Aruba national football team

Between 1924 and 1933, Aruba only played against Curaçao, although these matches are not considered official.[4] In the 1950s these matches were used to select the best players for the Netherlands Antilles team. Aruban players like Jani Brokke played for the Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Olympic Games.[5] Under the flag of the Curaçao Football Association (C.V.B.), they won gold with the Netherlands Antilles team at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games and participated in the 1953 CCCF Championship.[6]

In the 1950s the A.V.B. organised friendly matches and mini tournaments on the island. Examples are the 1952 match between Aruba and football club Botafogo (3-1)[7] and the 1953 series between Aruba, Surinam, British Guiana and professional club La Salle F.C. from Venezuela.[8] Aruba participated in its first tournament at the 1955 CCCF Championship, where they finished in 5th place. In 1958, A.V.B. and C.V.B. merged into the Netherlands Antillean Football Union. Aruba took part in the Netherlands Antilles national football team until their secession in 1986.

Following its split from the Netherlands Antilles, the Aruba Football Federation was affiliated in 1988 with CONCACAF and FIFA. Aruba entered qualifying for the 1989 Caribbean Cup, and in its first group match it suffered the worst defeat in its history, at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago, which crushed them 11–0. They played their first World Cup qualifying match against the Dominican Republic as part of the 1998 World Cup qualifying. Aruba has participated in all the qualifying tournaments for the World Cup since, without being able to get past the first qualifying round.

Aruba has also yet to qualify for the Caribbean Cup. However, they showed some progress in the preliminary round of the 2014 Caribbean Cup by getting two wins against Turks and Caicos (1–0) and British Virgin Islands (7–0), the latter being the biggest victory in its history. These results allowed them to reach 120th place in the FIFA World Ranking for the month of June 2014, their best ranking to date. Following these victories, Aruba lost 2–0 against French Guiana and were eliminated.

Aruba began their 2018 World Cup qualification in the second round against Barbados, losing 2–0 at home and 1–0 away, however FIFA ruled that Barbados had fielded an ineligible player, giving Aruba a 3–0 second leg victory and advancing them to the third round. Despite that, in the next round they were defeated again, this time by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines who won 3–2 on aggregate. Aruba failed to progress in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, finishing 4th in the first round.

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022

Curaçao  v  Aruba

24 November 2022 ABCS Tournament	Curaçao	2–2 (5–3 p)	Aruba	Willemstad, Curaçao
21:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Stadion Rignaal Jean Francisca

Bonaire  v  Aruba

26 November 2022 ABCS Tournament	Bonaire	0–1	Aruba	Willemstad, Curaçao
19:00 UTC−4		Report	Gross 17'	Stadium: Stadion Rignaal Jean Francisca

2023

Saint Kitts and Nevis  v  Aruba

26 March Nations League	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2–0	Aruba	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
18:00 UTC−4	Freeman 45+1', 80'	Report		Stadium: Warner Park

Cayman Islands  v  Aruba

11 September Nations League	Cayman Islands	1–2	Aruba	George Town, Cayman Islands
15:00 UTC−5	Nunez 6'	Report	Ostiana 2' Bäly 79'	Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

As of 26 March 2023[10]

Players in bold are still active with Aruba.

Note: teams that are in italics indicates that the team is a historical team of a polity not existing anymore, or a team which is not a FIFA member.[11]

As of 6 June 2021[12]

These all-time records are exclusively class 'A' internationals matches.[13]

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Antigua and Barbuda	5	0	0	5	4	11	−7
Barbados	6	1	0	5	7	16	−9
Bermuda	1	1	0	1	3	6	–3
British Virgin Islands	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	7	–7
Cayman Islands	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Costa Rica	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Curaçao	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1
Curaçao	22	0	8	14	19	47	−28
Dominica	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Dominican Republic	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
French Guiana	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3
Grenada	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4
Guadeloupe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Guam	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Guatemala	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Guyana	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10
Haiti	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Honduras	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14
Montserrat	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Netherlands Antilles	8	1	1	6	9	20	−11
Panama	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Saint Lucia	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Suriname	13	1	2	10	6	46	−40
Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11
Turks and Caicos Islands	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Total	91	12	21	63	102	234	−132

• 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