Cayman Islands national football team

Cayman Islands
Association	Cayman Islands; Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Benjamin Pugh
Most caps	Ian Lindo (23)
Top scorer	Lee Ramoon (12)
Home stadium	Truman Bodden Sports Complex
FIFA code	CAY
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	196 1 (16 September 2021)
Highest	127 (November 1995)
Lowest	206 (April 2019)
First international
	Dominica 2–1 Cayman Islands ; (Roseau, Dominica; 3 March 1985)
Biggest win
	Cayman Islands 5–0 British Virgin Islands ; (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 2 March 1994); Cayman Islands 5–0 Sint Maarten ; (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 4 March 1994)
Biggest defeat
	Cayman Islands 0–11 Canada ; (Bradenton, Florida, United States; 29 March 2021)

The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands, and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association. It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF. Cayman Islands' home ground is Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town, and their head coach is Benjamin Pugh. Prior to Pugh's appointment, the Cayman Island's national team had failed to win a single game in over 9 years, sinking to 206 in the FIFA World Rankings. They have recently advanced 13 places in the rankings; winning 4 out of 6 Nation's League Qualifiers (including a win against Barbados).

History[]

In 2000, given the status of the Cayman Islands as one of the British overseas territories, the national team attempted to use this as a loophole to call up a number of uncapped players possessing British passports but who had no specific links to the islands. Barry McIntosh, a football agent, was called in to scout players for an upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cuba and ultimately he secured eight players i.e. Wayne Allison (Tranmere Rovers), Ged Brannan (Motherwell), David Barnett (Lincoln City), Martin O'Connor (Birmingham City), Dwayne Plummer (Bristol City), Barry Hayles (Fulham), Neville Roach (Southend United) and Neil Sharpe (Boreham Wood). With the exception of Allison the players all appeared in a 5–0 friendly defeat against D.C. United but before they could appear in any official internationals FIFA stepped in and barred the players from representing the Cayman Islands due to their failure to satisfy the existing rules for national team eligibility.^[4] Of the eight players only Hayles went on to play international football, appearing for Jamaica ten times.

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[]

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

2021[]

24 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Suriname	3–0	Cayman Islands	showParamaribo, Suriname
19:00 UTC−3	Pinas 22' Donk 38' (pen.) G. Vlijter 76'	Report		Stadium: Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion Referee: Jorge Pérez (Mexico)

29 March WC 1st Round Qualifying	Cayman Islands	0–11	Canada	showBradenton, United States
18:00 UTC−4		Report	Sturing 6' Larin 13' Wotherspoon 25' Davies 27' (pen.), 73' Kaye 32', 63' Johnston 44' Cavallini 68', 74', 76'	Stadium: IMG Academy Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

2 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Cayman Islands	1–3	Aruba	showBradenton, United States
18:00 UTC−4	Ebanks 30' (pen.)	Report	John 40', 75' Groothusen 45+2'	Stadium: IMG Academy Referee: Luis Enrique Santander Aguirre (Mexico)

8 June WC 1st Round Qualifying	Bermuda	1–1	Cayman Islands	showBradenton, United States
21:05 UTC−4	Hall 65'	Report	M. Ebanks 23'	Stadium: IMG Academy Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

Squad[]

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifications.
Match dates: 2 June – 8 June 2021
Opposition: Aruba and Bermuda
Caps and goals correct as of: 2 June 2021, after the match against Aruba.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Albertini Holness	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 21)	8	0	Cayman Athletic
12	1GK			1	0	Academy
22	1GK		(1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 23)	0	0

2	2DF	Cameron Gray	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998 (age 22)	5	0
3	2DF	Wesley Robinson	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 28)	9	0	Elite
4	2DF	Ackeem Hyde	(1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 21)	10	1
5	2DF	Joshewa Frederick-Charlery	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 24)	14	0	Bodden Town
6	2DF	Andre McFarlane	(1989-11-01) 1 November 1989 (age 31)	13	0	Future
19	2DF		(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 27)	6	0	Future
23	2DF		(1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 21)	4	0	Academy

11	3MF	Trey Ebanks	(2000-06-05) 5 June 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Academy
13	3MF		(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 (age 25)	5	0	Academy
14	3MF		(2002-06-15) 15 June 2002 (age 19)	4	0	Future
15	3MF	Kion Parchmont	(2000-01-28) 28 January 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Leiston
16	3MF	D'Andre Rowe	(2001-01-05) 5 January 2001 (age 20)	5	0	Cayman Athletic
17	3MF	Mason Duval	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 20)	6	0	Academy
18	3MF	Kareem Foster	(2000-09-06) 6 September 2000 (age 21)	2	0	Westfield
20	3MF	Jonah Ebanks	(1996-05-07) 7 May 1996 (age 25)	13	3	Scholars International
21	3MF	Justin Byles	(2005-01-22) 22 January 2005 (age 16)	2	0

7	4FW		(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 25)	1	0	Academy
8	4FW			1	0	East End United
9	4FW	Mark Ebanks	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 30)	22	6	Future
10	4FW	Theron Wood	(1990-02-07) 7 February 1990 (age 31)	21	1	Bodden Town

Recent call-ups[]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up


MF	Jackson Kirkconnell	(2003-08-30) 30 August 2003 (age 18)	1	0	Brooke House College	vs. Canada, 29 March 2021
MF	Jermaine Wilson	(1995-02-05) 5 February 1995 (age 26)	11	0	Academy	vs. Canada, 29 March 2021

FW		(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 (age 24)	11	0	Elite	vs. Canada, 29 March 2021
FW	Gunnar Studenthofft	(2002-04-05) 5 April 2002 (age 19)	1	0		vs. Canada, 29 March 2021
INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad TRA = Training player WD = Withdrew (non-injury) RET = Retired

Player records[]

As of 2 June 2021

Players in bold are still active with Cayman Islands.

Most appearances[]

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Period
1	Ian Lindo	23	1	2001–2011
2	Theron Wood	21	1	2008–present
3	Garth Anderson	20	2	1999–2008
4	Mark Ebanks	19	6	2010–present
5		18	5	1998–2009
6		16	1	2000–2008
7	Ramon Sealy	15	0	2009–2019
8	Joshewa Frederick-Charlery	14	0	2015–present
8	Jairo Sanchez-Scott	14	0	2004–2015

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Period
1	Lee Ramoon	12	—	—	1985–2002
2	Mark Ebanks	6	19	0.32	2010–present
3		5	18	0.28	1998–2009
4	Gary Whittaker	3	11	0.27	1993–2008
	Jonah Ebanks	3	13	0.23	2018–present
	Michael Martin	3	13	0.23	2018–present
7	Gary Whittaker	2	4	0.5	2010–2015
		2	4	0.5	2010–2015
	Marshall Forbes	2	6	0.33	2002–2008
	Calvin Jefford	2	7	0.29	2008–2009
		2	11	0.18	1993–2002
	Garth Anderson	2	20	0.1	1999–2008

Competitive record[]

FIFA World Cup[]

FIFA World Cup record									FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1994	Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	6
2002									2	0	1	1	0	4
2006									2	0	0	2	1	5
2010									2	0	1	1	2	4
2014									6	0	1	5	2	15
2018									2	0	2	0	1	1
2022									4	0	1	3	2	18
2026	To be determined								To be determined
Total	–	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	0	6	14	8	53

CONCACAF Gold Cup[]

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1993
1996
1998	Withdrew
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Withdrew
2015
2017
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify
Total	0 Titles	0/16	0	0	0	0	0	0

CONCACAF Nations League[]

CONCACAF Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2019−20	C	A	6	4	0	2	7	8		33rd
2022–23	C	To be determined
Total			6	4	0	2	7	8	33rd

Caribbean Cup[]

Caribbean Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D^[1]	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter
1990	Did not qualify
1991	Group stage	2	0	0	2	3	5
1992	Did not qualify
1993	Did not qualify
1994	Group stage	3	0	1	2	3	6
1995	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	7	14
1996	Did not qualify
1997	Withdrew
1998	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5
1999	Did not qualify
2001
2005
2007
2008
2010
2012	Did not enter
2014
2017
Total	4/19	13	3	2	8	15	30

^ Draws include knockout matches decided via a penalty shoot-out.

Head-to-head record[]

As of 29 March 2021 after match against Canada^[5]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Anguilla	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Antigua and Barbuda	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Aruba	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Bahamas	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
Barbados	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7
Belize	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Bermuda	8	1	2	5	7	14	−7
British Virgin Islands	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	11	−11
Cuba	15	0	3	12	4	46	−42
Dominica	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Dominican Republic	5	1	1	3	2	14	−12
El Salvador	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Grenada	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6
Guyana	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2
Haiti	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
Jamaica	13	1	1	11	10	40	−30
Martinique	5	0	2	3	2	13	−11
Montserrat	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Netherlands Antilles	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Nicaragua	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Saint Lucia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Saint Martin	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4
Sint Maarten	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3
Suriname	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17
Turks and Caicos Islands	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
United States	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Total	104	20	19	65	101	260	−159

References[]

^ "Member Associations". origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ Footballers whose loved ones have told them who to play for, The Guardian, 5 March 2008
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Cayman Islands". eloratings.net. Elo Ratings. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

External links[]

Cayman Islands FIFA.com
Cayman Islands Football Association Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[r3-5] Draws include knockout matches decided via a penalty shoot-out.

[1] "Member Associations". origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-3] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[4] Footballers whose loved ones have told them who to play for, The Guardian, 5 March 2008

[7] "World Football Elo Ratings: Cayman Islands". eloratings.net. Elo Ratings. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

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show v t Cayman Islands national football team
General	Cayman Islands Football Association
Venues	Truman Bodden Sports Complex
Performances	Caribbean Cup CONCACAF Nations League
Other Caymanian teams	Women's

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North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American country, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.

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