Barbados national football team

Barbados

Nickname(s)	Bajan Tridents
Association	Barbados Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Colin Harewood
Captain	Emmerson Boyce
Top scorer	Gregory Goodridge (16)
Home stadium	Barbados National Stadium
FIFA code	BRB
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	155 2 (24 November 2016)
Highest	92 (October 2009)
Lowest	178 (June 2012)
Elo ranking
Current	173
Highest	106 (16 July 2000)
Lowest	176 (22 March 2015)
First international
Barbados 1–2 Martinique  (Barbados; 9 February 1931)
Biggest win
Barbados 7–1 Anguilla  (St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda; 24 Sept. 2006)
Biggest defeat
British Guiana 9–0 Barbados  (British Guiana; Unknown date 1931)

The Barbados national football team, nicknamed Bajan Tridents, is the national association football team of Barbados and is controlled by the Barbados Football Association. It has never qualified for a major international tournament. It came close to qualifying for the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup as it hosted the Caribbean Cup finals that acted as Gold Cup qualifiers, but finished fourth of the four teams. In 2001, it surprised many by making the semifinal round of the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. In the first game of this round, they pulled off a shock 2–1 win over Costa Rica, but lost their five remaining games. In 2004, Barbados gained a shock 1–1 draw at home to Northern Ireland.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1974 – Did not enter (as until 1966, British Barbados)
• 1978 – Did not qualify
• 1982 – Did not enter
• 1986 – Withdrew
• 1990 – Did not enter
• 1994 to 2014 – Did not qualify
• 2018 – Disqualified after qualifying for third round^[1][2]

CONCACAF Championship record

• 1963–73 – Did not enter
• 1977 – Did not qualify
• 1981 – Withdrew
• 1985–89 – Did not enter

Gold Cup record

• 1991 – Did not enter
• 1993 to 2017 – Did not qualify

Caribbean Cup record

• 1989 – Group stage
• 1990 – Tournament abandoned before third place match, which Barbados was due to play
• 1991 – Did not enter
• 1992 – Did not qualify
• 1993 – Did not qualify
• 1994 – Group stage
• 1995 – Did not qualify
• 1996 – Did not qualify
• 1997 – Did not qualify
• 1998 – Did not qualify
• 1999 – Did not qualify
• 2001 – Group stage
• 2005 – Fourth place
• 2007 – Group stage
• 2008 – Group stage
• 2010 – Did not qualify
• 2012 – Did not qualify
• 2014 – Did not qualify
• 2017 – Did not qualify

Current squad

The following 30 players were chosen for the 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification^[3][4]

Caps correct as of 29 March 2016'

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
22	GK	Dario Weir	25 April 1991	6	0	Barbados Defence Force
1	GK	Keasel Broome	18 September 1991	4	0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds
	GK	Mario Albert	10 November 1991	1	0	Bagatelle
	GK	Kismar Primus	29 July 1985	0	0
15	DF	Emmerson Boyce (Captain)	24 September 1979	12	2	Blackpool F.C.
	DF	Akeene Browne	28 December 1992	11	0	Barbados Defence Force
	DF	Tito Beckles	28 November 1992	1	0
	DF	Torian Went	9 May 1998	1	0
	DF	Chai Lloyd	19 May 1992	3	0	Barbados Defence Force
	DF	Ramar Miller	14 March 1996	0	0	Gall Hill
2	DF	Ricardo Morris	24 April 1994	25	1	Tulsa Athletics
13	DF	Ramon Manning	11 January 1993	7	0	UWI
	DF	Rico Graham	21 June 1991	0	0	Gall Hill
	DF	Paul Alexander	21 April 1987	3	0	Barbados Defence Force
	MF	Renaldo Marques	24 July 1988	21	0	Weymouth Wales
	MF	Jomo Harris	15 February 1995	4	1	Paradise
11	MF	Raheim Sargeant	9 June 1992	23	1
19	MF	Jamal Chandler	26 November 1989	17	3	Barbados Defence Force
5	MF	Renaldo Bailey	5 July 1996	12	0	Gall Hill
	MF	Louis Moss	23 October 1992	8	0	unattached
10	MF	Hadan Holligan	11 September 1996	10	2	Weymouth Wales
	MF	Rashad Jules	24 June 1992	5	0	Barbados Defence Force
	MF	Elijah Downey	7 July 1997	0	0
	MF	Rico Graham	21 June 1991	5	0
9	FW	Mario Harte	30 August 1988	42	10	Barbados Defence Force
21	FW	Jomo Harewood	5 September 1988	3	1	Weymouth Wales
	FW	Arantees Lawrence	3 July 1984	9	2	Pinelands
	FW	Shaquille Boyce	13 June 1996	1	0
7	FW	Kyle Gibson	15 September 1992	12	1	Barbados Defence Force
	FW	Armando Lashley	8 November 1991	10	0	Paradise
	FW	Mario Williams	19 August 1992	3	0	Barbados Defence Force

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

See also

• Sport in Barbados
• Barbados 4–2 Grenada (1994 Caribbean Cup qualification)

References

1. FIFA awarded Aruba a 3–0 win as a result of Barbados fielding the ineligible player Hadan Holligan. Holligan failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the competition. The match originally ended 1–0 to Barbados
2. "Barbados sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA. 29 June 2015.
3. http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/79125/tridents-ready-tourney
4. http://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/depth-analysis-senior-football-returns-barbados

External links

• Barbados team profile, FIFA website
• About the BFA, Barbados Postal Service