Barbados national football team

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Barbados

Nickname(s)	The Bajans
Association	Barbados Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Eyre Sealy
Home stadium	Barbados National Stadium
FIFA code	BRB
FIFA ranking	100
Highest FIFA ranking	93 (June 2000, October 2007)
Lowest FIFA ranking	152 (July 2006)
Elo ranking	139
Home colours Away colours
First international
Barbados 3 - 2 Martinique (Barbados; February 11, 1931)
Biggest win
Barbados 7 - 1 Anguilla (St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda; September 24, 2006)
Biggest defeat
USA 8 - 0 Barbados (Carson, CA, USA; June 15, 2008)

The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Pride, is the national team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 Gold Cup as it hosted the Digicel Cup finals for the Caribbean that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semifinal round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2-1 win over Costa Rica, but lost their five remaining games. In 2004, Barbados draw a shock 1-1 home against Northern Ireland.

Barbados National Football's most recent successes have been at youth level where their Under-15s were narrowly defeated in the 2007 Caribbean Football Union Under-15' tournament by El Salvador. Their under 20s recently recorded good results on a tour of Colombia and the Barbados Under 23s National Football Team are looking to make progress in the CONCACAF regional qualifiers for the Olympics in Beijing.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 CONCACAF Championship record 3 Gold Cup record 4 Current squad 4.1 Recent call-ups 4.2 Squad list 5 Notable former players 6 External links

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 - Did not enter (as until 1966, British Barbados)
• 1978 - Did not qualify
• 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Withdrew
• 1990 - Did not enter
• 1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] CONCACAF Championship record

• 1963-73 - Did not enter
• 1977 - Did not qualify
• 1981 - Withdrew
• 1985-89 - Did not enter

[edit] Gold Cup record

• 1991 - Did not enter
• 1992 to 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for the Caribbean Championships 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Adrian Chase November 6, 1973 (1973-11-06) (age 35) Youth Milan FC 2 DF Barry Skeete Barbados Defence Force SC 3 DF Jonathan Straker October 16, 1979 (1979-10-16) (age 29) Barbados Defence Force SC 4 DF Omar Archer 5 DF Bryan Neblett October 12, 1978 (1978-10-12) (age 30) Notre Dame SC 6 DF Rohan Hall Barbados Defence Force SC 7 MF Donovan Lavine 8 DF Bryan Gay 9 FW Riviere Williams April 28, 1982 (1982-04-28) (age 26) Barbados Defence Force SC 10 MF Norman Forde April 30, 1977 (1977-04-30) (age 31) Youth Milan FC 11 FW Richard Lavine 12 MF Jeffrey Williams 13 FW Mario Harte 14 MF Ramuel Miller January 28, 1980 (1980-01-28) (age 28) Youth Milan FC 15 MF Romelle Burgess August 8, 1973 (1973-08-08) (age 35) New Hampshire Phantoms 16 DF Andre Daniel 17 FW Angus Doyle 18 GK Bently Springer

[edit] Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Alvin Rouse August 13, 1982 (1982-08-13) (age 26) Galway United (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 2 DF Dyson James November 17, 1978 (1978-11-17) (age 30) Notre Dame SC (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 3 DF Daryl Ferguson June 4, 1985 (1985-06-04) (age 23) Real Maryland Monarchs (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 4 DF Greg Belle July 19, 1985 (1985-07-19) (age 23) Barbados Defence Force SC (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 7 MF Paul Ifill October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20) (age 29) Crystal Palace (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 8 MF Rondelle Vaughan Brittons Hill (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 9 FW Mark McCammon August 7, 1978 (1978-08-07) (age 30) Gillingham (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 10 FW Arantes Lawrence Brittons Hill (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 11 FW Jon Nurse March 28, 1981 (1981-03-28) (age 27) Dagenham & Redbridge (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 12 MF Malcolm Marshall July 3, 1985 (1985-07-03) (age 23) Barbados Defence Force SC (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 15 DF Emmerson Boyce September 24, 1979 (1979-09-24) (age 29) Wigan Athletic (WCQ v. 22 June) 17 MF John Parris April 26, 1972 (1972-04-26) (age 36) 101 Notre Dame SC (WCQ v. USA, 22 June) 6 DF Romell Brathwaite March 18, 1982 (1982-03-18) (age 26) Notre Dame SC (WCQ v. USA, 15 June) 8 MF Jonathan Forte July 25, 1986 (1986-07-25) (age 22) Scunthorpe United (WCQ v. USA, 15 June) GK Omari Eastmond (Friendly v. Bermuda, 9 June) FW Miles Jones December 17, 1987 (1987-12-17) (age 20) 2 0 Aldershot Town (Friendly v. Bermuda, 9 June) FW Walton Burrowes (Friendly v. Bermuda, 9 June) FW Brett Carrington (Friendly v. Bermuda, 9 June) Craig Worrell (Friendly v. Bermuda, 6 June) MF Madalitso Mkoloma (Friendly v. Trinidad and Tobago, 11 May) FW Kieran Crichlow (Friendly v. Trinidad and Tobago, 11 May) 8 FW Dwayne McClean Barbados Defence Force SC 14 FW Dwayne Stanford Beverly Hills (WCQ v. Dominica, 26 March) 15 MF Elvis Defreitas Paradise SC (WCQ v. Dominica, 26 March) FW Kenroy Skinner July 8, 1980 (1980-07-08) (age 28) Youth Milan FC (Friendly v. Grenada, 15 March) GK Kerry Holder Barbados Defence Force SC (Friendly v. Grenada, 15 March) 8 FW Dwayne McClean Barbados Defence Force SC (WCQ v. Dominica, 6 February) 16 FW Neil Harvey February 13, 1984 (1984-02-13) (age 24) Macclesfield Town (WCQ v. Dominica, 6 February) DF Dwight James Notre Dame SC MF Dwayne Lynch FW Renaldo Marques

[edit] Squad list

Name	Position	Date Of Birth	Place Of Birth	Club
Adrian Chase	Goalkeeper	Unknown	Barbados	Youth Milan FC
Bernard Howell	Goalkeeper	Unknown	Barbados	St. John Sonnets
Rommel Brathwaite	Defender	Unknown	Barbados	Notre Dame SC
Gregory Goodridge	Defender	July 10, 1971	Barbados	Brittons Hill
Dyson James	Defender	November 17, 1978	St. Vincent	Notre Dame SC
Romell Burgess	Midfielder	Unknown	Barbados	Youth Milan FC
Michael Forde	Midfielder	Unknown	Barbados	Youth Milan FC
Norman Forde	Midfielder	Unknown	Barbados	Youth Milan FC
Rudy Grosvenor	Midfielder	Unknown	Unknown	Notre Dame SC
Kent Hall	Midfielder	Unknown	Unknown	Paradise SC
John Hawkesworth	Midfielder	Unknown	Barbados	Notre Dame SC
Paul Ifill	Midfielder	October 20, 1979	Brighton	Crystal Palace
Paul Lovell	Midfielder	Unknown	Unknown	Silver Sands
John Parris	Midfielder	Unknown	Unknown	Notre Dame SC
Louie Soares	Midfielder	January 8, 1985	Reading	Aldershot Town
Ryan Lucas	Striker	Unknown	Unknown	Notre Dame SC
Mark McCammon	Striker	August 7, 1978	Barnet	Gillingham F.C.
Neil Harvey	Striker	August 6, 1983	England	Macclesfield Town
Llewellyn Riley	Striker	Unknown	Unknown	Notre Dame SC
Jonathan Nurse	Striker	Unknown	Unknown	Dagenham and Redbridge

[edit] Notable former players

Name	Position	Date Of Birth	Place Of Birth	Club
Michael Gilkes	Midfielder	July 20, 1965	Hackney	Retired

[edit] External links

• Barbados Soccer

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