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The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals.
The separate Trinidad and Tobago football teams are not related to the national team and are not directly affiliated with the game's governing bodies of FIFA or CONCACAF but are affiliated with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.
national team plays their home games generally in one of three stadia in the country.

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The Trinidad and Tobago national football team, nicknamed The Soca Warriors, is the national team of Trinidad and Tobago and is controlled by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. It reached the first round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals.
The separate Trinidad and Tobago football teams are not related to the national team and are not directly affiliated with the game's governing bodies of FIFA or CONCACAF but are affiliated with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation.
Home ground
The national team plays their home games generally in one of three stadia in the country. Games of significant importance are usually played at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. However, many World Cup qualification matches have been played at the Queen's Park Oval, a multipurpose stadium that is primarily used for cricket. Low-profile games, such as international friendlies against other islands in the Caribbean, are played at Marvin Lee Stadium.
FIFA World Cup
1974 World Cup
At the 1973 CONCACAF Championship, Trinidad and Tobago fell two points short of qualifying for the 1974 World Cup Finals in controversial fashion. Trinidad and Tobago lost a crucial game on December 4, 1973 against hosts Haiti 2-1 having five of their goals disallowed. The referee, Jose Enrique of El Salvador and a Canadian linesman James Higuet were subsequently banned for life by FIFA for the dubious events of the match.
1990 World Cup
Trinidad and Tobago came within one game of qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy. Dubbed the Strike Squad during the qualifying campaign, Trinidad and Tobago needed only a draw to qualify in their final game played at home against the United States on November 19, 1989. In front of an over-capacity crowd of over 30,000 at the National Stadium on Red Day, Paul Caligiuri of the USA scored the only goal of the game in the 38th minute dashing Trinidad and Tobago's qualification hopes. For the good behaviour of the crowd at the stadium, despite the devastating loss and overcrowded stands, the spectators of Trinidad and Tobago were awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award in 1989.
2006 World Cup Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany, its first-ever qualification for the tournament. During their qualifying campaign, they sat at the bottom of the table in the final round of qualifying with one point from three games. However, after the arrival of Leo Beenhakker as team coach and the recalling of veteran players Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy, Trinidad and Tobago reversed its fortunes and placed fourth in the group. They qualified via a playoff against Bahrain, recovering from a 1-1 draw at home to win 1-0 away from home in Manama to book a place in the finals.
In Germany, Trinidad and Tobago was grouped with England, Sweden and Paraguay in Group B. They drew their first game 0-0 against Sweden despite going down to ten men early in the second half. They lost both their remaining games against England and Paraguay by a 2-0 margin.
They became the smallest country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in 2006, succeeding Haiti for the title.
2010 World Cup qualification
Trinidad and Tobago are currently attempting to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. They began their campaign in the second round with a home-and-away series against Bermuda. Trinidad and Tobago lost the first game at home 1-2 on June 15 but bounced back to win the away leg in Bermuda 2-0 to progress to the third round 3-2 on aggregate.
Trinidad and Tobago played in Group 1 alongside the United States, Guatemala and Cuba. Trinidad and Tobago progressed to the fourth round by placing second in the group with eleven points from six games. The fourth round is also played in a home-and-away format among the six teams involved. The other teams in the fourth round include the United States, Honduras, Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador The top three teams in the fourth round will qualify for the World Cup Finals, while the fourth-placed team will enter a home-and-away playoff against the fifth-placed CONMEBOL team for a qualification spot.
Fourth round
World Cup record
| Year | Round | Year | Round |
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| Uruguay, 1930 | Did not enter | West Germany, 1974 | Did not qualify | | Italy, 1934 | Did not enter | Argentina, 1978 | Did not qualify | | France, 1938 | Did not enter | Spain, 1982 | Did not qualify | | Brazil, 1950 | Did not enter | Mexico, 1986 | Did not qualify | | Switzerland, 1954 | Did not enter | Italy, 1990 | Did not qualify | | Sweden, 1958 | Did not enter | United States, 1994 | Did not qualify | | Chile, 1962 | Did not enter | France, 1998 | Did not qualify | | England, 1966 | Did not qualify | South Korea/Japan, 2002 | Did not qualify | | Mexico, 1970 | Did not qualify | Germany, 2006 | Round 1 | | |
CONCACAF Championship record
- 1963 - Did not enter
- 1965 - Did not enter
- 1967 - 4th place
- 1969 - 5th place
- 1971 - 5th place
- 1973 - 2nd place
- 1977 - Did not qualify
- 1981 - Did not qualify
- 1985 - Round 1
- 1989 - 3rd place
CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Trinidad and Tobago has appeared in seven CONCACAF Gold Cup finals to date. Trinidad and Tobago's best performance was in 2000 when they reached the Semifinals, losing to eventual winners Canada 0-1.
Caribbean Cup record
Trinidad and Tobago has won eight out of thirteen Caribbean Cups since its inception in 1989.
Player records
Most capped players
Leading goalscorers
Source: RSSSF and
Recent results and upcoming fixtures
Below is a table containing the results of recent matches involving the Men's Senior National team and known upcoming fixtures.
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!Trinidad and Tobago scorers
!Opponent scorers
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|June 15, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|1-2 L
|WCQ Round 2
|Stern John 22'
|John Barry Nusum 8' 40'
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|June 22, 2008
|Bermuda National Stadium, Bermuda
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|2-0 W
|WCQ Round 2
|Darryl Roberts 9' Stern John 66'
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|July 8, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|2-0 W
|F
|Clyde Leon 7', Keon Daniel 69'
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|July 17, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|2-0 W
|F
|Andre Toussaint 63', Anthony Wolfe 90'
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|July 30, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|2-0 W
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|Keyeno Thomas 61', Cornell Glenn 68'
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|August 10, 2008
|Port-Au-Prince, Haiti
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|0-1 L
|F
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|Fucien Brunel 50'
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|August 14, 2008
|Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, USA
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|3-1 W
|F
|Cornell Glenn 18' 80', Anthony Wolfe 75'
|Cristian Castillo 31'
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|August 20, 2008
|Estadio Pedro Marrero, Cuba
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|3-1 W
|WCQ Round 3
|Keon Daniel 21' 61', Cornell Glenn 66'
|Jeniel Marquez 89'
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|September 3, 2008
|Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|3-0 W
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|Carlos Edwards 59', Cornell Glen 62', Dennis Lawrence 88'
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|September 6, 2008
|Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|1-1 D
|WCQ Round 3
||Keon Daniel 84'
|Carlos Gallardo 90'
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|September 10, 2008
|Toyota Park, United States
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|0-3 L
|WCQ Round 3
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||Michael Bradley 9',Clint Dempsey 17', Brian Ching 57'
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|October 8, 2008
|Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|9-0 W
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|Jason Scotland 29' 32' 35', Federico Rodriguez (OG)44', Cornell Glen 51' 68' 73', Anthony Wolfe 82', Darryl Roberts 87'
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|October 11, 2008
|Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala
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|0-0 D
|WCQ Round 3
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|October 15, 2008
|Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|2-1 W
|WCQ Round 3
| Russell Latapy 62', Dwight Yorke 79'
| Charlie Davies 75'
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|November 5, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|3-2 W
|Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
|Cornell Glen 69' Arnold Dwarika 73' Andre Toussaint 88'
|Peter Beyers 24' Randolph Burton 90'
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|November 7, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|3-1 W
|Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
|Keon Daniel 37', Khaleem Hyland 65', Devon Jorsling 67'
|Jevon Francis 88'
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|November 9, 2008
|Marvin Lee Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|1-1 D
|Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
|Devon Jorsling 82'
|Gregory Richardson 58'(pen)
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|November 19, 2008
|Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|3-0 W
|WCQ Round 3
|Kenwyne Jones 67', Dwight Yorke 69', Keon Daniel 89'
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|December 3, 2008
|Independence Park, Jamaica
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|1-2 L
|Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
|Cornell Glen 69'
|Kithson Bain 36', Ricky Charles 90'
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|December 5, 2008
|Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny
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|2-1 W
|Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
|Errol McFarlane 42'(pen), 73'(pen)
|Gregory Goodridge 13'
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|December 7, 2008
|Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny
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|1-1 D
|Caribbean Nations Cup 2008
|Errol McFarlane 80'
|Eric Vernan 46'
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|February 11, 2009
|Estadio Cuscatlán, El Salvador
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|2-2 D
|WCQ Round 4
|Carlos Edwards 7', Dwight Yorke 26'
|Osael Romero 82' 90+'
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|March 28, 2009
||Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|WCQ Round 4
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|April 1, 2009
||LP Field, United States
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|WCQ Round 4
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|June 6, 2009
||Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|WCQ Round 4
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|June 10, 2009
||Estadio Azteca, Mexico
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|WCQ Round 4
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|August 12, 2009
||Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|WCQ Round 4
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|September 5, 2009
||Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano, Honduras
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|WCQ Round 4
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|September 9, 2009
||Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|WCQ Round 4
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|October 10, 2009
||Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, Costa Rica
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|WCQ Round 4
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|October 14, 2009
||Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago
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|WCQ Round 4
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1 - Trinidad and Tobago score always listed first
Key
Current squad
Squad for the World Cup Qualifier match against El Salvador on February 11, 2009.
Caps and goals as of February 15, 2009.
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Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in 2008.
| Name | DOB | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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| Jan-Michael Williams | | | 21 (0) | v El Salvador, August 14, 2008 | | Glenroy Samuel | | Caledonia AIA | 0 (0) | v Barbados, May 11, 2008 | | Tony Warner | | | 1 (0) | v El Salvador, August 14, 2006 | | Defenders |
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| Kern Cupid | | W Connection | 8 (1) | v Guyana, July 8, 2008 | | Gyasi Joyce | | Caledonia AIA | 4 (0) | v Guyana, July 8, 2008 | | Kareem Smith | | United Petrotrin | 5 (0) | v Bermuda, June 15, 2008 | | Ancil Farrier | | Southern Connecticut State University | 4 (0) | v Bermuda, June 15, 2008 | | Avery John | | Miami FC | 69 (0) | v Barbados, May 11, 2008 | | Julius James | | Houston Dynamo | 3 (0) | v Jamaica, March 26, 2008 | | Seon Power | | Joe Public | 20 (1) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Anthony Noreiga | | | 7 (0) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Midfielders |
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| Kerry Baptiste | | Joe Public F.C. | 44 (6) | v Cuba, August 20, 2008 | | Collin Samuel | | | 23 (4) | v El Salvador, August 14, 2004 | | Aurtis Whitley | | W Connection | 41 (2) | v El Salvador, August 14, 2008 | | Kevon Carter | | Defence Force | 6 (1) | v Guyana, July 8, 2008 | | Hayden Tinto | | Caledonia AIA | 6 (0) | v Bermuda, June 15, 2008 | | Khaleem Hyland | | | 25 (2) | v Barbados, May 11, 2008 | | Osei Telesford | | Puerto Rico Islanders | 19 (1) | v Barbados, May 11, 2008 | | Trent Noel | | | 14 (0) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Conrad Smith | | Caledonia AIA | 17 (2) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Lester Peltier | | | 2 (0) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Jason Marcano | | | 2 (0) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Josh Johnson | | | 4 (0) | v Puerto Rico, January 26, 2008 | | Strikers |
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| Errol McFarlane | | Al-Mabarrah | 13 (7) | v Cuba, August 20, 2008 | | Kevaughn Connell | | | 5 (0) | v Haiti, July 30, 2008 | | Randi Patterson | | Charleston Battery | 2 (0) | v Jamaica, March 26, 2008 | | Scott Sealy | | | 24 (2) | v Guyana, July 8, 2002 | | Darryl Roberts | | Denizlispor | 18 (3) | v Guyana, July 8, 2008 | | Jamal Gay | | RW Oberhausen | 3 (1) | v Barbados, May 11, 2008 | | Devon Jorsling | | Defence Force | 6 (4) | v Barbados, May 11, 2008 | | Jason Scotland | | | 36 (8) | v Guyana, July 8, 2002 | |
Managerial history
| Name | Nationality | From | To |
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| Francisco Maturana | | January 4, 2008 | Present | | Wim Rijsbergen | | July 11, 2006 | December 4, 2007 | | Leo Beenhakker | | March 31, 2005 | June 20, 2006 | | Bertille St Clair | | January 16, 2004 | March 31, 2005 | | Stuart Charles Fevrier | | May 15, 2003 | January 16, 2004 | | Zoran Vranes | | April 2, 2003 | May 14, 2003 | | Hannibal Najjar | | October 23, 2002 | April 1, 2003 | | Rene Simoes | | June 2001 | May 2002 | | Ian Porterfield | | March 1, 2000 | June 25, 2001 | | Bertille St Clair | | May 1997 | March 2000 | |
Other former managers include:
- Trinidad and Tobago – Anton Corneal
- Trinidad and Tobago – Ronald La Forest
- Yugoslovia – Zoran Vranes
- Trinidad and Tobago – Everald Cummings
- Trinidad and Tobago – Roderick Warner
- Netherlands – Jan Zwartkruis
- Trinidad and Tobago – Edgar Vidale (1976)
See also
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