Caribbean Football Union
Union members -- Current members
Table:
Nation

Association

National team

Year joined CFU [1]

FIFA status

Island group

Geographical region

Anguilla

Anguilla Football Association

Anguilla

1996

Member

Leeward Islands

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Football Association

Antigua and Barbuda

1978

Member

Leeward Islands

Aruba

Arubaanse Voetbal Bond

Aruba

1988

Member

Leeward Antilles

Bahamas

Bahamas Football Association

Bahamas

1978

Member

Lucayan Archipelago

Barbados

Barbados Football Association

Barbados

1978

Member

Windward Islands

Bermuda

Bermuda Football Association

Bermuda

1978

Member

North America

Bonaire

Bonaire Football Federation

Bonaire

2013

Non-member

Leeward Antilles

British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands Football Association

British Virgin Islands

1996

Member

Leeward Islands

Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Football Association

Cayman Islands

1992

Member

Greater Antilles

Cuba

Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba

Cuba

1978

Member

Greater Antilles

Curaçao

Curaçao Football Federation

Curaçao

1978

Member

Leeward Antilles

Dominica

Dominica Football Association

Dominica

1994

Member

Windward Islands

Dominican Republic

Dominican Football Federation

Dominican Republic

1978

Member

Greater Antilles

French Guiana

Ligue de Football de Guyane

French Guiana

1978

Non-member

South America

Grenada

Grenada Football Association

Grenada

1978

Member

Windward Islands

Guadeloupe

Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football

Guadeloupe

1978

Non-member

Leeward Islands

Guyana

Guyana Football Federation

Guyana

1978

Member

South America

Haiti

Haitian Football Federation

Haiti

1978

Member

Greater Antilles

Jamaica

Jamaica Football Federation

Jamaica

1978

Member

Greater Antilles

Martinique

Ligue de football de la Martinique

Martinique

1978

Non-member

Windward Islands

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Anguilla ( /ænˈɡwɪlə/ ann-GWIL-ə ) is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean . It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles , lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin . The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla , approximately 16 miles ( 26 km ) long by 3 miles ( 4.8 km ) wide at its widest point , together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population . The territory 's capital is The Valley . The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles ( 91 km2 ) , with a population of approximately 17,400 ( July 2018 est . ) .
The Anguilla Football Association is the governing body of football in Anguilla .
The Anguilla national football team is the national team of Anguilla , a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean , and is controlled by the Anguilla Football Association . It is affiliated to the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF . Along with the teams from the Bahamas , Tonga , Bhutan , Gibraltar , Eritrea , San Marino , and Somalia , they are consistently one of the lowest ranked teams in the world in the FIFA rankings .
Antigua and Barbuda ( /ænˈtiːɡ ( w ) ə . bɑːrˈb ( j ) uːdə/ ( listen ) ; an-TEE-g ( w ) ə . bar-B ( Y ) OO-də ) is an island sovereign state in the West Indies in the Americas , lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . It consists of two major islands , Antigua and Barbuda , and a number of smaller islands ( including Great Bird , Green , Guiana , Long , Maiden and York Islands and further south , the island of Redonda ) . The permanent population numbers about 95,900 ( 2018 est . ) , with 97% being resident on Antigua . The capital and largest port and city is St. John 's on Antigua , with Codrington being the largest town on Barbuda . Lying near each other ( the main Barbuda airport is less than 0.5° of latitude , or 56 kilometres ( 30 nautical miles ) , north of the main Antigua airport ) , Antigua and Barbuda are in the middle of the Leeward Islands , part of the Lesser Antilles , roughly at 17°N of the equator . The island of Antigua was explored by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and named for the Church of Santa María La Antigua . Antigua was colonised by Britain in 1632 ; Barbuda island was first colonised in 1678 . Antigua and Barbuda joined the West Indies Federation in 1958 . With the breakup of the federation , it became one of the West Indies Associated States in 1967 .
The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football in Antigua and Barbuda . They control the Antigua and Barbuda national football 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 Confederation of North , Central American and Caribbean Association Football and the Caribbean Football Union .
Aruba ( /əˈruːbə/ ə-ROO-bə , Dutch : [ aːˈrubaː , -ryb- ] ( listen ) , Papiamento : [ aˈruba ] ) is an island and a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea , located about 1,000 kilometres ( 620 mi ) west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres ( 18 mi ) north of the coast of Venezuela . It measures 32 kilometres ( 20 mi ) long from its northwestern to its southeastern end and 10 kilometres ( 6 mi ) across at its widest point . Together with Bonaire and Curaçao , Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands . Collectively , Aruba and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean . Aruba is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands , along with the Netherlands , Curaçao , and Sint Maarten ; the citizens of these countries are all Dutch nationals . Aruba has no administrative subdivisions , but , for census purposes , is divided into eight regions . Its capital is Oranjestad . Unlike much of the Caribbean region , Aruba has a dry climate and an arid , cactus-strewn landscape . This climate has helped tourism as visitors to the island can reliably expect warm , sunny weather . It has a land area of 179 km2 ( 69.1 sq mi ) and is densely populated , with a total of 102,484 inhabitants at the 2010 Census . Current estimates of the population place it at 116,600 ( July 2018 est . ) It lies outside Hurricane Alley .
The Arubaanse Voetbal Bond is the governing body of football in Aruba . Its headquarters are at Frans Figaroa sports complex ( Compleho Deportivo Frans Figaroa ) in the city of Noord . It is a member of FIFA and is responsible for governing amateur and professional football , including the men 's , and youth national teams . The AVB is also responsible for sanctioning referees and football tournaments for most football leagues in Aruba .
The Aruba national football team ( Dutch , Arubaans voetbalelftal ; Papiamento , Seleccion Arubano di futbol ) is the national team of Aruba , it was founded in 1932 and is affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union ( CFU ) , CONCACAF and FIFA ( since 1988 ) and is controlled by the Arubaanse Voetbal Bond .
The Bahamas ( /bəˈhɑːməz/ ( listen ) ) , known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas , is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago in the West Indies . It is a member of the Commonwealth Realms under the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II . The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands , cays , and islets in the Atlantic Ocean , and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola Island ( Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands , southeast of the U.S. state of Florida , and east of the Florida Keys . The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence . The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas ' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 ( 180,000 sq mi ) of ocean space . The Bahamas were inhabited by the Lucayans , a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno people , for many centuries . Columbus was the first European to see the islands , making his first landfall in the 'New World ' in 1492 . Later , the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to slavery on Hispaniola , after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648 , when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera . The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718 , when the British clamped down on piracy . After the American Revolutionary War , the Crown resettled thousands of American Loyalists to the Bahamas ; they took their slaves with them and established plantations on land grants . African slaves and their descendants constituted the majority of the population from this period on . The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807 ; slavery in the Bahamas was abolished in 1834 .
The Bahamas Football Association ( BFA ) is the official football federation in The Bahamas . It was founded in 1967 for men , women , and children to learn more about football . It affiliated with FIFA in 1968 . The headquarters are in Nassau . The federation is also in charge of its football clubs and the Bahamanian national team . They control the New Providence Football League 's divisions 1 & 2 . They are also in charge of the Grand Bahama Football League for both men and women . The BFA is led by ( President ) Mr. Anton Sealey and the board of executives , Jason McDowall , Kevin Davis , Stanley Darville , Antoine Dias and Bruce LeFleur . The headquarters is managed by Mr. Frederick Lunn ( General Secretary ) , with the Technical Department being directed by Mr. Garry Markham ( Technical Director ) . The BFA is seen as a flagship developing Association for FIFA . [ citation needed ] There are many players receiving scholarships in the USA at Division 1 universities . There are also several Bahamian soccer players playing and getting opportunities with Professional clubs in Europe .
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 . In 2011 , they withdrew from the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers after playing in the first round .
Barbados ( /bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs/ ( listen ) or /-doʊs/ ) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies , in the Caribbean region of North America . It is 34 kilometres ( 21 miles ) in length and up to 23 km ( 14 mi ) in width , covering an area of 432 km2 ( 167 sq mi ) . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km ( 62 mi ) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea ; therein , Barbados is east of the Windwards , part of the Lesser Antilles , roughly at 13°N of the equator . It is about 168 km ( 104 mi ) east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 180 km ( 110 mi ) south-east of Martinique and 400 km ( 250 mi ) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago . Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt . Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown . Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century , and prior to that by other Amerindians , Barbados was visited by Spanish navigators in the late 15th century and claimed for the Spanish Crown . It first appeared in a Spanish map in 1511 . The Portuguese Empire claimed the island between 1532 and 1536 , but later abandoned it in 1620 ; with their only remnants being an introduction of wild boars for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited , and to replenish their water supply . An English ship , the Olive Blossom , arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625 ; its men took possession of it in the name of King James I . In 1627 , the first permanent settlers arrived from England , and it became an English and later British colony . As a wealthy sugar colony , it became an English centre of the African slave trade until that trade was outlawed in 1807 , with final emancipation of slaves in Barbados occurring over a period of years from 1833 .
The Barbados Football Association is the governing body of association football in Barbados . It is responsible the administration of football in Barbados with responsibility for the Barbadian national football team as well as the other Barbados National Football teams . Established in 1910 , it was originally named the Barbados Football Amateur Association , but changed in 1925 to the current name . The Barbados Football Association became affiliated to FIFA in 1968 , CONCACAF in 1967 and also the Caribbean Football Union .
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 .
Bermuda ( /bərˈmjuːdə/ ) ( in full , the Islands of Bermuda ) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean . It is approximately 1,070 km ( 665 mi ) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras , North Carolina ; 1,236 km ( 768 mi ) south of Cape Sable Island , Nova Scotia ; and 1,759 km ( 1,093 mi ) northeast of Cuba . Though it is typically referred to in the singular , Bermuda consists of 181 islands ; the largest of these islands is known as Main Island . The capital city of Bermuda is Hamilton . Bermuda is self-governing , with its own constitution and government and a Parliament which makes local laws . The United Kingdom retains responsibility for defence and foreign relations . As of July 2018 , it has a population of 71,176 , making it the most populous of the British overseas territories . Bermuda 's largest economic sectors are offshore insurance , reinsurance , and tourism . Bermuda had one of the world 's highest GDP per capita for most of the 20th century . It has a subtropical climate and lies in the hurricane belt and thus is prone to related severe weather ; however , it is somewhat protected by a coral reef and by its position at the north of the belt , which limits the direction and severity of approaching storms .
Founded in 1928 , the Bermuda Football Association is the official football ( soccer ) organization in Bermuda and is in charge of the Bermudian national team . The league is also in charge of the sporting leagues on the island .
The Bermuda national football team represents Bermuda in international football , and is controlled by the Bermuda Football Association . They are a member of the CONCACAF football federation .
Bonaire ( pronounced /bɔːˈnɛər/ or /bɒnˈɛər/ ; Dutch : Bonaire , pronounced [ boːˈnɛːr ( ə ) ] ; Papiamento : Boneiru , pronounced [ buˈneiru ] ) is an island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea . Its capital is Kralendijk , located near the ocean on the lee side of the island . Aruba , Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC islands , located 80 km ( 50 miles ) off the coast of Venezuela . Unlike much of the Caribbean region , the ABC islands lie outside Hurricane Alley . The islands have an arid climate that attracts visitors seeking warm , sunny weather all year round . Bonaire is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving destination because of its multiple shore diving sites and easy access to the island 's fringing reefs . As of 1 January 2019 , the island 's population totaled 20,104 permanent residents , an increase of about 1,200 since 2015 . The island 's total land area is 288 square kilometres ( 111 sq mi ) ; it is 38.6 kilometres ( 24.0 mi ) long from north to south , and ranges from 4.8-8 kilometres ( 3.0-5.0 mi ) wide from east to west . A short 0.80 kilometres ( 0.50 mi ) west of Bonaire across the sea is the uninhabited islet Klein Bonaire with a total land area of 6 square kilometres ( 2.3 sq mi ) . Klein Bonaire has low growing vegetation including cactus ( Papiamento : kadushi ) , with few palm trees near the water and is bordered by white sandy beaches and a fringing reef . The reefs , beaches and on-island reserves located on both Bonaire and Klein Bonaire are under the protection of the Bonaire National Marine Park , and managed by Stichting Nationale Parken Bonaire ( STINAPA ) . Bonaire was part of the Netherlands Antilles until the country 's dissolution in 2010 , when the island became a special municipality ( officially , a public body ) within the country of the Netherlands .
The Bonaire Football Federation ( Papiamento : Federashon Futbòl Bonairiano ) is the governing body of football in Bonaire . It became affiliated to CONCACAF as an Associate Member on 19 April 2013 . On 10 June 2014 , Bonaire became a full member of CONCACAF .
The Bonaire national football team ( Dutch : Bonairiaans voetbalelftal ; Papiamento : Selekshon Bonerianu di futbòl ) is the national football team of the Caribbean island of Bonaire , a public body of the Netherlands . It is under the control of the Bonaire Football Federation . It became a member of the CFU and an associate member of CONCACAF on 19 April 2013. after which it became a full CONCACAF member on 10 June 2014 The team can participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Caribbean Cup because of their membership in the confederation and sub-confederation . However , Bonaire is not a member of FIFA and therefore can not compete in the FIFA World Cup or other FIFA events .
The British Virgin Islands ( abbreviated BVI ) , officially simply the Virgin Islands , are a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean , to the east of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands and north-west of Anguilla . The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles and part of the West Indies . The British Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Tortola , Virgin Gorda , Anegada , and Jost Van Dyke , along with over 50 other smaller islands and cays . About 16 of the islands are inhabited . The capital , Road Town , is on Tortola , the largest island , which is about 20 km ( 12 mi ) long and 5 km ( 3 mi ) wide . The islands had a population of about 28,000 at the 2010 Census , of whom approximately 23,500 lived on Tortola ; current estimates put the population at 35,802 ( July 2018 ) . British Virgin Islanders are British Overseas Territories citizens and since 2002 are British citizens as well .
The British Virgin Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in the British Virgin Islands .
The British Virgin Islands national football team is the national team of the British Virgin Islands and is controlled by the British Virgin Islands Football Association . A member of CONCACAF , it is among its weakest teams .
The Cayman Islands ( /ˈkeɪmən/ or /keɪˈmæn/ ) is an autonomous British Overseas Territory in the western Caribbean Sea . The 264-square-kilometre ( 102-square-mile ) territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman , Cayman Brac and Little Cayman , which are located to the south of Cuba and northeast of Honduras , between Jamaica and Mexico 's Yucatán Peninsula . The capital city is George Town , situated on Grand Cayman , the most populous of the three islands . The Cayman Islands is considered to be part of the geographic Western Caribbean Zone as well as the Greater Antilles . The territory is often considered a major world offshore financial haven for international businesses and many wealthy individuals , and has been placed on the EU 's blacklist of foreign tax havens .
The Cayman Islands Football Association is the governing body of football in the Cayman Islands . The Cayman Islands Football Association governs all National Team programs , youth development leagues , Women 's league and the Cayman Islands Men 's Premier League . As of November 2011 [ update ] , the Cayman Islands were ranked 181st moving up four places in the FIFA world rankings after a 1:1 draw against the Dominican Republic in a 2014 FIFA Brazil World Cup Qualifier . The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association . It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF .
The Cayman Islands national football team is the national team of the Cayman Islands , and is controlled by the Cayman Islands Football Association . It is a member of FIFA and CONCACAF . Cayman Islands ' home ground is Truman Bodden Stadium in George Town , and their head coach is Chandler Gonzalez .
Cuba ( /ˈkjuːbə/ ( listen ) ; Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈkuβa ] ) , officially the Republic of Cuba ( Spanish : República de Cuba ( help·info ) ) , is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos . Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet . It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula ( Mexico ) , south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas , west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands . Havana is the largest city and capital ; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey . The area of the Republic of Cuba is 110,860 square kilometers ( 42,800 sq mi ) ( 109,884 square kilometers ( 42,426 sq mi ) without the territorial waters ) . The island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean , with an area of 105,006 square kilometers ( 40,543 sq mi ) , and the second-most populous after Hispaniola , with over 11 million inhabitants . The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited by the Ciboney Taíno people from the 4th millennium BC until Spanish colonization in the 15th century . From the 15th century , it was a colony of Spain until the Spanish-American War of 1898 , when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained nominal independence as a de facto United States protectorate in 1902 . As a fragile republic , in 1940 Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system , but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in a coup and subsequent dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista in 1952 . Open corruption and oppression under Batista 's rule led to his ousting in January 1959 by the 26th of July Movement , which afterwards established communist rule under the leadership of Fidel Castro . Since 1965 , the state has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba . The country was a point of contention during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States , and a nuclear war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 .
The Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba is the official governing body of the sport of football in Cuba including the National Team . The league is composed of one amateur division with total of 8 teams .
The Cuba national football team ( Spanish : Selección nacional de fútbol de Cuba ) represents Cuba in men 's international association football and it 's controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba , The team 's nickname is Leones del Caribe ( Lions of Caribbean ) , The team represents all three FIFA , Caribbean Football Union and Confederation of North , Central American and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF ) . They were the first Caribbean team to get to the World Cup finals - they did so in 1938 . There , they defeated Romania in a replay 2-1 after drawing against them 3-3 . They were then eliminated in the quarter-finals by Sweden , 8-0 . Cuba has not returned to the World Cup since . Cuba finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1996 , 1999 and 2005 and won the 2012 Caribbean Cup .
Curaçao ( /ˈkjʊərəsoʊ , -saʊ , ˌkjʊərəˈsoʊ , -ˈsaʊ/ KEWR-əss-oh , -⁠ow , -⁠OH , -⁠OW , Dutch : [ kyraːˈsʌu , kur- ] ( listen ) ; Papiamento : Kòrsou [ ˈkɔrsɔu̯ ] ) is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region , about 65 km ( 40 mi ) north of the Venezuelan coast . It is a constituent country ( Dutch : land ) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Together with Aruba and Bonaire it forms the ABC islands . Collectively , Curaçao and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean . The country was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony in 1815-1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles in 1954-2010 , as Island Territory of Curaçao ( Dutch : Eilandgebied Curaçao , Papiamento : Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou ) and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao ( Dutch : Land Curaçao , Papiamento : Pais Kòrsou ) . It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller , uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ( Little Curaçao ) . Curaçao has a population of 158,665 ( January 2019 est . ) and an area of 444 km2 ( 171 sq mi ) ; its capital is Willemstad .
Curaçao Football Federation ( Papiamento : Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou , FFK ) is the football association of Curaçao . It is the legal successor of the Netherlands Antillean Football Union , which ended with the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. International matches are represented by the Curaçao national football team . The NAVU was renamed to FFK on 9 February 2011 after FIFA had encouraged changing the name and update statutes , like dealing with Bonaire , who belonged then to the Netherlands .
The Curaçao national football team ( Dutch : Curaçaos voetbalelftal ; Papiamentu , Selekshon di Futbòl Kòrsou ) represents Curaçao in International association football and is controlled by the Federashon Futbòl Kòrsou ( FFK ) . Following a constitutional change that allowed its predecessor , the Colony of Curaçao and Dependencies to become a unified constituent country consisting of several island territories as the Netherlands Antilles and its dissolution in 2010 , Curaçao has played under a new constitutional status as a separate constituent country since 2011 . Both FIFA and CONCACAF recognize the Curaçao national team to be the direct and sole successor of the dependant Curaçao ( 1921-1958 ) and the Netherlands Antilles national football teams .
Dominica ( /ˌdɒmɪˈniːkə/ DOM-ih-NEE-kə or /dəˈmɪnɪkə/ də-MIH-nih-kə ; French : Dominique ; Island Carib : Waitu kubuli ) , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica , is an island country in the Caribbean . The capital , Roseau , is located on the western side of the island . It is geographically situated a part of the Leeward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea . The island is located near Guadeloupe to the northwest and Martinique to the south-southeast . Its area is 750 km2 ( 290 sq mi ) , and the highest point is Morne Diablotins , at 1,447 m ( 4,747 ft ) in elevation . The population was 71,293 at the 2011 census . The island was settled by the Arawak arriving from South America in the 5th century . The Island Caribs or Kalinagos displaced the Arawak violently by the 15th century . Columbus is said to have passed the island on Sunday 3 November 1493 . It was later colonised by Europeans , predominantly by the French from the 1690s to 1763 . The French imported enslaved people from West Africa to Dominica to work on coffee plantations . Great Britain took possession in 1763 after the Seven Years ' War , and it gradually established English as its official language .
The Dominica Football Association is the governing body of football in Dominica . The Dominica national football team is the national team of Dominica and is controlled by the Dominica Football Association . The national league of Dominica is the Dominica Championship . In June 2012 , the President of the DFA was removed from his role by the association 's members until the end of his term in 2015 for his part in the Caribbean Football Union corruption scandal .
The Dominica national football team is the national team of Dominica and is controlled by the Dominica Football Association . They are a member of CONCACAF . Dominica has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup .
The Dominican Republic ( /dəˈmɪnɪkən/ də-MIN-ik-ən ; Spanish : República Dominicana , pronounced [ reˈpuβlika ðominiˈkana ] ( listen ) ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region . It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island , which it shares with the Republic of Haiti , making Hispaniola one of only two Caribbean islands , along with Saint Martin , that are shared by two sovereign states . The Dominican Republic is the second-largest nation in the Antilles by area ( after Cuba ) at 48,671 square kilometers ( 18,792 sq mi ) , and third by population with approximately 10.5 million people ( 2020 est . ) , of whom approximately 3.3 million live in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo , the capital city . The native Taíno people had inhabited Hispaniola before the arrival of the Europeans , dividing it into five chiefdoms . The Taíno people had eventually moved north over many years , and lived around the Caribbean islands . The Taíno natives had done quite well for themselves and were on their way to being an organized civilization . Christopher Columbus explored and claimed the island , landing here on his first voyage in 1492 . The colony of Santo Domingo became the site of the first permanent European settlement in the Americas , the oldest continuously inhabited city , and the first seat of the Spanish colonial rule in the New World . Meanwhile , France occupied the western third of Hispaniola , naming their colony Saint-Domingue , which became the independent state of Haiti in 1804 . After more than three hundred years of Spanish rule the Dominican people declared independence in November 1821 . The leader of the independence movement José Núñez de Cáceres , intended the Dominican nation to unite with the country of Gran Colombia , but the newly independent Dominicans were forcefully annexed by Haiti in February 1822 .
The Federación Dominicana de Fútbol is the governing body of football in the Dominican Republic .
The Dominican Republic national football team is the national team of Dominican Republic and is controlled by the Dominican Football Federation . The team are a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF , the governing body of football in North and Central America and the Caribbean . The Dominican Republic has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup .
French Guiana ( /ɡiˈɑːnə/ or /ɡiˈænə/ ; French : Guyane [ ɡɥijan ] ) is an overseas department and region of the French Republic on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas . It borders Brazil to the east and south and Suriname to the west . French Guiana is the only territory of the mainland Americas to have full integration in a European country . With a land area of 83,534 km2 ( 32,253 sq mi ) , French Guiana is the second-largest region of France ( it is more than one-seventh the size of Metropolitan France ) and the largest outermost region within the European Union . It has a very low population density , with only 3.6 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 9.3/sq mi ) . ( Its population is less than 1/200 the population of Metropolitan France . ) Half of its 296,711 inhabitants in 2019 lived in the metropolitan area of Cayenne , its capital . 98.9% of the land territory of French Guiana is covered by forests , a large part of which is primeval rainforest . The Guiana Amazonian Park , which is the largest national park in the European Union , covers 41% of French Guiana 's territory . Since December 2015 both the region and the department have been ruled by a single assembly within the framework of a new territorial collectivity , the French Guiana Territorial Collectivity ( French : collectivité territoriale de Guyane ) . This assembly , the French Guiana Assembly ( French : assemblée de Guyane ) , has replaced the former regional council and departmental council , which were both disbanded . The French Guiana Assembly is in charge of regional and departmental government .
The Ligue de Football de la Guyane is the governing body of football in French Guiana .
The French Guiana national football team ( French : sélection de Guyane de football ) is the regional team of the French overseas department and region of French Guiana and is controlled by the Ligue de Football de Guyane , the local branch of Fédération Française de Football .
Grenada ( /ɡrɪˈneɪdə/ ( listen ) grin-AY-də Grenadian Creole : La Gwenad ) is a sovereign state in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain . Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself plus six smaller islands which lie to the north of the main island . It is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago , northeast of Venezuela and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . Its size is 348.5 square kilometres ( 134.6 sq mi ) , and it had an estimated population of 112,200 in July 2018 . Its capital is St. George 's . Grenada is also known as the Island of Spice due to its production of nutmeg and mace crops . The national bird of Grenada is the critically endangered Grenada dove . Coordinates : 12°07′N 61°40′W / 12.117°N 61.667°W / 12.117 ; -61.667 Before the arrival of Europeans in the Americas , Grenada was inhabited by the indigenous Arawaks and later by the Island Caribs . Christopher Columbus sighted Grenada in 1498 during his third voyage to the Americas . Although it was deemed the property of the King of Spain , there are no records to suggest the Spanish ever landed or settled on the island . Following several unsuccessful attempts by Europeans to colonise the island due to resistance from the Island Caribs , French settlement and colonisation began in 1650 and continued for the next century . On 10 February 1763 , Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris .
The Grenada Football Association ( GFA ) is the governing body of football in Grenada . They oversee the Grenada national football team . In club football , they oversee the GFA Premier League , GFA First Division and GFA Second Division . They also oversee Grenada 's top football cup competition , the GFA Super Knockout Cup .
The Grenada national football team represents Grenada in international football and is controlled by the Grenada Football Association , a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF . The team is nicknamed The Spice Boys , a reference to the country being dubbed as the Island of Spice or the Spice Isle . Grenada has never qualified for the World Cup but have finished second in the Caribbean Cup in 1989 and 2008 . Their second-place finish in the 2008 Caribbean Cup gave Grenada its first qualification to a major international competition , that being the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup .
Guadeloupe ( /ˌɡwɑːdəˈluːp/ , French : [ ɡwad ( ə ) lup ] ( listen ) ; Antillean Creole : Gwadloup ) is an archipelago forming an overseas region of France in the Caribbean . It consists of six inhabited islands , Basse-Terre , Grande-Terre , Marie-Galante , La Désirade , and the Îles des Saintes , as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings . It lies south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat , and north of Dominica . Its capital is Basse-Terre on the west coast ; however , the largest city is Pointe-à-Pitre . Like the other overseas departments , it is an integral part of France . As a constituent territory of the European Union and the Eurozone , the euro is its official currency and any European Union citizen is free to settle and work there indefinitely . As an overseas department , however , it is not part of the Schengen Area . The official language is French ; Antillean Creole is also spoken .
The Guadeloupean League of Football ( French : Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football ) is the governing body of football in Guadeloupe .
The Guadeloupe regional football team ( French : Sélection de la Guadeloupe de football ) represents the French overseas department and region of Guadeloupe in international football . The team is controlled by the Ligue Guadeloupéenne de Football ( English : Guadeloupean Football League ) , a local branch of French Football Federation ( French : Fédération Française de Football ) . As an overseas department of the French Republic , Guadeloupe is not a member of FIFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup or any competition organized first-hand by the organization . Guadeloupeans , being French citizens , are eligible to play for the France national football team . Guadeloupe is , however , a member of CONCACAF and the CFU and is eligible for all competitions organized by both organizations . Indeed , according to the status of the FFF ( article 34 , paragraph 6 ) : [ . ] Under the control of related continental confederations , and with the agreement of the FFF , those leagues can organize international sport events at a regional level or set up teams in order to participate to them . ' Guadeloupe 's highest honor to date was reaching the final at the 2010 Caribbean Championship where they were defeated by Jamaica on penalties . In the CONCACAF Gold Cup , Guadeloupe reached the semi-finals in 2007 . The team performed well in the group stage defeating Canada and drawing with Haiti . In the knockout stage of the competition , Guadeloupe eliminated Honduras in the quarterfinals . In the semi-finals , Guadeloupe lost to Mexico 1-0 .
Guyana ( /ɡaɪˈɑːnə/ or /ɡaɪˈænə/ ) , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana , is a country on the northern mainland of South America . It is the only English speaking country in South America , and is culturally considered part of the Anglophone-Caribbean sphere . In addition it is one of the founding member countries of the Caribbean Community organization ( CARICOM ) . Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north , Brazil to the south and southwest , Venezuela to the west , and Suriname to the east . With an area of 215,000 square kilometres ( 83,000 sq mi ) , Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state on mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname . The region known as the Guianas consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the land of many waters . Major rivers in Guyana include the Essequibo , the Berbice , and the Demerara . Originally inhabited by many indigenous groups , Guyana was settled by the Dutch before coming under British control in the late 18th century . It was governed as British Guiana , with a mostly plantation-style economy until the 1950s . It gained independence in 1966 , and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970 . The legacy of British rule is reflected in the country 's political administration and diverse population , which includes Indian , African , Amerindian , and multiracial groups . Guyana is the only South American nation in which English is the official language .
The Guyana Football Federation is the governing body of football in Guyana . It controls the Guyana national football team . The GFF has sanctioned the Elite League as the highest tier of football in the country .
The Guyana national football team , nicknamed the Golden Jaguars , represents Guyana in international football and is controlled by the Guyana Football Federation . It is one of three South American nations to be a member of the Caribbean Football Union of CONCACAF alongside Suriname and French Guiana . Until the independence of Guyana in 1966 , it competed as British Guiana . They qualified for the Caribbean Nations Cup in 1991 , coming fourth , and in 2007 . Guyana has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup , but on 23 March 2019 they qualified for the first time for the CONCACAF Gold Cup .
Haiti ( /ˈheɪti/ ( listen ) ; French : Haïti [ a.iti ] ; Haitian Creole : Ayiti [ ajiti ] ) , officially the Republic of Haiti ( French : République d'Haïti ; Haitian Creole : Repiblik D Ayiti ) and formerly called Hayti , [ note 1 ] is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea , to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands . It occupies the western three-eighths of the island which it shares with the Dominican Republic . To its south-west lies the small island of Navassa Island , which is claimed by Haiti but is disputed as a United States territory under federal administration . Haiti is 27,750 square kilometers ( 10,714 sq mi ) in size and has an estimated population of 11.1 million , making it the most populous country in the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ) and the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Cuba . The island was originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno people , who migrated from South America . The first Europeans arrived on 5 December 1492 during the first voyage of Christopher Columbus , who initially believed he had found India or China . Columbus subsequently founded the first European settlement in the Americas , La Navidad , on what is now the northeastern coast of Haiti . The island was claimed by Spain and named La Española , forming part of the Spanish Empire until the early 17th century . However , competing claims and settlements by the French led to the western portion of the island being ceded to France in 1697 , which was subsequently named Saint-Domingue . French colonists established lucrative sugarcane plantations , worked by vast numbers of slaves brought from Africa , which made the colony one of the richest in the world . In the midst of the French Revolution ( 1789-99 ) , slaves and free people of color launched the Haitian Revolution ( 1791-1804 ) , led by a former slave and the first black general of the French Army , Toussaint Louverture . After 12 years of conflict , Napoleon Bonaparte 's forces were defeated by Louverture 's successor , Jean-Jacques Dessalines ( later Emperor Jacques I ) , who declared Haiti 's sovereignty on 1 January 1804 - the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean , the second republic in the Americas , the first country to abolish slavery , and the only state in history established by a successful slave revolt .
The Haitian Football Federation ( FHF ) ( French : Fédération Haïtienne de Football , Haitian Creole : Federasyon Foutbòl Ayisyen ) is the governing body for football in Haiti . The FHF is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in Haiti , both professional and amateur . A member of CONCACAF since 1961 , FHF is in charge of football in Haiti and all lower categories . The principal sporting field is the Sylvio Cator stadium in Port-au-Prince . It is a founding member of the CONCACAF .
The Haiti national football team ( French : Équipe d'Haïti de football , Haitian Creole : Ekip foutbòl Ayiti ) represents Haiti in international football . Haiti is administered by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football ( FHF ) , the governing body for football in Haiti . They have been a member of FIFA since 1934 , a member of CONCACAF since 1961 and a member of the Caribbean Football Union ( CFU ) since 1978 . Haiti 's home ground is Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince and their head coach was Patrice Neveu , until December 2016 . Haiti has one of the longest football traditions in the region and were the second Caribbean team to make the World Cup , after qualifying from winning the 1973 CONCACAF Championship . It was their only appearance in 1974 , where they were beaten in the opening group stage by its other three teams , who were all pre-tournament favorites ; Italy , Poland , and Argentina . In 2016 , Haiti qualified for the 100th anniversary of the Copa América , by defeating Trinidad and Tobago .
Jamaica ( /dʒəˈmeɪkə/ ( listen ) ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea . Spanning 10,990 square kilometres ( 4,240 sq mi ) in area , it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean ( after Cuba and Hispaniola ) . Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres ( 90 mi ) south of Cuba , and 191 kilometres ( 119 mi ) west of Hispaniola ( the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) ; the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some 215 kilometres ( 134 mi ) to the north-west . Originally inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples , the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494 . Many of the indigenous people were either killed or died of diseases to which they had no immunity , and the Spanish thus forcibly transplanted large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers . The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655 , when England ( later Great Britain ) conquered it , renaming it Jamaica . Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter , with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their descendants . The British fully emancipated all slaves in 1838 , and many freedmen chose to have subsistence farms rather than to work on plantations . Beginning in the 1840s , the British began utilising Chinese and Indian indentured labour to work on plantations . The island achieved independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962 . With 2.9 million people , Jamaica is the third-most populous Anglophone country in the Americas ( after the United States and Canada ) , and the fourth-most populous country in the Caribbean . Kingston is the country 's capital and largest city .
The Jamaica Football Federation ( JFF ) is the governing body of football in Jamaica and is in charge of the Jamaican national team and the Jamaican National Premier League .
The Jamaica national football team , nicknamed the Reggae Boyz , represents Jamaica in international football . The team 's first match was against Haiti in 1925 . The squad is under the supervising body of the Jamaica Football Federation ( JFF ) , which is a member of the Caribbean Football Union ( CFU ) , Confederation of North , Central American and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF ) , and the global jurisdiction of FIFA . Jamaica 's home matches have been played at Independence Park since its opening in 1962 . The national team has participated in three major football competitions . Their sole appearance in the FIFA World Cup was in 1998 , where the team finished third in its group and failed to advance . The team also competed in the Caribbean Cup winning six times . Jamaica also competes in the CONCACAF Gold Cup , appearing thirteen times and finishing twice as runners-up to Mexico in 2015 and the United States in 2017 . They also have been invited to the Copa América in 2015 , and 2016 with both times being eliminated in the group stage .
Martinique ( /ˌmɑːrtɪˈniːk/ MAR-tin-EEK , French : [ maʁtinik ] ( listen ) ; Martinican Creole : Matnik or Matinik ) is an insular region of France located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea , with a land area of 1,128 square kilometres ( 436 sq mi ) and a population of 376,480 inhabitants as of January 2016 . Like Guadeloupe , it is an overseas region ( région d'outre-mer ) of France , consisting of a single overseas department . One of the Windward Islands , it is directly north of Saint Lucia , northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica . As one of the eighteen regions of France , Martinique is part of the European Union , and its currency is the euro . Virtually the entire population speaks both French , the official language , and Antillean Creole ( Créole Martiniquais ) .
The Ligue de football de la Martinique is the governing body of football in Martinique . It is associated with the French Football Federation , but is independently a member of CONCACAF .
The Martinique national football team ( French : Équipe de la Martinique de football ) represents the French overseas department and region of Martinique in international football . The team is controlled by the Ligue de Football de la Martinique ( English : Martinique Football League ) , a local branch of French Football Federation ( French : Fédération Française de Football ) . On 7 August 2010 , the national team adopted the nickname Les Matinino , which pays tribute to the history of the island .