The Netherlands Antilles national football team (

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, "Nederlands-Antilliaans voetbalelftal";

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, "Selekshon Antiano di futbòl") was the national team of the former

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from 1958 to 2010. It was controlled by the

Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie The Netherlands Antillean Football Union ( nl, Nederlands Antilliaanse Voetbal Unie, or NAVU) was the governing body of football in the former Netherlands Antilles between September 1958 and February 2011. Its jurisdiction consisted of the island ...

. The NAVU consisted of

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

and

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

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split in 1986 and has its own team. The Netherlands Antilles team never qualified for the

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. The country managed to come third in the

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championships of

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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

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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 (

and

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) and 3 new '' special municipalities'' of the

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(''namely

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and

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''). 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.

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, as well as

Bonaire national football team The Bonaire national football team ( nl, Bonairiaans voetbalelftal; pap, 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 Bona ...

are already members of

, but are not members of

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. The

Curaçao national football team The Curaçao national football team ( nl, Curaçaos voetbalelftal; Papiamentu: ''Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou'') represents Curaçao in International football and is controlled by the Curaçao Football Federation (Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou; ...

took the place of the Netherlands Antilles as a FIFA member.

Successor teams

Coaching history

:Caretaker manager are listed in ''italics''. * Pedro Celestino Dacunha (1957–65) * Wilhelm Canword (1973) *

Jan Zwartkruis Johannes Hermanus Hendrikus "Jan" Zwartkruis () (18 February 1926 – 7 March 2013) was the manager of the Netherlands national football team for two periods (1976–77, 1978–81), coaching the team in 28 matches, including the 1980 UEFA European ...

(1978–81) * Rob Groener (1983–85) * Wilhelm Canword (1988) *

(1992–94) * Etienne Siliee (1996) * Henry Caldera (2000–02) *

Pim Verbeek Peter Tim Dirk "Pim" Verbeek (12 March 1956 – 28 November 2019) was a Dutch football manager who last coached the Oman national football team. Playing career As a player, Verbeek was a defender or a midfielder and spent his entire career at S ...

(2003–05) * Etienne Siliee (2005–07) * Leen Looyen (2007–09) *

Remko Bicentini Remko Bicentini (born 20 February 1968) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan football manager and former professional player who is head coach of the Curaçao national team. Playing career Bicentini, who played as a central defender, began his professional c ...

(2009–10) * ''Henry Caldera'' (2010)

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

:''This is a list of honours for the senior Netherlands Antilles national team'' *

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/ Gold Cup: ** Third place (2):

, 1969 * CFU Caribbean Cup: ** Fourth place (1): 1989

Other tournaments

Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for countries in Cent ...

: ** Winners (2): 1950, 1962 * Four-Nations Tournament ** Winners (1):

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* Phillip Seaga Cup : ** Winners (1): 1963 * Inter Expo Cup /

Chippie Polar Cup ''Chippie'' (''hr2-Computermagazin'') was a German radio program. It was one of the first programs on computer topics, produced by the Hessischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") is the German state of Hesse's public ...

: ** Winners (1):

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** Runners-up (2):

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** Fourth place (1):

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Parbo Bier Cup The Parbo Bier Cup is a bi-annual International football(soccer) tournament, which is organized by the Stichting Internationaal Voetbal Suriname (SIVS) of which former Surinamese-Dutch International Stanley Menzo is the chairman. The beer brewery ...

: ** Winners (1): 2004

References

External links

Netherlands Antilles
at the FIFA website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Netherlands Antilles National Football Team Caribbean national association football teams

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