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. Although Belize gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1981, 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.
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.
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. 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.
Team staff
Current squad
The following 19 players were called up for the Nations League B matches against and in 15 and 18 November 2019. Caps and goals updated as November 18, 2019, after the game against.
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up within the past 12 months.
Records
#
Player
Caps
Career
1
Elroy Smith
57
2004–
2
Ian Gaynair
48
2007–
3
Deon McCaulay
47
2007–
4
Dalton Eiley
41
2005–
5
Harrison Roches
40
2004–
6
Trevor Lennen
37
2005–
=
Daniel Jiménez
37
2008–
8
Woodrow West
34
2008–
9
Elroy Kuylen
33
2009–
10
Shane Orio
31
2000–
#
Player
Goals
Career
1
Deon McCaulay
23
2007–
2
Elroy Kuylen
6
2009–
3
Dion Frazer
5
2000–2008
=
Harrison Róches
5
2004–
=
Elroy Smith
5
2004–
6
Norman Nuñez
3
1995–2005
=
Vallan Symms
3
2000–2011
=
Bent Burgess
3
2000–2002
=
Krisean Lopez
3
2008–
10
Daniel Jiménez
2
2008–
Managers
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., the Belize national football team has had 11 managers.
Manager
Period in charge
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Win %
1995–1996
-
-
-
-
-
1999–2000
-
-
-
-
-
2001
-
-
-
-
-
2003
-
-
-
-
-
2004–2006
-
-
-
-
-
Antonio Carlos Vieira
2006–2007
-
-
-
-
-
2008
-
-
-
-
-
2008
-
-
-
-
-
2008–2009
-
-
-
-
-
José de la Paz Herrera
2010–2012
-
-
-
-
-
Leroy Sherrier Lewis
2012–2013
-
-
-
-
-
Charlie Slusher
2013
-
-
-
-
-
2013–2014
-
-
-
-
-
Leroy Sherrier Lewis
2014–2015
-
-
-
-
-
Jorge Nunez
2015–2016
-
-
-
-
-
Richard Orlowski
2016–2018
-
-
-
-
-
2018-2019
-
-
-
-
-
2019-2020
-
-
-
-
-
Schedule and recent results
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
José de la Paz Herrera
