Bonaire national football team

Bonaire
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFederashon Futbòl Boneriano
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederationCFU (Caribbean)
Head coachRilove Janga
Most capsYurick Seinpaal (20)
Top scorerAyrton Cicilia (7)
Home stadiumStadion Antonio Trenidat
FIFA codeBES[1]
BOE
First colours
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Second colours
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First international
Netherlands Aruba 4–0 Bonaire Netherlands
(Aruba; 4 February 1934)
as modern Bonaire
 Curaçao 4–0 Bonaire 
(Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles; 28 February 2010)
Biggest win
 Aruba 0–5 Bonaire 
(Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles; 6 July 1984)
as modern Bonaire
 Turks and Caicos Islands 1–4 Bonaire 
(Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands; 3 June 2022)
 Anguilla 0–3 Bonaire 
(The Valley, Anguilla; 18 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Curaçao 10–0 Bonaire Netherlands
(Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles; 9 August 1969)
as modern Bonaire
 Suriname 8–0 Bonaire 
(Oranjestad, Aruba; 13 July 2012)

The Bonaire national football team (Dutch: Bonairiaans voetbalelftal; Papiamento: Selekshon Bonerianu di futbòl) is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, a public body of the Netherlands. It is under the control of the Bonaire Football Federation. It became a member of the CFU and an associate member of CONCACAF on 19 April 2013.[3][4][5] after which it became a full CONCACAF member on 10 June 2014[6] The team can participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Caribbean Cup because of their membership in the confederation and sub-confederation.[7] However, Bonaire is not a member of FIFA and therefore can not compete in the FIFA World Cup or other FIFA events.[8][9]

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