Curaçao national football team
| Nickname(s) | The Blue Family The Blue Wave | ||||||||
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| Association | Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou (FFK) | ||||||||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||
| Sub-confederation | CFU (Caribbean) | ||||||||
| Head coach | Dick Advocaat | ||||||||
| Captain | Leandro Bacuna | ||||||||
| Most caps | Leandro Bacuna and Eloy Room (68) | ||||||||
| Top scorer | Rangelo Janga (21) | ||||||||
| Home stadium | Ergilio Hato Stadium | ||||||||
| FIFA code | CUW | ||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | |||||||||
| Current | 86  (22 December 2022)[1] | ||||||||
| Highest | 68 (July 2017) | ||||||||
| Lowest | 188 (December 2003) | ||||||||
| First international | |||||||||
 Dominican Republic 1–0 Curaçao  (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 18 August 2011) | |||||||||
| Biggest win | |||||||||
Curaçao 10–0 Grenada  (Willemstad, Curaçao; 10 September 2018) | |||||||||
| Biggest defeat | |||||||||
 Argentina 7–0 Curaçao (Santiago del Estero, Argentina; 28 March 2023) | |||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2026) | ||||||||
| Best result | TBD | ||||||||
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2017) | ||||||||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2019) | ||||||||
Medal record
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The Curaçao national football team is the football team that represents Curaçao. This is not to be confused with the Territory of Curaçao national football team, which existed until 1954 when Curaçao merged into the Netherlands Antilles national football team. The Netherlands Antilles dissolved into different countries on 10 October 2010.[2] The Curaçao national football team is seen as the official successor of the Netherlands Antilles national football team.
The team's first match as a new country was played on 18 August 2011 against the Dominican Republic.[3]
In November 2025, Curaçao qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This makes them the smallest country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup by both population and area.[4] The team's manager, Dick Advocaat, might become the oldest manager to ever coach at a FIFA World Cup. [5][6]
References
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ "Status change means Dutch Antilles no longer exists". BBC News. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Dominican Republic 1 - 0 Curaçao Team line-ups 18/08/2011 - Friendlies". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Population of... 156,000: Caribbean minnows break wild record to secure WC spot — Wrap". Fox Sports Australia. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/advocaat-become-oldest-coach-world-cup-after-curacao-qualification-2025-11-19/
- ↑ "Curacao become smallest nation to qualify for World Cup". BBC Sport. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
Other websites
- Federashon Futbol Korsou; Official website
- Curaçao Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine at the FIFA website.