Saint Lucia national football team
Encyclopedia
The Saint Lucia national football team is the national association football team of Saint Lucia
and it represents that country in international football matches. It is controlled by the St. Lucia Football Association
and it is part of CONCACAF
.
for the first time during the 1994 World Cup qualification
, when they were eliminated in the first qualification round by in 1992.
The team's most recent competitive fixtures were in the CONCACAF 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
. Saint Lucia played in the first qualifying round – losing the first leg 4–2 in Aruba. The return leg in Saint Lucia ended in a 4–2 victory after 90 minutes, sending the tie into extra time, and then to penalty kicks. Saint Lucia won the shoot-out 5–4 and advanced to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Saint Lucia have been grouped with , , and in Group D of the second qualifying round. Saint Lucia were eliminated from World Cup qualification after finishing last in their group with one point as a result of one draw and five losses.
against Aruba
on 8 and 12 July 2011.
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Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
and it represents that country in international football matches. It is controlled by the St. Lucia Football Association
St. Lucia Football Association
The St. Lucia Football Association is the governing body of football in St. Lucia. The FA was founded in 1979, the same year the island gained independence, and is headquartered in Castries, the nation's capital. It runs the St...
and it is part of CONCACAF
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
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History
The team attempted to qualify to the World Cup finals tournamentFIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
for the first time during the 1994 World Cup qualification
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
-Qualified teams:The following 24 teams qualified for the 1994 FIFA World Cup: - qualified automatically as hosts - qualified automatically as defending champions-Notes:...
, when they were eliminated in the first qualification round by in 1992.
The team's most recent competitive fixtures were in the CONCACAF 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
The CONCACAF qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will see teams competing for places at the finals in Brazil.As in recent tournaments, CONCACAF will have three direct qualifiers for the finals tournament in addition to a further possible place via the inter-confederation play-offs against the...
. Saint Lucia played in the first qualifying round – losing the first leg 4–2 in Aruba. The return leg in Saint Lucia ended in a 4–2 victory after 90 minutes, sending the tie into extra time, and then to penalty kicks. Saint Lucia won the shoot-out 5–4 and advanced to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Saint Lucia have been grouped with , , and in Group D of the second qualifying round. Saint Lucia were eliminated from World Cup qualification after finishing last in their group with one point as a result of one draw and five losses.
World Cup record
- 19301930 FIFA World CupThe 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 July 1930...
to 19901990 FIFA World CupThe 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
– Did not enter - 19941994 FIFA World CupThe 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
to 20142014 FIFA World CupThe 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament that will take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014....
– Did not qualify
Gold Cup record
- 19911991 CONCACAF Gold Cup-Group B:---------------------Bracket:-Semifinals:-----Third place match:-Final:-Top scorers:4 goals Benjamin Galindo3 goals Dale Mitchell Eduardo Bennet Luis Cálix Carlos Hermosillo...
to 20072007 CONCACAF Gold CupThe 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean , and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from June 6 to June 24, 2007.This competition was the third...
– Did not qualify - 20092009 CONCACAF Gold CupThe 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean . It was contested from 3 July to 26 July 2009 in the United States. This competition was the fourth tournament...
– Did not enter - 20112011 CONCACAF Gold CupThe 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and 21th CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence...
– Did not qualify
Recent fixtures
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Match Type |
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| Nov. 14, 2011 | Loss | 3—0 | WCQ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:The second round saw the teams ranked 7–25 joined by the 5 winners from the first round... |
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| Nov. 11, 2011 | Loss | 4—0 | WCQ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:The second round saw the teams ranked 7–25 joined by the 5 winners from the first round... |
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| Oct. 11, 2011 | Draw | 1—1 | WCQ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:The second round saw the teams ranked 7–25 joined by the 5 winners from the first round... |
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| Oct. 7, 2011 | Loss | 7—0 | WCQ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:The second round saw the teams ranked 7–25 joined by the 5 winners from the first round... |
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| Sept. 6, 2011 | Loss | 4—2 | WCQ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:The second round saw the teams ranked 7–25 joined by the 5 winners from the first round... |
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| Sept. 2, 2011 | Loss | 4—1 | WCQ 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Second Round This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF Second Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:The second round saw the teams ranked 7–25 joined by the 5 winners from the first round... |
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| August 21 2011 | Loss | 4—0 | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
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| July 12, 2011 | Win | 4—2 | WCQ | |
| July 8, 2011 | Loss | 4—2 | WCQ |
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF First Round
This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.-Format:In this round the ten lowest seeded teams were drawn into 5 home-and-away ties....
against Aruba
Aruba national football team
The Aruba national football team is the national team of Aruba and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond.-World Cup record:*1930 to 1986 – Did not enter, was part of Netherlands Antilles*1990 to 1994 – Did not enter...
on 8 and 12 July 2011.
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Coaches
- Stewart Charles (1992) Kingsley Armstrong (1996), (2002–2004) Louis Cassim (1999–2000) Carson Millar (2004–2006) Terrence Caroo (2006–)