Netherlands Antilles national football team


The Netherlands Antilles national football team was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles and was controlled by the Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie. The NAVU consisted of Curaçao and Bonaire. Aruba split in 1986 and has its own team.
The Netherlands Antilles team never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. The country managed to come third in the CONCACAF championships of 1963 and 1969.

History

Under the name Curaçao, the team played its first international game in 1934 and continued to use the name Curaçao until the qualifications for the World Championships of 1958, although the name of the area had changed from "Territory of Curaçao" to "Netherlands Antilles" in 1948.

Dissolution of country

The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a unified political entity on 10 October 2010, and the five constituent islands took on new constitutional statuses within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, forming 2 new countries and 3 new special municipalities of the Netherlands.
At the time of the dissolution, the team was about to compete in the qualification tournament for the 2010 Caribbean Championship, and finally competed under an obsolete country name. Sint Maarten national football team, as well as Bonaire national football team are already members of CONCACAF, but are not members of FIFA. The Curaçao national football team took the place of the Netherlands Antilles as a FIFA member.

World Cup record

Round 1

Round 2

CONCACAF Championship record

YearRound
1963-6303108
1965-5203416
1969-5212912
1973-5023419
Total42173112755

Gold Cup record

As of 31 May 2012
TeamPldWDL
181413
171610
16547
161411
153111
12237
10437
10244
9612
9522
9252
7601
7412
6312
6114
4400
4130
4022
2110
2011
2011
1010
1010
1001
1001
1001
1001
Total191525089

Honours

2003-2010: Pierre Gobaldini