Netherlands Antilles national football team

This article is about the Netherlands Antilles men's national football team (1958–2010). For the national team prior to 1958, see Territory of Curaçao national football team. For the Curaçao national team established in 2011, see Curaçao national football team. For the women's team, see Netherlands Antilles women's national football team.

Netherlands Antilles
1958–2010
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)De Antilopen
AssociationNederlands Antilliaanse
Voetbal Unie
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Home stadiumStadion Ergilio Hato
FIFA codeANT
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Highest118 (July 1995)
Lowest188 (December 2003)
First international
 Netherlands Antilles 3–1 Panama 
(Guatemala City, Guatemala; 4 March 1948)
Last international
 Netherlands Antilles 2–2 Suriname 
(Willemstad, Curaçao; 31 October 2010)
Biggest win
 Netherlands Antilles 15–0 Puerto Rico 
(Caracas, Venezuela; 15 January 1959)
Biggest defeat
 Netherlands 8–0 Netherlands Antilles 
(Amsterdam, Netherlands; 5 September 1962)
 Mexico 8–0 Netherlands Antilles 
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 8 December 1973)
CONCACAF Championship
& Gold Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1963)
Best resultThird place, 1963, 1969

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.[1]

  1. ^ "UFWC results". Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.