Cayman Islands national football team

The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands, and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association. It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. Cayman Islands' home ground is Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town, and their head coach is Benjamin Pugh. Prior to Pugh's appointment, the Cayman Island's national team had failed to win a single game in over 9 years, sinking to 206 in the FIFA World Rankings. They have recently advanced 13 places in the rankings; winning 4 out of 6 Nation's League Qualifiers (including a win against Barbados).

Cayman Islands

Association	Cayman Islands Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Benjamin Pugh[1]
Most caps	Ian Lindo (23)
Top scorer	Lee Ramoon (12)
Home stadium	Truman Bodden Sports Complex
FIFA code	CAY
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	193 (10 December 2020)[2]
Highest	127 (November 1995)
Lowest	206 (April 2019)
First international
Dominica 2–1 Cayman Islands  (Roseau, Dominica; 3 March 1985)
Biggest win
Cayman Islands 5–0 BVI  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 2 March 1994)  Cayman Islands 5–0 Sint Maarten  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 4 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
Martinique 7–0 Cayman Islands  (Sint Maarten; 1 April 1992)  United States 8–1 Cayman Islands  (Mission Viejo, United States; 14 November 1993)  Cayman Islands 2–9 Trinidad and Tobago  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 28 July 1995)  Cayman Islands 0–7 Trinidad and Tobago  (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 24 October 1995)  Cuba 7–0 Cayman Islands  (Havana, Cuba; 6 September 2006)

History

In 2000, given the status of the Cayman Islands as one of the British overseas territories, the national team attempted to use this as a loophole to call up a number of uncapped players possessing British passports but who had no specific links to the islands. Barry McIntosh, a football agent, was called in to scout players for an upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cuba and ultimately he secured eight players i.e. Wayne Allison (Tranmere Rovers), Ged Brannan (Motherwell), David Barnett (Lincoln City), Martin O'Connor (Birmingham City), Dwayne Plummer (Bristol City), Barry Hayles (Fulham), Neville Roach (Southend United) and Neil Sharpe (Boreham Wood). With the exception of Allison the players all appeared in a 5–0 friendly defeat against D.C. United but before they could appear in any official internationals FIFA stepped in and barred the players from representing the Cayman Islands due to their failure to satisfy the existing rules for national team eligibility.[3] Of the eight players only Hayles went on to play international football, appearing for Jamaica ten times.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	6
2002										2	0	1	1	0	4
2006										2	0	0	2	1	5
2010										2	0	1	1	2	4
2014										6	0	1	5	2	15
2018										2	0	2	0	1	1
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	–	0/21	–	–	–	–	–	–		16	0	5	11	6	35

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Gold Cup
Year	Round	Position	MP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Withdrew
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not qualify
2003	Did not qualify
2005	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Withdrew
2015	Withdrew
2017	Withdrew
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/15	0	0	0	0	0	0

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2019−20	C	A	6	4	0	2	7	8		33rd
2022–23	C	To be determined
Total			6	4	0	2	7	8	33rd

Caribbean Cup

Caribbean Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D[decimal 1]	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Group stage	2	0	0	2	3	5
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6
1995	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	7	14
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/18	13	3	2	8	15	30

1. Draws include knockout matches decided on a penalty shootout.

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2021

24 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Suriname	v	Cayman Islands	Paramaribo, Suriname
				Stadium: André Kamperveen Stadion

28 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Cayman Islands	v	Canada	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
				Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex

2 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Cayman Islands	v	Aruba	Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
				Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex

8 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Bermuda	v	Cayman Islands	Devonshire Parish, Bermuda
				Stadium: Bermuda National Stadium

All-time record against other nations

As of 19 November 2019 after match against  Barbados[4]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Anguilla	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Antigua and Barbuda	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Aruba	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Bahamas	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
Barbados	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7
Belize	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Bermuda	8	1	2	5	7	14	−7
British Virgin Islands	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7
Cuba	15	0	3	12	4	46	−42
Dominica	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Dominican Republic	5	1	1	3	2	14	−12
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Grenada	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6
Guyana	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2
Haiti	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Jamaica	13	1	1	11	10	40	−30
Martinique	5	0	2	3	2	13	−11
Montserrat	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Netherlands Antilles	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Nicaragua	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Saint Lucia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Saint Martin	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4
Sint Maarten	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3
Suriname	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17
Turks and Caicos Islands	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
United States	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Total	102	20	19	63	101	246	−145

Squad

Current squad

Squad called for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C matches against  U.S. Virgin Islands and  Barbados on 16 and 19 November 2019.[5][6][7]
Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 after the game against  Barbados.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Albertini Holness	6 March 2000	6	0	Cayman Athletic
12	GK	Shakur Welcome	29 January 1997	4	0	Banned by CIFA[lower-alpha 1]
17	DF	Karl Solomon	13 October 1994	13	0	Bodden Town
5	DF	Joshewa Frederick-Charlery (captain)	24 January 1997	11	0	Bodden Town
18	DF	Benjamin Cupid	18 March 1988	11	0	Elite
3	DF	Ackeem Hyde	3 November 1999	8	1	Future
13	DF	D'Andre Rowe	5 January 2001	2	0	Cayman Athletic
2	DF	Jabari Campbell	3 November 1999	1	0	Academy
16	DF	Kevin Foster	3 May 1996	0	0	Scholars International
10	MF	Michael Martin	31 January 1998	13	3	Banned by CIFA[lower-alpha 1]
11	MF	Matthew Suberan	3 February 1995	13	0	Cayman Athletic
8	MF	Jermaine Wilson	5 February 1995	10	0	Academy
20	MF	Jonah Ebanks	7 May 1996	10	2	Scholars International
22	MF	Kyle Santamaría	3 September 1987	5	0	Bodden Town
4	MF	Mason Duval	24 August 2001	3	0	Academy
14	MF	Barry Tibbetts	15 June 2002	3	0	Future
15	MF	Trey Ebanks	5 June 2000	2	0	Academy
6	MF	Jonathan Ebanks	7 July 1989	0	0	Bodden Town
9	FW	Theron Wood	7 February 1990	20	1	Bodden Town
19	FW	Mark Ebanks	26 December 1990	17	6	Academy
7	FW	Christhofer Nuñez-Reeves	27 February 1997	11	0	Elite
21	FW	Martin Webb	7 September 1995	6	0	Cayman Athletic
18	FW	Jorel Bellafonte	2 March 1995	4	1	Roma United

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad TRA = Training player WD = Withdrew (non-injury) RET = Retired

1. Shakur Welcome and Michael Martin were banned from participating in Cayman Islands Football Association activities after two related incidents during a Cayman Islands Premier League match between Bodden Town and Academy on 23 January 2020. Welcome was banned for three years for deliberately throwing the ball at an assistant referee, while Martin was banned for ten years for allegedly assaulting the referee after the match was abandoned due to altercations which ensued after a red card was issued to Welcome.[lower-alpha 2]
2. Seaford Russell Jr (24 March 2020). "10-year ban for Bodden Town player". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

References

1. https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/cay/about
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. Footballers whose loved ones have told them who to play for, The Guardian, 5 March 2008
4. "World Football Elo Ratings: Cayman Islands". eloratings.net. Elo Ratings. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
5. "U.S. Virgin Islands vs. Cayman Islands - 16 November 2019". concacafnationsleague.com. Concacaf. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
6. "Cayman Islands vs. Barbados - 19 November 2019". concacafnationsleague.com. Concacaf. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
7. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Cayman Islands 2019". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

External links

• Cayman Islands FIFA.com
• Cayman Islands Football Association