Aruba national football team

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Aruba
Association	Arubaanse Voetbal Bond
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Marco Rasmyn
Home stadium	Trinidad Stadium
FIFA code	ARU
FIFA ranking	199
Highest FIFA ranking	160 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking	202 (February 2008)
Elo ranking	196
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
Aruba 0 - 4 Curaçao (Aruba; 6 April 1924)
Biggest win
Aruba 4 - 1 Cuba (Tegucigalpa, Honduras; August 19, 1955)
Biggest defeat
Trinidad and Tobago 11 - 0 Aruba (Grenada; June 4, 1989)

The Aruba national football team is the national team of Aruba and is controlled by Arubaanse Voetbal Bond. It is one of the weakest teams in the world; they have lost all competitive international matches since the 18th March 2000, when they drew 2-2 to Puerto Rico.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 Gold Cup record 3 Current squad 4 External links 5 Criticism

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1986 - Did not enter, was part of Netherlands Antilles
• 1990 to 1994 - Did not enter
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Gold Cup record

• 1991 - Did not enter
• 1993 - Withdrew
• 1996 to 2003 - Did not qualify
• 2005 - Withdrew
• 2007 - Did not enter

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying against Antigua and Barbuda on February 6, 2008. Caps are as of February 10th 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Antonio Giel 20 November 1981 SV Deportivo Nacional 2 DF Theric Ruiz 18 September 1984 2 0 SV Deportivo Nacional 3 DF Henry Tromp 1 0 SV Deportivo Nacional 4 DF Raymond Tromp 1 0 SV Britannia 5 DF Gio Kartoredjo 1 0 SV Britannia 6 MF Rodney Gregory Lake 16 September 1979 4 0 SV Britannia 7 MF Raymondt Pimienta 7 May 1982 3 0 8 MF Sylvester Schwengle 1 0 SV La Fama 9 FW Lionel Tromp 1 0 SV Dakota 10 MF Garreth Werleman 0 0 SV Estrella 11 FW Maurice Escalona 27 January 1980 3 2 SV Racing Club Aruba 12 DF Dario Sierra 1 0 13 MF Edmond Eckmeyer 1 0 SV Deportivo Nacional 14 DF Junel Sanchez 0 0 SV Britannia 15 MF Rigmar Lodowica 1 0 SV La Fama 16 Harmannus Ridderbos 1 0 SV Jong Aruba 17 Jesus Paesch 0 0 SV Racing Club Aruba 18 Lionel Kaarsbaan 0 0

[edit] External links

• National Football Teams

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Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – Africa Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – Viva World Cup
National football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) v • d • e
Anguilla • Antigua and Barbuda • Aruba • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Canada • Cayman Islands • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • French Guiana • Grenada • Guadeloupe • Guatemala • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Jamaica • Martinique • Mexico • Montserrat • Netherlands Antilles • Nicaragua • Panama • Puerto Rico • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint-Martin • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Sint Maarten • Suriname • Trinidad and Tobago • Turks and Caicos Islands • U.S. Virgin Islands • United States

[edit] Criticism

Aruba is by many people considered world's worst football team. Most people have to agree that aruba is not a footbal rich place (like Brazil or Britain)