Aruba national football team

Aruba

Association	Arubaanse Voetbal Bond
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Epi Albertus
Captain	Theric Ruiz
Top scorer	Maurice Escalona
Home stadium	Trinidad Stadium
FIFA code	ARU
FIFA ranking	172
Highest FIFA ranking	160 (December 1992)
Lowest FIFA ranking	202 (February 2008)
Elo ranking	194
Home colours Away colours
First international
Aruba 0 – 4 Curaçao (Aruba; 6 April 1924) [1]
Biggest win
Aruba 4 – 1 Cuba (Tegucigalpa, Honduras; August 19, 1955)
Biggest defeat
Trinidad and Tobago 11 – 0 Aruba (Grenada; June 4, 1989)

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
• 1998 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Gold Cup record

• 1991 – Did not enter
• 1993 – Withdrew
• 1996 to 2003 – Did not qualify
• 2005 – Withdrew
• 2007 – Did not enter
• 2009 – Did not qualify
• 2011 – Did not enter

List of coaches

• Epi Albertus (2010–)
• Marcelo Munoz (2004), (2008–2010)
• Azing Griever (2004–2006)
• Marco Rasmijn (2000)
• René Notten (1995)

Recent results

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Match Type
20 May 2010	Venezuela	Loss	3–0	Friendly
29 October 2010	Netherlands Antilles	Loss	3–0	Friendly
23 June 2011	Guyana	Win	0–1	Olympic Qualifier
25 June 2011	Cuba	Loss	7–0	Olympic Qualifier
8 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Win	4–2	WCQ
12 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Loss	2–4 (5–4 PK)	WCQ

Future matches

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Match Type
12 July 2011	Saint Lucia	Loss	2–4 (5-4 PK)	WCQ

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Saint Lucia on 8 and 12 July 2011.

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Eric Abdul 26 February 1986 (1986-02-26) (age 25) 2 DHC Delft 1GK Jeffrey Werleman 30 September 1983 (1983-09-30) (age 28) 4 La Fama 1GK Kenrick Dania 1 December 1986 (1986-12-01) (age 24) 1 Britannia 4 2DF Theric Ruiz 18 September 1984 (1984-09-18) (age 27) 8 Deportivo Nacional 7 2DF Roman Aparicio 12 March 1980 (1980-03-12) (age 31) 3 Britannia 2DF Raymond Tromp 11 June 1986 (1986-06-11) (age 25) 3 Britannia 5 2DF Juan Valdez 24 November 1983 (1983-11-24) (age 27) 3 Britannia 3 2DF François Croes 11 October 1990 (1990-10-11) (age 21) 4 Estrella 2DF Ikel Lopez 16 February 1979 (1979-02-16) (age 32) 1 Estrella 9 2DF Frederick Gomez 25 October 1984 (1984-10-25) (age 27) 5 Racing Club Aruba 6 3MF Raymond Baten 26 January 1989 (1989-01-26) (age 22) 2 Voorschoten '97 3MF Ulises Nuñez Garcia 15 December 1990 (1990-12-15) (age 20) 1 Britannia 17 3MF Giovanni Thode 23 December 1976 (1976-12-23) (age 34) 3 Britannia 17 3MF Erik Santos de Gouveia 30 August 1990 (1990-08-30) (age 21) 2 SV Racing Club Aruba Salito 3MF Harmannus Ridderbos 15 January 1977 (1977-01-15) (age 34) 4 Jong Aruba 14 3MF David Abdul 17 August 1989 (1989-08-17) (age 22) 1 Sparta Rotterdam 15 3MF Sylvester Schwengle 20 July 1988 (1988-07-20) (age 23) 7 La Fama 10 3MF Annuar Kock 3 December 1991 (1991-12-03) (age 19) 1 Estrella 9 4FW Maurice Escalona 27 January 1980 (1980-01-27) (age 31) 6 Racing Club Aruba 4FW Lionel Tromp 19 April 1984 (1984-04-19) (age 27) 2 La Fama 4FW Junel Sanchez 18 February 1985 (1985-02-18) (age 26) 1 Britannia 16 4FW Carlos Quandt 25 July 1989 (1989-07-25) (age 22) 3 SV Riverplate 12 4FW Jelano Cruden 7 July 1988 (1988-07-07) (age 23) 5 SV Riverplate 8 4FW Rensy Barradas 21 October 1990 (1990-10-21) (age 21) 2 RVVH Ridderkerk 14 4FW Jean-Luc Bergen 8 December 1988 (1988-12-08) (age 22) 1 VSV Tonegido

External links

• Official site – Arubaanse Voetbalbond
• Country profile – FIFA
• Country roster – National Football Teams
• Team 2008
• Netherlands Antilles vs Aruba, Digicel Caribbean Championships 2008, You Tube
• Grenada vs Aruba, Digicel Caribbean Championships 2008, You Tube