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Antigua and Barbuda

Nickname(s)	The Benna Boys
Association	Antigua and Barbuda Football Association
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Sub-confederation	Caribbean Football Union (Caribbean)
Head coach	Mikele Leigertwood
Captain	Quinton Griffith
Most caps	Peter Byers (93)
Top scorer	Peter Byers (44)
Home stadium	Antigua Recreation Ground Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
FIFA code	ATG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	131 1 (6 October 2022)[1]
Highest	70 (October 2014)
Lowest	170 (December 2003 – January 2004)
First international
Trinidad and Tobago 11–1 Antigua and Barbuda  (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago; 10 November 1972)
Biggest win
Antigua and Barbuda 10–0 U.S. Virgin Islands  (North Sound, Antigua & Barbuda; 11 October 2011)
Biggest defeat
Trinidad and Tobago 11–1 Antigua and Barbuda  (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago; 10 November 1972)
Medal record CFU Caribbean Cup 1988 Martinique Team

The Antigua and Barbuda national football team is the national team of Antigua and Barbuda and is controlled by the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association, a member of the CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

History

First international match

On November 10th, 1972, Antigua and Barbuda's first match was a 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying match versus Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain. The match was a 11-1 thrashing which to this day is this national team's worst defeat.

Friendlies against European teams

On 17 December 2005, the Antigua and Barbuda national team played their first match against a European opponent after the Hungarian Football Federation invited "the Benna Boys" to play Hungary in an international friendly at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This was the first match coached by former national striker Derrick Edwards. Hungary defeated Antigua and Barbuda 3–0.[2]

On 2 May 2016, the Estonian Football Association announced that their national team would play Antigua and Barbuda in an international friendly on 22 November. It was the team's second match against a European opponent. Estonia won the game 1–0.[3]

2018 drug bust in Jamaica

During the March 2018 FIFA Calendar Antigua and Barbuda played Jamaica, drawing 1–1 away at Sabina Park, levelling in the last seconds of match from a header from Peter Byers. Upon the team's preparation for their departure back to Antigua, assistant coach Derrick Edwards and equipment manager Danny Benjamin were arrested and charged with possession of, dealing in, and taking steps to export marijuana, and conspiracy at the Norman Manley International Airport. Initially, Edwards was awarded bail and Benjamin was held without bail; after a month, both Edwards and Benjamin were placed under house arrest and curfew and gave up their travel documents.[4] Both men were acquitted of the crime on 14 June, citing there was not enough evidence to prove their involvement in the carrying the drugs with the intention of smuggling them out of Jamaica.^{[citation needed]}

Team image

Nicknames

The official nickname of the Antigua and Barbuda national football team is "the Benna Boys", due to the indigenous music of the country. The name was selected in a contest with the fanbase in 2012 after the team advanced to the third round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. "The Benna Boys" beat out other entries in the contest such as "Beach Boys", "Iron Bandits", "Rhythm Warriors" and "Party Crashers".[5] In the past, the national team was unofficially known as "the Wadadli Boys", another name that was in the contest but did not win.[6]

Kit suppliers

The kit of the national team has been manufactured by Spanish-based Joma since March 2021, ahead of the first round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.^{[citation needed]}

Kit manufacturer	Time period
Admiral	1995–1999
Virma [it]	2000–2003
Adidas	2006–2011
Peak	2012–2016
Admiral	2016–2020
Joma	2021–present

Results and fixtures

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

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Name	Position
Mikele Leigertwood	Head coach
Neil Schyan Jeffers	Assistant coach
Lenny Hewlett	Assistant coach
Janiel Simon	Goalkeeper coach
Evans Jones	Trainer
Julio Gonzalez	Physiotherapist
Malcolm Challenger	Equipment manager

Manager history

The following is a list of head coaches of the Antigua and Barbuda national team throughout the years.^{[citation needed]}

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Notes
Rudi Gutendorf	1976
Zoran Vraneš	1998–2000					Fourth place at the 1998 Caribbean Cup
Walter Gama	2001–2002
Rolston Williams	2004
Derrick Edwards	2005–2008
Willie Donachie	2008	16	8	3	5
Rowan Benjamin	2008–2011	11	4	3	4
Tom Curtis	2011–2012	21	8	3	10	Semifinal round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers
Rolston Williams	2012–2014	6	4	0	2
Piotr Nowak	2014–2015	12	5	2	5	Highest FIFA Ranking (70) under his tenure
Rolston Williams	2015–2018	8	3	0	5
Derrick Edwards	2018–2019	6	2	1	3
Michél Dinzey	2019–2020	10	4	0	6
Mikele Leigertwood	2021–	8	4	1	3

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League matches against Barbados, Guadeloupe and Cuba (twice) on 2, 5, 9 and 12 June 2022, respectively.^{[citation needed]}

Caps and goals are correct as of 12 June 2022, after the match against Cuba.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jayden Martin	(2002-11-07) 7 November 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Atlantis
18	1GK	Nick Townsend	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 28)	4	0	Newport County
21	1GK	Jahkefie Jeffers	(1999-09-28) 28 September 1999 (age 23)	0	0	All Saints United
2	2DF	Daniel Bowry	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 24)	14	1	Worthing
3	2DF	Vashami Allen	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 25)	5	0	Jennings
4	2DF	Karanja Mack	(1987-08-24) 24 August 1987 (age 35)	57	0	Parham
5	2DF	Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	(1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 31)	6	0	Airdrieonians
8	2DF	Kendukar Challenger	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 25)	8	0	All Saints United
17	2DF	Zaine Francis-Angol	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 29)	25	0	Oldham Athletic
20	2DF	Denie Henry	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Cedar Grove
	2DF	Leroy Graham	(1999-12-07) 7 December 1999 (age 22)	11	0	Five Islands
6	3MF	TJ Bramble	(2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Free agent
7	3MF	Eugene Kirwan	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 29)	21	1	Greenbay
9	3MF	Myles Weston	(1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 (age 34)	12	8	Dagenham & Redbridge
11	3MF	Quinton Griffith (Captain)	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 30)	70	9	Five Islands
12	3MF	Ashley Nathaniel-George	(1995-06-14) 14 June 1995 (age 27)	4	0	Maidenhead United
15	3MF	Shavorn Phillip	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 26)	15	1	Liberta
23	3MF	Josh Parker	(1990-12-01) 1 December 1990 (age 31)	36	5	Oxford City
10	4FW	Junior Benjamin	(1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 30)	19	3	Ottos
13	4FW	Raheem Deterville	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 22)	4	1	La Albatalía-La Arboleja
14	4FW	D'Jarie Sheppard	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 19)	3	0	Willikies
16	4FW	Rodney Lawrence	(1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Greenbay
19	4FW	D'Andre Bishop	(2002-10-02) 2 October 2002 (age 20)	15	3	NK Belisce
22	4FW	Javorn Stevens	(1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 (age 24)	21	1	Greenbay

Individual records

As of 12 June 2022[7]

Players in bold are still active with Antigua and Barbuda.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Peter Byers	93	44	2004–2021
2	Quinton Griffith	70	9	2009–present
3	George Dublin	67	4	2000–2012
4	Tamorley Thomas	64	12	2002–2021
5	Karanja Mack	57	0	2006–present
6	Ranjae Christian	54	5	1998–2012
7	Randolph Burton	52	15	2008–2016
	Akeem Thomas	52	2	2008–2018
9	Gayson Gregory	49	8	2000–2014
	Molvin James	49	0	2007–2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Peter Byers	44	93	0.47	2004–2021
2	Derrick Edwards	18	20	0.9	1988–2000
3	Randolph Burton	15	52	0.29	2008–2016
4	Tamorley Thomas	12	64	0.19	2002–2021
5	Jamie Thomas	10	31	0.32	2006–2011
6	Quinton Griffith	9	70	0.13	2009–present
7	Myles Weston	8	12	0.67	2014–present
	Garfield Gonsalves	8	29	0.28	1992–2008
	Kerry Skepple	8	34	0.24	2002–2012
	Gayson Gregory	8	49	0.16	2000–2014

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of  United Kingdom										Part of  United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974	Did not qualify										4	0	0	4	3	22
1978	Did not enter										Did not enter
1982
1986	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	5
1990											2	0	0	2	1	4
1994											4	1	1	2	5	6
1998											2	0	1	1	4	6
2002											6	1	2	3	4	15
2006											2	1	0	1	2	3
2010											4	2	0	2	7	8
2014											12	5	1	6	32	18
2018											4	2	0	2	6	6
2022											4	2	1	1	6	5
2026	To be determined										To be determined
Total		0/22									46	15	6	25	72	98

CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship & Gold Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Part of  United Kingdom										Part of  United Kingdom
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973	Did not qualify										4	0	0	4	3	22
1977	Did not enter										Did not enter
1981
1985	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	5
1989											2	1	1	0	1	4
1991	Did not enter										Did not enter
1993	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	1	1
1996											3	1	2	2	6	11
1998											2	0	0	2	1	5
2000											11	4	2	5	24	17
2002											3	0	1	2	4	5
2003											5	0	1	4	1	8
2005											3	1	0	2	6	8
2007											6	2	0	4	8	17
2009											9	4	3	2	19	16
2011											6	2	2	2	4	5
2013											3	1	0	2	3	3
2015											9	4	2	3	14	11
2017											6	3	0	3	10	8
2019											4	2	0	2	10	8
2021											6	3	0	3	8	17
Total		0/26									86	30	14	42	125	171

CFU Caribbean Cup

CFU Championship & Caribbean Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Fourth place	4th	5	1	1	3	4	8	Squad		2	1	1	0	3	0
1979	Did not qualify										2	0	0	2	0	2
1981	Did not enter										Did not enter
1983	Fourth place	4th	7	2	2	3	11	10	Squad		4	2	2	0	10	5
1985	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	2
1988	Runners-up	2nd	5	1	4	0	5	4	Squad		2	1	1	0	2	1
1989	Did not qualify										4	3	0	1	4	2
1990											3	0	1	2	2	5
1991	Did not enter										Did not enter
1992	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	12	Squad		3	3	0	0	8	0
1993	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	1	1
1994											2	1	0	1	10	3
1995	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	3	8	Squad		2	0	2	0	3	3
1996	Withdrew										Withdrew
1997	Group stage	6th	2	0	0	2	1	5	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1998	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	11	9	Squad		3	2	1	0	11	3
1999	Did not qualify										3	0	1	2	2	5
2001											3	0	1	2	4	5
2005											3	1	0	2	6	8
2007											6	2	0	4	8	17
2008	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	3	6	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	10
2010	Group stage	5th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad		3	1	2	0	2	1
2012	Group stage	8th	3	1	0	2	3	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2014	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	7	Squad		6	4	1	1	12	4
2017	Did not qualify										6	3	0	3	10	8
Total	Runners-up	11/25	42	9	11	22	47	76	—		67	30	14	23	116	85

***Red border color indicates that Antigua and Barbuda was the host nation.

Key

  Champion   Runners-up   third place   fourth place   Qualified

CONCACAF Nations League

CONCACAF Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rank
2019−20	B	C	6	3	0	3	8	17		21st
2022–23	B	A	4	2	0	2	3	5	TBA	TBA
Total			10	5	0	5	11	22	21st

CONCACAF Nations League history
First match	Jamaica 6–0 Antigua and Barbuda  (6 September 2019; Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Biggest win	Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 Aruba  (9 September 2019; North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda)  Antigua and Barbuda 2–1 Guyana  (11 October 2019; North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda)  Aruba 2–3 Antigua and Barbuda  (18 November 2019; Willemstad, Curacao)  Barbados 0-1 Antigua and Barbuda  (2 June 2022; Gros Islet, Saint Lucia)  Antigua and Barbuda 1-0 Guadeloupe  (5 June 2022; Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Biggest defeat	Jamaica 6–0 Antigua and Barbuda  (6 September 2019; Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Best result	—
Worst result	—

Key

  Promotion   Safety   Relegation

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Antigua and Barbuda's all-time official international record per opponent:[8]

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Anguilla	5	5	0	0	28	3
Aruba	5	5	0	0	11	4
Bahamas	1	1	0	0	6	0
Barbados	7	1	1	5	8	14
Bermuda	11	3	4	4	12	14
British Virgin Islands	8	4	2	2	14	10
Cayman Islands	2	0	1	1	1	3
Cuba	7	0	1	6	4	18
Curaçao	4	3	0	1	10	6
Dominica	15	8	4	3	27	18
Dominican Republic	6	1	2	3	8	11
El Salvador	1	0	0	1	0	3
Estonia	1	0	0	1	0	1
French Guiana	1	1	0	0	2	1
Grenada	6	3	3	0	13	7
Guadeloupe	5	1	1	3	3	7
Guatemala	8	1	0	7	3	31
Guyana	12	5	3	4	15	22
Haiti	12	2	3	7	11	19
Honduras	1	0	0	1	0	1
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	3
Jamaica	12	1	2	9	5	29
Martinique	4	1	0	3	6	12
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	8
Montserrat	4	3	1	0	20	6
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	1	3	2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	23	9	5	9	30	31
Saint Lucia	14	5	3	6	23	18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13	7	2	4	17	20
Sint Maarten	3	2	0	1	7	2
Suriname	6	1	2	3	4	15
Trinidad and Tobago	13	2	0	11	12	41
U.S. Virgin Islands	5	5	0	0	26	1
United States	2	0	0	2	2	5
Total	219	81	39	99	327	375

Key

  Winning record   Equal record   Losing record

Honours

• CFU Caribbean Championship & Caribbean Cup:
  • Runners-up (1): 1988
  • Fourth place (3): 1978, 1983, 1998

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[ru] Сборная Антигуа и Барбуды по футболу

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