Aruba national football team

Aruba

Association	Arubaanse Voetbal Bond
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Martin Koopman
Captain	Raymond Baten
Most caps	Theric Ruiz (24)
Home stadium	Trinidad Stadium
FIFA code	ARU
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	185 3 (20 September 2018)
Highest	112 (November 2015)
Lowest	202 (February–April 2008)
Elo ranking
Current	195 (21 September 2018)
Highest	50 (1924)
Lowest	199 (September 2018)
First international
Aruba 0–4 Curaçao (Aruba; 6 April 1924)[1]
Biggest win
Aruba 7–0 British Virgin Islands  (Oranjestad, Aruba; 1 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
Trinidad and Tobago 11–0 Aruba  (Arima, Trinidad and Tobago; 23 April 1989)

The Aruba national football team (Dutch, "Arubaans voetbalelftal"; Papiamento, "Seleccion Arubano di futbol") is the national team of Aruba, it was founded in 1932 and is affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), CONCACAF and FIFA (since 1988) and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1986 – Did not enter, was part of Netherlands Antilles
• 1990 to 1994 – Did not enter
• 1998 to 2018 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

• 1991 – Did not enter
• 1993 – Withdrew
• 1996 to 2003 – Did not qualify
• 2005 – Withdrew
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2009 – Did not qualify
• 2011 – Did not enter
• 2013 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

• 1989 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – Did not enter
• 1991 – Did not qualify
• 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1993 – Withdrew
• 1994 – Did not enter
• 1995 – Did not qualify
• 1996 – Did not enter
• 1997 – Did not qualify
• 1998 – Did not qualify
• 1999 – Withdrew
• 2001 – Did not qualify
• 2005 – Withdrew
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2008 – Did not qualify
• 2010 – Did not enter
• 2012 – Did not qualify
• 2014 – Did not qualify
• 2017 – Did not qualify

List of coaches

• Martin Koopman (2015–)
• Rini Coolen (2015)
• Giovanni Franken (2013–2015)
• Epi Albertus (2010– 2012)
• Marcelo Muñoz (2004), (2008–2010)
• Azing Griever (2004–2006)
• Marco Rasmijn (2000)
• Ángel Botta (1996)
• René Notten (1995)

Recent results

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Match Type
20 May 2010	Venezuela	Loss	0–3	Friendly
29 October 2010	Curaçao	Loss	0–3	Friendly
8 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Win	4–2	WCQ
12 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Loss	2–4 (4–5 PK)	WCQ
2 December 2011	Suriname	Win	0–0 (5–4 PK)	2011 ABCS Tournament
13 July 2012	Curaçao	Win	3–2	2012 ABCS Tournament
15 July 2012	Suriname	Win	1–0	2012 ABCS Tournament
27 March 2014	Guam	Draw	2–2	Friendly
30 March 2014	Guam	Win	2–0	Friendly
30 May 2014	Turks and Caicos Islands	Win	1–0	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
1 June 2014	British Virgin Islands	Win	7–0	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
3 June 2014	French Guiana	Loss	0–2	2014 Caribbean Cup qualification
10 June 2015	Barbados	Loss	0–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
14 June 2015	Barbados	Win	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
31 August 2015	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Loss	0–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 September 2015	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Win	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Aruba all-time record against all nations

Note: teams that are in italics indicates that the team got collapsed, a historical team, or a team which is not a FIFA member.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Barbados	3	1	0	2	6	11	−5
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Curaçao	22	0	8	14	19	47	−28
Dominican Republic	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
French Guiana	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Grenada	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4
Guam	2	1	1	0	4	2	2
Guyana	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Haiti	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Honduras	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Jamaica	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Netherlands Antilles	8	1	0	7	10	23	−13
Panama	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2
Saint Lucia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0
Suriname	14	2	5	7	15	44	−29
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Total	73	10	18	45	85	194	−109

Current squad

The following players were called up for the CONCACAF Nations League matches against Guadeloupe on October 17, 2018

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1GK	Jean-Marc Antersijn	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996		FC Boshuizen
	1GK	Eric Abdul	(1986-02-25) 25 February 1986		SV Dakota
	1GK	Matthew Lentink	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993		Zeelandia Middelburg
	2DF	Nathan Lo-A-Njoe	(1989-03-11) 11 March 1989		Racing Club
	2DF	Jean-Pierre Heyden	(2000-02-25) 25 February 2000		Deportivo Nacional
	2DF	Leroy Oehlers	(1992-12-12) 12 December 1992		FC Lisse
	2DF	Nickenson Paul	(1997-08-24) 24 August 1997		SV Dakota
	2DF	Jefferson Vegas	(1995-01-30) 30 January 1995		RKSV Sarto
	3MF	Gino Mulder	(1987-10-09) 9 October 1987		HBS Craeyenhout
	3MF	Walter Bennet	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997		Excelsior Maassluis
	3MF	Erik Santos de Gouveia	(1990-08-30) 30 August 1990		Racing Club
	3MF	Raymond Baten	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989		Quick Boys
	3MF	Liomar Croes	(1996-02-12) 12 February 1996		SV Dakota
	3MF	Jeamirr Howell	(1992-11-16) 16 November 1992		Racing Club
	3MF	Lionel Kaarsbaan	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987		SV Dakota
	3MF	Annuar Kock	(1991-12-03) 3 December 1991		SV Estrella
	3MF	Gregor Breinburg	(1991-09-15) 15 September 1991		Sparta Rotterdam
	4FW	Joshua John	(1988-10-01) 1 October 1988		Bursaspor
	4FW	Ricky Marte	(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996		River Plate Aruba
	4FW	Joshua Gross	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993		ASWH Ambacht
	4FW	Ronald Gómez	(1984-10-25) 25 October 1984		Racing Club
	4FW	Jean Pierre Fingal	(1993-05-16) 16 May 1993		Racing Club
	4FW	Edward Clarissa	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000		Deportivo Nacional

References

External links

• Country profile – FIFA
• Country roster – National Football Teams
• Team 2008
• Netherlands Antilles vs Aruba, Digicel Caribbean Championships 2008, YouTube
• Grenada vs Aruba, Digicel Caribbean Championships 2008, YouTube