Swimming national side

Curaçao

National team · Curaçao

57 Matches

20 wins

15 draws

22 losses

97–85 Goals

+12 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Form W L D L W 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

28 Sep	CONCACAF Nations League	Nicaragua H	6:1	W
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

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: 57

57 Matches

20 wins

15 draws

22 losses

97–85 Goals

+12 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 57

20 15 22

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	57	25	32
Scored	97	49	48
Conceded	85	22	63
Scored per game	1.7	2.0	1.5
Conceded per game	1.5	0.9	2.0
Difference	+12	+27	−15

Key players

by appearances over the last year

T. Nossin Defender 4 Matches

Juriën Godfried Juan Gaari Defender 4 Matches

Tyrick Bodak Goalkeeper 4 Matches

Leandro Jones Johan Bacuna Defender 4 Matches

Tahith Jose Chong Forward 4 Matches

Jürgen Leonardo Locadia Forward 4 Matches

Joshua Benjamin Brenet Defender 4 Matches

Jeremy Cornelis Jacobus Antonisse Forward 4 Matches

Squad of Curaçao

by appearances over the last year

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