Anguilla national football team

The Anguilla national football team represents Anguilla (British overseas territory) in men's international football, which is governed by the Anguilla Football Association founded in 1990. It has been a member of FIFA since 1996, an associate member of CONCACAF since 1994 and becoming a full member in 1996. Regionally, it is a member of CFU in the Caribbean Zone.

Anguilla has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup and the CONCACAF Gold Cup, but has participated four times in League C of the CONCACAF Nations League, achieving its first victory in the 2024–25 edition.

Anguilla's debut in international competitions was in the 1991 Caribbean Cup qualifying tournament. Their first appearance in World Cup qualifiers was in the 2002 CONCACAF qualification. The team achieved its first victory in 2000, defeating British Virgin Islands 4–3.

History

2002 World Cup qualification

Anguilla entered the World Cup qualifiers for the first time for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

In the first round of the qualifiers, Anguilla were drawn against the Bahamas. On 5 March 2000, Anguilla hosted the first leg in front of 250 people at Webster Park in The Valley, losing by a scoreline of 3–1. In front of a Bahamian crowd of just 330, the second leg was played at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau on 19 March 2000, with Anguilla losing 2–1, and thereby eliminated by an aggregate scoreline of 5–2.

2006 World Cup qualification

During the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Anguilla faced the Dominican Republic in the first round. The first leg was played to a goalless draw at the Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte in Santo Domingo on 19 March 2004. Newly introduced FIFA stadium requirements forced Anguilla to play their "home" leg at the same Dominican Republic stadium two days later, with the Dominican Republic winning the second leg and thus the first round by a scoreline of 6–0.

2010 World Cup qualification

During the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Anguilla was drawn against El Salvador in the first round. On 6 February 2008, they lost 12–0 at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador, where striker Rudis Corrales scored five times and Ronald Cerritos three. This time, Anguilla played their "home leg" at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. in the United States on 26 March 2008. In front of 22,670 spectators, Anguilla lost the second leg 4–0, thereby losing to El Salvador by an aggregate score of 16–0.

2014 World Cup qualification

In the first round of the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Anguilla were again drawn to play the Dominican Republic, as they had eight years previously. On 8 July 2011, they lost 2–0 at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristobal, and losing 4–0 in the same Dominican Republic stadium just two days later. This put the Dominican Republic through to the second round with the same 6–0 aggregate scoreline as their previous encounter.

2018 World Cup qualification

In the first round of the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Anguilla were drawn to play Nicaragua. On 23 March 2015, they lost the first leg 5–0 at the Estadio Nacional Dennis Martínez in Managua, Nicaragua and, on 29 March 2015, were eliminated at Ronald Webster Park in The Valley in Anguilla with a 3–0 loss, to send Nicaragua through to the second round by a score of 8–0 on aggregate.

2022 World Cup qualification

In the first round of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Anguilla were drawn into group D with Dominica, Barbados, Dominican Republic, and Panama, whom they’d each play once. Their first match of the campaign was against Dominican Republic on 27 March 2021, at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. This game would make it the 3rd time the two teams faced in World Cup qualifying games. Anguilla lost 6–0, making this the same as the last two aggregate scores for the teams. On 31 March 2021, they faced Barbados at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Anguilla lost to a late 1–0 goal by Emile Saimovici. Then, on 2 June 2021 they lost 3–0 to Dominica at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo. And on 6 July, at Estadio Nacional de Panamá in Panama City, Anguilla suffered a massive 13–0 defeat. They ended of round 1 with 0 points, 0 goals, and 23 goals against.

2026 World Cup qualification

At the commencement of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification, Anguilla advanced beyond the first round of qualifying for the first time in their history after beating Turks and Caicos Islands 1–1 on aggregate after penalties.

In the second round, they were drawn into Group F with Suriname, El Salvador, Puerto Rico and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Overall World Cup qualification record

The pair of shutouts against Nicaragua in March 2015 extended Anguilla's scoreless run in World Cup qualification to eight matches, encompassing three World Cups over an eleven-year period. The goals Anguilla scored in March 2000 against the Bahamas in each leg of their first World Cup qualifying appearance remain their only two goals, with 41 goals conceded, no wins, one draw and nine losses from their ten World Cup qualifying matches to date.

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.

2025

2026

Coaching history

thumb|200px|[[Scott Cooper (football manager)|Scott Cooper managed the national football team of Anguilla in the 2000s]]

Les Strong (1991–1994)
Clifton Livingston (2000)
Scott Cooper (2002)
Vernon Hodge (2003–2004)
Benjamin Davies (2004)
Vernon Hodge (2004–2007)
Kerthney Carty (2008)
Colin Johnson (2008–2009)
Scott Cooper (2010)
Colin Johnson (2010–2015)
Richard Orlowski (2015)
Leon Jeffers (2016)
Romare Kelsick (2016–2018)
Nigel Connor (2018–2020)
Stern John (2020–2022)
Nigel Connor (2022–2024)
Keith Jeffrey (2024–Present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 CONCACAF Series matches against Bahamas and Cayman Islands on 26 and 29 March 2026.

Caps and goals are updated as of 30 March 2026, after the match against Cayman Islands.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up for the team in the last twelve months.

Player records

:Players in bold are still active with Anguilla.

Most appearances

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=30px|Rank

! style="width:150px;"|Player

!width=50px|Caps

!width=50px|Goals

! style="width:100px;"|Career

|style="text-align:left;"|Germain Hughes

|33

|2012–present

|rowspan=2|2

|style="text-align:left;"|

|25

|2012–present

|style="text-align: left;"|

|25

|2000–2019

|style="text-align: left;"|Girdon Connor

|23

|2000–2018

|style="text-align:left;"|

|22

|2014–present

|rowspan=3|6

|style="text-align: left;"|Kevin Hawley

|18

|2000–2016

|style="text-align: left;"|Kieron Lake-Bryan

|18

|2022–present

|style="text-align: left;"|

|18

|2006–2016

|rowspan=2|9

|style="text-align: left;"|Luke Paris

|17

|2019–present

|style="text-align: left;"|

|17

|2004–2012

Top goalscorers

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!width=30px|Rank

! style="width:150px;"|Player

!width=50px|Goals

!width=50px|Caps

!width=50px|Ratio

! style="width:100px;"|Career

|style="text-align: left;"|Richard O'Connor

|2000–2006

|style="text-align: left;"|Girdon Connor

|23

|2000–2018

|style="text-align: left;"|Lamar Carpenter

|11

|2021–present

|rowspan=5|4

|style="text-align: left;"|Jan-Willem Tesselaar

|2022–Present

|style="text-align: left;"|

|13

|2000–2012

|style="text-align:left;"|

|22

|2014–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=10|FIFA World Cup record

!rowspan=14|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Round

!Squad

|1930 to 1994||colspan=9|Not a FIFA member

|colspan=6|Not a FIFA member

| 1998||colspan=9|Did not participate

|colspan=6|Did not participate

| 2002||colspan=9 rowspan=7|Did not qualify

|2||0||0||2||2||5

| 2006

|2||0||1||1||0||6

| 2010

|2||0||0||2||0||16

| 2014

|2||0||0||2||0||6

| 2018

|2||0||0||2||0||8

| 2022

|4||0||0||4||0||23

| 2026

|6||0||2||4||1||22

| 2030||colspan=9 rowspan=2|To be determined

|colspan=6 rowspan=2|To be determined

| 2034

!Total!!—!!0/7!!colspan=7|—

!20!!0!!3!!17!!3!!86

CONCACAF Gold Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=10|CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup record

!rowspan=22|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Round

!Squad

|1963 to 1989||colspan=9|Not a CONCACAF member

|colspan=6|Not a CONCACAF member

| 1991||colspan=9 rowspan=6|Did not qualify

|2||0||1||1||1||7

| 1993

|2||0||0||2||0||2

| 1996

|2||0||0||2||2||6

| 1998

|3||0||0||3||1||12

| 2000

|3||0||0||3||1||35

| 2002

|2||1||0||1||5||4

| 2003||colspan=9|Did not participate

|colspan=6|Did not participate

| 2005||colspan=9|Withdrew

|colspan=6|Withdrew

| 2007||colspan=9 rowspan=10|Did not qualify

|3||0||0||3||5||18

| 2009

|2||0||0||2||2||6

| 2011

|3||1||0||2||4||8

| 2013

|3||0||0||3||1||16

| 2015

|3||0||0||3||0||20

| 2017

|2||0||0||2||0||11

| 2019

|4||0||1||3||1||15

| 2021

|4||0||0||4||2||21

| 2023

|4||0||2||2||2||5

| 2025

|4||1||0||3||3||4

!Total!!—!!0/16!!colspan=7|—

!46!!3!!4!!39!!30!!192

CONCACAF Nations League

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=22|CONCACAF Nations League record

!colspan=11|League phase

!rowspan=8|

!colspan=10|Final phase

!Season

!Group

!Finals

!Round

|2019–20

|13th||4||0||0||4||2||21||

| 2021||colspan=9 rowspan=5|Ineligible

|2022–23

|9th||4||0||2||2||2||5||

| 2023

|2023–24

|13th||4||0||0||4||0||19||

| 2024

|2024–25

|6th||4||1||0||3||3||4||

| 2025

|2026–27

|C||colspan="9"|To be determined

|2027

!colspan=4|Total!!16!!1!!2!!13!!7!!49!!—

!Total!!colspan=9|—

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"

!colspan=2|CONCACAF Nations League history

!First match

| 10–0 <br>(5 September 2019; Guatemala City, Guatemala)

!Biggest win

| 2–0 <br>(4 September 2024; Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands)

!Biggest defeat

| 10–0 <br>(5 September 2019; Guatemala City, Guatemala)

!Best result

|6th – League C (2024–25)

!Worst result

|13th – League C (2019–20, 2023–24)

Caribbean Cup

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!colspan=9|CFU Championship / Caribbean Cup record

!rowspan=22|

!colspan=6|Qualification record

!Year

!Round

|1978 to 1988||colspan=8|Not a CFU member

|colspan=6|Not a CFU member

|1989 and 1990||colspan=8|Did not participate||colspan=6|Did not participate

| 1991||colspan=8 rowspan=8|Did not qualify

|2||0||1||1||1||7

| 1992

|2||0||0||2||0||8

| 1993

|2||0||0||2||0||2

| 1994

|2||0||0||2||0||11

| 1995

|2||0||0||2||2||6

| 1996

|2||0||0||2||0||12

| 1997

|3||0||0||3||1||12

| 1998

|3||0||0||3||1||35

| 1999||colspan=8|Withdrew

|colspan=6|Withdrew

| 2001||colspan=8|Did not qualify

|2||1||0||1||5||4

| 2005||colspan=8|Withdrew

|colspan=6|Withdrew

| 2007||colspan=8 rowspan=6|Did not qualify

|3||0||0||3||5||18

| 2008

|2||0||0||2||2||6

| 2010

|3||1||0||2||4||8

| 2012

|3||0||0||3||1||16

| 2014

|3||0||0||3||0||20

| 2017

|2||0||0||2||0||11

!Total!!—!!0/15!!colspan=7|—

!36!!2!!1!!33!!21!!176

Head-to-head record

Historical kits

{| class="wikitable"

References

External links

Antigua & Barbuda – Anguilla, Digicel Caribbean Cup 2007, YouTube
Barbados – Anguilla, Digicel Caribbean Cup 2007, YouTube
El Salvador – Anguilla 12–0, 2008-02-06, 2010 WCQ, YouTube
Anguilla – El Salvador 0–4, 2008-03-26, 2010 WCQ, YouTube