Bahamas national football team

Bahamas
Nickname(s)	Bahamian Slayersz ; The Baha Boyz
Association	Bahamas Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	CFU (Caribbean)
Head coach	Nesley Jean
Captain	Lesly St. Fleur
Most caps	Lesly St. Fleur (39)
Top scorer	Lesly St. Fleur (13)
Home stadium	Thomas Robinson Stadium
FIFA code	BAH
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	200 2 (4 April 2024)
Highest	138 (September 2006)
Lowest	210 (September 2018 – July 2019)
First international
	Puerto Rico 3–0 Bahamas ; (Panama City, Panama; 1 March 1970)
Biggest win
	Bahamas 6–0 Turks and Caicos Islands ; (Nassau, Bahamas; 9 July 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Mexico 13–0 Bahamas ; (Toluca, Mexico; 28 April 1987)

The Bahamas national football team is controlled by the Bahamas Football Association; it was founded in 1967 and joined FIFA in 1968. Bahamas has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup or the CONCACAF Gold Cup. They have been a part of CONCACAF since 1967.

History[edit]

The Bahamas played their first international matches in the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games, losing their debut 3–0 against Puerto Rico, an 8–1 loss against Netherlands Antilles and 5–0 to Venezuela. They did manage to get their first draw though, a 2–2 result against Dominican Republic.^[3] The following year, Bahamas participated in the 1971 Pan American Games, achieving their first victory over Dominican Republic 4–2, but failing to exit the group stages. They returned to play in the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games, and managed a historic 1–0 victory against Panama, but lost 3–0 to Bermuda and 2–0 to the Dominican Republic and was eliminated again in the first round.

Bahamas finished bottom of their group in the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games and in the 1986 edition, they were given a bye into the quarterfinals due to a withdrawal, however Bahamas were beaten by Cuba and eliminated. They also participated in the qualifying rounds for the 1984 Olympic Games (eliminated by an amateur Mexico team) and the 1988 Olympics (beaten by Guyana). On 28 April 1987, the Bahamas experienced their worst defeat at the hands of the Mexican team, who crushed them 13–0 as part of the qualifying tournament for the 1987 Pan American Games.

In the 1990s, the Bahamas withdrew from 1998 World Cup qualifying, leaving Saint Kitts and Nevis to advance to the next round. Bahamas advanced past the preliminary round 1999 Caribbean Cup, but failed to beat Bermuda (0–6), Cuba (0–7) and the Cayman Islands (1–4) and finished last in their group.

The 2000s saw the Baha Boyz enter three consecutive World Cup qualifiers; 2002, 2006 and 2010 being eliminated by Haiti (aggregate score 13–0), Dominica (aggregate score 4–2) and Jamaica (aggregate score 13–0), respectively. In the 2007 Caribbean Cup they got through the first knockout round but finished in last position in the second qualifying round behind Barbados, Saint Vincent and Bermuda.

In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, the Bahamas thrashed the Turks and Caicos Islands with an aggregate score of 10–0, advancing to the second phase however, the team withdrew from the competition as the renovations for the Thomas Robinson Stadium were not completed and playing the fixtures at neutral venues would have been financially prohibitive.^[4] In the 2018 World Cup qualifying, they faced Bermuda in the first round, losing 8–0 on aggregate. In the first round of 2022 World Cup qualification, Bahamas failed to score a goal, finishing in last place, having conceded 15.

Results and fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2023[edit]

3 March Friendly	Bahamas	1–2	Turks and Caicos Islands	Nassau, Bahamas
	St. Fleur	Report (TCIFA) Report (BFA)	Forbes ,	Stadium: Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field

4 March Friendly	Bahamas	2–0	Turks and Caicos Islands	Nassau, Bahamas
	Bain Ferguson	Report		Stadium: Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field

24 March 2022–23 Nations League	Bahamas	0–3	Trinidad and Tobago	Nassau, Bahamas
16:00 UTC−4		Report	Moses 5' J. Jones 26' Telfer 34'	Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

27 March 2022–23 Nations League	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1–1	Bahamas	Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
15:00 UTC−4	Edwards 59' (pen.)	Report	Joseph 70'	Stadium: Arnos Vale Stadium Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

9 September 2023–24 Nations League	Bahamas	1–6	Puerto Rico	Nassau, Bahamas
18:00 UTC−4	Rahming 2'	Report	Díaz 6' Rivera 14' Burgos 35', 86', 89' Sulia 42'	Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

12 September 2023–24 Nations League	Guyana	3–2	Bahamas	Leonora, Guyana
18:00 UTC−4	Glasgow 44' Duke-McKenna 54' Benjamin 58'	Report	Julmis 39' (pen.), 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Synthetic Track and Field Facility Referee: Shekiel Jokil (Suriname)

14 October 2023–24 Nations League	Bahamas	1–4	Antigua and Barbuda	Nassau, Bahamas
18:00 UTC−4	Julmis 62'	Report	Stevens 3', 9' Bramble 43' Griffith 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Thomas Robinson Stadium Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)

17 October 2023–24 Nations League	Antigua and Barbuda	2–2	Bahamas	Piggotts, Antigua and Barbuda
15:30 UTC−4	Parker 54' Bramble 59'	Report	Wells 5' Johnson 82'	Stadium: ABFA Technical Center Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

21 November 2023–24 Nations League	Puerto Rico	6–1	Bahamas	Bayamón, Puerto Rico
20:00 UTC−4	R. Rivera 2', 6', 19' Ríos 39' Díaz 74' W. Rivera 77' (pen.)	Report	Joseph 53'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)

TBD 2023–24 Nations League	Bahamas	v	Guyana	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
18:00 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

2024[edit]

8 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bahamas	–	Trinidad and Tobago
--:-- UTC−4

11 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	Bahamas
--:-- UTC−4

2025[edit]

4 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Grenada	–	Bahamas
--:-- UTC−4

7 June 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bahamas	–	Costa Rica
--:-- UTC−4

Coaching history[edit]

Randy Rogers (1987-1998)
Peter Wilson (1998–1999)
Gary White (1999–2006)
Neider dos Santos (2006–2010)
Paul James (2011)
Kevin Davies (2011–2014)
Nesley Jean (2014)
Dion Godet (2014–2018)
Mark Wotte (2019–)

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League matches.^[5]
Match dates: 24 and 27 March 2023
Opposition: Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Caps and goals correct as of: 27 March 2023, after the match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ian Lowe	(2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Olivet Nazarene Tigers
23	1GK	Vance Wheaton	(2005-04-04) 4 April 2005 (age 19)	3	0	Westside
	1GK	Michael Butler	(1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 (age 25)	1	0	University of the Bahamas

2	2DF	Elijah Mitchell	(2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 21)	6	0	Free agent
3	2DF	Phieron Wilson	(1999-02-18) 18 February 1999 (age 25)	2	0	Dynamos
4	2DF	Troy Pinder	(1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26)	18	0	Western Warriors
16	2DF	Miguel Thompson	(2001-07-08) 8 July 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Dynamos
19	2DF	Ian Harris	(2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Free agent

5	3MF	William Bayles	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Free agent
6	3MF	Michael Massey	(2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 (age 18)	7	0	Lyford Cay
7	3MF	Quinton Carey	(1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 (age 27)	10	2	Gold Star FC
8	3MF	Roen Davis	(2004-04-21) 21 April 2004 (age 20)	9	0	Lipscomb University
10	3MF	Lesly St. Fleur (captain)	(1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 35)	33	13	Bears
11	3MF	Marcel Joseph	(1997-03-30) 30 March 1997 (age 27)	17	2	CA Oradea
13	3MF	Christopher Rahming	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 24)	7	0	Castellaneta
14	3MF	Deron Ferguson	(2006-09-11) 11 September 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Western Warriors
15	3MF	Nicolás López	(2003-03-08) 8 March 2003 (age 21)	9	0	Northeastern University
	3MF	Reuben Edgecombe	(2007-05-03) 3 May 2007 (age 16)	0	0	Western Warriors

9	4FW	Wood Julmis	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 22)	12	0	Dynamos
12	4FW	Omari Bain	(2002-11-13) 13 November 2002 (age 21)	6	0	FC Can Buxeres
17	4FW	Jordin Wilson	(2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 18)	6	0	Western Warriors
	4FW	Nahum Johnson	(2006-07-10) 10 July 2006 (age 17)	1	0	Westside

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players have also been called up for the team within the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Player records[edit]

As of 21 November 2023^[6]

Players in bold are still active with Bahamas.

Most appearances[edit]

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Lesly St. Fleur	39	13	2006–present
2	Marcel Joseph	22	3	2018–present
3	Troy Pinder	20	0	2018–present
4	Happy Hall	19	3	2006–2021
4	Cameron Hepple	19	2	2004–2021
6	Terry Delancy	18	4	2015–2021
6	Dwayne Whylly	18	0	2004–2019
8	Wood Julmis	17	5	2021–present
9	Gavin Christie	14	1	2000–2008
9	Nesley Jean	14	6	2004–2018

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Lesly St. Fleur	13	39	0.33	2006–present
2	Nesley Jean	6	14	0.43	2004–2018
3	Wood Julmis	5	17	0.29	2021–present
4	Terry Delancy	4	18	0.22	2015–2021
5	Happy Hall	3	19	0.16	2006–2021
5	Marcel Joseph	3	22	0.14	2018–present
7	Kevin Davies	2	4	0.5	2000
	Anton Haven	2	4	0.5	2000
	Ryan Moseley	2	5	0.4	2006
	Quinton Carey	2	12	0.17	2019–present
	Cameron Hepple	2	19	0.11	2004–2021

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA World Cup[edit]

FIFA World Cup									Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1930 to 1966	Part of United Kingdom								Part of United Kingdom
1970 to 1994	Did not enter								Declined participation
1998	Withdrew								Withdrew
2002	Did not qualify								4	2	0	2	5	15
2006									2	0	1	1	2	4
2010									4	0	2	2	3	16
2014	Withdrew during qualifying								2	2	0	0	10	0
2018	Did not qualify								2	0	0	2	0	8
2022	Did not qualify								4	0	1	3	0	15
2026	To be determined								To be determined
2030
2034
Total	–	0/14	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	4	4	10	20	58

CONCACAF Gold Cup[edit]

CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1993
1996
1998
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Withdrew
2003	Did not enter
2005	Withdrew
2007	Did not qualify
2009	Did not enter
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019	Did not qualify
2021
2023
Total	–	0/17	–	–	–	–	–	–

CONCACAF Nations League[edit]

CONCACAF Nations League record
League										Finals
Season	Division	Group	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Finals	Results	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
2019−20	C	B	4	3	1	0	10	2		2021	Did not qualify
2022–23	B	C	6	1	1	4	2	11		2023
2023–24	B	D	5	0	1	4	7	21		2024
2024–25	C	To be determined								2025
Total	—	—	15	4	3	8	19	34	—	Total	0 Titles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

CONCACAF Nations League history
First Match	Bahamas 2–1 Bonaire (9 September 2019; Nassau, Bahamas)
Biggest Win	British Virgin Islands 0–4 Bahamas (10 October 2019; Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Biggest Defeat	Puerto Rico 6–1 Bahamas (9 September 2023; Nassau, The Bahamas) Puerto Rico 6–1 Bahamas (21 November 2023; Bayamón, Puerto Rico)
Best Result	—
Worst Result	—

CFU Caribbean Cup[edit]

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record									Qualification record
1978 to 1998	Did not enter								Did not enter
1999	Did not qualify								5	1	1	3	4	17
2001	Did not enter								Did not enter
2005	Did not enter								Did not enter
2007	Did not qualify								6	2	0	4	9	18
2008 to present	Did not enter								Did not enter
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3	1	7	13	35

Pan American Games[edit]

Pan American Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951 to 1967	Did not exist
1971	Preliminary round	3	1	0	2	4	13
1975	Did not enter
1979	Did not enter
1983	Did not qualify
1987 to 1995	Did not enter
Since 1999	U-23 Tournament
Total	Preliminary round	3	1	0	2	4	13

Central American and Caribbean Games[edit]

1950–1986: Amateur squads

Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1966	Did not exist
1970 to 1978	Did not enter
1982	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	8
1986	Quarter-finals	Unknown
Since 1990	U-23 Tournament
Total	Quarter-finals	3	0	0	3	1	8

Head-to-head record[edit]

As of 14 May 2022 after match against Turks and Caicos Islands^[7]

Positive Record Neutral Record Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Anguilla	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Antigua and Barbuda	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Barbados	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Belize	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Bermuda	6	0	0	6	0	24	−24
Bonaire	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
British Virgin Islands	4	2	2	0	10	3	+7
Cayman Islands	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5
Cuba	4	0	0	4	0	18	−18
Curaçao^[a]	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7
Dominica	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6
Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Guadeloupe	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Guyana	4	0	0	4	1	14	−13
Haiti	5	0	0	5	0	29	−29
Jamaica	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13
Mexico	2	0	0	2	0	16	−16
Panama	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Turks and Caicos Islands	7	6	0	1	27	7	+20
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	62	14	8	40	61	159	−98

^ Includes matches against the Netherlands Antilles.

References[edit]

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ Courtney, Barrie. "Central American and Caribbean Games 1970 (Panama)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^ "Bahamas pull out of World Cup qualifiers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
^ "Bahamas National Men's Team". Bahamas Football Association - Facebook. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ "Bahamas". National Football Teams.
^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Bahamas". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

External links[edit]

Bahamas Football Association Website Archived 12 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Bahamas in National Football Teams
Bahamas in FIFA.com

[8] Includes matches against the Netherlands Antilles.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-2] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[3] Courtney, Barrie. "Central American and Caribbean Games 1970 (Panama)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[4] "Bahamas pull out of World Cup qualifiers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[5] "Bahamas National Men's Team". Bahamas Football Association - Facebook. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

[6] "Bahamas". National Football Teams.

[7] "World Football Elo Ratings: Bahamas". Elo Ratings. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

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v t e Bahamas national football team
General	Bahamas Football Association Managers
Venues	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Performances	CONCACAF Nations League
Other Bahamian teams	U23 U20 U17 Women's U23 U20 U17 Beach soccer

v t e National and regional football teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda¹ Bonaire³ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Cuba Curaçao Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana^{2 3} Grenada Guadeloupe³ Guyana² Haiti Jamaica Martinique³ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Martin³ Sint Maarten³ Suriname² Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
Defunct	Netherlands Antilles
1: Inside the North American zone, but CFU member. 2: South American region, but affiliated to CONCACAF and CFU. 3: Full or associate CONCACAF member, but non-FIFA member.