Boxing national side

Curaçao

National team · Curaçao

56 Matches

19 wins

15 draws

22 losses

91–84 Goals

+7 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Form L W L D L W

Curaçao's national side first took the field in 2011, picking up the fixtures and the federation that had belonged to the Netherlands Antilles before that country ceased to exist a year earlier. Players who might once have represented the larger union now had a single flag to choose, and a good number of them had never set foot on the island as children, having come up instead through youth academies in the Netherlands.

That split background has defined the squad more than any tactic. Leandro Bacuna captains the side; Juninho Bacuna, Cuco Martina and Eloy Room followed a similar path, opting for Curaçao over the country where they were coached as boys. Rangelo Janga, Gino van Kessel, Sherel Floranus and Roly Bonevacia came through the same Dutch pipeline.

The team won the Caribbean Cup in 2017 and has reached the Gold Cup finals stage four times since, in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. None of that prepared the island for what came next. Under coach Dick Advocaat, Curaçao qualified for the 2026 World Cup, its first appearance at the tournament, and did so as the smallest nation by population ever to reach a men's World Cup finals.

It is a distance measured from that first match in 2011, when a side assembled from a dissolved federation and a scattering of Dutch academies had no tournament pedigree of its own to point to.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

25 Sep	CONCACAF Nations League	Costa Rica A	4:3	W
25 Jun	World Cup	Ivory Coast H	0:2	L
21 Jun	World Cup	Ecuador A	0:0	D
14 Jun	World Cup	Germany A	1:7	L
7 Jun	Friendlies	Aruba H	4:0	W
30 May	Friendlies	Scotland A	1:4	L

Standing

World Cup - Qualification CONCACAF

Group stage · Group B

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Curaçao	6	3	3	0	13:3	12
2	Jamaica	6	3	2	1	11:3	11
3	Trinidad and Tobago	6	1	4	1	7:6	7
4	Bermuda	6	0	1	5	4:23	1

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 56

56 Matches

19 wins

15 draws

22 losses

91–84 Goals

+7 Difference

1.6 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 56

19 15 22

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	56	24	32
Scored	91	43	48
Conceded	84	21	63
Scored per game	1.6	1.8	1.5
Conceded per game	1.5	0.9	2.0
Difference	+7	+22	−15

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Jearl Erwin Margaritha Forward 3 Matches

Leandro Jones Johan Bacuna Midfielder 3 Matches

Tahith Jose Chong Forward 3 Matches

Sherel Constancio Floranus Defender 3 Matches

Livano Comenencia Midfielder 3 Matches

Armando Obispo Defender 3 Matches

Kenji Joel Gorré Forward 3 Matches

Ar'jany Martha Defender 3 Matches

Squad of Curaçao

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
16	Jearl Erwin Margaritha	Forward	26	3
10	Leandro Jones Johan Bacuna	Midfielder	35	3
21	Tahith Jose Chong	Forward	26	3
5	Sherel Constancio Floranus	Defender	28	3
8	Livano Comenencia	Midfielder	22	3
18	Armando Obispo	Defender	27	3
14	Kenji Joel Gorré	Forward	31	3
15	Ar'jany Martha	Defender	23	3
22	Kevin Antonio Felida	Midfielder	26	3
24	Deveron Fonville	Defender	23	3
26	Trevor Irving Doornbusch	Goalkeeper		3
25	Tyrick Bodak	Goalkeeper		3
9	Jürgen Leonardo Locadia	Forward		3
20	Joshua Benjamin Brenet	Defender		3
11	Jeremy Cornelis Jacobus Antonisse	Forward		3
7	Juninho Gracielo Bacuna	Forward		3
12	Sontje Hansen	Forward		3
1	Eloy Victor Room	Goalkeeper		3
4	Roshon van Eijma	Defender		3
6	Godfried Roemeratoe	Midfielder		3
2	Shurandy Ruggerio Sambo	Defender		3
13	T. Nossin	Defender		3
17	Brandley Mack-Olien Kuwas	Midfielder		3
3	Juriën Godfried Juan Gaari	Defender		3
23	R. Bazoer	Defender		3
19	G. Kastaneer	Forward		3