Turks and Caicos Islands national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Turks and Caicos Islands
Badge = Turks_Caicos_FA.gif
FIFA Trigramme = TCA
FIFA Rank = 163
FIFA max = 158
FIFA max date = February 2008
FIFA min = 204
FIFA min date = May 2006

Elo Rank = 212
Nickname =
Association = Turks and Caicos Islands
Football Association
Confederation = CONCACAF (North America)
Coach = flagicon|BAH Matthew Green
Most caps = Errion Charles (7)
Top scorer = Gavin Glinton (4)
Home Stadium = TCIFA National Stadium

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First game =flagicon|Bahamas Bahamas 3 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands
(Nassau, Bahamas; February 24, 1999)
Largest win = flagicon|Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 0 - 2 Turks and Caicos Islands flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands (Havana, Cuba; September 4, 2006)
Largest loss =flagicon|Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts & Nevis 8 - 0 Turks and Caicos Islands flagicon|Turks and Caicos Islands (Basseterre, SK&N; March 18, 2000)
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Regional name = CONCACAF Gold Cup
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Regional cup best = The Turks and Caicos Islands national football team is the national team of the Turks and Caicos Islands and is controlled by the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association. The current coach is Matty Green.

TCI won its first match on September 4, 2006, a 2-0 win over the Cayman Islands in the Digicel Cup.

History

Having formed a football association in 1996 and joined FIFA in 1998, Turks and Caicos Islands made its first appearance at an official FIFA competition when they entered the 2002 World Cup qualification. In March 2000, the team was knocked out in the first qualification round by St. Kitts and Nevis 14-0 on aggregate.

At the 2006 World Cup qualifying competition, the side suffered a 7-0 aggregate loss against Haiti in February 2004.

In 2007, the federation completed construction of their first stadium, the Turks and Caicos National Stadium, [http://www.tcifreepress.com/?q=node/842/print] with the help of the FIFA Goal Programme, and have committed themselves to building a broad base of football participation and support.Fact|date=March 2008

On February 6, 2008, the team achieved its first World Cup qualification win 2-1 against Saint Lucia in the CONCACAF first round at home, but in the second leg played March 26, 2008, they were eliminated after they fell short having lost the away leg 0-2 in Saint Lucia for a 2-3 aggregate score. [Source:http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=722793.html#new+world+nine+move]

World Cup record

* 1930 to 1998 - "Did not enter"
* 2002 - "Did not qualify"
* 2006 - "Did not qualify"
* 2010 - "Did not qualify"

Gold Cup record

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

Current Squad

The followig players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying against Saint Lucia on February 6 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.football.tc/ Turks and Caicos Islands FA]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/turkscaicos-recintlp.html Individual record of international appearances and goals for the Turks and Caicos national football team - RSSSF]
* [http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/2006/tci_story.html Planet World Cup - "The Turks and Caicos Story"]