Belize national football team

Belize
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	The Jaguars; The Unbelizeables
Association	Football Federation of Belize
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	UNCAF (Central America)
Head coach	David Pérez Asensio
Captain	Ian Gaynair
Most caps	Deon McCaulay (63)
Top scorer	Deon McCaulay (28)
Home stadium	FFB Field
FIFA code	BLZ
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	176 1 (6 October 2022)
Highest	114 (April–June 2016)
Lowest	201 (November 2007 – January 2008)
First international
	British Honduras 1–0 Honduras ; (British Honduras; February 19, 1928); as Belize; El Salvador 3–0 Belize ; (San Salvador, El Salvador; November 29, 1995)
Biggest win
	Belize 7–1 Nicaragua ; (Belize City, Belize; April 17, 2002)
Biggest defeat
	Costa Rica 7–0 Belize ; (San José, Costa Rica; March 17, 1999) ; Mexico 7–0 Belize ; (Monterrey, Mexico; June 21, 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Stadium

FFB Field 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.

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.

Win Draw Loss

2022

29 January Friendly	Nicaragua	4–0	Belize	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 (UTC−6)	Bonilla 19' Barrera 28' Moldskred 50' Ayerdis 87'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Ricardo Mendoza (Nicaragua)

1 February Friendly	Nicaragua	1–1	Belize	Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 (UTC−6)	Gállego 65'	Report	McCaulay 76'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Referee: Félix Mojica (Nicaragua)

27 March Friendly	Belize	0–3	Cuba	Belmopan, Belize
		Report	Hernández 47', 90+1' Espino 57'	Stadium: FFB Stadium

2 June Nations League	Belize	0–2	Dominican Republic	Belmopan, Belize
16:00 (UTC−6)		Report	López 20' Romero 67'	Stadium: FFB Stadium Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

5 June Nations League	Guatemala	2–0	Belize	Guatemala City, Guatemala
13:00 (UTC−6)	Nemhard 10' (o.g.) Mejía 75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)

9 June Nations League	Belize	1–1	French Guiana	Belmopan, Belize
16:00 (UTC−6)	Avila 74'	Report	Sarrucco 89'	Stadium: FFB Stadium Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

14 June Nations League	French Guiana	1–0	Belize	Cayenne, French Guiana
16:00 (UTC−3)	Sarrucco 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal Dr. Edmard Lama Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)

2023

24 March Nations League	Belize	v	Guatemala	Belmopan, Belize
		Report		Stadium: FFB Field

27 March Nations League	Dominican Republic	v	Belize	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez

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^[update], 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.^[5]
Match dates: 2, 5, 9 and 14 June 2022
Opposition: Dominican Republic, Guatemala and French Guiana (twice)
Caps and goals correct as of: 14 June 2022, after the match against French Guiana

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Charles Tillett	(2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 (age 22)	6	0	Verdes
1GK	Isaac Castillo	(2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Free agent
1GK	Earl Dyck	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Free agent

2DF	Donell Arzú	(1999-09-27) 27 September 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Wagiya
2DF	Aarón López	(1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 26)	2	0	Wagiya
2DF	Eugene Martínez	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Free agent
2DF	Deshawon Nembhard	(1994-10-08) 8 October 1994 (age 28)	7	1	South Georgia Tormenta
2DF	Evral Trapp	(1987-01-22) 22 January 1987 (age 36)	43	0	Verdes
2DF	José Urbina	(1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 28)	2	0	Altitude
2DF	Horace Ávila	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 23)	5	1	Wagiya

3MF	Norman Anderson	(1997-01-25) 25 January 1997 (age 26)	14	0	Verdes
3MF	Jesse August	(1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 29)	7	1	Verdes
3MF	Krisean Lopez	(1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 24)	20	3	Verdes
3MF	Nana Mensah	(1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 34)	25	0	Greek American AA
3MF	Warren Moss	(1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Wagiya
3MF	Darrel Myvett	(1993-12-15) 15 December 1993 (age 29)	10	0	Verdes
3MF	Jovaunn Ramos	(2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 (age 21)	4	0	University of Northwestern Ohio
3MF	Eldon Reneau	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Verdes
3MF	Tony Rocha	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 29)	4	0	Orange County
3MF	Luis Torres	(1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 30)	8	0	Belmopan Bandits

4FW	Carlos Bernárdez	(1992-12-28) 28 December 1992 (age 30)	9	2	Real España
4FW	Angelo Cappello	(2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 21)	5	0	FC Halifax Town
4FW	Deon McCaulay	(1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 35)	63	28	Georgia Revolution

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
GK	Woodrow West	(1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 (age 37)	44	0	Verdes	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022

DF	Ian Gaynair	(1986-02-26) 26 February 1986 (age 37)	57	2	Belmopan Bandits	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022
DF	Collin Westby	(1995-02-19) 19 February 1995 (age 28)	6	0	Altitude	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022
DF	Alence Ayala	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 24)	2	0	Verdes	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022
DF	Allan Barillas	(1999-01-13) 13 January 1999 (age 24)	1	0	Altitude	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022

MF	Denmark Casey Jr.	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 29)	22	1	Garden City	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022
MF	Jordy Polanco	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 27)	17	0	Verdes	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022
MF	Rene Leslie	(1999-12-12) 12 December 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Altitude	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022

FW	Michael Salazar	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 30)	17	2	LA Galaxy II	v. Nicaragua, 1 February 2022
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary / Standby squad ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Records

As of 14 June 2022^[6]

Players in bold are still active with Belize.

Most Caps
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–present
4	Woodrow West	44	0	2008–present
5	Evral Trapp	43	0	2010–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	20	0.15	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	9	0.22	2019–present
	Michael Salazar	2	17	0.12	2013–present
	Daniel Jiménez	2	41	0.05	2008–2019
	Ian Gaynair	2	57	0.04	2007–present

Competition records

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
Total	Group stage	1/16	3	0	0	3	1	11	—	43	5	4	34	32	90

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Year	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	To be determined
Total			6	2	0	4	6	12	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	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	3	7
2009	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	3	7
2011	Group stage	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.^[7] 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^[8]

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. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
^ Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize – FIFA
^ "Lasest CONCACAF Nations League call-ups". Football Federation of Belize - Facebook. May 31, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
^ "Belize". National Football Teams.
^ "Belize - List of International Matches". Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

External links

Football Federation of Belize official website
Belize at FIFA.com
Official Instagram

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

[3] "World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

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

[5] "Lasest CONCACAF Nations League call-ups". Football Federation of Belize - Facebook. May 31, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

[6] "Belize". National Football Teams.

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

[8] "World Football Elo Ratings: Belize". Elo Ratings. Retrieved October 24, 2018.

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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
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