Barbados national football team
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| Barbados | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Bajans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Barbados Football Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CONCACAF (North America) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Eyre Sealy |
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| Home stadium | Barbados National Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | BRB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 117 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 93 (June 2000, October 2007) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 152 (July 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Barbados 3 - 2 Martinique  (Barbados; February 11, 1931) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barbados 5 - 0 Surinam  (Bridgetown, Barbados; May 17, 1990) Barbados 6 - 1 Cayman Islands  (Georgetown, Guyana; March 12, 1993) |
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 USA 7 - 0 Barbados (Foxborough, USA; August 16, 2000) |
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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 U'15's were narrowly defeated in the 2007 Caribbean Football Union under 15's tournament by El Salvador. Their under 20's recently recorded good results on a tour of Columbia and the Barbados Under 23's National Football Team are looking to make progress in the CONCACAF regional qualifiers for the Olympics in Beijing.
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[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 2006 - Did not qualify
Barbados' best World Cup qualification attempt thus far has been reaching the semifinal round in 2002.
[edit] Gold Cup record
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against Dominica on February 6, 2008.
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[edit] Squad list
| Name | Position | Date Of Birth | Place Of Birth | Club |
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| 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 | Unknown |  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 |
Doncaster Rovers |
| Neil Harvey | Striker | Unknown | England |
Retford United |
| Llewellyn Riley | Striker | Unknown | Unknown |
Notre Dame SC |
[edit] Notable former players
| Name | Position | Date Of Birth | Place Of Birth | Club |
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| Michael Gilkes | Midfielder | July 20, 1965 | Hackney |
Retired |
