Bermuda national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = St.Davids
Badge = Bermuda FA.png FIFA Trigramme = BER
FIFA Rank = 125
FIFA max = 76
FIFA max date = August 1993
FIFA min = 185
FIFA min date = December 1998

Elo Rank = 162
Nickname = Warriors
Association = Bermuda Football Association
Confederation = CONCACAF (North America)
Coach = flagicon|Bermuda Andrew Paynter
Most caps =
Top scorer = |John Barry Nusum (17) Home Stadium = Lords

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First game = flagicon|Iceland Iceland 4 - 3 Bermuda flagicon|Bermuda
(Reykjavík, Iceland; August 10, 1964)
Largest win = flagicon|Bermuda Bermuda 13 - 0 Montserrat flagicon|Montserrat
(Hamilton, Bermuda; February 29, 2004)
Largest loss = flagicon|Denmark Denmark 6 - 0 Bermuda flagicon|Bermuda
(Aalborg, Denmark; July 1, 1969)
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World cup best =
Regional name = CONCACAF Gold Cup
Regional cup apps =
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Regional cup best = The Bermuda national football team is the national team of Bermuda and is controlled by the Bermuda Football Association. A member of CONCACAF, it is not among its strongest teams.

They were runners up in the 1967 tournament of the Pan-American Games, losing to Mexico in the final.

However, the side has badly slipped down the FIFA rankings, losing to non-UEFA members such as Gibraltar 2-0.

Bermuda earned their first win on home soil in three years - and a first at this level in 13 months - on December 16, 2007, against Saint Kitts and Nevis 4-2, in the second of two friendlies (after dropping the first match 2-1 to St. Kitts on December 14).

2010 World Cup qualifying

Bermuda advanced to the second round of 2010 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with a 1-1 draw and 3-1 away victory over the Cayman Islands. They followed with a shocking 2-1 upset at Trinidad and Tobago on June 15, 2008. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/round=250464/match=10000026/index.html FIFA.com match report] ] John Barry Nusum scored both goals for Bermuda. The second leg of the series was played on June 22, 2008 at Bermuda National Stadium, with Bermuda losing 0-2 to Trinidad and Tobago, thus eliminating them from the 2010 World Cup qualifying.

World Cup record

*1930 to 1966 - "Did not enter"
*1970 - "Did not qualify"
*1974 to 1990 - "Did not enter"
*1994 - "Did not qualify"
*1998 - "Withdrew"
*2002 - "Did not qualify"
*2006 - "Did not qualify"
*2010 - "Did not qualify"

CONCACAF Championship record

*1963 to 1967 - "Did not enter"
*1969 - "Did not qualify"
*1971 - "Did not qualify"
*1973 to 1989 - "Did not enter"

Gold Cup record

*1991 to 1996 - "Did not enter"
*1998 - "Did not qualify"
*2000 - "Did not qualify"
*2002 - "Withdrew"
*2003 - "Did not enter"
*2005 to 2007 - "Did not qualify"

Island Games record

*1989 to 2005 - "Did not enter"
*2007 - "4th Place"

Notable players

*Clyde Best
*Shaun Goater
*Kyle Lightbourne
*John Barry Nusum
*Khano Smith
*Frank Brewster Sr.
*David Bascome
*Damon Ming
*Stephen Astwood

Current squad

They were called up for Caribbean Championships 2008 in August 2008.

Current call-ups

References

External links

* [http://www.bermudafa.com Bermuda Football Association]