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The Netherlands Antilles national football team (Dutch: Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Selekshon Antiano di futbòl) was the national team of the former Netherlands Antilles from 1958 to 2010. It 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; during the 1963 tournament they were unofficial football world champions for four days after beating Mexico and before losing to Costa Rica.
History
Under the name Curaçao, the team played its first international game in 1934 (against Suriname, which was then still part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well) 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 (Curaçao and Sint Maarten) and 3 new special municipalities of the Netherlands (namely Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius).
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.
Successor teams
Both FIFA and CONCACAF consider the Curaçaoan national team to be the direct and sole successor of the Netherlands Antilles national football team. The teams of other territories were inducted as fully new members.
Coaching history
Caretaker manager are listed in italics.
Competitive record
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
= FIFA World Cup
== CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup
== CCCF Championship
== CFU Caribbean Cup
== Olympic Games
=–1980: Amateur squads
1984–1988: Professional squads
1992–present : Under-23 squads
= Pan American Games
=1951–1983: Amateur squads
= Central American and Caribbean Games
=1930–1946: Full senior squads
1950–1986: Amateur squads
All-time record against other nations
Updated 31 May 2012
Honours
= Major competitions
=Continental
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup:
Third place (2): 1963, 1969
= Regional
=CFU Caribbean Cup:
Fourth place (1): 1989
= Friendly
=Phillip Seaga Cup :
Winners (1): 1963
Inter Expo Cup / Chippie Polar Cup:
Winners (1): 2004
Runners-up (2): 2006, 2008
Fourth place (1): 2005
Parbo Bier Cup:
Winners (1): 2004
See also
Bonaire national football team
Curaçao national football team (1921–1958) – the team before the change of country name to Netherlands Antilles
Curaçao national football team – the successor to the team
Sint Maarten national football team
Netherlands national football team
References
External links
Netherlands Antilles at FIFA.com (archived)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Netherlands Antilles national football team
- Curaçao national football team
- Netherlands Antilles women's national football team
- Aruba national football team
- Bonaire national football team
- Football in the Netherlands Antilles
- Netherlands Antilles national under-20 football team
- Netherlands national football team records and statistics
- Suriname national football team
- Outline of the Netherlands Antilles
