000–2002
	Wilmer García	2	6	0.33	1999–2001
	David McCauley	2	6	0.33	1995–1997
	Carlos Bernárdez	2	10	0.2	2019–present
	Michael Salazar	2	18	0.11	2013–present
	Daniel Jiménez	2	41	0.05	2008–2019
	Ian Gaynair	2	57	0.04	2007–2022

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of United Kingdom								Part of United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	Did not enter								Declined participation
1986
1990
1994
1998	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	2	6
2002									4	0	1	3	2	10
2006									2	0	0	2	0	8
2010									4	1	1	2	4	11
2014									8	4	1	3	17	13
2018									6	2	3	1	7	6
2022									3	1	0	2	5	5
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total		0/22							29	8	6	15	37	59

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & CONCACAF Gold Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Part of United Kingdom									Part of United Kingdom
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
1977
1981
1985	Not a CONCACAF member									Not a CONCACAF member
1989	Did not enter									Did not enter
1991
1993
1996	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	1	5
1998										2	0	1	1	1	2
2000										2	0	0	2	1	12
2002										2	0	1	1	3	7
2003	Did not enter									Did not enter
2005	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	0	7
2007										3	0	0	3	3	7
2009										3	0	1	2	3	7
2011										3	0	1	2	3	8
2013	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	1	11	Squad	5	1	1	3	2	4
2015	Did not qualify									3	0	0	3	1	6
2017										5	0	1	4	2	10
2019										4	2	0	2	6	3
2021										6	2	0	4	6	12
2023										6	0	1	5	2	10
Total	Group stage	1/27	3	0	0	3	1	11	—	49	5	5	39	34	100

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2019−20	B	A	6	2	0	4	6	12		24th
2022–23	B	D	6	0	1	5	2	10		28th
Total			12	2	1	9	8	22	24th

Copa Centroamericana

Copa Centroamericana record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1993	Did not enter
1995	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	5
1997	Preliminary round	7th	2	0	1	1	1	2
1999	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	12
2001	Group stage	6th	2	0	1	1	3	7
2003	Did not enter
2005	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	0	7
2007		7th	3	0	0	3	3	7
2009		7th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2011		7th	3	0	1	2	3	8
2013	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	2	4
2014	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	1	6
2017	Group stage	6th	5	0	1	4	2	10
Total	Fourth place	10/13	30	1	6	23	19	69

The 1995 tournament in El Salvador saw Belize's international debut. They played the hosts in their first-ever international on November 29 in Group A. El Salvador won 3–0 with all goals coming in the second half.[6] On December 1, 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 conqueror Honduras beat Guatemala in the final.

Head-to-head record

Updated on 27 March 2022 after match against Cuba[7]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF
Bahamas	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Barbados	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Canada	5	0	1	4	1	14	−13
Cayman Islands	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Costa Rica	6	0	0	6	1	18	−17
Cuba	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6
Dominican Republic	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
El Salvador	10	0	0	10	6	29	−23
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Grenada	5	2	0	3	11	11	0
Guatemala	11	0	4	7	9	19	−10
Guyana	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Haiti	1	0	0	1	0	2	–2
Honduras	10	1	0	9	4	24	−20
Jamaica	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Mexico	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9
Montserrat	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
Nicaragua	12	4	3	5	19	21	–2
Panama	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	2	1	1	5	6	−1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
United States	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
Total	97	23	18	56	101	191	−90

References

"The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
"World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize – FIFA
"The Football Federation of Belize is proud to present the final and official list of the Senior Men's National Team that will be participating in the upcoming match against Guatemala". Football Federation of Belize - Facebook. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
"Belize". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
"Belize - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
"World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

External links

Official website of the Football Federation of Belize
Belize at FIFA.com (archived 4 June 2007)
Belize national football team on Instagram

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.

[2] "World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

[3] Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize – FIFA

[4] "The Football Federation of Belize is proud to present the final and official list of the Senior Men's National Team that will be participating in the upcoming match against Guatemala". Football Federation of Belize - Facebook. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.

[5] "Belize". National Football Teams. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2022.

[6] "Belize - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-24.

[7] "World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

Belize national football team
General	Football Federation of Belize History Managers
Venues	FFB Stadium
Players	Player category Records
Performances	CONCACAF Gold Cup
Other Belizean teams	U20 Women's

National and regional football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
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 region, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.